Heroes of the Storm

Odin047 · May 9, 2015

Crusader:
Johanna - Crusader of Zakarum
HP: 1000 (+230 per level) HP Regen: 2.078 (+0.477 per level) Mana: 500 (+10 per level) Mana Regen: 3 (+0.098 per level) Attack Damage: 45 (+9 per level) Attack Speed: 0.91
[Q] Punish - 40 Mana Cooldown: 8 seconds Area of Effect Deal 248 ( 58 + 10 per level) damage and slow enemies by - 0.1 *(- 100 ) 6% decaying over 2 seconds.
[W] Condemn - 50 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds Area of Effect After 1 second, you pull nearby enemies toward you, stunning them for 0.25 seconds and dealing 120 ( 25 + 5 per level) damage.
[E] Shield Glare - 45 Mana Cooldown: 12 seconds Cone Deal 130 ( 54 + 4 per level) damage to enemies and cause them to miss their next 2 Basic Attacks within 4 seconds.
[R] Blessed Shield - 90 Mana Cooldown: 60 seconds Skillshot Heroic Ability Deal 250 ( 79 + 9 per level) damage and stun the first enemy hit for 2 seconds. Blessed Shield then bounces to 2 nearby enemies, dealing 125 ( 39.5 + 4.5 per level) damage and stunning them for 1 second.
[R] Falling Sword - 100 Mana Cooldown: 80 seconds Area of Effect Heroic Ability You leap towards an area. While in the air, you can steer the landing location by moving. After 2 seconds you land, dealing 550 ( 141.5 + 21.5 per level) damage to nearby enemies and knocking them into the air.
[Trait] Iorn Skin - 25 ManaCooldown: 20 seconds Become Unstoppable and gain a Shield that absorbs 1343 (250.5 + 57.5 per level) damage for 4 seconds.
Click to view Talents
[1] Knight Takes Pawn - Knight Takes Pawn Condemn deals 80 additional damage to Minions and Mercenaries and stuns them for 4 seconds.
[1] Reinforce - Reinforce Using Basic Abilities reduces the next Basic Attack against you by 50% . Maximum 2 stacks.
[1] Righteous Smash - Righteous Smash Punish restores 10 Mana per enemy hit.
[4] Eternal Retaliation - Eternal Retaliation Condemn's cooldown is lowered by 0.75 seconds for each enemy affected. Maximum of 10 targets.
[4] Laws Of Hope - Laws of Hope Cooldown: 60 seconds Regenerate 1 Health per second.Activate to heal 20% of your max Health over 4 seconds.
[4] Roar - Roar Increases Punish damage by 50% .
[7] Battle Momentum - Battle Momentum Basic Attacks reduce Ability cooldowns by 0.5 seconds.
[7] Conviction - Conviction Condemn increases your Movement Speed by 25% for 1 second.
[7] Sins Exposed - Sins Exposed Shield Glare marks enemies for 4 seconds. The next time any ally damages them, they take 30 extra damage and the mark is removed.
[7] The Crusade Marches On - The Crusade Marches On Basic and Heroic Abilities lower the cooldown of Iron Skin by 1.5 seconds.
[10] Blessed Shield - Blessed Shield Cooldown: 60 seconds Deal 70 damage and stun the first enemy hit for 2 seconds. Blessed Shield then bounces to 2 nearby enemies, dealing 35 damage and stunning them for 1 second.
[10] Falling Sword - Falling Sword Cooldown: 80 seconds You leap towards an area. While in the air, you can steer the landing location by moving. After 2 seconds you land, dealing 120 damage to nearby enemies and knocking them into the air.
[13] Hold Your Ground - Hold Your Ground Increases Iron Skin's Shield by 20% , and if the Shield is destroyed by damage the cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds.
[13] Subdue - Subdue Increases Punish's slow to 80% decaying over 3 seconds.
[16] Blessed Hammer - Blessed Hammer Condemn also creates a hammer that spirals around you, dealing 40 damage to enemies it hits.
[16] Fanaticism - Fanaticism While Iron Skin is active, gain 8% Movement Speed each time you take damage. Stacks up to 40% .
[16] Holy Renewal - Holy Renewal Every enemy Hero affected by Shield Glare heals you for 100 .
[20] Heaven's Fury - Heaven's Fury While in the air, holy bolts rain down on enemies dealing 25 damage and reducing the cooldown of Falling Sword by 2 seconds for each enemy hit.
[20] Indestructible - Indestructible Upon taking fatal damage, gain a Shield equal to your maximum Health for 5 seconds. This ability has a 120 second cooldown.
[20] Radiating Faith - Radiating Faith Increases Blessed Shield's range by 25% , the distance the shield bounces by 25% , and maximum enemies hit by 2 .

