Starcraft II Dev Tracker

We happy to push 5.0.13 to which features a variety of Map Pool Updates and Balance. We would like to thank our partners at ESL, Balance Community Council and Community Mapmakers for all your contributions that went into 5.0.13.

---

MAP POOL UPDATE

1v1

• Goldenaura LE
• Site Delta LE
• Oceanborn LE
• Post-Youth LE
• Amphion LE
• Crimson Court LE
• Dynasty LE
• Alcyone LE
• Ghost River LE

2v2

• Catalesque CE
• Divergence CE
• Nightscape CE
• Emerald City CE
• Heavy Artillery LE
• Overgrown Facility
• Reclamation LE
• Rhoskallian LE
• Graystone Ravine

3v3

• Flashback CE
• Black Site 2E
• Sandstorm CE
• Mountain Pass CE
• Sentinel CE
• Jungle Depths LE
• Bastion of the Conclave
• Misty Swamp
• Buri...

Read more

En Taro Adun,

We are happy to push 5.0.13 to PTR which features a variety of Map Pool Updates and Balance. We would like to thank our partners at ESL, Balance Community Council and Community Mapmakers for all your contributions that went into 5.0.13.

---

MAP POOL UPDATE

1v1

• Goldenaura LE
• Site Delta LE
• Oceanborn LE
• Post-Youth LE
• Amphion LE
• Crimson Court LE
• Dynasty LE
• Alcyone LE
• Ghost River LE

2v2

• Catalesque CE
• Divergence CE
• Nightscape CE
• Emerald City CE
• Heavy Artillery LE
• Overgrowth LE (Void)
• Reclamation LE
• Rhoskallian LE
• Graystone Ravine

3v3

• Flashback CE
• Black Site 2E
• Sandstorm CE
• Mountain Pass CE
• Sentinel CE
• Jungle Depths LE
• Bastion of the Conclave
...

Read more

En Taro Adun

With the new Patch 5.0.12 released today, we've tried to the accomplish the following goals,

• Make Protoss more stable on a professional level in the early game vs Raven pushes and more able to fight Terran mid-late game armies without solely relying on Disruptors.
• Increase the variety in the mid game and late game army compositions by reducing the strength of massed Ghosts, Banelings, and Disruptors.
• Make over specialized units (Cyclones, Mothership, and Infestors) viable throughout more stages of the game.
• Bring more visual clarity to important units on the minimap, as well as relevant abilities like Widow Mine targeting, and Disruptor's cooldown indicator.
• Promote more interaction in late game scenarios, by making units such as Tempest, Mothership, and Brood Lord more maneuverable.

-StarCraft II Community Balance Council

---

BALANCE UPDATE

Terran

Cyclo...

Read more

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

• Fixed killing enemy Creep Tumors or Stasis Wards resetting the stalemate timer.
• Fixed an issue with right clicking some destructible rocks and collapsible towers triggering an attack command.
• Fixed an issue with flying units and Colossus not always revealing what is on very high cliff levels.
• Fixed an issue with landed Terran buildings knocking back Lurkers and Archons moving close to them.
• Fixed an issue with some Structures having a kill counter with no means to kill.
• Reduced the animation speed of Inhibitor and Acceleration Zones to improve readability.
• Fixed help menu's glossary not listing certain abilities and upgrades.
• Fixed issues with doodads and neutral structures having a blob shadow on low graphic settings which is hidden behind the model.
• Fixed an issue with destructible ice having a barely visible selection radius.
• Fixed an issue with...

Read more

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue where units following enemy units may only attack them within range 2 (e.g. Adept after Shading) instead of 6.
• Fixed an issue where Reapers would not deal damage at max range in Bunker.
• Fixed an issue where Colossus might not deal damage when picked up away from its target.
• Fixed an issue where Colossus was unable to damage its own units.
• Fixed an issue where the Lair has sight 11 instead of 12.
• Fixed an issue where Cyclone Mag-Field Accelerator upgrade increases 20 damage vs armored instead of 10 vs all.
• Fixed an issue where the Lair has an attack target priority of 12 instead of 11.

En Taro Adun

Patch 5.0.11 has arrived, featuring a wide range of balance, quality of life changes and bug fixes. These changes were curated by our very own StarCraft II community which consisted of pro players, content creators, tournament organizers and modders. We want to thank all of them for all their efforts on this update.
-StarCraft II Team

---

VERSUS

Worker Units

• No longer need to wait for full deceleration before beginning to attack.

Developer Comment: Because of workers' slow deceleration as a result of their mining behavior, they felt very unresponsive when ordered to attack nearby units.

---

ZERG

Creep Tumor

• Cooldown increased from 10.71 to 13.57 seconds.
• Sight range reduced from 11 to 10.

