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We just released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm, which brings a new Hero, a new Battleground, User Interface improvements, and many balance changes to the game. Check out the patch notes below.

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New Battleground

New Battleground: Lost Cavern



Lost Cavern, a new Battleground featuring just one lane —and a whole lot of team fighting— is now available for play exclusively in Custom Games!

• Lost Cavern has no Mercenary Camps, and just one objective: Battle through the opposing Fort, Keep, and Core to claim victory.
  
• Players cannot use Hearthstone and will not heal at the allied Hall of Storms.
  
• Corridors on either side of the lane contain neutral Regeneration Globes, which will respawn regularly throughout the game.
  
• Check out our recent blog to learn more about Lost Cavern.

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New Hero

Dehaka, Primal Pack Leader, has been added to Heroes of the Storm and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Mount

Brushstalker (Mount) Cooldown: 75 seconds Activate to burrow to a bush on the Battleground. Passive: Gain 20% movement speed while in a bush and for 2 seconds after leaving.

Trait

Essence Collection (Combat Trait) Cooldown: 1 seconds Killing an enemy Hero will grant 10 Essence and Minion kills grant 2 Essence. Each Essence consumed heals 29 (+4% per level) health over 5 seconds. A maximum of 50 Essence can be stored. Can be cast while channeling.

Basic Abilities

Drag (Q) : 75 Cooldown: 15 seconds Dehaka lashes out his tongue, dealing 160 (+4% per level) damage to the first enemy hit, stunning and dragging them with him for 1.75 seconds. If Dehaka is stunned or silenced while using Drag, the effect ends.

Dark Swarm (W) : 50 Cooldown: 10 seconds Deal 52 (+4% per level) damage every 0.5 seconds to nearby enemies for 3.5 seconds. While active, you are able to move through units. Can be cast during Drag and Burrow.

Burrow (E) : 65 Cooldown: 20 seconds Burrow into the ground, entering Stasis and becoming Invulnerable for 2 seconds. Dehaka can move at 50% Movement Speed during Burrow.

Heroic Abilities

Isolation (R) Heroic Ability : 100 Cooldown: 60 seconds Launch biomass that hits the first enemy Hero dealing 200 (+4% per level) damage, Silencing and Slowing them 30% for 3 seconds. Additionally, their vision radius is greatly reduced for 6 seconds.

Adaptation (R) Heroic Ability : 85 Cooldown: 80 seconds After 4 seconds, heal for 100% of the damage Dehaka took over this period.

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Heroes

Assassin - Gall - Greymane - Illidan - Jaina - Kael'thas - Kerrigan - Lunara - The Butcher - Tychus

Specialist - Abathur - Azmodan - Gazlowe - Murky - Nazeebo - Sylvanas - The Lost Vikings - Xul - Zagara

Support - Brightwing - Li Li - Rehgar

Warrior - Chen - Johanna - Rexxar

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Assassin

GALL

• Gall can now use Shove and Eye of Kilrogg while riding in the Dragon Knight or Garden Terror

GREYMANE

• Greymane's Basic Attacks in Human form have received responsiveness improvements
  
  • Melee Basic Attack animation speed increased by 50% to match the speed of his ranged Basic attack animation
  
  
• Marked for the Kill
  
  • Bullet range increased by 25%
  • Bullet speed increased by 45%

ILLIDAN

This Hero has received significant Talent changes

• The fallowing Talents have been removed: Shadow Shield, Regeneration Master, Seasoned Marksman, Follow Through, First Aid, Giant Killer, Blood for Blood, Stoneskin.
  
• Health increased from 1426 to 1650
  
• Health Regeneration increased from 2.97 to 3.44
  
• Attack Speed increased from 1.66 to 1.82 attacks per second
  
• New Talent (Level 1): Unending Hatred
  
  • Permanently gain 0.1 Basic Attack damage for each enemy Minion killed nearby, and 1 damage for each enemy Hero killed nearby
    
  • Upon reaching 20 bonus Basic Attack damage, gain an additional 10 Basic Attack damage.
• New Talent (Level 16): Fiery Brand
  
  • Every fourth consecutive Basic Attack against the same enemy Hero deals damage equal to 6% of the target’s maximum Health

Several of this Hero's abilities have been changed, for more information check out the official patch notes.

