Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Rock-It! Turret [Q]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix applied to Gazlowe to not reduce Turret damage.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Rock-It! Turrets created by an Ultimate Evolution clone of Gazlowe to not gain the increased damage.
• Level 13
  • Positive Reinforcement
    • Fixed an issue that caused the bonuses to be applied when a Rock-It Turret attacked a target, instead of when it hits a target.
• Level 16
  • Ark Reaktor
    • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix applied to Gazlowe to not modify their damage.
    • Fixed an issue that caused the miniature Rock-It! Turret to not fire at the correct location.
  • Firin' Mah Lazors
    • Fixed an issue that caused the warning indicator to be visible in the Fog of War.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Defense Matrix applied to Gazlowe to not modify their damage.
  • Overklock
    • Bonus damage is now dealt before the primary Basic Attack damage. All other effects will still occur if this kills the target.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Grav-O-Bomb 3000
    • Now Stuns when the target is pulled into the center.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Grav-O-Bomb 3000
    • Minimum cast range removed.
    • No longer bypasses flight time when cast inside Gazlowe's space.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Xplodium Charge [E]
    • Now has a minimum cast range of .2.
• Level 10
  • Grav-O-Bomb 3000
    • Now has a minimum cast range of .2.

Updates

General

• Added indicator arrows to Gazlowe's Xplodium Bomb warning indicator.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Xplodium Bomb to not be affected by allied cooldown reduction.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Mecha-Lord's Armor increase while Blinded or if the target is Evading.
• Fixed an issue that caused Ark Reaktor turrets to deal increased damage.
• Fixed an isssue causing Gazlowe to be incapable to pinging the cooldown of EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper to his team.

Updates

Base

• Vitals
  • Health reduced from 2375 to 2275.
  • Health regeneration reduced from 4.95 to 4.74.
• Rock-it Turret [Q]
  • Damage reduced from 38 to 36.
• Deth Lazor [W]
  • Damage reduced from 180 to 175.

Developer Comment: Gazlowe is a pretty dominant force in all non-master levels of play right now. We are starting with some baseline nerfs and will look to potentially make some talent adjustments in a later patch.

Updates

Base

• Xplodium Charge [E]
  • Damage reduced from 155 to 142.

Talents

• Level 10
  • Grav-O-Bomb 3000 [R2]
    • Damage reduced from 235 to 220.
• Level 13
  • Superior Schematics [Q]
    • Bonus range reduced from 50% to 30%.

Developer Comment: Gazlowe is still a little too strong and is seeing an overly high participation rate. To tone down his power we're lowering his Xplodium Charge damage and reducing the power of some of his highest performing talents.

Updates

Base

• Rock-It! Turret [Q]
  • Damage reduced from 40 to 38.
• Deth Lazor [W]
  • Damage reduced from 184 to 180.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Big Game Hunter [Trait]
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds.
• Level 4
  • Rock It Sock It [Q]
    • Shield amount reduced from 215 to 200.
• Level 13
  • Superior Schematics [Q]
    • Splash damage reduced from 75% to 60%.
• Level 16
  • Ark Reaktor [E]
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.

Developer Comment: Gazlowe is a little bit too powerful after our last round of changes to him, so we're pulling back a bit on some of our buffs and on some of his overperforming talents. Overall, he's in a much healthier place, and we both desire and expect that he'll be a relevant part of the meta, even after these nerfs.

Updates

Base

• Health increased from 2275 to 2375.
• Health Regeneration increased from 4.74 to 4.95.
• Rock-It! Turret [Q]
  • Damage increased from 36 to 40.
• Deth Lazor [W]
  • Damage increased from 174 to 184.
• Xplodium Charge [E]
  • Range increased from 7 to 8.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Rocket Boots [E]
    • Damage bonus increased from 20% to 35%.
  • One Man Wrecking Crew [Passive]
    • Damage bonus increased from 45% to 60%.
• Level 4
  • EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper [Active]
    • Cooldown reduced from 40 to 30 seconds.
    • Armor bonus increased from 35 to 40.
• Level 7
  • Overload [W]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from .5 to .75 seconds.
  • Master Blaster [Passive]
    • Slow duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds.
    • Slow duration increased from Rock-It! Turrets increased from .25 to .5 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Robo-Goblin [R1]
    • Damage per second increased from 8 to 9.
    • Now has Crit kickers when dealing 3 stacks of damage.
  • Grav-O-Bomb 3000 [R2]
    • Damage increased from 220 to 235.
• Level 20
  • Bomb Toss [E]
    • Additional functionality: Xplodium Charge gains a 2nd charge with a 3 second cooldown between uses.

