Blaze Patch General Discussion - Page 2

Regeneration Globes
•Total Health regen over 5 seconds reduced from 11.7% Maximum Health to 9%
•Total Mana regen over 5 seconds reduced from 7.8% Maximum Mana to 7%
Mercenaries
•Hellbats
•Defender
•Armor Shred amount reduced from 5 to 4% per stack
•Base Health reduced from 4275 to 3420

•Laner
•Armor Shred amount reduced from 5 to 4% per stack
•Base Health reduced from 4700 to 3760
•Health Scaling (Minutes 1-5) reduced from 50 to 40
•Health Scaling (Minutes 6-10) increased from 75 to 110
•Health Scaling (Minutes 11 -15) increased from 100 to 150
•Health Scaling (Minutes 16-20) increased from 125 to 235



•Knights
•Defender Mage Knight
•Spell Armor Aura amount increased from 15 to 20

•Laner Mage Knight
•Spell Armor Aura amount reduced from 30 to 20


•Slime Boss (Warhead Junction)
•Laner
•Base Health amount reduced from 20000 to 16000
•Scaling (Minutes 1-5) reduced from 630 to 500
•Scaling (Minutes 6-10) increased from 945 to 1050
•Scaling (Minutes 11 -15) increased from 1260 to 1400
•Scaling (Minutes 16-20) increased from 1575 to 2250

•Base Basic Attack damage reduced from 400 to 320 •Scaling (Minutes 1-5) reduced from 10 to 8
•Scaling (Minutes 6-10) increased from 15 to 17
•Scaling (Minutes 11 -15) increased from 20 to 23
•Scaling (Minutes 16-20) increased from 25 to 38

•Base Spit impact damage reduced from 250 to 200
•Scaling (Minutes 6-10) increased from 5 to 6.25%
•Scaling (Minutes 11 -15) increased from 6 to 7.25%
•Scaling (Minutes 16-20) increased from 6 to 8.25%

•Base Spit ‘Damage over Time’ damage reduced from 150 to 120
•Scaling (Minutes 6-10) increased from 5 to 6.25%
•Scaling (Minutes 11 -15) increased from 6 to 7.25%
•Scaling (Minutes 16-20) increased from 6 to 8.25%

•Acid Trail Base damage reduced from 80 to 64
•Scaling (Minutes 6-10) increased from 5 to 6.25%
•Scaling (Minutes 11 -15) increased from 6 to 7.25%
•Scaling (Minutes 16-20) increased from 6 to 8.25%



Forts
•Gate Tower Damage to Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters, and Heroes increased by 33%.
•Fort Damage to Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters, and Heroes increased by 33%
Keeps
•Gate Tower Damage to Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters, and Heroes increased by 33%
•Keep Damage to Minions, Mercenaries, Monsters, and Heroes increased by 33%
•Keep Health increased from 16,000 to 17,000
Towers of Doom
•Altar respawn time increased from 90 to 110 seconds.
​Battlefield of Eternity
•The initial stage of the first event will always be South vs North (Heaven South, Hell North)
•The second stage of the first event will always be East vs West (Heaven East, Hell West)
•All subsequent event stages will be randomized

•The Minimap will now indicate upcoming Immortal spawn locations 30 seconds after the game begins. •Subsequent Immortal indicators will appear on the Minimap shortly after a previously summoned Immortal has been defeated.
•Swap locations will not appear on the Minimap when an Immortal has been reduced to 50% Health.


Developer Comment: As expected, our gameplay update for 2018 resulted in large changes to many of our game systems. While we’re overall happy with the direction of the update, there have been some unintended side effects that we’re hoping to remedy. We overestimated how much more powerful unlimited ammo would be for Structures, and as a result pushing mechanics have become too strong, resulting in lower game times on nearly all maps. We’re giving our towers some of their teeth back with this update, which should help teams hold pushes from Mercenary Camps and map events. We’re also making some tuning changes to some of our Mercenary Camps now that we have had some time to see how they have been performing. Hellbats and Knights in particular are pushing harder than we would like, so we’re reducing their power. We’re also taking a look at the Warhead Junction boss and reducing its early and mid-game pushing power, as right now it is too strong when combined with Nukes from the map event. Lastly, we are reducing the power of Regeneration Globes. While we like the new mini-game that Neutral Regen globes provide in the laning phase, we are not comfortable with how much they are currently benefitting the team that is ahead while they are pushing into a defending team. We’re also seeing players picking up more Regeneration Globes in general, so this will help to keep the game’s overall sustain in check. These are some hefty changes, and it’s likely that there will be more needed to be done over time as things continue to settle. We’ll be keeping an eye on things, and are prepared to make more updates as they’re needed.
​Heroes Brawl
•Dodge Brawl •Chromie’s Health has been increased from 3 to 5
•Ghost Chromies now display player names overhead
•The in-game camera will now lock to Ghost Chromie until a new round begins

•Removed •​Warhead Junction
•​Added •​Volskaya Foundry

Abilities
•Scatter Arrow (W)
•Spread of Scatter Arrows narrowed by 20%
•Damage reduced from 93 to 90

•Natural Agility (D)
•Cooldown reduced from 25 to 20 seconds
•Range increased from 8 to 10

Talents
•Level 7
•Shieldbreaker (Q)
•Removed

•Sharpened Arrowheads (W)
•Moved from level 20
•New functionality:
•Hitting a Hero with Storm Bow or Basic Attacks reduces their Armor by 5 for 4 seconds, stacking up to 25.



