Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Resonance Beam [Trait]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Resonance Beam to gain charge prior to dealing damage past the first instance of damage.
• Level 7
  • Arc Discharge
    • Now happens prior to all other effects when a Basic Attack would grant progress.
• Level 10
  • Archon
    • Splash attacks now happen after all other effects on the primary target have completed.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Shock Ray [Q]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Shock Ray to not reveal their caster if Shock Ray is visible.

Bug Fixes

• Level 7
  • Arc Discharge
    • Will now be properly reset when ability cooldowns are reset in Sandbox or Try Mode.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to become disjointed when Tassadar stops attacking.

Bug Fixes

• Level 7
  • Arc Discharge
    • Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge cooldown to not progress while resonance beam is fully charged.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to trigger during cooldown.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to not activate correctly.

Bug Fixes

• Level 4
  • Electric Fence
    • Now displays in the Death Recap.
• Level 10
  • Black Hole
    • Fixed an issue that caused Black Hole to hit targets a second time at its apex.

Bug Fixes

• Level 7
  • Psionic Echo [W]
    • Adjusted color display for Psionic Echo indicator on Shock Ray button.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Twilight Archon could use Toy Train.
• Khaydarin Amulet will cancel itself if the target is an inactive Mercenary.

Bug Fixes

• Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard.
• Fixed an issue that caused Feedback's Physical Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability.
• Fixed an issue that caused Archon's Basic Attacks Spell Armor reduction to not be removed by Stasis or Invulnerability.
• Fixed an issue that caused Executor's Will to not increase Healing dealt.
• Fixed an issue that caused Oracle's passive healing to not be displayed in the Death Recap.
• Fixed an issue that caused Archon's Basic Attacks to reduce the Spell Armor of targets while Blinded or if the target is Evading.
• Khaydarin Amulet now requires the target to be visible to start the link.
• Khaydarin Amulet will now reveal the target for so long as the link remains active.
• Khaydarin Amulet will now bounce to targets immune to area damage.
• Khaydarin Amulet will no longer bounce to Invulnerable enemies.
• Archon Basic Attacks Splash will no longer reveal targets.
• Archon Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds.

Updates

Base

• Shock Ray [Q]
  • Channel duration reduced from .75 to .6875 seconds.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Induction [Q]
    • Changed Functionality: Tassadar gains 10% increased Movement Speed. Casting Shock Ray increases this bonus to 30% for 3 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Beam Alignment [Q]
    • Mana cost reduction increased from 10 to 15.
    • Additional Functionality: While Resonance Beam is fully charged, Shock Ray's Slow duration is increased to 4 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Shadow Walk [Active]
    • Armor increased from 25 to 35.

Developer Comment: Tassadar's Q build is underperforming at higher levels of play, so we're bumping him up slightly in that regard. The reduction in channel duration doesn't change how quickly the beam begins to travel, and instead just allows Tassadar to act sooner.

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Plasma Shield [Trait]
    • Maximum Shield amount reduced from 15% to 12% maximum Health.
• Level 10
  • Black Hole [R2]
    • Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds.
    • Mana cost reduced from 80 to 60.
• Level 20
  • Kugelblitz [R2]
    • Additional functionality: Reduce the Armor of enemy Heroes hit by the center of Black Hole by 20 for 3 seconds.

Developer Comment: Plasma Shield is simply a little too good at giving Tassadar survivability, which is an intended weakness of the hero since he brings so many other things to the table. We're reducing its power as well as buffing Black Hole and its Level 20 Mastery, Kugelblitz.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Static Charge [Q]
    • Maximum damage bonus reduced from 250 to 200.
• Level 10
  • Archon [R1]
    • Shield amount reduced from 30% to 25% maximum Health.
    • Basic Attack damage reduced from 150 to 140.
    • Basic Attack splash damage reduced from 75 to 70.