Developer Comment: Gazlowe came out a bit low with his rework, so we're pulling back on a lot of nerfs that were made during the design process which were done with the fear that he would be too powerful. We believe these changes to both his base kit and to underperforming talents will bring him up to par with other Bruisers, and, similar to D.Va, solidify his place as an effective member of his team.

Updates

Base

• Vitals
  • Uses Scrap instead of Mana, max of 10 Scrap.
    • Scrap pick up range increased from 1.25 to 1.5.
    • Spawn pick up delay reduced from 0.45 to 0.0 seconds.
  • Base Health increased from 1826 to 2275.
  • Health regen increased from 3.8046 to 4.74.
• Basic Attack
  • Damage from 95 to 100.
• Rock-It! Turrets [Q]
  • Costs 4 Scrap.
  • Base damage decreased from 62 to 36.
  • Base Health reduced from 593 to 510.
  • Health scaling increased from 4% to 5%.
  • Duration decreased from 30 to 15 seconds.
  • GCD decreased from 2 to 0.5 seconds.
  • Placement range increased from 2 to 3.
  • Adjusted weapon range icons to be less noisy.
  • Prioritizes nearest enemy Hero when first created.
• Deth Lazor [W]
  • No longer has a cost.
  • Cooldown decreased from 12 to 8 seconds.
  • Damage increased from 137 to 174.
  • Range increase from 6 to 10.
  • Width increased from 2 to 2.5.
  • Adjusted Functionality: After 0.65 seconds, deal 208 damage to enemies in a line. Heal 25% of damage dealt, this effect is increased to 75% against Heroes.
• Xplodium Charge [E]
  • No longer has a cost.
  • Cooldown decreased from 20 to 12 seconds.
  • Damage reduced from 233 to 155.
  • Missile travel speed increased substantially.
  • Search area reduced from 3 to 2.85.
  • Range decreased from 9.5 to 7.
  • Explosion delay decreased from 2.5 to 1.25 seconds.
  • Stun duration decreased from 1.75 to 1 second.
• (New) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle [Trait]
  • Regenerate 1 Scrap every 4 seconds. Destroyed Rock-It! Turrets drop 1 Scrap, pick up dropped Scrap to regain it. Activate to destroy a target Rock-It! Turret.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Extra TNT [E]
    • Removed.
  • Scrap-o-matic Smelter [Trait]
    • Removed.
  • Break it down [Trait]
    • Removed.
  • Goblin Repairs [Passive]
    • Removed.
  • (New) Rocket Boots [E]
    • Increase the cast range of Xplodium Charge by 30% and its damage by 20%. Hitting a Hero increases movement speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
  • (New) One Man Wrecking Crew [Passive]
    • Casting Basic Abilities cause Gazlowe's next Basic Attack within 6 seconds to deal 45% more damage. Stores up to 2 charges.
  • (New) Big Game Hunter [Passive]
    • Dealing damage with Basic Attacks to Heroes, Mercs or Monsters reduces the cooldown of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by 2 seconds. Increase maximum Scrap by 2.
• Level 4
  • Clockwerk Steam Fists [Q]
    • Removed.
  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle [Trait]
    • Removed.
  • Hired Goons [Passive]
    • Removed.
  • (New) Rock It Sock It [Q]
    • Placing a Rock-It! Turret grants Gazlowe a 215 point Shield for 2.5 seconds.
  • Hyperfocus Coils [W/E]
    • Moved from level 7.
    • Adjusted Functionality: Heroes hit by Deth Lazor and Xplodium Charge take an additional 2% of their maximum Health in damage. Gazlowe is healed for 150% the amount.
    • Crit kicker added.
  • EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper [Active]
    • Moved from level 13.
    • New Functionality:
      • Cooldown: 40 seconds.
      • Activate to gain 35 Armor for 3 seconds, reducing damage taken by 35%, and reduce damage dealt of all nearby Heroes and Summons by 50% for 3 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Rock-It! Turret XL [Q]
    • Removed.
  • Engine Gunk [Q]
    • Removed.
  • Goblin Fusion [Q/E]
    • Moved from level 13.
    • Adjusted Functionality: Generate 3 Scrap for each Hero hit by Deth Lazor.
  • (New) Overload [W]
    • Deth Lazor can now store up to 2 charges. Each enemy Hero hit by Deth Lazor reduces the cooldown of Deth Lazor by 0.5 seconds.
  • (New) Master Blaster [E]
    • Deth Lazor and Xplodium Charge Slow by 35% for 2.5 seconds. Rock-It! Turret Basic Attacks extend the duration by 0.25 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Robo-Goblin [R1]
    • New Functionality: Activate to become Unstoppable for 1.5 seconds. Passive: Basic Attacks deal 80 bonus damage over 5 seconds, stacks up to 3 times.
  • Grav-O-Bomb 3000 [R2]
    • Cooldown decreased from 90 to 60 seconds.
    • Damage reduced from 251 to 220.
    • Added Functionality: Basic Abilities deal 30% more damage for 5 seconds after casting Grav-O-Bomb 3000.
• Level 13
  • X-Tra Large Bombs [E]
    • Removed.
  • (New) Positive Reinforcement [Q]
    • Primary Turret attacks against Heroes increase Gazlowe's Attack Speed by 40% for 3 seconds.
  • (New) Superior Schematics [Q]
    • Moved from level 16.
    • Adjusted Functionality: Rock-It! Turrets attack up to 2 additional target for 75% damage and have 50% increased range.
  • (New) Overcharged Capacitors [Q]
    • Gazlowe gains 5% Spell Power for each active turret, up to a maximum of 15%. Dealing Basic Attack damage extends the duration of Rock-It! Turrets by 1.5 seconds.
• Level 16
  • Turret Storage [Q]
    • Removed.
  • Kwik Release Charge [E]
    • Removed.
  • Firin' Mah Lazorz [W]
    • Moved from level 20.
    • Damage increased from 102 to 125.
  • Ark Reaktor [E]
    • Moved from level 4.
    • Adjusted Functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Xplodium Charge by 3 seconds. Using Xplodium Charge creates 3 Rock-It! Turrets that last for 3 seconds. These Turrets do not drop Scrap or benefit from other Talents.
  • (New) Overklock [Passive]
    • Hitting enemy Heroes grants 15% bonus Movement Speed for 2 seconds. Hitting enemy Heroes with Basic Attacks causes them to take an additional 2.5% of their maximum Health in damage.
• Level 20
  • Mecha-Lord [R1]
    • Adjusted Functionality: Basic Attacks increase Gazlowe's Armor by 10 for 10 seconds, up to a maximum of 30. Basic Attacks deal 50% more damage to Stunned or Slowed targets.
  • Miniature Black Hole [R2]
    • Added Functionality: Each enemy Hero hit reduces the cooldown of Grav-O-Bomb by 12 seconds.
  • It's Raining Scrap [Q]
    • Adjusted Functionality: Reduce the Scrap cost of Rock-It! Turrets by 1. Regain 2 Scrap for each Scrap pickup.
  • (New) Bomb Toss [E]
    • Xplodium Charge launches 2 more bombs when it detonates.

