General

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

Heroes

Updates

Abilities

  • Spawn Locust (Trait)
    • Health increased from 288 to 316

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Survival Instincts (Trait)
      • Bonus Health decreased from 50% to 40%
  • Level 7
    • Calldown: MULE (Active)
      • No longer refills Structure ammo

Bug Fixes

  • Life-Binder is no longer interrupted when entering or exiting Dragonqueen.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that could cause Shadow Charge to deal its collision damage multiple times under certain circumstances.

Bug Fixes

  • Casting Wrecking Ball on Mercenaries will no longer cause them to leash while in combat.

Bug Fixes

  • Movement caused by a conveyor belt will no longer cancel Rain of Destruction channeling.

Bug Fixes

  • Kharazim's arms and upper body now animated correctly during his dizzy animation.

Bug Fixes

  • The Shroud of the Dead King Talent will now correctly play an animation and a sound when activated.

Bug Fixes

  • Zei's Vengeance and Arcane Orb tooltips have been updated to clarify bonus damage functionality. Damage amounts have not been changed.

Bug Fixes

  • The Second Opinion Talent will now correctly grant cooldown reduction when one of the Heroes struck by Displacement Grenade is piloting a Vehicle, like the Garden Terror.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an inconsistency that allowed Lunara to cast Leaping Strike over some, but not all, allied units after learning Boundless Stride.

Bug Fixes

  • Creating a Portal entrance after learning Portal Mastery and then entering the Triglav Protector will no longer prevent him from using the Protector's abilities.

Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Sledgehammer (Q)
      • No longer removes Ammo from structures

Bug Fixes

  • Learning Reverberation no longer incorrectly updates the Attack Speed Slow amount in Thunder Clap's tooltip.

Bug Fixes

  • Spawn Egg with the Egg Hunt Talent can now be cast correctly on Volskaya Foundry's conveyor belts.

Updates

Abilities

  • Snipe (Q)
    • Damage reduced from 310 to 255.
    • Baseline quest added:
      • Hitting an enemy Hero increases the damage of Snipe by 5% stacking 5 times. When at max stacks (5) it gains an additional 25% damage. If Snipe fails to hit a target, all stacks are lost.
  • Pinning Shot (W)
    • Damage reduced from 110 to 105
  • Holo Decoy (E)
    • Added functionality:
      • Decoys now deal 10% of Nova's damage
  • Permanent Cloak (Trait)
    • Added functionality:
      • Gain 15% movement speed while Stealthed
  • Triple Tap (R)
    • Damage per shot increased from 338 to 372
  • (New) Ghost Protocol (1)
    • Activate to instantly cloak, leave a Holo Decoy at your feet, and become unrevealable for .5 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Advanced Cloaking (Trait)
      • New functionality:
        • Increase your Stealth movement speed by 5% after remaining stealthed for 2 seconds. While Stealthed, gain 2 additional mana regeneration per second.
  • Level 7
    • Snipe Master (Q)
      • Removed
    • Perfect Shot (Q)
      • Moved from Level 16
      • Cooldown reduction on Hero hit reduced from 3 to 2 seconds
  • Level 13
    • Psionic Efficiency (Q)
      • Bonus range increased from 10 to 15%
    • (New Talent) Ionic Force Field (Trait)
      • Gain 25 Armor for 2 seconds after losing stealth
  • Level 16
    • Lethal Decoy (E)
      • Damage bonus from clones increased from 40 to 50%
  • Level 20
    • (New Talent) Apollo Suit (Trait)
      • Reduce the cooldown of Permanent Cloak from 3 to 1 second

Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack damage increased from 88 to 110

Abilities

  • Mirror Image (Q)
    • Samuro will now appear in the direction of the player's Mouse Cursor when Mirror Image is cast.
    • Mirror Image damage is no longer a fraction of Samuro's Attack Damage. Mirror Image base damage has been greatly reduced to 9.
    • Mirror Images are no longer instantly destroyed by Structures
  • Critical Strike (W)
    • Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds
  • Illusion Master (R)
    • New functionality:
      • Reduce the cooldown of Advancing Strikes to 8 seconds
    • Now increases the attack damage of Mirror Images by 100%
    • Now also increases Samuro's Basic Attack damage by 10%
  • Image Transmission (Trait)
    • Additional functionality:
      • Activate to switch places with the target Mirror Image, removing most negative effects from Samuro and the target Mirror Image. 25-second cooldown.

