Updates

Developer Comment: We've tuned up some of his weaker talent picks to make them more viable. We really like the level 20 Hivemind talent, but it can feel clunky to use as when allies move out of range, you have to decide whether to cancel and recast it, or stay focused on only a single target. With these changes, Hivemind will be much more fluid to play with and consistent in its effectiveness.

• Volatile Mutation (Talent)
  • Damage increased from 36 (+7 per level) to 50 (+10 per level)
  • Damage radius increased by 20%
• Locust Strain (Trait)
  • Survival Instincts (Talent)
    • Locust Health bonus increased from 30% to 50%
• Symbiote (Q)
  • Carapace (E)
    • Regenerative Microbes (Talent)
      • Healing per second increased from 7 (+2 per level) to 9 (+3 per level)
  • Hivemind (Talent)
    • Now searches for a new Hivemind target every second, rather than only on the first cast
    • The secondary Symbiote target's Stab and Spike Burst deal half their normal damage, and Carapace grants half its normal Shield amount
• Toxic Nest (W)
  • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
  • Envenomed Nest (Talent)
    • Bonus damage increased from 50% to 75%

Bug Fixes

• Abathur's Evolve Monstrosity cooldown will no longer begin counting down when Abathur is killed while a Monstrosity remains alive.
• Fixed an issue that could allow Abathur to become permanently invulnerable under certain circumstances.
• Abathur's Stab and Spike Burst Abilities will now deal the proper amount of damage to Promoted Minions.
• After learning the Evolution Complete Talent, Abathur's Monstrosity will no longer retain some of the Minions Absorbed stacks earned by a previous Monstrosity.
• Casting Abathur's Ultimate Evolution on Tyrael just as Tyrael is killed will now properly place Ultimate Evolution on a reduced cooldown.

Bug Fixes

• Anub'arak's Web Wrap and Stitches's Gorge will now work properly when used against Unstoppable targets, which is consistent with Zagara's Devouring Maw.

Updates

Developer Comment: Right now, Azmodan has one competitive build at high levels of play where he stacks Globe of Annihilation (Q) talents. We think this build is a ton of fun, so we didn't want to negatively impact this build. Instead, we wanted to give Azmodan some other build options. Right now, it's almost always a mistake to summon one of his Demons and waste your mana. With the new tuning, and the talent changes, the Demons become a legitimate option to use. The Demons start with much more damage than previously, but scale close to what they use to be at higher levels. For players who still plan to go the (Q) build, it's mostly the same, but we've offered a few additional talent choices to make options that best fit your play style. Finally, we are removing some of the Support nature of Healing Ward and Storm Shield from Azmodan. It makes more sense for him to be a greedy character, not someone who can become a hybrid support in the right situation.

• Healing Ward (Talent) removed
• Superiority (Talent) removed
• First Aid (Talent) removed
• Storm Shield (Talent) removed
• Mercenary Lord (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 4
• New Talent (Level 4): Sin's Grasp
  • Activate to deal 115 (+19 per level) damage over 6 seconds to the target enemy Hero; can be cast while channeling All Shall Burn
  • Minion kills each reduce Sin's Grasp's 100 second cooldown by 5 seconds
• New Talent (Level 7): Gluttonous Ward
  • Activate to place a ward that restores 25% of Azmodan's maximum Health and Mana over 10 seconds
• General of Hell (Trait) (D)
  • Bound Minion (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 7
  • New Talent (Level 20): Forced Recruitment
    • Reduces General of Hell's cooldown from 30 to 20 seconds
    • Allows Azmodan to store up to two General of Hell charges
• Globe of Annihilation (Q)
  • New Talent (Level 13): Hedonism
    • Reduces Globe of Annihilation's Mana cost from 60 to 30
• Summon Demon Warrior (W)
  • Demon Warrior damage changed from 20 (+3 per level) per second to 40 (+2 per level) per second
  • Enduring Warriors (Talent) removed
  • Blazing Demons (Talent) removed
  • Army of Hell (Talent)
    • No longer increases maximum Demon charges
    • Now increases Demon Warrior damage by 20%, and reduces Demon Warrior's Mana cost from 40 to 20
  • Hellforged Armor (Talent)
    • Now also causes Demon Warriors to deal 10 (+1 per level) damage per second to nearby enemies
• All Shall Burn (E)
  • Spare Nothing (Talent) removed
  • Master of Destruction (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 1
    • Now also increases damage against Structures by 25%
  • New Talent (Level 7): Infused Power
    • All Shall Burn gains an additional charge-up level, increasing its damage by 25%

Updates

Developer Comment: We like a lot of what the rework did for Brightwing, but overall her healing output went down more than intended. This change will give her back a big portion of the lost healing and should increase her total healing output (tab screen wise) by about 15-20%.

