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5.0.16 patch for SC2 goes live (8 worker start)

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33656 Posts
June 22 2026 20:35 GMT
#1
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24259080/starcraft-ii-5-0-16-patch-notes

Blizzard has deployed the 5.0.16 patch for StarCraft II, with the controversial starting working count change and other balance tweaks from the PTR intact. The ladder maps were also rotated.
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AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16124 Posts
June 22 2026 20:40 GMT
#2
LOL they have a whole ass PTR cycle for everything except a Random buff to Zerg that they push through with barely any time out of nowhere. Yup this is definitely the same balance team that pushed through the Cyclone Rework a couple cycles ago.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France13000 Posts
June 22 2026 20:40 GMT
#3
Oh my that’s terrible, maestros of the game will have to be played on this horrendous thing, despite being a serious tournament?
We keep getting the short hand of the stick
WriterMaru
NeWHoriZonS
Profile Joined April 2018
57 Posts
June 22 2026 20:56 GMT
#4
I cannot express how fucking dumb it is to push that 3 days after PTR 2 and 1 day after an EMERGENCY HOTFIX because of how broken the larva spawn rate was. And don't get fooled, the "fixed" larva spawn rate still makes Zerg OP
Literally everyone is saying this patch as a whole is a bad idea, from all races/kind of players
This is genuinely the one patch that could break the game/split the community, it is so bad in so many ways it's insane
We just threw 10 years of experience by the window for nothing
Hopefully this is reverted VERY soon
Telephone
Profile Joined October 2010
United States149 Posts
June 22 2026 21:35 GMT
#5
No way they actually pushed through this patch with this larva change intact. It's been tested for 3 days and is obviously broken. Anyone testing even one game just trying to hit build benchmarks could have seen that it's totally broken.
doktordingerdonger
Profile Joined October 2025
129 Posts
June 22 2026 21:45 GMT
#6
On June 23 2026 05:40 Vindicare605 wrote:
LOL they have a whole ass PTR cycle for everything except a Random buff to Zerg that they push through with barely any time out of nowhere. Yup this is definitely the same balance team that pushed through the Cyclone Rework a couple cycles ago.


bold of you to assume these balance changes arent straight out of chatgpt
arwinter
Profile Joined April 2021
2 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-22 22:18:50
June 22 2026 22:18 GMT
#7
Needs to be reverted. Right about now!
CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1964 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-22 22:25:27
June 22 2026 22:24 GMT
#8
The larva change was needed. Also, overlord got nerf, larva nerf from last ptr, queen nerf from last ptr, creep spread nerf.

Stop speaking nonsense like zerg is op. I bet none of you even played ptr.
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
BluemoonSC
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
SoCal8932 Posts
June 22 2026 22:33 GMT
#9
looking forward to seeing how this shakes out, but man, I wish they would have taken their time testing PTR2 more.

watching protoss build a zealot early-game is like watching paint dry.
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Daloze
Profile Joined August 2011
9 Posts
June 22 2026 22:44 GMT
#10
people crying here are the reason why this game is dead

if you can't accept big changes to make sc2 exciting again, just accept game being done
Aq
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5536 Posts
June 22 2026 23:39 GMT
#11
People can accept big changes. Big changes are exciting. The thing is that these are big changes that according to most haven't been tested enough. Like 3 days of testing for the zerg stuff?

And the changes at first glance, and based on what good players are saying are not balanced.

I am excitedly hopping on as we speak but I really don't have high hopes.
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
TeamMamba
Profile Joined June 2025
250 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-23 00:05:06
June 23 2026 00:01 GMT
#12
lol at all the whining about one Zerg buff. Zergs has been getting nerfs after nerfs for years (the Serral nerf effect)

Im convinced most of you complainers has never played the game
HelpMeGetBetter
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
United States766 Posts
June 23 2026 00:07 GMT
#13
am i crazy, or is the Disruptor missing the 'phantom attack' weapon?
THERIDDLER
Profile Joined July 2014
Canada132 Posts
June 23 2026 00:22 GMT
#14
The fact that the 90% of the community which all consists of protoss players are crying should tell you how unironically good this patch is.
Please don't fricken hack, its just a game.
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5536 Posts
June 23 2026 00:39 GMT
#15
On June 23 2026 09:22 THERIDDLER wrote:
The fact that the 90% of the community which all consists of protoss players are crying should tell you how unironically good this patch is.

Nice math bruh.
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tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3502 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-23 02:45:02
June 23 2026 02:44 GMT
#16
On June 23 2026 09:01 TeamMamba wrote:
lol at all the whining about one Zerg buff. Zergs has been getting nerfs after nerfs for years (the Serral nerf effect)

Im convinced most of you complainers has never played the game

So you didnt happen to watch another ZvZ Final in the weekly tournament last night, right? 2 tournament in a row with the PTR where we have ZvZ Final and that is without Serral/Rogue. Yep, sounds like its you who dont have damn clue.
CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1964 Posts
June 23 2026 03:21 GMT
#17
On June 23 2026 11:44 tigera6 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2026 09:01 TeamMamba wrote:
lol at all the whining about one Zerg buff. Zergs has been getting nerfs after nerfs for years (the Serral nerf effect)

Im convinced most of you complainers has never played the game

So you didnt happen to watch another ZvZ Final in the weekly tournament last night, right? 2 tournament in a row with the PTR where we have ZvZ Final and that is without Serral/Rogue. Yep, sounds like its you who dont have damn clue.

No LOL it sounds like you have no clue. Everything on ptr for Zerg got nerfed. It's not that patch. Compared to PTR 2, queen nerfed, overlord speed nerfed, hatchery nerf, creep nerfed, larva rate nerfed. It's not that insane state you saw bruv.
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33656 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-23 03:48:46
June 23 2026 03:48 GMT
#18
I tend to take a wait and see approach to these kinds of things, but the Larva stuff seems like it might be an immediate issue from the limited competitions we've had thus far.
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
mathphyswithvic
Profile Joined April 2024
18 Posts
June 23 2026 04:07 GMT
#19
I love it actually. finally some changes.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17685 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-06-23 04:26:15
June 23 2026 04:25 GMT
#20
On June 23 2026 09:39 jimminy_kriket wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2026 09:22 THERIDDLER wrote:
The fact that the 90% of the community which all consists of protoss players are crying should tell you how unironically good this patch is.

Nice math bruh.

"90% of the players are Protoss. the other half are Terran and Zerg." , Yogi Berra , 1955
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
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