Developer Comment: While not dominating in regards to his win rate, Tassadar is performing a little too well for how popular he is. Both Static Charge and Archon are dominating their talent tiers, so rather than nerfing Tassadar's base kit, we're reducing the power of these two talents in hopes of creating more competitive talent tiers while also slightly reducing his overall impact.

Bug Fixes

• • Fixed an issue where Executor's Will did not have a buff bar.
• • Metamorphosis Illidan, Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, Odin Tychus, and Archon Tassadar can no longer mount as a caboose on the Toy Train.

Updates

Talents

• Level 7
  • Beam Alignment [Q]
    • No longer increases Tassadar's Basic Attack range.
    • Additional functionality: Reduce the Mana cost of Shock Ray from 55 to 45.
  • Arc Discharge [Passive]
    • Additional functionality: While Resonance Beam is fully charged, increase Tassadar's Basic Attack range by 1.
• Level 10
  • Archon [R1]
    • Shield amount reduced from 40% to 30% maximum Health.

Developer Comment: Tassadar is in a fairly good place, but Archon is a little too powerful compared to Black Hole, largely due to its ability to allow Tassadar to effectively get around one of his main weaknesses, which is being vulnerable to dive. We're reducing its power in this aspect, as well as making some small adjustments to his Level 7 talents in order to make Arc Discharge more competitive.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Oracle did not reveal Creep Tumors.

Bug Fixes

• The Ranged Assassin tooltip at the bottom is now properly displaying for Tassadar.

Updates

Base

• Health increased from 1550 to 1650.
• Health Regeneration increased from 3.23 to 3.44.
• Shock Ray [Q]
  • Slow amount increased from 25% to 30%.
• Force Wall [E]
  • Cooldown reduced from 21 to 18 seconds.
  • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 65.
  • Cast time reduced from .1 seconds to .0625 seconds.
  • Birth time reduced from .5675 seconds to .5 seconds.
• Resonance Beam [Trait]
  • Slow amount increased from 10% to 15%.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Static Charge [Q]
    • Bonus damage per stack increased from 4 to 5.
    • Maximum bonus damage increased from 200 to 250.
  • Khaydarian Amulet [Trait]
    • Damage to additional targets increased from 50% to 75%.
• Level 4
  • Induction [Q]
    • Movement Speed bonus when casting Shock Ray increased from 15% to 20%.
    • Movement Speed bonus when hitting an enemy Hero increased from 25% to 30%.
• Level 16
  • Executor's Will [Active]
    • Spell Power bonus increased from 15% to 20%.

Developer Comment: While he deals a whole lot of damage, Tassadar is performing a bit lower than we would like, so we are buffing up various parts of his kit that relate to his survivability and utility, while also increasing the potency of some of his talents. We expect these changes to put him in a much more competitive spot, while also filling a unique role with his ability to control the battlefield with various Slows and with Force Wall.

Bug Fixes

• Shadow Walk now has proper fat finger protection.

Updates

Trait

• Resonance Beam
  • Tassadar's Basic Attack is a long range channeled beam that deals 14 damage every .25 seconds and Slows its target for 10%. While channeling, your Basic Attack damage and Mana Regeneration increase by 25% a second, to a maximum of 100% bonus. While fully charged, gain an additional 3 mana per second. This bonus is lost after 6 seconds of not channeling.

Basic Abilities

• Shock Ray [Q]
  • After a .375 second cast, channel a fast moving electric beam that deals 280 damage and slows all enemies in a line by 25% for 2 seconds.
  • Mana: 55 Mana.
  • Cooldown: 7 seconds.
• Psionic Storm [W]
  • Create a storm of psionic energy at the targeted location, dealing 38 damage every .5 seconds to enemies within its area for 3 seconds. This damage increases by 10% for each consecutive hit, to a maximum of 50% increased damage.
  • Mana: 60 Mana.
  • Cooldown: 8 seconds.
• Force Wall [E]
  • After a .5 second delay, create a wall that blocks all units from moving through it for 2 seconds.
  • Mana: 70 Mana.
  • Cooldown: 21 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

