Nexus Patch Notes

For general changes and/or gameplay updates, check out the official Patch Notes.

Anub'arak

The Piercing Lash Talent tooltip now correctly states that Detainment Strike will only pierce Heroes, rather than all enemies.
Enemy Heroes will no longer occasionally be Stunned by Detainment Strike when knocked away from terrain.
Quest progress for the Repeated Offense Talent will now be correctly tracked in the Stats panel.

Globe of Annihilation's range indicator is now visually consistent with indicators used by other long-range Abilities.

Keg models that appear when casting Storm, Earth, Fire using any of Chen's Skins are no longer missing certain visual effects.

The Worgen model will no longer remain on screen while viewing end-of-game Stats and Talents pages.
The Go for the Throat indicator will no longer visually persist above Heroes who have post-death forms, such as Uther or Leoric, after they are killed.

The visual effects for The Hunt will now properly display on the Ability's target during replays.
Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause Illidan to fly back to his death location if he was killed while using Dive.
Voiceover that plays while casting The Hunt is now only audible for Illidan and his target.
High pitched ambient sounds that play while casting The Hunt are no longer audible for the target's allies. Lower-pitched ambient sounds will still play for all players and observers.

Will no longer automatically resume attacking enemies after using Radiant Dash to dive to an ally. This fix also applies to Illidan's Friend or Foe and Kerrigan's Adaptation Talents.

Enemy AI players will now avoid teammates that are under the effects of Medivh's Polybomb.
The damage over time effect from Xul's Poison Nova will no longer be visually removed from Medivh's Health bar after traveling through a Portal with the Mage Armor Talent.

Samuro, The Blademaster, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Trait

Advancing Strike
- Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes increase your Movement Speed by 25% for 2 seconds.

Basic Abilities

Mirror Image (Q)
- Create 2 Mirror Images that deal 30% of your damage and have 50% of your current Health. Images last up to 16 seconds, and only 2 can be active at once.
Critical Strike (W)
- Your next Basic Attack within 8 seconds will be a Critical Strike, dealing 50% increased damage. This also applies to Mirror Images and does not break Wind Walk.
- Passive: You and your Mirror Images deal a Critical Strike every 4th Basic Attack.
Wind Walk (E)
- Enter Stealth for up to 8 seconds or until you attack, use an Ability, or take damage. While Stealthed, your Movement Speed is increased by 30% and you can pass through other units.
- Damage taken during the first 1 second will not break Wind Walk.

Heroic Abilities

Bladestorm (R)
- Become an unstoppable whirlwind, dealing moderate damage to nearby enemies every second for 4 seconds.
Illusion Master (R)
- Switch places with the target Mirror Image.
- Passive: You can control Mirror Images separately or as a group, and they deal an additional 20% of your damage.