Level Talent Name Description Cooldown
1 Static Charge Quest: Heroes hit by Shock Ray permanently increases its damage by 5 and grants 33% Resonance Beam charge. Maximum of 200 bonus damage.
1 Psi-Infusion Increases the range of Psionic Storm by 33%. Each non-Structure enemy hit by Psionic Storm restores 0.5 Mana, increased to 5 against Heroes.
1 Khaydarin Amulet Quest: Resonance Beam charges 50% faster. Reward: After Resonance Beam has been fully charged for 80 seconds, it bounces to hit 1 additional target for 75% damage, prioritizing Heroes. Reward: After Resonance Beam has been fully charged for 160 seconds, it bounces to hit 2 additional targets for 75% damage, prioritizing Heroes.
4 Induction Tassadar gains 10% increased Movement Speed. Casting Shock Ray increases this bonus to 30% for 3 seconds.
4 Electric Fence Force Wall deals 92 (+4% per level) damage a second to nearby enemies and Slows them by 35%.
4 Plasma Shield While Resonance Beam is fully charged, gain a Shield equal to 3% of max Health every second, stacking up to 12%.
7 Beam Alignment While Resonance Beam is fully charged, Shock Ray's cooldown refreshes 100% faster and its Slow duration is increased to 4 seconds. Passive: Reduce the Mana cost of Shock Ray from 55 to 40.
7 Psionic Echo Casting Psionic Storm causes your next Shock Ray within 3 seconds to only cost 30 Mana and create a Psionic Storm on the first enemy Hero hit.
7 Arc Discharge When Resonance Beam is fully charged, Tassadar's Basic Attack range is increased by 1 and its next instance of damage also creates a Psionic Storm on the target. This effect has a 20 second cooldown that decays twice as fast while Resonance Beam is fully charged.
10 Archon Tassadar transforms into an Archon, gaining a Shield equal to 25% of his maximum Health and empowering Resonance Beam. Lasts for 12 seconds. Resonance Beam: Deals 140 (+4% per level) damage to the target and splashes 70 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies. Heroes hit have their Spell Armor reduced by 20 for 2 seconds. Resonance Beam is fully charged while Archon is active. 90
10 Black Hole After a 0.5 second cast, create a Black Hole that travels in a long line. Enemy Heroes within the Black Hole's area are quickly pulled towards its center. Touching the center deals 310 (+4% per level) damage and Stuns the target for 1.25 seconds. 60
13 Feedback When an enemy Hero is affected by Psionic Storm, Resonance Beam's Slow is increased to 50% and it reduces Physical Armor by 25.
13 Shadow Walk Tassadar becomes Stealthed and Unrevealable, but cannot attack or use Abilities for 1.5 seconds. While this effect is active, gain 40% increased Movement Speed and 35 Armor. Can be cast while Channeling Shock Ray. 60
13 Oracle Passive: While stationary, gain 30 Spell Armor for 0.75 seconds and restore 12 (+4% per level) Health a second. Activate to Channel for up to 4 seconds, revealing a gradually increasing area anywhere on the map. 45
16 Thermal Lance Shock Ray deals an additional 8% of maximum Health as damage to the first Hero it hits.
16 Psychic Shock Psionic Storm deals damage 25% faster.
16 Executor's Will Activate to gain full Resonance Beam charge, 20% Spell Power, and cause Basic and Heroic Ability cooldowns to regenerate 25% faster. This effect lasts as long as Resonance Beam remains at full charge. 40
20 Twilight Archon Basic Attacks while in Archon form increase its duration by 2 seconds.
20 Kugelblitz Enemy Heroes hit by Black Hole's center have their Armor reduced by 20 for 3 seconds and have a Psionic Storm created at their location.
20 Force Barrier Increase the duration of Force Wall by 0.5 seconds, its range by 50%, and reduce its cooldown by 10 seconds.
20 Khala's Gift Gain 4% Spell Power for yourself and each nearby ally Hero, up to 20% total Spell Power. Your total bonus is shared with all contributing allies.
Shortcut Ability Name Description Cooldown Mana Cost
Q Shock Ray Channel a beam of Psionic energy, dealing 280 (+4% per level) damage and Slowing enemies in a line by 30% for 2 seconds. 7 55
W Psionic Storm Create a Psionic Storm at the targeted location for 3 seconds. While in a storm, enemies take 38 (+4% per level) damage every 0.5 seconds, increasing by 20% for each consecutive instance of damage, up to 100%. 8 60
E Force Wall After a 0.5 second delay, create a wall that blocks all units from moving through it for 2 seconds. 18 65
R Archon Tassadar transforms into an Archon, gaining a Shield equal to 25% of his maximum Health and empowering Resonance Beam. Lasts for 12 seconds. Resonance Beam: Deals 140 (+4% per level) damage to the target and splashes 70 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies. Heroes hit have their Spell Armor reduced by 20 for 2 seconds. Resonance Beam is fully charged while Archon is active. 90 100
R Black Hole After a 0.5 second cast, create a Black Hole that travels in a long line. Enemy Heroes within the Black Hole's area are quickly pulled towards its center. Touching the center deals 310 (+4% per level) damage and Stuns the target for 1.25 seconds. 60 60
Resonance Beam Tassadar's Basic Attack is a Channeled beam that Slows by 15%. While Channeling, your Basic Attack damage and Mana regeneration increases by 25% a second, to a maximum of 100%. While at full charge, gain an extra 3 Mana every second. This bonus is lost after 6 seconds of not Channeling.

Tassadar

2021-05-18 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Shock Ray [Q]
    • Channel duration reduced from .75 to .6875 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Induction [Q]
      • Changed Functionality: Tassadar gains 10% increased Movement Speed. Casting Shock Ray increases this bonus to 30% for 3 seconds.
  • Level 7
    • Beam Alignment [Q]
      • Mana cost reduction increased from 10 to 15.
      • Additional Functionality: While Resonance Beam is fully charged, Shock Ray's Slow duration is increased to 4 seconds.
  • Level 13
    • Shadow Walk [Active]
      • Armor increased from 25 to 35.

Developer Comment: Tassadar's Q build is underperforming at higher levels of play, so we're bumping him up slightly in that regard. The reduction in channel duration doesn't change how quickly the beam begins to travel, and instead just allows Tassadar to act sooner.


