Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Cho'Gall's abilities caused players to highlight enemies.

Hero Updates

Talents

• Level 7
  • Ogre Rampage [D]
    • Added to the Buff Bar.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Gall's damage not gaining all benefits from Cho's buffs.

• Rising Dread no longer causes the third bounce of Dread Orb display as a crit.
• Fixed an issue that caused Double Trouble's quest completion to not stack with Twilight Frenzy.
• Fixed an issue that caused Gall to lose the benefits of Double Trouble's completion after Twilight Frenzy expires.

Hero Updates

Abilities

• Shadowflame [Q]
  • Shadowflame will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
• Dread Orb [W]
  • Dread Orb will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
  • Dread Orb will no longer grant sight into nearby Shrubs.
• Runic Blast [E]
  • Runic Blast will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
• Twisting Nether [R1]
  • Twisting Nether will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
• Shadow Bolt Volley [R2]
  • Shadowbolt Volley will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
  • Shadowbolt Volley will no longer grant sight into nearby Shrubs.

Talents

• Level 20
  • The Will of Gall [Trait]
    • Will of Gall is now considered a Quest talent.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Air Ally to not grant Spellpower to Gall. Undocumented

• Fixed an issue that caused Shifting Nether to also teleport an Ultimate Evolution copy of Cho if it was nearby when cast. Undocumented

Hero Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • ​Rising Dread [W]
    • Damage bonus per bounce reduced from 25% to 15%.
• Level 13
  • Twilight Nova [W]
    • No longer passively reduces the cooldown of Dread Orb.
• Level 16
  • Leaden Orb [W]
    • Stun duration reduced from 1 to .75 seconds.

Developer Comment: In our efforts to make a more competitive build, we went a little overboard with our recent buffs to Gall's Dread Orb talents. We're reigning in that power to both reduce frustration when playing against him as well as increase his talent diversity.

Hero Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Double Back [W]
    • Removed.
  • Rising Dread [W]
    • Moved from Level 13.
    • Additional functionality: Re-activate Dread Orb to reverse the third bounce.
• Level 13
  • Psychotic Break [Passive]
    • Moved from Level 20.
    • Additional functionality: Increase Gall's damage to enemy Heroes by 10%.
• Level 20
  • New Talent: Twilight Frenzy [Active]
    • Activate to reduce the cooldown of Shadowflame and Dread Orb to 2 seconds for the next 6 seconds. 30 seconds Cooldown.

Developer Comment: We're making some changes related to Gall's W talents to help streamline the build, which should help with some awkwardness when choosing between Rising Dread and Twilight Nova.

Bug Fixes

• Disconnected player replacement A.I. for Gall will no longer become passive.

Bug Fixes

• Added crit indicators to Edge of Madness Undocumented

Hero Updates

Talents

• Level 7
  • Ogre Rampage [Trait]
    • New functionality: Increase the damage bonus of Ogre Rage by 5%. Each time Gall damages enemy Heroes this bonus increases by 1% for 4 seconds, up to an additional 10% bonus damage.

Developer Comment: In keeping in line with our changes to Cho, we're adjusting Ogre Rampage to have a design that better matches how we want Cho'gall to manage his trait.

Hero Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Keep Moving! [Z]
    • Additional functionality: Increase the Movement Speed bonus of Shove from 25% to 35%.
  • We See You! [Passive]
    • Additional functionality: Increase the number of Basic Attacks required to kill Eye of Kilrogg by 1.
• Level 7
  • Edge of Madness [Q]
    • Bonus damage increased from 8% to 12% per stack.
• Level 13
  • Twilight Nova [W]
    • Additional functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Dread Orb by 1 second.
• Level 16
  • Leaden Orb [W]
    • Stun duration increased from .75 seconds to 1 second.
  • Shadowsnare [Passive]
    • New functionality: All of Gall's Basic Abilities Slow enemy Heroes by 15% for 4 seconds. This effect can stack up to 2 times.

Developer Comment: Similar to Cho, we took a look at Gall and we're giving him some talent love. The buffs to Leaden Orb and Shadowsnare should hopefully cascade into other talents in his tree becoming more powerful as well.

Hero Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Keep Moving! (Z)
    • Movement Speed bonus duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds. Basic Attacks against Heroes no longer increase the movement speed duration of an active Shove.
  • We See You! (Passive)
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 15 to 25 seconds
• Level 4
  • Double Back (W)
    • Additional functionality:
      • The third bounce of Dread Orb now deals 50% bonus damage to Heroes
• Level 7
  • Edge of Madness (Q)
    • Window before damage bonuses are lost increased from 4 to 7 seconds
  • Ogre Rampage (Trait)
    • Additional Functionality:
      • Increase the damage bonus of Ogre Rage by 5%
• Level 16
  • Shadowsnare (Q)
    • Slow amount increased from 10% to 15%, stacking up to 2 times instead of 3
  • Leaden Orb (W)
    • Stun duration increased from .5 seconds to .75 seconds

Developer Comment: While looking at Cho, we saw an opportunity to make some of Gall's lesser picked talents more powerful or interesting so that they are more competitive against other options.

