Updates

• Symbiote (Q)
  • Stab (Q)
    • Damage increased from 108 (+4% per level) to 113 (+4% per level)
  • Spike Burst (W)
    • Damage increased from 106 (+4% per level) to 111 (+4% per level)

Bug Fixes

• Abathur players will no longer become stuck in Symbiote mode if the Symbiote target is displaced by a respawning Bell Tower on Towers of Doom.

Updates

• General of Hell (Trait)
  • Will no longer dismount Azmodan on use

Bug Fixes

• The Toggle Cooldowns button in Try Mode will now properly reset the cooldowns for Azmodan's Sin's Grasp and Uther's Benediction Talents.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented Chen from traveling through the intended target using Flying Kick.
• Chen's Abilities will no longer grant him 3 extra Brew when using an Ability while channeling Fortifying Brew.

Updates

• I AM Hurrying! (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 7
  • Duration of Gall's Hurry Up, Oaf! (Z) increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds
• Surging Fist (Q)
  • Frenzied Fists (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 16
    • Attack Speed bonus increased from 50% to 100%
    • Now lasts for 4 seconds instead of the next two Basic Attacks
  • Surge of Stamina (Talent) redesigned and moved from Level 16 to Level 13
    • Surging Fist now grants 50% Relentless for 5 seconds
• Consuming Blaze (W)
  • Seared Flesh (Talent) redesigned and no longer tied to Consuming Blaze
    • Every third consecutive Basic Attack against the same target deals 75% bonus damage

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could prevent Gall from receiving the Will of Gall activated Talent if Cho selected the Talent while channeling to enter Lt. Morales's Medivac.

Updates

• Shove (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 1
  • Cooldown increased from 15 to 40 seconds
  • Can no longer be used while Cho is mounted
• Eye of Kilrogg (Talent)
  • Cast range increased by 33%
  • Maximum charge count increased from 2 to 4
• Psychotic Break (Talent)
  • Cooldowns for Shadowflame (Q), Dread Orb (W), and Gall's Heroic Abilities are now cleared and can be cast immediately upon death
  • Now provides a passive, permanent 5% Ability Power bonus
• Hurry Up, Oaf! (Z)
  • Spurred Onward (Talent)
    • Now also increases the initial Movement Speed bonus to 70%
• Shadowflame (Q)
  • Double Trouble (Talent)
    • The functionality of this Talent has changed
    • Shadowflame's cooldown is reduced by 1 second if it hits an enemy Hero affected by Cho's Consuming Blaze
  • Shadowflare (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 16
    • Enemies hit are now slowed by 25% for 1 second
• Runic Blast (E)
  • Siphoning Runes (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 4): Runic Persistence
    • Runic Blast no longer destroys Cho's Rune Bomb
• Twisting Nether (R)
  • Damage increased from 342 (+4% per level) to 415 (+5% per level)
  • Slow amount increased from 40% to 50%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could prevent Gall from receiving the Will of Gall activated Talent if Cho selected the Talent while channeling to enter Lt. Morales's Medivac.
• The activation timer for Gall's Runic Blast now increases appropriately after taking the Bomb's Away Talent.

Updates

• Salvager (Trait)
  • Will now dismount Gazlowe on activation
• Rock-It! Turret (Q)
  • Clockwerk Steam Fists (Talent)
    • Duration bonus for active Rock-It! Turrets increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds per Basic Attack
• Deth Lazor (W)
  • Goblin Fusion (Talent)
    • Additional charge level damage bonus increased from 25% to 50%
• Xplodium Charge (E)
  • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60

Updates

• Basic Attack damage increased from 74 (+4% per level) to 78 (+4% per level)

Updates

• Ring of Frost (R)
  • Ring of Frost's inner-area radius now properly matches the Ability's visual effects

Bug Fixes

• Jaina's Ring of Frost now properly affects enemies that overlap the inner-edge of the Ability's targeting ring.

Releases

Li-Ming, Rebellious Wizard, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of her Abilities.

Trait

• Critical Mass
  • Participating in a Takedown refreshes all of your Ability cooldowns.

Basic Abilities

• Magic Missiles (Q)
  • Fire three missiles toward a location, each damaging the first enemy it hits.
• Arcane Orb (W)
  • Fire an orb that powers up as it travels, damaging the first enemy it hits. The amount of damage dealt is increased the farther the orb travels, up to 300%
• Teleport (E)
  • Instantly teleport a short distance.

Heroic Abilities

• Disintegrate (R)
  • Channel a powerful beam of energy, dealing heavy damage over 2.5 seconds to all enemies in its path. The direction of the beam follows your cursor.
• Wave of Force (R)
  • Damage and knock all enemies away from the targeted area.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could prevent Gall from receiving the Will of Gall activated Talent if Cho selected the Talent while channeling to enter Lt. Morales's Medivac.

