Updates

Base

• Symbiote Abilities are now visible in Collection and Hero Select.
• Movement Speed reduced by 2%, from 4.8398 to 4.75.
• Locust Strain [D]
  • Health reduced from 350 to 225.
  • Locusts no longer have a duration.
  • Locusts now lose 13 Health per second.
  • Locusts duration effectively increased from 16 to 17 seconds.
  • Additional functionality: Locusts now heal for 20% of the damage they deal, and heal for 20% of their maximum Health when a nearby Mercenary or enemy Minion dies.
  • Locust damage reduced from 58 to 36.
  • Locusts now deal 100% bonus damage to non-Heroes.
  • Locusts no longer deal 25% bonus damage to Structures.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Envenomed Nests
    • Armor reduction increased from 10 to 15.
  • Locust Brood
    • Moved from Level 16 to Level 1.
    • Cooldown increased from 45 to 75 seconds.
• Level 4
  • (New) Slapathur
    • Abathur's Basic Attacks now deal 500% 350% bonus damage, Stun non-Heroes for 3 seconds Stun enemies, and disable Structures for 1.5 seconds. The same Hero or Structure can only be Stunned or disabled once every 6 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Evolve Monstrosity
    • Now displays as a Quest.
    • Abathur now has a Monstrosity unit frame for tracking Health and stacks of the unit.
• Level 16
  • Survival Intincts
    • Moved from Level 1 to Level 16.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Abathur's Monstrosity to heal for 78 instead of 2% current Health when a nearby enemy Minion died.

Updates

Base

• Dragonqueen [D]
  • Cooldown now starts after Dragonqueen has expired.
  • Cooldown reduced from 150 to 130 seconds.
  • Talents that affect Gift of Life also apply to Breath of Life.
  • Talents that affect Abundance also apply to Preservation.
• Breath of Life [Dragonqueen Q]
  • Healing reduced from 20% to 15%.
• Preservation [Dragonqueen W]
  • Healing reduced from 30% to 25%.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Live and Let Live
    • Now also provides 25% recharge rate for Breath of Life.
  • Flames of Fury
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 5 to 6 seconds.
    • New Mythic Reward: Hit an additional 40 Heroes without dying to cause Dragonqueen's duration to be refreshed when damaging an enemy Hero.
• Level 7
  • Lifeblossom
    • Additional functionality: Now makes Breath of Life remove Slows and Roots.
• Level 16
  • Overprotective
    • Preservation does not give any Shield.
  • Draconic Discipline
    • No longer affects Dragonqueen's duration.
    • For each allied Hero healed with Dragonqueen's Basic Attacks, reduce the cooldown of Preservation by 1.25 seconds.
• Level 20
  • On Ruby Wings
    • Rework: If at least 3 Heroes are in an area hit by a Fireball, that Fireball charge is not consumed.
  • Ancient Flame
    • Additional functionality: Now also provides additional 25% Health while in Dragonqueen.
    • Does not provide Quest stacks while active.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Dragonqueen's transformation to remove the collected Lifeblossom.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Eye of Horus
    • No longer reveals in a global line when hitting a Structure.
    • Removed a minor 0.0625 seconds delay when dealing damage to enemy Heroes.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Scarab Host [Trait]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Beetles created by Ultimate Evolution clones of Anub'arak to not gain Spell Power bonuses.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Anub'arak's Beetles to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix.
• Level 7
  • Leeching Scarabs
    • Fixed an issue that caused the healing done by Leeching Scarabs to not be affected by damage modifiers.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Howling Blast [W]
    • Fixed an issue where the visuals of Howling Blast didn't match the area hit.
  • Frostmourne Hungers [D]
    • Fixed an issue where the Slow benefit of Frost Strike was provided baseline.
• Level 10
  • Army of the Dead
    • Fixed an issue that caused Arthas's Ghouls to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Azmodan's Baseline Quest to show as completed 25 stacks earlier.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Adrenaline Stimpack
    • Active Attack Speed bonus reduced from 100% to 85%.
• Level 10
  • Bunker Drop
    • Cooldown increased from 80 to 85 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing Pyromania's cooldown to be higher than intended when hitting a target with both Flame Streams.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Consuming Fire
    • Healing bonus increased from 150% to a flat 75 Health.
  • Calloused Hide
    • Health threshold required to trigger reduced from 60% to 40% 50%.
• Level 7
  • Firestarter
    • Cooldown reduction per Basic Attack increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.

