Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Storm, Earth, Fire
    • Earth's attack Slow is now prevent by Blinds and Evasion.
    • Earth's Splash attacks are now prevented if the primary target is Evading.
    • Storm and Fire's attacks will now display as crits if granted an applicable Physical damage buff instead of a Spell damage buff.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg
    • Fixed an issue that caused Wandering Keg to not knock all targets back an equal distance.
    • Hitting an enemy while already affected by its self-applied Slow will no longer cause the Slow to be removed faster than intended.
    • Targets are now knocked away from a point .75 range behind Chen at the point of impact.
    • Wandering Keg's self-applied Slow from hitting enemies will now reduce Chen's movement Speed to 100%, instead of 90%.
    • Wandering Keg's self-applied Slow will now be also increased in strength to match the increased movement speed gained from Untapped Potential.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Fortifying Brew [Trait D]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Fortifying Brew being instantly destroyed not granting Attack Speed.
    • Fortifying Brew has been added to the Buff Bar.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Storm, Earth, Fire
    • Fixed an issue that caused Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits to not contest Capture Points.
  • Wandering Keg
    • Fixed an issue that caused Wandering Keg to occasionally not be cast.
    • Wandering Keg now acts like other instant Abilities and will cast as soon as possible.

Updates

Talents

• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg
    • Wandering Keg updated to be a targeted forced Quick cast instead of a Self cast.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Eye of the Tiger
    • Bonus Damage increased from 40% to 50%.
    • Leech amount increased from 40% to 60%.
• Level 4
  • Accumulating Flame
    • Bonus Damage increased from 20% to 30%.
• Level 7
  • Gift of the Ox
    • Bonus duration increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
• Level 13
  • A Touch of Honey
    • Slow bonus increased from 20% to 30%.
  • Ring of Fire
    • Damage increased from 55 to 60.
    • Duration increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
• Level 20
  • Untapped Potential
    • Bonus Armor duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Level 1
  • Stormstout Secret Recipe
    • Now displays in the Death Recap.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg [R1]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Wandering Keg to cease targeting the mouse cursor if another Chen's Wandering Keg expires.
    • Will now actively target the mouse cursor instead of targeting the mouse cursor only when its position has changed.
  • Storm, Earth, Fire [R2]
    • Earth's damage is now Physical.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Stagger to heal when they have been granted Spell leech. (Example: Nano Infusion from Ana)

Bug Fixes

• Difficulty updated from Hard to Medium.
• Fixed an issue that caused Accumulating Flame's duration increase to proc while Blinded or if the target is Evading.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Earth Spirit's Basic Attacks to be incapable of killing Sgt. Hammer's Spider Mines.
• Earth Spirit's Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Freshest Ingredients [Trait]
    • Cooldown reduction upon quest completion increased from 1 to 2 seconds.
• Level 4
  • Deadly Strike [Q]
    • Damage bonus increased from 100% to 125%.
• Level 7
  • Gift of the Ox [E]
    • Damage taken over time reduced from 60% to 50% of damage taken.

Developer Comment: These are some fairly minor buffs to underperforming talents. We don't expect huge shifts with these changes, but saw room to make Chen players' lives a little more fun, so we're doing it!

Updates

Base

• Breath of Fire [W]
  • DoT damage increased from 55 to 57.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Freshest Ingredients [Trait]
    • Regeneration Globe duration increased from 100% to 150%.
• Level 16
  • Celerity [E]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.

Developer Comment: We're giving Chen some small buffs that we believe are warranted to help out his ability to pressure enemies as well as beef up some underperforming talents. We don't expect these changes to drastically change how he plays, but they should help him perform better in the laning phase and give him some extra power to look forward to in later parts of the game.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Stormstout Secret Recipe [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 3% to 3.5% maximum Health.
• Level 4
  • Withering Flames [W]
    • Spell Power reduction increased from 50% to 60%.
• Level 7
  • Gift of the Ox [E]
    • Bonus Stagger duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg [R1]
    • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Pressure Point [Q]
    • Slow amount increased from 35% to 40%.
    • Slow amount when Chen has Shields from Fortifying Brew increased from 70% to 80%.
  • A Touch of Honey [W]
    • Slow amount bonus increased from 15% to 20%.

