Level Talent Name Description Cooldown
1 Guitar Hero While Guitar Solo is active, E.T.C. heals for 60% of his damage dealt by Basic Attacks. Basic Attacks increase the duration of Guitar Solo by 0.5 seconds.
1 Prog Rock Quest: Gathering a Regeneration Globe permanently increases the healing per second of Guitar Solo by 5, to a maximum of 100 Reward: After gathering 20 Regeneration Globes, Guitar Solo also heals nearby allied Heroes for 50 (+4% per level) Health every second while it is active.
1 Block Party Using a Basic or Heroic ability also gives nearby allied Heroes a stack of Block, granting 75 Physical Armor against the next Hero Basic Attack for 8 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 75%. Maximum 2 stacks of Block.
4 Crowd Surfer Allows Powerslide to travel over walls and terrain. If no enemies are hit, reduce the cooldown by 7 seconds and refund the Mana cost.
4 Loud Speakers Increases Face Melt range and knockback by 50%.
4 Speed Metal Using a Basic or Heroic ability also gives nearby allied Heroes 20% Movement Speed for 2.5 seconds.
7 Pinball Wizard Face Melt does 300% more damage to enemies recently affected by Powerslide.
7 Hammer-on While Guitar Solo is active your Basic Attacks deal 35% more damage.
7 Echo Pedal Using a Basic or Heroic Ability releases two pulses of 18 (+4% per level) damage. This deals 200% bonus damage to Minions, Mercenaries, and Monsters. The first occurs instantly, the second occurs 2 seconds later.
10 Mosh Pit After 0.75 seconds, channel to stun nearby enemies for 4 seconds. 120
10 Stage Dive Leap to target location, landing after 2.75 seconds, dealing 330 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in the area, and slowing them by 50% for 4 seconds. 75
13 Mic Check Hitting at least 2 targets with Face Melt reduces its cooldown by 6 seconds.
13 Encore Face Melt leaves an Amp behind, which will knock enemies away again 2 seconds later. Passive: Each enemy Hero hit by Face Melt or the Amp reduces your Heroic Ability cooldown by 5%.
13 Face Smelt Face Melt slows enemies by 50% fading over 2 seconds.
16 Show Stopper After using Powerslide, gain 35 Armor for 4 seconds, reducing all damage taken by 35%.
16 Aggressive Shredding E.T.C.'s Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Guitar Solo by 0.75 seconds.
16 Imposing Presence Activate to reduce the Attack Speed by 50% and Movement Speed by 20% of nearby Heroes and Summons for 2.5 seconds. Passive: Heroes and Summons that attack your Hero have their Attack Speed Slowed by 20% for 2.5 seconds. 20
20 Tour Bus Channeling Mosh Pit refreshes Powerslide's cooldown, and it can be cast to increase Mosh Pit's duration by 2 seconds.
20 Crowd Pleaser Stage Dive's impact area is 50% bigger, and its Slow is increased by 30%.
20 Death Metal Upon dying, a ghost uses Mosh Pit at E.T.C's location.
20 Storm Shield Activate to give all nearby allied Heroes a Shield for 20% of their max Health for 3 seconds. 45
20 Bolt of the Storm Activate to teleport to a nearby location. 70
Shortcut Ability Name Description Cooldown Mana Cost
Q Powerslide Slide to a location dealing 105 (+4% per level) damage and Stunning enemies hit for 1.25 seconds. 12 60
W Face Melt Deals 68 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies, knocking them back. 12 55
E Guitar Solo Regenerate 66 (+4% per level) Health per second for 4 seconds. 9 40
R Mosh Pit After 0.75 seconds, channel to stun nearby enemies for 4 seconds. 120 100
R Stage Dive Leap to target location, landing after 2.75 seconds, dealing 330 (+4% per level) damage to enemies in the area, and slowing them by 50% for 4 seconds. 75 70
Rockstar Using a Basic Ability grants 20 Armor for 2 seconds. Heroic Abilities grant 60 Armor.

E.T.C.

2024-08-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Summons to not have their attack speed reduced when attacking Heroes with Imposing Presence or similar talents.
  • Fixed issues with Powerslide when targeted into unpathable terrain with Crowdsurfer.
  • Prog Rock now displays in the Death Recap.

