Bug Fixes

• Level 13
  • Law and Order
    • Now displays in the Buff Bar.

Updates

Base

• Basic Attack damage increased from 78 to 82.
• Smite [E]
  • Tooltip updated to include duration of the area granting Movement Speed.
• El'Druin's Might [Q]
  • Slow increased from 25% to 30%.
• Righteousness [W]
  • Shield increased from 336 to 350.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Salvation
    • Healing increased from 140 to 150.
    • Shield bonus reduced from 40% to 35%.
• Level 4
  • Bound By Law
    • Is now a Level 16 Talent.
    • REWORK: El'Druin's Might now Slows targets by 65% 80% for the first second, and then reduces to 30% over the remaining 1.5 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Reciprocate
    • Is now a Level 4 Talent.
    • Explosion damage now only hits enemy Heroes and Summons.
    • Tyrael is now healed for 3% of his maximum Health for each Hero hit by Reciprocate or El'Druin's Might.
• Level 10
  • Judgement
    • Cast range is no longer increased by Tyrael's radius.
• Level 16
  • Burning Halo
    • Is now a Level 7 Talent.
    • Damage bonus for teleporting with El'Druin's Might reduced from 150% to 125%.
    • Damage reduced from 18 to 15.
• Level 20
  • Aspect of Justice
    • NEW: After channeling for 1.5 seconds, enter Archangel's Wrath. Cooldown is reduced by 10% for each enemy Hero it hits. 90 second cooldown.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused some cast range indicators to not match their affected areas.
• Base
  • Smite [E]
    • Tooltip updated to include duration of the area granting Movement Speed.
  • Archangel's Wrath [Trait D]
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Archangel's Wrath damage reduction to be applied twice for a brief period when Archangel's Wrath damages an enemy.
• Level 16
  • Burning Halo
    • Fixed an issue that caused Burning Halo's bonus damage to be granted to the El'Druins left behind by Sword of Justice.
    • Fixed an issue that caused the Burning Halo on El'Druins to no longer cancel when Tyrael is Mounted or in Stasis.

Bug Fixes

• Level 13
  • Law and Order
    • Fixed an issue where maximum bonus was capped at 4 allied Heroes. The cap has been increased to 15.

Bug Fixes

• Level 13
  • Law and Order
    • Fixed an issue that caused Law and Order's damage bonus to not be applied.

Bug Fixes

• Level 1
  • Salvation
    • Now displays in the Death Recap.
• Level 4
  • Bound by Law
    • Updated to heal Tyrael for its amount as a singular combined effect.
• Level 13
  • Law and Order
    • Fixed an issue that caused Law and Order to apply to Smites that are currently being cast.
• Level 16
  • Burning Halo
    • Now displays in the Death Recap.

Bug Fixes

• Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard.
• Fixed an issue that caused Swift Retribution to not apply to channeled Basic Attacks.
• Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to activate Bound By Law while Blinded or if the target is Evading.
• Fixed an issue that caused Burning Halo's damage aura to display as a critical when damage was not increased.
• Archangel's Wrath explosion will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
• Burning Halo icon updated.
• Burning Halo is now classed as a Passive talent.
• Horadric Reforging icon updated.
• Horadric Reforging is now classed as a Passive talent.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Archangel Wrath applied damage reduction to non Heroes.

Updates

Base

• Archangel's Wrath [Trait]
  • Duration increased from 3.5 to 4 seconds.
  • Damage reduced from 550 to 450.
  • Movement Speed increased by 20%.
  • Additional functionality: Enemies within Archangel Wrath's radius deal 50% less damage. Enemies hit by Archangel's Wrath deal 50% less damage for 3 seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Justice for All [W]
    • Shield bonus for allies increased from 75% to 80%.
  • Ardent Restoration [Passive]
    • Additional functionality: Quest: Every Regeneration Globe collected increases the heal-over-time effect by 1%.
• Level 4
  • Stalwart Angel [Q]
    • Armor duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
  • Bound by Law [Q]
    • No longer increases El'Druin's Might's Slow.
    • Additional functionality: Every enemy Hero hit by El'Druin's Might heals Tyrael for 3% of his maximum Health.
  • Divine Vigor [E]
    • Basic Attack heal decreased from 75% to 70%.
• Level 7
  • Reciprocate [W]
    • Shield expiration damage increased from 170 to 190.
• Level 10
  • Sanctification [R2]
    • Cooldown reduced from 100 to 90 seconds.
• Level 16
  • Horadric Reforging [Q]
    • Cooldown per Basic Attack increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.

