Updates

• Ultimate Evolution (R)
  • Will now inherit Kharazim's Trait

Bug Fixes

• Floating combat text for Artanis's Twin Blades is now properly colored orange after learning the Zealot Charge Talent.

Updates

• Globe of Annihilation (Q)
  • Taste for Blood (Talent)
    • Duration in which enemy deaths will permanently add to Globe of Annihilation damage increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds

Updates

• Pixie Dust (E)
  • Damage reduction amount changed from 50% to 75%

Bug Fixes

• Block stacks granted by Brightwing's Pixie Dust will now last the full 4 second duration listed in the Ability's description.

Updates

• Fortifying Brew (Trait) (D)
  • A 0.5 second cooldown has been added between activation and cancellation of Fortifying Brew channeling

Bug Fixes

• Cho'Gall will now be Healed for the proper amount for Basic Attacks against affected by Consuming Blaze after learning Cho's Fuel for the Flame and Fire Eater Talents.
• Fixed an issue that could allow Cho to repeatedly cast Surging Fist under certain circumstances.

Releases

Dehaka, Primal Pack Leader, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Mount

• Brushstalker (Z)
  • You cannot use Mounts. Instead, you may burrow to any bush or vent on the Battleground. 40 second cooldown.

Trait

• Essence Collection (D)
  • You collect 10 Essence per Hero Takedown, and 2 per enemy Minion killed nearby, storing up to a maximum of 50 Essence.
  • Activate to consume all stored Essence and regenerate Health over the next 5 seconds for each stack consumed.
  • Can be cast during Drag and Burrow.

Basic Abilities

• Drag (Q)
  • Lash out with your tongue, dealing light damage to the first enemy hit, and dragging them with you for 1.75 seconds.
• Dark Swarm (W)
  • Over the next three seconds, you gain the ability to move through units and deal damage in an area around yourself. Deals double damage to Heroes.
  • Can be cast during Drag and Burrow.
• Burrow (E)
  • Burrow into the ground, entering Stasis and becoming Invulnerable for 2 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

• Isolation (R)
  • Launch biomass that deals damage, silences, and slows the first enemy Hero it hits by 30% for 3 seconds. For the next 6 seconds, the affected enemy loses sight of allied Heroes, and has greatly reduced vision.
• Adaptation (R)
  • After a 5 second delay, 60% of all damage taken during this time will be returned to you as Health.

Bug Fixes

• E.T.C. can no longer change the direction of Powerslide while trapped by Zeratul's Void Prison.

Updates

• Gall can now use Shove and Eye of Kilrogg while riding in the Dragon Knight or Garden Terror

Bug Fixes

• Gall will no longer count as a secondary target for Li Li's Healing Brew with the Two for One Talent.

Updates

• This Hero has received significant Talent changes
• Demolitionist (Talent) removed
• Promote (Talent) removed
• Calldown: MULE (Talent) removed
• First Aid (Talent) removed
• Burning Rage (Talent) removed
• Stoneskin (Talent) removed
• Fury of the Storm (Talent) removed
• Hardened Shield (Talent) removed
• Salvager (Trait) and Break It Down (Talent) tooltips have been updated to match their live functionality.
• New Talent (Level 20): It's Raining Scrap
  • Activate to create 1 Scrap every second for 5 seconds near Gazlowe. 60 second cooldown
• Rock-It! Turret (Q)
  • Mana cost increased from 60 to 70
  • Range increased by approximately 27%
  • Long-Ranged Turrets (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 16): Superior Schematics
    • Rock-It Turrets deal 25% more damage when Gazlowe is in their attack range
• Deth Lazor (W)
  • Goblin Fusion (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 16
  • Hyperfocus Coils (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 7
  • New Talent (Level 20): Firin' Mah Lazorz
    • Firing a Deth Lazor now causes each Rock-It Turret to fire its own Deth Lazor as well.
    • Charging Deth Lazor to its second and third power levels increases the range of turrets' Deth Lazors, but not damage.
• Xplodium Charge (E)
  • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60
  • Cooldown increased from 12 to 14 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 4): ARK Reaktor
    • Reduces the cooldown of Xplodium Bombs by 2 seconds, and adds 2 charges of Rock-It Turret when hitting an enemy Hero with Xplodium Bomb
  • New Talent (Level 13): X-Tra Large Bombs
    • Increase the cast range and radius of Xplodium Charge by 25%
  • Kwik Release Charge (Talent)
    • Cooldown between Xplodium Bomb charge uses reduced from 2 to 1 second
• Robo-Goblin (R)
  • Functionality has been added
  • You can now press R to manually target active Turrets