• Archon [R1]
  • Transform into a powerful Archon, gaining 40% of your maximum health as a shield and empowering Basic Attacks for 12 seconds. Empowered Basic Attacks deal more damage, splash in a small area, and reduce the Spell Armor of Heroes by 20 for 2 seconds. While in Archon form, Resonance Beam is fully charged.
  • Mana: 100 Mana.
  • Cooldown: 90 seconds.
• Black Hole [R2]
  • After a .5 second cast, launch a Black Hole that travels in a long line. While travelling, the Black Hole quickly pulls enemy Heroes towards its center. Touching the center deals 310 damage and stuns for 1.25 seconds.
  • Mana: 80 Mana.
  • Cooldown: 70 seconds.

Talent

• Level 1
  • Static Charge [Q]
    • Quest: Heroes hit by Shock Ray permanently increase its damage by 4 and grant 33% Resonance Beam charge.
    • Maximum of 200 additional damage.
  • Psi-Infusion [W]
    • Increase Psionic Storm's range by 33%. Each non-structure enemy hit by Psionic Storm restores .5 mana, increased to 5 against Heroes.
  • Khaydarin Amulet [Trait]
    • Quest: Resonance Beam charges 50% faster.
    • Reward: After remaining at full charge for 80 seconds, Resonance Beam bounces to hit 1 additional target for 50% damage.
    • Reward: After remaining at full charge for 160 seconds, Resonance Beam bounces to hit 2 additional targets for 50% damage.
• Level 4
  • Induction [Q]
    • Casting Shock Ray increases Tassadar's move speed by 15% for 3 seconds. If an enemy Hero is hit, increase this bonus by 10%.
  • Electric Fence [E]
    • Enemies near Force Wall take 46 damage every .5 seconds and are slowed by 35%.
  • Plasma Shield [Trait]
    • While Resonance Beam is fully charged, gain a shield equal to 3% of max health every second. Stacking up to 15% maximum health.
• Level 7
  • Beam Alignment [Q]
    • When Resonance Beam is fully charged, your Basic Attack range is increased by 1 and the cooldown of Shock Ray refreshes 100% faster.
  • Psionic Echo [Q/E]
    • Casting Psionic Storm causes your next Shock Ray within 3 seconds to cost 30 mana and create a Psionic Storm on the first Hero it hits.
  • Arc Discharge [Trait]
    • After reaching full charge, the next instance of Resonance Beam damage creates a Psionic Storm at the target's location. This effect has a 20 second cooldown that decays twice as fast while Resonance Beam is at full charge.
• Level 13
  • Feedback [W/Trait]
    • On targets afflicted with Psionic Storm, Resonance Beam's slow is increased to 60% and it also reduces Physical Armor by 25.
  • Shadow Walk [Active]
    • Activate to gain unrevealable Stealth, 40% movement speed and 25 Armor for 1.5 seconds. 60 second cooldown. Can be cast while channeling Shock Ray or Black Hole.
  • Oracle [Active]
    • While stationary, gain 30 Spell Armor for .75 seconds and heal for 12 health each second. Activate to channel for up to 4 seconds, revealing a gradually increasing area anywhere on the map. 45 second cooldown.
• Level 16
  • Thermal Lance [Q]
    • The first enemy Hero hit by Shock Ray takes 8% of their maximum health as damage.
  • Psychic Shock [W]
    • Psionic Storm deals damage 25% faster.
  • Executor's Will [Active]
    • Activate to gain full Resonance Beam charge, 15 Spell Power, and cause Ability cooldowns to refresh 25% faster. This effect lasts as long as Resonance Beam is fully charged. 60 sec cooldown.
• Level 20
  • Twilight Archon [R1]
    • Basic Attacks while in Archon form increase its duration by 2 seconds.
  • Kugelblitz [R2]
    • Each Hero hit by Black Hole creates a Psionic Storm at their location.
  • Force Barrier [E]
    • Increases the range of Force Wall by 50%, its duration by .5 seconds, and reduces its cooldown by 10 seconds.
  • Khala's Gift [Passive]
    • Gain 4 spell power for yourself and each nearby ally Hero, up to 20. Your total bonus is shared with all contributing allies.

