Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Dragonflight [Z]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Dragonflight's cast animation to be interrupted when Deathwing hits another Deathwing with his Basic Attack.
• Level 7
  • Death Drop
    • Armor reduction is now refreshed in duration when re-applied.
• Level 13
  • Fire and Fury
    • Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attack impact visuals to be displayed on Deathwing if attacking a Slowed Hero.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Cataclysm [R]
    • Fixed an issue that allowed Cataclysm to land Deathwing in unintended locations.
• Level 1
  • Molten Blood
    • Fixed an issue that caused Molten Blood to cause duration displays to appear incorrectly.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Bellowing Roar
    • Fixed an issue to allow Deathwing to cast Bellowing Roar while Dragonflight is active.

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Heat Wave [W]
    • Added to the Buff Bar.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Deathwing to be a valid ping target in the party frame while Dragonflight is active.
• Fixed an issue that caused Deathwing to enter an invalid state if the target of his landing becomes invalid.
• Level 7
  • Death Drop [Z]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Death Drop to not reduce all forms of Spell Armor.

Bug Fixes

• Added Bellowing Roar Camera Lock.

Bug Fixes

• Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard.
• Fixed an issue that caused Death Drop's Spell Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability.
• Fixed an issue that caused Molten Flame's button to be highlight while Deathwing is inside a Vehicle and the bonuses from Infernus would be active.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Gaze Onto Destruction reduced the damage of non Heroes.

Updates

Base

• Incinerate [W]
  • Energy cost increased from 15 to 20.
  • Damage reduced from 70 to 65.
• Lava Burst [W]
  • Energy cost reduced from 20 to 15.
  • Periodic Damage increased from 5 to 6.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Infernus [Q]
    • Adjusted functionality: Increase the damage of Molten Flame against enemy Heroes by 25%. Increase this bonus damage to 75% when Molten Flame is cast at 75% Energy or higher.
• Level 7
  • Firestorm [Z]
    • Meteor damage increased from 65 to 70.

Developer Comment: Currently, particularly at higher levels of play, many players are favoring Destroyer form over World Breaker. We're moving some power from Destroyer Form into Worldbreaker to incentivize players to switch between forms more often as the situation demands. We also believe the energy buff to Worldbreaker form makes more sense for Deathwing, as he is naturally more incentivized to use Molten Flame in this form after using his other abilities to control opponents' movements in choke points, but would often find himself unable to use Molten Flame as often due to being at low energy after using his other abilities to set it up.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Molten Blood [Trait]
    • Healing increased from .5% to .6% maximum Health.

Developer Comment: This talent change is meant to compensate for our earlier changes to Deathwing where we lowered his Health.

Bug Fixes

• Updated a tooltip for Bellowing Roar's Fear to correctly state its duration as 1.5 seconds.

Updates

Base

• Health reduced from 2850 to 2750.
• Health Regeneration reduced from 5.94 to 5.73.
• Cataclysm [R1]
  • Periodic damage reduced from 10 to 9.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Heat Wave [W]
    • Damage after using Incinerate reduced from 14 to 12 per second.
• Level 7
  • Firestorm [Z]
    • Additional functionality: Reduce Deathwing's landing cooldowns by 2 seconds.
  • Skyfall [E]
    • No longer reduces Deathwing's landing cooldowns when hitting enemy Heroes.
    • Healing increased from 2.5% to 3% maximum Health.

Developer Comment: Deathwing continues to be a terror in the Nexus. While he's in a much better place now, he can use some more toning down. We're also addressing Skyfall's domination of his Level 7 talents but removing one of its effects and giving it to Firestorm. For players who want to build around going up and landing more often, Firestorm will now be the premier talent for that playstyle, whereas players who want to do damage while in the air, interrupt objectives, or heal themselves more can continue to take Skyfall.

Bug Fixes

• Disconnected player replacement Deathwing A.I. will no longer becomes stuck in the air during Dragonflight. He will land in Destroyer form once he reaches full health.
• Disconnected player replacement Deathwing A.I. will use Dragonflight in place of Hearthstone to heal, unless Dragonflight is on cooldown.

Bug Fixes

• Deathwing's Energy tooltip while in Dragonflight now is correctly called Energy instead of Mana.

Updates

Base

• Basic Attack damage reduced from 170 to 155.
• Incinerate [W]
  • Damage reduced from 75 to 70.
• Cataclysm [R1]
  • Periodic damage reduced from 11 to 10.

Talents

• Level 7
  • Skyfall [E]
    • Healing reduced from 3% to 2.5% maximum Health.

Developer Comment: Deathwing continues to be a force to be reckoned with, so we're continuing to adjust his power level down. Rather than doing one fairly large set of Health, damage, and talent nerfs which can easily go overboard, we're taking a more incremental approach.