2021-01-19 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Archon would not extend the duration of Feedback's Armor Reduction while it remained active Undocumented

2020-10-07 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 4
    • ​Plasma Shield [Trait]
      • Maximum Shield amount reduced from 15% to 12% maximum Health.
  • Level 10
    • Black Hole [R2]
      • Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds.
      • Mana cost reduced from 80 to 60.
  • Level 20
    • Kugelblitz [R2]
      • Additional functionality: Reduce the Armor of enemy Heroes hit by the center of Black Hole by 20 for 3 seconds.

Developer Comment: Plasma Shield is simply a little too good at giving Tassadar survivability, which is an intended weakness of the hero since he brings so many other things to the table. We're reducing its power as well as buffing Black Hole and its Level 20 Mastery, Kugelblitz.


2020-09-08 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Static Charge [Q]
      • Maximum damage bonus reduced from 250 to 200.
  • Level 10
    • Archon [R1]
      • Shield amount reduced from 30% to 25% maximum Health.
      • Basic Attack damage reduced from 150 to 140.
      • Basic Attack splash damage reduced from 75 to 70.

Developer Comment: While not dominating in regards to his win rate, Tassadar is performing a little too well for how popular he is. Both Static Charge and Archon are dominating their talent tiers, so rather than nerfing Tassadar's base kit, we're reducing the power of these two talents in hopes of creating more competitive talent tiers while also slightly reducing his overall impact.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Executor's Will did not have a buff bar.
  • Toy Train Mount - Metamorphosis Illidan, Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, Odin Tychus, and Archon Tassadar can no longer mount as a caboose on the Toy Train.

2020-07-15 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Beam Alignment [Q]
      • No longer increases Tassadar's Basic Attack range.
      • Additional functionality: Reduce the Mana cost of Shock Ray from 55 to 45.
    • Arc Discharge [Passive]
      • Additional functionality: While Resonance Beam is fully charged, increase Tassadar's Basic Attack range by 1.
  • Level 10
    • Archon [R1]
      • Shield amount reduced from 40% to 30% maximum Health.

Developer Comment: Tassadar is in a fairly good place, but Archon is a little too powerful compared to Black Hole, largely due to its ability to allow Tassadar to effectively get around one of his main weaknesses, which is being vulnerable to dive. We're reducing its power in this aspect, as well as making some small adjustments to his Level 7 talents in order to make Arc Discharge more competitive.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Tassadar's Electric Fence would not damage Unstoppable enemies, and would damage relentless enemies more frequently Undocumented
  • Fixed an issue where Tassadar's Feedback would apply to non-Heroes Undocumented
  • Tassadar's Oracle now reveals for 2 seconds, up from 0.4 seconds Undocumented
  • Fixed an issue where Oracle did not reveal Creep Tumors.

2020-06-23 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • The Ranged Assassin tooltip at the bottom is now properly displaying for Tassadar.

2020-05-06 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health increased from 1550 to 1650.
  • Health Regeneration increased from 3.23 to 3.44.

Abilities

  • Shock Ray [Q]
    • Slow amount increased from 25% to 30%.
  • Force Wall [E]
    • Cooldown reduced from 21 to 18 seconds.
    • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 65.
    • Cast time reduced from .1 seconds to .0625 seconds.
    • Birth time reduced from .5675 seconds to .5 seconds.
  • Resonance Beam [Trait]
    • Slow amount increased from 10% to 15%.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Static Charge [Q]
      • Bonus damage per stack increased from 4 to 5.
      • Maximum bonus damage increased from 200 to 250.
    • Khaydarian Amulet [Trait]
      • Damage to additional targets increased from 50% to 75%.
  • Level 4
    • Induction [Q]
      • Movement Speed bonus when casting Shock Ray increased from 15% to 20%.
      • Movement Speed bonus when hitting an enemy Hero increased from 25% to 30%.
  • Level 16
    • Executor's Will [Active]
      • Spell Power bonus increased from 15% to 20%.

Developer Comment: While he deals a whole lot of damage, Tassadar is performing a bit lower than we would like, so we are buffing up various parts of his kit that relate to his survivability and utility, while also increasing the potency of some of his talents. We expect these changes to put him in a much more competitive spot, while also filling a unique role with his ability to control the battlefield with various Slows and with Force Wall.

Bug Fixes

  • Shadow Walk now has proper fat finger protection.

