Balance Update for Heroes of the Storm

General

• New Bundles
  • The following new bundles are only available for a limited time!
    • Glory to the Firstborn Bundle
    • Reaver Bundle
• New Mount
  • Reaver
  • Solarite Reaver
  • Tal'darim Reaver

• New Skins
  • Fenix
  • Crystalline Ruinwalker Fenix
  • Arcane Ruinwalker Fenix
  • Falstad
  • Spectral Buccaneer Falstad
  • Zagara
  • Smoldering Desert Queen Zagara

Tank

Anub'arak

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Legion of Beetles [Trait]
    • Cooldown to spawn a Beetle increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds
• Level 10
  • Cocoon [R2]
    • Health reduced from 32 to 28
    • This reduces the time that the Cocoon naturally decays from 8 to 7 seconds

Blaze

Base

• Jet Propulsion [E]
  • Cooldown reduced from 9 to 8 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 45 to 40
• Pyromania [Trait]
  • Armor bonus increased from 35 to 40

​Abilities

• Level 4
• Oil Dispersal [W]
  • Additional functionality: Each enemy Hero hit with Flame Stream reduces the cooldown of Oil Spill by 1 second and refunds 5 Mana
• Feeding the Flame [Q]
  • Removed

• Level 10
  • Bunker Drop [R1]
    • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 70 seconds
    • Mana cost reduced from 80 to 70​

• Level 13
  • Suppressive Fire [Q]
    • Spell Power reduction increased from 20% to 25% per stack

• Level 16
  • Thermal Protection [E]
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds

ETC

​Abilities

• Level 1
  • Guitar Hero [E]
    • Additional functionality: Basic Attacks now increase the duration of Guitar Solo by .25 seconds
    • Healing reduced from 50% to 40%
  • Block Party [Trait]
    • Physical Armor amount increased from 50 to 75
• ​Level 4
  • ​Speed Metal [Trait]
    • Bonus Movement Speed increased from 15% to 20%

• ​Level 7​
  • Hammer-On [Passive]
    • Bonus damage increased from 35% to 40%

Garrosh

Base

• Wrecking Ball [E]
  • Cooldown increased from 14 to 16 seconds

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Unrivaled Strength [E]
    • Damage bonus increased from 75% to 125%
  • Body Check [Active]
    • Slow amount reduced from 30% to 35%
    • No longer deals bonus damage or Slow amount based on Armor Up's bonus
    • Additional functionality: Now causes enemies to receive 40% reduced Healing for the next 3 seconds
• Level 7
  • Brute Force [Active]
    • ​Removed
• Level 10
  • Decimate [R1]
    • Slow amount increased from 30% to 40%

• Level 16
  • Mortal Combo [Q]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 9 to 10 seconds
    • Additional Functionality: Now also gives Garrosh cooldown reduction if an enemy Hero is hit by Groundbreaker within 3 seconds of being hit by Wrecking Ball.

• Level 20
  • Deadly Calm [R2]
    • Damage reduction increased from 20% to 25%

Johanna

Base

• Condemn [W]
  • Damage increased from 55 to 58

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Hold Your Ground [Trait]​
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 4 to 5 seconds
    • Shield bonus increased from 50% to 60
• Level 4
  • Eternal Retaliation [W]​
    • Cooldown reduction per enemy hit increased from .5 to .75 seconds
    • Maximum targets reduced from 10 to 8
  • Zealous Glare [E]
    • Shield Glare duration increased from .75 seconds to 1 second
• Level 20
  • Radiating Faith [R2]
    • Additional functionality: Additional enemies hit by Blessed Shield are now Stunned for its full duration

Mal'Ganis

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Winged Guard [W]
    • Physical Armor bonus increased from 50 to 75
  • Vampiric Aura [Trait]
    • Healing increased from 10% to 15% of Physical damage dealt
  • Time to Feed [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 48 to 52
• Level 4
  • Might of Sargeras [W]
    • Armor bonus duration increased from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds
• Level 7
  • Black Claws [Q]
    • Damage bonus increased from 45% to 60%
  • Spreading Plague [E]
    • Duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
  • Nightmare Fuel [Passive]
    • No longer grants Mal'ganis 30% bonus damage while in a bush or after leaving a bush
    • Additional Functionality: Increase the duration of Night Rush by .75 seconds when it is cast from a bush
    • Bonus damage when waking Sleeping targets increased from 150% to 200%
• Level 16​
  • Frenzied Assault [Passive]
    • Bonus Attack Speed increased from 40% to 50%
    • Bonus Physical damage increased from 15% to 20%

Muradin

Abilities

• Level 1​
  • Changed the order of Muradin's Level 1 talents to be the same as other Heroes (Q, W, E, etc.)
  • Third Wind [Trait]
    • Health Restoration rate increased from 83 to 90, and the improved rate from 166 to 180

• Level 4
  • Sledgehammer
    • Additional functionality: Enemy Heroes hit grant an additional stack of his baseline quest
  • Reverberation [W]
    • Additional functionality: Every enemy Hero hit reduces Muradin's Heroic Ability cooldown by 5%Enemy

