Updates

• Toxic Nest (W)
  • Envenomed Nest (Talent)
    • Damage increased from 30% to 50%
  • Prolific Dispersal (Talent)
    • Now also reduces the cooldown of Toxic Nest by 2 seconds
  • Vile Nest (Talent)
    • Slow increased from 40% to 50%
• Evolve Monstrosity (R)
  • The Monstrosity now persists until it is killed.
• Ultimate Evolution (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 70 seconds
  • Duration reduced from 30 to 20 seconds
  • Clones now gain 20% Ability Power, 20% Basic Attack Damage, and 10% Movement Speed.

Updates

• Globe of Annihilation (Q)
  • Taste for Blood (Talent)
    • Now has a maximum damage cap of 500

Updates

• Apocalypse (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 120 to 100 seconds
• Lightning Breath (R)
  • Diablo will now cast Lightning Breath in the direction of the cursor, rather than the direction he is facing at the time of the cast.

Updates

• Fury of the Storm (Talent) replaced with Hardened Shield (Talent)

Updates

• Basic Attack
  • Damage increased from 34 (+10 per level) to 38 (+10 per level)
• Barrel Roll (E)
  • Cooldown reduced from 16 to 14 seconds
  • Barrel Roll speed increased by approximately 50%
  • Flow Rider (Talent)
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 35% to 40%
• Mighty Gust (R)
  • Cost reduced from 100 to 70 Mana
  • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds

Updates

• Arcane Power (Talent) added at Level 20
• Nexus Fury (Talent) removed
• Improved Ice Block (Talent)
  • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds
• New Talent (Level 20): Arcane Power
  • Activate to increase spell damage by 15% and restore 400 Mana for 5 seconds
• Frostbite (Trait)
  • The Chilled effect will now apply to Unstoppable units (such as the Grave Golem), as well as Structures.
• Frostbolt (Q)
  • Damage increased from 45 (+14 per level) to 50 (+15 per level)
• Blizzard (W)
  • Damage per wave increased from 40 (+15 per level) to 45 (+16 per level)
• Cone of Cold (E)
  • Damage increased from 50 (+17 per level) to 55 (+18 per level)

Updates

• Ultralisk (R)
  • Ultralisk controls now mirror Jaina's Water Elemental.
    • Press R and click the terrain to issue a Move command.
    • Press R and click a unit to issue an Attack command on that target.

Updates

• Healing Brew (Q)
  • Will no longer heal Abathur's Ultimate Evolution Clones or Nova's Holo Decoys
• Jug of 1,000 Cups (R)
  • Will no longer heal Abathur's Ultimate Evolution Clones or Nova's Holo Decoys

Updates

• Health Regeneration increased from 5 (+0.125 per level) to 10 (+2.4 per level)
• New Talent (Level 4): Living the Dream!
  • Grants 10% Ability Power, and an additional 1% Ability Power for every 5 seconds that Murky is alive, up to a total of 25% Ability Power. Resets upon death.
• Spawn Egg (D)
  • Murky's Egg no longer grants experience to the enemy team or counts as half of a normal Hero Death.
  • Cooldown reduced from 20 to 15 seconds
  • Egg Health increased from 105 (+15 per level) to 110 (+30 per level)
  • Assault Egg (Talent)
    • Bonus to Egg Health reduced from 200% to 150%
• Slime (Q)
  • Slime's stacking damage now applies to Unstoppable units (such as the Grave Golem).
• Pufferfish (W)
  • Casting time reduced by 75%

Updates

• Gidbinn (Talent) no longer increases the duration of Voodoo Ritual
• Voodoo Ritual (Trait)
  • Specialized Toxin (Talent)
    • Damage bonus from 200% to 100%
• Plague of Toads (E)
  • Toads of Hugeness (Talent)
    • Bonus damage per hop increased from 10% to 20%
• Gargantuan (R)
  • Initial damage increased from 35 (+15 per level) to 100 (+20 per level)
  • Initial health reduced from 1400 (+140 per level) to 600 (+220 per level)
  • The Gargantuan A.I. has been improved.
  • The Gargantuan no longer uses Stomp Ability automatically. Instead, Stomp can now be cast manually by pressing “R”, and has a 4.5 second cooldown.
• Ravenous Spirit (R)
  • The Spirit's area of effect radius has been reduced by 25%.
  • Damage changed from 25 (+9 per level) to 30 (+8 per level)

