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StarCraft II 4.0 Patch Notes
GENERAL
BALANCE
General
Terran
Protoss
Zerg
Full patch notes for Co-op Mode, StarCraft II API, StarCraft II Editor, and Bug Fixes at Battle.net
GENERAL
- StarCraft II is now free to play!
- The Wings of Liberty campaign is now free to all users.
- The Unranked ladder is now free for all users.
- The Ranked ladder can now be unlocked after achieving 10 “first wins of the day” or purchasing any
- campaign or War Chest (when available).
- All Co-op commanders are now available to play up to level 5.
- Raynor, Kerrigan, and Artanis are still free and can be played to max level.
- Players who owned Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, Legacy of the Void, or Nova Covert Ops
- before October 31 2017 will receive an exclusive Ghost skin as well as three new portraits.
- Learn more in our blog.
- The Unranked ladder is now free for all users.
- New Co-op Commander and Announcer: Han and Horner
- The first duo commander, Mira Han and Matt Horner, combine the might of the Dominion military with the reckless and explosive power of Mira’s mercenaries.
- Learn more in our blog.
- New Co-op Mission: Part and Parcel
- We’re proud to incorporate the winning map of the Rock the Cabinet 2017 contest into our official Co-op Mission rotation.
- Collect parts to assist General Davis in rebuilding her war machine to destroy hybrid monstrosities.
- Learn more in our blog.
- We’re proud to incorporate the winning map of the Rock the Cabinet 2017 contest into our official Co-op Mission rotation.
- The Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm, and Legacy of the Void ladders have now been consolidated into a single ladder using units, balance, and data from Legacy of the Void.
- The Expansion Level selection for Wings of Liberty or Heart of the Swarm balance games has been moved to Custom > Melee.
- New players logging into StarCraft II for the first time will now be brought to a new Welcome experience.
- Players can choose their RTS experience level.
- Beginner level players will be guided through the in-game tutorial.
- Players can choose to watch introduction videos or jump straight into Campaign, Co-op, or Versus mode.
- Players can choose their RTS experience level.
- The Profile has been refreshed and now includes information about Co-op Missions.
- The Co-op section has been refreshed for improved UI clarity.
- A new Random Commander option has been added.
- Weekly Mutations can now be played at Commander Level 1.
- A new Random Commander option has been added.
- The Multiplayer section has been renamed to “Versus.”
- The new Versus screen has been updated and reorganized with new visuals and improved UI clarity.
- 2017 Ladder Season 4 has begun!
- A new Siege Tank trophy top can now be earned from winning an Automated Tournament.
- A new “Auto Join” button has been added to the Arcade subsection of Custom, as well as the Arcade map info panels.
- Auto Join will search for an open lobby for the selected map, and if it cannot find one, it will open a new public lobby for that map with you as the host.
- Use the pulldown next to the button to set the mode to search for.
- Auto Join will search for an open lobby for the selected map, and if it cannot find one, it will open a new public lobby for that map with you as the host.
- The “Play Again” button has been brought back to the score screen for custom Melee and Arcade games. This button will search for an open lobby for the Map/Mode you just played. If it can’t find one, it will create a lobby for you.
- The second set of portraits featuring remaining eight players who finished at the top of the WCS 2017 are now available to players who purchased War Chest: BlizzCon 2017.
BALANCE
General
- Large mineral node values increased from 1500 to 1800. Smaller mineral node values remain the same at 900.
- Vespene Geyser values increased from 2000 to 2250.
Terran
- Raven
- Removed Auto-Turret, Point Defense Drone, and Seeker Missile abilities.
- Added Interference Matrix, Repair Drone, and Anti-Armor Missile abilities.
- Interference Matrix: Disables a Mechanical or Psionic unit rendering it unable to attack or use abilities for 6 seconds.
- Repair Drone: Deploys a drone that automatically repairs nearby friendly mechanical units for 90 seconds.
Repairs life at 12.6 life per second, drains 1 energy for every 3 life repaired. - Anti-Armor Missile: Deploys a Missile which activates after 2 seconds and pursues the target units, dealing 30 splash damage upon contact and reducing armor of affected units by 3 for 21 seconds.
- New upgrade "Enhanced Munitions"
- Research from Starport Tech Lab
- Cost: 150 Minerals/150 Vespene Gas/79 seconds.
- Increases the Anti-Armor Missile's explosion radius by 20% and its tracking range by 50%.
- Research from Starport Tech Lab
- Removed Auto-Turret, Point Defense Drone, and Seeker Missile abilities.
- Liberator
- No longer receives a sight range bonus after transforming into Defender mode but will receive vision of the targeted location.
- Cyclone
- First four shots will fire quickly for the Cyclone's Lock On ability.
- New upgrade "Rapid Fire Launchers"
- Research from Factory Tech Lab
- Cost: 150 Minerals / 150 Vespene Gas / 79 seconds.
- Increases the attack speed of the first 12 shots of the Cyclone's Lock On ability.
- Research from Factory Tech Lab
- First four shots will fire quickly for the Cyclone's Lock On ability.
- Ghost
- Starts with the Cloak ability.
- Starting energy decreased from 75 to 50.
- New upgrade "Moebius Reactor"
- Research from Ghost Academy.
- Cost: 100 Minerals/100 Vespene Gas/57 seconds.
- Increases starting energy of Ghosts by 25.
- Research from Ghost Academy.
- Starts with the Cloak ability.
- Factory Tech Lab
- New upgrade "Smart Servos"
- Cost: 150 Minerals/150 Vespene Gas/79 seconds.
- Allows Hellions, Hellbats, Vikings, and Thors to transform quickly between combat modes.
- Cost: 150 Minerals/150 Vespene Gas/79 seconds.