Hero Updates

Abilities

• Runic Blast (E)
  • Damage from 233 to 210

Talents

• Level 1
  • Taskmaster (Z)
    • No longer reduces the cooldown of Shove by 10 seconds
• Level 4
  • Bomb's Away (E)
    • Bonus damage now caps at 200
• Level 7
  • Double Trouble (Q)
    • Quest unlock cooldown reduction decreased from 1 to .5 seconds

Bug Fixes

• Gall: Fixed an issue where not all cases of Damage Reduction would work on Gall.

Bug Fixes

• Gall: The Double Back Talent now displays the base Dread Orb icon art the Talent selection pane.

Bug Fixes

• Gall: Shove can no longer be cast while Cho is being pulled by Stitches’ Hook.

• Kel'Thuzad: Chilling Touch can now correctly deal damage to Gall’s Eye of Kilrogg.

Bug Fixes

• Gall: Shadow Bolt Volley’s targeting reticle is no longer visible to enemies through the Fog of War.

Hero Updates

Abilities

• Ogre Rage (D) Undocumented
  • It should now be more apparent when Ogre Rage (D) is active

Bug Fixes

• Gall: Can now properly cast Shove while channeling Shadow Bolt volley.

Bug Fixes

• Gall: Fixed an issue that could cause Gall to use his base skin on the MVP screen despite using an alternate skin during the match.

Hero Updates

Abilities

• Shadowflame (Q)
  • Damage from 125 to 135

Talents

• Level 1
  • Keep Moving! (Z)
    • Increased Movement Speed duration increase from .5 to 1 second
• Level 4
  • Double Back (W)
    • Bonus damage to non-heroic targets increased from 100 to 200%
• Level 20
  • ​Psychotic Break (Passive)
    • Now allows the use of Gall’s Heroic Abilities.

Developer Comments: We have been actively reading the feedback for our friendly Ogre and cross-referencing it with our internal statistics. We are seeing great talent diversity and are happy with the new design, but feel that we can inject a bit more power into the duo. Today’s changes are focused on increasing Cho’s self-sustain and injecting a bit more damage into both ogres.

Bug Fixes

• Gall: Twisting Nether can no longer be cast while in Molten Block form after learning the Shifting Nether Talent.