Talents

  • Tooltips for various talents have been updated to reflect whether Samuro or his Mirror Images benefit from their effects
  • Level 1
    • Way of the Wind (E)
      • New Functionality: Gain 40% Movement Speed for 3 seconds upon entering or exiting Stealth by using Wind Walk
    • Way of the Blade (W)
      • No longer grants bonus Critical Strike damage
    • Way of Illusion (Q)
      • Mirror Images no longer benefit from this talent
  • Level 4
    • One with the Wind (E)
      • Armor gain now also lasts for 3 seconds after being revealed
      • Mirror Images now also gain Armor
      • Armor amount reduced from 60 to 30
  • Level 7
    • Phantom Pain (W)
      • Mirror Images no longer benefit from this talent
    • Crushing Blows (W)
      • Mirror Images no longer benefit from this talent
      • Bonus Critical Strike damage has been removed
      • Additional functionality:
        • Samuro's Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes reduce the cooldown of Critical Strike by 1.5 seconds
  • Level 13
    • Kawarimi (E)
      • Reduced the time between Samuro issuing a new order after using Wind Walk and the image following it. It should now be harder for the new Image to follow Samuro's new movements after using Wind Walk.
  • Level 16
    • Press the Attack (Trait)
      • Attack Speed bonus reduced from 15% to 10% per stack. Maximum bonus decreased from 60% to 40%
    • Harsh Winds (E)
      • Mirror Images no longer benefit from this talent
    • Merciless Strikes (W)
      • Mirror Images no longer benefit from this talent

Bug Fixes

  • Monkey King Samuro's model will no longer exhibit flickering during Hero Select while running Medium or High graphic settings.

Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • It's a Sabotage! (Passive)
      • No longer removes Structure ammo
      • Damage increased from 27 to 35

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing Baleog to cast superfluous shadows on the terrain.

Updates

Abilities

  • Vanish (D)
    • Movement Speed increased from 10% to 20%
  • Ambush (Q)
    • If Valeera is Vanished for 3 seconds, this ability has 5 range and teleports Valeera behind her target.
    • Damage reduced from 180 to 130
    • Now also reduces enemy Armor by 10 for 4 seconds
  • Cheap Shot (W)
    • Stun duration reduced from 1.25 to .75 seconds
    • Now Blinds the target for 2 seconds after the stun effect ends
    • If Valeera is Vanished for 3 seconds, this ability has 5 range and teleports Valeera behind her target
  • Garrote (E)
    • Silence duration increased from 2.25 to 2.75 seconds
    • If Valeera is Vanished for 3 seconds, this ability has 5 range and teleports Valeera behind her target

