Nexus Patch Notes

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

Dragon Shire

Layout

Art updated.

Volskaya Foundry

Updates

Objective

Triglav Protector
- Channelling to enter the Triglav Protector is no longer interrupted by damage.

Developer Comment: While not a bug, the interaction between Orphea's Eternal Feast and the Triglav Protector was too strong and could negate an entire Objective without any opportunities for counter-play attached to it. This also highlighted an inconsistency with the Battleground where a team could spend all their resources winning the Objective but find themselves unable to actually use it under certain circumstances. With this change, we've addressed both issues.

Alexstrasza

Updates

Abilities

Life-Binder (R)
- Now it can only be cancelled by enemy Abilities that remove the target from the battlefield.

Gul'dan

Updates

Talents

Level 16
- Rampant Hellfire (Q)
  - Damage bonus increased from 8 to 10%

Hanzo

Updates

Abilities

Dragonstrike (R)
- Any percentage-based Spell Power modifiers now stack additively when calculating its center damage.

Kael'thas

Updates

Abilities

Phoenix (R)
- Any percentage-based Spell Power modifiers now stack additively when calculating its damage.

Kerrigan

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that disabled Health and Mana regeneration during Chrysalis.

Li Li

Updates

Talents

Level 16
- Lightning Serpent (W)
  - Any percentage-based Spell Power modifiers now stack additively when calculating its damage.

Li-Ming

Updates

Talents

Level 16
- Arcane Orbit (W)
  - Any percentage-based Spell Power modifiers now stack additively when calculating its damage.

Lt. Morales

Updates

Abilities

Safeguard
- Armor decreased from 30 to 25.

Nazeebo

Updates

Talents

Level 20
- Vile Infection (Passive)
  - Any percentage-based Spell Power modifiers now stack additively when calculating its damage.

Orphea

Releases

Orphea, Heir of Raven Court, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of her Abilities.

Trait

Overflowing Chaos (Trait)
- Hitting an enemy Hero with a Basic Ability grants 1 Chaos. Chaos can stack up to 3 times.
- While Orphea has Chaos, her Basic Attacks against Heroes consumes all Chaos, dealing 50% increased damage per stack, and healing for 100% of the damage dealt.

Basic Abilities

Shadow Waltz (Q)
- After 0.5 seconds, deal 150 damage to enemies in a line.
- Hitting a Hero with Shadow Waltz sets its cooldown to 2 seconds and causes Orphea to dash a short distance upon moving.
Chomp (W)
- After 0.6 seconds, deal 285 damage to nearby enemies in front of Orphea.
Dread (E)
- Release a wave of dread that deals 85 damage to enemies hit.
- Dread erupts 0.75 seconds after reaching the end of its path, dealing 175 damage and Slowing enemies in the area by 25% for 2 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

Eternal Feast (R)
- After 1.5 seconds, deal 210 damage in an area.
- Eternal Feast repeats every 1 second as long as it hits an enemy Hero.
Crushing Jaws (R)
- After 1.25 seconds, pulls enemies in an area towards the center, dealing 275 damage and Stunning them for 0.75 seconds.

Updates

Stats

Maximum Base Health reduced from 1750 to 1662
Health Regen reduced from 4.09 to 3.46

Abilities

Shadow Waltz (Q)
- Base cooldown increased from 5 to 6 seconds
- Mana cost increased from 25 to 40
- Mana refund on hit increased from 25 to 40

Talents

Level 7
- Ravenous Hunger (W)
  - Damage per Minion kill reduced from 3 to 2
  - Damage per Hero kill reduced from 60 to 40
Level 20
- Eldritch Conduit (Trait)
  - Spell Power per stack reduced from 5 to 3%
  - Spell power max stack bonus reduced from 50 to 30%