HOTS – 23.05.2019 Patch Notes | BALANCE UPDATE

• 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

Blaze

ETC

Garrosh

• 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

BruiserImperius

Abilities

Malthael

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

Healer

Ana

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

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

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

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

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.

Abilities

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

Abilities

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

Abilities

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