2020-04-14 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Stats

Abilities

  • Resonance Beam [Trait]
    • Tassadar's Basic Attack is a long range channeled beam that deals 14 damage every .25 seconds and Slows its target for 10%. While channeling, your Basic Attack damage and Mana Regeneration increase by 25% a second, to a maximum of 100% bonus. While fully charged, gain an additional 3 mana per second. This bonus is lost after 6 seconds of not channeling.
  • Shock Ray [Q]
    • After a .375 second cast, channel a fast moving electric beam that deals 280 damage and slows all enemies in a line by 25% for 2 seconds.
    • Mana: 55 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 7 seconds.
  • Psionic Storm [W]
    • Create a storm of psionic energy at the targeted location, dealing 38 damage every .5 seconds to enemies within its area for 3 seconds. This damage increases by 10% for each consecutive hit, to a maximum of 50% increased damage.
    • Mana: 60 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 8 seconds.
  • Force Wall [E]
    • After a .5 second delay, create a wall that blocks all units from moving through it for 2 seconds.
    • Mana: 70 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 21 seconds.
  • Archon [R1]
    • Transform into a powerful Archon, gaining 40% of your maximum health as a shield and empowering Basic Attacks for 12 seconds. Empowered Basic Attacks deal more damage, splash in a small area, and reduce the Spell Armor of Heroes by 20 for 2 seconds. While in Archon form, Resonance Beam is fully charged.
    • Mana: 100 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 90 seconds.
  • Black Hole [R2]
    • After a .5 second cast, launch a Black Hole that travels in a long line. While travelling, the Black Hole quickly pulls enemy Heroes towards its center. Touching the center deals 310 damage and stuns for 1.25 seconds.
    • Mana: 80 Mana.
    • Cooldown: 70 seconds.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Static Charge [Q]
      • Quest: Heroes hit by Shock Ray permanently increase its damage by 4 and grant 33% Resonance Beam charge.
      • Maximum of 200 additional damage.
    • Psi-Infusion [W]
      • Increase Psionic Storm's range by 33%. Each non-structure enemy hit by Psionic Storm restores .5 mana, increased to 5 against Heroes.
    • Khaydarin Amulet [Trait]
      • Quest: Resonance Beam charges 50% faster.
      • Reward: After remaining at full charge for 80 seconds, Resonance Beam bounces to hit 1 additional target for 50% damage.
      • Reward: After remaining at full charge for 160 seconds, Resonance Beam bounces to hit 2 additional targets for 50% damage.
  • Level 4
    • Induction [Q]
      • Casting Shock Ray increases Tassadar's move speed by 15% for 3 seconds. If an enemy Hero is hit, increase this bonus by 10%.
    • Electric Fence [E]
      • Enemies near Force Wall take 46 damage every .5 seconds and are slowed by 35%.
    • Plasma Shield [Trait]
      • While Resonance Beam is fully charged, gain a shield equal to 3% of max health every second. Stacking up to 15% maximum health.
  • Level 7
    • Beam Alignment [Q]
      • When Resonance Beam is fully charged, your Basic Attack range is increased by 1 and the cooldown of Shock Ray refreshes 100% faster.
    • Psionic Echo [Q/E]
      • Casting Psionic Storm causes your next Shock Ray within 3 seconds to cost 30 mana and create a Psionic Storm on the first Hero it hits.
    • Arc Discharge [Trait]
      • After reaching full charge, the next instance of Resonance Beam damage creates a Psionic Storm at the target's location. This effect has a 20 second cooldown that decays twice as fast while Resonance Beam is at full charge.
  • Level 13
    • Feedback [W/Trait]
      • On targets afflicted with Psionic Storm, Resonance Beam's slow is increased to 60% and it also reduces Physical Armor by 25.
    • Shadow Walk [Active]
      • Activate to gain unrevealable Stealth, 40% movement speed and 25 Armor for 1.5 seconds. 60 second cooldown. Can be cast while channeling Shock Ray or Black Hole.
    • Oracle [Active]
      • While stationary, gain 30 Spell Armor for .75 seconds and heal for 12 health each second. Activate to channel for up to 4 seconds, revealing a gradually increasing area anywhere on the map. 45 second cooldown.
  • Level 16
    • Thermal Lance [Q]
      • The first enemy Hero hit by Shock Ray takes 8% of their maximum health as damage.
    • Psychic Shock [W]
      • Psionic Storm deals damage 25% faster.
    • Executor's Will [Active]
      • Activate to gain full Resonance Beam charge, 15 Spell Power, and cause Ability cooldowns to refresh 25% faster. This effect lasts as long as Resonance Beam is fully charged. 60 sec cooldown.
  • Level 20
    • Twilight Archon [R1]
      • Basic Attacks while in Archon form increase its duration by 2 seconds.
    • Kugelblitz [R2]
      • Each Hero hit by Black Hole creates a Psionic Storm at their location.
    • Force Barrier [E]
      • Increases the range of Force Wall by 50%, its duration by .5 seconds, and reduces its cooldown by 10 seconds.
    • Khala's Gift [Passive]
      • Gain 4 spell power for yourself and each nearby ally Hero, up to 20. Your total bonus is shared with all contributing allies.

Developer Comment: We've been teasing the Tassadar rework for a long time and it's finally here! Tassadar was previously considered a support Hero, but we felt there was a disconnect between his kit/playstyle and the core fantasy of a High Templar or the other Protoss magic users. Because of this, we've re-imagined Tassadar from the ground up as an ability based Ranged Assassin, similar to characters like Kael'thas and Gul'dan. He retains his Psionic Storm, Force Wall and Archon abilities and has gained two new abilities: Shock Ray and Black Hole. His talent tree has also been radically transformed, giving him a slew of powerful new ways to play. We're very excited to finally get Tassadar into your hands and hope you all enjoy the rework as much as we have!

Bug Fixes

  • Worgen Greymane, Metamorphosis Illidan, Dragonqueen Alexstrasza, Odin Tychus, and Archon Tassadar can no longer mount as a caboose on the Toy Train.

2019-08-28 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health increased from 1287 to 1350.
  • Health Regeneration increased from 2.68 to 2.81.
  • Basic Attack damage increased from 14 to 15.
  • Distortion Beam Slow increased from 20% to 25%.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Khaydarin Resonance [Passive]
      • Regeneration Globe amounts for quest completion reduced from 15/30 to 10/20.
      • Plasma Shield quest completion bonuses reduced from 20%/40% to 15%/30%.
  • Level 7
    • Resonation [W]
      • Slow amount increased from 50% to 60%.
  • Level 13
    • Adun's Wisdom [Trait]
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 50% to 75%.
  • Level 16
    • Phase Disruption [W]
      • Physical Armor reduction increased from 25 to 35.
    • Focused Beam [Trait]
      • Bonus damage increased from 1% to 1.5% maximum Health.
  • Level 20
    • Prismatic Link [Passive]
      • Damage increased from 40% to 50%.

Developer Comment: Leaving him on a good note ahead of nipping out some of his kit was important to us, so while we wait for Tassadar's rework to come to the Nexus, we thought it would be fun to buff him a bit in the meantime.


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:
    • Tassadar
      • Khala's Light (Q)
        • Armor increased from 15 to 20

2018-06-12 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: The Psi-Infusion Talent now displays the base Psionic Storm icon art in the Talent selection pane.

2018-05-22 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Chromie: Time Traps revealed by Abilities like Tassadar's Oracle can now be correctly auto-acquired as Basic Attack targets.
  • Tassadar: Plasma Shield Healing done after completing the Khaydarin Resonance quest is now correctly tracked on the in-game stats screen (TAB).
  • Tassadar: The Talent tooltip for Khala's Light now correctly states that only Heroes will gain Armor when Plasma Shield expires or breaks. This was only a tooltip correction; functionality has not been changed.

2018-03-27 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Mecha Tassadar: Attacking while using the Mecha Morph Mount will no longer cause Distortion Beam to visually originate above Mecha Tassadar’s head.