Developer Comment: Our resident one man wrecking crew is receiving a fairly large revamp, designed to fully embrace him as a formidable Bruiser, acting as a front-line member of his team who specializes in disruption and zone control. He now sports a new resource system with Scrap, as well as some design changes to both Deth Lazor and Xplodium Charge, which should make them more consistently useful throughout the course of the game. We had a blast tinkering with our favorite Goblin, and hope you also enjoy what we've done with him!

Updates

Abilities

• Grav-O-Bomb 3000 (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 110 to 90 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 100 to 80

Talents

• Level 20
  • It's Raining Scrap (Active)
    • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 30 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that allowed Gazlowe to cast charged abilities while time stopped.

Bug Fixes

• A.I. Gazlowe will no longer interrupt its own Doubloon turn-ins on Blackhearts Bay in order to place Rock-It! Turrets.
• Dying and respawning after learning Robo-Goblin will no longer remove the player's selected skin from the Robo-Goblin model.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing Deth Lazor from being cast with less than 60 Mana after learning Hyperfocus Coils

Bug Fixes

• Can no longer cast Deth Lazor if he has less than the required amount of Mana.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing Rock It! Turrets from being self-cast or placed beneath unit and Hero models.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing Rock It! Turrets from being self-cast or placed beneath unit and Hero models.

Bug Fixes

• Restored missing visual effects during Gazlowe's transformation into Robo-Goblin form.
• Can now correctly issue commands to active Rock-It! Turrets while dead.

