Bug Fixes

• Casting Ultimate Evolution on Jaina will no longer cause Abathur's Calldown: MULE Talent icon to permanently switch to the icon for Improved Ice Block.
• Attempting to cast Toxic Next in an area that is already densely populated by existing Nests will no longer consume a charge without placing a new Toxic Nest.

Bug Fixes

• Learning Counter-Strike or Deadly Charge at level 20 will now correctly append that Ability's description to the Sadism Trait tooltip.

Releases

Alexstrasza, The Life-Binder, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of her Abilities.

Trait

• Dragonqueen
  • After 1.25 seconds, transform into a dragon and gain 500 Health. While Dragonqueen is active, Alexstrasza's Basic Abilities are empowered, her Basic Attacks deal 143 damage and heal allied Heroes for 43 in an arc in front of her, and the duration of incoming Slows, Roots, Blinds, and Stuns is reduced by 50%. Lasts 15 seconds.

Basic Abilities

• Gift of Life (Q)
  • Sacrifice 15% of Alexstrasza's current Health, healing an ally for 150% of that amount.
  • Dragonqueen: Breath of Life cooldown greatly reduced and does not cost Health.
• Abundance (W)
  • Plant a seed of healing that blooms after 3 seconds, healing nearby allied Heroes for 20% of their maximum Health.
  • Dragonqueen: Preservation heal area and amount greatly increased.
• Flame Buffet (E)
  • Launch a fireball, Burning enemies hit for 75 damage over 5.5 seconds.Hitting enemies that are already Burning deals 125 bonus damage upon impact, Slows them by 40% decaying over 2 seconds, and refunds the Mana cost.
  • Dragonqueen: Wing Buffet damage and Knockback enemies in an arc.

Heroic Abilities

• Life-Binder (R)
  • Bind Alexstrasa's life force with an allied Hero. After 2 seconds, the Hero with a lower percentage of Health is set to the same Health percentage as the other Hero.
  • Dragonqueen: Cast range increased by 50%.
• Cleansing Flame (R)
  • After 1.25 seconds, take to the sky and drop fireballs at the position of your mouse cursor every 1.2 seconds for 6 seconds. Each fireball restores 300 Health to nearby allied Heroes, and deals 150 damage to nearby enemies.2 seconds after dropping all fireballs, Alexstrasza lands at the position of your mouse cursor.
  • Dragonqueen: Instant cast.

Bug Fixes

• AI Ana will no longer attempt to Heal allied Garden Terrors, Dragon Knights, or Triglav Protectors.
• A targeting indicator will now correctly appear when using Healing Dart charges granted by Active Reload.

Bug Fixes

• All Shall Burn's tooltip has been updated to clarify that its bonus Structure damage is a flat amount, rather than percentage-based.

Bug Fixes

• Arcane Flare's targeting indicator will no longer visually persist on the terrain if cast outside the Gate during the pre-game countdown.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which certain Abilities, like Artanis's Blade Dash, could prevent Temporal Loop from returning the target to its original location.

Bug Fixes

• Stukov's Weighted Pustule will no longer be removed from targets hit by Wrecking Ball or Into the Fray.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing Deth Lazor from being cast with less than 60 Mana after learning Hyperfocus Coils

Bug Fixes

• Blessed Hammer can no longer be activated during Falling Sword.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which certain Abilities, like Genji's Dragonblade and Stitches's Hook, could hit Junkrat during Rocket Ride just before he makes impact.

Bug Fixes

• Glacial Spike will now correctly deal bonus damage granted by Ability Power gains.
• The Hungering Cold Talent will now correctly deal its bonus damage to non-Heroic enemies rooted by Frost Nova.

Updates

Abilities

• Fast Feet (Trait)
  • Added Functionality:
    • Basic Ability Cooldowns recharge 50% faster while Fast Feet is active.
• Healing Brew (Q)
  • Cooldown increased from 3 to 4 seconds
  • Range reduced from 7 to 6
  • Mana Cost reduced from 30 to 25
• Cloud Serpent (W)
  • Mana Cost increased from 30 to 40
  • Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
  • Attack Speed reduced from .75 to 1 attacks per second
  • Damage increased from 25 to 27
  • Added Functionality:
    • Each time a Cloud Serpent attacks, the hero it is attached to is healed for a small amount.