2024-05-21 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Base

  • Quickcast Settings
    • Removed Rockstar.

Abilities

  • Guitar Solo [E]
    • Added a duration indicator.

2024-02-06 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Crowd Surfer now displays floating text for mana refund.

2023-11-16 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Guitar Hero to increase Guitar Solo duration while Blinded or if the target is Evading.

2022-02-01 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Heath increased from 2250 to 2280.
  • Health regeneration increased from 4.69 to 4.75.

Abilities

  • Powerslide [Q]
    • Damage increased from 91 to 105.

Developer Comment: E.T.C.'s talents are competing with each other nicely, so we're just raising the volume.

2021-09-27 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Rockstar [Trait]
    • Additional functionality: Heroic abilities grant 60 Armor for 2 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Guitar Hero [E]
      • Healing from Basic Attacks increased from 50% to 60%.
  • Level 4
    • Crowd Surfer [Q]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 5 to 7 seconds.
    • Speed Metal [Trait]
      • Duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
  • Level 7
    • Hammer-on [E]
      • Damage bonus increased from 30% to 35%.
    • Echo Pedal [Passive]
      • Damage increased from 15 to 18.
      • PvE damage bonus reduced from 250% to 200%.
  • Level 10
    • Stage Dive [R2]
      • Mana cost reduced from 100 to 70.
      • Slow duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.

Developer Comment: E.T.C.'s strength has usually been centered around his powerful Heroics, but lately that hasn't helped him make the cut. We're trying reinforcing that identity with baseline Armor and a buff to Stage Dive before we look to broaden his power.

Bug Fixes

  • Rockstar talents apply to E.T.C. after casting Stage Dive.

2021-05-18 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Crowd Surfer no longer causes spells queued after Powerslide to be cast without an animation.

2020-10-07 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Rockstar [Trait]
    • Armor bonus reduced from 25 to 20.

Talents

  • Level 13
    • Encore [W]
      • Cooldown reduction reduced from 6% to 5%.

Developer Comment: E.T.C. continues to be a force to be reckoned with as a highly popular front-line member of teams. We're reducing his overall survivability by nerfing Rockstar's Armor amount so that he is punished more for missing his Stun or overextending during teamfights.

2020-09-08 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 13
    • Encore [W]
      • Heroic cooldown reduction reduced from 8% to 6%.

Developer Comment: Overall E.T.C.'s talents are in a much healthier place after our last round of changes to them, but Encore stood out as being a little bit too powerful, so we're reducing its cooldown reduction to be more in line.

2020-08-19 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Guitar Hero [E]
      • Duration bonus increased from .25 to .5 seconds.
      • Healing reduced from 60% to 50% damage dealt.
  • Level 4
    • Crowd Surfer [Q]
      • Additional functionality: If Powerslide hits no enemies, then reduce its cooldown by 5 seconds and refund its Mana cost.
  • Level 7
    • Hammer-On [Passive]
      • New functionality: While Guitar Solo is active, Basic Attacks deal 30% bonus damage.
  • Level 13
    • Encore [W]
      • Additional functionality: Enemy Heroes knocked back by Face Melt or the Amp reduce E.T.C.'s Heroic cooldown by 8%.
  • Level 20
    • Crowd Pleaser [R2]
      • No longer reduces the cooldown of Stage Dive.
      • Additional functionality: Increase the Slow amount of Stage Dive by 30%.

Developer Comment: We were a little hesitant to make talent changes to E.T.C. due to how well he has been performing, even though we felt he could use some help in that department. We don't believe that holding off indefinitely on needed talent improvements just because a Hero is performing well serves our Heroes in the best way over the long term, so we're making these improvements and will adjust accordingly once we see how they settle.

2020-07-15 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Face Melt [W]
    • Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 55.

Developer Comment: Due to its high number of use cases and ability to almost universally get E.T.C. out of sticky situations, we're increasing the cooldown of Face Melt to give players a larger window of time to take advantage of after E.T.C. uses the ability.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Guitar Hero's cooldown effect was active without the talent needing to be taken.

2020-05-06 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • The following damage effects no longer activate tower aggro: Undocumented
    • E.T.C. Echo Pedal

2019-10-02 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C. Mosh Pit will now be properly interrupted by Crowd Control during the cast time.