Updates

Base

• Dragon's Breath [W]
  • Now shows a radius preview to enemies.
• Time Trap [E]
  • Health reduced from 400 to 250.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Once Again The First Time
    • Quest requirement reduced from 40 to 20 stacks.
    • Quest must now be completed without dying.
  • Deep Breathing
    • Damage per stack reduced from 1% to 0.5%.
    • No longer has a cap on stacks.
• Level 2
  • Chronic Conditions
    • Now also causes Time Trap to activate automatically upon touching an enemy Hero.
    • When automatically activated, it can only affect the Hero triggering it.
    • Slow reduced from 30% to 20%.
    • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 30% to 20%.
• Level 11
  • Here and There
    • Range increased from 20 to 40.
    • Chromie will now swap position with the Echo nearest to the mouse cursor.
    • Chrome can no longer cast Here and There while Rooted.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Cataclysm [R]
    • Deathwing will no longer be teleported to where Cataclysm is targeted if he is killed during Cataclysm.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Lorenado
    • Fixed an issue that caused Lorenado to not deal damage to Unstoppable enemies.

Updates

Base

• Shadow Charge [Q]
  • Damage increased from 40 to 45.
  • Terrain collision damage increased from 130 to 140.
• Fire Stomp [W]
  • Outgoing fire wave damage reduced from 12 to 11.
  • Returning fire wave damage reduced from 36 to 34.
• Overpower [E]
  • Damage increased from 73 to 80.

Talents

• Level 7
  • Diabolical Momentum
    • Cooldown reduction per Basic Attack increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.
• Level 20
  • Dying Breath
    • Cooldown reduction per Hero hit increased from 25 to 30 seconds.
  • Lord of Terror
    • Health stolen increased from 10% to 12% maximum Health.

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Rising Dread
    • Bonus per bounce reduced from 25% to 20%.
  • Bomb's Away
    • No longer has a cap on stacks.
    • Damage bonus per stack lowered from 5 to 4.
    • Stacks cannot be gained.
• Level 7
  • Double Trouble
    • Shadowflame's cooldown reduction from Quest Reward increased from 0.5 to 1 second.
• Level 16
  • Leaden Orb
    • Stun duration reduced from 0.75 to 0.6 seconds.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Swift as the Wind
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 30% to 40%.
  • Pathfinder
    • Movement Speed duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds.
• Level 4
  • Strike at the Heart
    • Damage increased from 134 to 142.
• Level 7
  • Perfect Defense
    • Cooldown reduction per hit increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
    • Maximum cooldown reduction increased from 10 to 12.5 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Flow Like Water
    • Cooldown reduction per hit increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
• Level 16
  • Final Cut
    • Damage reduced from 125 to 115.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • On the Prowl
    • Rage generated on activation reduced from 30 to 25.
• Level 4
  • Hogger's Joggers
    • First threshold increased from 30 to 35 Rage.

Bug Fixes

• Level 20
  • No Control
    • Fixed an issue that caused No Control to target enemies that are not visible.

Updates

Abilities

• Sweeping Strike [W]
  • Now causes damage to display as critical.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Frostbolt [Q]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Frostbolt's range indicator and actual range to not match.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Frostbolt cast by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses.
  • Blizzard [W]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Blizzard used by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses.
  • Cone of Cold [E]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Cone of Cold cast by Ultimate Evolution clones of Jaina to not gain Spell Power bonuses.
• Level 10
  • Summon Water Elemental
    • Water Elemental's Basic Attacks damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina.
• Level 20
  • Wintermute
    • Fixed an issue that caused Water Elemental's Wintermute effects to deal more damage than intended to Chilled targets.
    • Wintermute's Blizzard damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina.
    • Wintermute's Cone of Cold damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina.
    • Wintermute's Cone of Cold now initiates its Cone of Cold cast at the same time Jaina initiates her cast and will be interrupted if it or Jaina is interrupted.
    • Wintermute's Frostbolt damage now inherits all damage modifiers placed on Jaina.
    • Wintermute's Frostbolt now initiates its Frostbolt cast at the same time Jaina initiates her cast and will be interrupted if it or Jaina is interrupted.

Updates

Base

• Shield Glare [E]
  • Cooldown increased from 12 to 13 seconds.

