Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes - October 14, 2024

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch is live! Read on for more information.

NOTE: Orange text indicates a change between PTR and Live notes.

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• General
• Balance Update
• Bug Fixes

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General

• Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.
• Updated Shop Bundles and Items.

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Balance Updates

ARAM

• Same Hero Mode
  • Same Hero mode now enables Health & Mana regeneration at base, reduced from 8% per second to 3.2% per second.
  • Same Hero mode now enables the Hearthstone ability without the burst heal after completion.
  • Reduced the chance of encountering Same Hero Mode from 2% to .5%.
  • Sgt. Hammer has been added to Same Hero mode.
  • The following Heroes have been removed from Same Hero Mode: Alarak, Artanis, Butcher, Cassia, Falstad, Genji, Greymane, Gul'dan, Hogger, Illidan, Imperius, Junkrat, Kael'thas, Kel'Thuzad, Kerrigan, Li-Ming, Lunara, Maiev, Mephisto, Orphea, Raynor, Thrall, Tracer, Tychus, Whitemane, Zarya, Zeratul, Zul'jin.

Heroes

Blaze

Base

• Basic Attack damage increased from 55 to 60.
• Flame Stream [Q]
  • No longer able to deal additional damage to Structures.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Adrenaline Stimpack
    • Passive attack speed bonus reduced from 25% to 20%.
• Level 4
  • Incinerator Gauntlets
    • Bonus damage reduced from 50% to 40%.
• Level 7
  • Nanomachine Coating
    • Attack Speed reduction reduced from 50% to 35%.
    • Duration increased from 3 seconds to 4 seconds.
  • Suppressive Fire
    • Reduced Spell Power reduction from 25% to 20% and from 50% to 40%.
• Level 10
  • Bunker Drop
    • Cooldown increased from 70 to 80.
    • Flamethrower damage reduced from 170 to 150.
    • Mana cost increased from 70 to 80.
• Level 13
  • Collision Course
    • Damage reduced from 275 to 260.

Cassia

Base

• Basic Attack damage increased from 122 to 125.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Impale
    • Bonus Damage increased from 50% to 70%.
  • Thunderstroke
    • Bonus Damage increased from 15 to 20.
• Level 20
  • Infinite Lightning
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.

Chen

Talents

• Level 1
  • Eye of the Tiger
    • Bonus Damage increased from 40% to 50%.
    • Leech amount increased from 40% to 60%.
• Level 4
  • Accumulating Flame
    • Bonus Damage increased from 20% to 30%.
• Level 7
  • Gift of the Ox
    • Bonus duration increased from 1.5 seconds to 2 seconds.
• Level 13
  • A Touch of Honey
    • Slow bonus increased from 20% to 30%.
  • Ring of Fire
    • Damage increased from 55 to 60.
    • Duration increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
• Level 20
  • Untapped Potential
    • Bonus Armor duration increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.

Hanzo

Talents

• Level 16
  • Giant Slayer
    • Damage reduced from 2% of maximum Health to 1.6% of maximum Health.

Mephisto

Talents

• Level 4
  • Spite
    • Bonus duration reduced from 150% to 100%.
• Level 16
  • Lightning Reaction
    • Damage reduced from 138 to 120.

Thrall

Base

• Health increased from 1896 to 1946.
• Health Regeneration increased from 3.9492 to 4.0546.
• Frostwolf Resilience [Trait]
  • Healing increased from 223 to 240.
• Chain Lightning [Q]
  • Bounce damage increased from 81 to 85.
  • Damage increased from 162 to 170.
• Feral Spirit [W]
  • Cooldown reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.

Talents

• Level 13
  • Spirit Shield
    • Increased Spell Armor from 50 to 70.

Valla

Base

• Hatred [Trait]
  • Duration reduced from 6 seconds to 5 seconds.

Talents

• Level 10
  • Strafe
    • Damage per bolt increased from 60 to 70.
    • Mana cost reduced from 80 to 60.
• Level 16
  • Manticore
    • Reduced bonus damage from 5% of maximum Health to 4% of maximum Health.
  • Punishment
    • Reduced the Mana cost of Multishot by 20.