2019-07-10 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Guitar Solo [E]
    • Cooldown increased from 8 to 9 seconds

​Talents

  • Level 1
    • Guitar Hero [E]
      • Healing amount increased from 40% to 60%

Developer Comment: ETC is the Warrior with the highest win-rate in the game, and his popularity has seen a spike since our last balance patch. To get ahead of any issues, we're slightly nerfing Guitar Solo's cooldown and buffing Guitar Hero to compensate for the nerf.

2019-05-22 Balance Update

Hero Updates

​Talents

  • Level 1
    • Guitar Hero [E]
      • Additional functionality: Basic Attacks now increase the duration of Guitar Solo by .25 seconds
      • Healing reduced from 50% to 40%
    • Block Party [Trait]
      • Physical Armor amount increased from 50 to 75
  • ​Level 4
    • ​Speed Metal [Trait]
      • Bonus Movement Speed increased from 15% to 20%
  • ​Level 7​
    • Hammer-On [Passive]
      • Bonus damage increased from 35% to 40%

Developer Comment: Some of ETC's talents could use some beefing up, so we're milking this opportunity to bring ETC more into the meta so he can better compete with the likes of Anub'arak, Diablo, and Garrosh. Don't worry, if these changes butcher his balance we'll take stock of the situation and nerf him appropriately.

2018-12-11 Patch Notes

Design & Gameplay

Armor

  • Now, just like Movement Speed modifiers, the game will apply only the highest (or lowest) amount of Armor to a Hero at any given time. We've adjusted ability/talent Armor values on a per Hero basis to account for this change:
    • E.T.C.
      • Rockstar (Trait)
        • Armor increased from 20 to 25
      • Show Stopper (Q)
        • Armor increased from 15 to 35

2018-09-19 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Base Maximum Health increased from 2180 to 2250
  • Health Regeneration increased from 4.54 to 4.69

2018-06-15 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C.: Mosh Pit's sound effects will no longer continue to play if casting is interrupted after learning the Tour Bus Talent.

2017-06-13 Patch Notes

Design & Gameplay

Talents

  • Bolt of the Storm
    • Range reduced by 20%
    • New Bolt of the Storm alternatives have been added to several Heroes

Developer Comment: While we love Bolt of the Storm and the playmaking potential that it provides, we believe that the talent is too often used as an extra escape. We have also received feedback that Bolt of the Storm could have more awesome moments if its playmaking potential were more tied to offensive use cases. Our goals with these changes are twofold: to consolidate Bolt of the Storm to heroes where we think it makes for awesome gameplay moments, and second to create use cases where it is more optimal to use Bolt of the Storm to make offensive plays. We hope that these changes create more interesting moments in the late-game where heroes can shine by making risky plays to ensure victory for their team.

2017-05-31 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Attack Speed increased from 1 to 1.25 attacks per second.

Talents

  • Level 16
    • Aggressive Shredding (E)
      • Cooldown reduction per Basic Attack reduced from 1 to .75 seconds

2017-04-20 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health increased from 2100 to 2180
  • Health Regeneration increased from 4.375 to 4.543

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Guitar Hero (E)
      • Healing increased from 40% to 50% of damage dealt by Basic Attacks
  • Level 4
    • Speed Metal (Passive)
      • Movement Speed increased from 10% to 15%
  • Level 7
    • Pinball Wizard (W)
      • Damage increased from 200% to 300%
    • Hammer-On (Passive)
      • Damage increased from 30% to 35%

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C. – Fixed an issue causing Powerslide to fail to trigger the Rockstar effect after learning the Crowd Surfer talent.

2017-04-04 Patch Notes

Design & Gameplay

Hero Radii

  • The radius of many heroes in the game have been adjusted to better match their actual model size.
    • Increased Radius - Abathur, ETC, Gul'dan, Baleog, Muradin, Misha, Sgt. Hammer, Thrall, Uther, Varian, Zagara
    • Decreased Radius - Li Li, Tracer, Valeera

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health reduced from 2428 to 2100
  • Health Regeneration reduced from 5.06 to 4.37

Abilities

  • Rockstar (Trait)
    • Redesigned:
      • ​Instead of increasing nearby allies' Basic Attack speeds, Rockstar now grants E.T.C. 20 Armor for 2 seconds when he uses a Basic or Heroic Ability. This effect does not stack with itself.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Guitar Hero (E)
      • Healing gained from Basic Attacks increased from 35% to 40%.
      • No longer increases Attack Speed.
  • Level 7
    • Echo Pedal (Passive)
      • Damage reduced from 29 to 15.
      • Damage bonus against Minions and Mercenaries increased from 75% to 250%.
  • Level 16
    • Show Stopper (Q)
      • Armor reduced from 25 to 15.