Updates

• Basic Attack
  • Damage increased from 35 (+11 per level) to 35 (+12 per level)

Updates

• Health reduced from 770 (+170 per level) to 720 (+140 per level)

Updates

• Whirlwind (E)
  • Sonya can now use the following Activated Talents while Whirlwind is channeling:
    • Shot of Fury, Ferocious Healing, Nerves of Steel (formerly Stoneskin), and Ignore Pain (formerly Hardened Shield)
    • As part of this change, Stoneskin and Hardened Shield have been renamed to Nerves of Steel and Ignore Pain in order to help reflect that they are Sonya-specific versions of their Generic Talent counterparts.

Updates

• Health reduced from 1060 (+260 per level) to 1060 (+230 per level)
• Vile Gas (Trait)
  • Radius decreased by approximately 25%
  • Damage scaling decreased from +2 per level to +1.5 per level
  • Toxic Gas (Talent)
    • Radius increased from 25% to 50%
    • Damage over time effect duration reduced from 2 to 1 seconds
• Slam (W)
  • Pulverize (Talent)
    • The stun and bonus damage components of this Talent have been removed.
    • Now reduces cooldown of Slam by 2 seconds
    • Slows enemies hit by 75% for 1 second
• Gorge (R)
  • Hungry Hungry Stitches (Talent)
    • Duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds
    • Now removes the Movement Speed slow from Gorge
• Putrid Bile (R)
  • Regenerative Bile (Talent)
    • Now increases Movement Speed by an additional 10% while Putrid Bile is active

Releases

Sylvanas, The Banshee Queen, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of her Abilities.

Trait

• Black Arrows
  • Basic Attacks and Abilities stun Minions, Mercenaries, and Towers.

Basic Abilities

• Withering Fire (Q)
  • Shoot the closest enemy for 25 damage, preferring Heroes. Stores 5 charges.
• Shadow Dagger (W)
  • Deals 10 damage, and an additional 40 damage over 2 seconds, to target unit. This effect spreads to nearby units.
• Haunting Wave (E)
  • Send forth a wave of banshees, dealing 30 damage to all targets. Reactivate to teleport to the banshees' location.

Heroic Abilities

• Wailing Arrow (R)
  • Shoot an arrow that explodes for 200 damage and silences enemies for 2.5 seconds. Can be reactivated to detonate the arrow early.
• Possession (R)
  • Force an enemy Minion to fight for you. It gains 20% Attack Damage and Health.

Updates

• Force Wall (R)
  • Cost reduced from 75 to 35 Mana
  • Force Wall now forms 50% faster

Updates

• A Lost Vikings-specific version of the Fury of the Storm Talent has been added at Level 20.
  • Every 5 seconds, the next Basic Attack will deal an additional 10 (+4 per level) damage to the target, and 10 (+11 per level) damage to all nearby Minions and Mercenaries. Each Viking has a separate cooldown.
• Longboat Raid (R)
  • Damage reduced from 15 (+8 per level) to 15 (+7 per level)

Updates

• Frostwolf Resilience (Trait)
  • Scaling heal increased from +23 per level to +30 per level
  • Mana Tide (Talent)
    • Mana restoration reduced from 20 to 15
• Chain Lightning (Q)
  • Mana cost increased from 35 to 40
  • Scaling damage increased from +15 per level to +17 per level
• Windfury (E)
  • Cost increased from 50 to 65 Mana
  • Movement Speed bonus increased from 25% to 30%
  • Wind Shear (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 7
    • Now reduces Windfury's cooldown by 4 seconds rather than 3

Updates

• Several of Tychus' Generic Talents have been renamed, but their functionality has not changed:
  • Searing Attacks (Talent) has been renamed to Sizzlin' Attacks
  • Giant Killer (Talent) has been renamed to Problem Solver

