Bug Fixes

• Shrike Doses after the first will now correctly deal bonus damage when Ana is affected by increased Spell Power.

Bug Fixes

• Basic Attack damage dealt by Auriel's Bestow Hope target will no longer generate less than the intended amount of Energy.

Bug Fixes

• A.I. Heroes will now attempt to flee the area surrounding D.Va's Mech during Self-Destruct.

Updates

Abilities

• Gilnean Cocktail (Q)
  • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 55
  • Explosion area increased by ~15%

Talents

• Level 1
  • Perfect Aim (Q)
    • Mana refund for hitting a Hero reduced from 50 to 35
• Level 4
  • Draught Overflow (Q)
    • Removed
• Level 7
  • Wizened Duelist (Passive)
    • New functionality:
      • Every 6 Attacks against an enemy Hero increases Greymane's Basic Attack damage by 1%, up to 30%. Gain triple benefit from attacking in Worgen form. Half of these bonuses are lost on death.

Developer Comment: We made these changes in an effort to increase Greymane's build diversity. Gilnean Cocktail felt a little lackluster without its associated Talents, so made parts of them baseline. While you can still enhance Gilnean Cocktail through talents, we wanted it to feel like a valuable part of your kit if you choose a more Basic Attack-oriented build. We've also redesigned Wizened Duelist to be less of a feast or famine Quest by shifting its requirements to something that a Greymane in a losing game can still accomplish. This also has the added benefit of being a reward that can be accomplished regardless of the lethality of a game (since the average number of deaths can vary greatly between different levels of play).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a visual issue that could cause the outlines generated by Hanzo's Natural Agility to dip below the terrain in certain locations on Battlefield of Eternity.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected some minor clipping affecting Arcanist Jaina's clothing.

Bug Fixes

• Junkrat will no longer become separated from his rocket when issuing movement commands during Rocket Ride.

Bug Fixes

• Blinding Wind will now correctly deal damage to neutral Mercenaries.

Bug Fixes

• The Astral Presence icon is no longer missing its mouseover tooltip.

Bug Fixes

• Leaping Strike can no longer be cast while Rooted.

Releases

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

Trait

• Vault of the Wardens (D)
  • Leap into the air, becoming immune to all hostile effects for 0.75 seconds.
  • Passive: Maiev has 15 Armor.

Basic Abilities

• Fan of Knives (Q)
  • Deal 180 damage to enemies in a crescent area.
  • Hitting at least 2 enemy Heroes with Fan of Knives reduces its cooldown to 0.5 seconds, and refunds the Mana cost.
• Umbral Bind (W)
  • Maiev's next Basic Attack cleaves and applies a tether to enemy Heroes hit for 2.5 seconds. If a tethered Hero moves too far from Maiev, they are pulled toward her, dealing 110 damage and breaking the tether.
• Spirit of Vengeance (E)
  • Send a shadow of Maiev outward that will return to its cast location, dealing 100 damage to enemies along both paths. Deals 100% more damage to enemy Heroes.
  • Reactivate to Blink to the shadow's location.

Heroic Abilities

• Containment Disc (R)
  • Throw a glaive in the target direction. If an enemy Hero is hit, Containment Disk can be reactivated to remove their vision and Time Stop them for 4 seconds.
  • Containment Disc automatically activates 6 seconds after hitting a Hero.
• Warden's Cage (R)
  • Summon 8 Warden Avatars as a cage around Maiev. After 1.5 seconds, enemy Heroes that come in contact with an Avatar re knocked to the center of the cage, and that Avatar is consumed. Warden Avatars last 7 seconds.

Updates

Stats

• Basic Attacks now cleave in a radius of 3.25 in an arc in front of Malthael
• Damage reduced from 117 to 82

Abilities

• Soul Rip (Q)
  • Healing reduced from 44 to 36 per enemy hit
• Death's Shroud (E)
  • Width increased from 2.25 to 3
• Reaper's Mark (Trait)
  • Damage reduced from 2% to 1.75% of an enemy's maximum Health
• Tormented Souls (R)
  • No longer applies Armor to Malthael
• Last Rites (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 75 to 65 seconds
  • Malthael can now also gain Quest credit if the enemy Hero dies within 1.5 seconds of Last Rites damage
  • Range increased from 4 to 5

Talents

• Level 4
  • Die Alone (Q)
    • This now once again applies bonus damage if only 1 Hero is marked, even if multiple other non-Heroes are also marked
  • Throwing Shade (E)
    • Reduced the hits needed to complete the quest from 20 to 15
  • Black Harvest (Trait)
    • Quest completion requirement increased from 150 to 180 seconds
• Level 7
  • Massacre (W)
    • Moved from Level 16 to Level 7
  • Touch of Death (Active)
    • Cooldown reduced from 30 to 25 seconds
• Level 13
  • Soul Siphon (Q)
    • Reduced the healing from 4% to 3.75% versus Heroes
  • Ethereal Existence (Trait)
    • Maximum Physical Armor reduced from 40 to 30
• Level 16
  • Mortality (W)
    • Moved from Level 7 to Level 16
    • Damage increased from 4 to 6% of an enemy Hero's maximum Health

Developer Comment: Malthael, while powerful, has relied heavily on Tormented Souls to apply his Reaper's Mark during team fights. By making his Basic Attacks cleave and increasing the usability of Death's Shroud, we're providing more ways to him to apply his Mark to multiple enemies. Not only does this increase his survivability and damage without relying solely on Tormented Souls, it also gives him more options to use Wraith Strike. We've also sought to increase the usability of Last Rites to make it a more enticing Heroic option. Lastly, the ability to apply Reaper's Mark reliably makes it much more powerful, so we've adjusted the tuning of its damage and associated Talents.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing the Hunger of the Wolf Talent from applying bonus damage to Ghost Wolf attacks at level 16.

Bug Fixes

• Shadows will no longer appear to flicker behind Monkey King Samuro on the post-match score screen.

Bug Fixes

• The Psionic Echo Talent's timer bar will now correctly appear next to the Archon timer when both are active at once.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Salvation (W)
    • Healing on shield destruction increased from 125 to 140
  • Ardent Restoration (Passive)
    • Healing increased from 12.5 to 13.75 per stack over 5 seconds
• Level 4
  • Stalwart Armor (Q)
    • Armor reduced from 25 to 20

Bug Fixes

• The Cheap Shot tooltip appended to Blade Flurry after breaking Stealth now correctly states it will Blind the target.
• Thistle Tea activation is no longer audible to nearby enemies while Valeera is in Stealth.

Bug Fixes

• Blink will now correctly break invisibility.