Developer Comment: While Chen's talents are in a relatively good spot, there is generally one talent on every tier that is being picked a bit less than its counter-parts. We're giving some significant buffs to the talents that aren't currently as popular in hopes that players try out new ways to play the Panderan Brewmaster.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Eye of the Tiger [W]
    • Bonus damage and healing reduced from 50% to 40%.
  • Stormstout Secret Recipe [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 2.5% to 3% of Chen's maximum Health.
• Level 4
  • Accumulating Flame [W]
    • Increased Ignited damage reduced from 25% to 20%.
  • Withering Flames [W]
    • Spell Power reduction increased from 40% to 50%.
• Level 7
  • Gift of the Ox [E]
    • Stagger's damage duration increased from .5 seconds to 1 second.
• Level 10
  • Storm, Earth, Fire [R2]
    • Cooldown increased from 100 to 120 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Ring of Fire [W]
    • Damage reduced from 60 to 55.
• Level 16
  • Celerity [E]
    • Armor bonus increased from 20 to 30.
  • Combo Strikes [Trait]
    • Attack Speed bonus reduced from 50% to 35%.

Developer Comment: Now that Chen's rework has had some time to settle, we're doing some larger talent tuning due to a few talents outperforming others. Eye of the Tiger and Combo Strikes in particular are too powerful compared to other options, and his Stagger-related talents are underperforming. These tuning changes should better round out his talent options while still ensuring that he remain a viable member of the team.

Bug Fixes

• Keg Smash are now affected by cooldown reduction effects.

Updates

Base

• Keg Smash [W]
  • Delay before being able to cast Breath of Fire reduced from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds
  • Duration of 10% Slow reduced from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds
  • Duration of 40% Slow increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Freshest Ingredients [Trait]
    • Additional Functionality: Upon quest completion, also reduces the cooldown of Fortifying Brew by 1 second
  • Stormstout Secret Recipe [Passive]
    • Heal amount increased from 2% to 2.5%
• Level 4
  • Withering Flames
    • Spell Power reduction increased from 30% to 40%
• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg [R1]
    • Additional Functionality: Now also grants Chen 25 Armor for its duration
    • Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds
• Level 13
  • Touch of Honey [W]
    • Slow amount increased from 15 to 20
• Level 16
  • Celerity [E]
    • Armor bonus increased from 15 to 20

Developer Comment: Our favorite Brewmaster has made a big splash in the Nexus. We've read the feedback that players want the interaction between Keg Smash and Breath of Fire to be more fluid, so we're reducing the delay between the two abilities, which should make them feel better to play with as people get used to his new cadence. We're also buffing many of Chen's talents, particularly those that are related to his survivability, which should help him stay in fights longer.

Updates

• Keg Smash [W]
  • Brew cost increased from 20 to 30
  • New functionality: Smash Chen's keg, dealing damage, drenching affected enemies in Brew for 3 seconds, and Slowing them by 10% for 1.5 seconds. After 1.5 seconds, the Slow is increased to 40% for 1.5 seconds. After being used, this ability becomes Breath of Fire.
• Breath of Fire [E]
  • This ability has been moved to the W button, and is available after Keg Smash has been used
  • Cooldown reduced from 5 seconds to 1.5 seconds
  • Impact damage reduced from 96 to 85
  • Periodic damage increased from 32 to 55
  • Brew cost reduced from 30 to 10
  • Adjusted functionality: Using Breath of Fire on Brew-soaked enemy causes them to be Ignited, dealing damage over 3 seconds and adding 1.5 seconds to the duration of the Slow from Keg Smash. After being used or after 6 seconds, this ability becomes Keg Smash
• New Ability: Stagger [E]
  • Damage taken over the next 3 seconds is prevented. Once this effect ends, Chen receives 75% of the damage taken over 5 seconds. 18-second CD
• Fortifying Brew [Trait]
  • No longer grants 25 Brew instantly
  • Brew regeneration increased from 30 to 50 per second
  • Cooldown increased from 5 to 7 seconds
  • Channel time reduced from 5 to 4 seconds
  • Shield amount decreased from 196 to 180 per second
  • This reduces the total shields for fully drinking from 588 to 540
  • Shield duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds

  Talents

  • Level 1
    • Stormstout Secret Recipe [Passive]
      • Moved from Level 20
      • Healing increased from 1.5% to 2% of Chen's maximum health
    • New Talent: Eye of the Tiger [Passive]
      • Adjusted functionality: Quest: Increase Regeneration Globe Healing duration by 100%. Reward: After collecting 15 Regeneration Globes, 50% of the Shield from Fortifying Brew persists indefinitely after drinking
  • Level 4
    • Keg Toss [W]
      • Removed
    • Withering Flames [W]
      • Moved from Level 13
      • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
    • Accumulating Flame [W]
      • Moved from Level 1
      • New functionality: Increase Ignited damage by 25% and Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes who are Ignited increase its duration by .75 seconds
  • Level 7
    • Bolder Flavor [Trait]
      • Removed
    • Elusive Brawler [Active]
      • Moved from Level 1
      • Additional functionality: While active, also grants Chen 30% Movement Speed
    • New Talent: Gift of the Ox [E]
      • Increase Stagger's duration by .5 seconds, and reduce the amount of damage taken over time to 60% of damage taken
  • Level 10
    • Wandering Keg [R1]
      • Wandering Keg's Movement Speed bonus no longer stacks with other Movement Speed bonuses.
      • Movement speed bonus increased from 60% to 70%
      • Knockback duration increased by ~28%
      • Knockback speed increased by ~53%
    • Storm Earth Fire [R2]
      • Spirit Health reduced from 75% of Chen's Health to 70%
      • Each ability can only be cast once. The final ability that is cast is empowered.
    • Storm [Q]
      • New functionality: The spirits gain a shield for 400 over 3 seconds. If this is the final ability cast, the shield amount is increased to 750 with no limited duration, and the duration of Storm Earth Fire is increased by 5 seconds.
    • Earth [W]
      • New functionality: Fire and Earth leap to the target location, dealing 32 damage and slowing enemies in a large area by 70% for 1.5 seconds. If this is the final ability cast, increase the damage dealt by 300% and the leap instead roots enemy Heroes hit for 1.75 seconds.
      • Earth Ability range increased from 7 to 9
      • Earth Unit basic attack Slow reduced from 2 seconds to 1.75 seconds
      • Earth Unit attack period increased from 2 to 1.5
    • Fire [E]
      • New functionality: Increase the attack speed and attack damage of the spirits by 50% for 5 seconds. If this is the final ability cast, increase the attack speed and attack damage bonus to 75% and the spirits gain 50% movement speed for its duration
    • Level 13
      • Ring of Fire [W]
        • Moved from Level 4
        • Adjusted functionality: After Igniting an enemy, burst into flames, dealing damage to nearby enemies
        • Duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds
        • Damage increased from 52 to 60
      • Enough to Share [Trait]
        • Moved from Level 16
        • Additional functionality:Duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds
        • Allied Shield amount increased from 27 to 70
        • Additional functionality: Now also instantly Shields Chen for 180
    • Pressure Point [Q]
      • Adjusted functionality: Flying Kick Slows the target enemy for 35% for 1 second, or by 70% if Chen has Shields from Fortifying Brew
    • A Touch of Honey [W]
      • New functionality: Increase the Slow from Keg Smash by 10% and its duration by .5 seconds
  • Level 16
    • Another Round [W]
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Celerity [E]
      • Basic Attacks against Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned enemy Heroes reduce the cooldown of Stagger by 1.5 seconds and grant Chen 15 Armor for 3 seconds
    • New Talent: Combo Strikes [Trait]
      • Every 3rd Basic Attack against the same target deals 75% bonus damage. While Chen has Shields from Fortifying Brew and for 2 seconds after, he gains 50% Attack Speed
    • Flying Leap [Q]
      • Additional Functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Flying Leap by .5 seconds each time an enemy Hero takes damage from being Ignited
    • Level 20
      • Purifying Brew [Trait]
        • Moved from Level 7
        • New functionality: Casting Fortifying Brew grants Chen Unstoppable for 1.5 seconds
      • New Talent: Energizing Brew [Trait]
        • If Chen fully completes his cast of Fortifying Brew, then he gains 20% maximum Health and 20% increased damage for 25 seconds
      • Untapped Potential [R1]
        • Armor bonus increased from 60 to 75
        • Armor bonus now lasts for 3 seconds after Wandering Keg expires
        • Movement Speed increased from 100% to 125%
      • Elemental Conduit [R2]
        • New functionality: Increase the spirits' Health to 100% of Chen's maximum Health and all of their abilities are empowered