Edited May 9, 2015 by Odin047

Odin047 · May 9, 2015

The Sun King:
Kael'thas - The Sun King
HP: 740 (+130 per level) HP Regen: 1.539 (+0.27 per level) Mana: 500 (+10 per level) Mana Regen: 3 (+0.098 per level) Attack Damage: 39 (+8 per level) Attack Speed: 1.11

[Q] Flamestrike - 70 Mana Cooldown: 7 seconds Area of Effect After a short delay, deal 474 ( 94 + 20 per level) damage in an area. Verdant Spheres increases the radius by 50% and deals 711 ( 141 + 30 per level) damage.

[W] Living Bomb - 50 Mana Cooldown: 10 seconds Deal 420 ( 78 + 18 per level) damage over 3 seconds to an enemy, then they explode dealing 210 ( 39 + 9 per level) damage to all nearby enemies. Casting a second Living Bomb on an enemy causes the previous Living Bomb to explode immediately.Verdant Spheres makes this Ability cost no Mana and have no cooldown.

[E] Gravity Lapse - 85 Mana Cooldown: 13 seconds Skillshot Stun the first enemy hit for 1.5 seconds. Verdant Spheres causes Gravity Lapse to stun the first 3 enemies hit.

[R] Phoenix - 80 Mana Cooldown: 40 seconds Heroic Ability Launch a Phoenix to an area, dealing 170 ( 18 + 8 per level) damage to enemies along the way. The Phoenix persists for 7 seconds, attacking enemies for 170 ( 18 + 8 per level) damage and splashing for 50% .

[R] Phoenix Retarget - Cooldown: 40 seconds Send the Phoenix to a different area.

[R] Pyroblast - 80 Mana Cooldown: 50 seconds Heroic Ability After 2 seconds, cast a slow-moving fireball that deals 1600 ( 365 + 65 per level) damage to an enemy Hero and 800 ( 182.5 + 32.5 per level) damage to enemies nearby.

[Trait] Verdant Spheres Active - Your next Basic Ability is more powerful.

Click to view Talents

[1] Convection - Convection Flamestrike deals 20% bonus damage to enemies stunned by Gravity Lapse.

[1] Energy Roil - Energy Roil Gravity Lapse's cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds for each enemy hit.

[1] Fel Infusion - Fel Infusion Heal for 26 Health when you activate Verdant Spheres.

[1] Mana Addict - Mana Addict Increase your maximum Mana by 15 when you pick up a Regeneration Globe.

[4] Mana Tap - Mana Tap Flamestrike restores 20 Mana per enemy killed.

[4] Nether Wind - Nether Wind Increases Gravity Lapse's range and speed by 30% .

[7] Fission Bomb - Fission Bomb Increases Living Bomb's explosion damage by 75% .

[7] Sunfire Enchantment - Sunfire Enchantment Activating Verdant Spheres causes your next Basic Attack to instead shoot a spell dealing 78 damage.

[7] Tri-Optimal - Tri-Optimal Reduces Verdant Spheres' cooldown by 2 seconds per target hit with Gravity Lapse.

[10] Phoenix - Phoenix Cooldown: 40 seconds Launch a Phoenix to an area, dealing 10 damage to enemies along the way. The Phoenix persists for 7 seconds, attacking enemies for 10 damage and splashing for 50% .

[10] Pyroblast - Pyroblast Cooldown: 50 seconds After 2 seconds, cast a slow-moving fireball that deals 300 damage to an enemy Hero and 150 damage to enemies nearby.

[13] Chain Bomb - Chain Bomb Living Bomb's explosion applies Living Bomb to enemies.

[13] Flamethrower - Flamethrower Increases the cast range of Flamestrike by 50% .

[13] Pyromaniac - Pyromaniac Every tick of Living Bomb's damage over time effect reduces Basic Ability cooldowns by 1 second.

[16] Arcane Barrier - Arcane Barrier Cooldown: 45 seconds Activate to gain a Shield equal to 200% of your maximum Mana for 3 seconds.

