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General

• Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.
• Updated Shop Bundles and Items.

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Map Update

• Snow Brawl has been added to Custom Games.

Volskaya

• The Triglav Protector will now gain 25% increased energy regeneration and the Pilot and Gunner Abilities will both recharge 25% faster while both slots are occupied.

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Hero Updates

Chen

Talents

• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg
    • Wandering Keg updated to be a targeted forced Quick cast instead of a Self cast.

Samuro

General

• Order of buffs in the Buff bar has been updated to match the order in which talents are gained.
• Samuro can no longer target a Mirror Image that is affected by launch effects (Example: Phase Prism).
• Samuro will no longer mi...

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Map Update

Volskaya

• The Triglav Protector will now gain 25% increased energy regeneration and the Pilot and Gunner Abilities will both recharge 25% faster while both slots are occupied.

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Hero Updates

Chen

Talents

• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg
    • Wandering Keg updated to be a targeted forced Quick cast instead of a Self cast.

Samuro

General

• Order of buffs in the Buff bar has been updated to match the order in which talents are gained.
• Samuro can no longer target a Mirror Image that is affected by launch effects (Example: Phase Prism).
• Samuro will no long...

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General

• Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.
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Balance Updates

ARAM

• Same Hero Mode
  • Same Hero mode now enables Health & Mana regeneration at base, reduced from 8% per second to 3.2% per second.
  • Same Hero mode now enables the Hearthstone ability without the burst heal after completion.
  • Reduced the chance of encountering Same Hero Mode from 2% to .5%.
  • Sgt. Hammer has been added to Same Hero mode.
  • The following Heroes have been removed from Same Hero Mode: Alarak, Artanis, Butcher, Cassia, Falstad, Genji, Greymane, Gul'dan, Hogger, Illidan, Imperius, Junkrat, Kael'thas, Kel'Thuzad, Kerrigan, Li-Ming, Lunara, Maiev, Mephisto, Orphea, Raynor, Thrall, Tracer, Tychus, Whitemane, Zarya, Zeratul, Zul'jin.

Heroes

B...

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Hero Updates

Chromie

Talents

• Level 10
  • Temporal Loop
    • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.

Garrosh

Base

• Bloodthirst [W]
  • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Body Check
    • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.

Guldan

Base

• Drain Life [W]
  • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.

Kel'Thuzad

Talents

• Level 10
  • Frost Blast
    • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.

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ARAM

• Same...

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Balance Updates

Heroes

Brightwing

Talents

• Level 1
  • Hyper Shift
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 1 to .5 seconds.
    • Healing reduced from 6% to 4% of maximum Health.

Genji

Talents

• Level 1
  • Agile Dismount
    • Slow reduced from 30% to 25%.
  • Pathfinder
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 25% to 30%.
• Level 7
  • Cyber Shield
    • Armor bonus reduced from 50 to 40.
• Level 10
  • X-Strike
    • Final damage reduced from 290 to 275.
    • Initial damage reduced from 145 to 135.
• Level 13
  • Shingan
    • Damage reduced from 115 to 100.

Mephisto

Talents

• Level 4
  • Sp...

Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes - July 15, 2024

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Heroes

Brightwing

Talents

• Level 1
  • Hyper Shift
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 1 to .5 seconds.
    • Healing reduced from 6% to 4% of maximum Health.

Genji

Talents

• Level 1
  • Agile Dismount
    • Slow reduced from 30% to 25%.
  • Pathfinder
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 25% to 30%.
• Level 7
  • Cyber Shield
    • Armor bonus reduced from 50 to 40.
• Level 10
  • X-Strike
    • Final damage reduced from 290 to...

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ARAM

General

• Varian is now classified as a Tank.

Same Hero Mode

• Artanis has been added.
• Hogger has been added.
• Leoric has been added. (Leoric is still disabled for Normal Mode).
• Whitemane has been added.
• Zarya has been added.
• Nova has been removed.
• Probius has been removed.