• Soothing Mist (Trait)
  • Healing increased from 25 (+7.5 per level) to 30 (+9 per level)

Bug Fixes

• The visual effects preceding Furnace Blast's explosion will now remain visible while The Butcher is affected by Brightwing's Polymorph.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Abilities like Brightwing's Soothing Mist or Malfurion's Life Seed from auto-casting during Iceblock, or periods during which players are stunned or silenced.
• Brightwing's Peekaboo, Diablo's Firestorm (returning fireballs), Johanna's Blessed Hammer, Leoric's Buried Alive, Nova's Railgun, Sgt. Hammer's Napalm Strike (impact damage) and Tychus's Big Red Button (the nuke portion)

Updates

• Flying Kick (Q)
  • Flying Kick is now much more accurate and will hit enemies much more consistently.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which certain movement-based Abilities, such as Kerrigan's Ravage or Chen's Flying Kick, could not target the Doubloon Chests on Blackheart's Bay, or Plant Terror Overgrowths on Garden of Terror.
• Chen's Flying Kick will now be properly canceled when cast on an enemy that is transitioning between levels on the Haunted Mines.

Bug Fixes

• Brightwing's Peekaboo, Diablo's Firestorm (returning fireballs), Johanna's Blessed Hammer, Leoric's Buried Alive, Nova's Railgun, Sgt. Hammer's Napalm Strike (impact damage) and Tychus's Big Red Button (the nuke portion)

Updates

Developer Comment: Mighty Gust can be a great disengagement tool, but it is often outshined by the pure power of Hinterland Blast. We feel we can bring this Heroic into play more often with some simple tuning changes. Internally, it's been much more powerful and can even be used as a counter to a hard engagement or aggressive dive teams.

• Mighty Gust (R)
  • Cooldown decreased from 50 to 40 seconds
  • Slow duration increased from 2 to 5 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Illidan will no longer fly to the enemy Hall of Storms if the target of The Hunt is killed before the Ability completes.

Updates

Developer Comment: The Jaina changes are a result of her being too powerful right now, and we have a secondary goal of increasing the play of Ring of Frost. By reducing the impact of summoning a Water Elemental, Jaina loses some of her burst potential unless she chooses Ring of Frost. Water Elemental is now more focused on producing sustained damage.

• Ring of Frost (R)
  • Cooldown decreased from 100 to 80 seconds
• Water Elemental (R)
  • No longer deals damage or Chills at the Water Elemental's spawn location

Bug Fixes

• After learning the Wintermute Talent, Jaina's Water Elemental will now properly mirror her Blizzard casts.

Bug Fixes

• Brightwing's Peekaboo, Diablo's Firestorm (returning fireballs), Johanna's Blessed Hammer, Leoric's Buried Alive, Nova's Railgun, Sgt. Hammer's Napalm Strike (impact damage) and Tychus's Big Red Button (the nuke portion)

Updates

Developer Comment: These changes are intended as a slight buff overall, and to provide Kerrigan with more options. Her level 1 range increase talent was almost always picked, so we made that baseline. Several new talents and mana alterations should allow Kerrigan players to try out some Ravage and Trait based builds.