[16] Backdraft - Backdraft Living Bomb's explosion slows enemies Movement Speed by 40% for 2.5 seconds.

[16] Gravity Throw - Gravity Throw Increases the duration of Gravity Lapse's stun by 33% and causes it to instantly destroy Minions.

[16] Ignite - Ignite Flamestrike also applies Living Bomb to Heroes.

[20] Presence Of Mind - Presence Of Mind Increases Pyroblast's explosion radius by 50% and reduces its cooldown by 10 seconds per enemy Hero hit.

[20] Rebirth - Rebirth Increases Phoenix duration by 100% . You may order the Phoenix to move to a different location once while the Phoenix is alive.

Odin047 · May 12, 2015

Patch notes: http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/19067455

General

Players that reached level 40 after the March 24 Closed Beta patch was released will now properly receive the associated portrait reward upon logging in to Heroes of the Storm.

Please note: In order to receive the portrait, players affected by this issue must log in to Heroes of the Storm before June 1, 2015. After that date, the portrait will no longer be awarded.

Performance

Improved Graphics Settings Auto-Detection
- Several tweaks have been made to improve how Heroes auto-detects certain hardware configurations.
- As a result of these improvements, all players’ default Graphic Settings will be re-detected and reset following today’s patch in order to provide better performance and play experiences across a wider range of hardware configurations.

Updated Performance Notification
- The performance overlay (Ctrl + Alt + F) has been updated to track several additional metrics, which should help players better identify some common performance issues.
- Several icons have been added, which will display in the performance overlay when the game client is experiencing certain types of significant performance issues.
  - Please visit the official Heroes of the Storm site to learn more about these icons, and how to troubleshoot the performance issues they indicate.
Many additional performance improvements have been made across various aspects of the game, including reduced memory usage and fragmentation on all graphic settings.

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New Hero

Kael’thas Sunstrider has been added to Heroes of the Storm and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of this fiery new Assassin's Abilities.

Trait

Verdant Spheres (D)
- Activate to make your next Basic Ability more powerful.

Basic Abilities

Flamestrike (Q)
- After a short delay, deal damage in an area.
- Verdant Spheres (Trait) -- Increases Flamestrike’s radius and damage.
Living Bomb (W)
- Damages an enemy over a short time, after which the target will explode, damaging all nearby enemies. Casting a second Living Bomb on an enemy causes the first to explode immediately.
- Verdant Spheres (Trait) -- Removes Living Bomb’s Mana cost and cooldown.
Gravity Lapse (E)
- Stuns the first enemy hit.
- Verdant Spheres (Trait) -- Causes Gravity Lapse to stun the first 3 enemies in its path.

Heroic Abilities

Phoenix ®
- Launch a Phoenix to target area, dealing damage to enemies along the way. The Phoenix persists, attacking enemies, and dealing splash damage to those near its primary attack target.
Pyroblast ®
- After a short delay, cast a slow-moving fireball that deals massive damage to an enemy, and medium damage to enemies near the target.

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Art

General

The Radial Ping Menu has received updated art, which more closely matches the appearance of pings issued in the game world.
Defeat, fidget, taunt, and victory animations have been added to a number of Heroes and summoned units.
Gazlowe, Illidan, and Kerrigan have received minor animation and pose updates on Hero Select.
Several Heroes have received polish on the animations that play when purchased in the Shop.

Battlegrounds

Various Battleground assets have received additional visual polish.
Various Battleground assets have received additional optimization to help improve performance.
The terrain surrounding the Core on all Battlegrounds has been changed to better indicate the Core’s attack range.
Siege Giant Mercenaries on Sky Temple and Tomb of the Spider Queen have received minor attack animation polish.
Water in enemy Healing Fountains will now appear red on all Battlegrounds.