Developer Comment: These changes to E.T.C. are a continuation of our attempt to align Warriors with a “big picture” role, so that we can continue to see a variety of them regardless of who’s really strong at the moment. Alongside a lot of specialization, we need a couple generalist Warriors, and we think E.T.C. (as well as Muradin) should fill that role. They should always be a safe pick for your team because they fit into every team composition or battleground, but may be outperformed by the specialized Warriors in their ideal situations. We found that having Attack Speed on his Trait pointed him toward Basic Attack teams and maps like Battlefield of Eternity, where sustained damage was important. Instead, we’ve decided to add general Armor, but wanted to make sure that it still had that fun “bard” style gameplay where playing optimally includes spreading out abilities. We’ve updated Show Stopper to provide less Armor, because stacking Armor makes every point more and more valuable. Lastly, we’ve reduced Echo Pedal’s damage against non-Minions and Mercenaries so that it’s the obvious pick when you need wave clear, but Hammer-On and Pinball Wizard are better during a team fight.

2017-03-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C.: Echo Pedal will now correctly deal damage to Doubloon Chests on Blackheart's Bay.

2017-02-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C.: If Stage Dive’s landing location is blocked, E.T.C. will now land as close as possible to the intended area rather than returning to his original casting location.

2017-01-24 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Diablo: Shadow Charge will now be properly interrupted if it would cause him to enter E.T.C.’s Mosh Pit.

2017-01-04 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Alarak: Telekinesis will now correctly interrupt E.T.C.’s Mosh Pit.

2016-11-10 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Maximum Base Health decreased from 2556 to 2428
  • Base Health Regen from 5.32 to 5.06

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Prog Rock (E)
      • Quest reward ally heal reduced from 53 to 50
  • Level 7
    • Echo Pedal (Passive)
      • Bonus damage to Minions and Mercenaries reduced from 100 to 75%
  • Level 13
    • Face Smelt (W)
      • Slow amount reduced from 60 to 50%

Developer Comments: ETC is a little too strong at all levels of play, so we’re looking to trim down his power. He also has a few over performing talents in Prog Rock, Echo Pedal, and Face Smelt, so we’re lowering their power to make the other talents on their tiers more competitive.

2016-10-18 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Damage Reduction: When two damage reduction effects, such as Resistant (25%) and Hardened Shield (75%), are simultaneously applied to a Hero, the larger effect will no longer be overridden by the lesser effect.

2016-10-12 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Guitar Hero (E)
      • Increased the heal amount from 30 to 35% auto-attack damage dealt
  • Level 7
    • Pinball Wizard (W)
      • Increased bonus damage from 150 to 200%
    • Echo Pedal (Passive)
      • Decreased pulse damage from 32 to 29
  • Level 13
    • Mic Check (W)
      • Increased the cooldown reduction of Face Melt from 5 to 6 seconds

2016-09-29 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C.: Fixed an issue preventing E.T.C. from gaining stacks of Prog Rock when gathering Regen Globes.

2016-09-27 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Powerslide (Q)
    • Range increased by 25%
  • Rockstar (Trait)
    • Radius increased by 10%

