2019-03-18 PTR Patch 2.44.0.72880

General

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

Heroes

Chromie

Chromie

Updates

Abilities

  • Sand Blast (Q)
    • Now hits all enemy types, though stops travel after one hit
    • Deals 50% damage to Structures
    • Baseline quest has been removed
    • Casting a Sand Blast now spawns an Echo that replicates Chromie's Sand Blasts and Basic Attacks, dealing 50% damage; Maximum of one Echo active at a time
    • Damage reduced from 315 to 280
    • Cooldown increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds
    • Cast time reduced from .8125 to .5 seconds
    • Initial missile speed has been reduced, but acceleration has been added
      • The time the missile takes to travel its full distance has been increased from .4375 to .625 seconds
  • Dragon's Breath (W)
    • Ground warning is no longer visible to enemy heroes
    • Damage reduced from 390 to 195
    • Now fires a succession of 3 blasts with a 0.75 second delay towards a vector targeted direction
    • Cooldown increased from 8 to 15 seconds
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 75
  • Time Trap (E)
    • Once placed, now requires Chromie to re-activate the Trap with (D) to detonate and puts all units in the area in Time Stop
    • Now affects allies as well as enemies
    • Search area increased from 1.5 to 2 radius
    • Mana cost increased from 25 to 30
    • Health increased from 300 to 500
  • Timewalker/Bronze Talons (Trait)
    • The Bronze Talons Basic Attack component of her trait has been removed

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Deep Breathing (W)
      • Stacks increased from 12 to 25
      • Bonus reduced from 5 to 2 per stack
      • Bonus at maximum stacks reduced from 140 to 50
    • New Talent – Once Again the First Time (Q)
      • Quest: Hit an enemy Hero with Sand Blast 40 times
      • Reward: Sand Blast's maximum Sand Echoes increased from 1 to 2
    • Mounting Sand (Q)
      • Removed
  • Level 2
    • Andorhal Anomaly (E)
      • Moved from Level 18
      • No longer causes all three charges to refresh at once
      • Additional functionality:
        • Reduces the cooldown of Time Trap by 5 seconds
        • All Time Traps are detonated at the same time
    • New Talent – Chronic Conditions (E)
      • After Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap are Slowed by 25% for 3 seconds and allies gain 25% Movement Speed for 3 seconds
    • New Talent – Time Troubles (E)
      • After Time Stop ends, enemies affected by Time Trap lose 20 Armor for 3 seconds and allies gain 20 Armor for 3 seconds
    • Enveloping Assault (W)
      • Removed
    • Timely Surprise (E)
      • Removed
  • Level 5
    • Mobius Loop (W)
      • Cooldown reduction reduced from 3 to 1.5 seconds per enemy Hero hit
      • Mana return reduced from 100 to 40 per enemy Hero hit
    • Bronze Talons (Q)
      • Has been redesigned
      • When Chromie hits an enemy Hero with Sand Blast, she deals 30% additional Basic Attack damage for 5 seconds
    • New Talent – A Proper Greeting
      • Passive: When Chromie damages a Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned enemy Hero, she deals 25% additional damage for 5 seconds
    • Dragons Eye (W)
      • Removed
    • Chrono Sickness (E)
      • Removed
  • Level 8
    • Slowing Sands (R1)
      • Redesigned: Slow now increases the longer an enemy is in the affected area
      • Now Slows by 5% every 0.25 seconds, up to a maximum of 70%
    • Temporal Loop (R2)
      • Range reduced from 11 to 8
      • Now also increases the recharge rate of Chromie's Basic Abilities by 500% for 3 seconds
  • Level 11
    • Here and There (Active)
      • Now has a range of 9
      • Now teleports Chromie to a targeted location near a Sand Echo, and teleports the Sand Echo back to her old location
    • New Talent – Gnome Speed Ahead! (Q)
      • After casting Sand Blast, Chromie gains 200% increased Health and Mana Regeneration and 20% Movement Speed for 3 seconds
    • Bye Bye (B)
      • Removed
  • Level 18
    • New Talent – Unravelling (R1)
      • Every 0.25 seconds, enemy Heroes Slowed by Slowing Sands have their Spell Armor reduced by 2, up to 30
    • Stuck in a Loop (R2)
      • Now also increases the duration of Temporal Loop's cooldown reduction buff by 3 seconds
    • New Talent – Blessing of the Bronze
      • Passive: While Chromie is alive, she and all her allies gain 10% Movement Speed and their Basic Abilities recharge 30% faster
    • Pocket of Time (R1)
      • Removed

Developer Comment: Our goal with this Chromie update is to create various degrees of success that Chromie can enjoy, so that she doesn't feel like quite the same all-or-nothing mage that she's historically been. Traditionally, Chromie has often required a hard counter to keep her in check or completely wrecked an opposing team, creating polarizing experiences.

We're instituting a lot of changes that allow Chromie to get partial success with her Abilities (multiple Sand Blasts baseline, 3 blasts of Dragon's Breath), while also widening her toolkit (friendly Stasis, Basic Attack damage, PvE damage). While we're diversifying her kit, we also want to make sure that Chromie feels special, and we think that her Sand Echoes and predictive gameplay with Dragon's Breath are still unique parts of her that embody the feeling of artillery mage while still having moments of counter play for opponents.

