Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes - October 31, 2018

We're about to release a new Heroes of the Storm patch to apply a number of balance changes and bug fixes. Read on for details.

Heroes

Assassin	Specialist	Support	Warrior
Falstad	Zagara	Li Li	Artanis
Kel'Thuzad		Lucio	Blaze
Lunara		Tyrande	Dehaka
		Uther	Mal'Ganis

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Assassin

Falstad

Abilities

Flight (Z)
- Cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds

Talents

Level 20
- Epic Mount (Z)
  - Cooldown reduction increased from 30 to 40 seconds

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Kel'Thuzad

Abilities

Frost Blast (R)
- Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds
- Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50
- Root duration increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds

Talents

Level 1
- Barbed Chains (E)
  - Armor reduction decreased from 15 to 10
Level 7
- Ice Cold (Passive)
  - Damage bonus increased from 250 to 300%
Level 13
- Icy Grasp (W)
  - Frost Nova slow increase changed from 10 to 15%

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Lunara

Talents

Level 7
- Choking Pollen (Q)
  - Damage bonus to enemies afflicted by Nature's Toxin increased from 75 to 85%
  - Damage bonus to enemies afflicted by 3 stacks of Nature's Toxin increased from 125 to 135%

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Specialist

Zagara

Abilities

Nydus Network (R)
- Maximum number of active Nydus Worms reduced from 10 to 4

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Support

Li Li

Abilities

Healing Brew (Q)
- Base healing amount reduced from 190 to 181

Talents

Level 4
- Hindering Winds (E)
  - Duration reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds

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Lucio

Abilities

Crossfade (W)
- Speed Boost Movement Speed increased from 15 to 20%
Amp It Up (E)
- Cooldown reduced from 15 to 13 seconds
- Mana cost reduced from 100 to 90

Talents

Level 1
- We Move Together (W)
  - Removed

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Tyrande

Abilities

Light of Elune (Q)
- Heal amount reduced from 265 to 255
Lunar Flare (E)
- Cooldown increased from 12 to 13 seconds

Talents

Level 1
- Kaldorei Resistance (Q)
  - Spell Armor duration reduced from 3 to 2 seconds
Level 4
- Ranger (W)
  - Bonus maximum range damage increased from 150 to 250%
Level 20
- Iceblade Arrows (Passive)
  - Basic Attack Speed increase reduced from 25 to 20%

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Uther

Abilities

Hammer of Justice (E)
- Stun duration increased from .75 to 1 second

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Warrior

Artanis

Abilities

Phase Prism (E)
- Cooldown reduced from 16 to 14 seconds
- Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60

Talents

Level 13
- Graviton Vortex (E)
  - Mana cost reduction decreased from 35 to 30

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Blaze

Abilities

Oil Spill (W)
- Slow amount increased from 40 to 50%
- Ignited Oil Spill damage reduced from 18 to 16
Jet Propulsion (E)
- Cooldown reduced from 10 to 9 seconds
- Mana cost reduced from 50 to 45
Pyromania (D)
- Armor amount increased from 25 to 35

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Dehaka

Abilities

Brushstalker (Z)
- Cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds

Talents

Level 20
- Apex Predator (Z)
  - Cooldown reduction increased from 25 to 35 seconds

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Mal'Ganis

Abilities

Fel Claws (Q)
- Damage reduced from 72 to 69
Vampiric Touch (Trait)
- Healing against non-Heroic targets reduced from 15 to 10%
Carrion Swarm (R)
- Healing against Heroes reduced from 100 to 75%

Talents

Level 16
- Plague Bats (W)
  - Damage reduced from 85 to 81
- Frenzied Assault (Passive)
  - Bonus Physical Damage increased from 10 to 15%

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Bug Fixes

General

Banner: Fixed an issue with the Roll 20 Esports Banner textures.
Announcer: Fixed an issue that caused the Mal'Ganis announcer pack to change to Malfurion after loading into a game.

Heroes

Ana: Fixed an issue that caused Ana's Level 13 Healing Dart talents to fail to apply to Heroes that were at full health.
Mal'Ganis: Fixed an issue that could grant Mal'Ganis vision from summoned units while the Blind as a Bat talent was active.

User Interface

Fixed an issue causing Level 5 and Level 15 progression reward icons to appear as white squares.

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