2018-03-09 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Sonya: Being hit by beam Basic Attacks, such as Tassadar’s Distortion Beam, after learning the Tough as Nails Talent will no longer grant Sonya permanent Physical Armor.

2018-03-06 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: Completing the Templar’s Will quest and learning Twilight Archon will no longer grant extended range to Tassadar’s first Basic Attack in Twilight Archon form.
  • Tassadar: Fixed an issue that could cause Basic Attacks in Archon form to deal splash damage twice to secondary attack targets after learning Prismatic Link.

2018-02-06 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: The Psionic Echo Talent’s timer bar will now correctly appear next to the Archon timer when both are active at once.

2017-11-29 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Base Maximum Health reduced from 1355 to 1287
  • Health Regen reduced from 2.82 to 2.68

Abilities

  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Shield amount reduced from 475 to 455
  • Psionic Storm (W)
    • Damage reduced from 44 to 41
  • Archon (R)
    • Bonus Attack damage reduced from 166 to 158

2017-11-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: The Prismatic Link Talent will no longer cause Tassadar’s Basic Attack to chain to Kharazim during Seven-Sided Strike.
  • Tassadar: The Templar’s Will Talent’s second reward will no longer increase Basic Attack range in Archon form.

2017-09-26 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Johanna: Abilities that block pathing, such as Sonya’s Arreat Crater and Tassadar’s Force Wall, will no longer block Johanna’s movement during Falling Sword.

2017-08-23 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack Damage reduced from 15 to 14
  • Based Maximum Health reduced from 1426 to 1355
  • Health regen reduced from 2.97 to 2.8

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Khaydarin Resonance (Passive)
      • Bonus Mana from Regen Globes increased from 50 to 100%

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: Fixed an issue causing some Attack Speed modifier effects, such as Xul’s Cursed Strikes, to persist indefinitely if the effect expired during Dimensional Shift.

2017-07-11 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Auriel – Fixed a visual issue with Auriel’s Bestow Hope crown when placed on a Tassadar in Archon form.
  • Tassadar – Fixed an issue causing Tassadar to gain healing from the damage dealt by his Focused Beam talent.

2017-06-28 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Lifesteal amount reduced from 45% to 40%

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Khaydarin Resonance (Q)
      • First unlock shield value bonus increased from 15% to 20%
      • Second unlock shield bonus increased from 30% to 40%
    • Templar’s Will (Passive)
      • Damage bonus of first quest unlock reduced from 150% to 125%
  • Level 4
    • Khala’s Embrace (Q)
      • Life steal amount reduced from 90% to 75%

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: Can no longer use his Basic Attack during Dimensional Shift while in Archon form.
  • Tassadar: Nullification will now correctly apply multiplicatively when the target is also affected by other damage reduction effects.

2017-06-13 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Anub'arak: An active Cocoon will no longer be destroyed if it is moved by Abilities that block pathing, such as Tyrael’s Holy Ground or Tassadar’s Force Wall.
  • Basic Attacks: Splash and Cleave damage will now correctly reveal targets who are hit while inside Bushes and Vents.
  • Tassadar: After learning Prismatic Link, Basic Attacks that bounce to a secondary target will now properly reveal that enemy.
  • Tassadar: Fixed an issue causing the first tick of Psionic Storm to deal slightly less damage than intended.

2017-05-31 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack damage increased from 12 to 15

Abilities

  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Life steal amount increased from 30 to 45%

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Khala’s Embrace (Q)
      • Life steal amount increased from 60 to 90%

2017-04-25 2.0 Launch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: Prismatic Link will no longer cause Basic Attacks to continue to hit the tertiary target if the primary and secondary targets move out of range of one another.

2017-04-20 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack damage increased from 10 to 12

Abilities

  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Duration decreased from 5 to 4 seconds
    • Shield amount decreased from 550 to 475
  • Force Wall (R)
    • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
    • Mana cost reduced from 30 to 25

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Khaydarin Resonance (Passive)
      • New functionality:
        • Quest: Regeneration Globes grant 50% more Mana to Tassadar
        • Reward: After collecting 15 Globes, increase the Shield amount of Plasma Shield by 15%
        • Reward: After collecting 30 Globes, increase the Shield amount by an additional 15%
  • Level 4
    • Khala’s Celerity (Q)
      • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 25 to 20%
      • Movement Speed bonus duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds
    • Khala’s Embrace (Q)
      • Life steal increased from 50% to 60%
  • Level 20
    • Twilight Archon (R)
      • Updated functionality:
        • Basic Attacks while in Archon form increase Archon’s duration by 2 seconds

Developer Comment: It’s no secret that Khaydarin Resonance has consistently proven to be a problematic talent on Tassadar. We want to keep the talent ‘support natured’ which the new design embraces. With the volatility of him in competitive drafts we are striking at his Plasma Shield duration again and offsetting the nerfs with some base damage buffs. The rest of the changes address some talent imbalances and should help even out a few of his Talent Tiers.


2017-03-28 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Duration reduced from 8 to 5 seconds
    • Life leech increased from 20 to 30%
  • Archon (R)
    • Damage reduced from 175 to 166
    • Splash damage reduced from 87.5 to 83

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Khaydarin Resonance (Q)
      • 15 Regen Globe quest
        • Bonus Shield amount increased from 15 to 20%
      • 30 Regen Globe quest
        • No longer increases duration of Plasma Shield
        • Now lowers the cooldown of Plasma Shield by 3 seconds
  • Level 4
    • Khala’s Embrace (Q)
      • Bonus life leech increased from 40 to 50%
  • Level 20
    • Shield Battery (Active)
      • Cooldown reduced from 75 to 60 seconds

Developer Comments: The duration on Plasma Shield has always matched the Cooldown, but we are ready to try separating them. Enemy teams will now have a small window of time to deal meaningful damage between Shield applications (unless Tassadar fully unlocks Khaydarin Resonance). Since he is currently over-performing we are also looking to bring down the damage of Archon slightly.


2017-03-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: Fixed an issue that could prevent Archon from refreshing Dimensional Shift’s cooldown.

2017-02-27 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Khaydarin Resonance (Q)
      • New functionality:
        • Quest: Regeneration Globes grant an additional 50% Mana.
        • Reward(1): After collecting 15 Globes, increase the value of Plasma Shield by 15%.
        • Reward(2): After collecting 30 Globes, increase the duration of Plasma Shield by 100%.

