We're glad to see the Hierarch as a powerful entity in the Nexus! As players are growing more proficient with his new kit, he's becoming increasingly more powerful than his competition. We're using this time to adjust a few of the over performing Talents as a means of toning him down slightly, as well as creating more compelling choices.
Shield Surge
- Shield changed from 83.2 (+4%) to 78 (+4%)
Chrono Surge
- Duration changed from 4 seconds to 5 seconds
Templar's Zeal
- Cooldown changed from 100% to 150%
Graviton Vortex
- Cooldown reduction changed from 6 to 5
Titan Killer
- Damage changed from 2.5 to 2
Plasma Burn
- Damage changed from 52 (+4%) to 57.2 (+4%)
It's nice to see the Lord of Terror running amok inside the Nexus once again. These changes are targeted at talents that are slightly over or under tuned and should help equalize some of his Talent tiers.
Lightning Breath(R)
- Increase turn rate by 25%
- Damage reduced from 100 to 50
- Damage effects per second increased from 2 to 4
Hellgate(Talent)
- Cooldown increased from 90 to 100 seconds
From the Shadows
- No longer grants additional stun time.
- Additional range increased from 33 to 40%
Fire Devil
- Bonus Damage changed from 25 to 20%
Hellfire
- Bonus damage from Heroes hit increased from 10 to 12%
- Max damage value increased from 100 to 120%
Domination
- No longer grants cooldown reduction on Overpower
General.display_name(General.keybind)
- Health decreased from 2184 to 2080
- Health Regeneration decreased from 4.55 to 4.33472
Catching Fire(Talent)
Sulfuras Hungers
- Quest completion damage bonus changed from 120 to 100
Catching Fire
- Health Regeneration bonus reduced from 2 to 1.5 per regen globe gathered
Cauterize Wounds
- Healing reduced from 60 to 50% of damage dealt
Sonya has steadily been dropping to the bottom of our Hero winrates, primarily because a lot of Heroes fulfill her role slightly better. The focus of these buffs is to improve her winrate, but also to solidify the reason to take Sonya: when you can get a lot of value out of Whirlwind because of the map mechanic, an abundance of Mercenaries, or an enemy team that consistently groups up.
Whirlwind(E)
- Damage changed from 414.96 (+4%) to 458.64 (+4%)
- Healing changed from 20 to 25% (tripled versus heroes)
Poisoned Spear
- Damage increased from 100 to 150% of Ancient Spear
- Duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds
Life Funnel
- Healing changed from 30 to 35%
Stitches come back to play! Stitches big scary monster, don't need Armor, has lots of Health!
General.display_name(General.keybind)
- Health increased from 2847.52 to 3016
- Health Regeneration increased from 5.931224 to 6.28472
These changes are a continued effort to bring Thrall's two Heroics closer in line with each other. We realize that these are not the only pick-rate issues he has and are excited to look at him in more depth soon.
Sundering(R)
- Cooldown decreased from 80 to 70 seconds
Earthquake(R)
- Slow amount changed from 70 to 50%
Hunter Killer(W)
- Damage changed from 64.48 (+3.5%) to 70.72 (+4%)
Creep Tumor(Combat Trait)
- Cooldown decreased from 20 to 18 seconds
- Movement Speed changed from 15 to 20%
Endless Creep
- Movement Speed bonus changed from 15 to 10%
We're pretty happy with Zarya's gameplay and how often we're seeing her, but we think toning down her damage slightly is in order to keep her in line.
General.display_name(General.keybind)
- Basic Attack damage decreased from 21.84 to 20.8
Particle Grenade(Q)
- Damage changed from 76.96 (+4%) to 73.84 (+4%)
Maximum Charge
- Energy gain from Regeneration Globes changed from 20 to 15
Our data shows a solid win-rate for Zul'jin's Basic Attack build (I guess enemies really don't want axe!) while his ability-supporting talents are slightly under-performing. These changes look to slightly help that while we continue to explore the flood of incoming data.
Guillotine(R)
- Cooldown decreased from 45 to 30 seconds
Twin Cleave(W)
- Energy decreased from 60 to 50
Boneslicer
- Damage bonus changed from 15 to 20
Arcanite Axes
- Cooldown reduction per hero hit changed from 0.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds
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