Developer Comment: We've been teasing the Tassadar rework for a long time and it's finally here! Tassadar was previously considered a support Hero, but we felt there was a disconnect between his kit/playstyle and the core fantasy of a High Templar or the other Protoss magic users. Because of this, we've re-imagined Tassadar from the ground up as an ability based Ranged Assassin, similar to characters like Kael'thas and Gul'dan. He retains his Psionic Storm, Force Wall and Archon abilities and has gained two new abilities: Shock Ray and Black Hole. His talent tree has also been radically transformed, giving him a slew of powerful new ways to play. We're very excited to finally get Tassadar into your hands and hope you all enjoy the rework as much as we have!

Updates

Base

• Health increased from 1287 to 1350.
• Health Regeneration increased from 2.68 to 2.81.
• Basic Attack damage increased from 14 to 15.
• Distortion Beam Slow increased from 20% to 25%.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Khaydarin Resonance [Passive]
    • Regeneration Globe amounts for quest completion reduced from 15/30 to 10/20.
    • Plasma Shield quest completion bonuses reduced from 20%/40% to 15%/30%.
• Level 7
  • Resonation [W]
    • Slow amount increased from 50% to 60%.
• Level 13
  • Adun's Wisdom [Trait]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 50% to 75%.
• Level 16
  • Phase Disruption [W]
    • Physical Armor reduction increased from 25 to 35.
  • Focused Beam [Trait]
    • Bonus damage increased from 1% to 1.5% maximum Health.
• Level 20
  • Prismatic Link [Passive]
    • Damage increased from 40% to 50%.

Developer Comment: Leaving him on a good note ahead of nipping out some of his kit was important to us, so while we wait for Tassadar's rework to come to the Nexus, we thought it would be fun to buff him a bit in the meantime.

Bug Fixes

• The Psi-Infusion Talent now displays the base Psionic Storm icon art in the Talent selection pane.

Bug Fixes

• Plasma Shield Healing done after completing the Khaydarin Resonance quest is now correctly tracked on the in-game stats screen (TAB).
• The Talent tooltip for Khala's Light now correctly states that only Heroes will gain Armor when Plasma Shield expires or breaks. This was only a tooltip correction; functionality has not been changed.

Bug Fixes

• Moving while in the Mecha Tassadar Skin's Mount form on Sky Temple will no longer cause flickering visual effects to appear on-screen.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Basic Attacks in Archon form to deal splash damage twice to secondary attack targets after learning Prismatic Link.
• Completing the Templar's Will quest and learning Twilight Archon will no longer grant extended range to Tassadar's first Basic Attack in Twilight Archon form.

Bug Fixes

• The Psionic Echo Talent's timer bar will now correctly appear next to the Archon timer when both are active at once.

Updates

Stats

• Base Maximum Health reduced from 1355 to 1287
• Health Regen reduced from 2.82 to 2.68

Abilities

• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Shield amount reduced from 475 to 455
• Psionic Storm (W)
  • Damage reduced from 44 to 41
• Archon (R)
  • Bonus Attack damage reduced from 166 to 158

Bug Fixes

• The Prismatic Link Talent will no longer cause Tassadar's Basic Attack to chain to Kharazim during Seven-Sided Strike.
• The Templar's Will Talent's second reward will no longer increase Basic Attack range in Archon form.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack Damage reduced from 15 to 14
• Based Maximum Health reduced from 1426 to 1355
• Health regen reduced from 2.97 to 2.8

Talents

• Level 1
  • Khaydarin Resonance (Passive)
    • Bonus Mana from Regen Globes increased from 50 to 100%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing some Attack Speed modifier effects, such as Xul's Cursed Strikes, to persist indefinitely if the effect expired during Dimensional Shift.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Tassadar to gain healing from the damage dealt by his Focused Beam talent.