    Developer Comment: The new Chen has finally arrived! We had a blast tinkering with him, and look forward to seeing him unleashed to his full potential in your hands. When taking a look at how to best change him, we primarily focused on adding more opportunities for Chen to make plays and for his opponents to interact with him. Some of his power has been taken out of Fortifying Brew and put into his new ability, Stagger, as well as into his talents. While he may take a bit of time to master, proper management of Chen's cooldowns should result in a formidable hero that will make a great addition to any team.

    Bug Fixes

    General

    • FIXED: Tassadar displays the 'Support' role icon, and is not selected as a valid healer pick when both sides are given a Healer in Shuffle Pick.
    • FIXED: Mercenary Camp captures will show Score Credit Tracking to always match the amount of experience that is being awarded.
    • FIXED: Minions on Tomb of the Spider Queen no longer gain an extra minute of scaling at the start of the game.
    • FIXED: Players will get credit for capturing a Mercenary Camp if you are within an extra 5 radius of the capture point (and on the same team)
    • FIXED: TargetUnit Abilities that can be placed on allies no longer appear invisible to enemy Heroes hit by their area.
    • FIXED: Respec on Try Me Mode map now respawns the player Hero to properly reset all Talents and Quests that Hero had chosen.
    • FIXED: Mecha Valla plays ability sounds that were missing.
    • FIXED: Sledgehammer no longer grants additional Stormbolt Quest stacks on non-Heroic targets.

    Heroes, Abilities, & Talents

    • Jaina: Jaina's Water Elemental mimic damage from Wintermute now correctly reflects the tooltip and Balance Update. 50% of Jaina's Basic Frostbolt and Cone of Cold damage is mimicked by the Water Elemental.
    • D.Va: D.Va's Mech is no longer immune to friendly abilities.
    • Chromie: Here and There no longer requires Chromie to have vision of her target location, or the clone she is swapping with.
    • Sylvanas: Using any attack on any previously enemy footmen who have been affected by Possession and turned allied, will still receive friendly fire damage from attacks.
    • Raynor: Raynor's Hyperion Splat now properly matches both its warning splat and its targeting guide.
    • Anub'arak: Cocoon is no longer disjointed by teleports. Cocoon will now redirect, similarly to pyroblast, and fall off if the teleport is far enough away.

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Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack damage increased from 84 to 90

Abilities

• Flying Kick (Q)
  • Damage increased from 112 to 120
• Fortifying Brew (Trait)
  • Shield amount reduced from 106 to 98

Talents

• Level 1
  • Accumulating Flame (E)
    • Armor bonus upon quest completion increased from 15 to 20
• Level 7
  • Purifying Brew (Trait)
    • Cooldown reduced from 15 to 12 seconds
• Level 13
  • Withering Flames (E)
    • Spell Power reduction increased from 25 to 30%