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Rolling Like a Stone (Q)
      • Removed
    • Block (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Prog Rock (E)
      • New Functionality:
        • Quest: Gathering a Regeneration Globe permanently increases the healing per second of Guitar Solo by 5, up to a maximum of 100.
        • Reward: After reaching 100 increased healing, Guitar Solo also heals nearby allied Heroes for 53 Health every second while active.
    • Pwn Shop Guitar (E)
      • Moved to Level 16
      • Renamed to Aggressive Shredding
      • New Functionality:
        • Basic Attacks reduce the cooldown of Guitar Solo by 1 second.
    • New Talent: Block Party (Trait)
      • Rockstar also grants Allies a stack of Block, reducing the damage from the next Basic Attack by 50% for 8 seconds. Stacks up to 2 times.
  • Level 4
    • Double-Necked Guitar (Q)
      • Removed
    • Mic Check (W)
      • Moved to Level 13
      • Number of targets hit required to reduce Face Melt’s cooldown decreased from 3 to 2
    • Pinball Wizard (W)
      • Moved to Level 7
      • Bonus damage increased from 50 to 150%​
    • ​New Talent: Crowd Surfer (Q)
      • Powerslide can now travel over walls and unpathable areas.
  • Level 7
    • Just Keep Rockin’ (E)
      • Removed
    • Guitar Hero (E)
      • Moved to Level 1
      • New Functionality:
        • While Guitar Solo is active, you heal for 30% of the damage dealt by Basic Attacks. Also increases the Attack Speed bonus from Rockstar from 20% to 25%.
    • Loud Speakers (W)
      • Moved to Level 4
    • Follow Through (Passive)
      • Renamed to Hammer-on
      • New Functionality:
        • After using an Ability, your next 2 Basic Attacks deal 30% more damage.
  • Level 13
    • Groupies (E)
      • Removed
    • Spell Shield (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Show Stopper (Q)
      • Moved to Level 16
    • Face Smelt (W)
      • Slow amount reduced from 80 to 60%
  • Level 16
    • Speed Metal (Trait)
      • Moved to Level 4
      • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 20 to 10%
    • Echo Pedal (Passive)
      • Moved to Level 7
      • Damage decreased from 59 to 32.
      • Added Functionality:
        • Now deals double damage vs. Minions and Mercenaries.
    • Encore (W)
      • Moved to Level 13
  • Level 20
    • Crowd Pleaser (R) Undocumented
      • Cooldown reduction decreased from 15 to 10 seconds per enemy Hero hit

Developer Comments: We like E.T.C.’s core gameplay, but wanted to improve his talent diversity. Many E.T.C. players end up picking the same talents in most games, especially at Levels 1 and 4, due to the importance of buffing Powerslide. We’ve streamlined that power, and have given him more options to play up the bard aspect of his kit, which should make him more of a team player.

Level (Tier) E.T.C. Talents
1 (1) Guitar Hero (E) (!) Prog Rock (E) Block Party (Trait) — —
4 (2) Crowd Surfer (Q) Loud Speakers (W) Speed Metal (Trait) — —
7 (3) Pinball Wizard (W) Echo Pedal (Passive) Hammer-on (Passive) — —
10 (4) Mosh Pit (R) Stage Dive (R) — — —
13 (5) Mic Check (W) Encore (W) Face Smelt (W) — —
16 (6) Show Stopper (Q) Aggressive Shredding (E) Imposing Presence (Active) — —
20 (7) Tour Bus (R) Crowd Pleaser (R) Death Metal (Passive) Storm Shield (Active) Bolt of the Storm (Active)
  • (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
  • Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
  • Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.

2016-09-13 Patch Notes

Talents

Imposing Presence (Active)

  • New functionality:
    • Heroes that attack you have their Attack Speed slowed by 20% for 2.5 seconds
    • Activate to Slow the Attack Speed of nearby Heroes and Summons by 50% and Slow their Movement Speed by 20% for 2.5 seconds

Developer Comments: We did not like the power of the Attack Speed slow for Imposing Presence given how little counter-play there is. We’ve decided to move some power out of the passive portion of the Talent and give it a new activated effect in order to create some bigger moments for players who choose to take it.

Spell Shield (Passive)

  • Added functionality:
    • Spell Shield can now be toggled on or off to allow for better control of which Abilities you want to mitigate

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Just Keep Rockin’ (E)
      • Removed

Developer Comments: We’re removing the majority of our old Relentless- like Talents from the game, because we found that it wasn’t clear to the enemy team what was happening. Reducing the duration on very short disabling effects to begin with was hard to notice, and typically felt like a bug when it did happen. In some cases, we’re replacing these Talents with Hero specific ones that more clearly convey what’s happening, while fitting the gameplay of the Hero.

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C.: Rockstar’s Attack Speed bonus will now be properly applied when E.T.C. casts Stage Dive.

2016-07-12 Patch Notes

Talents

Relentless

  • Relentless and similar Hero-specific Talents will now only reduce the duration of Slows, Stuns and Roots. Silence effects will no longer be reduced by this talent.