Heroes, Abilities, Mounts, and Skins

Heroes
- Cloth physics have been added to the following Heroes:
  - Malfurion
  - Sylvanas
- The following Heroes have received facial animation improvements:
  - Gazlowe
  - Sonya
Hero Abilities
- The following Heroic Abilities will now apply an Invulnerability overlay to the affected player’s screen for the duration of their effects.
  - Tyrael -- Sanctification ®
  - Uther -- Divine Shield ®
- The following Heroes have received new Ability icon art:
  - Zagara
  - Zeratul
- The following Heroes’ Ability icons have received updated art to make them easier to differentiate from one another:
  - Abathur
  - Kerrigan
  - Nova
  - Sgt. Hammer
  - Tassadar
- The following Hero Abilities and Talents have received visual polish:
  - Blood for Blood (Talent)
  - Abathur -- Symbiote (Q) Abilities: Stab (Q), Spike Burst (W), Carapace (E); Monstrosity ®
  - Arthas -- Summon Sindragosa ®
  - Diablo -- Received updated art and visual effects to coincide with his Talent rework.
  - E.T.C. -- Received updated art and visual effects to coincide with his Talent rework.
  - Jaina -- Ring of Frost ® visual effects now more closely match the Ability’s duration.
  - Nova -- Anti-Armor Shells (Talent) target indicator
  - Raynor -- Raynor’s Raiders ® target indicator
  - Sonya -- Basic Attack
  - Sylvanas -- Withering Fire (Q) target indicator, Haunting Wave (E) reactivation
  - Zagara -- Mutalisk (Talent), Nydus Network ®
Mounts
- Terror Charge has been added as a new Mount for Diablo, which will allow him to run across the battlefield on all fours.

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Shop

Bundle Packs

New Bundles
- The Stormpunk Kael’thas Bundle Pack has been added to the in-game Shop for a limited time.
Starter Bundle
- The Starter Bundle has been updated to include a 7-day Stimpack in addition to its other content. The Bundle Pack’s price has not changed.
- All players who previously purchased the Starter Bundle will also gain a 7-day Stimpack, which will activate shortly after the patch has been released in all Battle.net regions. Please see the official forums for more information.

Heroes

New Hero
- Kael’thas Sunstrider has been added to the in-game Shop!

Price Changes

The Kandy King Muradin Skin’s real-money price has been reduced to $7.49 USD.
The price to create a new team for competition in Team League has been reduced to 500 Gold.

Skins

New Skins
- A Master Skin has been added for Kael’thas.
- The Stormpunk Kael’thas Skin has been added to the in-game Shop.

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Sound

Battlegrounds

Battlegrounds have had their music playlists updated.
Voiceover that indicates when players rejoin, or disconnect from, a game will be played less frequently.

Heroes and Skins

The Pure Country E.T.C. Skin has received all new Ability sound effects.
The Lurkablo Diablo Skin has received a brand new voiceover set, which *MRGL! Mrglglbrlg rmgll MRGGLGLM! Mrrgrgbl…*
Many Heroes have received additional sound effect polish.

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User Interface

Options Menus

Options menus have been cleaned up across the board, and a number of settings that were not applicable to Heroes of the Storm have been removed.
Social Options
- An “Enable Allied Chat” checkbox has been added, which can be used to enable or disable in-game chat messages from teammates. This setting will be turned on by default.
Gameplay Options
- A “Right-Click Through Minimap” checkbox has been added which can be used to toggle whether right-clicks will register on the minimap, or click through to the terrain underneath.
  - Please note that this is a first pass at implementation for this feature, and further improvements will be made with future updates.
An Observer and Replay Options tab has been added.
- The “Save All Replays”, “Display Replay Time Info”, and “Observer Interface” settings have been moved from Gameplay Options into this new tab.

End-of-Game Score Screen

Summary
- A gold border has been added to Hero and Player Level progress bars.
Talents
- The Talents tab has been enabled on end-of-game Score Screens. Click to view the Talents selected by each player during the previous game.

Hero and Player Progression

Player Level Rewards
- Upon reaching Player Level 25, all Heroic Abilities and Talents will now be automatically unlocked for Heroes that have not yet progressed to Hero Level 4.
  - Kindly note that, for the time being, players at or above Player Level 25 may still receive Heroic Ability and Talent unlock notifications as their Heroes progress through levels 1 - 4. This is a visual issue that will be resolved with a future game update.