Gazlowe Talents

• White text indicates a NEW Talent
• Blue text indicates a MOVED Talent

Updates

• Greymane's Basic Attacks in Human form have received responsiveness improvements
  • Melee Basic Attack animation speed increased by 50% to match the speed of his ranged Basic attack animation
• Marked for the Kill (R)
  • Bullet range increased by 25%
  • Bullet speed increased by 45%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue affecting Greymane's Gilnean Cocktail, which caused a slight delay between the Ability's damage and graphic effects after taking the Draught Overflow Talent.
• After learning the Perfect Aim Talent, Greymane's Gilnean Cocktail will now properly refund Mana when an enemy Hero is struck by the far edge of the Ability's explosion.

Updates

• This Hero has received significant Talent changes
• Shadow Shield (Talent) removed
• Regeneration Master (Talent) removed
• Seasoned Marksman (Talent) removed
• Follow Through (Talent) removed
• First Aid (Talent) removed
• Giant Killer (Talent) removed
• Blood for Blood (Talent) removed
• Stoneskin (Talent) removed
• Health increased from 1426 to 1650
• Health Regeneration increased from 2.97 to 3.44
• Attack Speed increased from 1.66 to 1.82 attacks per second
• New Talent (Level 1): Unending Hatred
  • Permanently gain 0.1 Basic Attack damage for each enemy Minion killed nearby, and 1 damage for each enemy Hero killed nearby
  • Upon reaching 20 bonus Basic Attack damage, gain an additional 10 Basic Attack damage.
• New Talent (Level 16): Fiery Brand
  • Every fourth consecutive Basic Attack against the same enemy Hero deals damage equal to 6% of the target's maximum Health
• Betrayer's Thirst (Trait)
  • Healing received increased from 20% to 40% of Basic Attack damage dealt
  • Thrill of Battle (Talent) removed
  • Thirsting Blade (Talent) redesigned and moved from Level 4 to Level 7
    • Increases Betrayer's Thirst healing from 40% of Basic Attack damage to 60% of Basic Attack damage while Sweeping Strike is active
  • Hunter's Onslaught (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 7
    • Healing increased from 15% to 25% of Ability Damage done
    • Now only affects Basic Abilities
    • Healing doubled against Heroic targets
• Dive (Q)
  • Lunge (Talent) removed
  • Friend or Foe (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 4
    • Targeting an ally no longer reduces Dive's cooldown
    • Now also increases Dive range by 33%
  • Rapid Chase (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 4
    • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 20% to 15%
  • Reflexive Block (Talent)
    • No longer triggered by Evasion
    • Casting Dive now provides 3 Block charges. Each charge reduces damage taken from the next incoming Basic Attack by 75%
  • Marked for Death (Talent) redesigned and moved from Level 4 to Level 16
    • Dive deals an additional 230 damage (+4% per level) each time it is cast against the same target within 10 seconds
• Sweeping Strike (W)
  • Damage bonus duration reduced from 4 seconds to 3 seconds
  • Fel Reach (Talent) removed
  • Second Sweep (Talent) removed
  • Battered Assault (Talent) redesigned
    • Hitting 2 or more enemy Heroes with Sweeping Strike increases its damage bonus from 35% to 100%
  • Immolation (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
    • Damage reduced from 29 (+4% per level) per second to 22 (+4% per level) per second
  • Unbound (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 4
    • Now also reduces the cooldown of Sweeping Strike by 5 seconds if it doesn't hit any enemies
  • New Talent (Level 13): Nimble Defender
    • Hitting an enemy Hero with Sweeping Strike grants Resistant for 2 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 16): Blades of Azzinoth
    • Hitting an enemy Hero with Sweeping Strike grants 1 Blades of Azzinoth stack, up to a maximum of 5.
    • Upon earning 5 stacks, Blades of Azzinoth can be activated to gain 75% Basic Attack damage for 8 seconds. Activation consumes all stacks.
• Evasion (E)
  • Duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 13): Elusive Strike
    • Reduce Evasion's cooldown by 3 seconds for every Hero damaged with Sweeping Strike
  • Sixth Sense (Talent)
    • Ability Damage reduction increased from 50% to 75%
    • Now only affects the first 2 Abilities that would deal damage while Evasion is active
• Metamorphosis (R)
  • No longer increases Attack Speed
  • Health bonus increased from 183 (+4% per level) to 200 (+4% per level)
  • Demonic Form (Talent)
    • Now also provides a 20% Attack Speed bonus
• The Hunt (R)
  • Nowhere to Hide (Talent)
    • Now also passively reveals all enemy Heroes who are below 25% Health