Developer Comments: With an increasing number of CC effects entering the Nexus we found ourselves constantly asking ourselves “Should Relentless work against this?” which quickly turned into a rabbit hole of ‘what-ifs’ and ‘how comes’. We agreed that the talent was going to continue to become stronger as we moved forward and decided to limit the number of effects that it can reduce.

2016-04-19 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Sylvanas’ Mind Control will now properly cancel Abilities that are being channeled by the target, such as E.T.C.’s Mosh Pit and Li Li’s Jug of 1,000 Cups.

2016-04-12 Balance Update

Hero Updates

  • Stage Dive (R)
    • Damage increased from 201 (+4% per level) to 330 (+4% per level).

Developer Comments: We want to make some basic improvements to a lot of the lesser-picked/lower win-rate Heroic Abilities. Most of these are pretty simple changes to make them more enticing, like adding more damage, reducing cooldowns, or lowering Mana costs. We realize that the primary use case for Abilities like Li Li’s Water Dragon or E.T.C.’s Stage Dive is not damage, but having more of it might help them feel more effective. We’re trying to do something a little bit different with Brightwing’s Emerald Wind and Malfurion’s Twilight Dream by compensating for some of the Support capability you miss out on by picking these Heroics. We’re excited to see how these go! In Thrall’s case, Sundering was a little too strong, so we’re reducing its stun duration.

2016-03-29 Patch Notes

Talents

Block

  • Damage reduction increased from 50% to 75%

Developer Comments: We want to improve counter-pick talents like Block that are meant to be strong against certain hero types. We’re hoping that these kinds of Talents will have a more meaningful impact in games in which they are picked, and that there are more situations where the enemy team’s composition drives intelligent Talent choices.

Other effects similar to Block have been evaluated on a case-by-case basis for all Heroes, with some gaining increased Block damage reduction, while others stayed at 50%.

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C. can no longer change the direction of Powerslide while trapped by Zeratul’s Void Prison.

2016-02-02 Patch Notes

Design & Gameplay

General

  • Damage dealt by splash and cleave attacks will no longer trigger effects that would otherwise require a direct attack to trigger (ex: Block, Spell Shield, Imposing Presence, etc.)

Talents

Block

  • Block charges are now tracked in the buff bar next to the Hero portrait, and a timer has been added to show the time remaining until a new charge is generated.

2016-01-27 Balance Update

Hero Updates

  • Stage Dive (R)
    • Damage increased from 155 (+4% per level) to 201 (+4% per level)

Developer Comments: We are looking for opportunities to increase the impact that some Heroic Abilities have at the moment they are cast. When it makes sense, we are also looking to increase the cooldown in order to keep the big moments more impactful. This is our first pass at doing this and you can expect to see more changes like these as we move forward with this initiative.

2015-10-06 Patch Notes

Design & Gameplay

Summoned Unit Attacks

  • Summoned unit Basic Attacks will now miss if that Summon is Blinded or the target is Evading.
  • Summoned unit Basic Attacks will no longer consume Block Talent stacks.

Hero Updates

  • Health increased from 1040 (+240 per level) to 1050 (+250 per level)
  • Powerslide (Q)
    • Stun duration increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds
  • Face Melt (W)
    • Mana cost decreased from 60 to 50
    • Cooldown decreased from 12 to 10 seconds
    • Mic Check (Talent)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 4 to 5 seconds
  • Guitar Solo (E)
    • Heal amount increased from 25 (+6 per level) to 27 (+6.5 per level)
    • Pwn Shop Guitar (Talent)
      • Mana cost reduction increased from 40% to 60%
    • Prog Rock (Talent)
      • Bonus healing granted per Regeneration Globe increased from 2 to 3 Health per second.

Developer Comments: We wanted to further emphasize E.T.C.’s ability to disrupt enemies with his Face Melt and Power Slide Abilities. With these buffs, we feel he’ll fall in line as a viable main Warrior.

2015-08-18 Patch Notes

Talents

Bolt of the Storm

Developer Comments: We love this talent and think it can create a lot of really interesting moments, but the cooldown was just too short. At 70 seconds we think this talent is still a great level 20 pick, but now players will have to be more strategic with how they use it. Forcing someone to use their Bolt to avoid a gank can now be a meaningful moment with this increased cooldown. We hope this also entices players towards choosing their Heroic upgrades instead of Bolt when the situation calls for it.