Updates

Abilities

• New Ability: Focus Turrets! (1)
  • Activate Focus Turrets! to order nearby Turrets to focus a specific enemy. 1 second cooldown.
• Rock-it! Turret (Q)
  • Vision range increased by 1
  • Damage decreased from 68 to 62
• Deth Lazor (W)
  • Can now be channeled indefinitely.
  • Can now be cancelled with a full refund by right-clicking.
• Xplodium Charge (E)
  • Increase cast range from 6.5 to 10
• Robo-Goblin (R)
  • Removed functionality:
    • No longer grants Focus Turrets!
    • No longer grants PvE bonus damage
  • New functionality:
    • Now grants 100% Basic Attack damage.
    • New active:
      • Activate to gain 30 Armor and 30 Movement Speed for 4 seconds. 60 second cooldown.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Regeneration Master (Passive)
    • Removed
  • New talent: Goblin Repairs (Passive)
    • Quest: Gather regeneration globe to permanently gain +1 health per second, up to a maximum of 25
    • Reward: Gain an additional 15 health per second
• Level 4
  • Mercenary Lord (Passive)
    • Removed
  • New talent: Hired Goons (Passive)
    • Non-boss mercenaries near you do 50% more damage. Your turrets gain 50 Armor from Mercs and Minions, taking 50% reduced damage from them.
  • Clockwerk Steamfists (Q)
    • Duration bonus per attack decreased from 2 to 1.5 seconds
• Level 7
  • Engine Gunk (Q)
    • Slow amount from 25 to 20%
  • Rock-it Turret XL (Q)
    • Search arc increased from 65° to 80°
  • Hyperfocus Coils (W)
    • Added functionality:
      • Also lowers the Mana cost of Deth Lazor by 50%
• Level 13
  • Turret Storage (Q)
    • Moved to Level 16
  • EZ PZ Dimensional Ripper (W)
    • Slow increased from 40 to 50%
  • X-Tra Large Bombs (E)
    • No longer increases cast range
    • Added functionality:
      • Whenever Gazlowe is stunned or rooted, he drops a Xplodium charge at his feet.
• Level 16
  • Goblin Fusion (W)
    • Moved to Level 13
  • Superior Schematics (Q)
    • New functionality:
      • Nearby Turrets gain 25% additional range
        • These stay that way until you leave the new longer range
• Level 20
  • Mecha-lord (R)
    • Grants 25 Armor
    • Increases Basic Attack damage by an additional 100%
  • Firin' Mah Lazors (W)
    • Lazor centerpoints now track mouse cursor (Like Li Ming's Magic Missiles)

Developer Comment: I'm not exactly sure where this Goblin keeps getting the hoards of gold he needs to bribe the design team, but sure enough, he's done it again. These changes started off as quality-of-life fixes, but eventually evolved into something of a minor rework. Overall, we tried to even out the power-level of a couple talent tiers (including his Heroics), while also bringing in a bunch of baseline changes in order to make him feel a bit more user-friendly. We realize his win rate is above average in certain MMR brackets (and game modes), and that this may be viewed as a substantial buff to him. However, we felt it was important to bring these changes to our players and are prepared to act quickly if any tweaks are needed.

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

Bug Fixes

• Gazlowe's Nuke Ability icon on Warhead Junction will no longer be visually replaced with a lock icon after casting Rock-It! Turret while carrying a warhead.

Bug Fixes

• Rock-It! Turret range indicators will now correctly display while they are active.

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Clockwerk Steam Fists (Q)
    • New Functionality: Quest - Basic Attacks increase the duration of active Rock-It! Turrets by 2 seconds. Reward - After earning a total increase of 600 seconds, permanently reduce the charge cooldown of Rock-It! Turret by 3 seconds.

Developer Comment: Gazlowe likes turrets. We like turrets. Who doesn't like more turrets?

Bug Fixes

• The Engine Gunk Talent now correctly causes Rock-It! Turret attacks to Slow enemy Movement Speed.

Updates

Abilities

• Salvage (Trait)
  • Will no longer dismount Gazlowe if used while mounted
• Robo-Goblin (R)
  • Damage increased from 150% to 200%

Talents

• Level 7
  • Rock-It! Turret XL (Q)
    • Damage increased from 50% to 60%
• Level 13
  • Xtra Large Bombs (E)
    • Radius increased from 25% to 30%
• Level 20
  • Mecha-Lord (R)
    • Damage increased from 150% to 200%

Developer Comment: As part of our ongoing process to improve our talent system, we are doing a pass on all heroes in the game to increase the health of their talent trees. We know that there are a fair number of talents that feel like they are either mandatory or insignificant, and this is our first pass on putting in fixes. These fixes take many forms, and can range from simply buffing or nerfing numbers to changing functionality. We're excited to keep our heroes feeling fresh, and you can look forward to additional changes to more of our heroes in upcoming patches.