• Seasoned Marksman (Talent) removed
• Focused Attack (Talent) removed
• Searing Attacks (Talent) removed
• Sprint (Talent) removed
• Blood for Blood (Talent) removed
• New Talent (Level 13): Queen's Rush
  • Activate to increase Movement Speed by 25% for 4 seconds. Hero Takedowns automatically activate this effect.
• New Talent (Level 16): Essence for Essence
  • Activate to steal 10% of an enemy Hero's Health, and gain twice that amount as Assimilation Shields
• Assimilation (Trait)
  • Lingering Essence (Talent)
    • Assimilation Shield duration increased from 12 to 20 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 7): Assimilation Mastery
    • Increases Health and Mana Regneration by 100% while Assimilation Shields are active
• Ravage (Q)
  • Damage increased from 50 (+20 per level) to 60 (+22 per level)
  • Mana cost decreased from 75 to 50
  • Clean Kill (Talent)
    • Now also increases the damage dealt by Kerrigan's next Ravage by 20%
  • Adaptation (Talent)
    • Half of Ravage's Mana cost is now refunded when jumping to an ally
  • Eviscerate (Talent)
    • Range bonus increased from 25% to 40%
• Impaling Blades (W)
  • Mana cost increased from 60 to 75
• Primal Grasp (E)
  • Range increased by 20%
  • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
  • Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds
  • Damage decreased from 50 (+13 per level) to 40 (+10 per level)
  • Sweeping Grasp (Talent) removed
  • Psionic Pulse (Talent)
    • Damage per second increased from 12 (+2.4 per level) to 15 (+3 per level)
  • New Talent (Level 1): Energizing Grasp
    • Refunds 10 Mana per enemy hit, up to a maximum of 60
• Maelstrom (R)
  • Damage per second increased from 25 (+2.5 per level) to 30 (+3 per level)
  • Cooldown reduced from 120 to 100 seconds
  • Duration reduced from 9 to 7 seconds
• Ultralisk (R)
  • Cooldown now begins once the Ultralisk is killed
  • Torrasque (Talent)
    • Ultralisk can now be reborn more than once, so long as the egg isn't destroyed within 8 seconds of the Ultralisk's death

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which certain movement-based Abilities, such as Kerrigan's Ravage or Chen's Flying Kick, could not target the Doubloon Chests on Blackheart's Bay, or Plant Terror Overgrowths on Garden of Terror.
• Kerrigan's Aggressive Defense Talent now correctly increases the Assimilation Shield amount gained from Basic Attacks and Abilities by 100% when paired with her Fury of the Swarm Talent.

Releases

Kharazim, Veradani Monk, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Trait

• Pick Your Trait
  • Learn Transcendence, Iron Fists, or Insight using the Talents panel to select your Trait.
    • Transcendence
      • Every third Basic Attack heals the lowest nearby allied Hero.
    • Iron Fists
      • Every third Basic Attack deals 100% bonus damage.
    • Insight
      • Every third Basic Attack restores Mana.

Basic Abilities

• Radiant Dash (Q)
  • Jump to an ally or enemy. Enemies are immediately hit with a Basic Attack. Stores up to two charges. 12 second cooldown per charge.
• Breath of Heaven (W)
  • Heal nearby allied Heroes, granting them a 10% Movement Speed bonus for 3 seconds.
• Deadly Reach (E)
  • Your next Basic Attack increases your Attack Speed and Attack Range by 100% for 2 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

• Seven-Sided Strike (R)
  • Become Invulnerable, striking 7 times over 2 seconds in a large area. Each strike deals 7% of the target's maximum Health as damage, and prioritizes the Hero with the highest remaining Health.
• Divine Palm (R)
  • Protect an allied Hero from death. The next source of fatal damage within 3 seconds is prevented, and the target is instead healed for a large amount.

Updates

• Undying (Trait)
  • Many of Leoric's healing effects during Undying are now half as effective
  • Reanimation (Talent)
    • Health regeneration during Undying decreased from 1.5 to 0.75 Health per second
  • Ossein Renewal (Talent)
    • Heal amount during Undying reduced from 20% to 10% of Leoric's maximum Health
  • Ghastly Swing (Q)
    • Consume Vitality (Talent)
      • Healing reduced during Undying from 2% to 1% of Leroic's maximum Health per target hit, capping at 5%
  • Drain Essence (W)
    • Now restores up to 12.5% of Leroic's maximum Health during Undying, rather than a flat amount (was approximately 10%)
    • Willing Vessel (Talent)
      • Now also increases Drain Essence's healing to 15% during Undying
• Skeletal Swing (Q)
  • No longer deals 100% increased damage to structures

Bug Fixes

• Leoric's Reanimation Talent will no longer allow him to benefit from enemy Regeneration Globes during Undying.
• Fixed a bug that could allow Leoric's Consume Vitality to heal him for more than the five target maximum during Undying.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Leoric's Consume Vitality to trigger multiple times after striking a single target.
• Brightwing's Peekaboo, Diablo's Firestorm (returning fireballs), Johanna's Blessed Hammer, Leoric's Buried Alive, Nova's Railgun, Sgt. Hammer's Napalm Strike (impact damage) and Tychus's Big Red Button (the nuke portion)

Bug Fixes

• Li Li's Cloud Serpent will now attack at the proper speed whether Li Li is moving or standing still.

