Hero Win Rate Win Rate Change Win Rate Error (95% CI) Popularity Popularity Change Blaze 43.9% +3.4 p.p. ±2.17% 34.0% +4.4 p.p. Abathur 42.1% -0.6 p.p. ±4.96% 6.2% -1.5 p.p. Azmodan 51.5% +1.7 p.p. ±3.15% 14.5% -1.2 p.p. Garrosh 48.2% +0.1 p.p. ±4.12% 12.7% -1.6 p.p. Gazlowe 52.7% -0.2 p.p. ±4.11% 7.2% +0.4 p.p. Hanzo 50.8% +4.2 p.p. ±2.27% 30.0% +7.5 p.p. Johanna 51.3% +1.7 p.p. ±2.42% 23.7% -1.6 p.p. Malfurion 45.5% -5.8 p.p. ±1.76% 47.5% +8.1 p.p. Murky 55.0% +5.5 p.p. ±6.32% 3.2% -0.6 p.p. Nazeebo 53.0% +2.0 p.p. ±2.07% 29.1% +1.9 p.p. Nova 50.8% -3.7 p.p. ±3.26% 13.9% -5.7 p.p. Samuro 51.0% -0.7 p.p. ±4.64% 6.1% +0.1 p.p. Sylvanas 52.9% +0.3 p.p. ±2.23% 47.8% -0.4 p.p. The Lost Vikings 55.7% +9.6 p.p. ±10.95% 1.2% -0.1 p.p. Valeera 40.4% -8.8 p.p. ±4.51% 11.4% -7.6 p.p. Xul 54.6% +3.8 p.p. ±4.46% 6.2% +0.3 p.p. Zagara 50.9% -0.1 p.p. ±3.28% 15.7% -4.0 p.p. Zeratul 45.4% +1.6 p.p. ±4.52% 5.9% +1.0 p.p.

Hello again! After each balance patch, I've taken it upon myself to track how the balance changes have affected the Nexus. It's become something of a habit for me, and I thought it might be fun to share my data with the community.In case you've forgotten what changed in the last patch, here's a link All data provided in this post was collected from Hotslogs , which is a database of player-submitted games. Data was collected between 3:30 PM and 4:30 PM EST each day, using the special filter "Last 7 Days (Current Build)" and focusing exclusively on Hero League data (with the exception of heroes like Cho'Gall, whose unique nature requires pulling data from Team League). This post is not meant to suggest any immediate balance changes. Because the sheet only covers 48 hours of matches as of the time of this post, the data is very likely to be unreliable in some cases and may change as the week progresses. I will be giving an update on the status of these heroes after one week has passed. If you'd like to wait until then, feel free to do so. The only purpose of this post is to provide initial information about how the changes have affected things, so that people who are interested in that sort of thing have a resource to look at. Here is a link to the spreadsheet with the data I've collected. The spreadsheet contains all of my original data, split into two categories: "Composite" (which represents all data across the entire week) and "Daily" (which represents data from each individual day). It also contains a number of graphs showing how each hero is performing in both win rate and popularity. If you'd prefer a summarized report, read on!The seven-day analysis will take place on January 16th.Hope to see you again next time!