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Balance Updates

Heroes

Arthas

Base

• Health Regeneration increased from 5.957 to 6.208.
• Maximum Health increased from 2860 to 2980.
• Death Coil [Q]
  • Healing increased from 262 to 285.
• Frozen Tempest [E]
  • Mana cost per second reduced from 13 to 11.

Talents

• Level 13
  • Biting Cold [E]
    • Damage increase is now additive.
• Level 16
  • Embrace Death [Q]
    • Now grants an additive bonus to Death Coil's damage.

Ho...

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ARAM

General

• Varian is now classified as a Tank.

Same Hero Mode

• Artanis has been added.
• Hogger has been added.
• Leoric has been added. (Leoric is still disabled for Normal Mode).
• Whitemane has been added.
• Zarya has been added.
• Nova has been removed.
• Probius has been removed.

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Balance Updates

Heroes

Arthas

Base

• Health Regeneration increased from 5.957 to 6.375.
• Maximum Health increased from 2860 to 2980.
• Death Coil [Q]
  • Healing increased from 262 to 285.
• Frozen Tempest [E]
  • Mana cost per second reduced from 13 to 11.

Talents

• Level 13
  • Biting Cold [E]
    • Damage increase is now additive.
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General

• Added XP given to enemy display. This will show up as purple floating text for the player that had their Hero slain.

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Balance Update

Heroes

• Li Li
  • Jug of 1,000 Cups healing increased from 66 to 75.
• Medivh
  • Mage Armor duration increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
  • Mage Armor increased from 30 to 40 Armor.
• Nova
  • Advanced Cloaking bonus mana regen increased from 3 to 6.
  • Anti-Armor Shells duration increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.

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Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed an anchor offset on Hero Select display.
• Fixed an issue that caused Shielding to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap.
• Fixed an issue that caused Hellbats and Gnolls to reduce the Armor of enemies before damage was dealt.
• F...

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General

• Added XP given to enemy display.

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Balance Update

Heroes

• Li Li
  • Jug of 1,000 Cups healing increased from 66 to 80.
• Medivh
  • Mage Armor duration increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • Mage Armor increased from 30 to 50 Armor.
• Nova
  • Advanced Cloaking bonus mana regen increased from 3 to 6.
  • Anti-Armor Shells duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.

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Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed an anchor offset on Hero Select display.
• Fixed an issue that caused Shielding to not be displayed corr...

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General

Game Camera

• Camera Follow releash timer increased from 6 seconds to 12 seconds.
• You can now pan the camera further away from your Hero with Camera Lock enabled before it will prevent further panning.

User Interface

• Floating text display for last hits updated to golden display.
• Fixed an issue that allowed the Active Ability Hotkey Buttons to be dragged in the Hotkey Menu.
• Holding down Shift or Control will now also register as having the announcement modifier held for clicking on in the Top Bar.

ARAM

• Base experience value of Experience Globes increased from 80 to 160.
• Experience value of Melee Minions reduced from 84 to 0.
• Experience value of Wizard Minions reduced from 75 to 0.
• Experience value of Ranged Minions reduced from 72 to 0.

Observ...

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Observer UI

• D.Va's Mech Healthbar is now displayed in the observer interface's top bar.
• Misha's Healthbar is now displayed in the observer interface's top bar.
• The Lost Vikings Healthbars are now displayed in the observer interface's top bar.
• XP Globes are now displayed as Blue for the left team and Gray for the right team.

Icons

• Abathur
  • Changed Icon color for Locust Strain.
• Anub'arak
  • Changed Icon color for Chitinous Plating.
• Blaze...

We are happy to announce our next Heroes of the Storm patch has been released which is mainly centered around multiple bug fixes that were reported by the community.