•Level 13
•Mounted Archery (Z)
•Bonus Movement Speed reduced from 30 to 20%


•Level 16 •Giant Slayer (W)
•Damage increased from 1.25 to 1.5% of enemy Hero’s Health


•Level 20
•(New) Perfect Agility (D)
•Gain a second charge of Natural Agility, and reduce the cooldown by 5 seconds



Developer Comment: We’re reducing the spread of Scatter Arrows so that they’re more effective when opponents aren’t directly next to a wall, while also reducing the damage slightly to compensate. We’ve increased the range of Natural Agility so that it will jump over a wider variety of terrain. We’ve also removed Shieldbreaker because we found that it required a very specific set of circumstances to be effective, but it was extremely powerful in those rare situations. We’ve moved Sharpened Arrowheads to replace it while changing its functionality to be more consistent in all situations.

Abilities
•Snipe (Q)
•Damage reduced from 245 to 230

•Pinning Shot (W)
•Damage reduced from 105 to 100

•Precision Strike (R)
•Damage reduced from 456 to 435

•Precision Sniper (Trait)
•Damage per stack increased from 5 to 6%

Abilities
•Level 7
•Perfect Shot (Q)
•Cooldown refund for hitting Heroes increased from 2 to 3 seconds

•One in the Chamber (Passive)
•Damage bonus reduced from 70 to 60%


•Level 16
•Lethal Decoy (E)
•Clone damage reduced from 40 to 35%



Developer Comment: It’s nice to see that the recent changes to Nova have been so widely embraced by players. However, with the addition of some new escape tools and her ability to have multiple clones out at once, we feel like her damage potential against single targets is still a bit too high. Our data is showing that her talent tree is in a very good spot balance wise (besides a couple outliers, which you see here) so we are also lowering her base output and compensating by increasing Precision Sniper’s damage.

Stats
•Base Maximum Health increased from 1650 to 1725
•Health Regen increased from 3.4 to 3.6
Abilities
•Mirror Image (Q)
•Image Health increased from 825 to 862.5
•Image Health Regen increased from 1.7 to 1.8

Talents
•Level 4
•Deflection (Trait)
•Armor increased from 25 to 30


•Level 7
•Burning Blade (W)
•Damage bonus decreased from 65 to 50%

•Phantom Pain (W)
•Damage bonus increased from 40 to 45%

•Crushing Blows (W)
•Cooldown reduction increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds



Developer Comment: Samuro’s rework has put him in a good position regarding his talent pick and win rates, as well as his overall performance. In addition to some talent tuning changes, we decided to slightly increase his Health to compensate for the fact that he now has to put himself into dangerous positions much more often to deal damage.

Abilities
•Garrote (E)
•Silence duration reduced from 2.75 to 2.5 seconds

Talents
•Level 1
•Crippling Poison (Active)
•Slow reduced from 25 to 20%


•Level 4
•Hemorrhage (E)
•Damage bonus reduced from 50 to 30%



Developer Comment: We’re reducing the duration of Garrote’s Silence slightly so that all openers feel viable, and reducing the damage of Hemorrhage so that Valeera doesn’t have as much damage while also being able to shut down her target.

Talents
•Level 1
•Move Unseen (Trait)
•Movement Speed increased from 25 to 30%


•Level 4
•Darkness Descends (Active)
•Passive Attack Speed bonus increased from 10 to 20%


•Level 7
•Warp Skirmisher (1)
•Bonus Attack Damage increased from 30 to 40%



Developer Comment: Zeratul currently has the lowest win rate out of all of our Stealth characters, so we’re tuning up some of his underperforming talents. He traditionally has been a high performer as players learn to master him, so we will be keeping an eye on him over time to see if he needs any more changes.

Abilities
•Fortified Bunker (R)
•Health increased from 1300 to 1305

Abilities
•Groundbreaker (Q)
•Slow amount increased from 30 to 35%
•Cooldown decreased from 8 to 7 seconds
•Mana cost decreased from 35 to 30

•Wrecking Ball (E)
•Cooldown decreased from 14 to 12 seconds
•Mana cost decreased from 65 to 60

Talents
•Level 1
•Warbreaker (Q)
•Cooldown reduction decreased from 3 to 2 seconds
•Damage increased from 50 to 55

•Unrivaled Strength (E)
•Bonus damage reduced from 125 to 75%


•Level 7
•Into the Fray (1)
•Cooldown increased from 40 to 45 seconds


•Level 16
•Earthshaker (E)
•Stun duration reduced from .6 to .5 seconds

•Mortal Combo (E)
•Cooldown reduction decreased from 8 to 7 seconds

•Rough Landing (Q)
•Slow bonus amount decreased from 20 to 15%



Developer Comment: While the changes to Groundbreaker have helped Garrosh feel better to play against, we believe he can use some help with his ability to peel for his team and control the battlefield. We’re also making some tuning changes to his talents to help their pick and win rates.

Abilities
•Falling Sword (R)
•Johanna can no longer take damage or be targeted while initially casting Falling Sword​

•Tyrael

Nazeebo: Fixed an issue causing Vile Infection to deal bonus damage after choosing certain talents.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Blaze: Fixed an issue allowing players to cast Flame Stream while dead if they entered a Bunker while dying.
Blaze: Fixed an issue that could cause Heroes to enter permanent Stasis if they were killed just as they entered a Bunker.
Hanzo & Leoric: Fixed an issue causing Towers to spawn if Leoric was directly impacted by Sonic Arrow.
Malfurion & Stitches: Fixed an issue that could cause Heroes to become unplayable if Nature’s Cure was cast while they were affected by Stitches’ Gorge.
Malfurion & Zagara: Nature’s Cure can no longer cleanse Heroes of the Devouring Maw effect.
Uther: The Well Met talent will no longer affect non-Heroic units.
Valeera: The Strangle talent will no longer affect non-Heroic units.