Developer Comment: There are so many things that we want to do with Tyrael in the future but for the time being we wanted to add some more utility to his Trait while adding some fun additions to some other under-performing Talents.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Salvation [W]
    • Shield amount bonus increased from 25% to 40%.
• Level 4
  • Divine Vigor [E]
    • Healing increased from 60% to 75%.
• Level 7
  • Purge Evil [E]
    • Attack damage bonus increased from 55% to 60%.
• Level 13
  • Law and Order [Passive]
    • Smite damage bonus increased from 25% to 35%.

Developer Comment: Tyrael's talents are in a decent spot, but there is generally one talent on each tier that players are gravitating towards a bit more than the others. These changes are targeted at one talent on each of those tiers to even them out more.

Updates

Talents

• Level 20
  • Defense of the Angels [Active]
    • Cooldown reduced from 120 to 60 seconds.

Developer Comment: Now the Defense of the Angels no longer has a cooldown reduction component, we're reducing its cooldown to be more in line with similar effects.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Defense of the Angels could last longer than intended time.

Updates

Base

• Archangel's Wrath [Trait]
  • Additional functionality: Each enemy Hero hit reduces Tyrael's death timer by 10%.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Ardent Restoration [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 3.5 to 4 per stack.
• Level 20
  • Tyrael's Level 20 talents have been reordered to follow normal conventions.
  • Defense of the Angels [Active]
    • New functionality: Activate to gain 50 Armor for 3 seconds. Each time Tyrael damages an enemy Hero with a Basic Attack or Basic Ability, increase the duration of this Armor bonus by .5 seconds.

Developer Comment: It has been a longstanding request to make Tyrael's trait have some more oomph to it, so we're giving him a thematic change where he can reduce his death timer when hitting enemy Heroes. We don't expect this to be a huge winrate bump, but we do think it makes it feel a bit better to play as the Archangel of Justice.

Bug Fixes

• Adjusted the intensity of Tyrael's Holy Ground ability on low settings to be more visible

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Ardent Restoration (Passive)
    • Healing amount increased from 15 to 17.5
• Level 4
  • Divine Vigor (E)
    • Healing increased from 50% to 60%
• Level 7
  • Purge Evil (E)
    • Bonus Damage increased from 45% to 55%

Developer Comment: We're just making some simple buffs to Tyrael's underperforming talents. Nothing to see here, move along.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Ardent Restoration (Passive)
    • Healing increased from 13.75 to 15 per stack.
• Level 4
  • Stalwart Angel (Q)
    • Armor increased from 20 to 25.
    • Armor duration reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Purge Evil (E)
    • Basic Attack damage bonus increased from 35% to 45%.
• Level 16
  • Burning Halo (Q)
    • Damage increased from 15 to 18.
    • Bonus damage after teleporting increased from 100% to 150%.
    • Bonus damage duration reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.
  • Smite the Wicked (E)
    • Cooldown recharge rate increased from 100% to 125%.
    • Cooldown recharge rate duration after teleporting reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.

Developer Comment: We're making adjustments focused on the viability of some of Tyrael's Talents. In particular, Sword of Justice was not picked very often, and was underperforming. We're addressing this by taking a few Talents (Stalwart Angel, Burning Halo, and Smite the Wicked) and increasing their synergy with Sword of Justice by increasing the bonuses that Tyrael receives while El'druin is out, but reducing the bonuses for teleporting. This should enhance Sword of Justice's playstyle, by allowing players to teleport into a fight, but still having an active El'druin's.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Justice for All (W)
    • Allied Shield bonus reduced from 100 to 75%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing some Mecha Tyrael skins to appear untextured.

Bug Fixes

• The remaining duration on bonus Armor granted by the Stalwart Angel Talent after using El'Druin's Might to teleport will now correctly appear in the Buff Bar.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Salvation (W)
    • Healing on shield destruction increased from 125 to 140
  • Ardent Restoration (Passive)
    • Healing increased from 12.5 to 13.75 per stack over 5 seconds
• Level 4
  • Stalwart Armor (Q)
    • Armor reduced from 25 to 20

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing Tyrael from gaining stacks of Ardent Restoration from the damage dealt by the Burning Halo talent.