Illidan Talents

• White text indicates a NEW Talent
• Blue text indicates a MOVED Talent

Updates

• Bolt of the Storm (Talent) removed
• Improved Ice Block (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 20
  • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 20 seconds
  • Duration reduced from 3 to 2.5 seconds
• Frostbite (Trait)
  • Ice Barrier (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13

Bug Fixes

• Jaina's Basic Attacks will now properly refund Mana after learning the Arcane Intellect Talent.

Updates

• Reinforce (Talent)
  • Damage reduction amount increased from 50% to 75%

Updates

• This Hero has received significant Talent changes
• Gathering Power (Talent) removed
• Envenom (Talent) removed
• Clairvoyance (Talent) removed
• Arcane Barrier (Talent) removed
• Bolt of the Storm (Talent) removed
• Mana Addict (Talent)
  • Upon gathering 25 Regeneration Globes, Kael'thas gains the Arcane Barrier Ability.
  • Activate Arcane Barrier to receive a Shield equal to 100% of Kael'thas's maximum Mana for 4 seconds. 45 second cooldown
• Verdant Spheres (Trait) (D)
  • Fel Infusion (Talent)
    • Now also increases Ability Power by 5%
  • Mana Tap (Talent) redesigned
    • Activating Verdant Spheres restores 4% of maximum Mana
  • Sunfire Enchantment (Talent)
    • Damage reduced from 203 (+4% per level) to 183 (+4% per level)
  • New Talent (Level 16): Twin Spheres
    • Verdant Spheres gains an additional charge
• Flamestrike (Q)
  • Damage reduced from 237 (+4% per level) to 213 (+4% per level)
  • Damage (empowered by Verdant Spheres) reduced from 356 (+4% per level) to 320 (+4% per level)
  • Flamethrower (Talent) removed
  • Convection (Talent) redesigned
    • Now increases Flamestrike's damage by 5 for each enemy Hero hit by Flamestrike, up to 100 damage. Lose all bonus damage on death.
    • Once Flamestrike reaches 100 bonus damage, gain an extra 50 bonus damage and keep all damage bonuses permanently.
  • New Talent (Level 7): Burned Flesh
    • Hitting more than one Hero with Flamestrike causes each to take damage equal to 8% of their maximum Health
  • Fury of the Sunwell (Talent)
    • Delay between Flamestrike casts reduced from 1 to 0.5 seconds
• Living Bomb (W)
  • Explosion radius increased by 10%
  • Explosions now spread Living Bomb to all nearby enemy Heroes not already affected by it
  • Can no longer be cast on targets already affected by Living Bomb
  • Chain Bomb (Talent) removed
  • Pyromaniac (Talent)
    • Cooldown reduction decreased from 2 seconds to 1 second
  • Fission Bomb (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 13
    • No longer increases Living Bomb damage
    • Bonus to Living Bomb's explosion radius reduced from 30% to 20%
  • Backdraft (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
    • Movement Speed slow reduced from 50% to 30%
  • New Talent (Level 16): Sun King's Fury
    • Basic Attacks deal 190 (+4% per level) damage to targets affected by Living Bomb
  • New Talent (Level 20): Master of Flames
    • Living Bomb can now spread indefinitely between enemy Heroes
• Gravity Lapse (E)
  • Using Verdant Spheres to empower Gravity Lapse now also increases its Stun duration by 50%
  • Tri-Optimal (Talent) removed
  • Gravity Throw (Talent) removed
  • Energy Roil (Talent) redesigned and moved from Level 1 to Level 4
    • Hitting an enemy Hero reduces the cooldown of Gravity Lapse by 7 seconds
  • Nether Wind (Talent) redesigned
    • Increases Gravity Lapse range by 30%. Refunds 85 mana when an enemy Hero is hit by Gravity Lapse
  • New Talent (Level 7): Gravity Crush
    • Gravity Lapse causes enemies hit to take 25% additional damage from Kael'thas for 4 seconds