Developer Comments: One of our major goals with Hero reworks is attempting to keep as many of the current builds and playstyles that exist for a Hero, trim out older or unhealthy ones, and hopefully open doors for new ones to emerge. When shifting the old Khala’s Embrace to a questing talent (Khaydarin Resonance), we had hoped to lock the immense power that it brought behind a barrier that was difficult to overcome on a lot of maps. In theory, this would make it feel rewarding to take on certain maps, but rarely the most powerful choice. Instead, we found that locking this kind of potential behind an extremely difficult Globe-collecting talent made for a more frustrating experience than a fun one. When taking a step back and considering our options, we felt it best to remove the permanent shielding capabilities and replace it with a less-powerful questing talent.


2017-02-14 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack range increased from 5.5 to 6.5

Abilities

  • Psionic Storm (W)
    • Ramp to maximum damage reduced from 8 to 5 stacks
  • Archon (R)
    • ​Basic Attack slow reduced from 40 to 30%
  • Force Wall (R)
    • ​Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
    • Mana cost reduced from 35 to 30
    • Duration of Force Wall reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds

Talents

  • Level 1
    • ​Templar’s Will (Passive)
      • Mana returned from attacking Heroes increased from 4 to 8 per second
      • New Functionality:
        • Reward for first quest unlock changed from +1 Basic Attack range to +150% Distortion Beam damage.
  • Level 4
    • ​​Khala’s Light (Q)
      • Armor on expiration reduced from 25 to 15
  • Level 7
    • ​Resonation (W)
      • Slow amount increased from 40 to 50%
  • Level 13
    • ​Nullification (Active)
      • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds
  • Level 16
    • ​Psionic Echo (W)
      • Window between casts increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
  • Level 20
    • Twilight Archon (R)
      • The cooldown for Archon will no longer tick down while the Archon effect is active
    • Force Barrier (R)
      • Cooldown reduction on Force Wall reduced from 6 to 5 seconds

2017-02-08 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Kael'thas: Fixed an issue that could cause Pyroblast’s targeting indicator to persist indefinitely when targeting a Hero as they become Unrevealable.

2017-01-27 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: Fixed an issue causing damage absorbed by Plasma Shield to display as double on the tab/score screen.
  • Tassadar: Fixed an issue in which Basic Attacks did not always count toward Templar’s Will quest progress.
  • Tassadar: Khala’s Light will no longer grant Armor to Structures affected by Plasma Shield.

2017-01-24 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack
    • Damage reduced from 69 to 10
    • Attack speed increased by 400%
    • Tether range has been slightly increased
    • Added Functionality:
      • Your basic attacks are channeled and slow the target’s Movement Speed by 20%

Abilities

  • Oracle (Trait)
    • No longer costs Mana
    • Cooldown reduced from 40 to 30 seconds
    • Radius decreased by roughly 16%
  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Cooldown increased from 5 to 8 seconds
    • Duration increased from 5 to 8 seconds
    • Mana cost increased from 40 to 50
    • Shield amount increased from 342 to 550
    • Removed Functionality:
      • No longer gains 50% strength on allied Heroes
    • Added Functionality:
      • Now grants the target 20% Life Steal on Basic Attacks (while Shielded)
  • Psionic Storm (W)
    • Damage decreased from 55 to 44
    • Added Functionality:
      • Damage increases by 12% for each consecutive instance of damage
  • Dimensional Shift (E)
    • Cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds
    • Duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
    • Added Functionality:
      • Now grants 25% Movement Speed for the duration
    • You can now cancel out of Dimensional Shift early by re-activating the hotkey (Default: E)
  • Archon (R)
    • Attack Damage increased from 111 to 175
    • Duration decreased from 12 to 10 seconds
    • Added Functionality:
      • Your Basic Attacks slow enemies by 40% for 1 second
    • Added Functionality:
      • Passively refreshes the cooldown of Dimensional Shift on activation
    • Removed Functionality:
      • No longer grants a generic Shield on activation
    • Added Functionality:
      • Now grants Tassadar a Plasma Shield on activation
  • Force Wall (R)
    • Range increased from 8 to 10
    • Added Functionality:
      • Passively increases the slow amount of Tassadar’s Basic Attacks from 20 to 30%

