Updates

• Locust Strain (Trait)
  • Bombard Locusts (Talent)
    • Bombard Strain Locust attack range reduced by 30%
• Symbiote (Q)
  • Stab (Q)
    • Damage increased from 44 (+9 per level) to 46 (+9.5 per level)

Bug Fixes

• Abathur's Bombard Strain Talent will no longer increase Locust Health.

Updates

• Scarab Host (Trait)
  • Beetle A.I. has received several improvements.
    • If Anub'arak is attacking an enemy when a Beetle is spawned, the Beetle will also attempt to attack that target.
    • If Anub'arak is not attacking anything when a Beetle is spawned, the Beetle will attempt to find a nearby target to attack.
    • Beetles will now attack and pursue a target found this way until that enemy dies, or the Beetles lose track of the target (through teleporting away, for example). Only then will the Beetles return to a lane.
• Impale (Q)
  • Casting delay removed
• Burrow Charge (E)
  • Casting delay significantly reduced

Updates

• General of Hell (Trait)
  • Bound Minion (Talent)
    • Duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds

Bug Fixes

• The visual effects for Flying Monkey Brightwing's Blink Heal now appropriately match the Skin.

Updates

• Chen's Brew will now be fully restored after using Hearthstone (B) to return to the Hall of Storms.
• Storm, Earth, Fire (R)
  • Chen's status bar will now be hidden during the period of invulnerability that occurs while casting Storm, Earth, Fire, in order to better communicate this state to players.

Updates

• Diablo has received significant updates.
• Health decreased from 1060 (+260 per level) to 1050 (+250 per level)
• Amplified Healing (Talent) removed
• Relentless (Talent) removed
• Storm Shield (Talent) removed
• New Talent (Level 13): Life Leech
  • Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes deal bonus damage equal to 1% of that Hero's maximum Health, and heals Diablo for the same amount.
• New Talent (Level 20): Lord of Terror
  • Activate to steal 10% of the maximum Health of all nearby enemy Heroes
• Black Soulstone (Trait)
  • Maximum Health gain changed from +5 per Soul to +0.15% per Soul
  • Endless Death (Talent) removed
  • Soul Feast (Talent)
    • Health Regeneration bonus increased from 2% to 3% per Soul
  • Siphon the Dead (Talent) moved from Level 7 to 13
    • Will no longer interrupt movement when activated
    • No longer consumes Souls upon activation, and Black Soulstone now heals 15% of Diablo's maximum Health over 3 seconds
  • Soul Steal (Talent)
    • This Talent has been repurposed and now affects Diablo's Black Soulstone Trait.
    • Now increases the maximum Health gained per Soul from 0.15% to 0.25%
  • New Talent (Level 4): Soul Catcher
    • Passively generates a Soul every 4 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 4): Essence of the Slain
    • Gain 10 Mana whenever a nearby enemy Minion dies
• Shadow Charge (Q)
  • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
  • Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds
  • Diablo is no longer Unstoppable during Shadow Charge.
  • Stun duration when the target of Shadow Charge is knocked into a wall has been decreased from 1 to 0.75 seconds.
  • Crippling Shadows (Talent) removed
  • From the Shadows (Talent) has been redesigned
    • Moved from Level 13 to Level 7
    • Now increases Shadow Charge's stun duration, inflicted when the target is knocked into a wall, by 0.5 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 1): Overwhelming Force
    • Increases the range and knockback of Shadow Charge by 25%
  • New Talent (Level 7): Devastating Charge
    • Shadow Charge reduces the duration silences, stuns, slows, roots, and Polymorphs against Diablo by 50% for 3 seconds.
• Fire Stomp (W)
  • Swallowing Flames (Talent) removed
  • Molten Impact (Talent) removed
  • Fire Devil (Talent) moved from level 16 to level 4
    • Damage reduced from 12 (+3 per level) to 10 (+2 per level)
  • Firestorm (Talent) moved from level 16 to level 13
    • Damage bonus decreased from 150% to 125%
  • New Talent (Level 16): Rampage
    • Fire Stomp increases Diablo's Movement Speed by 20% and Basic Attack damage by 50% for 2 seconds.
• Overpower (E)
  • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
  • Demonic Strength (Talent) has been redesigned
    • Now slows the target by 25% for 2 seconds once Overpower's stun expires
  • New Talent (Level 16): Domination
    • Overpower reduces Shadow Charge's cooldown by 8 seconds.
• Apocalypse (R)
  • Dying Breath (Talent)
    • Now also reduces Apocalypse's cooldown by 20 seconds, in addition to its other effects

Bug Fixes

• Sound effects for Diablo's Fire Stomp will no longer play if the Ability becomes interrupted during its casting time.
• Casting Diablo's Shadow Charge on a Structure at melee range will no longer move him to that Structure's opposite side.

