Bug Fixes

• Locusts will now assist Heroes who are attacking a Mercenary Camp rather than immediately traveling to a lane.

Bug Fixes

• An active Cocoon will no longer be destroyed if it is moved by Abilities that block pathing, such as Tyrael's Holy Ground or Tassadar's Force Wall.

Bug Fixes

• All Shall Burn will now properly cancel any active Movement commands issued to Azmodan prior to casting.
• General of Hell will now assist Azmodan while he is attacking a Mercenary Camp rather than immediately traveling to a lane.

Bug Fixes

• Prime Evil Diablo's model while no longer freeze in place during its victory animation.
• Fixed an issue that could allow Shadow Charge to Stun enemies who did not collide with the terrain.

Bug Fixes

• Can no longer cast Deth Lazor if he has less than the required amount of Mana.

Bug Fixes

• Dragonblade voiceover now plays correctly and will no longer be interrupted by other sound effects.

Bug Fixes

• Insatiable will no longer cause Basic Attacks to restore Mana when Inner Beast is not active.
• After learning Viciousness, Cursed Bullet will now correctly refresh Inner Beast's duration.

Bug Fixes

• Evasion will no longer prevent damage over time effects from displaying on Illidan's Health bar.

Updates

Talents

• Level 20
  • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent – Psionic Shift (Active)
    • Activate to teleport a short distance and deal 50 damage to enemies in the area. Enemy Heroes hit give Kerrigan 300% of the damage dealt as Assimilation Shields. 70-second cooldown.

Bug Fixes

• Duration bars for Echo of Heaven and Deadly Reach will now appear simultaneously if both are active at once.

Updates

Talents

• Level 20
  • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
    • Removed

Bug Fixes

• Wave of Force will no longer cancel Sonya's Whirlwind animation.

Updates

Abilities

• Moonfire (W)
  • Mana cost reduced from 20 to 15
• Regrowth (Q)
  • Mana cost increased from 40 to 45
  • Heal over time ticks reduced from 31 to 28
• Twilight Dream (R)
  • Passive Mana Regen functionality removed

Talents

• Level 1
  • Moonburn (W)
    • New functionality:
      • Your Moonfire deals 75% bonus damage to Minions
        • !Quest: Kill nearby Minions
        • Reward: For every 5 nearby lane Minions killed, increase this damage bonus by 1%. After hitting 25% additional bonus damage, the bonus damage is also applied to Mercenaries and Monsters
• Level 4
  • Vengeful Roots (E)
    • Entangling Roots also spawns a Treant that lasts for 10 seconds.
      • Damage increased from 64 to 70
      • Treant damage no longer gains level scaling
    • !Quest: Hit Heroes with Entangling Roots
    • Reward: Every enemy Hero hit increases the damage of the Treant by 8
  • Full Moonfire (W)
    • Moved from Level 13.
    • Mana cost reduction decreased from 10 to 5
    • Radius bonus decreased from 60 to 50%
  • Versatile (D)
    • Removed
• Level 7
  • Strangling Vines (E)
    • New functionality:
      • Heroes hit by Entangling Roots have all healing received reduced by 30% for the duration of the Root effect
  • Lunar Shower (W)
    • Moved from Level 16
  • Hindering Moonfire (W)
    • Moved from Level 16
  • MULE (Active)
    • Removed
  • Cleanse (Active)
    • Removed
• Level 16
  • Hardened Focus (Passive)
    • Removed
  • New Talent – Ysera's Gift (Q)
    • The heal-over-time portion of Regrowth is increased by 40% while you are above 75% Health
    • New Talent – Revitalize (D)
      • Upon casting Innervate, Malfurion gains 50 Mana and his cooldowns refresh 50% faster for 5 seconds
• Level 20
  • Bolt of the Storm (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Nightmare has been renamed to Astral Communion (R)
    • New functionality:
      • Slow effect has been removed.
      • When activated, channel for 1 second and then instantly teleport to the target location and cast Twilight Dream. This shares a cooldown with Twilight Dream.

Releases

Malthael, Aspect of Death, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Trait

• Reaper's Mark
  • Basic Attacks afflict non-Structure targets with Reaper's Mark for 4 seconds. Marked enemies are revealed and take damage equal to 2.5% of their maximum Health every second.

