Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes — November 1, 2017
Official Patch Notes v 2.28.5
We just released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm in order to apply balance changes alongside a few bug fixes.
Design
Stealth
- Bouncing or chaining abilities (Chain Lightning, Shadow Dagger, etc.) will now bounce to targets that are outside allied vision.
Heroes
| Assassin | Specialist | Support | Warrior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junkrat | Azmodan | Kharazim | Garrosh |
| Raynor | Zagara | Stukov | Leoric |
| Tychus | Muradin | ||
| Valla | |||
| Zul'jin |
Assassin
Junkrat
Stats
- Base Maximum Health increased from 1273 to 1350
- Health Regeneration increased from 2.7 to 2.8
Abilities
- Frag Launcher (Q)
- Damage increased from 117 to 128
Talents
- Level 4
- Taste for Explosions (Q)
- Damage decreased from .75 to .5 per hit, maximum damage decreased from 150 to 100
- Bonzer Hits (W)
- Bonus damage increased from 30 to 40%
- Gotta Trap 'Em All (E)
- Heroes hit requirement reduced from 8 to 7
- Taste for Explosions (Q)
- Level 7
- Sticky Wicket (E)
- Slow duration increased from 3 to 3.5 seconds
- Sticky Wicket (E)
Raynor
Abilities
- Adrenaline Rush (E)
- Cooldown reduced from 40 to 30 seconds
Talents
- Level 4
- Relentless Leader (Passive)
- Cooldown reduction of Adrenaline Rush decreased from 15 to 10 seconds
- Relentless Leader (Passive)
Tychus
Stats
- Basic Attack Damage increased from 44 to 48
Abilities
- Overkill (Q)
- Primary Damage increased from 43 to 46
- Secondary damage increased from 21 to 23
Valla
Abilities
- Hungering Arrow (Q)
- Primary damage reduced from 151 to 140
- Secondary (bounce) damage reduced from 86 to 80
Talents
- Level 1
- Caltrops (E)
- Time required at 10 stacks of Hatred to unlock reward reduced from 180 to 160 seconds
- Caltrops (E)
Zul'jin
Abilities
- Guillotine (R)
- Cooldown increased from 30 to 40 seconds
Talents
- Level 1
- Boneslicer (Q)
- Mana refund increased from 10 to 15
- Boneslicer (Q)
- Level 4
- Voodoo Shuffle (Active)
- Cooldown and Mana cost reduction increased from 33 to 40%
- Voodoo Shuffle (Active)
- Level 7
- Ferocity (Passive)
- Attack speed bonus increased from 35 to 40%
- Vicious Assault (Q)
- Damage bonus increased from 30 to 35%
- Ferocity (Passive)
- Level 13
- Eye of Zul'jin (Passive)
- Movement speed per stack increased from 3 to 6%
- Cap remains at 30%
- Movement speed per stack increased from 3 to 6%
- Eye of Zul'jin (Passive)
Specialist
Azmodan
Abilities
- General of Hell (D)
- No longer grants additional Minion & Mercenary Health
- Minion & Mercenary damage increased from 15 to 25%
Talents
- Level 1
- Sieging Wrath (Q) Undocumented
- Damage per player hit reduced from 4 to 3
- Damage needed to unlock quest reduced from 100 to 90
- Quest completion requirement increased from 25 to 30 Heroes hit by Globe of Annihilation
- Sieging Wrath (Q) Undocumented
Zagara
Abilities
- Nydus Network (R)
- Charge cooldown increased from 60 to 100 seconds
Support
Kharazim
Talents
- Level 1
- Iron Fists (Trait)
- Movement Speed bonus reduced from 30 to 25%
- Transcendence (Trait)
- Added Functionality:
- Now also grants Kharazim 25% Movement Speed on the third punch
- Added Functionality:
- Insight (Trait)
- Added Functionality:
- Now also grants Kharazim 25% Movement Speed on the third punch
- Added Functionality:
- Iron Fists (Trait)
Stukov
Stats
- Base Maximum Health increased from 1590 to 1682
- Health regen increased from 3.31 to 3.5
Warrior
Garrosh
Talents
- Level 16
- Earthshaker (E)
- Stun duration decreased from .75 to .6 seconds
- Earthshaker (E)
Leoric
Abilities
- Entomb (R)
- Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds
Talents
- Level 4
- Kneel Peasants! (Q)
- Damage bonus to Minions increased from 75 to 100%
- Kneel Peasants! (Q)
Muradin
Abilities
- Storm Bolt (Q)
- Mana cost decreased from 50 to 45
- Second Wind (Trait) Partially Documented
- Base Heal effect per second increased from 53 to 55
- Critical Heal effect per second increased from 106 to 111
Talents
- Level 1
- Third Wind (Trait) Partially Documented
- Base Heal effect per second increased from 80 to 83
- Critical Heal effect per second increased from 159 to 166
- Third Wind (Trait) Partially Documented
- Level 4
- Sledgehammer (Q)
- Bonus damage increased from 300% to 350%
- Sledgehammer (Q)
- Level 7
- Skullcracker (Passive)
- Damage bonus increased from 60 to 70%
- Heavy Impact (E)
- Adjusted functionality:
- Now slows enemies by 80% for .75 seconds
- Adjusted functionality:
- Skullcracker (Passive)
Bug Fixes
Heroes, Abilities, and Talents
- Kerrigan: Triggering the Double Strike Talent after learning Fury of the Storm will no longer cause the next Basic Attack to deal more than the intended amount of cleave damage to secondary targets.
- Muradin: After learning Thunder Burn, Thunder Clap will no longer fail to fire a second time if an enemy was struck by the outer-edge of the initial cast’s area of effect.
- Muradin: Fixed an issue causing Muradin’s Second Wind Trait and Third Wind Talent to restore less than the intended amount of Health.
- Nazeebo: The Superstition Talent’s visual effects will no longer persist after Nazeebo is killed.
- Zul’jin: The Troll’s Blood Talent will now correctly restore 10% of Zul’jin’s maximum Mana when Regeneration channeling completes.
User Interface
- Draft Mode: Fixed an issue that prevented players from selecting the Garden Shambler Murky Skin in draft lobbies.