Hero Updates

Abilities

• Shadowflame (Q) Partially Documented
  • Damage reduced from 147 to 118 125
• Dread Orb (W) Partially Documented
  • Radius reduced from 2 to 1.6
  • Damage reduced from 148 to 119 126
• Runic Blast (E) Partially Documented
  • No longer destroys Cho’s Rune Bomb on activation
  • Damage reduced from 274 to 221 233
• Twisting Nether (R)
  • Damage reduced from 415 to 353
• Shadow Bolt Volley (R) Partially Documented
  • Damage reduced from 103 to 82 87
• Hurry Up, Oaf! (Z)
  • Removed
• New Trait: Ogre Rage (D)
  • While active Gall deals 25% more damage.
  • 5 Second cooldown.
  • Effect is removed if Cho activates Ogre Hide.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Spurred Onward (Z)
    • Removed
  • Shove (Active)
    • Moved to (Z)
      • Cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds
      • Now also grants Cho 25% move speed for 2 seconds after using
  • Eye of Kilrogg (Active)
    • Moved to Level 1
      • Charges reduced from 4 to 2
      • Cast range reduced from 16 to 12
  • New Talent: Keep Moving! (Z)
    • Increase the Move Speed duration of Shove by .5 seconds.
    • While active, Basic Attacks from Cho increase the duration of the Movement Speed bonus by an additional 1 second.
  • New Talent: Taskmaster (Z)
    • Reduces the cooldown of Shove by 10 seconds
    • Basic Attacks by Cho reduce the cooldown of Shove by 1 second.
  • New Talent: We See You! (1)
    • Reduces the cooldown of Eye of Kilrogg by 15 seconds
    • Increases the cast range of Eye of Kilrogg by 33%
• Level 4
  • Bomb’s Away (E)
    • New functionality:
      • Quest: Damaging an enemy Hero with Runic Blast permanently increases its damage by 5.
      • Reward: After damaging 20 enemy Heroes, increase the range and speed of Rune Bomb by 20%.
  • Runic Persistence (E)
    • New functionality:
      • Detonating Runic Blast leaves a damaging field on the ground, dealing 180 damage over 3 seconds.
  • Double Back (W)
    • New functionality:
      • The third bounce of Dread Bomb deals 100% bonus damage to non-Heroic units. You can activate Dread Bomb again to reverse the last bounce.
• Level 7
  • Edge of Madness (Q)
    • New functionality:
      • Every subsequent hit of Shadowflame on an enemy Hero deals 8% more damage, up to a 40% bonus. These bonuses are lost after 4 seconds.
  • Double Trouble (Q)
    • New functionality:
      • Quest: Hitting enemy Heroes affected by Consuming Blaze with Shadowflame lowers the cooldown of Shadowflame by 1 second.
      • Reward: After doing this 20 times, permanently lower the cooldown of Shadowflame by 1 second.
  • Dark Descent (E)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Ogre Rampage (Trait)
    • Gall’s Basic Abilities cooldown 75% faster for 5 seconds after Cho activates Ogre Hide.
• Level 13
  • Rising Dread (W)
    • New functionality:
      • Increase the size and damage of each Dread Orb bounce by 25%.
  • Speed of Twilight (W)
    • Removed
  • Dread Shield (W)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Searing Shadows (Q)
    • Shadowflame deals additional damage equal to 2% of a Heroes’ Maximum Health.
• Level 16
  • Twilight Nova (W)
    • Moved to Level 13
  • Giant Scorcher (Q)
    • Removed
  • Shadowflare (Q)
    • Removed
  • New Talent: Shadowsnare (Q)
    • Shadowflame slows enemy Heroes by 10% for 4 seconds. This effect can stack up to 3 times.
  • New Talent: Leaden Orb (W)
    • Enemies hit by Dread Orb are stunned for .5 seconds.
  • New Talent: Deafening Blast (E)
    • Enemy Heroes hit by Runic Blast are silenced for 1.25 seconds.
• Level 20
  • The Nether Calls (R)
    • Removed
  • Psychotic Break (Passive)
    • New functionality:
      • When Cho dies, you gain the effects of Ogre Rage and can continue casting Basic Abilities for 10 seconds.
  • New Talent: Shifting Nether (R)
    • Twisting Nether can now teleport Cho a short distance before it begins casting.
  • New Talent: The Will of Gall (Trait)
    • Takedowns permanently increase the damage bonus of Ogre Rage by 2%.

Developer Comment: When we were first told about the new event “Two Heads are Better Than One,” we immediately set to work on giving Cho'gall's talent trees a much-needed face-lift. A lot of our Warriors were getting Armor updates in this patch, and originally Cho'gall was no exception. After playing with a generic form of it internally, we realized we had a once-in-a-Nexus opportunity to do something very different and seized the moment. The foundation of the Cho'gall rework revolves around their new Traits, Ogre Hide and Ogre Rage, which are the keys to success with the Hero. The destructive potential of Cho'gall should be greater than ever, but you will have to make sure both heads are working together in order to maximize your damage output while keeping yourself alive long enough to keep doing it.

• (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
• Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
• Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected the scaling damage caps for several Talents that deal damage based on a percentage of the target’s maximum Health, including:
  • Gall: Giant Scorcher
  • Rehgar: Hunger of the Wolf
  • Ragnaros: Giant Scorcher
  • Tracer: Quantum Spike
  • Xul: Backlash, Giant’s Curse

Bug Fixes

• Gall: The tooltip for Eye of Kilrogg now properly indicates the maximum number of charges it can store.

Bug Fixes

• Gall: An icon has been added to the buff bar for the Dark Descent Talent, and the icon’s tooltip will track Runic Blast damage bonuses earned via Hero Takedowns.

• Fixed an issue that could cause Tyrael, Uther, and Gall players to incorrectly receive AFK Warnings due to the combination of their post-death effects and lengthy death timers at later levels.

Hero Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Shove (Active)
    • Cooldown reduced from 30 to 20 seconds
• Level 7
  • Double Trouble (Q)
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds
• Level 16
  • Giant Scorcher (Q)
    • Damage increased from 3 to 3.5% of target’s maximum Health

Hero Updates

Abilities

• Twisting Nether (R)
  • Reduced cooldown from 100 to 80 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Shove (Active)
    • Reduced cooldown from 40 to 30 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Speed of Twilight (W)
    • Increased Movement Speed bonus from 20% to 30%

Developer Comments: As part of our ongoing process to improve our talent system, we are doing a pass on all heroes in the game to increase the health of their talent trees. We know that there are a fair number of talents that feel like they are either mandatory or insignificant, and this is our first pass on putting in fixes. These fixes take many forms, and can range from simply buffing or nerfing numbers to changing functionality. We’re excited to keep our heroes feeling fresh, and you can look forward to additional changes to more of our heroes in upcoming patches.