- New upgrade "Smart Servos"
- Marauder
- Marauder projectiles now have a blue trail after Concussive Shells upgrade is applied.
- Widow Mine
- Widow Mines are now revealed while Sentinel Missile is on cooldown.
Protoss
- Mothership Core unit removed.
- Nexus
- Chrono Boost costs 50 energy and causes the target structure to operate 100% faster for 10 seconds.
- Nexus now has energy, 200 maximum.
- Nexus starting energy is 50.
- "Mass Recall" ability recalls units owned by the player in the target area to the Nexus.
- 50 energy cost.
- Warp out pause duration is 3.6 seconds.
- Warp in duration is 0.4 seconds.
- 130 second global cooldown for all Mass Recalls across all Nexus structures.
- 50 energy cost.
- Chrono Boost costs 50 energy and causes the target structure to operate 100% faster for 10 seconds.
- New defensive structure: Shield Battery.
- Recharges the shields of nearby friendly units.
- Warped in by Probes.
- Requires Cybernetics Core.
- 75 mineral cost.
- 28.6 second warp in duration.
- 200 Shields/200 Health/100 Maximum and starting Energy
- Restores shields of a single friendly unit within 6 range.
- Shields restore at 50.4 shields per second, drains 1 energy for every 3 shields restored.
- Auto-cast affects units and Photon Cannons only.
- Recharges the shields of nearby friendly units.
- Mothership
- Mothership's "Mass Recall" changed to "Strategic Recall."
- Strategic Recall will recall all player units in the target area to the Mothership.
- Strategic Recall does not have a cooldown and does not share a global cooldown with Nexus Mass Recall.
- Strategic Recall will recall all player units in the target area to the Mothership.
- Mothership's "Mass Recall" changed to "Strategic Recall."
- Disruptor
- Purification Nova will detonate when in contact with an enemy unit.
- Damage remains at 145 (+55 shields).
- Damage radius remains at 1.5
- Detonation radius is 0.25.
- Will not trigger on enemy structures or changelings.
- Purification Nova cooldown reduced from 21.4 to 14.3 seconds.
- Purification Nova will detonate when in contact with an enemy unit.
- Observer
- New ability "Surveillance Mode.": Increases vision by 25% and immobilizes the observer.
- High Templar
- New weapon "Psi Blast."
- Damage: 4.
- Weapon speed: 1.25.
- Range: 6.
- Targets ground units.
- New weapon "Psi Blast."
- Colossus
- Thermal Lance base range increased from 6 to 7.
- Thermal Lance damage changed from 12 to 10 (+5 light).
- Protoss ground weapon upgrades will add +1 to base and +1 to light.
- Extended Thermal Lance cost reduced from 200/200 to 150/150.
- Range upgrade increased Thermal Lance range by +2 instead of +3.
- Thermal Lance base range increased from 6 to 7.
- Carrier
- Interceptor cost increased from 10 to 15.
- Stalker
- Particle Disruptors weapon damage changed from 10 (+4 Armored) to 15 (+6 Armored).
- Weapon speed changed from 1 to 1.54.
- Receives +2 base damage per level of Protoss Ground Weapon upgrades.
- Particle Disruptors weapon damage changed from 10 (+4 Armored) to 15 (+6 Armored).
- Oracle
- Revelation: Duration reduced from 43 to 30 seconds.
- Stasis Ward
- Will no longer affect Zerg larva or eggs.
- Stasis Ward has a 170 second timed life duration.
- Will no longer affect Zerg larva or eggs.
- Pulsar Beam weapon changed from Spell to Normal damage. Armor will now reduce the Pulsar Beam damage.
- Revelation: Duration reduced from 43 to 30 seconds.
- Adept
- Shade sight increased from 2 to 4.
- Warp Prism
- Visual effect added for units picked up by the Warp Prism.
Zerg
- Infestor
- Undetected burrowed Infestors will be more visible on low graphics quality settings.
- Infested Terrans
- Infested Gauss Rifle damage reduced from 8 to 6.
- Infested Gauss Rifle no longer targets air units.
- New weapon "Infested Rockets."
- Targets air units only.
- Damage: 14
- Period: 0.95
- Range: 6
- Prioritized over the Infested Gauss Rifle ground weapon.
- Targets air units only.
- Zerg missile attack and ground carapace upgrades will affect Infested Terrans.
- Infested Gauss Rifle damage reduced from 8 to 6.
- Fungal Growth
- Slows the target's movement speed by 75%.
- Radius increased from 2.0 to 2.5.
- Slows the target's movement speed by 75%.
- Undetected burrowed Infestors will be more visible on low graphics quality settings.
- Overseer
- New ability "Oversight": Increases vision by 25% and immobilizes the Overseer.
- Viper
- Parasitic Bomb
- Damage increased from 60 to 120 over 7 seconds.
- Damage no longer stacks.
- 0.7 second delay before Parasitic Bomb effects begin.
- Damage increased from 60 to 120 over 7 seconds.
- Swarm Host
- Movement speed reduced from 4.13 to 3.15.
- Lurker Den
- Lurker Den is morphed from the Drone instead of the Hydralisk Den.
- Cost: 100 Minerals/150 Vespene Gas/86 Seconds.
- New upgrade "Adaptive Talons"
- Reduces Lurker burrow time from 2 to 0.7 seconds and increase movement speed by 10%.
- Cost: 150 Minerals/150 Vespene Gas/54 Seconds.
- Hive requirement.
- Reduces Lurker burrow time from 2 to 0.7 seconds and increase movement speed by 10%.
- Lurker Den is morphed from the Drone instead of the Hydralisk Den.
- Overlord
- Movement speed increased from 0.82 to .902. Afterwards, Evolved Pneumatized Carapace will increase the Overlord’s movement to the same value of 2.63.
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