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Conjurer’s Pursuit (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Reinforce Structure (Q)
      • Removed
    • Overload (W)
      • Removed
    • Psi-Infusion (W)
      • New functionality:
        • Quest: Restores 1 Mana for every non-Structure enemy damaged by Psionic Storm
        • Quest Reward: After restoring 500 Mana, increase the area of Psionic Storm by 20%
        • Quest Reward: After restoring 1000 Mana, increase the damage of your Psionic Storm by 20%
    • New Talent: Templar’s Will (Passive)
      • Quest: Attacking enemy Heroes restores 4 Mana per second
      • Quest Reward: After slowing Heroes for 30 seconds, increase your Basic Attack range by 20%
      • Quest Reward: After slowing Heroes for 60 seconds, increase your Basic Attack range by an additional 20%
    • New Talent: Khaydarin Resonance (Passive)
      • Quest: Regeneration Globes grant an additional 50% Mana
      • Quest Reward: After collecting 20 Regeneration Globes, 50% of your Plasma Shield’s value remains after expiration
      • Quest Reward: After collecting 40 Regeneration Globes, your Plasma Shield’s no longer have a duration
  • Level 4
    • Leeching Plasma (Q)
      • Removed
    • Healing Ward (Active)
      • Removed
    • Promote (Active)
      • Removed
    • Mental Acuity (Trait)
      • Moved to Level 7
      • New functionality:
        • Quest: Each takedown lowers the cooldown of Oracle by 3 seconds, to a max of 15 seconds
        • Quest Reward: Upon reaching 15 seconds of cooldown reduction, increase the sight range of Oracle by 50%
    • New Talent: Khala's Embrace (Q)
      • Increases the Life Steal of your Plasma Shield by an additional 20%
    • New Talent: Khala’s Light(Q)
      • Upon the expiration or breaking of Plasma Shield, grant the target 25 Armor for 3 seconds
    • New Talent: Khala’s Celerity (Q)
      • Plasma Shield grants 25% Movement Speed for 5 seconds
  • Level 7
    • Khala’s Embrace (Q)
      • Removed
    • Static Charge (W)
      • Removed
    • Calldown: MULE (Active)
      • Removed
    • Deep Shift (E)
      • Moved to Tier 5
      • New functionality:
        • Dimensional Shift’s Movement Speed and duration are increased by 50%
    • New Talent: Psionic Projection (Q, W)
      • Increases the range of your Plasma Shield and Psionic Storm abilities by 40%
  • Level 13
    • Distortion Beam (Passive)
      • Removed
    • Prescience (E)
      • Removed
    • Scryer (Trait)
      • Removed
    • Shrink Ray (Active)
      • Removed
    • New Talent: Nullification (Active)
      • Activate to reduce target Hero's damage by 75% for 3 seconds
    • New Talent: Adun's Wisdom (Trait)
      • While Oracle is active, your Basic Abilities cooldown 50% faster
  • Level 16
    • Evasive Shielding (Q)
      • Removed
    • Dimensional Warp (E)
      • Removed
    • Resonation (W)
      • Moved to Level 7
      • New functionality:
        • Distortion Beam’s slow amount is increased to 40% while attacking an enemy affected by Psionic Storm
    • Second Strike (W)
      • Renamed to Psionic Echo
      • The window to cast the second Psionic Storm has been reduced from 3 to 1.5 seconds
    • New Talent: Phase Disruption (W)
      • Enemies affected by Psionic Storm have their Physical Armor reduced by 25
    • New Talent: Focused Beam (Trait)
      • While Oracle is active, your Basic Attacks deal an additional 1% of an enemy Heroes maximum Health
  • Level 20
    • Storm Shield (Active)
      • Removed
    • Rewind (Active)
      • Removed
    • Twilight Archon (R)
      • New functionality:
        • Basic Attacks while in Archon refresh the duration of Archon
    • Force Barrier (R)
      • New functionality:
        • Decreases the cooldown by 50% and increases the range by 100%
    • New Talent: Shield Battery (Active)
      • Activate to grant all nearby allies a base version Plasma Shield
    • New Talent: Prismatic Link (Passive)
      • Basic Attacks can now bounce to two nearby enemy targets for 50% damage

Developer Comments: We absolutely love releasing reworks and this one was a long-time-coming, as Tassadar has had a bit of an identity crisis from the moment he stepped foot into the Nexus. We knew that the design direction and changes were going to need to be a bit more expansive in scope compared to most of our other reworks, but we did our best to keep him as true to his High Templar heritage as possible. Our goals were to embrace him as a true utility- based support mage. The new "Distortion Beam" Basic Attack should allow you to help peel for your allies as well as secure kills that would be otherwise unobtainable. Plasma Shield has gained baseline utility that will continue to empower Basic Attackers, while also offering more diverse talents in order to better react to enemy and ally compositions. Archon has been surgically buffed and given a passive reset for Dimensional Shift which should be great news for our old-school fans as we fully expect to see a resurgence of back-line infiltration play. Overall, we hope the changes reinvigorate our steadfast Tassadar players while integrating many new ones into the Khala. En Taro Tassadar.

Level (Tier) Tassadar TALENTS
1 (1) (!)Psi-Infusion (W) (!)The Templar's Will (Passive) (!)Khaydarin Resonance (Q)
4 (2) Khala's Momentum (Q) Khala's Cradle (Q) Khala's Touch (Q)
7 (3) Psionic Projection (Q, W) Resonation (Passive) (!)Mental Acuity (Trait)
10 (4) Archon Force Wall
13 (5) Adun's Wisdom (Trait) Deep Shift (E) Nullification (Active)
16 (6) Phase Disruption (W) Psionic Echo (W) Focused Beam (Trait)
20 (7) Twilight Archon (R) Force Barrier (R) Shield Battery (Active) Prismatic Link (Passive)
  • (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
  • Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
  • Bold text indicates a MOVED Talent.

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar: Distortion Beam will now correctly play sound effects when attacking enemy Walls, Gates, and Towers.

2016-11-15 Patch Notes

Design & Gameplay

Stealth

  • Abilities that reveal Stealthed/Cloaked Heroes will no longer remove the Stealth/Cloak effect, but will instead temporarily reveal the cloaked Hero.
  • The following talents now function while under the effects of Stealth granted by another player (ex: Tyrande’s Shadowstalk):
    • Nova
      • Tactical Espionage
      • Advanced Cloaking
      • Covert Ops
    • Samuro
      • Way of the Wind
      • Harsh Winds

Developer Comments: Some revealers, like Oracle from Tassadar and now Scouting Drone, are very binary in their ability to reveal Heroes, by design. But their purpose is to provide scouting and position of the enemy, and not to negate the effects of Talents or Abilities that rely on Stealth to provide their benefit. While examining these conditional Talents, we decided that it would be more interesting to allow synergies between external sources of Stealth these Talents. We like that choices like Tyrande’s Shadowstalk or Medivh’s Invisibility become more interesting if you have allies that gain additional benefits from Stealth on your team.


2016-09-13 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Calldown: MULE: Will now properly acquire a new repair target if the Structure it is actively repairing is destroyed.

2016-05-17 Patch Notes

Talents

Conjurer's Pursuit

  • A reward has been added to this Questing Talent.
    • Quest: Gather Regeneration Globes to permanently increase Mana Regeneration by 0.10 per second, up to a maximum of 2.5 per second.
    • Reward: After gathering 25 Regeneration Globes, also increases maximum Mana by 100.

Developer Comments: We’ve added a completion point to this Talent. Upon completing its quest, players will be provided with some additional power. This allows us to offer spikes of power in-between Talent levels, or even for a single player on a team. Now, simply picking the Talent and only partially completing it is worse, but finishing the quest will return a larger reward. Choosing the right Talents on the right Battleground or with the right team composition has always been an important goal for us, and this change pushes this Talent to closer align with that goal.


2016-03-29 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • The visual effects for Tassadar’s Dimensional Shift will now properly display if it is cast after breaking the Stealth effect applied by Tyrande’s Shadowstalk.

