- Cooldown reduction increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds per Basic Attack
Developer Comment: We're increasing the cooldown of Razor Swipe in an effort to stem some of Greymane's effectiveness when taking Mercenaries and clearing Minion waves. Currently, Greymane's play-style is great, but he does everything a little too well, which makes him a consistently safe pick. To curb this, we'd like to remove some of the PvE-oriented power from his kit.
Abilities
Vault of the Wardens(Combat Trait)
- Cooldown increased from 9 to 12 seconds
Fan of Knives(Q)
- Damage reduced from 162 to 152
Containment Disc(R)
- Cooldown reduced from 65 to 50 seconds
Warden's Cage(R)
- Cooldown increased from 80 to 100 seconds
Talents
Blade Dance
- Damage reduced from 54 to 50
Shadow Armor
- Armor reduced from 25 to 20
Developer Comment: Maiev is still a powerhouse in the Nexus. To combat this, we're reducing Maiev's damage potential by lowering Fan of Knives damage and Blade Dance (which has powerful synergy with Armored Assault, another overperforming Talent.) We're also allowing opponents more opportunities to punish Maiev by increasing Vault of the Wardens' cooldown and reducing the power of Shadow Armor.
Talents
Crash Lightning
- Maximum damage bonus reduced from 480 to 360
- Quest completion reward requirement increased from 20 to 30 stacks
Developer Comment: With the increased bounce range of Chain lightning, the Crash Lightning talent has become overly dominant. While we enjoy the build, as it allows Thrall to play outside of the solo-lane, in its current state it is simply too powerful. By lowering the maximum stacks, we're reducing the upper damage limit to lessen the impact of the extreme situations where Thrall is completely stacked. Additionally, with the Quest Completion moving back to 30 stacks, it's going to be harder for Thrall to finish the talent, pushing this power-spike to later in the match.
- Range increased from 5 to 7
- Cooldown reduced from 100 to 80 seconds
Talents
Energized Cord
- Energy stored from Basic Attacks against non-Heroic targets reduced from 50 to 40%
Blinding Flash
- Blind duration reduced from 2.25 to 2 seconds
Diamond Resolve
- Armor increased from 50 to 60
Angelic Flight(Talent)
- Cooldown reduced from 45 to 30 seconds
Developer Comment: Auriel has been overlooked in favor of other supports recently, so to increase her self-Hope generation and play-making potential, we're increasing her Basic Attack damage and reducing the cooldown of Detainment Strike. We've also made some Talent adjustments so players feel like they have a greater variety of choices at the various tiers.
Talents
Nature's Swiftness
- Movement Speed reduced from 5 to 4% per Hero affected by Regrowth
Nature's Balance
- Bonus Regrowth duration reduced from 5 to 3 seconds
- Cooldown increased from 40 to 50 seconds
- Exit Bunker now has a 1 Second cooldown before it can be used
Developer Comment: While we love the creative uses of Bunker Drop, at the higher levels of play it is slightly too effective. These changes are designed to decrease the overall power of the Bunker when it's used purely to dodge enemy abilities and clear debuffs. We'd like to ensure that players who get into the Bunker are committed to being inside, if only briefly.
Talents
Furious Blow
- Damage bonus increased from 40 to 50%
Battle Rage(Talent)
- Max charges reduced from 3 to 2
- Charge use cooldown increased from 5 to 8 seconds
Mystical Spear
- Cooldown reduction reduced from 3 to 2 seconds
Rampage
- Ancient Spear cooldown reduction decreased from .75 to .5 seconds
Developer Comment: Sonya is getting a bit too much value out of the combination of all the Ancient Spear talents, so we're reducing the amount of cooldown reduction she gets to keep these from being the default choices. We're also reducing the healing potential of Battle Rage at level 4 as it was providing a bit too much generic survivability for an early game talent. Finally, we're increasing the damage bonus provided by Furious Blows to make it a more attractive damage option against the other two survivability talents.
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