Talents

• Level 10
  • Blessed Shield
    • Cooldown increased from 60 to 65 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Level 10
  • Summon Ultralisk
    • Fixed an issue that caused Kerrigan's Ultralisk to not have its damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix.

Bug Fixes

• Level 16
  • Royal Focus
    • Now displays the remaining duration around Skeletal Swing's button.

Updates

Abilities

• Fel Claws [Q]
  • First slash's cast finish time increased from 0.15 to 0.2 seconds.
  • Second slash's cast finish time increased from 0.15 to 0.2 seconds.
  • Third slash's cast finish time increased from 0.05 to 0.2 seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Will of Tichondrius
    • Stun's duration increase reduced from 0.5 to 0.25 seconds.
• Level 16
  • Blind as a Bat
    • There is now a 0.2 second reactivation delay upon finishing 3 swipes of Fel Claws. This matches the time between other swipes.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Vengeful Roots
    • Heroes hit by Treant's Basic Attacks cannot be Rooted by the same Entangling Roots cast.

Bug Fixes

• Level 1
  • Vengeful Roots
    • Fixed an issue that caused Malfurion's Treant to not have its damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix.
    • Treant's damage will now display as Vengeful Roots in the Death Recap.

Bug Fixes

• Level 4
  • Raven Familiar
    • Fixed an issue that caused Medivh's Raven Familiar created by Ultimate Evolution clones of Medivh to not gain Spell Power bonuses.
• Level 20
  • Guardian of Tirisfal
    • Fixed an issue that caused targets near the edge of Arcane Rift's range with Guardian of Tirisfal to not be hit.

Updates

Base

• Voodoo Ritual [Trait]
  • Damage over time from Abilities does not provide stacks.

Talents

• Level 20
  • Vile Infection
    • Reward cannot be obtained if Vile Infection is picked after reaching 175 stacks.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Voodoo Ritual [Trait]
    • Quest progress indicators will now show around the killed enemy Minion.
    • Quest progress will now be gained in instances where a second Nazeebo damages the target and the target dies within 6 seconds of the first Nazeebo applying Voodoo Ritual.
    • Fixed an issue that caused stacks of Voodoo Ritual gained prior to selecting Thing of the Deep to not be granted to Thing of the Deep.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Vodoo Ritual's tooltip to display the incorrect total damage value.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Vile Infection's tooltip to display the incorrect total damage value.
• Level 1
  • Thing of the Deep
    • No longer causes Voodoo Ritual to display two Quest indicators.
• Level 4
  • Blood Ritual
    • Fixed an issue that caused Blood Ritual to not grant Health or Mana when the target affected by Voodoo Ritual timed out due to their Health passively being reduced.

Bug Fixes

• Level 20
  • Fast Reload
    • Fixed an issue that caused Fast Reload to trigger when a Triple Tap target dies before it hits them.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Photon Cannon [E]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Probius's Photon Cannons to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix.
• Level 1
  • Gathering Minerals
    • Now also empowers any Photon Cannon already on the battlefield upon Quest completion.

Updates

Base

• Blood Rage [W]
  • Additional functionality: New Baseline Quest: Deal damage to enemy Heroes with Blood Rage's bleed to permanently increase its damage by 0.25% per stack.
  • Blood Rage's bleed damage reduced from 11 to 8.
• Revolving Sweep [E]
  • Once attached, Revolving Sweep can no longer be detached by the target becoming Unstoppable.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Fatal Wounds
    • Damage bonus against low Health targets increased from 30% to 50%.
    • Quest removed.
    • Reward not removed.