2016-03-01 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Towers will now properly fire Ammo provided by an allied Calldown: MULE immediately after 2 Ammo has been restored.

2016-02-02 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Lethal damage will no longer improperly trigger the cooldown for Tassadar’s Prescience Talent.

2015-12-15 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Can now be cast on allies located in the Hall of Storms

2015-10-06 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Shield amount decreased from 200 (+40 per level) to 150 (+30 per level)
    • Shield amount is now increased by 50% when cast on other allied Heroes
    • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 40
    • Cooldown reduced from 8 to 5 seconds
    • Leeching Plasma (Talent)
      • Basic Attack damage returned as Health increased from 20% to 30%
    • Evasive Shielding (Talent)
      • Movement Speed bonus duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
  • Archon (R)
    • Reduced Archon’s Basic Attack damage from 64 (+12 per level) to 51.2 (+9.6 per level).

Developer Comments: It’s important that Tassadar players can queue for Quick Match and not be worried that they are going to cause a negative experience for their team. A Tassadar player who chooses the Support Talents will be much more viable as a Support character. We still expect Tassadar to put out smaller numbers when compared to the highest healing Supports, but with the huge amount of utility Tassadar brings, we think this is an okay trade off. The second change here targets Archon providing a little too much power; we’ve reduced some numbers to tune him appropriately. Internally, we’ve seen more Force Wall play as a result, which has been exciting.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a longstanding issue with Tassadar’s Twilight Archon tooltip. The Shield amounts and Damage bonus will now state a 50% increase, instead of the previous 35%. There is no gameplay impact with this change.
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent Tassadar's Plasma Shield with the Khala’s Embrace Talent from providing bonus Shields to Structures.

2015-08-18 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Spell Shield (Talent) removed
  • Oracle (Trait) (D)
    • Cooldown increased from 30 to 40 seconds
    • Mental Acuity (Talent)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 15 to 20 seconds
  • Plasma Shield (Q)
    • Mana Cost decreased from 60 to 50
    • Minion Bulwark (Talent) removed
    • Reinforce Structure (Talent) moved from Level 4 to Level 1
  • Psionic Storm (W)
    • Mana Cost decreased from 65 to 50
    • Psi-Infusion (Talent)
      • Mana returned per target hit reduced from 7 to 5

Bug Fixes

  • Right-clicking Tassadar as he begins using Dimensional Shift will no longer cause the auto-attack reticule to appear while he is invisible.

2015-06-30 Patch Notes

Talents

Promote

  • Minions no longer gain 300% increased Health and 100% increased damage
    • Instead, the targeted Minion now takes 75% reduced damage from non-Heroic targets, and deals 100% bonus damage to non-Heroic targets

Spell Shield

  • Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds

2015-05-12 Patch Notes

Talents

Healing Ward

  • Can now be struck by Area of Effect Abilities
  • Healing Wards now have 50 (+15 per level) Health

Promote

  • Buff duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds

Hero Updates

  • Oracle (Trait)
    • Now reveals enemy units slightly faster

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar’s Oracle properly reveals Zagara’s Creep Tumors once again.

2015-03-24 Patch Notes

Talents

Healing Ward

  • Duration increased from 10 to 15 seconds
  • Heal amount reduced from 3% to 2% of max Health per second

Hero Updates

  • Force Wall (R)
    • Cost reduced from 75 to 35 Mana
    • Force Wall now forms 50% faster

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar’s Overload Talent now properly applies its range increase to subsequent Psionic Storm casts granted via the Second Strike Talent.
  • Tassadar's Distortion Beam will now more appropriately track Chen and The Lost Vikings when they are in their Wandering Keg and Longboat Raid! forms.
  • The debuff effect for Tassadar's Static Charge Talent will no longer reveal cloaked unit locations.

2015-02-10 Patch Notes

Talents

Calldown: MULE

  • Multiple M.U.L.E.s can no longer repair the same structure.
  • Duration reduced from 60 to 40 seconds; Cooldown remains 60 seconds
  • M.U.L.E.s now restore ammunition more quickly.
  • M.U.L.E. Health is now 140 (+43 per level), rather than remaining at 500 Health for the duration of the match.

Rewind

  • Has been moved from Level 13 to Level 20
  • Has been removed from many Heroes
  • Found on the following Heroes:
    • Anub'arak, Arthas, Brightwing, Nova, Malfurion, Muradin, Murky, Tassadar, Tyrande, Rehgar, Zeratul

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue in which Shrink Ray could fail to apply its 50% damage reduction if the target had already begun casting an Ability prior to coming under Shrink Ray’s effects.
  • Fixed an issue in which Tassadar could gain additional range on Psionic Storm when selecting the talent Second Strike.
  • Grave Golems will now properly ignore Tassadar’s Force Wall.
  • Tassadar will no longer display a targeting reticule during Dimensional Shift if he was being actively targeted before casting the Ability.

2015-01-13 Patch Notes

Talents

Calldown: MULE

  • MULE intelligence has been increased!
    • MULEs now prioritize repairing Structures over replenishing ammunition (if a building has ammunition, its ammunition will still be replenished while it is being repaired.)
    • MULEs will now prioritize Town Halls and Towers, then Gates and Moonwells, and then Walls.
  • If two Structures with equal priority are in range of the MULE’s placement, it will begin repairing the one it was dropped closer to.
  • After all Structures in range are healed, a MULE will then prioritize based on their need for ammunition.

Resurgence of the Storm

  • This Talent has been removed from the game.

Hero Updates

  • Oracle (Trait)
    • Now reveals all cloaked units, including Zagara’s Creep Tumors.

Bug Fixes

  • Casting Tassadar’s Dimensional Shift immediately after being struck by Tyrande’s Sentinel will no longer cause the revealed indicator to persist on Tassadar until his next death.
  • The duration bar for Tassadar’s Archon will no longer remain visible on the death screen if Tassadar is killed while transforming into his Archon form.
  • The visual effects for Valla’s Manticore Talent will no longer persist on Tassadar during Dimensional Shift.

2014-12-10 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Activating the Rewind Talent will no longer refresh cooldowns for certain activated Traits.