• Level 7
  • Heavy Impact [E]
    • Slow duration increased from .75 to 1.25 seconds
  • Skullcracker [Passvie]
    • Bonus damage increased from 70% to 90%
• Level 13​
  • Thunder Strike [W]
    • Additional functionality: Now also increases Muradin's Dwarf Toss Armor duration from 2 to 4 seconds
  • Bronzebeard Rage [Passive]
    • Damage increased from 19 to 20
    • Additional functionality: Now also heals Muradin for 75% of the damage dealt

Stitches

Abilities

• Level 4
  • Chop Chop [W]
    • Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds
• Level 13
  • Digestive Juices [E]
    • No longer increases the damage of Devour to enemy Heroes
    • Additional functionality: Hitting enemy Heroes with Devour reduces its cooldown by 5 seconds
  • Gas Flare [Passive]
    • Bonus damage duration after hitting enemy Heroes with Hook increased from 4 to 8 seconds
• Level 16
  • Meat Hook [Q]
    • Bonus Healing increased from 16% to 20%

BruiserImperius

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Consuming Flame [W]
    • Damage bonus changed from 125% to 100%
    • This slightly reduces the bonus damage at Level 1 from 281 to 260, but at Level 20 will change from 454 to 54
• Level 7
  • Flash of Anger [Q]
    • Adjusted functionality: Consuming a mark from Celestial Charge deals damage around the target and gives Imperius a Shield for 300 over 4 seconds
    • Damage reduced from 198 to 180

Malthael

Abilities

• Level 4​
  • Throwing Shade [E]
    • Quest requirement reduced from 15 to 12

• Level 10
  • Tormented Souls [R1]
    • Mana cost reduced from 100 to 20
• Level 16​
  • Mortality [W]
    • Damage increased from 6% to 8% maximum Health

Ragnaros

Base

• Health increased from 2000 to 2075
• Health Regeneration increased from 4.168 to 4.323
• Basic Attack damage increased from 171 to 180

Abilities

• Level 20
  • Flames of Sulfuron [R1]
    • Bonus Stun duration increased from .5 seconds to 1 second
    • Slow duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
  • Submerge [Active]
    • Cooldown reduced from 90 to 60 seconds

Rexxar

Base

• Misha's Health reduced from 1762 to 1620
• Misha's Health Regeneration reduced from 3.671 to 3.375
• Misha's Health scaling increased from 4% to 4.75%
• Misha's Health Regeneration scaling increased from 4% to 4.75%

Healer

Ana

Base

• Biotic Grenade [W]
  • Allied Healing amount reduced from 166 to 152

Anduin

Base

• Flash Heal [Q]​
  • Mana cost reduced from 30 to 25
• Divine Star [Q]​
  • Mana cost increased from 45 to 50

Abilities

• Level 1
  • ​​Renew [Q]
    • Healing increased from 23 to 26 per second
  • Pursued by Grace [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 28 to 33
  • Bold Strategy [Passive]
    • Cooldown increase increased from 1 to 2 seconds
• Level 4
  • Holy Reach [E]
    • Bonus Basic Attack damage increased from 50% to 75%
    • Healing increased from 90 to 100
• Level 7
  • Binding Heal [Q]
    • Healing increased from 80 to 95
  • Power Word: Shield [W]
    • Shielding increased from 165 to 172
• Level 10​
  • Light Bomb [R2]
    • Shielding increased from 140 to 165

• Level 13​
  • Enchant Boots – Lion's Speed [Trait]
    • Movement Speed increased from triple to quadruple while Leap of Faith's cooldown is available
  • Push Forward [Passive]
    • Maximum Movement Speed increased from 15% to 20%
    • Movement Speed per enemy hit increased from 2% to 2.5%

• Level 16
  • Evenhanded Blessings [Q]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 40% to 50%
  • Holy Nova [W]
    • Damage increased from 100 to 105
    • Healing increased from 100 to 105
  • Inner Focus [Active]
    • Cooldown reduction per Hero hit with Divine Star reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
  • Lightwell [Active]
    • Cooldown increased from 70 to 80 seconds

Deckard Cain

Abilities

• Level 20
  • Perfect Gems [W]
    • Horadric Cube cooldown reduction increased from 5 to 6 seconds
  • Respect the Elderly [R1]
    • Silence and Blind duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds
  • Morenados! [R2]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 6 to 10 seconds

Kharazim

Base

• Radiant Dash [Q]
  • Mana cost reduced from 30 to 25
• Deadly Reach [E]
  • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 45

Abilities

• Level 7
  • Heavenly Zeal [W]
    • Additional functionality: Radiant Dashing to an ally increases the healing they receive from Breath of Heaven by 50% for 3 seconds
    • Now shows Crit kickers for when allies gain increased healing
  • Blazing Fists [E]
    • Additional functionality: Now also increases the duration of Deadly Reach by 100%
• Level 10
  • Divine Palm [R1]
    • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds
• Level 13​
  • Fists of Fury [E]
    • Removed

