2026-04-09 PTR Patch 2.55.16.96790
Undocumented

General

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing increased Movement Speed visual effects to be created when joining a Toy Train.
  • Fixed an issue causing respawn timers from Level 10 to 23 to be lower than intended.
Respawn Timers Table
Level Old New Difference
1 15 15 0
2 16 16 0
3 17 17 0
4 18 18 0
5 19 19 0
6 20 21 +1
7 21 22 +1
8 22 24 +2
9 23 25 +2
10 24 27 +3
11 26 29 +3
12 29 31 +2
13 32 33 +1
14 36 35 -1
15 40 37 -3
16 44 40 -4
17 50 43 -7
18 56 46 -10
19 62 51 -11
20 65 54 -11
21 65 57 -8
22 65 63 -2
23 65 70 +5
24 65 70 +5
25 65 70 +5
26 65 70 +5
27 65 70 +5
28 65 70 +5
29 65 70 +5
30 65 70 +5

Battlegrounds

Blackheart's Bay

Blackheart's Bay

Updates

Objective

  • Bombardment
    • Damage increased from 2875 to 3000.
Haunted Mines

Haunted Mines

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing Heroes to collect more Skulls than allowed during the Objective phase on Haunted Mines.

Heroes

Arthas

Arthas

Updates

Base

  • Frostmourne Hungers [D]
    • Maximum damage bonus increased from 5000 to 10000.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing Arthas's Frost Presence to fire the Quest Completed notification twice.
  • Fixed an issue causing Arthas's Frost Presence to give double Quest progress when hitting an enemy Hero with both the path and the circle.
  • Fixed an issue causing Arthas's Rime to heal Arthas even when not Stunned, Rooted, or Slowed.
  • Fixed an issue causing Ghouls summoned by Arthas's Army of the Dead to have a duration instead of losing Health over time.
  • The tooltip for Arthas's Frost Presence has been updated from "Root enemy Heroes" to "Hit enemy Heroes".
Garrosh

Garrosh

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing Garrosh's Wrecking Ball to show the mark on targets barely not in range.
Gazlowe

Gazlowe

Updates

Base

  • Rock-It! Turret [Q]
    • Duration increased from 17 to 20 seconds.
Mal'Ganis

Mal'Ganis

Updates

Base

  • Necrotic Embrace [W]
    • Damage increased from 110 to 121.
    • Additional functionality: Gain 15 Spell Armor for 3 seconds.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing effects related to the duration of Mal'Ganis's Necrotic Embrace to not work correctly.
Medivh

Medivh

Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Winds of Celerity
      • Movement Speed bonus increased from 75% to 100% of Raven Form's Movement Speed bonus.
    • Raven's Intellect
      • Mana and Health Regeneration bonus increased from 125% to 200%.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Medivh's Guardian of Tirisfal to not increase Arcane Rift's search duration.
Muradin

Muradin

Updates

Talents

  • Level 16
    • Dwarf Launch
      • Cooldown reduction reduced from 2 to 1 second.
  • Level 20
    • Mountain King
      • Cooldown increase removed.
Ragnaros

Ragnaros

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue causing Ragnaros's Living Meteor to not deal the landing damage.
Sgt. Hammer

Sgt. Hammer

Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Maelstrom Rounds
      • Damage bonus increased from 30% to 40%.
  • Level 13
    • Hyper-Cooling Engines
      • Now triggers against Structures too.
      • No longer grants bonuses from splash damage.
  • Level 20
    • Advanced Lava Strike
      • Damage bonus increased from 50% to 65%.
    • Ultra Capacitors
      • Now triggers against Structures too.
      • No longer grants bonuses from splash damage.
Thrall

Thrall

Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Echo of the Elements
      • Time window to gain stacks increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.
      • Extra bounces no longer deal reduced damage.
      • Quest requirements increased from 20/40/100 to 20/50/125.
      • Removed functionality: Chain Lightning no longer bounces an additional time after unlocking the second Reward.
  • Level 7
    • Rolling Thunder
      • Additional functionality: Chain Lightning bounces an additional time.
Tyrande

Tyrande

Updates

Base

  • Lunar Flare [E]
    • Damage bonus per stack reduced from 3.5% to 3%.

Talents

  • Level 13
    • Quickening Blessing
      • Movement Speed bonus on Light of Elune's target increased from 20% to 25%.
  • Level 20
    • Commander of Sentinels
      • Cooldown increase removed.