Abilities

• Purification Salvo (R)
  • Damage reduced from 86 to 79

Talents

• Level 4
  • Inhibiting Energy (W)
    • Now applies to all slows (except itself), and not just Plasma Cutter's slows
    • Slow duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
    • Slow amount reduced from 35 to 30%
  • Warp Conduit (E)
    • Removed
• Level 7
  • Warp Warfare (E)
    • Added functionality:
      • Now also resets the cooldown of Warp when Fenix gets a Hero takedown
  • Divert Power: Weapons (Active)
    • New functionality:
      • Activate to gain 40% Basic Attack damage for 5 seconds. Basic Attacks against Heroes refresh this duration. When this damage bonus falls off, remove all of Fenix's Shields. 40 second cooldown.
• Level 13
  • Dampening Field (Trait)
    • Spell Armor increased from 20 to 25
  • Auxiliary Shields (Trait)
    • Shield amount increased from 20 to 40%
    • Health loss increased from 10 to 30%

Abilities

• Hook (Q)
  • Range reduced from 12.5 to 11
• Slam (W)
  • Cast time increased from .25 to .313
  • Cooldown increased from 6 to 7 seconds
  • Range increased from 8 to 9.5
  • Mana cost increased from 30 to 35
  • Added functionality:
    • Now has an Inner area that deals 40% Bonus Damage and applies a 40% slow for 1.5 seconds
• Devour (E)
  • Ability Effects now occur at the start of the ability's cast, rather than at the end
• Gorge (R)
  • Cooldown increased from 60 to 70 seconds
• Putrid Bile (R)
  • Cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds
• Vile Cleaver (Passive)
  • New Functionality:
    • Basic Attacks apply Vile Gas to nearby enemies, poisoning for 45 damage over 3 seconds. Re-applying Vile Gas increases its duration rather than resetting it, up to 10 seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Chew Your Food (E)
    • Removed
  • Dampen Magic (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Heavy Slam (W)
    • Removed
  • Hungry for More (Passive)
    • New functionality:
      • Quest: Regeneration Globes grant 30 permanent Health
      • Every 15 Regeneration Globes, Stitches gains 5% permanent Movement speed up to a maximum of 20%
  • Savor the Flavor (E)
  • Additional heal over time effect duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.
  • Moved from level 7
    • New Functionality:
      • Casting Devour on a Hero restores an additional 10% of maximum Health and Mana over 5 seconds and permanently increases Stitches's health regeneration by 1.
  • New Talent: Patchwork Creation (Passive)
    • Increase all healing received by 15%.
    • Nearby Minion and Hero kills Heal Stiches (Minions for 30, Heroes for 300)
      • Hero takedown heal amount reduced from 300 to 240
• Level 4
  • Amplified Healing (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Restorative Fumes (Trait)
    • Removed
  • Putrid Ground (W)
    • Removed
  • New Talent – Playtime! (W)
    • Heroes hit by Slam reduce the cooldowns of Stitches's other Basic Abilities by .5 seconds. This cooldown reduction is increased to 2 seconds for Heroes that are hit by Slam's inner impact area.
  • New Talent – Chop Chop (W)
    • Hitting a Hero with the inner area of Slam increases Stitches's Basic Attack Speed by 50% for 4 seconds.
  • New Talent: Serrated Edge (Q)
    • Hooking an enemy Hero deals 5% of their max life as damage and decreases Hook's cooldown by 4 seconds.
      • Cooldown reduction decreased from 4 to 3 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Last bite (E)
    • Removed
  • New Talent - Blight (Trait)
    • Vile Gas heals for 33% of the damage it deals. Activate to apply Vile Gas to all nearby enemies and reduce their healing taken by 20% for 5 seconds. 40 second CD
  • Cannibalize (Passive)
    • Moved from level 20
    • New functionality:
      • Heroes hit by Basic Attacks and Slam's inner area heal Stitches for 2% of his maximum health.
        • Healing reduced from 2 to 1.75% of maximum health
  • Tenderizer (Passive)
    • New functionality:
      • Basic Attacks slow the target by 25% for 2.5 seconds. If the target is afflicted with Slam's Slow, refresh its duration.
• Level 13
  • Flea Bag (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Mega Smash (W)
    • Removed
  • Indigestion (E)
    • Removed
  • New Talent – Lacerate (W)
    • Slam afflicts enemies with Vile Gas and reduces armor by 10 for 4 seconds.
  • New Talent – Digestive Juices (E)
    • Devouring an enemy Hero reduces their damage dealt by 40% for 4 seconds.
  • New Talent – Gas Flare (Passive)
    • Stitches deals 16 damage per second to enemies around you. This damage is increased by 150% for 4 seconds after successfully Hooking an enemy Hero
      • Damage per second reduced from 16 to 15
• Level 16
  • Pulverize (W)
    • New functionality:
      • Slam slows all enemies by 75% for 1 second.
        • Slow duration reduced from 1 to .75 seconds.
  • Shish Kabob (Q)
    • Removed
  • Toxic Gas (Passive)
    • Removed
  • Stoneskin (Active)
    • Removed
  • Fishing Hook (Q)
    • Range bonus increased from 40 to 50%
  • New Talent - Meat Hook (Q)
    • Hooking an enemy Hero restores 16% of maximum health over 4 seconds. For 4 seconds, Basic Attacks against the Hooked Hero will refresh the duration of this healing effect.
• Level 20
  • Hardened Shield (Active)
    • Removed
  • New Talent – Second Helping (E)
    • Gain an additional charge of Devour. Devouring an enemy Hero reduces the cooldown of your Heroic ability by 5 seconds.
  • New Talent – Shambling Horror (Active)
    • Passive: Stitches is no longer affected by Slowing effects
    • Activate to gain 50 Armor for 4 seconds. 60 second CD.