JAINA

• Bolt of the Storm removed
  
• Improved Ice Block moved from Level 13 to Level 20
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 20 seconds
    
  • Duration reduced from 3 to 2.5 seconds
• Frostbite
  
  • Ice Barrier moved from Level 16 to Level 13

KAEL'THAS

This Hero has received significant Talent changes

• The fallowing Talents have been removed: Gathering Power, Envenom, Clairvoyance, Arcane Barrier, Bolt of the Storm.
  
• Mana Addict
  
  • Upon gathering 25 Regeneration Globes, Kael’thas gains the Arcane Barrier Ability.
    
  • Activate Arcane Barrier to receive a Shield equal to 100% of Kael’thas’ maximum Mana for 4 seconds. 45 second cooldown

Several of this Hero's abilities have been changed, for more information check out the official patch notes.

KERRIGAN

• Summon Ultralisk
  
  • Attack damage increased from 91 (+4% per level) to 100 (+4% per level)
    
  • Torrasque
    
    • Egg timed life decreased from 8 to 4 seconds
    • Egg Health decreased from 1095 (+4% per level) to 594 (+4% per level)

LUNARA

• Noxious Blossom
  
  • Choking Pollen
    
    • Damage bonus increased from 50% to 100%
    • Egg Health decreased from 1095 (+4% per level) to 594 (+4% per level)
  
  
• Crippling Spores
  
  • Let Them Wither
    
    • The Slow amount applied by Crippling Spores no longer decays over its 3 second duration
    • Slow amount reduced from 60% to 50%

THE BUTCHER

• Lamb to the Slaughter
  
  • Targets affected by Lamb to the Slaughter are now Silenced for the Ability’s duration
  • Duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
  • Lamb to the Slaughter’s chain and Silence effects will now be removed if the target becomes Invulnerable or Unstoppable
  • Cooldown increased from 60 to 90 seconds

TYCHUS

This Hero has received significant Talent changes

• The fallowing Talents have been removed: Regeneration Master, Scouting Drone, Focused Attack, Vampiric Assault, First Aid, Sizzlin’ Attacks, Problem Solver, Executioner, [Stoneskin]], Nexus Frenzy, Bolt of the Storm.
  
• Health increased from 1545 (+4% per level) to 1669 (+4% per level)
  
• Health Regeneration increased from approximately 3.22 to 3.48 Health per second
  
• Relentless renamed Relentless Soldier and moved from Level 13 to Level 7
  
  • Duration reduction for silences, stuns, slows, and roots decreased from 50% to 33%
• New Talent (Level 4): Master Assassin
  
  • Hero takedowns increase Attack Speed by 2%, up to a maximum of 20%
    
  • While at maximum stacks, Tychus gains an additional 10% Attack Speed bonus
• New Talent (Level 13): Neosteel Coating
  
  • Activate to reduce incoming Ability damage by 50% for 3 seconds. 30 second cooldown
• New Talent (Level 20): Sizzlin’ Attacks
  
  • Basic Attacks deal 1% of the target’s maximum Health as damage

Several of this Hero's abilities have been changed, for more information check out the official patch notes.

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Specialist

ABATHUR

• Ultimate Evolution
  
  • Will now inherit Kharazim's Trait

AZMODAN

• Globe of Annihilation
  • Taste for Blood
    • Duration in which enemy deaths will permanently add to Globe of Annihilation damage increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds

GAZLOWE

This Hero has received significant Talent changes

• The fallowing Talents have been removed: Demolitionist, Promote, Calldown: MULE, First Aid, Burning Rage, Stoneskin, Fury of the Storm, Hardened Shield.
  
• Salvager and Break It Down tooltips have been updated to match their live functionality.
  
• New Talent (Level 20): It's Raining Scrap
  
  • Activate to create 1 Scrap every second for 5 seconds near Gazlowe. 60 second cooldown

Several of this Hero's abilities have been changed, for more information check out the official patch notes.