Updates

• E.T.C. has received significant updates.
• Scouting Drone (Talent) removed
• Superiority (Talent) removed
• Relentless (Talent) removed
• Hardened Shield (Talent) removed
• Follow Through (Talent) added at Level 7
• Spell Shield (Talent) added at Level 13
• Storm Shield (Talent) added at Level 20
• Echo Pedal (Talent)
  • Moved from Level 4 to Level 16
  • Pulse damage increased from 10 (+3 per level) to 30 (+5 per level)
  • The first pulse now fires immediately, and fires the follow-up pulse after 2 seconds in order to allow for more cohesion with Face Melt and Powerslide.
• Rockstar (Trait)
  • No longer affects allied Minions or Mercenaries
  • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
  • Rockin' Out (Talent) removed
  • Uber Rockstar (Talent) renamed to Speed Metal
    • Moved from Level 13 to Level 16
    • Now lasts 2 seconds, separate from Rockstar
  • New Talent (Level 4): Hammer On
    • Increases Rockstar's duration by 2 seconds, and reduces the cost of all Abilities by 10 Mana while Rockstar is active
• Powerslide (Q)
  • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
  • New Talent (Level 1): Rolling Like a Stone
    • Increases Powerslide's range by 25%
  • New Talent (Level 4): Double-Necked Guitar
    • Increases Powerslide's width by 100%, and speed by 30%
  • New Talent (Level 13): Show Stopper
    • E.T.C. gains Resistant, reducing all damage taken by 25%, for 4 seconds after casting Powerslide.
• Face Melt (W)
  • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
  • New Talent (Level 4): Mic Check
    • Hitting 3 or more targets with Face Melt reduces its cooldown by 4 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 4): Pinball Wizard
    • Face Melt deals an additional 50% damage to enemies recently affected by Powerslide.
  • New Talent (Level 16): Encore
    • Face Melt now leaves behind an Amplifier, which will knock enemies back again after 2 seconds.
• Guitar Solo (E)
  • Mana cost decreased from 60 to 40
  • Pwn Shop Guitar (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
    • Mana cost reduction decreased from 50% to 40%
  • Groupies (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 13
    • Healing provided to nearby allied Heroes increased from 12 (+3 per level) to 30 (+6 per level) Health per second while active
  • Guitar Hero (Talent) has been redesigned
    • Now heals for 50% of damage dealt by Basic Attacks while Guitar Solo is active
  • New Talent (Level 1): Prog Rock
    • Permanently increases Guitar Solo's healing per second by 2 for each Regeneration Globe picked up
  • New Talent (Level 7): Just Keep Rockin'
    • Reduces the duration of all silences, slows, stuns, roots, and polymorphs against E.T.C. by 50% while Guitar Solo is active
• Mosh Pit (R)
  • Death Metal (Talent) has been redesigned
    • Upon death, a ghost of E.T.C. will now cast Mosh Pit at his death location
    • This Talent may now be picked even if Stage Dive has been selected as E.T.C.'s Heroic Ability.
  • New Talent (Level 20): Tour Bus
    • Allows E.T.C. to cast Powerslide during Mosh Pit, and doing so increases Mosh Pit's duration by 2 seconds
    • Additionally, casting Mosh Pit now refreshes Powerslide's cooldown.
• Stage Dive (R)
  • Cooldown decreased from 100 to 75 seconds
  • Rock God (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 20): Crowd Pleaser
    • Increases Stage Dive's impact radius by 50%, and reduces its cooldown by 15 seconds for each enemy Hero hit

Bug Fixes

• The Clear Cooldowns button in Try Me Mode will now properly reset the cooldowns for Tychus's Commander Odin and E.T.C.'s Mosh Pit Heroic Abilities.
• E.T.C.'s Rockstar Trait will no longer buff Gazlowe's Scrap.