Updates

General

• Tyrael will now face the target of his Basic Attack after attacking. This is a visual change, and does not directly affect gameplay
• Passive Spell Armor has been removed

Stats

• Base Maximum Health increased from 2296 to 2468
• Health Regeneration increased from 4.78 to 5.14

Abilities

• El'druin's Might (Q)
  • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 45
• Righteousness (W)
  • Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50
  • Allied Shield amount changed from a flat value to 40% of the Tyrael-only Shield value.
    • This is the same amount of Shields, but it makes it easier to understand new Talent interactions
• Smite (E)
  • Can now be cast while moving
  • Damage increased from 144 to 150

Talents

• Level 1
  • Salvation (W)
    • Moved from level 16
    • New functionality:
      • Increase Righteousness' Tyrael-only Shield amount by 25%. If the Shield is destroyed, heal Tyrael for 125 Health.
  • (New) Justice for All (W)
    • Increases Righteousness' allied shield value to 100% of the Tyrael-only Shield amount.
  • (New) Ardent Restoration (Passive)
    • Damaging an enemy Hero grants 2.5 Health per Second to Tyrael for 5 seconds. Stacks up to 10 times.
  • Protection in Death (Trait)
    • Removed
  • Even in Death (Trait)
    • Removed
  • Regeneration Master (Passive)
    • Removed
• Level 4
  • (New) Stalwart Angel (Q)
    • Tyrael gains 25 Armor while El'druin's Might is out, and for 3 seconds after teleporting.
  • (New) Bound by Law (Q)
    • Increases El'druin's Might's slow amount from 25 to 35%. Tyrael's Basic Attacks increase the duration of the slow by 1 second, up to 4 seconds.
  • (New) Divine Vigor (Passive)
    • Damaging an enemy with Smite causes Tyrael's Basic Attacks to heal him for 50% of their damage for 4 seconds.
  • Vigorous Strike (Passive)
    • Removed
• Level 7
  • Purge Evil (E)
    • Moved from level 1
    • New functionality:
      • Every enemy Hero hit by Smite increases Tyrael's Basic Attack damage by 30% for 4 seconds
  • Swift Retribution (E)
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 10 to 20%
    • No longer increases the duration of Smite's Movement Speed bonus
    • Added functionality:
      • Now also causes Smite's friendly effect to increase Attack Speed by 25%
  • Angel's Grace (Q)
    • Removed
  • Zealotry (W)
    • Removed
  • Follow Through (Passive)
    • Removed
• Level 13
  • Sword of Justice (Q)
    • Moved from level 16
    • New functionality:
      • Can teleport with El'druin's Might twice, returning to Tyrael's original position.
  • Holy Ground (Q)
    • Moved from level 16
    • Duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
  • (New) Law and Order (W)
    • Reduce the cooldown of Righteousness by 1 second for each enemy Hero hit by Smite. Righteousness increases the damage of your next Smite by 25% for each ally affected.
  • Burning Rage (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Angelic Absorption (W)
    • Removed
  • Angelic Might (E)
    • Removed
• Level 16
  • (New) Burning Halo (Q)
    • El'druin and Tyrael deal 15 damage per second to nearby enemies. This damage is increased by 100% for Tyrael for 3 seconds after teleporting to El'Druin.
  • Horadric Reforging (Q)
    • Moved from level 4
    • New functionality:
      • Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of El'druin's Might by 1.5 seconds
  • (New) Smite the Wicked (E)
    • Smite's cooldown recharges 100% faster while El'druin is out and for 3 seconds after teleporting to El'Druin
  • Blood for Blood (Active)
    • Removed
• Level 20
  • (New) Defense of the Angels (Active)
    • Activate to reduce all incoming damage by 40% for 5 seconds. Any time Tyrael or an ally shielded by Righteousness take damage, reduce the cooldown by 3 seconds. 120 second cooldown
  • (New) Seal of El'druin (Passive)
    • Every time Tyrael casts a Basic Ability, increase his Attack Speed by 50% for 3 seconds
  • Nullification Shield (Active)
    • Removed
  • Nexus Blades (Passive)
    • Removed

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that allowed Sanctification to go off despite Tyrael being stunned by Ruthless Onslaught.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause Archangel's Wrath to immediately explode on death, and prevent Tyrael from respawning.