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Bug Fixes

Heroes

• Abathur
  • Level 20
    • Hivemind
      • Fixed an issue that caused Hivemind to grant more Shielding than intended when combined with Networked Carapace.
• Alarak
  • Base
    • Sadism [Trait]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Sadism's bonus to not apply to Lightning Surge's healing when the primary target is not a Hero.
• Butcher
  • Level 1
    • Invigoration
      • Fixed an issue that caused Invigoration to not activate if Hamstring killed its only Hero target.
• Cassia
  • Level 13
    • War Matron
      • Added floating text for the amount of damage prevented by War Matron.
• Cho'Gall
  • Level 1
    • Keep Moving!
      • Now also modifies Cho's run animation while Shove's movement speed bonus is active.
  • Level 20
    • The Will of Gall
      • Fixed an issue that caused The Will of Gall to not increase Gall's damage.
• Chromie
  • Level 10
    • Temporal Loop
      • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
• Diablo
  • Base
    • Fixed an issue that prevented Diablo's attacks from consuming charges of Dodge and Upstage.
    • Shadow Charge [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Shadow Charge to attach the target to Diablo if another Diablo is affecting them with Overpower.
    • Overpower [E]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Overpower to activate Stukov's Superstrain twice.
• E.T.C.
  • Level 1
    • Prog Rock
      • Fixed an issue that could prevent allies from being affected by Prog Rock's area heal.
• Garrosh
  • Base
    • Into the Fray [1]
      • No longer displays the duration of its Unstoppable.
    • Bloodthirst [W]
      • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
  • Level 1
    • Body Check
      • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
• Guldan
  • Base
    • Drain Life [W]
      • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
• Imperius
  • Base
    • Celestial Charge [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Celestial Charge to activate Stukov's Superstrain twice.
• Junkrat
  • Level 10
    • RIP-Tire
      • Fixed an issue that caused RIP-Tire to not display correctly when cast.
• Kel'Thuzad
  • Base
    • Death and Decay [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Death and Decay's cast effect to be visible in Fog of War and animate while Kel'Thuzad is Stopped.
  • Level 10
    • Frost Blast
      • No longer ignores vision limitations when queued.
• Kharazim
  • Level 4
    • Earth Ally
      • Updated Earth Ally to have the remaining Physical Armor duration match the remaining duration of Earth Ally.
  • Level 20
    • Peaceful Repose
      • Fixed an issue that caused Peaceful Repose to activate even when Divine Palm heals the target.
• Li Li
  • Level 1
    • Free Drinks
      • Floating text updated to show as a crit.
• Medivh
  • Base
    • Portal [E]
      • Fixed an issue that allowed Medivh to instantly mount after using a Portal to leave the Hall of Storms.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Medivh's Portal to not feature a channel bar or apply visual effects while being channeled.
      • Portal teleportation now happens instantly after completing the channel instead of briefly after completing the channel.
      • Using Medivh's Portal no longer clears the command queue.
  • Level 4
    • Raven Familiar
      • Damage is now dealt by the Portal user instead of Medivh.
• Nazeebo
  • Level 10
    • Ravenous Spirit
      • Fixed an issue that caused Ravenous Spirit to be cancelled if another Nazeebo cancelled their Ravenous Spirit.
• Probius
  • Level 16
    • Quantum Entanglement
      • Fixed an issue that caused Quantum Entanglement to not apply if the Warp Rift is detonated as soon as it activates.
• Raynor
  • Base
    • Inspire [W]
      • Added a duration indicator to the Abilities button.
  • Level 10
    • Raynor's Raider
      • Fixed an issue that caused Raynor's Raider Banshee to receive healing when activating the Tunnel on Towers of Doom and the Sewer Waygate on Warhead Junction.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Raynor's Banshee to not be launched by Stitches Hook.
  • Level 20
    • Execute Orders
      • Fixed an issue that caused Execute Orders Yamato Cannon to fire at targets outside its radius.
• Rehgar
  • Base
    • Lightning Shield [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Rehgar to not be healed by the damage dealt by Lightning Shield when he gains spell leech.
    • Ghost Wolf [Z]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Rehgar's Ghost Wolf Lunge visuals to be visible in Fog of War.
  • Level 4
    • Electric Charge
      • Fixed an issue that caused Electric Charge to increase the bearer's Self Healing score.
      • Updated to heal the bearer for its amount as a singular combined effect.
• Rexxar
  • Fixed an issue that caused Misha to receive healing when activating the Tunnel on Towers of Doom and the Sewer Waygate on Warhead Junction.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Rexxar's melee attacks from consuming charges of Dodge and Upstage.
• Stukov
  • Level 16
    • Superstrain
      • Fixed an issue that caused Superstrain to not display FX when activating.
• Tassadar
  • Level 7
    • Arc Discharge
      • Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge cooldown to not progress while resonance beam is fully charged.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to trigger during cooldown.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Arc Discharge to not activate correctly.
• Tracer
  • Level 4
    • Is That a Health Pack?!
      • Fixed an issue that caused Is That a Health Pack?! to increase Tracer's Healing Score when activating.
• Tyrael
  • Level 13
    • Law and Order
      • Fixed an issue that caused Law and Order's damage bonus to not be applied.

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