Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Righteous Hammer [W]
    • Fixed an issue that caused fully charged Righteous Hammer casts to apply the incorrect amount of knockback.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Righteous Hammer to not knock all targets back an equal distance.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Yrel's abilities caused players to highlight enemies.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Maraad's Insight [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 140 to 160.
• Level 4
  • Aegis of Light [E]
    • Armor bonus increased from 30 to 40 .
    • Duration increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Sacred Ground [R2]
    • Cooldown reduced from 40 seconds to 25 seconds.
    • Mana cost removed.
• Level 16
  • Templar's Verdict [W]
    • Armor reduction reduced from 20 to 15.
    • Percent damage reduced from 7% to 6%.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with abilities causing all players to highlight enemies.
• Avenging Wrath [E]
  • Fixed an issue that caused Avenging Wrath's VFX to display incorrectly.
• Level 10
  • Ardent Defender [R1]
    • Increases Yrel's Self Healing when it prevents damage to her.

Bug Fixes

• Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard.
• Holy Wrath Splash now triggers Physical Attack-limited on-hit effects(meaning Block charges being consumed, Medivh's Raven Familiar firing if the target is a Hero).
• Dauntless will now display Block visuals.
• Holy Wrath area reveal duration reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.
• Aegis of Light no longer reveals the area.
• Vindication will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
• Righteous Hammer will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
• Avenging Wrath will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.

Updates

Base

• Divine Purpose [D]
  • Additional functionality: Divine Purpose's cooldown is reset when Yrel casts a Heroic ability.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Maraad's Insight [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 135 to 140.
• Level 4
  • Aegis of Light [E]
    • Armor increased from 25 to 30.
• Level 16
  • Divine Favor [D]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
  • Holy Wrath [Passive]
    • Splash damage increased from 30% to 35%.

Developer Comment: Yrel's Heroics have a significant amount of counterplay so we're adding in more guaranteed power by buffing Divine Purpose.

Bug Fixes

• Bubble Hearth's cast is now interrupted by Stuns.

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Hand of Freedom [Active]
    • Cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds.
    • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 35% to 30%.

Developer Comment: We had buffed Hand of Freedom multiple times in the past in an effort to get players to use the talent, but our last buff to make it usable on Yrel went too far to the point that it has dominated the talent tier. We're reducing its frequency and the amount of the Movement Speed bonus to be more reasonable for a buff that Yrel can apply to herself.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Dauntless [Passive]
    • Physical Armor amount reduced from 40 to 35.

Developer Comment: Dauntless is still overperforming compared to its other options, so we're slightly nerfing its power.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Light of Karabor [Q]
    • Healing bonus when hitting one enemy Hero increased from 40% to 45%.
    • Healing bonus when hitting more than one enemy Hero increased from 80% to 90%.
  • Dauntless [Passive]
    • Physical Armor reduced from 50 to 40.
  • Maraad's Insight [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 128 to 135.

Developer Comment: Yrel's level 1 talent pick has over time become dominated by Dauntless since we buffed it many patches ago. To better even out the talents, we're reducing its power and increasing the effectiveness of the other options on the tier.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Holy Avenger could grant the damage bonus to non-Hero targets.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Dauntless [Passive]
    • Physical Armor duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Holy Avenger [E]
    • Additional functionality: Hitting an enemy Hero with Avenging Wrath at maximum charge also increases its damage by 25%.
• Level 16
  • Templar's Verdict [W]
    • Damage increased from 6% to 7% maximum Health.
  • Divine Favor [Trait]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.
  • Holy Wrath [Passive]
    • Bonus splash damage increased from 20% to 30%.
• Level 20
  • Word of Glory [R1]
    • Additional functionality: Increase the amount that Yrel heals from damage received from 50% to 75%.
    • Range of allied healing increased from 8 to 12.

Developer Comment: These changes are mostly looking to buff Yrel's late-game by adding more power to her Level 16 talents. We want her to be more relevant without dominating the solo lane too much, so we're opting to make her Level 16 tier to be an exciting spike for her to hit in her games.

Bug Fixes

• Yrel will now automatically mount after Hearthing back to base after using Bubble Hearth.

Bug Fixes

• Learning Yrel's Seraphim talent while channeling or disabled no longer leaves it permanently disabled.

Updates

Abilities

• Level 4
  • Hand of Freedom [Active]
    • Can now be used on Yrel
    • Cooldown reduced from 22 to 20 seconds
    • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 50% to 35%
• Level 7
  • Samaara's Light [Passive]
    • Removed
  • Righteous Momentum [W]
    • Removed Functionality: No longer increases Yrel's Movement Speed while at maximum charge
    • Additional Functionality: Yrel's Movement Speed is increased by 5%. Instead of being Slowed while charging Righteous Hammer, she instead quadruples the bonus
• Level 13
  • Aldor Peacekeeper [Q]
    • Damage reduction increased from 30% to 40%
  • Repentance [E]
    • Slow duration increased from .5 to .75 seconds

• Level 16
  • Templar's Verdict [W]
    • Damage bonus increased 4% to 6% maximum Health

Developer Comment: We gave Yrel some buffs not too long ago, and we're doing it again to slowly bring her power level up. Like Illidan, Yrel can be a monster when she gets going, so we're incrementally increasing her power so that she doesn't go out of control. She can now cast Hand of Freedom on herself, which should make the talent much less situational. With this round of buffs, we are looking at bringing up her mid-late game power so that she has a more meaningful power spike as the game goes on and her enemies gain more options to deal with her.