Updates

Stats

• +15 Spell Armor
• Base Maximum Health reduced from 2468 to 2296
• Health Regen reduced from 5.14 to 4.78

Abilities

• El'Druin's Might (Q)
  • Will now clamp the cast to the maximum range of the Ability
• Righteousness (W)
  • Personal Shield amount increased from 320 to 336
  • Allied Shield amount increased from 128 to 135
• Judgment (R)
  • Damage increased from 100 to 150
  • Splash Damage increased from 50 to 75

Talents

• Level 4
  • Amplified Healing (Passive)
    • Removed
• Level 13
  • Imposing Will (W)
    • Removed
  • Angelic Absorption (W)
    • Heal amount increased from 52 to 60
• Level 20
  • Hardened Shield (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Nullification Shield (Active)
    • Activate to gain 60 Spell Armor for 5 seconds.

Updates

Abilities

• Sanctification (R)
  • Cooldown increased from 80 to 100 seconds

Developer Comment: Tyrael's Sanctification has been a dominating force in professional play for a long time. While we like the huge playmaking aspect that it provides, it currently has a shorter cooldown than many other Heroics that it can negate. This cooldown increase puts it on par with other Heroics that have a similar impact on the outcome of a teamfight.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause Tyrael's Sanctification ability to fail if Zarya cast Expulsion Zone at the same location.

Updates

Abilities

• El'druin's Might (Q)
  • Cooldown increased from 11 to 12 seconds
• Judgment (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 70 seconds
• Sanctification (R)
  • Cooldown increased from 70 to 80 seconds

Talents

Level 4

• Horadric Reforging (Q)
  • Cooldown reduction increased from 3 to 5 seconds

Level 7

• Reciprocate (W)
  • Damage reduced from 200 to 170
• Angel's Grace (Q)
  • Movement Speed increased from 30 to 40%
• Searing Attacks (Active)
  • Removed
• Follow Through (Passive)
  • Added

Level 13

• Imposing Will (W)
  • Fixed bug that was causing the Movement Speed slow to inconsistently stack with all other Movement Speed slows
• Angelic Absorption (W)
  • Increased healing amount from 156 over 3 seconds to 208 over 4 seconds

Level 16

• Salvation (W)
  • Increased bonus Shields from 35 to 45% per affected ally

Developer Comment: Tyrael has been trending upward since he last received a Talent update, and has reached a point where we're ready to do a few nerfs to our Archangel of Justice. The major target points are a few of the over performing Talents, as well as some slight adjustments to a few of his cooldowns. Coupled with these nerfs, we're also buffing a few of the lesser picked Talents so that he has more compelling options at every tier.

Bug Fixes

• It is no longer possible to deal damage with Basic Abilities while in Archangel's Wrath after choosing the Even in Death talent.

Updates

Abilities

• Archangel's Wrath (Trait)
  • Increased damage from 456 to 550
• ? El'Druin's Might (Q)
  • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 11 seconds
• Righteousness (W)
  • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
  • Self-Shield amount increased from 319 to 320
• Smite (E)
  • Cooldown reduced from 7 to 6 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Protection in Death (Trait)
    • Increased the Shield duration from 5 to 10 seconds
  • Horadric Reforging (Q)
    • Moved to level 4
  • Purge Evil (E)
    • Damage increased from 25% to 30%
• Level 4
  • Even in Death (Trait)
    • Now also increases the damage of Archangel's Wrath by 25% in addition to its current functionality
    • Moved to level 1
  • Retribution (E)
    • New functionality
      • Increases the Movement Speed bonus of Smite from 25% to 35%, and increase the duration from 2 to 3 seconds
    • Name changed to: Swift Retribution

