[2019] StarCraft II 4.8.3 Patch Notes

GENERAL

• Abathur: Evolved Bundle is going to be available as a part of Twitch Prime offer starting later this month. Stay tuned for more details.
  • Abathur Co-op Commander
  • Abathur Announcer
  • “Live Now” portrait pack
  • “Live Now” portrait for Abathur
  • “Live Now” portrait for Swann
  • “Live Now” portrait for Vorazun
  • “Live Now” Zerg Banner
  • Evolved Zerg Console Skin
• A new Lowko Announcer is now available.
• A set of 8 comic portraits have been added for players who own War Chest: Katowice 2019 for at least one race.

BUG FIXES

General

• Queens can now properly spawn a Creep Tumor on ramps in certain Heart of the Swarm campaign missions, and Co-op Missions.

Co-op Missions

• Commander
  • General
    • Fixed an issue where incorrect portrait could appear for structures for certain commanders.
  • Alarak
    • Ascendants with multiple Power Overwhelming stacks no longer take bonus damage from the Black Death or Double Edged mutators.
  • Dehaka
    • Dehaka’s Drone no longer morphs into a structure while holding to a Xenon Crystal on The Vermillion Problem.
    • Primal Host now properly attack enemy Creep Tumors with its Locusts.
    • Murvar now dies properly when Murvar’s Den is destroyed.
    • Enemy units will now properly take damage from Psionic Explosion when Dehaka devours a Psionic unit directly after spawning or respawning.
    • Fixed an issue where the first charge of Greater Primal Wurm could sometimes not be properly given to the player.
  • Nova
    • Nova’s air units can now be properly deployed in areas without ground pathing.
  • Stukov
    • Fixed an issue where units dominated by Vega could be attacked by an allied Stukov’s Apocalisk.
  • Zeratul
    • Void Arrays no longer share the same cargo space as Kerrigan’s Omega Worms.
• Mission
  • Dead of Night
    • Ultralisks can no longer be stunned by Chokers.
  • The Vermillion Problem
    • Civilians can no longer become stuck outside neutral buildings when retreating from lava.
  • Void Launch
    • The bonus objective can no longer be targeted by a Viper’s Abduct.
    • Fixed an issue where the bonus objective could be stuck.
• Mutator
  • Fixed an issue where Amon’s Disruptors could fear units without detonating its Purification Nova while the Fear mutator was active.

War Chest: Katowice 2019

• Protoss rewards now properly match the level that they are awarded at.
• Damaged Spore Crawlers and Spine Crawlers with Simulant skins equipped no longer leave their fire effects behind when they are uprooted.
• Visual effect now properly appears as intended when placing a Pylon with the Forged skin.

Maps

• New Repugnancy LE
  • Textures at certain locations were updated to make cliff edges and pathable areas clearer and more visible.
  • Textures near base placement locations were updated to be more centered.
  • Terrain updated near the natural base to prevent Photon Cannons from being walled in at certain locations.
  • Certain doodads were removed to prevent units from hiding inside.
  • Fixed an issue where Sentries could be blocked after being warped in.
• Year Zero LE
  • Pathing now properly matches the terrain near the starting ramp locations.
• Cyber Forest LE
  • Certain doodads were removed to prevent units from hiding inside.
• King’s Cove LE
  • Pathing now properly matches the terrain near the starting ramp locations.
• Rosebud LE
  • Faction emblems and selection circles are no longer hidden by certain doodads.
• Efflorescence LE
  • A doodad is now properly centered at a base placement location.
• Team Liquid Map Contest
  • Inhibitor Zones placed on higher level terrain will now properly animate.
  • Inhibitor Zone Generator models and mini map icons updated.

Versus

• Time Warp's effect no longer goes back to the enemy after Neural Parasite ends.
• Stalkers can no longer be targeted at the original Blink location.

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where toggling on mouse drag scroll could cause the cursor to appear in the middle of the screen.
• Help menu now properly displays Cyclone’s Upgrades.
• Fixed an issue where the Polarity mutator would display its icon over friendly units and structures.