Developer Comment: We're pushing Chen towards more of a Bruiser role with these changes. One of the longstanding issues with Chen is that due to his trait functionality and tuning, he can either be shut down fairly easily or be too powerful depending on if the enemy team has the necessary CC and burst damage to deal with him. We're beginning to experiment with smoothing this out a but by increasing his sustained survivability and reducing the amount of burst he can tackle while also increasing his damage. While we are still iterating on him, we wanted to get some preliminary changes out sooner rather than hold back until we are finished.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Accumulating Flame (Q)
    • Adjusted quest reward functionality:
      • Gain 15 Armor per Hero ignited with Breath of Fire. This lasts 3 seconds.
  • Freshest Ingredients (Trait)
    • Health Regeneration granted by gathering Regeneration Globes no longer caps at 30.
• Level 4
  • Keg Toss (W)
    • Bonus damage per Hero hit increased from 3 to 4.
    • Bonus damage maximum increased from 60 to 80.
• Level 7
  • Purifying Brew (Trait)
    • Added functionality:
      • Spell Armor persists as long as Chen has Fortifying Brew Shields.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause Chen to become unresponsive if Wandering Keg's duration expired while the barrel was too close to unpathable terrain.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Grounding Brew (D)
    • Removed
• Level 7
  • Purifying Brew (D)
    • Cooldown reduced from 45 to 15 seconds
    • Added functionality:
      • Chen now gains 30 Spell Armor while channeling Fortifying Brew

Developer Comment: We realize how difficult it is for most Chen players to pass up Brewmaster's Balance on Tier 3. We moved a powerful level 20 down to compete with it a couple patches ago but the data is still showing it as an underperformer. Lowering the cooldown drastically and granting it the functionality of Grounding Brew should incentivize players into choosing it when playing against certain team compositions.

Bug Fixes

• Will no longer gain multiple Freshest Ingredient stacks when collecting a single Regeneration Globe if multiple allied Heroes are nearby.
• Medivh's Ley Line Seal can no longer cause Chen and his Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits to exist at the same time.

Updates

Stats

• Base Maximum Health reduced from 2550 to 2473
• Health regeneration reduced from 5.31 to 5.15

Talents

• Level 7
  • Refreshing Elixir (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Purifying Brew (Passive)
    • Moved from Level 20
    • Cooldown increased from 10 to 45 seconds
• Level 16
  • Flying Leap (Q)
    • Bonus range reduced from 20 to 15%

Bug Fixes

• Medivh's Ley Line Seal can no longer cause Chen and his Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits to exist simultaneously.

Updates

Abilities

• Fortifying Brew (Trait)
  • Brew per second reduced from 40 to 30
  • Chen will now instantly gain 25 Brew upon activation

Talents

• Level 1
  • Elusive Brawler (Active)
    • Cooldown increased from 20 to 25 seconds
    • Cooldown reduction from Basic Attacks reduced from 3 to 2 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing the stun duration of Anub'arak's Burrow Charge from being reduced by Purifying Brew.

Bug Fixes

• Freshest Ingredients will no longer grant 3 Health Regeneration stacks for Regeneration Globes collected during Storm, Earth Fire.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented Chen from regenerating Health while using Wandering Keg.

Bug Fixes

• 50% of Shields gained by channeling Fortifying Brew will now properly persist after learning Freshest Ingredients.
• The Buff Bar tooltip for the Freshest Ingredients Talent will now display the correct amount of Health Regeneration gained.
• Regeneration Globes gathered by Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits now properly contribute to the Freshest Ingredient Talent's quest progress.

Bug Fixes

• Chen

Bug Fixes

• Keg models that appear when casting Storm, Earth, Fire using any of Chen's Skins are no longer missing certain visual effects.

Updates

Stats

• Base Maximum Health decreased from 2658 to 2550
• Base Health Regen decreased from 5.54 to 5.31 per second

Abilities

• Storm, Earth, Fire (R)
  • Base Spirit Health reduced from 1994 to 1913 due to Chen's Maximum Health change

Talents

Level 7

• Refreshing Elixir (Trait)
  • Base healing effect increased from 20 to 30%

Level 13

• Pressure Point (Q)
  • Baseline slow amount reduced from 40 to 35%
  • Bonus slow amount reduced from 80 to 70%

Level 20

• Elemental Conduit (R)
  • Base Spirit Health reduced from 2658 to 2550 due to Chen's Maximum Health change