MURKY

• Block renamed to Fishtank
  • Fishtank provides 2 Block charges. Each charge reduces damage taken from the next incoming Basic Attack by 50%
• March of the Murlocs
  • Damage increased from 19 (+4% per level) to 25 (+4% per level)

NAZEEBO

• Gargantuan
  • Basic Attack damage increased from 228 (+4% per level) to 274 (+4% per level)
  • No longer deals bonus damage to Minions or Structures

SYLVANAS

This Hero has received significant Talent changes

• The fallowing Talents have been removed: Corruption, Envenom, Blood for Blood.
  
• Will of the Forsaken moved from Level 16 to Level 13
  
• Remorseless moved from Level 7 to Level 16
  
  • Damage bonus increased from 25% to 40%
• Basic Attack damage increased from 74 (+4% per level) to 85 (+4% per level)
  
• New Talent (Level 7): Possession
  
  • Turn the allegiance of a non-Catapult enemy Minion. Stores up to 3 charges

Several of this Hero's abilities have been changed, for more information check out the official patch notes.

THE LOST VIKINGS

• Olaf the Stout
  • Time between Block stacks reduced from 8 to 5 seconds

XUL

• Cursed Strikes
  • Attack Speed slow now only affects Heroes and Summons

ZAGARA

• Nydus Worm
  • While inside a Nydus Worm, Health and Mana are now restored at a rate equal to the Hall of Storms
  • Nydus Worm can now be cast while inside another Nydus Worm
  • Zagara now exits Nydus Worms instantly, and can also exit by right-clicking the minimap

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SUPPORT

BRIGHTWING

• Pixie Dust
  • Damage reduction amount changed from 50% to 75%

LI LI

• Fast Feet
  • Elusive Feet
    • Damage reduction amount increased from 50% to 75%

REHGAR

• Earthbind Totem
  • Can now be hit by area of effect Abilities

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Warrior

CHEN

• Fortifying Brew
  • A 0.5 second cooldown has been added between activation and cancellation of Fortifying Brew channeling

JOHANNA

• Reinforce
  • Damage reduction amount increased from 50% to 75%

REXXAR

• Grizzled Bear
  • Damage reduction amount increased from 50% to 75%

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Shop

Bundles

• New Bundles have been added for a limited time!
  • Mecha Dehaka Bundle
  • Sovereign Fiends Bundle
  • Ultimate Sovereign Fiends Bundle

Heroes

• Dehaka has been added to the in-game Shop

Price Reductions

• Kerrigan’s prices have been reduced to $6.49 USD and 4,000 Gold.

Skins

• New Skins
  • Master Dehaka
  • Mecha Dehaka

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Battlegrounds

Dragon Shrine

• Dragon Knight
  • Now immune to Attack Speed slows applied by attacks from enemy Forts and Keeps
  • Savage Charge (W)
    • Targets punted by Savage Charge will no longer be stunned after landing

Garden of Terror

• Garden Terror (Player Controlled)
  • Basic Attack damage reduced by 15%
  • Basic Attacks now deal 50% damage to nearby non-Heroic enemies
  • Basic Attacks now instantly kill Minions
  • Overgrowth (W)
    • No longer affects Minions or Mercenaries
    • No longer deals damage to Structures
    • Garden Terror now deals 100% bonus damage to Structures disabled by Overgrowth
    • Maximum duration increased from 15 to 25 seconds
    • Cooldown increased from 15 to 25 seconds
    • Health increased by 100%

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Talents

Arcane Power

• Duration increased from 5 to 10 seconds

Block

• Damage reduction increased from 50% to 75%

Dampen Magic

• This Talent has been redesigned
• Dampen Magic charges now cause all incoming Ability Damage to be reduced by 50% for 1 second

Vampiric Assault

• Has been renamed to Vigorous Assault

Vampiric Strike

• Has been renamed to Vigorous Strikes

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Bug Fixes

General

• Heroes of the Storm will no longer override the operating system’s mouse sensitivity settings.
  
• Fixed an extremely rare issue that could cause the same Hero to appear twice on the same team during Ranked games.
  
