Heroes of the Storm Forums

---

We just released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm, which marks Tracer’s pre-release, and brings a number of balance changes, UI improvements, and bug fixes to the game. Check out the patch notes below.

---

Jump to section: New Hero Heroes Shop Battlegrounds Bug Fixes

---

New Hero

"Lena Oxton (call sign: 'Tracer'), is both an adventurer and an irrepressible force for good. With the ability to alter her own time at will, she fights the good fight wherever she goes--even the Nexus. Don't worry, loves. The cavalry's finally here. Tracer is FREE to purchasers of Overwatch: Origins Edition"

Reload(Combat Trait)

Blink(E)

Melee(W)

Recall(E)

Pulse Bomb(R)

1 (?) 4 (?) 7 (?) 10 (?) 13 (?) 16 (?) 20 (?)

---

Heroes

Assassin - Li-Ming - Greymane - Illidan - Nova

Specialist - Gazlowe - Zagara

Warrior - Cho - Artanis - Dehaka

---

Assassin

Power Hungry

Incendiary Elixir

Sweeping Strike(W)

Pinning Shot(W)

---

Specialist

EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper

Nydus Network(R)

---

Warrior

Blazing Bulwark- Damage Reduction changed from 75% to 50%

General.display_name(General.keybind)- Health decreased from 2428.4 to 2334.8 - Health Base Regen decreased from 5.057728 to 4.862728

Twin Blades(W)

Reactive Parry

Zealot Charge

Essence Collection(Combat Trait)

Drag(Q)

Whirling Dervish

---

Shop

Bundles

• New Bundles have been added, and will remain available for purchase until Tuesday, May 10!
  • Elven Fates Bundle
  • Ultimate Elven Fates Bundle

Price Reductions

• The Butcher’s prices have been reduced to $8.49 USD and 7,000 Gold.

Mounts

• The 2016 Spring Champion’s Mount has been added in honor of MVP Black, the 2016 Spring Global Champions.
• The Championship Banner’s third Mount Variation has been decorated with maroon and gold in honor of Real Dream Team’s Heroes of the Dorm 2016 victory.

Skins

• New Skins
  • Master Tracer
  • Impressed by Real Dream Team’s Heroes of the Dorm 2016 victory, Azmodunk has donned a maroon and gold uniform as his third Skin Variation.

---

Battlegrounds

Infernal Shrines

• Punisher
  • Punisher starting Health has been increased, and scaling Health has been reduced to compensate.
  • Frozen Punisher
    • Delay between ice trap spawn and detonation decreased from 2.5 to 2 seconds.
    • Root duration while frozen decreased from 2 to 1.5 seconds.

Towers of Doom

• Events in which three Altars spawn at once will now only occur twice per game, during the first and fifth Altar events.[/color][/b]

---

Bug Fixes

There have been numerous bug fixes this patch, for more information, click here.

---