[2018] Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes - October 31, 2018

We're about to release a new Heroes of the Storm patch to apply a number of balance changes and bug fixes. Read on for details.

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Heroes

Assassin	Specialist	Support	Warrior
Falstad	Zagara	Li Li	Artanis
Kel'thuzad		Lucio	Blaze
Lunara		Tyrande	Dehaka
		Uther	Mal'Ganis

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Assassin

Falstad

Abilities

• Flight (Z)
  • Cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds

Talents

• Level 20
  • Epic Mount (Z)
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 30 to 40 seconds

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Kel'thuzad

Abilities

• Frost Blast (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50
  • Root duration increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Barbed Chains (E)
    • Armor reduction decreased from 15 to 10
• Level 7
  • Ice Cold (Passive)
    • Damage bonus increased from 250 to 300%
• Level 13
  • Icy Grasp (W)
    • Frost Nova slow increase changed from 10 to 15%

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Lunara

Talents

• Level 7
  • Choking Pollen (Q)
    • Damage bonus to enemies afflicted by Nature’s Toxin increased from 75 to 85%
    • Damage bonus to enemies afflicted by 3 stacks of Nature’s Toxin increased from 125 to 135%

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Specialist

Zagara

Abilities

• Nydus Network (R)
  • Maximum number of active Nydus Worms reduced from 10 to 4

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Support

Li Li

Abilities

• Healing Brew (Q)
  • Base healing amount reduced from 190 to 181

Talents

• Level 4
  • Hindering Winds (E)
    • Duration reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds

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Lucio

Abilities

• Crossfade (W)
  • Speed Boost Movement Speed increased from 15 to 20%
• Amp It Up (E)
  • Cooldown reduced from 15 to 13 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 100 to 90

Talents

• Level 1
  • We Move Together (W)
    • Removed

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Tyrande

Abilities

• Light of Elune (Q)
  • Heal amount reduced from 265 to 255
• Lunar Flare (E)
  • Cooldown increased from 12 to 13 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Kaldorei Resistance (Q)
    • Spell Armor duration reduced from 3 to 2 seconds
• Level 4
  • Ranger (W)
    • Bonus maximum range damage increased from 150 to 250%
• Level 20
  • Iceblade Arrows (Passive)
    • Basic Attack Speed increase reduced from 25 to 20%

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Uther

Abilities

• Hammer of Justice (E)
  • Stun duration increased from .75 to 1 second

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Warrior

Artanis

Abilities

• Phase Prism (E)
  • Cooldown reduced from 16 to 14 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 70 to 60

Talents

• Level 13
  • Graviton Vortex (E)
    • Mana cost reduction decreased from 35 to 30

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Blaze

Abilities

• Oil Spill (W)
  • Slow amount increased from 40 to 50%
  • Ignited Oil Spill damage reduced from 18 to 16
• Jet Propulsion (E)
  • Cooldown reduced from 10 to 9 seconds
  • Mana cost reduced from 50 to 45
• Pyromania (D)
  • Armor amount increased from 25 to 35

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Dehaka

Abilities

• Brushstalker (Z)
  • Cooldown increased from 60 to 75 seconds

Talents

• Level 20
  • Apex Predator (Z)
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 25 to 35 seconds

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Mal'Ganis

Abilities

• Fel Claws (Q)
  • Damage reduced from 72 to 69
• Vampiric Touch (Trait)
  • Healing against non-Heroic targets reduced from 15 to 10%
• Carrion Swarm (R)
  • Healing against Heroes reduced from 100 to 75%

Talents

• Level 16
  • Plague Bats (W)
    • Damage reduced from 85 to 81
  • Frenzied Assault (Passive)
    • Bonus Physical Damage increased from 10 to 15%

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Bug Fixes

General

• Banner: Fixed an issue with the Roll 20 Esports Banner textures.
• Announcer: Fixed an issue that caused the Mal’Ganis announcer pack to change to Malfurion after loading into a game.

Heroes

• Ana: Fixed an issue that caused Ana’s Level 13 Healing Dart talents to fail to apply to Heroes that were at full health.
• Mal’Ganis: Fixed an issue that could grant Mal’Ganis vision from summoned units while the Blind as a Bat talent was active.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue causing Level 5 and Level 15 progression reward icons to appear as white squares.

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