The 15% Life Steal on the base Heroic Ability has been removed.

Hotkey has been changed from D to an activated Talent in Slot 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 (depending on any other activated Talents that have already been selected.)

Cleave deals 30% more damage when used while Zeratul is Cloaked.

New Talent (Level 16): From the Shadows

Return

General

Battleground load screens will no longer hang if Heroes of the Storm is Alt + Tabbed when the loading screen first appears.

Fixed an issue that could cause custom graphics settings to automatically revert to the selected Shader setting upon entering a match.

Fixed many issues which caused splat graphics to display incorrectly on the game world, especially over cliffs and low height terrain.

Abilities that function based on Charges no longer sometimes place the Hero behind enemy Structures.

Art

Tyrande now loads her bow at an angle that is more consistent with the flight path of her Basic Attacks.

Graphic effects surrounding Zeratul's Psi-Blade on the Hero Select screen no longer appear misaligned while searching for a match.

User Interface

Fixed an issue that could cause Hero Abilities to cast unintentionally while typing in chat with the Quick Cast option set to "On Release".

Highlighting an item in the Shop will no longer cause mouse wheel scrolling to skip pages.

Battlegrounds

Treasure Chests on Blackheart’s Bay no longer visibly persist through the Fog of War, nor on the minimap, after they are destroyed.

Heroes and Talents

Abathur's Symbiote overhead graphic effect is no longer visible through Line of Sight blockers. Abathur’s Symbiote abilities can no longer continue to be cast when a Hero under the effects of Symbiote becomes trapped by Zagara’s Devouring Maw Heroic Ability.

Brightwing's Polymorph ability no longer occasionally causes the target to become invisible.

Diablo's Shadow Charge and Fire Stomp abilities now appropriately cause Shielded Heroes to dismount.

Falstad's BOOMerang explosion no longer occasionally occurs in a location separate from the hammer when it is activated.

Illidan will now appropriately issue an attack order on an enemy after using Dive on the target.

Illidan will no longer follow his target to the opposing Altar after using The Hunt on a Hero that dies before impact.

Illidan will no longer change elevation when casting Dive just before coming under the effects of the Grave Golem’s Binding Roots ability.

Illidan can no longer undo the effects of Shrink Ray by casting Dive.

Malfurion's Life Seed Talent can no longer trigger while Malfurion is dead.

Murky no longer instantly respawns when he and his Egg are destroyed simultaneously.

Murlocs created by Murky’s March of the Murlocs ability can no longer attach to or damage destructible barrels.

Murky’s deaths are now appropriately recorded on the Tab screen when his Egg is destroyed before Murky respawns.

Nazeebo’s Gargantuan now appropriately follows Nazeebo after capturing the Dragon Knight.

Fixed an issue that caused Nova to become stuck in her Triple Tap animation if the target was killed by its first or second shot.

Nova's Holo Drone now appropriately attacks Treasure Chests on Blackheart's Bay.

The cooldown timer for Nova’s Precision Strike Heroic Ability is now appropriately reduced when issuing Basic Attacks with the Battle Momentum Talent selected.

Kill Streak effects are now properly displayed on the nameplate for Nova’s Holo Decoy.

Fixed an issue that caused damage dealt by Sgt. Hammer in Siege Mode to count toward the Tab Screen’s Healing stat.

Sgt. Hammer's Thruster effects no longer detach from her model when switching Camera Follow on and off again.

Sgt. Hammer's Siege Mode targeting graphic is no longer visible through the Fog of War.

Fixed several issues that could occur when casting Stitches' Hook on an unstoppable target.

Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent an Activated Talent icon from being added to the ability bar.

Cloaked Heroes now properly emerge decloaked when released from Stitches' Gorge ability.

Tassadar's Psionic Storm ability can no longer be cast slightly outside its intended range.

Tychus’s Odin model will no longer persist if the Odin dies while Tychus is transforming into it.

Tyrael’s Righteousness ability can no longer apply its graphic effects on Raynor's Hyperion.

Tyrael will no longer follow his target to the opposing Altar when Judgment is cast just as the Hero is killed or finishes channeling Hearthstone.

Zagara can now properly place Nydus Worms directly at or next to her current location.