Updates

Abilities

• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Lifesteal amount reduced from 45% to 40%

Talents

• Level 1
  • Khaydarin Resonance (Q)
    • First unlock shield value bonus increased from 15% to 20%
    • Second unlock shield bonus increased from 30% to 40%
  • Templar's Will (Passive)
    • Damage bonus of first quest unlock reduced from 150% to 125%
• Level 4
  • Khala's Embrace (Q)
    • Life steal amount reduced from 90% to 75%

Bug Fixes

• Nullification will now correctly apply multiplicatively when the target is also affected by other damage reduction effects.
• Can no longer use his Basic Attack during Dimensional Shift while in Archon form.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the first tick of Psionic Storm to deal slightly less damage than intended.
• After learning Prismatic Link, Basic Attacks that bounce to a secondary target will now properly reveal that enemy.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack damage increased from 12 to 15

Abilities

• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Life steal amount increased from 30 to 45%

Talents

• Level 4
  • Khala's Embrace (Q)
    • Life steal amount increased from 60 to 90%

Bug Fixes

• Prismatic Link will no longer cause Basic Attacks to continue to hit the tertiary target if the primary and secondary targets move out of range of one another.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack damage increased from 10 to 12

Abilities

• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Duration decreased from 5 to 4 seconds
  • Shield amount decreased from 550 to 475
• Force Wall (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 30 to 25

Talents

• Level 1
  • Khaydarin Resonance (Passive)
    • New functionality:
      • Quest: Regeneration Globes grant 50% more Mana to Tassadar
      • Reward: After collecting 15 Globes, increase the Shield amount of Plasma Shield by 15%
      • Reward: After collecting 30 Globes, increase the Shield amount by an additional 15%
• Level 4
  • Khala's Celerity (Q)
    • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 25 to 20%
    • Movement Speed bonus duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds
  • Khala's Embrace (Q)
    • Life steal increased from 50% to 60%
• Level 20
  • Twilight Archon (R)
    • Updated functionality:
      • Basic Attacks while in Archon form increase Archon's duration by 2 seconds

Developer Comment: It's no secret that Khaydarin Resonance has consistently proven to be a problematic talent on Tassadar. We want to keep the talent ‘support natured' which the new design embraces. With the volatility of him in competitive drafts we are striking at his Plasma Shield duration again and offsetting the nerfs with some base damage buffs. The rest of the changes address some talent imbalances and should help even out a few of his Talent Tiers.

Updates

Abilities

• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Duration reduced from 8 to 5 seconds
  • Life leech increased from 20 to 30%
• Archon (R)
  • Damage reduced from 175 to 166
  • Splash damage reduced from 87.5 to 83

Talents

• Level 1
  • Khaydarin Resonance (Q)
    • 15 Regen Globe quest
      • Bonus Shield amount increased from 15 to 20%
    • 30 Regen Globe quest
      • No longer increases duration of Plasma Shield
      • Now lowers the cooldown of Plasma Shield by 3 seconds
• Level 4
  • Khala's Embrace (Q)
    • Bonus life leech increased from 40 to 50%
• Level 20
  • Shield Battery (Active)
    • Cooldown reduced from 75 to 60 seconds

Developer Comment: The duration on Plasma Shield has always matched the Cooldown, but we are ready to try separating them. Enemy teams will now have a small window of time to deal meaningful damage between Shield applications (unless Tassadar fully unlocks Khaydarin Resonance). Since he is currently over-performing we are also looking to bring down the damage of Archon slightly.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Khaydarin Resonance (Q)
    • New functionality:
      • Quest: Regeneration Globes grant an additional 50% Mana.
      • Reward(1): After collecting 15 Globes, increase the value of Plasma Shield by 15%.
      • Reward(2): After collecting 30 Globes, increase the duration of Plasma Shield by 100%.

