Patch Notes - February 14, 2017 :: Heroes of the Storm discussion on HeroesFire

Hey everyone, a new patch is now live in the Nexus! This patch's highlight is the new support hero from Overwatch . However that's not all, there's a few balance changes to heroes as well as a substantial rework for everyone's favorite murderous Murloc . To learn more check out the official release below.

Stab(Q)

- Damage changed from 117.52 (+4%) to 123.76 (+4%)

Spike Burst(W)

- Damage changed from 115.44 (+4%) to 120.64 (+4%)

Carapace(E)

- Shield changed from 156 (+4%) to 163.28 (+4%)

Hinterland Blast(R)

- Cooldown is now reduced by 25 seconds for every enemy Hero hit

Cursed Bullet(R)

Marked for the Kill(R)

Gilnean Roulette

From the streets of Rio to the clubs on King’s Row, Lúcio’s beats bring the party to life, and drive the people to action. Now he’s on tour in the Nexus, ready to Break it down, and to continue fighting for what’s right.

Skate Mode(Mount)

Wall Ride(Mount)

Soundwave(Q)

Crossfade(W)

Amp It Up(E)

Reverse Amp(Talent)

Sound Barrier(R)

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Crowd Control

- Now has a 7 second cooldown reduction maximum

Mrrgrgrlgrl! Rise my brother murlocs! Mrrrgrgrlrlgrl! Vengeance will be ours! In examining Murky, his original health and egg timers are vestiges of a different time, created before even Jaina entered the Nexus. We wanted to give him more base health to make him a little harder to burst down, but traded it for a little longer time to respawn from his Egg. This has the added bonus of allowing a bit more counter-play to hunting our fishy friend. We also wanted to adjust Pufferfish, as an increasingly high amount of the roster could immediately explode it. Finally, his talent tree has been updated to come in line with our new philosophies. We’ve not only found this Murky much more fun to play as, with some exciting talents in each tier, but also more fair to fight against! Mrrgrgrlgrl!

General.display_name(General.keybind)

- Health increased from 659.36 to 791.232
- Health Regeneration increased from 26.373672 to 31.646784

Egg Hunt(Talent)

A Fishy Deal(Talent)

Bribe(Talent)

March of the Murlocs(R)

Octo-Grab(R)

Pufferfish(W)

Spawn Egg(Combat Trait)

Slime(Q)

Safety Bubble(E)

Fish Eye

Egg Hunt

A Fishy Deal

Slime Time

Black Lagoon

Slippery When Wet

Time to Krill

Egg Shell

Toxic Buildup

Fish Oil

Big Tuna Kahuna

Making Inky

Bubble Breeze

Assault Egg

Bribe

Bigger Slime

Envenom

Slime Advantage

Hindering Slime

Compressed Air

Clairvoyance

Continuous Slime

Bubble Machine

Hidden Assault

Slimy End

Slimy Pufferfish

Blood for Blood

Rewind

Bolt of the Storm

Tufferfish

Living the Dream

Rejuvenating Bubble

Fish Tank

Wrath of Cod

Never-Ending Murlocs

... And a Shark Too!

Dead Rush

- Cancelling Zombie Wall will now also provide up to 5 uprooted Zombies

Resilient Flame

- Now has a 10 second cooldown between activations

Flare(Talent)

- Cooldown decreased from 30 to 25 seconds

Hungry Bear

- Heal amount increased from 4 to 4.5 of Misha’s Maximum Health

Aspect of the Beast

- Cooldown changed from 1.5 seconds to 1.25 seconds

Aspect of the Hawk

- Duration is now refreshed if Rexxar hits an enemy Hero with Spirit Swoop while the Aspect of the Hawk effect is active
- Rexxar attack speed bonus increased from 100 to 125%
- Misha Bonus attack duration increased from .5 to .75 seconds

General.display_name(General.keybind)

- Basic Attack Range increased from 5.5 to 6.5

Archon(R)

- Basic attack slow changed from 40 to 30%

Force Wall(E)

- Energy decreased from 35 to 30
- Cooldown decreased from 12 to 10 seconds
- Duration changed from 2.5 seconds to 2 seconds

Psionic Storm(W)

- Ramp to maximum damage reduced from 8 to 5 stacks

Nullification(Talent)

- Duration changed from 3 to 4

Talents/Templar's Will.display_name(Talents/Templar's Will.keybind)

- Mana returned from attacking Heroes increased from 4 to 8 per second
- Reward for first quest unlock changed from +1 Basic Attack range to +150% Distortion Beam damage.

Talents/Khala's Light.display_name(Talents/Khala's Light.keybind)

- Shield changed from 25 to 15

Talents/Resonation.display_name(Talents/Resonation.keybind)

- Slow Amount changed from 40 to 50

Psionic Echo

- Duration changed from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds

Force Barrier

- Cooldown reduction on Force Wall changed from 6 to 5

Butcher's Brand(W)

- Casting animation has been sped up by roughly 33%. This should reduce instances of canceling this ability by rapidly issuing other commands.

Thrall’s two Heroics are overly sensitive to being interrupted, something that has been on our radar to fix for quite some time.

Sundering(R)

- Sunder will go off even if Thrall is interrupted during his cast animation

Earthquake(R)

- Earthquake will go off even if Thrall is interrupted during his cast animation

We feel that Valeera needs a small increase in power to help her overall win rate, but are hoping to do so without adding much more burst damage or disabling effects. The changes to her Health and Basic Attack damage should give her a boost, while the changes to Talents, Ambush, and Garrote should create harder decision making for the Rogue. While we were looking at her Health Regeneration, we noticed that it was actually higher than intended (most Heroes take 480 seconds to regenerate their entire Health pool), which is why we reduced it slightly. We’ve increased the duration on Cloak of Shadows so that predicting Abilities is easier to accomplish. We want it to be a rewarding, high skill-cap ability, but with the old tuning it struggled to compete with Smoke Bomb.

General.display_name(General.keybind)

- Health increased from 2028 to 2128.88
- Health Regeneration decreased from 4.72056 to 4.436224
- Basic Attack damage increased from 78 to 82.16

Cloak of Shadows(R)

- Cooldown reduced from 18 to 15
- Duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds

Cheap Shot(W)

- Stun Duration changed from 1.5 seconds to 1.25 seconds

Ambush(Q)

- Energy decreased from 20 to 10

Garrote(E)

- Silence duration increased from 2 to 2.25 seconds
- Impact damage reduced from 75 to 20
- Damage over time reduced from 175 to 140

Crippling Poison

- Duration changed from 3 seconds to 5 seconds

Wound Poison

Assassinate

- Distance between enemy Heroes changed from 5 to 4

Death From Above

- Teleport range increased from 5 to 7

Rupture

- Added functionality: Basic Attacks against Garroted enemies also increases the damage over time effect by 5%, stacking up to 30%

We like that Mortal Strike and Shattering Throw are great counter options for certain team compositions, but thought they came just a little too late to draft Varian specifically for them.