Heroes of the Storm news » Heroes of the Storm Patch Notes - January 24, 2018

Heroes

Assassin

Hanzo

Stats

• Basic Attack Damage reduced from 176 to 173

Abilities

• Storm Bow (Q)
  • Damage reduced from 297 to 291
• Scatter Arrow (W)
  • Ricochet damage reduced from 90 to 88

Talents

• Level 7
  • Sharpened Arrowheads (W)
    • Decreased Armor reduction from 5 (to a maximum of 25) to 4 (to a maximum of 20)

Valeera

Abilities

• Ambush (Q)
  • Armor reduction duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Vigor (Passive)
    • Passive energy regeneration increased from 2 to 2.5 per second.
  • Combat Readiness (Passive)
    • Physical Armor increased from 60 to 75
• Level 4
  • Relentless Strikes (Q)
    • Sinister Strike energy reduction increased from 10 to 15
• Level 7
  • Mutilate (Q)
    • Damage bonus increased from 100% to 125%
  • Fatal Finesse (W)
    • Damage gained per enemy Hero hit increased from 3 (to a maximum of 60) to 4 (to a maximum of 80)
• Level 13
  • Blind (W)
    • Bonus blind duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
• Level 20
  • Adrenaline Rush (R)
    • Energy regeneration increased from 30 to 40 per second

Specialist

Sgt. Hammer

Talents

• Level 4
  • Regenerative Bio-Steel (D)
    • Healing reduced from 15% to 10% of Sgt. Hammer’s Basic Attack damage dealt in Siege Mode.
• Level 7
  • Graduating Range (D)
    • Range reduced from 1.1 to 1 per stack, up to a maximum of 3

Sylvanas

Stats

• Base Maximum Health reduced from 1456 to 1425
• Health Regen reduced from 3.04 to 2.97

Abilities

• Shadow Dagger (W)
  • Cooldown increased from 11 to 12 seconds

Talents

• Level 4
  • Lost Soul (W)
    • Cooldown reduction per Hero hit reduced from 1.25 to 1 second

Support

Brightwing

Stats

• Base Maximum Health increased from 1395 to 1450
• Health Regen increased from 2.91 to 3.02

Tyrande

Stats

• Basic Attack Damage increased from 80 to 82

Warrior

Blaze

Abilities

• Fortified Bunker (R)
  • Health increased from 1305 to 1435
• Combustion (R)
  • There is now a .5 second window after casting where Combustion cannot be canceled (this is to prevent accidental canceling from rapid key presses)

Talents

• Level 4
  • Feeding the Flame (Q)
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
• Level 7
  • Incinerator Gauntlets (Passive)
    • Bonus damage increased from 50% to 70%
  • Crossfire (Q)
    • Damage increased from 132 to 139
  • Grill and Kill (W)
    • Damage bonus decreased from 25% to 20%
• Level 13
  • Suppressive Fire (Q)
    • Spell Power reduction increased from 15% to 20% per stack
  • Nanomachine Coating (W)
    • Attack Speed slow now only applies to Oil Spills that are on fire
• Level 16
  • Juggernaut Plating (Active)
    • Shield bonus increased from 100% to 125% of damage reduced

Sonya

Stats

• Basic Attack damage reduced from 88 to 84

Talents

• Level 7
  • Poisoned Spear (Q)
    • Damage reduced from 125% to 100% of Ancient Spear’s damage.
• Level 16
  • Nerves of Steel (Active)
    • Duration reduced from 5 to 3 seconds
    • Shield amount reduced from 30% to 25% of Maximum Health
    • Cooldown reduced from 70 to 60 seconds

Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed a number of inaccuracies and grammatical issues in tooltips across the game.
• Korean Client: Updated the loading screen to the Korean localized version.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

• Blaze: Fixed an issue that allowed Heroes to bypass the movement speed reduction from ignited Oil Spills if Blaze chose the Adhesive Petroleum talent.
• Blaze: Fixed an issue causing Stimpack and Pyromania voiceover lines to be heard globally.
• Tyrael: Fixed an issue preventing Tyrael from gaining stacks of Ardent Restoration from the damage dealt by the Burning Halo talent.