• Level 16
  • ​​Dash of Light [W]
    • Removed

Stukov

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Fetid Touch [W]
    • Additional functionality: After hitting 15 enemy Heroes with Weghted Pustule, remove half of its Mana cost
• Level 7
  • Targeted Excision [Trait]
    • Additional functionality: Also reduces the cooldowns of Stukov's Basic Abilities by 1.5 seconds
• Level 13
  • It Hungers [E]
    • Enemy Heroes hit required reduced from 12 to 10
  • Poppin' Pustules [Trait]
    • Additional functionality: Enemies hit by the explosion also have a Weighted Pustule applied to them
• Level 16
  • Universal Carrier [Q]
    • Healing reduction on Healing Pathogen reduced from 50% to 40%

Support

Zarya

• Level 1
  • Together We Are Strong [E]
    • Damage done by allies per energy gained reduced from 6 to 5
    • Maximum energy gain per Shield increased from 30 to 40
• Level 20
  • Gravity Kills [R1]
    • No longer deals damage to enemy Heroes
    • Additional functionality: Now Silences enemy Heroes for its duration
  • Clear Out [R2]
    • No longer increases Zarya's maximum Energy
    • Additional functionality: Now increases the duration of Expulsion Zone by 1.5 seconds

Melee Assassin

Alarak

Abilities

• Level 4
  • Chaos Reigns [Q]
    • Damage bonus after hitting 15 Heroes increased from 50 to 60
    • Damage bonus after hitting 2 Heroes with a single Discord Strike increased from 50 to 60
    • Damage bonus for hitting 3 enemy Heroes in a single Discord Strike increased from 80 to 100
  • Negatively Charged [E]
    • Damage bonus per stack reduced from 5% to 4%
  • Show of Force [Trait]
    • Damage reduced from 80 to 68
  • Additional Functionality: Hitting an enemy Hero with 3 of Alarak's abilities within 2 seconds also grants Alarak 2% Sadism, up to 20% maximum. This bonus Sadism is lost on death

Maiev

Base

• Spirit of Vengeance [E]
  • Damage reduced from 180 to 150

Abilities

• Level 4
  • Sudden Vengeance [E]
    • No longer requires Maiev to Blink within .35 seconds of the Spirit of Vengeance hitting an enemy Hero for its effect to proc
• Level 7
  • Ruthless Spirit [E]
    • New functionality: Hitting an enemy Hero with Spirit of Vengeance causes Maiev to deal 15% increased damage for 4 seconds. This can stack up to 2 times.

Abilities

• Cleave [Q]
  • Damage reduced from 212 to 200

Ranged Assassin

Gul'dan

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Pursuit of Flame [Q]
    • Quest requirement reduced from 40 to 30
  • Chaotic Energy [W]
    • Regen Globes required for quest reduced from 20 to 15
• Level 7
  • Bound by Shadow [Q]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds
  • Curse of Exhaustion [W]
    • Slow amount increased from 35% to 50%
• Level 10
  • Rain of Destruction [R2]
    • Adjusted functionality: Now has a 1.5 second cast time. No longer requires Gul'dan to channel for its duration
    • Cast range reduced from 15 to 10
• Level 16
  • ​Darkness Within [Trait]
    • Bonus damage increased from 25% to 30%

Jaina

Abilities

• Level 7
  • Ice Lance [Q]
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
  • Icefury Wand [Passive]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
• Level 13
  • Storm Front [W]
    • Cast range increase reduced from 100% to 75%
    • Additional functionality: Now also increases the radius of Blizzard by 30%
• Level 16​
• Snowstorm [W]
  • New functionality: The second wave of Blizzard deals 20% bonus damage. The third wave of Blizzard deals 60% bonus damage.

Lunara

Abilities

• Level 1
  • Hippity Hop [Z]
    • Out of combat requirement for the Movement Speed bonus reduced from 5 to 4 seconds

• Level 4
  • Blossom Swell [Q]
    • Movement Speed bonus increased from 12% to 15%

• Level 7​
  • Choking Pollen [Q]
    • Damage bonus to targets with Nature's Toxin increased from 85% to 100%
    • Damage bonus to targets with 3 stacks of Nature's Toxin increased from 135% to 150%

• Level 10
  • Thornwood Vine [R1]
    • Damage increased from 164 to 176

• Level 13​
  • Abolish Magic [Active]
    • Cooldown reduced from 35 to 30 seconds
  • Endless Spores [W]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 3 to 4 seconds

• Level 16​
  • Accelerated Contamination [Q]
    • Additional functionality: Now also reduces the Mana cost of Noxious Blossom from 60 to 40

Raynor

Abilities

• Level 7​
  • Fuel the Rush [Passive]
    • Additional functionality: Reduce the Mana cost of Adrenaline Rush from 75 to 50

• Level 13
  • Debilitating Roungs [Passive]
    • Additional functionality: Also reduces the Mana cost of Pentetrating Round from 65 to 45

Sylvanas

Abilities

• Shadow Dagger [W]
  • Damage reduced from 32 > 30

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some display issues with Season Time Remaining
• Garden Terror Spawning Vines will no longer get stuck at Gates while trying to path through them