Updates

Developer Comment: Player feedback brought to our attention that this particular level 4 talent on Malfurion was an obvious trap at 20%. While we don't want to give Malfurion a solid burst healing option, we agreed and have tuned this talent up to 50%. At 50%, and in a vacuum, this talent may still be undertuned, but it eventually adds up to a decent additional amount of healing. Over a sustained period of time, this additional 50% outpaces Protective Shield, for example.

• Regrowth (Q)
  • Rampant Growth (Talent)
    • Initial Heal bonus increased from 20% to 50%

Bug Fixes

• Malfurion's Tranquility will no longer heal him for double the intended amount.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Abilities like Brightwing's Soothing Mist or Malfurion's Life Seed from auto-casting during Iceblock, or periods during which players are stunned or silenced.

Bug Fixes

• Murky can no longer use Pufferfish to permanently reveal parts of the fog of war before the match starts.

Updates

Developer Comment: We looked at tuning up talents that wouldn't impact his core Spider build. We've reverted some of the Ravenous Spirit nerfs as we saw a large shift from Ravenous to Gargantuan and wanted to see a better mix of the two.

• M.U.L.E. (Talent) removed
• Clairvoyance (Talent) removed
• Sprint (Talent) removed
• Stoneskin (Talent) removed
• Hardened Focus (Talent) added at level 16
• Gidbinn (Talent)
  • No longer increases the Plague of Toads explosion radius
  • Zombie Wall and Corpse Spider duration bonuses increased from 25% to 33%
• New Talent (Level 13): Thing of the Deep
  • Increases the range for all of Nazeebo's Basic Abilities by 25%
• Voodoo Ritual (Trait)
  • Blood Ritual (Talent)
    • Health and Mana restoration bonuses increased from 100% to 125%
• Zombie Wall (W)
  • Fresh Corpses (Talent)
    • No longer increases Zombie damage
    • Now permanently reduces Zombie Wall's cooldown by 4 seconds
  • Dead Rush (Talent)
    • Now also increases Zombie damage by 50%
• Plague of Toads (E)
  • Toads of Hugeness (Talent)
    • Now also increases Toad explosion radius by 20% each time they hop
  • New Talent (Level 7): Toad Affinity
    • Each enemy hit by Plague of Toads restores 5 Mana and reduces its cooldown by 1 second
• Gargantuan (R)
  • Gargantuan Stomp (R)
    • Animation duration reduced from 1 to 0.5 seconds
    • Hovering the cursor over Gargantuan Stomp on the Ability Hotbar will now display a range indicator
• Ravenous Spirit (R)
  • Damage changed from 30 (+8 per level) to 25 (+9 per level)
  • Damage radius increased by approximately 22%

Bug Fixes

• Nazeebo's Gargantuan Stomp tooltip now properly reflects a 5 second Ability cooldown for the Ability.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Gargantuan Stomp button to persist on Nazeebo's Ability Hotbar after his Gargantuan had been killed.

Bug Fixes

• Brightwing's Peekaboo, Diablo's Firestorm (returning fireballs), Johanna's Blessed Hammer, Leoric's Buried Alive, Nova's Railgun, Sgt. Hammer's Napalm Strike (impact damage) and Tychus's Big Red Button (the nuke portion)

Updates

Developer Comment: Overall Raynor's win rate is low and using Inspire can feel clunky as it resets your Basic Attack period. These changes should help Raynor feel more responsive to play, while also making him a bit more powerful. We also did a pass at shuffling around and tuning up some of his least picked talents.

• Basic Attack damage increased from 35 to 40
• Mercenary Lord (Talent) removed
• Puttin' on a Clinic (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 7
• Relentless Leader (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
• A Card to Play (Talent)
  • Cooldown reduction per Hero killed increased from 10 to 15 seconds
• Penetrating Round (Q)
  • Cluster Round (Talent)
    • Damage bonus per target hit increased from 10% to 20%, up to a maximum of 100%
  • Bullseye (Talent)
    • Bonus damage removed
    • Stun duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds
• Inspire (W)
  • No longer places Raynor's Basic Attack on cooldown
• Adrenaline Rush (E)
  • Cooldown reduced from 45 to 40 seconds
  • Activated Rush (Talent) removed
  • Fight or Flight (Talent)
    • Now also allows manual activation of Adrenaline Rush
    • No longer removes movement impairing effects, and instead reduces damage taken by 25% for 4 seconds after activating Adrenaline Rush

Updates

Developer Comment: Bloodlust is rarely picked right now, but we feel like both Heroics are extremely powerful. Without changing anything massive, we're simply reducing the CD of Bloodlust so it can be used more frequently. We believe if Basic Attack based heroes become more prevalent in the Meta, this Heroic could become dominant, so we'll be taking a cautious approach.