Developer Comment: Clarifies where the vision provided reaches for the Zerg, as the si...

Read more

En Taro Adun
We are excited to push Patch 5.0.11 to PTR which features various amounts of balance, bugfixes, and quality of life improvement done by our community members.

---

Zerg

Creep Tumor

• Cooldown increased from 11 to 13 seconds.
• Sight range reduced from 11 to 10.

Hatchery, Lair and Hive

• Creep spread interval decreased from 0.3 to 0.25.
• Sight range increased from 10,11,12 to 12.

Viper

• Added 0.71 second Cast Finish Time to abduct (can not move or use other abilities during this time).

Ultralisk

• Reduced size by 12.5%.
• Increase range slop from 1 to 1.4 (range target can move before miss).

Hydralisk

• Muscular Augments move speed bonus increased from 0.79 to 1.05.
• Damage point reduced from 0.15 to 0.1.

Brood Lord

• Move speed increased from 1...

Read more

Patch 5.0.10 Hotfix has arrived which contains a number of co-op bugfixes that were gathered by the community.

CO-OP MISSIONS

Localization

• Biomass and Essence drops now properly scale on some non-English locales.
• Fenix Conclave AI Research animations are now properly displayed on some non-English locales.
• Graviton Warp Catapult description now states actual 33% attack speed increase for all locales.

General Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where Gateways could automatically transform into Warpgates after Warpgate Research completion, even if a unit was in production.
• Units with the "Frenzied" passive no longer get stunned with Stank's Headbutt, Hunterling's Leap Attack and stun abilities from Void Shards and Slivers.

Commanders

• Amon
  • Hybrid Dominator Plasma Blast no longer hits targeted units in Nova's Tactical Airlift and in Tychus'...

Read more

GENERAL

• 2022 IEM Katowice Champion Achievement has been added with a new IEM Champion 2022 Serral Portrait reward, and can be earned by logging in to the game.

• New 2022 Ladder Season 1 has started with a new 1v1 map pool.
  • 1v1
    • Cosmic Sapphire
    • Data-C
    • Inside and Out
    • Moondance
    • Stargazers
    • Tropical Sacrifice
    • Waterfall

En Taro Adun,
We are releasing a Balance Patch which was put together by our very own SC2 community. Over the past couple months, we have been working with various members of the community and tournament organizers to create a balance update for the game. We would like to recognize and acknowledge the members of the group for the upcoming changes you see below.

---

Shield Battery

• Starting Energy reduced from 100 to 50 outside of the next field

Dark Templar

• Now have a 0.75s attack delay after blink

Void Ray

• Increased build time from 37 to 43
• Increased mineral cost from 200 to 250

Queen

• Can no longer transfuse off creep

Widow Mine

• Reduced the effectiveness of drilling claws from 0.71 seconds to 1.07 seconds

Lurker

• Reduced the effectiveness...

Read more

GENERAL

• New 2021 Ladder Season 2 has started with a new 1v1 map pool.
  • 1v1
    • 2000 Atmosphere LE
    • Blackburn LE
    • Beckett Industries LE
    • Jagannatha LE
    • Lightshade LE
    • Oxide LE
    • Romanticide LE
• 2021 IEM Katowice Champion Achievement has been added with a new IEM Champion 2021 Reynor Portrait reward.

At only eight years old, Riccardo Romiti pulled a game from a shop shelf, enamored with the portrait of a grizzled space marine emblazoned upon the box. Three years later, he would sign with a professional StarCraft II team and skyrocket to fame in the European StarCraft scene. Now, at only 18, he’s a laureled prodigy and world champion—and only the second ever non-Korean to receive the title.

Catch up with Riccardo “Reynor” Romiti, the 2021 IEM Katowice champion who became a StarCraft II professional at the age of 11, and learn more about his rise to fame, his secret to winning, and what he intends to do now that he’s #1.

---

Childhood of a Champion

Reynor’s first foray into the Koprulu Sector was over 10 years ago, when he received a copy of StarCraft II at the age of eight. “I purchased the game together with my father,” Reynor recalls. “I remember I had to pick out...

Read more

BUG FIXES

Collection

• Spray notification text no longer shows a blue placeholder icon.

Co-op Missions

• Commanders
  • Zagara
    • Fixed an issue where Mastery Points could not properly allocated for power set 2 and 3 after a match.

