Heroes of the Storm news » Heroes of the Storm PTR Balance Update — September 1, 2016

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Battlegrounds

Towers of Doom

• Headless Horseman
  • Attack damage increased from 145 to 158

Battlefield of Eternity and Infernal Shrines

• Mercenaries
  • Khazra Impalers
    • Captured Impaler attack damage increased from 40 to 46

Heroes

Assassin

Abilities

• Hammerang (Q)
  • Damage reduced from 132 to 121

Talents

• Level 4
  • Updraft (E)
    • Now also increases Shield duration by 40% (1.2 seconds)
• Level 7
  • BOOMerang (Q)
    • Detonation damage reduced from 175 to 165
  • Charged Up (W)
    • Range bonus increased from 15 to 25%
• Level 16
  • Aerie Gusts (Trait)
    • Cooldown reduction for Tailwind activation decreased from 4 to 3 seconds

Valla

Stats

• Basic Attack damage increased from 60 to 75

​Abilities

• Hatred (Trait)
  • Stack duration increased from 4 to 6 seconds

Specialist

Azmodan

Talents

• Level 1
  • Taste for Blood (Q)
    • Duration in which enemy deaths will permanently add to Globe of Annihilation damage increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds

Sgt. Hammer

Talents

• Level 7
  • Slowing Mines (Q)
    • ​Removed
• Level 16
  • Mine Field (Q)
    • Moved to Level 7

Zagara

Stats

• Attack Damage reduced from 86 to 82

Abilities

• Baneling Barrage (Q)
  • Damage reduced from 91 to 86
• Hunter Killer (W)
  • Damage reduced from 68 to 62
• Infested Drop (E)
  • Damage reduced from 155 to 147

Talents

• Level 16
  • Mutalisk (W)
    • Duration reduced from 60 to 45 seconds

Support

Lt. Morales

Abilities

• Displacement Grenade (E)
  • Detonation delay reduced from 0.30 to 0.0625 seconds

Bug Fixes

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

• Fixed an issue that could cause Tyrael, Uther, and Gall players to incorrectly receive AFK Warnings due to the combination of their post-death effects and lengthy death timers at later levels.
• Rexxar: Misha can now push Minions and allied Mercenaries, but will not push enemy or uncaptured Mercenaries.
• Sgt. Hammer: Basic Attack range indicators should now appear consistent while Sgt. Hammer is in both Tank and Siege Modes.
• Zagara: After learning Medusa Blades, Zagara will now deal the correct amount of damage to her secondary Basic Attack targets.

User Interface

• Commendations: Fixed an issue in which Commendations could incorrectly credit players with unrealistic stats, such as 100% of the team’s damage soaked or Healing done.