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.

Releases

Hanzo, Master Assassin, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Trait

• Natural Agility (D)
  • Target unpathable terrain or a Structure to jump to the other side of it.

Basic Abilities

• Storm Bow (Q)
  • Activate to charge an arrow that deals 270 damage to the first enemy hit. Storm Bow's range increases the longer it is Channeled. Reactivate to fire.
• Scatter Arrow (W)
  • Fire an arrow that deals 85 to the first enemy Hero hit. Scatter Arrow can collide with terrain and Structures, splitting into 5 arrows that travel extra distance, ricochet up to 4 additional times, and deal 85 damage each to the first enemy hit.
• Sonic Arrow (E)
  • Fire an arrow that grants vision in a large area 8 seconds. Enemies inside are revealed for 1 second. If Sonic Arrow lands directly on an enemy, it deals 150 damage to them and follows them as they move.

Heroic Abilities

• Dragonstrike (R)
  • After 1.5 seconds, summon a pair of Spirit Dragons which travel forward, dealing 52 damage every 0.25 seconds to enemy Heroes in its area. Enemies in the center take 150% damage.
• Dragon's Arrow (R)
  • Fire a missile that travels across the battleground. Explodes upon hitting an enemy Hero, dealing 100 damage to all nearby enemies and Stunning them for 0.5 seconds.
  • After traveling a medium distance, the damage is increased to 200 and the Stun duration to 1.25 seconds.
  • After traveling a long distance, the damage is increased to 350 and the Stun duration to 2 seconds.

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.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing the Superstition talent effect from being removed by Hero basic attacks after Nazeebo died with this talent.

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
  • Improved A.I. functionality
• 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
  • One in the Chamber (Passive)
    • Bonus damage reduced from 80 to 70%
  • 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%
    • Adjusted functionality:
      • Now refunds the cost of Snipe on a successful Hero hit.
  • (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%
  • Explosive Round (Q)
    • Moved from Level 13
• Level 20
  • (New Talent) Apollo Suit (Trait)
    • Reduce the cooldown of Permanent Cloak from 3 to 1 second
  • Precision Barrage (R)
    • Added functionality:
      • Now also reduces the cooldown of Precision Strike by 30 seconds.

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

Stats

• Health increased from 1638 to 1720
• Health Regeneration increased from 3.4 to 3.6
• Basic Attack damage increased from 128 to 140

Talents

• Level 1
  • Maelstrom Rounds (D)
    • Damage bonus reduced from 40 to 35%
• Level 7
  • Hover Siege Mode (D)
    • Movement Speed increased from 25 to 40%
• Level 20
  • Shrapnel Mines (Q)
    • Armor reduction duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds

Bug Fixes

• The Hyper-Cooling Engines talent will no longer grant cooldown reduction from basic attacks against non-Heroic targets while in Siege Mode.

Bug Fixes

• Tychus can now be affected by Stitches's Gorge while in Commandeer Odin.

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.

Bug Fixes

• Tychus can now be affected by Stitches's Gorge while in Commandeer Odin.

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.
  • Combat Readiness (Passive)
    • Physical Armor increased from 50 to 60
• 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
  • Hemorrhage (E)
    • Bonus damage to targets affected by Garrote increased from 25 to 50%
• 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%

• (!) 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

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the Void Slash talent to display an incorrect value for the damage increase.