In-Game UI

Buffs and Debuffs
- Many buff and debuff icons, which were previously displayed to the left of Heroes’ in-game portraits, have been removed.
- Hero-specific buff icons (such as Valla’s Hatred) have been moved to the right of the Hero’s in-game portrait.
- Hero nameplates will now display the following status effects: Blinded, Invulnerable, Rooted, Silenced, Stunned, and Unstoppable.
Chat
- Whispers from non-friends will now cause a help message to display, which indicates that the Chat Privacy Social Setting is turned off.
In-game Score Screens
- The in-game Talents Screen (TAB) has received updated art.
- Counters for Battleground Objectives (such as Doubloons, Skulls, etc.) are now also visible on the Talents Screen.
- Players may mute chat messages from individual teammates by clicking the speech bubble icons found on the far-right side of the in-game Score Screen (TAB).
  - Teammates muted in this way will no longer be automatically added to the muting player’s “Blocked Communication” list.
- Gear icons have been added to the far-right side of the in-game Score Screen, which can be clicked to report individual teammates or block all communication with them.
- XP gains are now tracked more accurately for each Hero on the in-game Score Screen.
  - XP gains for takedowns, destroying structures, capturing Mercenary Camps, and securing Battleground Objectives are now split between all Heroes that are within standard XP range.
    - If no Heroes are nearby, XP earned this way is split evenly amongst the team.
Radial Ping Menu
- The Radial Ping Menu has received updated art which more closely matches the pings issued by players in the game world.
- Issuing an “On My Way” ping will now display an arrow on the terrain that indicates which direction that player is approaching from.

Play Screen

Hero Select
- The Party Panel at the top of the screen will now indicate when party members have clicked the Ready button.
Training Mode has been added to the Play Screen.
- Use Training Mode to play with A.I. teammates against A.I. opponents. Uther will feel quite compelled to offer advice during games played in this mode.
- Games completed in Training Mode will not award any Gold or Daily Quest progress.
Versus A.I.
- Use this game mode to play with human or A.I. teammates against more difficult A.I. opponents than those found in Training Mode.
- Use the “Versus A.I. Options” box found in the lower-left corner of the Versus A.I. Screen to toggle between human and A.I. teammates.

Player Profile

Portrait Tab
- Portrait borders have been added which will indicate the player’s current Hero and Team League ranks.
- Navigate to the Portrait tab in the Player Profile to switch among the Player Level, Hero League, and Team League portrait borders.

Ranked Play

Ranks
- Hero and Team League rank icons have received new art, and will now update visually upon reaching ranks 40, 30, 20, 10, and 1.

Shop

A number of visual improvements have been made to item display and layout in the Shop.
Each of the Heroes, Skins, and Mounts tabs will now display a featured item.
Discounts are now called out more prominently on item preview images.
Heroes Tab
- Hero Ability layout on Heroes’ About pages has been overhauled.
- An Abilities page has been added to Hero pages.
- The Talents page has received visual improvements, and now more closely matches the Talent pane found on the Hero Select Screen.
Skins Tab
- Skins have been classified as Rare, Epic, or Legendary based on how they alter a Hero.
  - These classifications will be displayed on each Skin’s preview image in the Shop, and Master Skins are also called out in this way.
- Skin About pages will now list which aspects of the Hero they modify: Altered Voiceover, Replaced Voiceover, Themed Abilities, Themed Animations, and Themed Mount.

Tutorials

A pop-up dialog has been added to help new players track their progress through the Tutorial Missions.
The Introduction, Basic, and Advanced Tutorial Missions will now award the player with Gold upon completion.
- If any Tutorial Missions are skipped, players may return to complete them (and claim their Gold rewards) at any time by opening the Main Menu (F10) and clicking the “Tutorials” button.

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Battlegrounds

Sky Temple

Healing Fountains found near each team’s Fort in the center lane have been repositioned to prevent them from being attacking outside of tower range.

Tutorials

Basic Training
- Core Health reduced from 14,000 (+400 per level) to 11,000 (+300 per level)
- Core Shields reduced from 7,000 (+200 per level) to 5,500 (+150 per level)
- Fort Health reduced from 9,000 to 7,000
- Keep Health reduced from 13,000 to 10,000

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Talents

Clairvoyance

Now breaks units within its radius out of Stealth, rather than revealing them

Focused Attack

Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 50% to 75%

Follow Through

Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 25% to 40%

Healing Ward

Can now be struck by Area of Effect Abilities
Healing Wards now have 50 (+15 per level) Health

Ice Block

Ice Block can now be reactivated to cancel its effects early

Promote

Buff duration increased from 15 to 30 seconds

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Heroes Assassin Specialist Support Warrior Nova Abathur Rehgar Anub'arak Raynor Azmodan Tassadar Chen Gazlowe Diablo Murky E.T.C. Sylvanas Muradin The Lost Vikings Sonya Zagara

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Assassin

Nova

One in the Chamber (Talent)
- Bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from 50% to 80%

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