{"id":663045,"date":"2026-05-11T21:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663045\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:19:11","slug":"heroes-of-the-storm-balance-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663045\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve just released a patch to the live servers in order to apply some balance and bug fixes.<\/p>\n


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\nQuick Navigation:
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\nMap Updates
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\n\tHaunted Mines
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\n\t\tSkull scaling increased from 5% to 7%.
\n\t\tGolem scaling before 5 minutes decreased.
\n\t\tGolem scaling later in the game significantly increased.
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\nBalance Update
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\nHeroes
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\nArthas
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Base<\/p>\n


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\n\tBase Stats
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\n\t\tHealth increased from 2625 to 2750.
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\n\tDeath Coil [Q]
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\n\t\tHealing increased from 262 to 275.
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\n\tFrostmourne Hungers [D]
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\n\t\tAttack damage per quest stack reduced from 1 to 0.75.
\n\t\tDamage bonus on charged attacks increased from 1 to 3.
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Talents<\/p>\n


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\n\tLevel 1
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\n\t\tFrost Presence
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\n\t\t\tUpon unlocking the line Damage, targets can now be hit by both the line AND the final area.
\n\t\t\tDeath Coil Slow benefit duration increased from .75 seconds to 1.25 seconds.
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\n\tLevel 7
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\n\t\tIcebound Fortitude
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\n\t\t\tNow removes Slows and Roots upon activation.
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\n\tLevel 20
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\n\t\tPath of Frost
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\n\t\t\tNow increases minimum Movement Speed to 140%, rather than providing +40% Movement Speed.
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\nChen
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Base<\/p>\n


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\n\tFlying Kick [Q]
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\n\t\tDamage increased from 120 to 130.
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\n\tFortifying Brew [D]
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\n\t\tDelay before being able to interrupt decreased slightly.
\n\t\tShields provided per tick increased from 90 to 95.
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Talents<\/p>\n


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\n\tLevel 1
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\n\t\tAccumulating Flame
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\n\t\t\tInitial hit now provides a quest stack.
\n\t\t\tStack requirements increased from 20\/75 to 25\/80.
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\nDeathwing
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Base<\/p>\n


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\n\tMolten Flame
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\n\t\tDamage per tick increased from 19 to 20.
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Talents<\/p>\n


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\n\tLevel 20
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\n\t\tDestroyers Rampage
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\n\t\t\tDuration reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds.
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\nGazlowe
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Base<\/p>\n


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\n\tRock-it Turret
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\n\t\tDamage increased from 37 to 43.
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Talents<\/p>\n


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\n\tLevel 1
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\n\t\tOne Man Wrecking Crew
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\n\t\t\tDamage bonus increased from 60% to 75%.
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\nMal’Ganis
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Talents<\/p>\n


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\n\tLevel 1
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\n\t\tWill of Tichondrius
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\n\t\t\tDamage bonus per stack reduced from 0.5 to 0.25.
\n\t\t\tRequired damage to unlock quest reward decreased from 40 to 20.
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\n\t\tWinged Guard
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\n\t\t\tStack generation reduced from once every 6 seconds to once every 5 seconds.
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\n\tLevel 13
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\n\t\tDeep Sleep
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\n\t\t\tMovespeed bonus increased from 10% to 15%.
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\n\tLevel 20
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\n\t\tWrath of Nathreza
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\n\t\t\tTransferred damage increased from 75% to 85%.
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\nMurky
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Talents<\/p>\n


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\n\tLevel 20
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\n\t\tMarch of Murlocs
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\n\t\t\tCooldown reduced from 100 seconds to 90 seconds.
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\nBug Fixes
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\nMap
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\n\tVolskaya Foundry
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\n\t\tFixed an issue that caused the Triglav Protector’s Particle Cannon charge to cause other players’ cursors to highlight in an area.
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\nHeroes
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\n\tArthas
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\n\t\tLevel 1
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\n\t\t\tRime
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Rime’s Healing to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap.
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\n\t\tLevel 16
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\n\t\t\tRemorseless Winter
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\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Remorseless Winter’s Healing to not be displayed correctly in the Death Recap.
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\n\tChen
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\n\t\tBase
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\n\t\t\tBreath of Fire [W]
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\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Breath of Fire to not deal impact damage.
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\n\tMuradin
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\n\t\tBase
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\n\t\t\tStorm Bolt [Q]
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\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Storm Bolt’s quest progression indicator to show around the target that killed the Hero.
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\n\t\tLevel 7
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\n\t\t\tPerfect Storm
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\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm’s Mana refund to not be granted.
\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm’s Mana refund to increase Muradin’s Self Healing score.
\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Perfect Storm to be able to go on cooldown when already on cooldown.
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\n\tRexxar
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\n\t\tGeneral
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\n\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Misha to not respawn when her Respawn Timer expires.
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\n\tTychus
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\n\t\tLevel 10
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\n\t\t\tInfest
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\n\t\t\t\tInfest now displays as a Quest Bonus.
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\n\tTyrande
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\n\t\tBase
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\n\t\t\tLunar Flare [E]
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\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze to not grant quest progress when the targeted Hero dies and they have a non-standard death state.
\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze to not grant quest progress when the targeted Hero is killed by a non-Hero.
\n\t\t\t\tFixed an issue that caused Lunar Blaze’s quest progression indicator to show around the target that killed the Hero.
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\n\tZagara
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\n\t\tLevel 1
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\n\t\t\tInfest
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\n\t\t\t\tInfest now displays as a Quest Bonus.
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