We are making changes based on player data and feedback. We are calibrating both Protoss and Terran to help deal with Zerg. We will continue to monitor and make changes if necessary.

Protoss
Colossus damaged increased from 10(+5 vs Light) to 12(+3 vs Light).
Adept damage modifier per attack upgrade increased from 1(+1 vs Light) to 2(+2 vs Light).
Gateway unit train time reduction bonus from researching Warp Gate increased from 40% to 50%.
Gateway/Warpgate transformation duration is now always 4s (reduced from 7s and 5s).
Disruptor phantom weapon range decreased from 11.35 to 7.

Terran
Command Center cost reduced from 400 to 300 minerals.
Planetary Fortress cost increased from 150/150 to 250/150.
Ghost Supply reduced from 3 to 2.

Bug Fixes & Quality of Life Updates
Load Nearby Transport ability reverted (we will look at re-introducing this at a later date).
Gateway train visuals will no longer trigger if 'Effects' graphics options are set to low.
Fixed an issue where workers interacted incorrectly with allied structures.
Warpgates now have selection subgroup priority over Gateways.
Warpgates and Gateways are now considered distinct units when issuing 'select all' commands.
Gateways and Warpgates can now be issued orders to transform regardless of which is the primary subgroup selection.
Reverted spawned Hallucinations inheriting their caster's order queue.
Selection radius color is now distinct for primary subgroup selection when Colorblind mode is enabled.
Fixed an issue in Team games where Cyclones could fail to deal damage to units detected by an ally.

Any thoughts on the current gameplay after this latest hotfix? What are some new metas coming out?

Kreuger

Sweden922 Posts

July 15 2026 10:50 GMT

On July 15 2026 19:23 SeaMonster1 wrote:
Any thoughts on the current gameplay after this latest hotfix? What are some new metas coming out?

Do you have a list what changed?

Herringbone

37 Posts

1 hour ago

Protoss
Colossus damaged increased from 10(+5 vs Light) to 12(+3 vs Light).
Adept damage modifier per attack upgrade increased from 1(+1 vs Light) to 2(+2 vs Light).
Gateway unit train time reduction bonus from researching Warp Gate increased from 40% to 50%.
Gateway/Warpgate transformation duration is now always 4s (reduced from 7s and 5s).
Disruptor phantom weapon range decreased from 11.35 to 7.

Terran
Command Center cost reduced from 400 to 300 minerals.
Planetary Fortress cost increased from 150/150 to 250/150.
Ghost Supply reduced from 3 to 2.

Bug Fixes & Quality of Life Updates
Load Nearby Transport ability reverted (we will look at re-introducing this at a later date).
Gateway train visuals will no longer trigger if 'Effects' graphics options are set to low.
Fixed an issue where workers interacted incorrectly with allied structures.
Warpgates now have selection subgroup priority over Gateways.
Warpgates and Gateways are now considered distinct units when issuing 'select all' commands.
Gateways and Warpgates can now be issued orders to transform regardless of which is the primary subgroup selection.
Reverted spawned Hallucinations inheriting their caster's order queue.
Selection radius color is now distinct for primary subgroup selection when Colorblind mode is enabled.
Fixed an issue in Team games where Cyclones could fail to deal damage to units detected by an ally.

Herringbone

37 Posts

1 hour ago

I wish they'd just leave ghost supply at 3 and balance something else. Mass ghost late game is awful for the game.

THERIDDLER

Canada134 Posts

1 hour ago

On July 17 2026 08:32 Herringbone wrote:
I wish they'd just leave ghost supply at 3 and balance something else. Mass ghost late game is awful for the game.

well it was ghost lib when lotv came out and everyone was like lib OP so they gutted that. Then it was ghost raven and ppl was like raven OP and they gutted that too. Then ppl went only ghost and ppl were like its really hard to have a control group for ghost to fight queens and to fight ultras and to fight lings and to fight.....

Like what do u ppl want.

Herringbone

37 Posts

49 minutes ago

Something similar to the other two races where it's not a viable strategy to mass a single unit that counters pretty much every opposing unit (referring to zerg) and doesn't have a strong counter. Doesn't seem too big an ask.

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10379 Posts

17 minutes ago

CC 300 minerals... dude, what the fuck are they doing LOL. At least they stated their patch goal. But why is Zerg so strong - is it not just the larvae change? If it's not the larvae change, then is it some of the unit changes that happened in LotV to keep the game balanced with the new 12 worker start? If so why not just look at reverting some of those changes?
Why not make Hatchery 300 minerals instead of 275?

On July 17 2026 08:41 THERIDDLER wrote:

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Amen. Raven got way gutted so now Ghost has to do everything. (Besides TvT where mass disabling shit, including carefully positioned tanks and fortified positions on the map is toxic)

I hate hate hate the direction of the patches. When a patch makes a bad change, instead of reverting that change (partially or fully or looking at a slightly different alternative), they change something else so design of units just keep straying further and further from what they were supposed to be. Like, we're so lost in the sauce we don't even know how we got here, definitely not the balance teams since they've changed every few years in LotV. Like, the new balance team thought that the stupid +2 Building armor upgrade not applying to Auto Turrets was a bug rather than a (stupid) nerf the balance council did.

Like godamn I want to have the units and abilities I bought the game for!