Patch Notes - Li Ming has entered the Nexus! :: Heroes of the Storm discussion on HeroesFire

Focused Attack

- Damage Bonus changed from 75.00% to 60.00%

"Buffs. Acceptable."

Stab(Q)

- Damage changed from 112.32 (+4%) to 117.52 (+4%)

Spike Burst(W)

- Damage changed from 110.24 (+4%) to 115.44 (+4%)

"Similar to Gall, a few months of data have given us a good idea about which of Cho’s Talents are under and over performing. We have made some balance changes and Talent swaps to help these issues."

Fuel for the Flame

Seared Flesh

I AM Hurrying!

Surge of Stamina

Frenzied Fists

The Will of Gall

"A few months of data have given us a good idea about which of Gall’s talents are under and over performing. We have made some balance changes and talent swaps to help these issues."

Twisting Nether(R)

- Slow changed from 40.00% to 50.00%
- Damage changed from 355.68 (+4%) to 431.60 (+5%)

Hurry Up, Oaf!(Mount)

Shove(Mount)

- Cooldown increased from 15 to 40 seconds

Eye of Kilrogg(1)

- Charges increased from 0 to 4

Runic Persistence

Siphoning Runes

Spurred Onward

Shove

- Tier decreased from 6 to 1
- Cooldown increased from 15 to 40 seconds

Edge of Madness

Double Trouble

Speed of Twilight

- Movement Speed changed from 30.00 to 20.00
- Duration changed from 2 to 5

Shadowflare

Psychotic Break

Xplodium Charge(E)

- Energy decreased from 70 to 60
- Cooldown increased from 0 to 1 seconds

Clockwerk Steam Fists

Goblin Fusion

General.display_name(General.keybind)

- Basic Attack Damage increased from 76.96 to 81.12

"The derogatory moniker 'wizard' is often given to mages with rebellious attitudes or an obsession with power. Li-Ming displays a little of both and she's hardly ashamed of it. After all, who are they to judge a wielder of limitless arcane magic?"

Critical Mass(Combat Trait)

Magic Missiles(Q)

Arcane Orb(W)

Teleport(E)

Disintegrate(R)

Wave Of Force(R)

Disintegrate(R)

1 (?)

4 (?)

7 (?)

10 (?)

13 (?)

16 (?)

20 (?)

Wisp(E)

- Energy decreased from 50 to 30
- Cooldown decreased from 45 to 30 seconds

Innervate(Combat Trait)

"Nova is a crowd favorite, and always at the top of our most played list. When we sat down to talk about what we wanted to do for her, we quickly realized that a slight Talent shuffle was not going to be possible. We wanted to keep her playstyle as similar to live as possible while also addressing some of our core concerns with her, which were: she can be very frustrating to play against for newer players, she isn’t viable in competitive play, and her Talent pick rates were not great. This new direction for Nova addresses the first two issues by lowering her overall burst potential, while increasing her damage output overall. The most noticeable way we did this was through lowering both her Snipe cooldown and damage. For the third concern, we decided to do an overarching sweep of her Talents, removing the ones that weren’t working, and created some new ones that should offer interesting choices that promote Nova’s roaming and ganking nature. We realize that this is a slight departure from her long history of burst damage, but feel it is a better direction for her in the long run. We are watching her very carefully in order to react quickly and tune accordingly."

Ghost Protocol(1)

Snipe(Q)

- Energy decreased from 65 to 60
- Cooldown decreased from 10 to 8 seconds
- StormSnipeDamageAmount changed from 348.40 (+4%) to 278.72 (+4%)

Pinning Shot(W)

- Charges increased from 0 to 1
- Cooldown increased from 0 to 1 seconds

Tactical Espionage

Longshot

Remote Delivery

Rapid Projection

Holo Stability

Snipe Master

Double Tap

Psionic Efficiency

Lethal Decoy

Ghost Protocol

Conjurer's Pursuit

Psi-Op Rangefinder

Ambush Snipe

Tazer Rounds

Remote Delivery

Gathering Power

Envenom

Lethal Decoy

Headshot

Spell Shield

Railgun

Double Fake

Overdrive

Bolt of the Storm

Advanced Cloaking

Covert Ops

One in the Chamber

Explosive Round

- Tier increased from 3 to 5

Perfect Shot

Precision Barrage

"The Talent system is incredibly complex, and we continue to learn more about its nuances every day. As our philosophies grow and change, we attempt to utilize them in our Hero updates. Rehgar’s changes were driven by this, and will help us learn even more in the future. Here’s a very brief explanation: Rehgar was usually brought to teams as a main support, which meant players were heavily incentivized to pick every healing option available to him. We tried to rectify this by placing healing Talents against each other on the same Talent tier. Of course, this removes some of his healing power as players cannot stack each Talent, so we also increased his base power to compensate. Our hope is that these changes will allow Rehgar players to be a more aggressive while supporting their team, which was always his design intent. "

Totemic Projection(E)

Ancestral Healing(R)

- Cooldown increased from 70 to 80 seconds

Chain Heal(Q)

- Energy decreased from 70 to 65
- RehgarChainHealPrimaryHealRechargeVitalRate changed from 308.88 (+4%) to 386.88 (+4%)
- RehgarChainHealSecondaryHealRechargeVitalRate changed from 153.92 (+4%) to 193.44 (+4%)

Lightning Shield(W)

Ghost Wolf(Combat Trait)

Earthbind Totem(E)

- Energy decreased from 60 to 50

Healing Totem(Talent)

Electric Charge

Wolf Run

Totemic Projection

Earthliving Enchant

Hunger of the Wolf

Rising Storm

Empowering Charge

Chain Reaction

Shadow Wolf

Healing Surge

Reactive Spark

Feral Lunge

Spell Shield

Blood for Blood

Lightning Bond

Spiritwalker's Grace

Stormcaller

Healing Totem

Blood and Thunder

Earth Shield

Tidal Waves

Earthgrasp Totem

Gladiator's War Shout

"Overall, we are really happy with Sonya, but her burst potential was a bit higher than we were comfortable with."

Seismic Slam(W)

- Primary Damage changed from 199.68 (+4%) to 183.04 (+4%)
- Splash Damage changed from 49.92 (+4%) to 45.76 (+4%)

"Being able to cast Shadow Assault more frequently and stick to his target better should help make Zeratul a lot more lethal when he chooses to give up the massive amount of utility that Void Prison brings."

Cleave(Q)

- Damage changed from 196.56 (+4%) to 208.00 (+4%)

Shadow Assault(R)

- Energy decreased from 100 to 50
- Cooldown decreased from 100 to 45 seconds
- Duration changed from 6 to 4

Master Warp-Blade

Void Slash

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Beautifully laid out Mowen. I reckon that these patch notes are much easier to read than the ones Blizzard puts out.

+1 for the designation of "rework" and "new" abilities.

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