• Bloodlust (R)
  • Cooldown decreased from 120 to 90 seconds

Updates

Developer Comment: Hammer is one of our lowest win rate characters so we looked at some easy buffs we could make. We feel like she has a great playstyle and wanted to highlight her fantasy more. The increased health will let you be a bit more aggressive and the increased damage will better reinforce her long range, high damage capabilities. Finally, her Siege Mode can be used much more frequently and with less emphasis on securing the perfect location. It's okay now to Siege up, get a couple shots in, and then get out of danger.

• Health increased from 720 (+140 per level) to 740 (+150 per level)
• Artillery (Trait)
  • Damage bonus against distant targets increased from 20% to 30%
• Siege Mode (E)
  • Cooldown decreased from 5 to 2 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 40 to 20

Bug Fixes

• Brightwing's Peekaboo, Diablo's Firestorm (returning fireballs), Johanna's Blessed Hammer, Leoric's Buried Alive, Nova's Railgun, Sgt. Hammer's Napalm Strike (impact damage) and Tychus's Big Red Button (the nuke portion)

Updates

Developer Comment: Overall, we're looking to tune Sonya up slightly. With the health increases, she'll be a bit more tanky. Previously, Whirlwind could be very frustrating to lane against if you didn't have a stun. With the shift of less healing from minions and more from heroes, this will make Sonya less of a lane bully and more of an effective skirmisher.

• Health increased from 930 (+210 per level) to 950 (+220 per level)
• Fury (Trait)
  • Shot of Fury (Talent)
    • No longer dismounts Sonya on activation
• Whirlwind (E)
  • Healing reduced from 25% to 20% of damage dealt
  • Healing for damage dealt to Heroes has increased from double to triple
  • Life Funnel (Talent)
    • Healing bonus decreased from +10% to +5% of damage dealt

Bug Fixes

• Anub'arak's Web Wrap and Stitches's Gorge will now work properly when used against Unstoppable targets, which is consistent with Zagara's Devouring Maw.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Stitches's Hook to become visually stuck to an enemy Hero and fail to pull the target under certain circumstances.

Updates

• Mercenary Lord (Talent) removed

Bug Fixes

• Battlefield of Eternity Minions affected by Sylvanas's Possession will now properly grant vision to the controlling team.
• Enemy Heroes within a Dragon Knight or Garden Terror will no longer become unresponsive if that vehicle is killed by Sylvanas's Unstable Poison.
• Minions affected by Sylvanas's Possession will no longer occasionally appear to attack one another.

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 visual effects preceding Furnace Blast's explosion will now remain visible while The Butcher is affected by Brightwing's Polymorph.
• The Butcher's Savage Charge Talent will now properly apply its damage bonus when using Ruthless Onslaught on an enemy Hero that has less than 50% Health remaining.
• Ruthless Onslaught will no longer cause The Butcher to continue searching for the target even after losing vision of that Hero.
• 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.
• Entering Void Prison while using The Butcher's Ruthless Onslaught will no longer cause Ruthless Onslaught's sound effects to loop.

Updates

• Thrall's Basic Attacks have received improvements in responsiveness, especially when stutter-stepping
• Thrall's first Basic Attack after Windfury ends will no longer have an abnormally long weapon period

Bug Fixes

• Brightwing's Peekaboo, Diablo's Firestorm (returning fireballs), Johanna's Blessed Hammer, Leoric's Buried Alive, Nova's Railgun, Sgt. Hammer's Napalm Strike (impact damage) and Tychus's Big Red Button (the nuke portion)

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.

Bug Fixes

• Anub'arak's Web Wrap and Stitches's Gorge will now work properly when used against Unstoppable targets, which is consistent with Zagara's Devouring Maw.
• Fixed an issue in which Ability effects, such as Giant Killer, Focused Attack, and Zagara's Envenomed Spines, could be applied while Blinded.
• Tyrael's Judgment will no longer affect Heroes inside Zagara's Devouring Maw.
• Fixed an issue in which the following Abilities and Talents were not damaging or destroying Zagara's Creep Tumors:

Bug Fixes

• Casting Zeratul's Void Prison on Forts or Keeps should no longer cause targeting issues for Blackheart's cannons.