HOTS – 22 January 2020 Patch Notes | BALANCE UPDATE

General

• Toys 2 Event
  • Toys 2 Event has been extended to April 7, 2020, PT.

Heroes

Tank

Anub’arak

Talents

• Level 16
  • Beetle, Juiced [Trait]
    • Bonus Health increased from 20% to 40%.
• Level 20
  • Hive Master [R1]
    • Healing increased from 37 to 50.
  • Cryptweave [R2]
    • Bonus Cocoon duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds.

Arthas

Talents

• Level 4
  • Deathlord [Q]
    • Additional functionality: Increase the range of Death Coil by 30%.

Cho

Base

• Health increased from 2850 to 2950.
• Health Regeneration increased from 5.94 to 6.15.

Talents

• Level 10
  • Upheaval [R2]
    • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 40 seconds.
• Level 20
  • Favor of the Old Gods [R2]
    • Root duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds.

Bruiser

Chen

Talents

• Level 1
  • Stormstout Secret Recipe [Passive]
    • Healing increased from 3% to 3.5% maximum Health.
• Level 4
  • Withering Flames [W]
    • Spell Power reduction increased from 50% to 60%.
• Level 7
  • Gift of the Ox [E]
    • Bonus Stagger duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Wandering Keg [R1]
    • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Pressure Point [Q]
    • Slow amount increased from 35% to 40%.
    • Slow amount when Chen has Shields from Fortifying Brew increased from 70% to 80%.
  • A Touch of Honey [W]
    • Slow amount bonus increased from 15% to 20%.

Deathwing

Base

• Health reduced from 2920 to 2850.
• Health Regeneration reduced from 6.08 to 5.94.
• Incinerate [W]
  • Damage reduced from 80 to 75.
• Onslaught [E]
  • Damage reduced from 40 to 38.
  • Damage at the end of the lunge reduced from 75 to 72.
• Lava Burst [W]
  • Periodic damage increased from 8 to 10 per second.
• Earth Shatter [E]
  • Damage increased from 80 to 90.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Molten Blood [Trait]
    • Healing increased from .4 to .5% per second.
  • Draconic Might [Trait]
    • Healing reduced from 30% to 25% damage dealt.
• Level 4
  • Heat Wave [W]
    • Damage after using Incinerate reduced from 16 to 14 per second.
  • Dragon’s Ire [Trait]
    • Bonus damage reduced from 30% to 25%.
• Level 7
  • Firestorm [Z]
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 12 to 25 seconds.
  • Skyfall [E]
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 1.5 seconds to 1 second.
• Level 10
  • Burn Beneath My Shadow [R1]
    • Bonus damage reduced from 100% to 80%.

Thrall

Talents

• Level 1
  • Rolling Thunder [Q]
    • Bonus damage and healing on Heroic targets increased from 2% to 3%.

Support

Abathur

Base

• Locust Strain [Trait]
  • Locust Health increased from 316 to 350.
  • Additional functionality: Locusts deal 50% bonus damage to enemy Structures.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Envenomed Nest [W]
    • Additional functionality: Enemy Heroes who are hit by Toxic Nests have their Armor reduced by 10 for 4 seconds.
  • Reinforced Carapace [E]
    • Shield amount increased from 30% to 40%.
• Level 16
  • Volatile Mutation [R]
    • Healing increased from 75% to 100% of damage dealt.
• Level 20
  • Evolutionary Link [R1]
    • Shield amount Increased from 25% to 35% maximum Health.

Healer

Auriel

Talents

• Level 10
  • Resurrect [R1]
    • Cast range reduced from 7 to 5.
    • Cast time increased from .5 seconds to 1 second.

Kharazim

Base

• Basic Attack damage increased from 60 to 64.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Transcendence [Trait]
    • Movement Speed bonus duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
  • Iron Fists [Trait]
    • Movement Speed bonus duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
  • Insight [Trait]
    • Movement Speed bonus duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
• Level 4
  • Air Ally [Active]
    • Cooldown increased from 20 to 30 seconds.
    • Health increased from 75 to 200.
    • Duration reduced from 40 to 10 seconds.
    • Charges reduced from 2 to 1.
    • Additional functionality: Now also grants nearby allied Heroes 15% Spell Power for its duration.

Stukov

Talents

• Level 20
  • Bio-Explosion Switch [Trait]
    • Silence duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
    • Additional functionality: Detonating Lurking Arm also deals 230 damage to enemies caught in its explosion.

Whitemane

Talents

• Level 13
  • Saintly Greatstaff [E]
    • Damage increased from 50 to 55.