• Custom games that contained all A.I. players and human observers will no longer cause rejoin prompts to display after exiting the game.
  
• Corrected several typos and tooltip errors across several aspects of the game.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the vision granted by some projectiles to appear off-center.

Art

• The visual effects for Nova’s Precision Strike should now animate more smoothly.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause Nova and Tychus to stand while mounted.

Battlegrounds

• Successfully turning in enough Gems to summon Webweavers on Tomb of the Spider Queen will now properly interrupt other players who were also channeling at that time.
  
• A.I. players on Towers of Doom will now better avoid enemy Core defenses.
  
• Exiting the Tunnel on Towers of Doom will no longer prevent Heroes from automatically attacking enemies near the Tunnel exit.

Heroes and Talents

• Fixed a bug affecting Stitches and The Butcher that could cause performance issues under certain circumstances.
  
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Rehgar’s Feral Lunge from properly connecting with enemies who were running in the opposite direction.
  
• Regeneration Globes will now properly grant healing and Regeneration Master stacks when collected as a Shield expires.
  
• Fixed an issue which caused several Heroes’ Trait icons to appear greyed-out at all times.
  
• Floating combat text for Artanis’ Twin Blades is now properly colored orange after learning the Zealot Charge Talent.
  
• Block stacks granted by Brightwing’s Pixie Dust will now last the full 4 second duration listed in the Ability’s description.
  
• Cho’gall will now be Healed for the proper amount for Basic Attacks against affected by Consuming Blaze after learning Cho’s Fuel for the Flame and Fire Eater Talents.
  
• Fixed an issue that could allow Cho to repeatedly cast Surging Fist under certain circumstances.
  
• E.T.C. can no longer change the direction of Powerslide while trapped by Zeratul’s Void Prison.
  
• Gall will no longer count as a secondary target for Li Li’s Healing Brew with the Two for One Talent.
  
• Fixed an issue affecting Greymane’s Gilnean Cocktail, which caused a slight delay between the Ability’s damage and graphic effects after taking the Draught Overflow Talent.
  
• After learning the Perfect Aim Talent, Greymane’s Gilnean Cocktail will now properly refund Mana when an enemy Hero is struck by the far edge of the Ability’s explosion.
  
• Jaina’s Basic Attacks will now properly refund Mana after learning the Arcane Intellect Talent.
  
• Li-Ming’s Arcane Orb can no longer hit the Sandstorm created by the Boss on Sky Temple.
  
• Lunara's Leaping Strike will now fire appropriately when cast at the same moment as the target enters a line-of-sight blocker.
  
• The player will no longer lose control of Lt. Morales if she is killed immediately after casting Medivac Dropship.
  
• Enemy Minions that have been picked up by Nazeebo’s Gargantuan will now be killed when the Gargantuan expires.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented Nova from entering Stealth when activating the Ghost Protocol Talent while affected by damage over time effects.
  
• The visual effects for Tassadar’s Dimensional Shift will now properly display if it is cast after breaking the Stealth effect applied by Tyrande’s Shadowstalk.
  
• Xul’s Skeletal Mages now properly prioritize Heroes, Dragon Knights, and Garden Terrors over enemy Minions.
  
• Clicking Reset Talents in Try Mode will no longer cause Zagara’s Hunter Killer to deal reduced damage.

Sound

• Captain Blackheart will no longer skip numbers during the countdown at the start of a game.
  
• Li-Ming will now properly play death sounds when killed.

User Interface

• A dark smudge has been removed from the background art on the main loading screen.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause a player to be dropped from the Draft Lobby.
  
• Using the middle mouse button to drag scroll will no longer occasionally cause the screen to jump in an undesired direction.
  
• Clicking empty item slots in the Shop’s Featured tab will no longer cause an error message to display.
  
• Sending Whisper messages to another player should no longer result in an “INVALID” error message.
  
• Clicking the “Mute Player” button on in-game Score Screen while that player is disconnected will no longer cause the Mute Player button to disappear.
  
• Fixed an issue in which the filter buttons on the Hero Select screen could become unclickable when running the game in 4:3 and 5:4 resolutions.

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