Updates

Base

• Blast Wave [E]
  • Damage increased from 104 to 120.
• Molten Core [D]
  • Cooldown increased from 120 to 180 seconds.
  • Health increased from 3996 to 5000.
  • Duration increased from 18 to 23 seconds.
  • Ragnaros is now Stunned for 1 second upon exiting.
  • Molten Core's Abilities range reduced from 35 to 20, but now grows from 20 to 35 over 9 seconds. Molten Swing is not affected by this.
• Molten Swing [Molten Core Q]
  • Damage increased from 161 to 250.
  • No longer deals increased damage to Minions.
  • Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 9 seconds.
  • Now also knocks enemies back.
• Meteor Shower [Molten Core W]
  • Damage increased from 151 to 200.
  • Cooldown increased from 2.5 to 6 seconds.
  • Area of effect increased by 66%.
  • Delay between hits significantly increased.
  • No longer deals increased damage to Minions.
  • Slow increased from 25% to 35%.
  • Now deals 75% reduced damage to Structures.
• Explosive Rune [Molten Core E]
  • Cooldown decreased from 4 to 2.5 seconds.
  • Damage adjusted from 285 on impact to 440 damage over 5 seconds.
  • No longer deals increased damage to Minions.
  • Now deals 75% reduced damage to Structures.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Engulfing Flame
    • Damage bonus reduced from 75% to 50%.
• Level 10
  • Sulfuras Smash
    • Additional functionality: Mythic Quest: Hit 8 enemy Heroes with the center of Sulfuras Smash. Mythic Reward: Sulfuras Smash gains an extra charge. There is a 1-second cooldown between charges.
• Level 20
  • Lava Surge
    • No longer reduces the cooldown of Lava Wave by 30 seconds.
    • Now also gives 200% bonus Movement Speed to allied Minions and non-Boss Mercenaries in its path.
  • Heroic Difficulty
    • Rework: When Molten Core is used on a dead Fort or Keep, the cooldown reduced by 110 seconds. Passive: Increase the starting and maximum range of Molten Core's Abilities by 100%. Molten Swing is not affected by this.

Updates

• Base
  • Blunt Force Gun [R1]
    • Now deals 50% damage to Structures.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Crash Lightning
    • Talent disabled in ARAM.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Overkill [Q]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Overkill to reveal unintended areas.

Updates

Base

• Stealth Abilities are now visible in Collection and Hero Select.

Updates

Base

• Searing Lash [E]
  • New Quest: Hit Heroes with Searing Lash to increase Whitemane's maximum Health by 3 and Mana by 2.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Pity the Frail
    • Cooldown reduction per hit reduced from 1.5 to 1 second.
  • Inquisitor's Prayer
    • Rework: For each Hero hit by Searing Lash, restore 25 Mana. Passive: Zeal's duration is increased by 2 seconds.
    Even if not picked, Searing Lash restores 25 Mana.
    Mana restoration happens even when not hitting enemy Heroes.
• Level 7
  • Intercession
    • Cooldown increased 45 to 60 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Scarlet Wrath
    • Mana restore increased from 0.5% to 1%.
• Level 20
  • Guiding Light
    • Now also increases the Spell Power gained from Zeal's activation by 15%.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Raise Skeleton [Trait]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Warriors to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix.
    • Basic Attacks from Skeletal Warriors don't hit enemies.
• Level 10
  • Skeletal Mages
    • Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not have their damage reduced by D.Va's Defense Matrix.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not apply their Slow in an aura while Blinded or against Evading Heroes.
    • Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Mages to not apply their Slow with their attacks against Heroes with Heroic Attack only Evasion effects.
• Level 16
  • Weaken
    • Fixed an issue that caused Xul's Skeletal Warriors to not apply Weaken's damage reduction while Xul is Blinded or against Heroes with Heroic Attack only Evasion effects.

Updates

Base

• Vindication [Q]
  • Heal increased from 320 to 370.
  • Damage increased from 140 to 160.
  • Mana cost reduced from 65 to 50.
• Righteous Hammer [W]
  • Stun duration increased from 0.75 to 1 second.
  • Damage increased from 125 to 140.
  • Mana cost reduced from 65 to 50.
• Avenging Wrath [E]
  • Slow increased from 50% to 60%.
  • Damage increased from 225 to 260.
  • Mana cost reduced from 65 to 50.
• Divine Purpose [D]
  • Cooldown increased to from 8 to 16 12 seconds.
  • Cooldown is now reduced by 8 3 seconds whenever Yrel's Basic Abilities are interrupted.
  • Cooldown is no longer reset when Yrel's Heroic Abilities are used.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Hand of Freedom
    • Cooldown increased from 30 to 40 seconds.
    • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 30% to 25%.
• Level 20
  • Seraphim
    • Cooldown increased from 10 to 20 seconds.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Avenging Wrath [E]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Yrel's Avenging Wrath to be interrupted by Roots while being channeled.

Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Infested Drop [E]
    • Fixed an issue that caused Roaches created by Ultimate Evolution clones of Zagara to not gain Spell Power bonuses.