Basic Abilities

• Soul Rip (Q)
  • Extract the souls of nearby enemies afflicted with Reaper's Mark, dealing damage and Healing Malthael for a portion of the damage dealt to each target hit.
  • Heroic targets heal Malthael for an additional 3% of the Hero's maximum Health.
• Wraith Strike (W)
  • Instantly teleport through an enemy afflicted by Reaper's Mark, dealing damage and refreshing Reaper's Mark.
• Death Shroud (E)
  • After 0.25 seconds, unleash a wave of dark mist that applies Reaper's Mark to the enemies it hits.

Heroic Abilities

• Tormented Strike (R)
  • Gain 20 Armor and unleash a torrent of souls, continually applying Reaper's Mark to enemies for 4 seconds.
• Last Rites (R)
  • Apply a death sentence to an enemy Hero that, after 2 seconds, deals damage equal to 50% of their missing Health.
  • (!) Repeatable Quest: Enemies killed while under the effect of Last Rites permanently reduce its cooldown by 5 seconds, to a minimum of 15 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Octo-Grab's model will no longer persist on the target if Murky is Stopped in the same moment that the Ability is cast.
• Can now properly collect Regeneration Globes during Safety Bubble.

Bug Fixes

• The tooltips for Nazeebo's Voodoo Ritual Trait now properly indicate that it contains a Quest.
• Silencing the Zombies that were created by Zombie Wall with the Dead Rush Talent will no longer prevent them from uprooting.

Bug Fixes

• Empower Sulfuras's animation will no longer play without dealing damage if the attack was cancelled by issuing Movement Commands.

Updates

Talents

• Level 20
  • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
    • Removed

Updates

Talents

• Level 20
  • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
    • Removed
  • Regenerative Bile (R)
    • Renamed to Potent Bile
      • New functionality:
        • Healing and Movement Speed bonuses have been removed
        • Putrid Bile duration bonus increased from 2 to 6 seconds
        • Now increases the slow effect from 35 to 45%
  • Hungry Hungry Stitches (R)
    • Damage bonus has been removed.
    • Added Functionality:
      • While active, Gorge has increased range and can be repeatedly recast until the first target is expelled. Gorging a target outside of melee range will teleport Stitches to the target.
  • New Talent: Cannibalize (Passive)
    • Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes heal Stitches for 5% of his maximum Health.

Bug Fixes

• Hook can no longer pull Stealthed enemy Heroes through allied Gates.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the first tick of Psionic Storm to deal slightly less damage than intended.
• After learning Prismatic Link, Basic Attacks that bounce to a secondary target will now properly reveal that enemy.

Bug Fixes

• Minions that die near The Butcher will now always drop Fresh Meat stacks.
• Fresh Meat earned via Hero Takedowns, and collected while piloting the Garden Terror or Dragon Knight, will now correctly increment The Butcher's Fresh Meat stacks.
• Insatiable Blade's Movement Speed bonus is now properly granted when Butcher's Brand is applied to non-Heroic targets.

Updates

Abilities

• Chain Lightning (Q)
  • Cooldown increased from 6 to 7 seconds
  • Number of bounces increased from 2 to 3
  • Range of bounces decreased from 7 to 5
  • Mana cost increased from 40 to 45
• Feral Spirit (W)
  • No longer stops upon the first enemy hero hit
  • Feral Spirit travels 25% further with each enemy hero hit
• Frostwolf Resilience (Trait)
  • Heal amount decreased from 314 to 210