• Level 7
  • Angelic Momentum (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Angel's Grace (Q)
    • Increased Movement Speed bonus from 25% to 30%.
  • Reciprocate (W)
    • Increased damage from 151 to 200
  • Zealotry (W)
    • Also reduces Righteousness' cooldown by 2 seconds in addition to its current functionality
    • Bonus duration reduced from 100% to 50%
• Level 13
  • Angelic Might (E)
    • This bonus now only applies when hitting Heroes with Smite
    • Increased damage bonus from 25% to 80%
  • Angelic Absorption (W)
    • Increased heal amount from 46 to 52
• Level 16
  • Blade of Justice (Q)
    • Instead of increasing Basic Attack damage, now increases Attack Speed by 50% for 5 seconds
  • Salvation (W)
    • Increased Shield value from 25% to 35% for each ally Hero shielded
• Level 20
  • Angel of Justice (R)
    • Increased cooldown reduction from 30 to 40 seconds

Developer Comment: Tyrael's Talents have been stagnant for some time, and we saw an opportunity to spruce them up. We've added some power to his lesser-used Talents, and given him some new ways to bring more utility to his team. While we understand that many players will miss Angelic Momentum, we felt that it was best to remove it from Tyrael in order to have more design space to add other Talents that manipulate the cooldowns and durations of his abilities.

Bug Fixes

• Casting Judgement on an enemy just as the target is killed will no longer teleport Tyrael to the enemy safe zone.
• The duration bar for El'Druin's Might can no longer display during Archangel's Wrath.

Updates

Basic Abilities

El'Druin's Might (Q)

• Mana cost reduced from 55 to 50

Righteousness (W)

• Mana cost reduced from 65 to 60

Smite (E)

• Mana cost reduced from 50 to 45

Judgment (R)

• Mana cost reduced from 100 to 80

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused Archangel's Wrath to explode immediately in specific situations.

Updates

• Health increased from 2373 (+4% per level) to 2468 (+4% per level).
• Health Regeneration increased from approximately 4.95 (+4% per level) to 5.14 (+4% per level).

Bug Fixes

• Casting Teleport just as Tyrael's Judgment is about to hit Li-Ming will no longer cause her to slide a long distance.
• Angelic Flash will no longer allow Tyrael to teleport out of Root effects.
• Tyrael's Status bar will no longer persist on-screen during Archangel's Wrath if he is killed by Zagara's Devouring Maw.

Bug Fixes

• The Battle Momentum Talent will now properly reduce Tyrael's Sanctification cooldown.

Updates

Developer Comment: Overall, our goal was to make Sanctification a viable Heroic for players. We increased its effectiveness and fixed a few bugs to make the ability more consistent. With the changes, Sanctification can become extremely powerful at countering Wombos or Hard Engage teams, making it an enticing choice over Judgement in certain situations.

• El'Druin's Might (Q)
  • After throwing El'Druin, a timer bar will now display on screen to indicate how much time remains before El'Druin's Might expires
  • New Talent (Level 1): Horadric Reforging
    • Reduces the cooldown for El'Druin's Might by 3 seconds if it hits an enemy
• Sanctification (R)
  • No longer requires Tyrael to channel the Ability. All Heroes, including Tyrael, will be invulnerable while within Sanctification's area of effect
  • Now has a 0.5 second cast time
  • Cooldown increased from 50 to 70 seconds
  • Area of effect radius reduced by approximately 53%
• Judgment (R)
  • Casting time increased from 0.5 to 0.75 seconds
  • Judgment's target is now briefly revealed upon casting
  • New art has been added that will better notify the target of an incoming Judgment
  • The distance that an enemy targeted by Judgment must travel beyond the Ability's maximum cast range in order to interrupt it has been increased by 66%

Bug Fixes

• Casting Abathur's Ultimate Evolution on Tyrael just as Tyrael is killed will now properly place Ultimate Evolution on a reduced cooldown.
• Tyrael will no longer fly to the enemy Hall of Storms if his Judgment target is killed before the Ability completes.
• Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause Tyrael's Judgment to fail to cast properly on the intended target.
• Tyrael's Judgment will no longer affect Heroes inside Zagara's Devouring Maw.
• Heroes that are struck by Tyrael's Judgment and another knockback effect, such as The Butcher's Ruthless Onslaught, in rapid succession will no longer be pushed farther than intended.

Updates

• Vampiric Assault (Talent) removed
• Vampiric Strike (Talent) added at Level 4
• Judgment (R)
  • Can no longer be cast on non-Heroic targets