GENERAL

• War Chest 6 skin bundles are now available for purchase.
  • Terran Tyrador Structures Bundle
  • Zerg Cerberus Structures Bundle
  • Protoss Ihan-rii Structures Bundle
• All previous War Chest skin set bundles have been made available for purchase in the Featured section of Collection.
  • Terran Tyrador Units Bundle
  • Zerg Cerberus Units Bundle
  • Protoss Ihan-rii Units Bundle
  • Terran Special Forces Units Bundle
  • Terran Mira’s Marauders Units Bundle
  • Terran Umojan Units Bundle
  • Terran Special Forces Structures Bundle
  • Zerg Leviathan Brood Units Bundle
  • Zerg Primal Units Bundle
  • Zerg Simulant Units Bundle
  • Zerg Simulant Structures Bundle
  • Protoss Forged Units Bundle
  • Protoss Purifier Units Bundle
  • Protoss Golden Age Units Bundle
  • Pro...

Read more

To the StarCraft community,

StarCraft is one of a kind, and we’re committed to making sure that those of you who love this universe like we do have a home here for many years to come. With that in mind, we want to let you know about a development change we’re making for StarCraft II as we continue supporting it for the long-term.

As many of you know, Blizzard continues updating its games long after the initial release—some of you will remember that we were actively patching the original StarCraft more than 10 years after it first hit store shelves. This year we celebrated 10 years of StarCraft II with one of our largest-ever patches, with massive updates to the editor, Prestige Talents for Co-op Commanders, and gameplay improvements delivered to players worldwide.

We’re going to continue supporting StarCraft II in the same manner as we have with our previous longstanding games, such as Brood War, focusing primarily on what our core and competitive communiti...

Read more

Update on September 30, PDT: 2020 Ladder Season 3 is now live, and some map bugs have been fixed below.

BUG FIXES

• Lightshade LE
  • Fixed an issue where the Reaper would not path properly at times near the Reaper ramps.
  • Fixed an issue where the lobby screenshots rotated incorrectly.
• Jagannatha LE
  • Fixed an issue where air and ground units could clip into various doodads.
  • Fixed an issue where units could be partially hidden inside the ground foliage.
  • Fixed an issue where certain doodads didn’t display occlusion lines.
  • Added decals near the Reaper cliffs to help highlight them.
  • Fixed an issue where units could clip into certain doodads near ramps.
• Oxide LE
  • Moved the position of the rocks near the third base to make it a bit more challenging for enemy Siege Tanks to reach and attack the base.
  • Fixed a...

Read more

GENERAL

• New observer interface added, “Pro 2020”.
  • Supports 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 games at 16x9.
  • Previously seen earlier this year at IEM Katowice and War Chest Team League.
  • Features larger numbers and icons for improved mobile and couch viewing.
  • Reduced text for multi-region broadcasts.

CO-OP MISSIONS

• Maps
  • Part and Parcel
    • The mission timer now starts with 90 additional seconds.
  • Scythe of Amon
    • The Warp Prism for the bonus objective will now announce its planned path 20 seconds before moving.
• Alarak
  • Shadow of Death Prestige
    • This Prestige has been reworked.
    • The Mothership and its Destroyers no longer receive reduced stats fro...

Read more

Update on August 20: balance changes below have been reflected to the live Versus now.

---

Hey everyone,

Last week we released a community update talking about our thoughts on the state of the game as well as some proposed changes along with our reasoning. As it was released a few hours after the patch notes themselves, we suspect some may have missed these notes, and we urge everyone to check them out before continuing. With that in mind, here are some small adjustments we’d like to make to our initial proposals.

Baneling

Previously Proposed Change:...

Read more

Separated from the Swarm, a lone zergling must fight to overcome his own nature to defeat his sinister captors. Check out this excerpt, then download Operation Blind Devil by Cassandra Clarke, the final entry in a new series of StarCraft II short stories to celebrate the game's 10th anniversary.

---

He moves cautiously, claws clicking against the shiny floor. It’s cold on his feet, smooth. Strange. It does not feel alive. It’s not spongy or warm, like the tissue of the leviathan in which he lives.

He walks in a circle, listening to the click click click. If he goes fast enough, the clicks seem to multiply as if he’s out where he’s supposed to be, following the Queen of Blades across the nerve center of her leviathan. Did his footsteps s...

Read more

Hey all,

With the recent celebration of the 10^th anniversary of our beloved game, the conclusion of Dreamhack Masters Summer, and the imminent finale of GSL Season 2, we’d like to take this time to update you all on our thoughts on the state of the game since our last balance patch. As we haven’t seen many changes in TvT and ZvZ, we’ll be focusing on talking about the other matchups.

TvZ

Though we had some concerns regarding the matchup going into the current patch, the changes to Zerg seem to have been offset by changes in the map pool. Currently, we feel TvZ is very diverse and dynamic with possibly the highest number of strategies being employed from both sides in the matchup ever. Specifically, we’d like to call out the rise in popularity of Mech, transitions from Battlecruisers into Bio, and general Lurker play. Overall, we’re excited to see how this matchup develops.

TvP

A lot of trends we’ve noticed and m...

Read more