Kael'thas Talents

• White text indicates a NEW Talent
• Blue text indicates a MOVED Talent

Updates

• Ultralisk (R)
  • Attack damage increased from 91 (+4% per level) to 100 (+4% per level)
  • Torrasque (Talent)
    • Egg timed life decreased from 8 to 4 seconds
    • Egg Health decreased from 1095 (+4% per level) to 594 (+4% per level)

Updates

• Fast Feet (Trait)
  • Elusive Feet (Talent)
    • Damage reduction amount increased from 50% to 75%

Bug Fixes

• Gall will no longer count as a secondary target for Li Li's Healing Brew with the Two for One Talent.

Bug Fixes

• Li-Ming's Arcane Orb can no longer hit the Sandstorm created by the Boss on Sky Temple.
• Li-Ming will now properly play death sounds when killed.

Bug Fixes

• The player will no longer lose control of Lt. Morales if she is killed immediately after casting Medivac Dropship.

Updates

• Noxious Blossom (Q)
  • Choking Pollen (Talent)
    • Damage bonus increased from 50% to 100%
• Crippling Spores (W)
  • Let Them Wither (Talent)
    • The Slow amount applied by Crippling Spores no longer decays over its 3 second duration
    • Slow amount reduced from 60% to 50%

Bug Fixes

• Lunara's Leaping Strike will now fire appropriately when cast at the same moment as the target enters a line-of-sight blocker.

Updates

• Block (Talent) renamed to Fishtank
  • Fishtank provides 2 Block charges. Each charge reduces damage taken from the next incoming Basic Attack by 50%
• March of the Murlocs (R)
  • Damage increased from 19 (+4% per level) to 25 (+4% per level)

Updates

• Gargantuan (R)
  • Basic Attack damage increased from 228 (+4% per level) to 274 (+4% per level)
  • No longer deals bonus damage to Minions or Structures

Bug Fixes

• Enemy Minions that have been picked up by Nazeebo's Gargantuan will now be killed when the Gargantuan expires.

Bug Fixes

• The visual effects for Nova's Precision Strike should now animate more smoothly.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Nova and Tychus to stand while mounted.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Nova from entering Stealth when activating the Ghost Protocol Talent while affected by damage over time effects.

Updates

• Earthbind Totem (E)
  • Can now be hit by area of effect Abilities

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could prevent Rehgar's Feral Lunge from properly connecting with enemies who were running in the opposite direction.

Updates

• Grizzled Bear (Talent)
  • Damage reduction amount increased from 50% to 75%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug affecting Stitches and The Butcher that could cause performance issues under certain circumstances.