Lunara

Lunara

Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Blossom Swell (Q)
      • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 15% to 12%
      • This Movement Speed bonus now stacks with other Movement Speed bonuses

Developer Comment: Due to Lunara's unique Movement Speed mechanics, our recent update to Blossom Swell was not as beneficial to Lunara as we had hoped. To address this, we are slightly reducing its bonus but allowing it to stack with other Movement Speed bonuses, including Lunara's trait, which should dramatically increase the total Movement Speed that she gets from this talent.

Lúcio

Lúcio

Updates

Abilities

  • Crossfade (W)
    • Healing decreased from 16 to 15 per second
    • Movement Speed aura reduced from 20% to 10%
  • Amp It Up (E)
    • Healing Boost heal reduced from 114 to 112 per second
    • Speed Boost Movement Speed reduced from 45% to 30%
  • Wall Ride (Z)
    • Moved from (Trait) to (Z)
  • Skate Mode (Z)
    • Removed
  • New Trait – Push Off
    • While Wall Ride is active, you can jump off the wall, dealing 100 damage and slowing all enemies hit by 75% for 1 second

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Maximum Tempo (E)
      • Removed
    • Party Mix (E)
      • Moved from Level 7
    • New Talent – Smooth Moves (Z)
      • Increase Wall Ride duration by 1 second; while Wall Ride is active, your Basic Attacks heal Lúcio for 30% of their damage and restore 0.5 Mana
  • Level 4
    • Chase the Base (Q)
      • Removed
    • Subwoofer (Q)
      • Additional functionality:
        • Close enemies are knocked back 75% further
        • Quest: Hit 3 enemy Heroes with the same Soundwave
        • Reward: Increase Soundwave arc by 50% and range by 20%
    • New Talent – Supersonic (Trait)
      • Push Off recharges 100% faster while you have the Wall Ride buff
  • Level 7
    • Sonic Amplifier (W)
      • Removed
    • Reverse Amp (W)
      • Moved from Level 10
      • New functionality:
        • While Amp It Up is active, Healing Boost deals 50 damage a second and Speed Boost slows by 20% to enemies in the aura
    • New Talent – Good Vibrations (Q)
      • Every enemy hit with Soundwave grants Lúcio a 35-point Shield for 7 seconds; this value is tripled for enemy Heroes hit
  • Level 10
    • New Heroic – High Five (R)
      • Activate: Quickly skate towards target allied Hero, healing them for 250 and granting Unstoppable for 1 second (15 second cooldown per allied Hero)
  • Level 13
    • Beat Mixing (W)
      • Removed
    • Can't Stop, Won't Stop (Trait)
      • Removed
    • Back in the Mix (Trait)
      • Removed
    • Hard Style (Trait)
      • Removed
    • Slip (Z)
      • Moved from Level 1
      • New functionality:
        • While Wall Ride is active you gain 20 Armor and if you pass through an enemy Hero, you gain 40% Movement Speed for 1 second
    • New Talent – All Together (W)
      • Each allied Hero in your Crossfade aura grants 5% base Movement Speed (this bonus stacks with other Movement Speed buffs)
    • New Talent – Heavy Casters (Trait)
      • Push Off no longer Slows but instead Stuns enemies for 0.5 seconds
  • Level 16
    • Bring It Together (E)
      • Removed
    • Up the Frequency (E)
      • No longer reduces Mana Cost
      • Additional functionality:
        • While Wall-Riding, increase your Basic Attack range by 40%; Basic Attacks lower the cooldown of Amp It Up by .45 seconds
    • New Talent – Up to Eleven (E)
      • Activate: Increase the duration of your active Amp It Up by 2 seconds (60 second cooldown)
  • Level 20
    • Synaesthesia Auditiva (E)
      • Removed
    • Bonus Track (E)
      • Removed
    • Nonstop Remix (R)
      • Removed
    • New Heroic Mastery – Mixing Fire (R)
      • You can now High Five enemy Heroes, damaging them for 225 and reducing all healing done to them by 50% for 3 seconds.
      • Passive: Increase the duration of Amp It Up by 1 second
    • New Talent – House Party (W)
      • All of your healing is increased by 10% for each allied Hero in your aura
    • New Talent – Summer Anthem (W)
      • Activate: Other allies in your Crossfade aura cannot be reduced below 1 Health for 1.5 seconds (75 second cooldown)

Developer Comment: Lúcio's rework is unlocking some new ways to help your allies and further harass your enemies! His old Trait, Wall Ride, is still completely functional but has been moved to his Mount (Z). The replacement Trait, Push Off, is a new utility Ability that gives Lúcio more mobility with a built-in way to peel enemies for his allies.

That is just the beginning, though, as Lúcio has also gained a new Heroic Ability—High Five. This Ability allows him a small bit of burst healing to help compete with Sound Barrier while also granting an on-demand Unstoppable buff to allies that may have bitten off more than they can chew. If you were a big fan of Reverse Amp, no need to worry, it stays on his kit in the form of a talent and has similar functionality! In response to the added power, we are slowing him down a little so he is not quite as frustrating to lock down.