Updates

Abilities

• Storm, Earth, Fire (R)
  • New Functionality:
    • If all 3 Spirits die, Chen is killed
    • Spirit Health increased from 50 to 75% of Chen's maximum Health
    • Each Spirit grants Chen a special ability:
      • Storm (Q): Increases the Movement Speed of your Spirits by 50% for 5 seconds
      • Earth (W): Fire and Earth Spirits leap at the target, slowing enemies in a large area by 70% for 1.5 seconds
      • Fire (E): Increase the Basic Attack speed of your Spirits by 100% for 5 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Regeneration Master (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Keg Toss (W)
    • Moved to Level 4
    • New Functionality:
      • Quest: Hitting a Hero with Keg Smash increases its damage by 3, up to a maximum of 60.
      • Reward: After gaining 60 bonus damage, Keg Toss's range is increased by 125% and gains a second charge.
  • Grounding Brew (Trait)
    • Ability damage reduction amount increased from 25 to 30%
  • Consuming Flame (E)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Accumulating Flame (E)
    • Quest: Setting a Hero on Fire increases the damage over time of Breath of Fire by 2%, up to a max of 60%.
    • Reward: After gaining 60% bonus damage, Breath of Fire grants 1 second of Resistant per Hero set on fire, reducing damage taken by 25%
  • New Talent: Freshest Ingredients (Trait)
    • Quest: Gathering a Regen Globe increases Health Regeneration by 1 per second, up to a maximum of 30.
    • Reward: After gaining 30 bonus Health Regeneration, 50% of Shields gained from Fortifying Brew are retained indefinitely after drinking.
  • New Talent: Elusive Brawler (Active)
    • Activate to avoid all enemy Basic Attacks for 2 seconds. Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Elusive Brawler by 3 seconds. 20 second cooldown.
• Level 4
  • Swift Reflexes (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Deadly Strike (Q)
    • New Functionality:
      • Flying Kick now deals 100% more damage if Chen has Fortifying Brew shields.
  • Amplified Healing (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Deep Breath (E)
    • Removed
• Level 7
  • Full Keg (W)
    • Removed
  • Combat Stance (Trait)
    • Removed
  • Ring of Fire (E)
    • Moved to Level 4
    • Periodic damage increased from 30 to 50
    • Duration reduced from 5 to 3 seconds
  • New Talent: Refreshing Elixir (Passive)
    • All regeneration and healing effects are increased by 20%. This bonus is increased to 60% while channeling Fortifying Brew.
• Level 13
  • Brew Strike (Q)
    • Removed
  • Enough to Share (Trait)
    • Moved to Level 16
  • Relentless (Passive)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Withering Flames (E)
    • Setting an enemy Hero on fire reduces their Ability Power by 25% for 3 seconds.
• Level 16
  • Bottomless Mug (Trait)
    • Removed
  • Bolder Flavor (Trait)
    • Moved to Level 7
    • New Functionality:
      • Grants 50% of your full Shield instantly when you use Fortifying Brew, and causes Shields to persist for 1 second after drinking.
  • Pressure Point (Q)
    • Moved to Level 13
    • New Functionality:
      • Flying Kick slows enemy Movement Speed by 40% for 1 second. This effect is doubled if the target is affected by Keg Smash.
  • Combination Attack (Q)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Flying Leap (Q)
    • Increases the range of Flying Kick by 20%
  • New Talent: Another Round (W)
    • After hitting an enemy Hero with Keg Smash, the cooldown of the next Basic Ability you cast will be reduced by 3 seconds.
    • Increases the radius of Keg Smash by 50%
• Level 20
  • Untapped Potential (R)
    • New Functionality:
      • Increases Movement Speed of Wandering Keg by 25%
      • Chen gains 50% damage reduction while in Wandering Keg
  • Elemental Conduit (R)
    • New Functionality:
      • Your Sprits now have 100% of Chen's Maximum Health.
      • Storm (Q): Also grants Unstoppable to your Spirits for the duration of the Movement Speed boost
      • Earth (W): Also reduces the cooldown of Leap by 3 seconds
      • Fire (E): No longer an Active ability. Spirits now attack 100% faster while the Fire Spirit is alive
  • Hardened Shield (Active)
    • Removed
  • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Purifying Brew (Trait)
    • Passively reduce the duration of the next Stun or Silence effect by 75% and reset the cooldown of Fortifying Brew. This can only happen once every 10 seconds.
  • New Talent: Stormstout Secret Recipe (Passive)
    • Heal for 1.5% of your Maximum Health every time your Basic Abilities hit an enemy Hero.