Updates

• This Hero has received significant Talent changes
• Basic Attack damage increased from 74 (+4% per level) to 85 (+4% per level)
• Corruption (Talent) removed
• Envenom (Talent) removed
• Blood for Blood (Talent) removed
• Will of the Forsaken (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
• Remorseless (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 16
  • Damage bonus increased from 25% to 40%
• New Talent (Level 7): Possession
  • Turn the allegiance of a non-Catapult enemy Minion. Stores up to 3 charges
• Black Arrows (Trait)
  • Paralysis (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
    • Duration bonus reduced from 100% to 75%
  • Unstable Poison (Talent)
    • Explosion damage no longer affects Heroes or Structures
  • Overwhelming Affliction (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 16
    • Slow amount per stack increased from 5% to 6%
  • New Talent (Level 1): Mercenary Queen
    • Nearby non-Boss, allied Mercenaries deal 50% more damage
• Withering Fire (Q)
  • Damage increased from 39 (+4% per level) to 48 (+4% per level)
  • Splinter Shot (Talent) removed
  • With the Wind (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 4
  • Barbed Shot (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 7
  • Evasive Fire (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 16
  • Overflowing Quiver (Talent)
    • This Talent's functionality has changed
    • Now releases a free Withering Fire shot whenever a nearby enemy Minion dies. The free shot can only hit non-Heroic targets
  • New Talent (level 4): Withering Barrage
    • Gain an additional charge of Withering Fire, and charges fire 33% faster.
• Shadow Dagger (W)
  • Life Drain (Talent) moved from Level 7 to Level 13
  • Lost Soul (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 4
    • This Talent's functionality has changed
    • Now reduces the cooldown of Shadow Dagger by 1.25 seconds for each enemy Hero hit
  • Cold Embrace (Talent)
    • This Talent's functionality has changed
    • No longer reduces Shadow Dagger's range
    • Only the initial Shadow Dagger target becomes Vulnerable
• Haunting Wave (E)
  • Ranger's Ambush (Talent) removed
  • Shade Form (Talent) removed
  • Windrunner (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 13
    • Withering Fire charges now refill after teleporting
    • The duration in which Haunting Wave can be cast a second time for free has been increased from 2 to 5 seconds
• New Heroic (R): Mind Control
  • After channeling for 1 second, gain control of an enemy Hero's movement for 2.5 seconds
  • Dark Lady's Call (Talent)
    • This Talent's functionality has changed and now affects Mind Control
    • Now increases target's Movement Speed by 100%

Sylvanas Talents

• White text indicates a NEW Talent
• Blue text indicates a MOVED Talent

Bug Fixes

• The visual effects for Tassadar's Dimensional Shift will now properly display if it is cast after breaking the Stealth effect applied by Tyrande's Shadowstalk.

Updates

• Lamb to the Slaughter (R)
  • Targets affected by Lamb to the Slaughter are now Silenced for the Ability's duration
  • Duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
  • Lamb to the Slaughter's chain and Silence effects will now be removed if the target becomes Invulnerable or Unstoppable
  • Cooldown increased from 60 to 90 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug affecting Stitches and The Butcher that could cause performance issues under certain circumstances.

Updates

• Olaf the Stout (Talent)
  • Time between Block stacks reduced from 8 to 5 seconds