Updates

• Rock-it! Turret (Q)
  • Mana cost decreased from 70 to 60
  • Rock-It! Turret XL (Talent)
    • Now acquires targets in a cone rather than a circle
    • This change was made to prevent cases where bonus shots fire farther than the turret's indicated range.
  • Turret Storage (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
    • Maximum Turret charges reduced from 4 to 3
  • Long-Ranged Turrets (Talent)
    • Turret attack range bonus increased from 25% to 40%
• Deth Lazor (W)
  • Damage gained per level reduced from 14 to 12
  • Mana cost decreased from 75 to 60
  • Cooldown decreased from 15 to 12 seconds, and now begins once Deth Lazor is fired
  • Damage now increases at 1.5 second, rather than 2 second, intervals while channeling, and reaches maximum damage at 3 seconds.
  • Maximum channel time decreased from 8 to 6 seconds
  • Goblin Fusion (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 4
    • Damage bonus reduced from 50% to 25%
  • EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper (Talent)
    • Slow amount increased from 35% to 40%
• Xplodium Charge (E)
  • Mana cost increased from 60 to 70
  • Kwik Release Charge (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 16
• Grav-O-Bomb 3,000 (R)
  • Triggers 0.1875 seconds sooner in order to better align with the Ability's visual effects

Bug Fixes

• Physics objects, such as ragdolls, can now be appropriately manipulated by Sonya and Gazlowe's Abilities.
• E.T.C.'s Rockstar Trait will no longer buff Gazlowe's Scrap.

Bug Fixes

• Illidan's Hero model will no longer disappear when casting The Hunt immediately after Dive.
• During Training Mode games, Uther will no longer prompt Illidan players to use a Mount when already Mounted in Demon Form during Training Mode games.

Releases

Kael'thas, The Sun King, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Trait

• Verdant Spheres (D)
  • Activate to make your next Basic Ability more powerful.

Basic Abilities

• Flamestrike (Q)
  • After a short delay, deal damage in an area.
  • Verdant Spheres (Trait) - Increases Flamestrike's radius and damage.
• Living Bomb (W)
  • Damages an enemy over a short time, after which the target will explode, damaging all nearby enemies. Casting a second Living Bomb on an enemy causes the first to explode immediately.
  • Verdant Spheres (Trait) - Removes Living Bomb's Mana cost and cooldown.
• Gravity Lapse (E)
  • Stuns the first enemy hit.
  • Verdant Spheres (Trait) - Causes Gravity Lapse to stun the first 3 enemies in its path.

Heroic Abilities

• Phoenix (R)
  • Launch a Phoenix to target area, dealing damage to enemies along the way. The Phoenix persists, attacking enemies, and dealing splash damage to those near its primary attack target.
• Pyroblast (R)
  • After a short delay, cast a slow-moving fireball that deals massive damage to an enemy, and medium damage to enemies near the target.

Bug Fixes

• The ability hotkey for Kerrigan's Primal Grasp is now properly displayed in her Abilities tab on the Hero Select screen.

Updates

• Basic Attack damage gained per level increased from 8 to 9
• Follow Through (Talent) removed
• Skullcracker (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 7
• New Talent (Level 16): Give 'em the Axe!
  • Basic Attacks deal 75% additional damage against targets that are rooted, stunned, or slowed
  • This is a Muradin-specific version of the Executioner Talent.
• Thunder Clap (W)
  • Reverberation (Talent)
    • Attack speed slow amount increased from 33% to 50%
    • Attack speed slow duration decreased from 3.5 to 3 seconds
  • Thunder Burn (Talent)
    • Movement Speed slow duration applied by Thunder Clap's secondary explosion increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
• Dwarf Toss (E)
  • Landing Momentum (Talent)
    • Movement Speed bonus duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds
• Haymaker (R)
  • Cooldown decreased from 50 to 40 seconds

Updates

• Spawn Egg (Trait)
  • Murky now spawns into the game with an Egg automatically placed in the Hall of Storms.
  • If both Murky and his Egg are killed, a new Egg will be automatically placed in the Hall of Storms once he respawns.
  • Spawn Egg will not be placed on cooldown in either of the above scenarios.

Bug Fixes

• Baleog and Erik can no longer walk through Nazeebo's Zombie Wall.
• Fixed an issue which could allow Nazeebo to summon a second Gargantuan while the first was still alive.

Updates

• One in the Chamber (Talent)
  • Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 50% to 80%

Updates

• Penetrating Round (Q)
  • Knockback distance increased by about 23%
• Inspire (W)
  • Attack Speed bonus increased from 25% to 30%
    • Allied Attack Speed bonus increased from 12.5% to 15%
  • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 40
  • Cooldown decreased from 15 to 10 seconds
  • Duration decreased from 8 to 6 seconds
• Raynor's Raiders (R)
  • New indicator art has been added that will highlight the Banshees' current target.

