Updates

Arthas has been fully reworked!

Stats

• Maximum Health reduced from 2980 to 2625.
• Health Regeneration reduced from 6.207 to 5.4687.
• Attack Speed reduced from 1 to 0.91.

Base

• Death Coil [Q]
  • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 40.
  • Healing reduced from 290 to 262.
  • Range increased from 7 to 8.
• Howling Blast [W]
  • Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50.
• Frozen Tempest [E]
  • Mana cost increased from 11 to 13.
• Frostmourne Hungers [D]
  • Cooldown increased from 10 to 12.
  • Damage reduced from 99 to 71.
  • Mana restoration increased from 30 to 40.
  • Additional functionality: Quest: Killing a Minion or hitting a Hero with Frostmourne Hungers permanently increases its bonus damage and Arthas's Basic Attack damage by 1.

Talents

• Level 1
  • (Rework) Frost Presence
    • Increase the area of Howling Blast by 20%.
    • Reward: After Rooting 15 Heroes, Howling Blast's range is increased by 20% and it hits enemies in its path.
    • Reward: After Rooting 30 Heroes, Death Coil Slows Heroes hit by 50% for 0.75 seconds.
  • (New) Borean Winds
    • After Frozen Tempest has been active for 2 seconds, Arthas gains 10% Movement Speed while it's active.
    • Frozen Tempest's Slow and Attack Speed reduction last an additional 0.5 seconds and its Mana cost is reduced by 4 per second.
  • Eternal Hunger
    • Removed.
  • Rime
    • Additional functionality: Arthas heals for 24 Health per second while Slowed, Rooted, or Stunned.
• Level 4
  • Shattered Armor
    • Moved from Level 13 to Level 4.
  • Frozen Wastes
    • Removed.
  • Frost Strike
    • Moved from Level 13 to Level 4.
    • Slow amount reduced from 50% to 20%.
    • Slow duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.
    • Additional functionality: Frostmourne Hungers deals an additional 115 Spell damage in an area.
• Level 7
  • Immortal Coil
    • Healing bonus increased from 50% to 75%.
    • Additional functionality: Now also reduces Death Coil's cooldown by 3 seconds when self-cast.
  • Rune Tap
    • Healing bonus increased from 3% to 5%.
    • Additional functionality: Each stack of Frostmourne Hungers increases Arthas's maximum Health by 10.
  • Icebound Fortitude
    • Additional functionality: Each Hero Rooted hit by Howling Blast reduces the cooldown of this Ability by 2 seconds.
• Level 10
  • (Rework) Army of the Dead [R1]
    • Mana cost reduced from 80 to 0.
    • Charge Cooldown: 18 seconds.
    • Consume all charges to summon an equal number of Ghouls that last 15 seconds and attack for 20 damage. Ghouls can be sacrificed to heal Arthas for 240 Health. Stores up to 6 charges.
    • Every time an enemy Minion dies nearby, reduce the charge cooldown of this Ability by 1 second. Takedowns reduce the charge cooldown of this Ability by 6 seconds.
    • Sacrifice
      • Mana cost increased from 0 to 15.
• Level 13
  • (Rework) Deathlord
    • Moved from Level 4 to Level 13.
    • If Death Coil is used on an enemy Hero, launch an additional Death Coil at a nearby enemy Hero.
    • Death Coil deals more damage the lower Arthas's current Health is, to a maximum of 50% bonus damage.
  • (New) Deathchill
    • Howling Blast's damage is increased by 2 for each stack of Frostmourne Hungers.
    • Howling Blast deals 100% additional damage and Roots for an additional 0.25 seconds against Heroes under 50% maximum Health.
  • Biting Cold
    • Damage bonus per stack increased from 12.5% to 15%.
    • Maximum damage bonus increased from 50% to 75%.
• Level 16
  • Remorseless Winter
    • Activation time reduced from 3 to 2.5 seconds.
    • Internal cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds.
    • Additional functionality: Now also heals Arthas for 3% of his maximum Health for each enemy Hero affected.
  • (Rework) Frostmourne Feeds
    • Reduce the cooldown of Frostmourne Hungers by 6 seconds.
    • Arthas heals for 75% of the Basic Attack damage dealt by Frostmourne Hungers.
  • Anti-Magic Shell
    • Moved from Level 20 to Level 16.
• Level 20
  • (Rework) Legion of Northrend
    • Reduce Army of the Dead's charge cooldown by 5 seconds.
    • Each charge consumed spawns an additional Ghoul to attack nearby enemies. These Ghouls cannot be sacrificed.
  • Death's Advance
    • Removed.
  • (New) Death Pact
    • Instantly double your stacks of Frostmourne Hungers, but it no longer gains stacks from hitting Heroes or killing Minions.
    • Takedowns grant 2 stacks of Frostmourne Hungers.
  • (New) Path of Frost
    • Activate to instantly mount with 10% additional Movement Speed. Taking damage does not dismount Arthas from this Mount. Lasts up to 5 seconds.
    • When Arthas dismounts, Slow all nearby enemies by 30% for 2 seconds and deal 66 damage.

