2017-11-20 PTR Patch 2.29.3.59837

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