Patch Notes - December 14, 2016 :: Heroes of the Storm discussion on HeroesFire

The goals with this Artanis update were twofold: Increase his playmaking (swapping enemies during Blade Dash), and increase his solo lane capabilities (Blade Dash reduces Shield Overload cooldown, Shield Overload triggers at higher Health). We think that with these changes, Artanis will be a strong choice on a lot more Battlegrounds and with more team compositions.

Shield Overload(Combat Trait)

Blade Dash(Q)

Twin Blades(W)

Phase Prism(E)

Shield Surge

Plasma Burn

Lethal Alacrity

Burning Rage

Psionic Synergy

Shield Battery

Chrono Surge

- Tier increased from 2 to 3
- Attack Speed changed from 40 to 50

Templar's Zeal

Phase Bulwark

Psionic Wound

We’re looking to add more power to Chromie that fits the flavor of the character, without increasing her burst potential across the entirety of the game. We’re also combining the effects of Timewalker’s Pursuit and Peer Into the Future to create an enticing option at Level 1.

Timewalker(Combat Trait)

Peer Into The Future

Timewalker's Pursuit

We started doing some small changes to Dehaka’s talent tree in order to increase diversity and fix some talent pick issues. As is par for the course, this opened a rabbit-hole of design opportunities that we ended up falling into. While Dehaka’s changes were mostly complete before the BlizzCon Finals, his resurgence as a dark horse of competitive play helped us narrow down and finalize the rework. Base movement speed on Brushstalker helps meld his design while some brand new talents should open up some fun new ways to hunt your prey.

Cancel Burrow(E)

Adaptation(R)

Brushstalker(Mount)

Essence Collection(Combat Trait)

Drag(Q)

Swift Pursuit

Primal Swarm

Tunneling Claws

Essence Claws

Numbing Eruption

Whirling Dervish

Rapid Regeneration

Hardened Shield(Talent)

Enduring Swarm

Enhanced Agility

Tissue Regeneration

Lurker Strain

Hero Stalker

Feeding Frenzy

Essence Devourer

Ferocious Stalker

Change Is Survival

The Lord of Terror has been under the knife for a couple months and has finally collected enough souls to resurrect himself. He reenters the Nexus with an updated talent tree focusing on maintaining and amplifying his identity. He should still excel as a gank-oriented Warrior, punishing out-of-position enemies, but also brings along some new survivability options. While we had to lower his damage slightly, the baseline addition of Firestorm and larger payoff for Shadow Charging enemies into collision should heavily reward opportunistic Diablo players.

General.display_name(General.keybind)

- Basic Attack damage decreased from 122.72 to 109.2

Fearful Presence(Talent)

Hellgate(Talent)

Siphon the Dead(Talent)

Shadow Charge(Q)

Overpower(E)

Fire Stomp(W)

Black Soulstone(Combat Trait)

Bulwark

Speed Demon

Soul Shield

Devastating Charge

Hellfire

Debilitating Flames

Fearful Presence

Hellgate

Block

Overwhelming Force

Soul Catcher

Essence of the Slain

Soul Steal

Firestorm

Spell Shield

Siphon the Dead

Rampage

Continuous Overpower

Imposing Presence(Talent)

Bolt of the Storm

Devil's Due

Life Leech

From the Shadows

Demonic Strength

- Movement Speed changed from 25 to 30
- Duration changed from 2 seconds to 3 seconds

Soul Feast

Diabolical Momentum

Fire Devil

Domination

Dying Breath

Pyroblast has been underperforming compared to Phoenix. We like where its damage is at, and that a lot of Heroes have ways to negate or mitigate it. Instead, we’re buffing the consistency of the Heroic to make it more competitive.

Pyroblast(R)

As the lord of Azeroth’s fire elementals, Ragnaros desires nothing more than to burn the world to ash. Banished to the Firelands eons ago, the Firelord now turns his rage toward the Nexus, intent on incinerating everything and everyone within it.

Molten Core(Combat Trait)

Empower Sulfuras(Q)

Living Meteor(W)

Blast Wave(E)

Sulfuras Smash(R)

Lava Wave(R)

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10 (?)

13 (?)

16 (?)

20 (?)

It’s been a while since Rehgar was a major dominant force, and his performance is now low enough that we can safely increase the rewards for his aggressive playstyle without pushing his winrate too high. For Bloodlust, we wanted to reduce the loss of healing for picking the Heroic, but only for Basic Attack teams that really benefit from it.

General.display_name(General.keybind)

- Basic Attack damage increased from 102.96 to 124.8