Talents

• Level 1
  • Block (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Rabid Wolves (W)
    • Removed
  • Seasoned Marksman (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Echo of the Elements (Q)
    • !Quest: Kill 10 minions or heroes within 1.5 seconds of them being hit by Chain Lightning
      • Reward: Decreases the mana cost of Chain Lightning by 20
    • !Quest: Kill 20 minions or heroes within 1.5 seconds of them being hit by Chain Lightning
      • Reward: Gain an additional charge of Chain Lightning
  • New Talent: Crash Lightning (Q)
    • !Quest: Hit at least 2 enemy heroes with a single cast of Chain Lightning
      • Reward: Increases bounce damage by 10 up to a maximum of 400
    • !Quest: Hit at least 2 enemy heroes, 20 times, with a single cast of Chain Lightning
      • Reward: Bounces of Chain Lightning now prioritize enemy heroes
  • Rolling Thunder (Q)
    • Added functionality:
      • Increases Chain Lightning's maximum bounces by 1
• Level 4
  • Ride the Lightning (Q)
    • Removed
  • Spirit Journey (W)
    • Removed
  • Envenom (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Feral Resilience (W)
    • Each enemy hero hit by Feral Spirit grants 2 charges of Block, granting 50 physical armor. Lasts until consumed or Feral Spirit is cast again.
  • New Talent: Frostwolf Pack (W)
    • !Quest: Hit 7 heroes with Feral Spirit. Progress is reset upon dying or if Feral Spirit doesn't hit at least one enemy hero.
      • Reward: Decreases the cooldown from 12 to 6 seconds, and decreases the mana cost from 60 to 30
  • Mana Tide (Trait)
    • Mana gained increased from 15 to 20
    • Added functionality:
      • When Mana Tide procs, now also reduces basic ability cooldowns by 0.5 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Wind Shear (E)
    • Removed
  • Stone Wolves (W)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Maelstrom Weapon (E)
    • !Quest: Attack enemy heroes while Windfury's movement speed bonus is active.
      • Reward: Increases attack damage by 1
    • !Quest: Attack 20 enemy heroes while Windfury's movement speed bonus is active.
      • Reward: Increases the movement speed bonus of Windfury from 30% to 40%
    • !Quest: Attack 40 enemy heroes while Windfury's movement speed bonus is active.
      • Reward: Permanently gain 15% increased movement speed.
  • New Talent: Ancestral Wrath (Active)
    • Each time Frostwolf Resilience activates, Thrall gains a stack of Ancestral Wrath, up to a maximum of 8.
    • Activate to consume 8 stacks of Ancestral Wrath, stealing 15% of target hero's maximum health over 3 seconds. Thrall heals for 150% of this amount over 3 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Restless Wolves (W)
    • Removed
  • Giant Killer (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Spell Shield (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Frostwolf's Grace (Trait)
    • Moved from Level 7
    • Healing amount increased from 100 to 150% of Feral Resilience
    • Cooldown decreased from 30 to 15 seconds
  • New Talent: Spirit Shield (Passive)
    • Every 45 seconds, gain 50 Spell Armor against the next enemy ability and subsequent abilities for 1.5 seconds. Triggering Frostwolf Resilience reduces this Cooldown by 5 seconds.
• Level 16
  • Forked Lightning (Q)
    • Removed
  • Ride the Wind (E)
    • Removed
  • Blood for Blood (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Thunderstorm (Q)
    • !Quest: Cast Chain Lightning on a hero. Dying or casting it on the same hero twice in a row resets progress.
      • Reward: Chain Lightning slows targets by 8%, stacking up to 40%.
    • !Quest: Reach a 40% bonus slow.
      • Reward: Chain Lightning deals 25% more damage to the primary target.
    • This quest never completes and will reset even at maximum stacks.
  • New Talent: Alpha Wolf (W)
    • Increases root duration from 1 to 1.5 seconds.
    • For 3 seconds after being hit by a Feral spirit, Thrall's basic attacks deal 3% of the targets maximum health.
• Level 20
  • Bolt of the Storm (Active)
    • Removed
  • Worldbreaker (R)
    • Decreases Cooldown from 70 to 50 seconds
    • New Functionality:
      • No Longer travels indefinitely
      • Creates a pathing blocker for 3 seconds
  • New Talent: Wind Rush (Active)
    • Activate to teleport to a target location and gain Windfury
    • 70 second CD

Developer Comment: We started looking at Thrall for a talent update as many of his talents were older generic talents, and Thrall ended up having a clear build path. Our pillar for this update was creating more talent diversity and unique ways to play. The changes to Feral Spirit add new opportunities for Thrall to make big plays, while allowing him to continue his role as a lane bully, or play with the team, depending on your playstyle. Overall, Thrall is now flush with Quest talents, and this is something we wanted to explore and are excited for your feedback.

Bug Fixes

• Trueshot Aura will now correctly display visual effects on the terrain when graphics are set to Low.

Bug Fixes

• Wound Poison's reduced Healing debuff will now correctly display a red plus symbol next to the affected Hero's status bar rather than a purple plus overhead.
• Will no longer be revealed when entering the Haunted Mines or using the Tunnel on Towers of Doom.

Bug Fixes

• The cooldown for Victory Rush will now be properly reduced when nearby Monsters are killed last-hit by Varian.