Developer Comment: One of our major goals with Hero reworks is attempting to keep as many of the current builds and playstyles that exist for a Hero, trim out older or unhealthy ones, and hopefully open doors for new ones to emerge. When shifting the old Khala's Embrace to a questing talent (Khaydarin Resonance), we had hoped to lock the immense power that it brought behind a barrier that was difficult to overcome on a lot of maps. In theory, this would make it feel rewarding to take on certain maps, but rarely the most powerful choice. Instead, we found that locking this kind of potential behind an extremely difficult Globe-collecting talent made for a more frustrating experience than a fun one. When taking a step back and considering our options, we felt it best to remove the permanent shielding capabilities and replace it with a less-powerful questing talent.

Updates

• Basic Attack range increased from 5.5 to 6.5

Abilities

• Psionic Storm (W)
  • Ramp to maximum damage reduced from 8 to 5 stacks
• Archon (R)
  • Basic Attack slow reduced from 40 to 30%
• Force Wall (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 35 to 30
  • Duration of Force Wall reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Templar's Will (Passive)
    • Mana returned from attacking Heroes increased from 4 to 8 per second
    • New Functionality:
      • Reward for first quest unlock changed from +1 Basic Attack range to +150% Distortion Beam damage.
• Level 4
  • Khala's Light (Q)
    • Armor on expiration reduced from 25 to 15
• Level 7
  • Resonation (W)
    • Slow amount increased from 40 to 50%
• Level 13
  • Nullification (Active)
    • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
• Level 16
  • Psionic Echo (W)
    • Window between casts increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
• Level 20
  • Twilight Archon (R)
    • The cooldown for Archon will no longer tick down while the Archon effect is active
  • Force Barrier (R)
    • Cooldown reduction on Force Wall reduced from 6 to 5 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing damage absorbed by Plasma Shield to display as double on the tab/score screen.
• Khala's Light will no longer grant Armor to Structures affected by Plasma Shield.
• Fixed an issue in which Basic Attacks did not always count toward Templar's Will quest progress.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack
  • Damage reduced from 69 to 10
  • Attack speed increased by 400%
  • Tether range has been slightly increased
  • Added Functionality:
    • Your basic attacks are channeled and slow the target's Movement Speed by 20%

Abilities

• Oracle (Trait)
  • No longer costs Mana
  • Cooldown reduced from 40 to 30 seconds
  • Radius decreased by roughly 16%
• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Cooldown increased from 5 to 8 seconds
  • Duration increased from 5 to 8 seconds
  • Mana cost increased from 40 to 50
  • Shield amount increased from 342 to 550
  • Removed Functionality:
    • No longer gains 50% strength on allied Heroes
  • Added Functionality:
    • Now grants the target 20% Life Steal on Basic Attacks (while Shielded)
• Psionic Storm (W)
  • Damage decreased from 55 to 44
  • Added Functionality:
    • Damage increases by 12% for each consecutive instance of damage
• Dimensional Shift (E)
  • Cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds
  • Duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
  • Added Functionality:
    • Now grants 25% Movement Speed for the duration
  • You can now cancel out of Dimensional Shift early by re-activating the hotkey (Default: E)
• Archon (R)
  • Attack Damage increased from 111 to 175
  • Duration decreased from 12 to 10 seconds
  • Added Functionality:
    • Your Basic Attacks slow enemies by 40% for 1 second
  • Added Functionality:
    • Passively refreshes the cooldown of Dimensional Shift on activation
  • Removed Functionality:
    • No longer grants a generic Shield on activation
  • Added Functionality:
    • Now grants Tassadar a Plasma Shield on activation
• Force Wall (R)
  • Range increased from 8 to 10
  • Added Functionality:
    • Passively increases the slow amount of Tassadar's Basic Attacks from 20 to 30%