Stats

• Health increased from 1425 to 1550
• Health Regen increased from 2.969 to 3.23
• Basic Attack damage reduced from 90 to 81

Abilities

• Withering Fire (Q)
  • Adjusted functionality:
    • Pressing Q once fires 5 Withering Fire arrows at the closest enemy
  • Mana cost increased from 0 to 25
  • Damage reduced from 48 to 39
  • Range increased from 6.25 to 8
  • Cooldown increased from 2 to 8 seconds
  • Cooldown now restores all charges
  • No longer gains charges on Minion kills
  • Nearby Heroes takedowns now refresh the cooldown of this ability
  • Fire rate reduced from .188 to .375 (50% slower)
  • Withering Fire cannot be cast while a previous cast of Withering Fire is still firing
• Shadow Dagger (W)
  • Adjusted functionality:
    • Shadow Dagger no longer spreads to nearby targets each time it does damage.
    • Damage dealt by Sylvanas to the primary target of Shadow Dagger spreads its effect to all nearby enemies.
  • Mana cost decreased from 75 to 50
  • Duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
  • Damage reduced from 37 to 29
• Haunting Wave (E)
  • Banshee travel speed increased by ~6%
• Mind Control (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds
  • New functionality:
    • After a .25 second cast, launch a missile that impacts the first enemy Hero in its path. Impacted Heroes are Silenced, Slowed by 30%, and forced to walk towards Sylvanas for 1.75 seconds.
• Black Arrows (Trait)
  • New functionality:
    • Activate to cause all Basic Attacks and Abilities to Stun Minions, Mercenaries, and Structures for 3 seconds over the next 10 seconds. 40 second cooldown
  • New Passive functionality – Banshee's Curse:
    • Basic Attacks infect enemies with Banshee's Curse for 3 seconds. Sylvanas deals 25% bonus damage to enemies with 3 stacks of Banshee's Curse.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Overflowing Quiver (Q)
    • Removed
  • Dreadful Wake (E)
    • Removed
  • Overwhelming Affliction (Trait)
    • Moved from Level 16
    • Adjusted functionality:
      • Enemy Heroes with 3 stacks of Banshee's Curse are slowed by 15%. Basic Attacks against Slowed enemy Heroes deal 1% of their maximum Health in damage
  • New Talent: Unfurling Shadows (W)
    • Quest: Each time Shadow Dagger deals damage to enemy Heroes with 3 stacks of Banshee's Curse, increase its damage by .5%
  • New Talent: Banshee's Curse (Q)
    • Hitting an enemy Hero with Withering Fire increases Sylvanas's Attack Speed and Ability Power by 5% for 6 seconds, stacking up to 5 times
  • Level 4
    • With the Wind (Q)
      • Removed
    • Mercenary Queen (Trait)
      • Moved from Level 1
      • Adjusted functionality:
        • Friendly non-Elite Mercenaries near Sylvanas deal 60% more damage. Sylvanas Stuns and deals 30% additional damage to Mercenaries with 3 stacks of Banshee's Curse.
    • Possession (Active)
      • Moved from Level 7
      • Now requires 3 charges to be used on Catapults
    • Unstable Poison (W)
      • Moved from Level 7
      • Damage increased from 116 to 130
      • Now triggers on enemy minions who are afflicted by Banshee's Curse, Black Arrows, or Shadow Dagger
      • Radius increased from 2 to 2.5
  • Level 7
    • Barbed Shot (Q)
      • New functionality:
        • Hitting the same enemy with 5 shots of Withering Fire causes the last shot to deal 350% bonus damage
    • Lost Soul (W)
      • Moved from Level 4
      • Adjusted functionality:
        • Reduce Shadow Dagger's cooldown by 1.75 seconds each time Sylvanas uses a Basic Attack on an enemy Hero with 3 stacks of Banshee's Curse.
    • New Talent: Festering Wounds (E)
      • Haunting Wave deals 25% more damage and applies 3 stacks of Banshee's Curse.
  • Level 13
    • Cold Embrace (W)
      • Moved from Level 16
      • Duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
      • Now also reduces the Armor of targets that Shadow Dagger spreads to by 10
    • Spell Shield (Active)
      • Removed
    • Remorseless (Trait)
      • Moved from Level 16
      • New functionality:
        • Increase Sylvanas's Basic Attack range by 1. Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes with 3 stacks of Banshee's Curse fire an untalented shot of Withering Fire. This shot applies Banshee's Curse.
    • Windrunner (E)
      • Adjusted functionality:
        • Teleporting with Haunting Wave resets the cooldown of Withering Fire. Haunting Wave can be cast a second time for free within 5 seconds after teleporting
  • Level 16
    • Life Drain (W)
      • Moved from Level 13
      • New functionality:
        • Dealing damage to enemies with 3 stacks of Banshee's Curse heals Sylvanas for 15% of the damage dealt. Doubled against Heroes
    • Evasive Fire (Q)
      • Adjusted Functionality:
        • Hitting enemies with Withering Fire grants Sylvanas 6% bonus Movement Speed for 2 seconds, stacking up to 30%. Basic Attacks refresh this duration.
    • Will of the Forsaken (Active)
      • Moved from Level 13
  • Level 20
    • Dark Lady's Call (R)
      • New functionality:
        • Reduce the cooldown of Mind Control by 30 seconds. Heroes hit by Mind Control have their vision greatly reduced for 5 seconds.
    • Withering Barrage (Q)
      • Moved from Level 4
      • New functionality:
        • Hitting an enemy Hero with Withering Fire decreases its cooldown by .75 seconds