2014-12-02 Patch Notes

Talents

Conjurer's Pursuit

  • Now also increases Mana regeneration by 0.5 per second in addition to its other effects

Promote

  • Now heals the target to full Health
  • Now has a 15 second duration
  • Charge cooldowns have been reduced from 60 to 30 seconds

Resurgence of the Storm

  • Cooldown increased from 120 to 180 seconds

Rewind

  • Now refreshes all Basic Ability cooldowns rather than reducing them by 10 seconds
  • Cooldown increased from 60 to 90 seconds

Hero Updates

  • Basic Attack
    • Distortion Beam (Talent)
      • Slow amount reduced from 25% to 20%
  • Oracle (Trait)
    • Duration reduced from 7 to 5 seconds
    • Mental Acuity (Talent)
      • Now reduces cooldown by 15 seconds, up from 10
    • Scryer (Talent)
      • Movement Speed bonus increased from 15% to 20%
  • Psionic Storm (W)
    • Cast range reduced from 10 to 9
    • Overload (Talent)
      • No longer increases Psionic Storm damage
      • Now increases Psionic Storm cast range by 33%
    • Psi-Infusion (Talent)
      • Mana restored increased from 5 to 7 per target struck by Psionic Storm
    • Static Charge (Talent)
      • Critical Strike damage reduced from 100% to 75% of Tassadar’s Basic Attack damage
    • Second Strike (Talent)
      • Time between casts reduced from 3 to 2 seconds
  • Void Shift (E)
    • Deep Shift (Talent)
      • Duration increased from 0.75 to 1.5 seconds
    • Prescience (Talent)
      • Effect cooldown reduced from 60 to 45 seconds
  • Archon (R)
    • Duration reduced from 15 to 12 seconds

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar will no longer become revealed until his next death after using Dimensional Shift to clear Tyrande's Sentinel.
  • When triggered by the Prescience Talent, Tassadar's Dimensional Shift will no longer disrupt Stitches’ Gorge.

2014-10-07 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar’s Second Strike Talent no longer allows Psionic Storm to be cast repeatedly for free.

2014-09-10 Patch Notes

Talents

Healing Ward

  • Heal amount increased from 2% to 3% per tick

Promote

  • Health gain increased from 200% to 300%

Storm Shield

  • Target search radius increased from 5 to 8

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar’s Psionic Storm Ability can no longer damage enemy Heroes while they are under the effects of Zagara’s Devouring Maw Heroic Ability.
  • The Calldown: MULE Talent can no longer be cast at locations in which the player does not have vision.

2014-07-23 Patch Notes

Talents

Healing Ward

  • Has been moved from Level 1 to Level 4

Rewind

  • Has been moved from Level 16 to Level 13

Spell Shield

  • The functionality of this talent has changed.
  • Upon taking Ability Damage, now gain a shield that reduces all Ability Damage taken by 50% for 2 seconds. This can only occur once every 30 seconds.

Hero Updates

  • Psionic Storm (W)
    • Psi-Infusion (Talent)
      • Moved from level 4 to Level 1

Bug Fixes

  • Tassadar's Psionic Storm ability can no longer be cast slightly outside its intended range.

2014-06-25 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Tassadar has received significant Talent and Ability changes.
  • Oracle (D)
    • New Talent (Level 4): Mental Acuity
      • Reduces Oracle’s cooldown by 10 seconds
  • Plasma Shield
    • New Talent (Level 1): Minion Bulwark
      • Increases the Shield amount by 50% and no longer expires when cast on Minions and Mercenaries
    • New Talent (Level 4): Leeching Plasma
      • While Plasma Shield is active, the target’s Basic Attacks return 20% of damage dealt as Health
    • New Talent (Level 16): Evasive Shielding
      • Plasma Shield’s target gains 25% increased Movement Speed for 4 seconds.
  • Time Warp (W) and its supporting Talents have been removed.
  • New Ability (W): Psionic Storm
    • Long range Ability which deals damage to enemies in the targeted area
    • New Talent (Level 1): Overload
      • Increases Psionic Storm damage by 20%
    • New Talent (Level 4): Psi-Infusion
      • Returns 5 Mana for each target initially hit by Psionic Storm.
    • New Talent (Level 7): Static Charge
      • Enemies hit by Psionic Storm are marked with a Static Charge
      • Basic Attacks against a marked target consume the Static Charge and deal additional damage.
    • New Talent (Level 16): Second Strike
      • After casting Psionic Storm, the next Psionic Storm within 3 seconds is free
        • Damage does not stack when multiple Psionic Storms are cast on top of one another
    • New Talent (Level 16): Resonation
      • Enemies are now slowed when hit by Psionic Storm
  • Void Shift (E)
    • Has been renamed to Dimensional Shift
    • New Talent (Level 7): Deep Shift
      • Increases Dimensional Shift duration by 50%
  • Twilight Messiah (R)
    • Has been renamed to Archon
    • Cooldown reduced from 120 to 100 seconds.
    • Shield amount reduced from 210 to 200
    • Basic Attack splash radius increased from 1 to 2
    • Shadow Messiah (Talent)
      • Has been renamed to Twilight Archon
  • Force Wall (R)
    • Force Gate (Talent) has been removed
    • New Talent (Level 20): Force Barrier
      • Increases Force Wall range by 50%
      • Increases Force Wall duration by 1 second

2014-05-22 Patch Notes

Talents

Calldown: MULE

  • Changed from target structure to target point
  • The MULE now repairs the closest structure when cast. If the structure reaches full health, the MULE will seek out another structure to repair.

Promote

  • Now stores up to 2 charges

Hero Updates

  • Base health reduced from 800 to 750
  • Health gained per level reduced from 145 to 125
  • Void Shift
    • Duration reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds

Bug Fixes

  • Overkill no longer continues to target or damage enemy heroes that Tychus has lost sight of, such as Tassadar using Void Shift, or Abathur casting Ultimate Evolution.
  • Tassadar’s Oracle ability now properly reveals cloaked enemy heroes.

2014-04-15 Patch Notes

Talents

  • General
    • Calldown: MULE duration reduced from 90 to 60 seconds.

Hero Updates

  • Plasma Shield cooldown increased from 6 to 8 seconds.
  • Health reduced from 850 (+160 per level) to 800 (+145 per level).

Bug Fixes

  • Calldown: MULE can now be cast when the casting hero is underground on the Haunted Mines.