Talents

• Level 1
  • Conjurer's Pursuit (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Reinforce Structure (Q)
    • Removed
  • Overload (W)
    • Removed
  • Psi-Infusion (W)
    • New functionality:
      • Quest: Restores 1 Mana for every non-Structure enemy damaged by Psionic Storm
      • Quest Reward: After restoring 500 Mana, increase the area of Psionic Storm by 20%
      • Quest Reward: After restoring 1000 Mana, increase the damage of your Psionic Storm by 20%
  • New Talent: Templar's Will (Passive)
    • Quest: Attacking enemy Heroes restores 4 Mana per second
    • Quest Reward: After slowing Heroes for 30 seconds, increase your Basic Attack range by 20%
    • Quest Reward: After slowing Heroes for 60 seconds, increase your Basic Attack range by an additional 20%
  • New Talent: Khaydarin Resonance (Passive)
    • Quest: Regeneration Globes grant an additional 50% Mana
    • Quest Reward: After collecting 20 Regeneration Globes, 50% of your Plasma Shield's value remains after expiration
    • Quest Reward: After collecting 40 Regeneration Globes, your Plasma Shield's no longer have a duration
• Level 4
  • Leeching Plasma (Q)
    • Removed
  • Healing Ward (Active)
    • Removed
  • Promote (Active)
    • Removed
  • Mental Acuity (Trait)
    • Moved to Level 7
    • New functionality:
      • Quest: Each takedown lowers the cooldown of Oracle by 3 seconds, to a max of 15 seconds
      • Quest Reward: Upon reaching 15 seconds of cooldown reduction, increase the sight range of Oracle by 50%
  • New Talent: Khala's Embrace (Q)
    • Increases the Life Steal of your Plasma Shield by an additional 20%
  • New Talent: Khala's Light(Q)
    • Upon the expiration or breaking of Plasma Shield, grant the target 25 Armor for 3 seconds
  • New Talent: Khala's Celerity (Q)
    • Plasma Shield grants 25% Movement Speed for 5 seconds
• Level 7
  • Khala's Embrace (Q)
    • Removed
  • Static Charge (W)
    • Removed
  • Calldown: MULE (Active)
    • Removed
  • Deep Shift (E)
    • Moved to Tier 5
    • New functionality:
      • Dimensional Shift's Movement Speed and duration are increased by 50%
  • New Talent: Psionic Projection (Q, W)
    • Increases the range of your Plasma Shield and Psionic Storm abilities by 40%
• Level 13
  • Distortion Beam (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Prescience (E)
    • Removed
  • Scryer (Trait)
    • Removed
  • Shrink Ray (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Nullification (Active)
    • Activate to reduce target Hero's damage by 75% for 3 seconds
  • New Talent: Adun's Wisdom (Trait)
    • While Oracle is active, your Basic Abilities cooldown 50% faster
• Level 16
  • Evasive Shielding (Q)
    • Removed
  • Dimensional Warp (E)
    • Removed
  • Resonation (W)
    • Moved to Level 7
    • New functionality:
      • Distortion Beam's slow amount is increased to 40% while attacking an enemy affected by Psionic Storm
  • Second Strike (W)
    • Renamed to Psionic Echo
    • The window to cast the second Psionic Storm has been reduced from 3 to 1.5 seconds
  • New Talent: Phase Disruption (W)
    • Enemies affected by Psionic Storm have their Physical Armor reduced by 25
  • New Talent: Focused Beam (Trait)
    • While Oracle is active, your Basic Attacks deal an additional 1% of an enemy Heroes maximum Health
• Level 20
  • Storm Shield (Active)
    • Removed
  • Rewind (Active)
    • Removed
  • Twilight Archon (R)
    • New functionality:
      • Basic Attacks while in Archon refresh the duration of Archon
  • Force Barrier (R)
    • New functionality:
      • Decreases the cooldown by 50% and increases the range by 100%
  • New Talent: Shield Battery (Active)
    • Activate to grant all nearby allies a base version Plasma Shield
  • New Talent: Prismatic Link (Passive)
    • Basic Attacks can now bounce to two nearby enemy targets for 50% damage