Updates

• A significant number of Tyrande's Talents have been rearranged.
• Shroud (Talent) removed
• Purging Mark (Talent) removed
• Bolt of the Storm (Talent) removed
• Focused Attack (Talent) added at Level 4
• Nexus Frenzy (Talent) added at Level 20
• Trueshot Aura (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 16
  • Basic Attack damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%
  • Attack Speed bonus removed
• Hunter's Mark (Trait)
  • Huntress' Fury (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
  • Mark of Mending (Talent)
    • Heal amount increased from 2% to 2.5% of the attacker's maximum Health
• Light of Elune (Q)
  • Cooldown increased from 6 to 8 seconds
  • Self-healing increased from 45 (+10 per level) to 60 (+14 per level)
  • Ally healing increased from 90 (+20 per level) to 120 (+28 per level)
  • Overflowing Light (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 13
    • Heal bonus reduced from 40% to 35%
    • Health requirement for Tyrande reduced from 90% to 50%
• Sentinel (W)
  • Pierce (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 4
  • Empower (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
• Lunar Flare (E)
  • Radius increased by 20%
  • Lunar Blaze (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 7
    • Radius increase removed

Updates

• Uther has received a significant Talent update.
• Burning Rage (Talent) removed
• Sprint (Talent) removed
• Block (Talent) added at Level 1
• Amplified Healing (Talent) added at Level 4
• New Talent (Level 7): Holy Fire
  • Deals 8 (+1.6 per level) damage per second to nearby enemies
• New Talent (Level 16): Benediction
  • Activate to reduce the cost of the next Basic Ability cast by 50 Mana, and its cooldown by 10 seconds.
• Basic Attack
  • Hammer of the Lightbringer (Talent)
    • Mana restored per hit increased from 5 to 8
• Eternal Devotion (Trait)
  • Holy Devotion (Talent) removed
  • The functionality of this Trait has changed significantly.
  • Uther can no longer use his Basic Attack or his Abilities while in Eternal Devotion form.
  • Instead, Uther gains a new Ability while in Eternal Devotion form:
    • Flash of Light (Q)
      • Heal an ally for 81 (+22.5 per level) Health. 1.5 second cooldown.
  • New Talent (Level 20): Redemption
    • After Eternal Devotion ends, Uther will resurrect at the location of his spirit with 50% Health. This effect has a 180 second cooldown.
• Holy Light (Q)
  • Range has been decreased by 12.5%
  • Protect the Weak (Talent) removed
  • Reach (Talent)
    • Now increases the range of Holy Light and Flash of Light by 40%
  • Blessed Champion (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 13
    • The functionality of this Talent has changed.
    • After casting Holy Light, the next Basic Attack heals nearby allied Heroes for 30% of Holy Light's healing amount.
  • Holy Shock (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
    • In addition to its previous effects, Holy Shock now also reduces the cooldown of Holy Light by 4 seconds when it is used to deal damage.
• Holy Radiance (W)
  • Length reduced by 16%
  • New Talent (Level 4): Boundless Conviction
    • Increases the length and width by of Holy Radiance by 40%
• Hammer of Justice (E)
  • Dense Weightstone (Talent) removed
  • Rebuke (Talent) removed
  • Fist of Justice (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
  • New Talent (Level 7): Burden of Guilt
    • After Hammer of Justice's stun fades, the target's Movement Speed is slowed by 30% for 2 seconds.
• Divine Shield (R)
  • Bulwark of Light (Talent) functionality has changed.
    • Uther no longer gains a Divine Shield when using this Talent.
    • Now increases Divine Shield's duration by 2 seconds and reduces its cooldown by 20 seconds
• Divine Storm (R)
  • Divine Hurricane (Talent)
    • Bonus to stun radius decreased from 100% to 50%

Updates

• Battle Momentum (Talent) removed
• Hatred (Trait)
  • Hot Pursuit (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 7
• Vault (E)
  • Valla is no longer Unstoppable while using Vault.

Updates

• Singularity Spike (W)
  • Double Bombs (Talent)
    • The second bomb now deals 50% damage.
• Void Prison (R)
  • Now dims out affected Heroes' status bars