Updates

• This Hero has received significant Talent changes
• Health increased from 1545 (+4% per level) to 1669 (+4% per level)
• Health Regeneration increased from approximately 3.22 to 3.48 Health per second
• Regeneration Master (Talent) removed
• Scouting Drone (Talent) removed
• Focused Attack (Talent) removed
• Vampiric Assault (Talent) removed
• First Aid (Talent) removed
• Sizzlin' Attacks (Talent) removed
• Problem Solver (Talent) removed
• Executioner (Talent) removed
• Stoneskin (Talent) removed
• Nexus Frenzy (Talent) removed
• Bolt of the Storm (Talent) removed
• Relentless (Talent) renamed Relentless Soldier and moved from Level 13 to Level 7
  • Duration reduction for silences, stuns, slows, and roots decreased from 50% to 33%
• New Talent (Level 4): Master Assassin
  • Hero takedowns increase Attack Speed by 2%, up to a maximum of 20%
  • While at maximum stacks, Tychus gains an additional 10% Attack Speed bonus
• New Talent (Level 13): Neosteel Coating
  • Activate to reduce incoming Ability damage by 50% for 3 seconds. 30 second cooldown
• New Talent (Level 20): Sizzlin' Attacks
  • Basic Attacks deal 1% of the target's maximum Health as damage
• Minigun (Trait) (D)
  • Minigun has been redesigned
    • No longer requires wind-up
    • Activate to cause Basic Attacks against Heroes to deal bonus damage equal to 1.5% of the target's maximum Health. Lasts 3 seconds. 12 second cooldown
  • Rapid Fire (Talent) removed
  • Lock and Load (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 4): In the Rhythm
    • While Minigun is active, each Basic Attack against an enemy Hero permanently increases its duration by 0.03 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 4): Fully Loaded
    • Decreases Minigun's cooldown by 4 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 4): The Bigger They Are…
    • Increases Minigun damage bonus to 3% of the target's maximum Health against enemy Heroes who are above 40% Health.
    • Minigun has no effect against targets under 40% Health
  • New Talent (Level 13): That's the Stuff!
    • Tychus is Healed for 100% of damage dealt while Minigun is active
• Overkill (Q)
  • Duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds
  • Armor Piercing Rounds (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 16
    • Damage bonus increased from 20% to 50%
  • Spray 'n' Pray (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 13
    • Bonus to Overkill range increased from 15% to 25%
  • Lead Rain (Talent) moved from Level 13 to Level 16
• Frag Grenade (W)
  • Shredder Grenade (Talent) removed
  • Melting Point (Talent) removed
  • Concussion Grenade (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 7
    • Now also increases Frag Grenade's radius by 25%
  • New Talent (Level 16): Titan Grenade
    • Enemy Heroes take additional damage equal to 5% of their maximum Health
• Run and Gun (E)
  • No longer interacts with Minigun
  • Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds
  • Stim Pack (Talent) removed
  • Dash (Talent)
    • This Talent's functionality has changed
    • Gather Regeneration Globes to increase Movement Speed after casting Run and Gun by 1% for 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 25%
    • After reaching 25 stacks, Run and Gun's range is increased by 50%
  • New Talent (Level 1): Shrug it Off
    • Run and Gun grants Resistant, reducing incoming damage by 25% for 3 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 1): Press the Advantage
    • Run and Gun increases Basic Attack range by 25% for 4 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 1): Combat Tactician
    • Each Basic Attack reduces Run and Gun's cooldown by 0.75 seconds
  • New Talent (Level 20): Bob and Weave
    • Run and Gun now has 3 charges, and its Mana cost is reduced from 50 to 25
• Drakken Laser Drill (R)
  • Health increased from 1141 (+4% per level) to 1255 (+4% per level)
  • Attack range increased by 10%

Tychus Talents

• White text indicates a NEW Talent
• Blue text indicates a MOVED Talent

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause Nova and Tychus to stand while mounted.

Bug Fixes

• The visual effects for Tassadar's Dimensional Shift will now properly display if it is cast after breaking the Stealth effect applied by Tyrande's Shadowstalk.

Updates

• Cursed Strikes (W)
  • Attack Speed slow now only affects Heroes and Summons

Bug Fixes

• Xul's Skeletal Mages now properly prioritize Heroes, Dragon Knights, and Garden Terrors over enemy Minions.

Updates

• Nydus Worm (R)
  • While inside a Nydus Worm, Health and Mana are now restored at a rate equal to the Hall of Storms
  • Nydus Worm can now be cast while inside another Nydus Worm
  • Zagara now exits Nydus Worms instantly, and can also exit by right-clicking the minimap

Bug Fixes

• Clicking Reset Talents in Try Mode will no longer cause Zagara's Hunter Killer to deal reduced damage.

Bug Fixes

• E.T.C. can no longer change the direction of Powerslide while trapped by Zeratul's Void Prison.