Developer Comment: We know how much passion our players have for Chen and spent months upgrading his Talent Tree to our newest philosophies. To give you an idea of what we were looking to improve, here were a couple of our goals with this update: Chen should be able to be a solo-tank for your team and not be afraid to constantly soak enemy skill-shots. Chen should be a constant threat to the enemy's backline damage dealers. Chen should deal low amounts of burst damage while continually applying sustained damage at pointed targets. Chen should be extremely resilient in the absence of enemy stuns. As always, we are listening to your feedback and appreciate everyone taking the time to send it to us. Enjoy the new Talent Tree, and as Chen has said many times before- “It is important to master the Brew and not let it master you!”

• (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
• Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
• Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Chen's Pressure Point talent to also double the duration of Keg Smash's slow.
• Fixed an issue that caused Chen's Elemental Conduit talent to grant more attack speed than intended while the Fire spirit was alive.

Updates

Abilities

• Fortifying Brew (Trait)
  • Can no longer be cancelled by reactivating the hotkey (default D)

Bug Fixes

• The leap distances of the Storm Earth, Fire clones should now be consistent.

Updates

• Health increased from 2556 (+4% per level) to 2658 (+4% per level).
• Health Regeneration increased from approximately 5.32 (+4% per level) to 5.54 (+4% per level).

Bug Fixes

• Additionally, if one of The Lost Vikings or Chen's Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits are hit by Isolation, only the affected unit will have reduced personal vision, but the player should retain allied vision.

Updates

• Fortifying Brew (Trait) (D)
  • A 0.5 second cooldown has been added between activation and cancellation of Fortifying Brew channeling

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented Chen from traveling through the intended target using Flying Kick.
• Chen's Abilities will no longer grant him 3 extra Brew when using an Ability while channeling Fortifying Brew.

Bug Fixes

• Chen's Spirit forms will now properly leave Stealth after casting an Ability during Storm, Earth, Fire.

Updates

• Fortifying Brew (Trait) (D)
  • Shield amount changed from 20 (+12 per level) to 33 (+10 per level)
  • Brew will now regenerate in increments of 5 while channeling Fortifying Brew
  • Keg Toss (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 1
  • Bottomless Mug (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 16
    • This Talent's functionality has changed
    • Now decreases the cooldown of Fortifying Brew from 5 to 3 seconds
  • Combat Stance (Talent)
    • Shield duration after Fortifying Brew channeling ends increased from 2 to 3 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 1): Grounding Brew
    • Now decreases all incoming Ability damage by 25% while channeling Fortifying Brew
• Flying Kick (Q)
  • Flying Kick speed increased by approximately 20%
  • Brew Strike (Talent)
    • This Talent's functionality has changed
    • Now reduces Flying Kick's cooldown by 1 second for every Hero hit by Keg Smash
• Keg Smash (W)
  • Slow duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds
  • Full Keg (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 7
    • This Talent's functionality has changed
    • Now increases Keg Smash damage and area of effect by 50%
• Breath of Fire (E)
  • Deep Breath (Talent)
    • Now also reduces Breath of Fire's Brew cost from 30 to 20
  • Ring of Fire (Talent)
    • Damage increased from 10 (+2.5 per level) to 11 (+2.75 per level)
• Storm, Earth, Fire (R)
  • Brew cost removed
• Wandering Keg (R)
  • Brew cost removed
  • Cooldown decreased from 90 to 70 seconds

Developer Comment: While we see a fair amount of Talent diversity within Chen players, we found that some of these Talents were traps, so these changes will help. We also added a bit of power into Chen's core playstyle to help him at competitive levels.

Bug Fixes

• Chen will no longer earn three extra Brew after casting another Ability during Fortifying Brew.

Updates

• Flying Kick (Q)
  • Flying Kick is now much more accurate and will hit enemies much more consistently.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which certain movement-based Abilities, such as Kerrigan's Ravage or Chen's Flying Kick, could not target the Doubloon Chests on Blackheart's Bay, or Plant Terror Overgrowths on Garden of Terror.
• Chen's Flying Kick will now be properly canceled when cast on an enemy that is transitioning between levels on the Haunted Mines.