2025-01-06 PTR Patch 2.55.9.93498

General

Updates

Game Modes

  • Brawl has been added.
    • Brawls will rotate on the 1st and 15th of every month.

Bug Fixes

  • Experience Globes can now path through gates.
  • Fixed issues related to Root visual effects.
  • Decaying and ramping Slows updated to scale with crowd control reduction effects.

Heroes

Alexstrasza

Alexstrasza

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Flame Buffet [E]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Flame Buffet's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
Auriel

Auriel

Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Searing Light
      • Now only deals damage to enemy Heroes.
  • Level 7
    • Energized Cord
      • Now increases Basic Attack range by 1.1.
  • Level 16
    • Reservoir of Hope
      • Quest bonus reduced from 75 to 55.
    • Wrath of Heaven
      • Armor reduction increased from 10 to 20.
      • Spell Power increased from 10% to 15%.
Azmodan

Azmodan

Bug Fixes

  • Level 13
    • Chain of Command
      • Fixed an issue that caused Chain of Command to not apply to Demonic Invasion's on-death explosion.
Brightwing

Brightwing

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Phase Shift [Z]
      • Fixed an issue with Phase Shift's Store Icon.
Chen

Chen

Bug Fixes

  • Level 10
    • Storm, Earth, Fire
      • Fixed an issue that caused Storm, Earth, Fire Spirits to not contest Capture Points.
Cho

Cho

Bug Fixes

  • General
    • Fixed an issue that caused Cho'Gall to contest points while Cho is in Stasis.
Chromie

Chromie

Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Timewalker's Pursuit
      • Spell Power increased from 10% to 15%.
  • Level 7
    • Mobius Loop
      • Slow reduced from 60% to 40%.
  • Level 20
    • Unravelling
      • Lingering Slowing Sands no longer consume Energy.
      • Now also increases Slowing Sands cast range by 50%.
Dehaka

Dehaka

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Brushstalker [Z]
      • Fixed an issue with Brushstalker's Store Icon.
      • Will now clamp the minimum cast range to Dehaka's radius.
ETC

ETC

Bug Fixes

  • Level 7
    • Pinball Wizard
      • Bonus damage updated to be additive.
  • Level 13
    • Face Smelt
      • Fixed an issue that caused Face Smelt's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
Falstad

Falstad

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Flight [Z]
      • Fixed an issue with Flight's Store Icon.
  • Level 10
    • Mighty Gust
      • Fixed an issue that caused Mighty Gust's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
Fenix

Fenix

Bug Fixes

  • Level 1
    • Arsenal Synergy
      • Fixed an issue that caused Arsenal Synergy to not grant cooldown reduction for the primary target hit by Phase Bomb.
  • Level 4
    • Inhibiting Energy
      • Fixed an issue that caused Inhibiting Energy to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
Gall

Gall

Bug Fixes

  • General
    • Fixed an issue that caused Cho'Gall to contest points while Cho is in Stasis.
Johanna

Johanna

Updates

Base

  • Shield Glare [E]
    • Mana cost increased from 45 to 55.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Divine Fortress
      • Health bonus starting value increased from 20% to 25%.
    • Zealous Glare
      • Damage bonus reduced from 75% to 70%.
  • Level 7
    • Steed Charge
      • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
  • Level 13
    • Blessed Hammer
      • Damage reduced from 74 to 65.
  • Level 16
    • Holy Renewal
      • Cooldown reduction reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.
    • Shrinking Vacuum
      • Damage reduction increased from 25% to 30%.
      • Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
      • Slow increased from 25% to 30%.

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Punish [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Punish to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
Kharazim

Kharazim

Bug Fixes

  • Level 4
    • Spirit Ally
      • Fixed an issue that caused Spirit Ally's heal FX to be visible in Fog of War.
Lunara

Lunara

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Crippling Spores [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Crippling Spores to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
Lúcio

Lúcio

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Wall Ride [Z]
      • Fixed an issue with Wall Ride's Store Icon.
Maiev

Maiev

Bug Fixes

  • Level 16
    • Armored Assault
      • Fixed an issue that caused Armored Assault to not grant the full bonus to Umbral Bind's Cleave.
Mei

Mei

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Icing [E]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Icing's Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
  • Level 10
    • Ice Wall
      • Fixed an issue that caused Ice Wall to not apply Stopped to D.Va's Self Destruct.
Muradin

Muradin

Bug Fixes

  • Level 4
    • Thunder Burn
      • Tooltip has been updated to show Thunder Burn is a multiplicative reduction.
  • Level 13
    • Thunder Strike
      • Damage increase is now additive.
Probius

Probius

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Worker Rush [Z]
      • Fixed an issue with Work Rush's Store Icon.
Rehgar

Rehgar

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Purge [Trait]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Purge to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
Samuro

Samuro

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Critical Strike [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Critical Strike FX to persist if Samuro is killed while he has maximum Critical Strike stacks.
  • Level 13
    • Kawarimi
      • Fixed an issue that caused Kawarimi to create a Mirror Image with the incorrect starting Health.
Sgt. Hammer

Sgt. Hammer

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Thrusters [Z]
      • Fixed an issue with Thrusters' Store Icon.
Stukov

Stukov

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Weighted Pustule [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Weighted Pustule's increasing Slow to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
Sylvanas

Sylvanas

Bug Fixes

  • Level 1
    • Unfurling Shadows
      • Fixed an issue that caused Unfurling Shadows to not grant quest progress for the impact damage of Shadow Dagger created by spread.
The Butcher

The Butcher

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Hamstring [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Hamstring to be instantly removed on targets with reduced duration on being Slowed.
The Lost Vikings

The Lost Vikings

Bug Fixes

  • Base
    • Go Go Go! [Z]
      • Fixed an issue with Go Go Go's Store Icon.
Tracer

Tracer

Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Is That a Health Pack?!
      • Healing from Regeneration Globes increased from 10% to 15% of maximum Health.
    • Pulse Generator
      • Healing reduced from 18% to 12%.
  • Level 13
    • Jumper
      • Cooldown refresh reduced from 150% to 100%.
      • Shield reduced from 6.5% to 6%.
Zagara

Zagara

Bug Fixes

  • Level 20
    • Pack Instinct
      • Fixed an issue that caused Devouring Maw to gain more bonuses than intended from Pack Instinct.
Zul'jin

Zul'jin

Updates

Base

  • You Want Axe? [Trait]
    • Basic Attack damage increased from 94 to 118.
    • Bonus from quest completion reduced from 1 to .25.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Recklessness
      • Basic Attack damage bonus reduced from 15% to 10%.
  • Level 10
    • Guillotine
      • Cooldown reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
      • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60.
    • Taz'dingo!
      • Cooldown increased from 90 seconds to 100 seconds.
      • Mana cost increased from 75 to 80.
  • Level 16
    • Let the Killing Begin
      • Kill window reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
  • Level 20
    • Buzzsaw
      • Kill window reduced from 1.5 seconds to 0.5 seconds.