Updates

Base

• Health reduced from 2920 to 2850.
• Health Regeneration reduced from 6.08 to 5.94.
• Incinerate [W]
  • Damage reduced from 80 to 75.
• Onslaught [E]
  • Damage reduced from 40 to 38.
  • Damage at the end of the lunge reduced from 75 to 72.
• Lava Burst [W]
  • Periodic damage increased from 8 to 10 per second.
• Earth Shatter [E]
  • Damage increased from 80 to 90.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Molten Blood [Trait]
    • Healing increased from .4 to .5% per second.
  • Draconic Might [Trait]
    • Healing reduced from 30% to 25% damage dealt.
• Level 4
  • Heat Wave [W]
    • Damage after using Incinerate reduced from 16 to 14 per second.
  • Dragon's Ire [Trait]
    • Bonus damage reduced from 30% to 25%.
• Level 7
  • Firestorm [Z]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 12 to 25 seconds.
  • Skyfall [E]
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.
• Level 10
  • Burn Beneath My Shadow [R1]
    • Bonus damage reduced from 100% to 80%.

Developer Comment: While in a much better spot, Deathwing is still overperforming, so we're bringing him down a peg in various ways. This time, however, we are including some buffs to parts of his kit that could use it, particularly to his Worldbreaker form and to some of his talents.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Lava Burst's targeting guide range indicator could be shorter than its cast range.
• Fixed an issue where Deathwing could be affected by Blinds.

Updates

Base

• Health reduced from 3200 to 2920.
• Health Regeneration reduced from 6.67 to 6.08.
• Incinerate [W]
  • Damage reduced from 85 to 80.
• Onslaught [E]
  • Damage reduced from 42 to 40.
  • Damage at the end of the lunge reduced from 80 to 75.
• Cataslysm [R]
  • Periodic damage reduced from 12 to 11.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Draconic Might [Trait]
    • Healing reduced from 40% to 30%.
• Level 7
  • Skyfall [E]
    • Healing reduced from 5% to 3% maximum Health.
• Level 10
  • Burn Beneath My Shadow [R1]
    • Bonus damage reduced from 150% to 100%.
• Level 16
  • Elementium Plating [Active]
    • Shield amount reduced from 35% to 30% missing Health.

Developer Comment: It turns out that Deathwing has lived up to his name, and has been destroying the Nexus since his release. Cataclysm and Burn Beneath My Shadow in particular have proven to be incredibly powerful, so we're reducing their effectiveness by a fairly significant amount. In addition to these changes, we're reducing the power of some overperforming talents as well as slightly nerfing his Destroyer form. Even with these changes, we expect Deathwing to continue to be a powerful addition to any team that he's on.

Releases

Deathwing, The Destroyer, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Trait

• The Aspect of Death
  • Deathwing is covered by Adamantium Armor Plates, granting him Armor.
  • He deals double damage to Heroes and is permanently Unstoppable but is unable to be affected by allied abilities.

Mount

• Dragonflight [Z]
  • After 3 seconds, fly into the air becoming immune to all effects and heal for 2.5% of your maximum Health per second. Once cast, this ability cannot be interrupted. Cannot be cast 4 seconds after taking damage, Basic Attacking or casting an Ability.
  • After remaining in the air for at least 8 seconds, Deathwing can channel for 1.75 seconds and land anywhere that his team has vision of in either Destroyer or Worldbreaker forms, dealing 75 damage to enemies. His abilities are put on a 3 second cooldown upon landing.
    • Energy: No Energy cost.
    • Cooldown: 45 seconds.

Basic Abilities

• Molten Flame [Q]
  • Breathe a stream of molten flame, dealing 192 damage per second.
    • Molten Flame has an initial cost of 10 Energy, then drains 30 Energy per second.
    • Cooldown: 3 seconds.
• Destroyer: Incinerate [W]
  • Flap your wings in a downward blast, dealing 85 damage to nearby enemies.
    • Energy: 15 Energy.
    • Cooldown: 4 seconds.
• World Breaker: Lava Burst [W]
  • After a 1 second delay, create a pool of magma that deals 16 damage per second and slows enemies by 35%. Lasts 6 seconds.
    • Energy: 20 Energy.
    • Cooldown: 6 seconds.
• Destroyer: Onslaught [E]
  • Lunge in a targeted direction, dealing 42 damage and slowing enemies by 35% for 2 seconds.
  • At the end of the lunge, Deathwing bites enemies for an additional 80 damage.
    • Energy: 20 Energy.
    • Cooldown: 5 seconds.
• Worldbreaker: Earth Shatter [E]
  • Create a fissure in the earth that deals 80 damage to enemies and stuns them for .75 seconds.
    • Energy: 25 Energy.
    • Cooldown: 12 seconds.

Heroic Ability

• Cataclysm [R]
  • After 2 seconds, fly in the targeted direction, dealing 90 damage on impact and leave scorched ground that deals an additional 48 damage per second for 6 seconds.
    • Energy: No Energy cost.
    • Cooldown: 90 seconds.