• Blinding Wind (E)
  • Cooldown increased from 9 to 12 seconds
  • Duration reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
  • Mana Cost decreased from 35 to 30
• Jug of 1,000 Cups (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 70 seconds to 20 seconds
  • Jug of 1,000 Cups can now be cancelled early
  • Added Functionality:
    • Each time an ally is healed by Jug of 1,000 Cups, its cooldown is increased by 2 seconds, to a maximum of 50 additional seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Conjurer's Pursuit (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Pro Toss (Q)
    • Removed
  • Timeless Creature (W)
    • Removed
  • Gale Force (E)
    • Moved to Level 13
    • New Functionality
      • Increases the duration of Blinding Wind from 2 to 3 seconds. Lili's Basic Attacks against Blinded Heroes deal 50% more damage.
  • (New Talent) Free Drinks (Q)
    • If Healing Brew heals a target under 50% health, its Cooldown is reduced by 1 second and its mana cost is refunded.
  • (New Talent) Wind Serpent (W)
    • Cloud Serpent's Cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds each time you hit a Hero with Blinding Wind.
  • (New Talent) Eager Adventurer (Trait)
    • Increases the duration of Fast Feet by 50% and Mana Regeneration is increased by 150% while Fast Feet is active.
• Level 4
  • Healing Ward (Active)
    • Removed
  • Mending Serpent (W)
    • Removed
  • Mass Vortex (E)
    • Moved to Level 13
    • New functionality:
      • Blinding Wind hits an additional target. If all targets hit are Heroes, they take 75% increased damage from Blinding Wind.
  • Lingering Blind (E)
    • Removed
• Level 7
  • Pitch Perfect (Q)
    • Removed
  • The Good Stuff (Q)
    • New functionality:
      • Healing Brew heals for an additional amount over 3 seconds. While Fast Feet is active, this amount is increased by 100%.
  • Lightning Serpent (W)
    • New functionality:
      • Cloud Serpent attacks bounce to 2 nearby Heroes for 50% damage.
  • Cleanse (Active)
    • Removed
  • (New Talent) Let's Go!
    • Activate to heal allied Hero for a small amount and make them unstoppable for 1 second. 40 second cooldown. The cooldown of this ability is affected by Fast Feet.
• Level 13
  • Elusive Feet (Trait)
    • Removed
  • Hindering Winds (E)
    • Moved to Level 4
    • Slow amount increased to 30%.
  • Surging Winds (E)
    • New functionality:
      • If at least two targets of Blinding Wind are Heroes, gain 10 Spellpower for 10 seconds and reduce the cooldown of Blinding Wind by 3 seconds.
  • Shrink Ray (Active)
    • Removed
• Level 16
  • Shake It Off (Trait)
    • Moved to Level 20
    • New functionality:
      • While Fast Feet is active, gain 8 Armor per second, to a maximum of 30 armor.
  • Safety Sprint (Active)
    • Moved to Level 4
    • New functionality:
      • Activate to gain Fast Feet and increase its movement speed bonus to 30% for 2 seconds. 30 second cooldown.
  • Serpent Sidekick (W)
    • Moved to Level 4
    • New functionality:
      • Each time a Cloud Serpent attacks a Hero, its duration is increased by .5 seconds.
  • (New Talent) Pick Me Up (Q)
    • Healing Brew heals for 33% more if the target is under 50% life.
  • (New Talent) Blessings of Yu'lon (W)
    • Cloud Serpent attacks heal its bearer for an additional 1.5% of their maximum life.
• Level 20
  • Kung Fu Hustle (Trait)
    • Removed
  • Storm Shield (Active)
    • Removed
  • (New Talent) Mistweaver (Active)
    • Activate to heal all nearby Allies. 30 second cooldown. The cooldown of this ability is reduced by 1 second each time you or your cloud serpent attacks.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which Lt. Morales could become immune to certain Stasis effects like Void Prison and Devouring Maw until death.

Bug Fixes

• Learning Can't Stop, Won't Stop and then walking over Junkrat's Steel Trap will no longer cause that trap to visually persist on Lúcio's model.

Bug Fixes

• Movement Speed bonus visual effects will now correctly appear if Malthael learns On a Pale Horse while mounted.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the Hyper-Cooling Engines talent causing Sgt. Hammer to gain its benefits from all basic attacks while in Siege Mode.

Bug Fixes

• Nazeebo will now correctly be pushed if he is hit by Massive Shove while channeling Ravenous Spirit.

Bug Fixes

• The Prismatic Link Talent will no longer cause Tassadar's Basic Attack to chain to Kharazim during Seven-Sided Strike.
• The Templar's Will Talent's second reward will no longer increase Basic Attack range in Archon form.

Bug Fixes

• After learning Divine Protection, Devotion Armor will now stack correctly when Healing an allied Hero using Flash of Light during Eternal Vanguard.
• Will no longer be teleported back to the allied Hall of Storms if Redemption's cooldown completes while in Eternal Vanguard form.

Bug Fixes

• Manticore will no longer deal its bonus damage to Valla's Basic Attack target while Valla is Blind or the target is Evading.

Bug Fixes

• Will once again leap toward his Colossus Smash target.

Bug Fixes

• Nydus Network can no longer prevent Heroes from walking out of their Hall of Storms.