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Subtlety (D)
      • Adjusted functionality:
        • Now triggers when Valeera teleports to her target with Ambush, Cheap Shot, and Garrote.
      • Energy return reduced from 10 to 8 per second.
    • Crippling Poison (Active)
      • Slow duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.
      • Valeera's poison is no longer removed after the first damaging Ability, but instead is applied by all Valeera's Abilities for 4 seconds. This duration does not start until Valeera damages her first enemy.
  • Level 4
    • Wound Poison (Active)
      • Healing reduction duration decreased from 5 to 4 seconds
      • Valeera's poison is no longer removed after the first damaging Ability, but instead is applied by all Valeera's Abilities for 4 seconds. This duration does not start until Valeera damages her first enemy
  • Level 7
    • Slice and Dice (E)
      • Valeera's Basic Attacks now restore 2 Energy.
  • Level 13
    • Death from Above (Q)
      • New functionality:
        • Ambush reduces the cooldown of Vanish by 4 seconds.
    • Blind (W)
      • Now increases the duration of Cheap Shot's Blind from 2 to 4 seconds.
    • Strangle (E)
      • Spell Power reduction increased from 25% to 40%
      • Duration reduced from 7 to 6 seconds
  • Level 16
    • Assassinate (Q)
      • Bonus damage reduced from 100% to 50%
      • Now also increases the Armor reduction of Ambush by 10 when the target is isolated.
      • Moved from level 7
    • Expose Armor (E)
      • Removed.
  • Level 20
    • Nightslayer (D)
      • Removed.
    • Rupture (E)
      • Damage bonus now stacks immediately to 100%, instead of stacking up to 30%.
      • Moved from level 16
    • Elusiveness (D)
      • Moved from Level 13
      • Movement Speed bonus increased from 10% to 20%
LEVEL (TIER) Valeera Talents
1 (1) (!) Vigor (Passive) Subtlety (D) Combat Readiness (Passive) Crippling Poison (Active)
4 (2) Relentless Strikes (Q) Hemorrhage (E) Initiative (D) Wound Poison (Active)
7 (3) Mutilate (Q) (!) Fatal Finesse (W) Slice and Dice (E)
10 (4) Smoke Bomb (R) Cloak of Shadows (R) — —
13 (5) Death from Above (Q) Blind (W) Strangle (E)
16 (6) Seal Fate (Q) Assassinate (Q) Thistle Tea (Active)
20 (7) Adrenaline Rush (R) Enveloping Shadows (R) Rupture (E) Elusiveness (D)
  • (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
  • Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
  • Underlined text indicates a MOVED Talent.

Updates

Abilities

  • Level 1
    • Monster Hunter (Q)
      • Now tracks stacks instead of damage on the quest tracker

Updates

Abilities

  • Shadow Assault (R)
    • Removed
  • (New Talent) Might of the Nerazim (R)
    • Passive: After using an Ability, Zeratul's next Basic Attack within 6 seconds deals 40% more damage
    • Activate to duplicate the last ability cast. Damaging abilities deal 50% less damage. This ability does not benefit from talents. 20-Second Cooldown

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Vorpal Blade (1)
      • Added as a baseline ability. Default Hotkey: 1
    • (New Talent) Move Unseen (Passive)
      • Gain 25% bonus Movement Speed while Stealthed
    • Shadow Hunter (E)
      • Regeneration Globe required for quest completion reduced from 20 to 15
      • Mana cost reduction of Blink increased from 2 to 3
  • Level 4
    • Combo Slash (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Grim Task (Passive)
      • Removed
    • (New Talent) Psionic Strength (Passive)
      • Damaging an enemy Hero with Basic Attacks or Abilities increases Zeratul's damage by 6% for 3 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
    • (New Talent) Darkness Descends (Active)
      • Passive: Increase Zeratul's attack speed by 10%.
      • Activated ability – Zeratul gains 40% bonus attack speed for 5 seconds. 30-second cooldown
  • Level 7
    • Wormhole (E)
      • Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds
    • Slip into Shadow (E)
      • Removed
    • (New Talent) Warp Skirmisher (1)
      • Vorpal Blade now has 2 charges. Casting Vorpal Blade also causes Zeratul's next Basic Attack within 6 seconds to deal 30% bonus damage
  • Level 16
    • Sentenced to Death (W)
      • Bonus damage reduced from 40 to 30%
  • Level 20
    • Rewind (Active)
      • Removed
    • Nerazim Fury (R)
      • Removed
    • (New Talent) Twilight Falls (R)
      • Activating Might of the Nerazim resets the cooldown of all of Zeratul's Basic Abilities
    • (New Talent) Shadow Mending (Passive)
      • Zeratul heals himself for 75% of Ability Damage Dealt to enemy Heroes