In der Nacht von gestern auf heute haben die an Heroes of the Storm mitarbeitenden Entwickler von Blizzard Entertainment überraschenderweise ein zuvor nicht angekündigten neues Balance Update auf die Liveserver der verschiedenen Spielregionen aufgespielt, welches selbstverständlich auch dieses Mal wieder von offiziellen Patchnotes auf der Communityseite dieses Titels begleitet wurde. Dieser informativen Übersicht zufolge beinhaltete dieser neue Patch neben einigen notwendigen Fehlerbehebungen auch noch einen von vielen Spielern geforderten Nerf an Mal’Ganis, viele kleinere Anpassungen an ausgewählten Unterstützern und recht ausgewogen ausfallende Veränderungen an einer Reihe von anderen Charakteren. Wer jetzt gerne mehr über die Auswirkungen dieses neuen Patches erfahren möchte, der sollte sich die folgenden Patchnotes des Entwicklerteams möglichst aufmerksam durchlesen.

Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes – October 31, 2018:

Heroes

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

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%

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%

Specialist

Zagara

Abilities

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

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

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

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%

Uther

Abilities

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

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

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

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

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%

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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