Bug Fixes

• Cho'gall: Runic Blast’s traveling and end-point area of effect indicators will now display appropriately for Gall, and will no longer display for Cho.

Bug Fixes

• Cho'Gall: Shadow Bolt Volley can no longer be canceled by right clicking.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause Abathur and Gall players to be flagged as AFK if they did not move from the starting area, despite issuing commands to their Heroes.

• Gall can now properly cast Hurry Up, Oaf! while channeling Shadowbolt Volley.

• Gall’s Shadowbolt Volley will no longer be interrupted by Silence and Polymorph effects.

• Gall’s Shove can no longer be used while Cho’gall is Rooted.

Bug Fixes

• Gall can now properly cast Runic Blast while channeling Shadow Bolt Volley.

Hero Updates

• Gall can now use Shove and Eye of Kilrogg while riding in the Dragon Knight or Garden Terror

Bug Fixes

• Gall will no longer count as a secondary target for Li Li’s Healing Brew with the Two for One Talent.

Bug Fixes

• Gall will no longer be separated from Cho after manually exiting a Dragon Knight or Garden Terror.

Hero Updates

• Shove (Talent) moved from Level 16 to Level 1
  • Cooldown increased from 15 to 40 seconds
  • Can no longer be used while Cho is mounted
• Eye of Kilrogg (Talent)
  • Cast range increased by 33%
  • Maximum charge count increased from 2 to 4
• Psychotic Break (Talent)
  • Cooldowns for Shadowflame (Q), Dread Orb (W), and Gall’s Heroic Abilities are now cleared and can be cast immediately upon death
  • Now provides a passive, permanent 5% Ability Power bonus
• Hurry Up, Oaf! (Z)
  • Spurred Onward (Talent)
    • Now also increases the initial Movement Speed bonus to 70%
• Shadowflame (Q)
  • Double Trouble (Talent)
    • The functionality of this Talent has changed
    • Shadowflame’s cooldown is reduced by 1 second if it hits an enemy Hero affected by Cho's Consuming Blaze
  • Shadowflare (Talent) moved from Level 1 to Level 16
    • Enemies hit are now slowed by 25% for 1 second
• Runic Blast (E)
  • Siphoning Runes (Talent) removed
  • New Talent (Level 4): Runic Persistence
    • Runic Blast no longer destroys Cho’s Rune Bomb
• Twisting Nether (R)
  • Damage increased from 342 (+4% per level) to 415 (+5% per level)
  • Slow amount increased from 40% to 50%

Developer Comments: A few months of data have given us a good idea about which of Gall’s talents are under and over performing. We have made some balance changes and talent swaps to help these issues.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that could prevent Gall from receiving the Will of Gall activated Talent if Cho selected the Talent while channeling to enter Lt. Morales’ Medivac.

• The activation timer for Gall’s Runic Blast now increases appropriately after taking the Bomb’s Away Talent.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that could cause Brightwing’s Phase Shield to be applied to Cho'Gall inconsistently.

Bug Fixes

• Gall will no longer be automatically teleported back to the allied Hall of Storms if an enemy Garden Terror is killed while the allied Cho is piloting a Garden Terror.

• Gall’s Abilities will no longer become unresponsive if he is attempting to cast an Ability when Cho is punted out of the opposing Hall of Storms.

• The opposing team's Cho’gall can no longer be pinged through the Fog of War.

New Hero

Cho’gall has been added to Heroes of the Storm! This unique and powerful ogre is two Heroes in one body, requiring that two players team up and queue together as Cho and Gall.

Cho is a Warrior of unmatched might who charges fist-first into battle, controlling movement and Basic Attacks. While Gall cannot move on his own, he is a formidable Assassin armed with a devastating set of dark spells. Read on for a brief overview of their Abilities.

Mount

• Hurry Up, Oaf! (Z)
  • Increase Cho’s Movement Speed by 60%. This effect decays over 3 seconds.

Trait

• Two-Headed
  • Permanently attached to Cho, going where he goes. You are immune to Stun and Silence effects.

Basic Abilities

• Shadowflame (Q)
  • Deal damage to enemies in a line.
• Dread Orb (W)
  • Throw a bomb that will bounce three times, dealing damage to enemies on each bounce.
• Runic Blast (E)
  • Detonate Cho’s Rune Bomb, dealing damage around it.

Heroic Abilities

• Twisting Nether (R)
  • After 1 second, enemies are slowed by 40% while you channel, up to 5 seconds. Activate to deal damage.
• Shadow Bolt Volley (R)
  • Unleash 20 Shadow Bolts over 4 seconds, each dealing damage to the first target hit. The bolts fire in the direction of your cursor.