Updates

Base

• Keg Smash [W]
  • Breath of Fire initial damage lowered from 85 to 40.
  • Breath of Fire duration increased from 3 to 6 seconds.
  • Breath of Fire no longer costs Energy.
  • Keg Smash energy cost increased from 30 to 35.
• Fortifying Brew [D]
  • Drinking now stops additional commands for a fraction of a second 0.4375 seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Accumulating Flames
    • Moved from Level 4 to Level 1.
    • Rework: Quest: Damage enemy Heroes with Breath of Fire to permanently increase its periodic damage by 0.25. Kills grant 2. Reward: At 20 damage, Keg Smash becomes ranged. Mythic Reward: At 75 damage, Breath of Fire lowers enemy Armor by 20 and is refreshed from Chen's Basic Attacks.
• Level 4
  • Eye of the Tiger
    • Moved from Level 1 to Level 4.
• Level 7
  • Elusive Brawler
    • Movement Speed reduced from 30% to 20%.
• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg
    • Cooldown increased from 50 to 60 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Pressure Point
    • Slow duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Defense Matrix [W]
    • D.Va's Mech will now retarget Defense Matrix when controlled by an AI.

Updates

Base

• Onslaught [E]
  • Cooldown increased from 5 to 6 seconds.
• Dragonflight [Z]
  • Cooldown increased from 15 to 20 seconds.

Talents

• Level 16
  • Gaze onto Destruction
    • Duration reduced from 5 to 3.5 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Dragonflight [Z]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Dragonflight's cooldown to increase upon taking damage to only occur when the cooldown is below 4 seconds.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Frequent Flyer
    • Range to receive kill credit reduced from 14 to 8.5.

Updates

Base

• Wrecking Ball [E]
  • Range reduced from 6.5 to 6.
  • Search range reduced from 2.5 to 2.25.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Unrivaled Strength
    • Range bonus reduced from 20% to 15%.

Bug Fixes

• Level 4
  • In For the Kill
    • Fixed an issue that caused In For the Kill to not completely reset the cooldown of Bloodthirst.

Updates

Base

• Rock-It! Turret [Q]
  • Turret Health increased from 510 to 600.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Drain Life [W]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Drain Life to not always be interrupted if the target leaves its range.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Improved Ice Block [1]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Improved Ice Block and Ice Cold to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Jaina.

Bug Fixes

• Level 20
  • Rebirth
    • Fixed an issue that caused Rebirth to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Kael'thas.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Cloud Serpent [W]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Cloud Serpent to not be made visible when damaging a target while in the Fog of War.

Updates

Base

• Necrotic Embrace [W]
  • Additional functionality: Vampiric Touch heals for 90% of Necrotic Embrace's baseline damage to Heroes and 20% of Necrotic Embrace's baseline damage to non-Heroes.
  • No longer provides Armor for 3 seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Will of Tichondrius
    • Moved from Level 7 to Level 1.
    • Rework: Hit Heroes with Fel Claws to gain 0.5 damage. Hit 4 Heroes in the first two slashes to cause the last slash to provide 2 additional damage. Upon reaching 40 stacks, Fel Claws steals 4% maximum Health from opponents and its third slash Stuns for an additional 0.5 seconds.
• Level 4
  • Vampiric Aura
    • Moved from Level 1 to Level 4.
    • Self healing increased from 30% to 40% and healing of nearby allies increased from 15% to 20%.
  • Might of Sargeras
    • Now provides 25 35 Armor for 3 seconds when using Necrotic Embrace.
• Level 7
  • Fueled by Torment
    • Moved from Level 4 to Level 7.
    • Rework: Now causes Necrotic Embrace to Slow by 25% for 3 seconds.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Winds of Celerity
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 50% to 75% of Raven Form's Movement Speed bonus.
  • Raven's Intellect
    • Mana and Health Regeneration bonus increased from 75% to 125%.
• Level 4
  • Raven Familiar
    • Slow reduced from 30% to 20%.
• Level 7
  • Force of Magic
    • Spell Power increased from 30% to 35%.
• Level 13
  • Circle of Protection
    • No longer increases the cooldown of Force of Will.
• Level 20
  • Guardian of Tirisfal
    • Now also increases the range of Arcane Rift by 50%.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Poly Bomb
    • Fixed an issue that caused Poly Bomb to not be used correctly by AI-controlled Medivh.

Updates

Base

• It's Hammer Time! [Q]
  • Muradin gains 5 stacks if a target Hero dies within 3 seconds of being hit by Storm Bolt.
  • Stack requirement for the first Reward increased from 40 to 45.

Talents

• Level 7
  • Perfect Storm
    • Now refreshes Perfect Storm's internal cooldown when triggered while on cooldown.
    • Now doesn't refund Mana when triggered.
• Level 20
  • Mountain King
    • Dwarf Toss cooldown increased by 2 seconds.
    • Thunder Clap cooldown increased by 2 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Level 13
  • Superstition
    • Fixed an issue that caused Superstition to display a blank Ability for the damage dealt by its Corpse Spider.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Mirror Image [Q]
    • Mirror Images will no longer move towards Samuro's Attack Move target point on creation.
    • Mirror Images will now properly have their AI enabled when Samuro has their AI enabled.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Crash Lightning
    • Amount stacks lost on death reduced from 6 to 4.
  • Echo of the Elements
    • Chain Lightning bounces damage from Mythic Reward reduced from 85 to 70.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Feral Spirit [W]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Feral Spirit to not be extended correctly if it is about to expire.

Updates

Base

• Lunar Flare [E]
  • Tyrande gains 1 additional stack if the target Hero dies within 3 seconds of being hit by Lunar Flare.
  • Mythic Reward now also increases Attack Range by 1.
  • Damage bonus per stack reduced from 3.5% to 3%.

Talents

• Level 20
  • Commander of Sentinels
    • Cooldown of Sentinel increased by 3 seconds.