Hero Win Rate Win Rate Change Win Rate Error (95% CI) Popularity Popularity Change Alexstrasza 47.9% -2.7 p.p. ±2.27% 18.9% -0.8 p.p. Artanis 51.4% -1.2 p.p. ±1.72% 25.9% +1.2 p.p. Brightwing 51.1% +1.7 p.p. ±1.70% 34.2% +2.3 p.p. D.Va 52.0% +4.9 p.p. ±3.17% 7.3% +2.7 p.p. Garrosh 44.3% -4.3 p.p. ±2.72% 51.4% -39.3 p.p. Hanzo 45.9% +2.5 p.p. ±2.07% 18.6% +1.4 p.p. Li Li 52.6% +1.4 p.p. ±1.81% 24.2% +4.0 p.p. Lucio 50.5% -0.1 p.p. ±1.74% 34.1% -2.9 p.p. Nazeebo 51.6% -0.2 p.p. ±1.63% 29.5% -0.8 p.p. Nova 54.6% -2.2 p.p. ±2.03% 23.7% +4.2 p.p. Stukov 48.9% -1.4 p.p. ±2.06% 22.8% -0.9 p.p. Thrall 48.3% +0.2 p.p. ±2.52% 10.9% +3.3 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 December 27th.As a last mention, I'd like to suggest that you take a look at my recent article about the Performance-Based MMR system. I've discussed the flaws in the current system and provided what I feel are some good improvements to the system. Please feel free to take a look at the article and give me some feedback on the subject!Hope to see you again next time!