Updates

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Maraad's Insight (Passive)
    • Now only applies the buff when hitting an enemy Hero with a Basic Ability

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Aegis of Light (E)
    • Armor reduced from 35 to 25
    • Duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Aegis of Light (E)
    • Armor reduced from 35 to 25
    • Duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds

Updates

Abilities

• Ardent Defender (R)
  • Cooldown increased from 100 to 120 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Maraad's Insight (Passive)
    • Healing reduced from 148 to 128

• Level 4
  • Hand of Freedom (Active)
    • Cooldown reduced from 30 to 22 seconds

• Level 7
  • Divine Steed (Z)
    • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 80 to 60%

• Level 16
  • Templar's Verdict (W)
    • Now also deals 4% of enemy Heroes Maximum Health as damage
  • Holy Wrath (Passive)
    • Damage bonus reduced from 30 to 20%

Developer Comment: Yrel has been very strong since her last balance update, and a few of her Talent tiers are dominated by a single Talent. By applying some nerfs to the overperforming Talents, we think that Yrel will be brought back in line with other Heroes and have more diversity in her Talent choices.

Updates

• Divine Purpose (Trait)
  • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds.
• Avenging Wrath (E)
  • Damage increased from 150 to 225.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Aegis of Light (E)
    • Armor amount increased from 25 to 35.
  • Gift of the Naaru (Trait)
    • Healing reduced from 400 to 275.
  • Hand of Freedom (Active)
    • Bonus Movement Speed increased from 35% to 50%.
• Level 7
  • Righteous Momentum (W)
    • Yrel is no longer slowed while channeling Righteous Hammer.
    • Bonus Movement Speed reduced from 45% to 25%.
• Level 16
  • Templar's Verdict (W)
    • Armor reduction duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds.
  • Divine Favor (Trait)
    • Cooldown reduction decreased from 2 to 1.5 seconds.

Developer Comment: We've seen Yrel trending upward strongly since her release, most likely due to players beginning to master her unique playstyle. We've seen a large difference between players who have a lot of experience as Yrel (Hero level 10+) and people who are still learning the Hero. This is likely why we've seen her rise from her initial winrate of 40% to her current 46%. That said, we would like her to feel a little more powerful and be countered by enemy picks a little less. We've increased Avenging Wrath's damage so she gains a little wave clear (though she'll have to use her escape to do so), while also allowing her to threaten enemy backlines. By reducing the cooldown of Divine Purpose, Yrel players won't need to channel as frequently which will result in fewer interrupts. We've also made several Talent changes to buff a few that were underperforming, and to offset the lower Divine Purpose cooldown.

Bug Fixes

• Can no longer cast Bubble Hearth while she is being revived by Divine Palm.
• Bubble Hearth is now placed on a reduced cooldown if casting is interrupted by Divine Palm.
• No longer becomes permanently Invulnerable if she is revived by Divine Palm while casting Bubble Hearth.

Releases

Yrel, Light of Hope, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of her Abilities.

• Divine Purpose (D)
  • Activate to instantly charge Yrel's next Basic Ability at no mana cost.
  • Passive: Yrel's Basic Abilities charge up over 1.5 seconds, increasing in effectiveness, but reducing Yrel's Movement Speed by 25%.

• Vindication (Q)
  • Unleash holy energy around Yrel, dealing 38 damage to nearby enemies and healing her for 96.
  • Charging up this Ability increases its damage up to 125 140 , and Healing up to 320.
• Righteous Hammer (W)
  • Swing Yrel's hammer, dealing 38 damage to enemies in front of her and knocking them away.
  • Charging up this Ability increases its knockback distance, and damage up to 125. Enemies hit at maximum charge are Stunned for 0.75 seconds.
• Avenging Wrath (E)
  • Leap to a location, dealing 150 damage to enemies in an area and Slowing them by 50% for 1 second.
  • Charging up this Ability increases its range.

• Ardent Defender (R)
  • Surround Yrel in a barrier for 3 seconds, absorbing all damage taken and Healing her for 50% of the damage received.
• Sacred Ground (R)
  • Yrel sanctifies the ground around her, gaining 40 Armor until she leaves the area.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attack damage increased from 140 to 155.

Abilities

• Vindication (Q)
  • Charged up damage increased from 125 to 140.