Updates

• Healing Totem (Talent)
  • Cooldown increased from 45 to 60 seconds
• Farsight (Talent)
  • Now breaks units within its radius out of Stealth, rather than revealing them

Updates

• Follow Through (Talent) added at Level 7
• Fury (Trait)
  • War Paint (Talent)
    • Heal amount per Basic Attack increased from 25% to 30% of damage dealt
  • Endless Fury (Talent)
    • Maximum Fury increased from 150 to 200
  • No Escape (Talent)
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 20% to 25%
• Ancient Spear (Q)
  • Boon of the Ancients (Talent) removed
  • Composite Spear (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 7
  • Poisoned Spear (Talent)
    • Bonus damage increased from 50% to 75%
  • Mystical Spear (Talent)
    • Moved from Level 16 to Level 13
    • Now permanently reduces Ancient Spear's cooldown by 4 seconds in addition to its other effects
• Seismic Slam (W)
  • Damage increased from 90 (+13 per level) to 100 (+16 per level)
  • Furious Blow (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 16
  • Shattered Ground (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 4
    • Splash damage bonus reduced from 100% to 75% of primary target damage
• Whirlwind (E)
  • Fury cost reduced from 50 to 40
  • Duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
  • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 4 seconds, and now begins once Whirlwind completes
  • Heal amount reduced from 40% to 25% of damage dealt, this effect is doubled for damage dealt to enemy Heroes
  • Enduring Whirlwind (Talent) removed
  • Dust Devils (Talent) removed
  • Life Funnel (Talent)
    • No longer removes movement impairing effects
    • Bonus to Whirlwind healing reduced from +15% to +10% of damage dealt
  • New Talent (Level 4): Hurricane
    • Casting Whirlwind removes any active slows and roots affecting Sonya.
• Leap (R)
  • Leap has received responsiveness improvements.
  • Arreat Crater (Talent)
    • Crater duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
• Wrath of the Berserker (R)
  • Anger Management (Talent)
    • No longer reduces Fury needed to prolong Wrath of the Berserker
    • Now increases all Fury generated while Wrath of the Berserker is active by 50%

Bug Fixes

• Physics objects, such as ragdolls, can now be appropriately manipulated by Sonya and Gazlowe's Abilities.

Bug Fixes

• Stitches's Hook can no longer pull a Hero that is about to be consumed by Zagara's Devouring Maw outside of the Ability's area of effect.

Updates

• New Talent (Level 7): Remorseless
  • After using an Ability, the next Basic Attack within 3 seconds deals 25% additional damage.
  • This is a Sylvanas-specific replacement for the Follow Through Talent.

Bug Fixes

• Sylvanas can no longer cast a second Haunting Wave after the Windrunner Talent's timer has expired.
• Sylvanas's Wailing Arrow Heroic Ability is now properly placed on a reduced cooldown if it becomes interrupted during its casting time.

Updates

• Oracle (Trait)
  • Now reveals enemy units slightly faster

Bug Fixes

• The crystal at the end of Master Tassadar's nerve cords is no longer flexible.
• Tassadar's Oracle properly reveals Zagara's Creep Tumors once again.

Updates

• Jump! (Talent) cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds
• Longboat Raid! (R)
  • The Lost Vikings will now become stunned for 1.5 seconds if the Longboat is destroyed before its duration ends.
• Play Again! (R)
  • All of the Lost Vikings are now restored to full Health upon casting Play Again!

Bug Fixes

• The in-game Score Screen (TAB) will now properly display the total number of Gems being carried by all three of The Lost Vikings on the Tomb of the Spider Queen Battleground.

Bug Fixes

• The Clear Cooldowns button in Try Me Mode will now properly reset the cooldowns for Tychus's Commander Odin and E.T.C.'s Mosh Pit Heroic Abilities.

Bug Fixes

• During Training Mode games, Uther will no longer prompt players to use a Mount when they are controlling the Dragon Knight.
• During Training Mode games, Uther will no longer prompt Illidan players to use a Mount when already Mounted in Demon Form during Training Mode games.

Bug Fixes

• Framerate drops that occur while Valla uses Strafe have been significantly reduced.

Updates

• Infest (Talent)
  • Duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Stitches's Hook can no longer pull a Hero that is about to be consumed by Zagara's Devouring Maw outside of the Ability's area of effect.
• Tassadar's Oracle properly reveals Zagara's Creep Tumors once again.