Updates

• Lunara's Basic Attack has received responsiveness improvements
• Ranged Basic Attack animation speed increased by 50%.
• Melee Basic Attack animation speed increased by 300% to match the ranged animation's new speed
• Wisp (E)
  • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 30
  • Cooldown decreased from 45 to 30 seconds, but its duration has not been changed

Updates

• Innervate (Trait) (D)
  • Mana return increased from 15% to 20% of the target's maximum Mana
  • Versatile (Talent)
    • Bonus to Innervate's Mana return increased from 25% to 30% of the target's maximum Mana

Bug Fixes

• Malfurion's Innervate can no longer be cast on Misha.

Bug Fixes

• Muradin's Dwarf Toss will no longer cause him to become stuck inside of Gates.

Bug Fixes

• Murky's Pufferfish should now be easier to click when attempting to destroy it with Basic Attacks
• Murky's Egg will no longer briefly display on the minimap if he is killed by Nova's Pinning Shot.

Updates

• Conjurer's Pursuit (Talent) removed
• Gathering Power (Talent) removed
• Envenom (Talent) removed
• Headshot (Talent) removed
• Spell Shield (Talent) removed
• Overdrive (Talent) removed
• Bolt of the Storm (Talent) removed
• Permanent Cloak, Sniper (Trait)
  • Advanced Cloaking (Talent) redesigned and moved from Level 13 to Level 1
    • Now increases Nova's Movement Speed by 30% while Cloaked
  • New Talent (Level 1): Tactical Espionage
    • Regenerate 4 Mana per second while Stealthed
  • New Talent (Level 20): Ghost Protocol
    • Activate to gain Stealth for 2 seconds. Taking damage, attacking, or using Abilities will not break Stealth during this time
• Snipe (Q)
  • Damage reduced from 335 (+4% per level) to 268 (+4% per level)
  • Cost reduced from 65 to 60 Mana
  • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
  • Psi-Op Rangefinder (Talent) removed
  • Ambush Snipe (Talent) removed
  • Railgun (Talent) removed
  • Explosive Round (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 13
    • Area of effect radius increased by 75%
  • Perfect Shot (Talent) redesigned and moved from Level 4 to Level 16
    • Hitting an enemy Hero with Snipe reduces its cooldown by 4 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 7): Snipe Master
    • Hitting an enemy Hero with Snipe increases subsequent Snipe damage by 5%. Stacks up to 10 times. All stacks are lost if Snipe misses an enemy Hero
  • New Talent (Level 13): Psionic Efficiency
    • Increases Snipe range by 10% and removes its Mana cost
• Pinning Shot (W)
  • Range increased by approximately 18% in order to match Nova's Basic Attack range
  • Tazer Rounds (Talent) removed
  • Covert Ops (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 1
    • Bonus to Pinning Shot's Movement Speed slow increased from 1% to 2% per second
  • New Talent (Level 1): Longshot
    • Pinning Shot range increased by 30%
    • Pinning Shot also increases the range of the next Basic Attack by 30%
  • New Talent (Level 13): Double Tap
    • Pinning Shot now stores up to two charges
• Holo Decoy (E)
  • Double Fake (Talent) removed
  • Remote Delivery (Talent) has been changed
    • No longer reduces Holo Decoy's cooldown
    • In addition to providing 100% increased cast range, now also grants a 50% vision range bonus to Holo Decoys
  • Lethal Decoy (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 16
    • Holo Decoy damage increased from 25% to 40%
  • New Talent (Level 4): Rapid Projection
    • Reduces Holo Decoy's cooldown and Mana cost by 40%
  • New Talent (Level 4): Holo Stability
    • Increases the duration of Holo Decoys from 5 to 12 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Murky's Egg will no longer briefly display on the minimap if he is killed by Nova's Pinning Shot.
• Nova's Crippling Shot Talent will no longer allow Holo Decoys' Pinning Shots to make the target Vulnerable without the Lethal Decoy Talent.