Developer Comment: We absolutely love releasing reworks and this one was a long-time-coming, as Tassadar has had a bit of an identity crisis from the moment he stepped foot into the Nexus. We knew that the design direction and changes were going to need to be a bit more expansive in scope compared to most of our other reworks, but we did our best to keep him as true to his High Templar heritage as possible. Our goals were to embrace him as a true utility-based support mage. The new "Distortion Beam" Basic Attack should allow you to help peel for your allies as well as secure kills that would be otherwise unobtainable. Plasma Shield has gained baseline utility that will continue to empower Basic Attackers, while also offering more diverse talents in order to better react to enemy and ally compositions. Archon has been surgically buffed and given a passive reset for Dimensional Shift which should be great news for our old-school fans as we fully expect to see a resurgence of back-line infiltration play. Overall, we hope the changes reinvigorate our steadfast Tassadar players while integrating many new ones into the Khala. En Taro Tassadar.

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

Bug Fixes

• Distortion Beam will now correctly play sound effects when attacking enemy Walls, Gates, and Towers.

Bug Fixes

• The visual effects for Tassadar's Plasma Shield will now properly appear centered on Nazeebo.

Bug Fixes

• The visual effects for Tassadar's Dimensional Shift will now properly display if it is cast after breaking the Stealth effect applied by Tyrande's Shadowstalk.

Bug Fixes

• Lethal damage will no longer improperly trigger the cooldown for Tassadar's Prescience Talent.

Updates

• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Can now be cast on allies located in the Hall of Storms

Updates

• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Shield amount decreased from 200 (+40 per level) to 150 (+30 per level)
  • Shield amount is now increased by 50% when cast on other allied Heroes
  • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 40
  • Cooldown reduced from 8 to 5 seconds
  • Leeching Plasma (Talent)
    • Basic Attack damage returned as Health increased from 20% to 30%
  • Evasive Shielding (Talent)
    • Movement Speed bonus duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
• Archon (R)
  • Reduced Archon's Basic Attack damage from 64 (+12 per level) to 51.2 (+9.6 per level).

Developer Comment: It's important that Tassadar players can queue for Quick Match and not be worried that they are going to cause a negative experience for their team. A Tassadar player who chooses the Support Talents will be much more viable as a Support character. We still expect Tassadar to put out smaller numbers when compared to the highest healing Supports, but with the huge amount of utility Tassadar brings, we think this is an okay trade off. The second change here targets Archon providing a little too much power; we've reduced some numbers to tune him appropriately. Internally, we've seen more Force Wall play as a result, which has been exciting.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a longstanding issue with Tassadar's Twilight Archon tooltip. The Shield amounts and Damage bonus will now state a 50% increase, instead of the previous 35%. There is no gameplay impact with this change.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Tassadar's Plasma Shield with the Khala's Embrace Talent from providing bonus Shields to Structures.

Updates

• Spell Shield (Talent) removed
• Oracle (Trait) (D)
  • Cooldown increased from 30 to 40 seconds
  • Mental Acuity (Talent)
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 15 to 20 seconds
• Plasma Shield (Q)
  • Mana Cost decreased from 60 to 50
  • Minion Bulwark (Talent) removed
  • Reinforce Structure (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
• Psi-Storm (W)
  • Mana Cost decreased from 65 to 50
  • Psi-Infusion (Talent)
    • Mana returned per target hit reduced from 7 to 5

Bug Fixes

• Right-clicking Tassadar as he begins using Dimensional Shift will no longer cause the auto-attack reticule to appear while he is invisible.

Bug Fixes

• The Countess Kerrigan and Mecha Tassadar Skins will now default to their unique Mounts in regular games after they are purchased.
• Fixed a visual issue that could occur when Mecha Tassadar self-casts Plasma Shield while in Mecha Mount form.