  • Cooldown increased from 40 to 70 seconds

Imposing Presence

Developer Comments: Statistically, it was almost never wrong to choose Imposing Presence. With this nerf, it’s still a great counter in the right situation, and as a result, we’re hoping we’ll see more play from our Basic Attack assassins.

  • Attack Speed slow reduced from 50% to 40%
  • The Attack Speed slow will now be removed when attacking a target that has not learned the Imposing Presence Talent

2015-06-30 Patch Notes

Design & Gameplay

  • A number of Hero Abilities were not intended to completely Stun enemy targets. In these cases, Stuns have been converted to Dazes, which act similarly, but will no longer interrupt Abilities that can be channeled while the Hero is moving.
    • For example: Dazing Valla will not stop her from channeling Strafe.
    • The following abilities will now Daze, rather than Stun, enemy Heroes:
      • Brightwing -- Emerald Wind (R)
      • Chen -- Wandering Keg (R)
      • E.T.C. -- Face Melt (W)
      • Falstad -- Mighty Gust (R)
      • Kerrigan -- Primal Grasp (E)
      • Raynor -- Penetrating Round (Q)
      • Sgt. Hammer -- Concussive Blast (W)
      • Tychus -- Frag Grenade (W)

Talents

Spell Shield

  • Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds

2015-05-12 Patch Notes

Talents

Follow Through

  • Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 25% to 40%

Hero Updates

  • E.T.C. has received significant updates.
  • Scouting Drone (Talent) removed
  • Superiority (Talent) removed
  • Relentless (Talent) removed
  • Hardened Shield (Talent) removed
  • Follow Through (Talent) added at Level 7
  • Spell Shield (Talent) added at Level 13
  • Storm Shield (Talent) added at Level 20
  • Echo Pedal (Talent)
    • Moved from Level 4 to Level 16
    • Pulse damage increased from 10 (+3 per level) to 30 (+5 per level)
    • The first pulse now fires immediately, and fires the follow-up pulse after 2 seconds in order to allow for more cohesion with Face Melt and Powerslide.
  • Rockstar (Trait)
    • No longer affects allied Minions or Mercenaries
    • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
    • Rockin’ Out (Talent) removed
    • Uber Rockstar (Talent) renamed to Speed Metal
      • Moved from Level 13 to Level 16
      • Now lasts 2 seconds, separate from Rockstar
    • New Talent (Level 4): Hammer On
      • Increases Rockstar’s duration by 2 seconds, and reduces the cost of all Abilities by 10 Mana while Rockstar is active
  • Powerslide (Q)
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
    • New Talent (Level 1): Rolling Like a Stone
      • Increases Powerslide’s range by 25%
    • New Talent (Level 4): Double-Necked Guitar
      • Increases Powerslide’s width by 100%, and speed by 30%
    • New Talent (Level 13): Show Stopper
      • E.T.C. gains Resistant, reducing all damage taken by 25%, for 4 seconds after casting Powerslide.
  • Face Melt (W)
    • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60
    • New Talent (Level 4): Mic Check
      • Hitting 3 or more targets with Face Melt reduces its cooldown by 4 seconds
    • New Talent (Level 4): Pinball Wizard
      • Face Melt deals an additional 50% damage to enemies recently affected by Powerslide.
    • New Talent (Level 16): Encore
      • Face Melt now leaves behind an Amplifier, which will knock enemies back again after 2 seconds.
  • Guitar Solo (E)
    • Mana cost decreased from 60 to 40
    • Pwn Shop Guitar (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
      • Mana cost reduction decreased from 50% to 40%
    • Groupies (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 13
      • Healing provided to nearby allied Heroes increased from 12 (+3 per level) to 30 (+6 per level) Health per second while active
    • Guitar Hero (Talent) has been redesigned
      • Now heals for 50% of damage dealt by Basic Attacks while Guitar Solo is active
    • New Talent (Level 1): Prog Rock
      • Permanently increases Guitar Solo’s healing per second by 2 for each Regeneration Globe picked up
    • New Talent (Level 7): Just Keep Rockin’
      • Reduces the duration of all silences, slows, stuns, roots, and polymorphs against E.T.C. by 50% while Guitar Solo is active
  • Mosh Pit (R)
    • Death Metal (Talent) has been redesigned
      • Upon death, a ghost of E.T.C. will now cast Mosh Pit at his death location
      • This Talent may now be picked even if Stage Dive has been selected as E.T.C.’s Heroic Ability.
    • New Talent (Level 20): Tour Bus
      • Allows E.T.C. to cast Powerslide during Mosh Pit, and doing so increases Mosh Pit’s duration by 2 seconds
      • Additionally, casting Mosh Pit now refreshes Powerslide’s cooldown.
  • Stage Dive (R)
    • Cooldown decreased from 100 to 75 seconds
    • Rock God (Talent) removed
    • New Talent (Level 20): Crowd Pleaser
      • Increases Stage Dive’s impact radius by 50%, and reduces its cooldown by 15 seconds for each enemy Hero hit

