We just released a new patch for Heroes of the Storm in order to apply balance changes and a few bug fixes.

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Talents

Sadism bonus for killing the targeted Hero reduced from 6 to 5%

Sadism gained per Ally death increased from 6 to 10%

Damage bonus for hitting 3 enemy Heroes with a single cast of Discord Strike increased from 60 to 80

Damage bonus for hitting 2 enemy Heroes with a single cast of Discord Strike reduced from 60 to 50

Damage bonus for hitting 15 enemy Heroes reduced from 60 to 50

Talents

No longer causes attacks to bounce when attacking Structures.

Talents

Bonus damage upon quest completion reduced from 100 to 90

Abilities

Abilities

Can no longer be interrupted. Once cast, the axe is falling.

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Abilities

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Stats

Abilities

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Abilities

Talents

Basic Attacks required per decreased from 60 to 50

Now also increases Sentinel Width by 25%

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Movement Speed buff duration increased from 1 to 2 seconds, and amount increased from 15 to 20%

Talents

Abilities

Cooldown before being able to cancel the ability decreased from 1 to .5 seconds.

Talents

Reduce the threshold where Ablative Armor is active from 5% to 4% of D.Va’s maximum Health.

The tooltip was adjusted to reflect the Movement Speed bonus, instead of the total speed, which is why these numbers will now appear 100% lower.

Stats

Attack Speed increased from 1 to 1.25 attacks per second.

Talents

Cooldown reduction per Basic Attack reduced from 1 to .75 seconds

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A.I.

D.Va: Veteran and Elite D.Va A.I. will now use Call Mech more frequently.

Art

Alarak: Discord Strike’s visual effects now properly match its crossbar area of effect.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Alarak: Extended Lightning’s tooltip now correctly states that quest rewards will be granted after hitting 3 Heroes with the center of Lightning Surge.

Alarak: Fixed an issue in which Lightning Surge dealt less damage than intended to enemy Heroes hit between Alarak and his primary target.

Auriel: After learning Resurrect, Misha and Rexxar will no longer generate separate Spirits when Rexxar is killed.

D.Va: Players will now correctly earn takedown credit toward certain Hero Talents and Abilities, like Seasoned Marksman or Li-Ming’s Critical Mass, after destroying D.Va’s Mech.