Melee Assassin

Maiev

Talents

• Level 16
  • Cruel Chain [W]
    • New functionality: Umbral Bind grants 25% Movement Speed for 2.5 seconds, and its pull damage is increased by 30% for each tethered target beyond the first, up to 120%.
  • Vengeful Knives [E]
    • New functionality: for 5 seconds after teleporting with Spirit of Vengeance, Fan of Knives will deal 1% maximum Health as bonus damage to enemy Heroes. Increase this damage bonus by an additional 1% for each enemy Hero hit by Spirit of Vengeance.

Samuro

Talents

• Level 1
  • Way of Illusion [Q]
    • Quest reward bonus damage increased from 20 to 30.
• Level 4
  • Deflection [Passive]
    • Armor bonus increased from 30 to 35.

Ranged Assassin

Azmodan

Base

• Summon Demon Warrior [W]
  • Basic Attack damage increased from 30 to 35.
  • Damage per second to nearby enemies increased from 16 to 18.
• All Shall Burn [E]
  • Periodic damage per second increased from 120 to 128.
  • Final explosion damage increased from 320 to 340.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Battleborn [Passive]
    • Additional functionality: Reduce the Mana cost of Summon Demon Warrior from 25 to 20.
• Level 7
  • Bombardment [Q]
    • Empowered Basic Attacks duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
  • Master of Destruction [E]
    • Bonus Annihilation per Hero hit increased from 3 to 4.

Mephisto

Talents

• Level 1
  • Malicious Intent [E]
    • Spellpower bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
• Level 16
  • Animosity [W]
    • Bonus duration increased from .5 seconds to 1 second.
    • No longer increases the duration of Lightning Nova as a result of Basic Attacking enemy Heroes.
    • Additional functionality: Increase the maximum bonus damage of Lightning Nova from 30% to 36%.

Nazeebo

Talents

• Level 10
  • Ravenous Spirit [R2]
    • Damage increased from 108 to 115.

Orphea

Talents

• Level 1
  • Growing Nightmare [E]
    • Additional functionality: Increase the damage of Dread’s explosion by 25%.
    • Now shows Crit kickers when hitting 2 or more enemy Heroes.
  • Ancestral Strength [Trait]
    • No longer grants additional Chaos when hitting Stunned, Rooted, Silenced, or Slowed enemy Heroes.
    • Additional functionality: Enemy Heroes who are hit with Overflowing Chaos are Slowed by 20% for 2.5 seconds.
• Level 4
  • Fright [E]
    • Removed.
  • New talent: Chaotic Assault [Trait]
    • Basic attacks against enemy Heroes while having 3 stacks of Chaos deal an additional 50% bonus damage.
• Level 16
  • Lurking terror [Active]
    • Additional functionality: If Chomp is cast in this way, then it Slows enemy Heroes hit by 70% for 1 second.

Probius

Talents

• Level 7
  • Particle Accelerator [Q]
    • Maximum bonus damage for enemies hit reduced from 50% to 40%.
    • Additional functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Disruption Pulse by .5 seconds, plus an additional .5 seconds whenever Warp Rift explodes.
  • Tower Defense [E]
    • New functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Photon Cannon by 4 seconds whenever Probius damages an enemy Hero with Disruption Pulse or Warp Rift.
• Level 16
  • Repulsor [W]
    • Removed.
  • Interference [W]
    • Additional functionality: Enemies that are hit by Warp Rift’s explosion are knocked away from its center.

Sgt. Hammer

Talents

• Level 4
  • Barricade [W]
    • Additional functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Concussive Blast by 3 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Pulse Detonation Core [Q]
    • Additional functionality: Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes grant 5 Mana and reduce the cooldown of Spider Mines by 1 second. Increase this bonus to 1.5 seconds while in Siege Mode.

Bug Fixes

General

• Updated missing tooltips in a certain language.

Heroes

• Arthas
  • Updated the Deathlord’s advanced tooltip description.
• Deathwing
  • Fixed an issue where Lava Burst’s targeting guide range indicator could be shorter than its cast range.
  • Fixed an issue where Deathwing could be affected by Blinds.
• Samuro
  • Fixed an issue where Casting Image Transmission while selecting an Illusion, could place the ability on the wrong cooldown with Illusion Master.
  • Phantom Pain’s bonus damage no longer affects non-Heroic targets.
  • Updated a few tooltip descriptions.
• Whitemane
  • Fixed an issue where Saintly Greatstaff could be doubling Zeal healing from basic attacks.