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C.’s Rockstar Trait will no longer buff Gazlowe’s Scrap.

2015-03-24 Patch Notes

Talents

Scouting Drone

  • Now has 2 charges
  • Duration reduced from 60 to 45 seconds
  • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 45 seconds
  • Placement range increased from 3 to 4
  • The number of hits required to destroy a Scouting Drone have been increased from 1 to 2.

Hero Updates

  • Fury of the Storm (Talent) replaced with Hardened Shield (Talent)

Bug Fixes

  • Casting E.T.C.’s Stage Dive on top of Zagara's Devouring Maw will no longer cause him to return to his original casting location.

2015-02-10 Patch Notes

New Level 20 Talents

Fury of the Storm

  • Every 5 seconds, the next Basic Attack will deal an additional 200 damage to the primary target, and 500 damage to each nearby Minion or Mercenary.
  • Found on the following Heroes:
    • E.T.C., Gazlowe, Nazeebo, Sgt. Hammer, The Lost Vikings, Zagara

Hardened Shield

  • Activate to reduce all incoming damage by 75% for 4 seconds; 60 second cooldown
  • Found on the following Heroes:
    • Anub’arak, Arthas, Chen, Gazlowe, Muradin, Sonya, Stitches, Tyrael

2015-01-13 Patch Notes

Talents

Resurgence of the Storm

  • This Talent has been removed from the game.

Bug Fixes

  • Bolt of the Storm and Zeratul’s Blink can no longer be cast while rooted.
  • E.T.C.’s Mosh Pit now properly reveals Cloaked Heroes.
  • Fixed an issue which caused summoned units to deal half damage to Heroes with the Superiority Talent.
  • Visual effects for E.T.C.’s Guitar Solo are no longer visible through the Fog of War.

2014-12-02 Patch Notes

Talents

Imposing Presence

  • Attack speed slow amount increased from 30% to 50%

Resurgence of the Storm

  • Cooldown increased from 120 to 180 seconds

2014-10-07 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • E.T.C.'s Dance Your Pants Off! Talent can no longer stun Grave Golems.
  • E.T.C.'s Guitar Solo Ability will no longer cause a slight delay before his next Basic Attack after learning the Guitar Hero Talent.

2014-07-23 Patch Notes

Talents

Block

  • Has been moved from Level 7 to Level 1

New Talent (Level 1): Scouting Drone

  • Places a flying drone at the target location which reveals a large area and any Cloaked Heroes around it for 60 seconds.
  • The drone can be seen and destroyed by enemies.

Hero Updates

  • Rockstar (Trait)
    • New Talent (Level 13): Rockin’ Out
      • Increases the duration of Rockstar from 3 to 5 seconds and gives Minions the full bonus.
  • Face Melt (W)
    • Dance Your Pants Off! (Talent)
      • Moved from Level 4 to Level 1
    • Loud Speakers (Talent)
      • Moved from Level 4 to Level 7
  • Guitar Solo (E)
    • Pwn Shop Guitar (Talent)
      • Moved from Level 1 to Level 4
    • Groupies (Talent)
      • Moved from Level 1 to Level 4

2014-06-25 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Rockstar (Trait)
    • Attack Speed bonus reduced from 25% to 20%

2014-04-15 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Mosh Pit cooldown increased from 100 to 120 seconds.
  • Rock God! damage bonus increased from 40% to 50%.