Bug Fixes

Heroes

• Abathur
  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Monstrositty from using the Force Move command.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Ultimate Evolutions of Lost Vikings talents when cloning a Viking who had selected select talents.
• Alexstrasza
  • Fixed an issue that caused Flames of Fury to not reduce the amount of Mana gained from hitting an ignited enemy with Flame Buffet.
  • Fixed an issue that Dragon Scales could be refreshed when requirements were met while the buff was still up.
• Anduin
  • Fixed an issue that caused Speed of the Pious to not grant cooldown reduction when bringing an allied Hero to full health with Divine Star.
• Blaze
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Bunker to be destroyed by the Punisher on Infernal Shrines in a single hit.
  • Fixed an issue where Blaze's Ignited O...

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General

• Hero Rotation will update every 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd of every month.
• Each new Season will now have 4 New Seasonal Quests for new Ranked Season.

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Collection

• Epic Chaos Lizard Mount has been added for Login reward.
• Spectral Butcher Skin is now available for purchase.

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This June marks the seven-year anniversary of Heroes of the Storm. Combining legendary characters from all of our universes, it naturally brought players together into a truly unique experience. Heroes and its community are home to some of the most passionate gamers from around the world and we’re committed to making sure that you can continue to enjoy your adventures through the Nexus.  

Moving forward we will support Heroes in a manner similar to our other longstanding games, StarCraft and StarCraft II. In the future, we’ll continue seasonal rolls and hero rotations, and while the in-game shop will remain operational there are no plans for new for-purchase content to be added. Future patches will primarily focus on client sustainability and bug fixing, with balance updates coming as needed.

As a token of our appreciation, we are gifting the incredibly rare Epic Arcane Lizard mount to all players with next week’s patch.

To our Heroes community, we say, “thank you”. You continue t...

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Tank

Anub'arak

Talents

• Level 1
  • Nerubian Armor [W]
    • Spell Armor increased from 20 to 25.
• Level 7
  • Subterranean Shield [E]
    • Shield increased from 345 to 400.
• Level 13
  • Urticating Spines [W]
    • Damage increased from 80 to 90.
  • Acid Drenched Mandibles [Passive]
    • Damage bonus increased from 70% to 80%.
    • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
• Level 20
  • Cryptweave [R2]
    • Damage over time increased from 50 to 60.

Developer Comment: These talents weren't quite matching up...

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Tank

Diablo

Base

• Black Soulstone [D]
  • Additional functionality: Upon reaching Level 10, Souls consumed when resurrecting is decreased from 100 to 75.

Talents

• Level 13
  • Devastating Charge [Q]
    • Armor reduction increased from 15 to 20.
  • Hellfire [W]
    • Damage per second increased from 30 to 33.

Developer Comment: Diablo is weakened longer than we would like after resurrecting with Black Soulstone, and we want him back wreaking havoc sooner.

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E.T.C.

Base

• Heath increased from 2250 to 2280.
• Healt...

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Building Changes

• Healing Wells
  • Additional Functionality: Healing Wells are now invulnerable, and are destroyed when their nearby Fort or Keep are destroyed. Stand alone Healing Wells on Battlefield of Eternity and Braxis Holdout are destroyed when both Keeps are destroyed.
• Forts
  • Health increased from 12900 to 15450.
• Keeps
  • Health increased from 17000 to 20050.

Developer Comment: We're happy with how Healing Wells function in our ARAM game mode, so we're giving it a try everywhere. Additionally, Forts and Keeps now have additional health as they've absorbed the health of their nearby Healing Wells.

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Heroes Rework: Rehgar

Base

• Attack Damage increased from 106 to 115.
• Attack speed reduced from 1.25 to 1.1...

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Building Changes

• Healing Wells
  • Additional Functionality: Healing Wells are now invulnerable, and are destroyed when their nearby Fort or Keep are destroyed.
• Forts
  • Health increased from 12900 to 15450.
• Keeps
  • Health increased from 17000 to 20050.

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Heroes Rework: Rehgar

Base

• Attack Damage increased from 106 to 115.
• Attack speed red...

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Tank

E.T.C.

Base

• 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 ...