Bug Fixes

• The music associated with Big Top Gazlowe's dance animation will play appropriately while in Robo-Goblin form.

Updates

• Xplodium Charge (E)
  • Stun duration reduced from 2 to 1.75 seconds.
  • Damage increased by 10%, from 212 (+4% per level) to 233 (+4% per level).

Developer Comment: We've received a lot of feedback from players regarding the popular strategy of chaining movement impairing effects, like Stuns and Roots, on an enemy Hero. While we want this to be a viable way to play, we feel it's currently too prominent and powerful at higher levels of play. As a result, we are reducing the duration of many of these effects in the game. In scenarios where this change nerfs a character we don't otherwise want to nerf, we're coupling it with a buff to help offset the difference. While this change hasn't reduced all effects that might make you lose control of your Hero, we feel these are some of the more egregious ones. As always, we will make further changes if necessary.

Bug Fixes

• Enemy Heroes hit by the outer edge of an Xplodium Charge will now properly refill Gazlowe's Rock It! Turret charges after learning the X-Tra Large Bombs and ARK Reaktor Talents.

Updates

• This Hero has received significant Talent changes
• Demolitionist (Talent) removed
• Promote (Talent) removed
• Calldown: MULE (Talent) removed
• First Aid (Talent) removed
• Burning Rage (Talent) removed
• Stoneskin (Talent) removed
• Fury of the Storm (Talent) removed
• Hardened Shield (Talent) removed
• Salvager (Trait) and Break It Down (Talent) tooltips have been updated to match their live functionality.
• New Talent (Level 20): It's Raining Scrap
  • Activate to create 1 Scrap every second for 5 seconds near Gazlowe. 60 second cooldown
• Rock-It! Turret (Q)
  • Mana cost increased from 60 to 70
  • Range increased by approximately 27%
  • Long-Ranged Turrets (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 16): Superior Schematics
    • Rock-It Turrets deal 25% more damage when Gazlowe is in their attack range
• Deth Lazor (W)
  • Goblin Fusion (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 16
  • Hyperfocus Coils (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 7
  • New Talent (Level 20): Firin' Mah Lazorz
    • Firing a Deth Lazor now causes each Rock-It Turret to fire its own Deth Lazor as well.
    • Charging Deth Lazor to its second and third power levels increases the range of turrets' Deth Lazors, but not damage.
• Xplodium Charge (E)
  • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60
  • Cooldown increased from 12 to 14 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 4): ARK Reaktor
    • Reduces the cooldown of Xplodium Bombs by 2 seconds, and adds 2 charges of Rock-It Turret when hitting an enemy Hero with Xplodium Bomb
  • New Talent (Level 13): X-Tra Large Bombs
    • Increase the cast range and radius of Xplodium Charge by 25%
  • Kwik Release Charge (Talent)
    • Cooldown between Xplodium Bomb charge uses reduced from 2 to 1 second
• Robo-Goblin (R)
  • Functionality has been added
  • You can now press R to manually target active Turrets

Developer Comment: One of our major goals with these changes was to make our favorite one-man wrecking crew the premier zone-control Hero in the game, and we feel that his new Talents help push him in that direction. Gazlowe now has three playstyles that he can build around with his Talent tree: Rock-it! Turret, Deth Lazor, or Xplodium Charge.

The buff to base Turret range should help him a lot in this regard, as he is much more effective during the early stages of the game. He can now also be a big threat if he can set up at an objective before the enemy team arrives.

We also took this opportunity to remove a lot of generic Talents and replace them with much more interesting ones--like, ya know, the ability for Turrets to shoot friggin' lasers!

Gazlowe Talents

• White text indicates a NEW Talent
• Blue text indicates a MOVED Talent

Bug Fixes

• Gazlowe's Rock-It! Turrets will now properly attack Doubloon Chests on Blackheart's Bay.

Updates

• Salvager (Trait)
  • Will now dismount Gazlowe on activation
• Rock-It! Turret (Q)
  • Clockwerk Steam Fists (Talent)
    • Duration bonus for active Rock-It! Turrets increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds per Basic Attack
• Deth Lazor (W)
  • Goblin Fusion (Talent)
    • Additional charge level damage bonus increased from 25% to 50%
• Xplodium Charge (E)
  • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60

Bug Fixes

• Brightwing's Polymorph now properly interrupts Gazlowe's Deth Lazor.
• Allies will no longer hear Mad Martian Gazlowe's voiceover globally.