Updates

• Forward Momentum (Talent) removed
• Spell Shield (Talent) removed
• Healing Totem (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 4
  • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 30 seconds
• The following activated Talents will now dismount Rehgar when used in Ghost Wolf form:
  • Blood for Blood
  • Cleanse
  • Healing Totem
  • Rewind
• Ghost Wolf (Z)
  • Basic Attacks while in Ghost Wolf form now gain the effects of Feral Lunge, causing Rehgar to lunge toward the target, dealing 100% bonus damage
  • Casting Bloodlust no longer causes Rehgar to leave Ghost Wolf form
  • Feral Lunge (Talent) removed
  • Shadow Wolf (Talent) removed
  • Healing Surge (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 1): Wolf Run
    • Increases Ghost Wolf Movement Speed bonus from 30% to 40%
  • New Talent (Level 7): Blood and Thunder
    • Basic Attacks while in Ghost Wolf form reduce Basic Ability cooldowns by 2 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 16): Hunger of the Wolf
    • Basic Attacks while in Ghost Wolf form also deal 5% of target's maximum Health as damage and heal Rehgar for 5% of his maximum Health
• Chain Heal (Q)
  • Primary target Healing increased from 297 (+4% per level) to 372 (+4% per level) Health
  • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 65
  • Chain Reaction (Talent) removed
  • Spiritwalker's Grace (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 4
    • Mana cost reduction decreased from 25 to 20
  • Tidal Waves (Talent) redesigned and moved from Level 16 to Level 13
    • Now reduces Chain Heal's cooldown by 1 second for every Hero hit
  • New Talent (Level 13): Earthliving Enchant
    • When Chain Heal heals an allied Hero that is below 50% Health, they are also healed for an additional 200 (+4% per level) Health over 5 seconds
• Lightning Shield (W)
  • Damage increased from 31 (+4% per level) to 36 (+4% per level) per tick
  • Empowering Charge (Talent) removed
  • Reactive Spark (Talent) removed
  • Lightning Bond (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 1
    • The Lightning Shield automatically granted to Rehgar no longer benefits from Talents
  • Earth Shield (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 13
    • Target now gains a Shield equal to 15% of their maximum Health, instead of a flat value
  • New Talent (Level 1): Electric Charge
    • Increases Lightning Shield radius by 33%
  • New Talent (Level 16): Rising Storm
    • Lightning Shield's next damage effect is increased by 20% every time it damages an enemy Hero. Stacks up to 10 times
• Earthbind Totem (E)
  • Area of effect radius increased by approximately 16%
  • Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50
  • Earth Shield (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 13
    • Now targets gain a Shield equal to 15% of their maximum Health, instead of a flat value
  • Earthgrasp Totem (Talent)
    • Increases the initial Slow duration from 1 to 1.5 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 7): Totemic Projection
    • Reactivate Earthbind Totem to relocate it. The totem maintains its current Health and duration
• Ancestral Healing (R)
  • Cooldown increased from 70 to 80 seconds
• Bloodlust (R)
  • Gladiator's War Shout (Talent) redesigned
    • Each ally affected by Bloodlust now heals for 30% of their Basic Attack damage dealt to their primary target

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could allow additional Mishas to spawn if Rexxar was killed by immolation damage.

Bug Fixes

• Sgt. Hammer's Siege Mode will no longer visually persist if she is interrupted while casting Siege Mode.

Updates

• Seismic Slam (W)
  • Primary target damage reduced from 192 (+4% per level) to 176 (+4% per level)
  • Splash damage decreased from 48 (+4% per level) to 44 (+4% per level)

Bug Fixes

• The sand-themed visual effects for Bikini Stitches's Devour are no longer being used by other Stitches skin variations.
• The tree ornament visual effects for Greatfather Winter Stitches's Putrid Bile are no longer being used by other Stitches skin variations.
• Players can no longer accidentally queue Abilities or Activated Talents while Gorged by Stitches.

Bug Fixes

• Lethal damage will no longer improperly trigger the cooldown for Tassadar's Prescience Talent.

Updates

• Lamb to the Slaughter (R)
  • Invulnerability and Unstoppable now suppress the chain effect, rather than remove it
  • Stasis effects no longer remove the chain
  • Enemy Heroes affected by Lamb to the Slaughter can no longer enter the Dragon Knight, Garden Terror, or Lt. Morales's Medivac, and Tyrael can no longer cast Judgment

Updates

• Overkill (Q)
  • A range indicator will now display while Overkill is active, and when hovering the cursor over the Ability icon. This is only visible to Tychus

Bug Fixes

• Tychus can now properly use a Healing Fountain while in Odin form.

Updates

• Searing Arrows (Talent)
  • Will now dismount Tyrande on activation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Tyrande's Sentinel to deal reduced damage against targets at close range after learning the Ranger Talent.

Updates

• Hammer of Justice (E)
  • Can no longer be cast on Structures

Bug Fixes

• The Toggle Cooldowns button in Try Mode will now properly reset the cooldowns for Azmodan's Sin's Grasp and Uther's Benediction Talents.

Bug Fixes

• Tooltips for Zagara's Hunter Killer now list the proper cooldown duration.

Updates

• Cleave (Q)
  • Damage increased from 189 (+4% per level) to 200 (+4% per level)
• Shadow Assault (R)
  • Range increased by approximately 37%
  • A range indicator will now display while Shadow Assault is active, and when hovering the cursor over the Ability icon
  • Duration reduced from 6 to 4 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 100 to 50
  • Cooldown decreased from 100 to 45 seconds

Bug Fixes

• The tooltip for Zeratul's Permanent Cloak Trait now properly indicates that using Abilities will reveal him.