Discover the Latest Heroes of the Storm PTR Patch Notes – February 21, 2025: Key Updates and Game-Changing Features!

Balance Changes

Heroes

Auriel

Base Changes

• Bestow Hope [Trait]
  • Reduced energy storage from 50% to 40% for non-Hero damage.

Dehaka

Base Changes

• Dark Swarm [W]
  • Damage decreased from 52 to 48.

Talent Changes

• Level 4
  • Hero Stalker
    • Essence gain no longer increases when hitting more than 2 Heroes.
    • Dark Swarm now requires hitting 2 Heroes to gain Essence.
  • Lurker Strain
    • Cooldown reduction changed from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Feeding Frenzy
    • Reworked: Now a Gambit bonus, starting with 1.5 seconds cooldown reduction.
  • Paralyzing Enzymes
    • Reworked: Removes Gambit. Reduces healing received by 40% while Drag is active for 2 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Ferocious Stalker
    • Damage bonus reduced from 60% to 50%.
• Level 16
  • Tunnelling Claws
    • Movement speed reduced from 125% to 120%.
• Level 20
  • Contagion
    • Now reduces Isolation damage by 60%.

Kharazim

Base Changes

• Health increased from 2027 to 2080.
• Breath of Heaven [W]
  • Healing increased from 285 to 295.

Talent Changes

• Level 4
  • Air Ally
    • Health increased from 200 to 300.
    • Spell Power increased from 15% to 20%.
• Level 10
  • Divine Palm
    • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Sixth Sense
    • Now starts to expire after the Stun ends.
• Level 20
  • Epiphany
    • Cooldown increased from 60 to 70 seconds.
    • Mana restoration increased from 33% to 70%.

Lúcio

Base Changes

• Soundwave [Q]
  • Cooldown increased from 7 seconds to 8 seconds.
  • Mana cost increased from 30 to 45.

Talent Changes

• Level 1
  • Accelerando
    • Time to maximum speed increased from 4 to 6 seconds.
• Level 10
  • High Five
    • Cooldown increased from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.
• Level 13
  • Heavy Casters
    • Now prevents Push Off from hitting multiple targets.
• Level 16
  • Up the Frequency
    • Cooldown reduction decreased from 0.4 seconds to 0.3 seconds.

Tyrael

Talent Changes

• Level 13
  • Law and Order
    • Max bonus cap increased from 4 to 15 allied Heroes.

Whitemane

Talent Changes

• Level 1
  • Inquisitor’s Prayer
    • Gains a stack after Basic Attacking an enemy Hero 3 times.
• Level 13
  • Scarlet Wrath
    • Reworked: Now restores .5% Mana to all Zeal targets.

Bug Fixes

General Issues

• Fixed visual effects not showing correctly on the Target Dummy in Sandbox and Try Mode.
• Corrected Movement Speed bonuses displaying wrong values in the target info panel.

Brawl Mode

• Deathwing’s Cataclysm no longer starts on cooldown in Arena Mode.

Map Issues

• Braxis Holdout
  • Fixed Archangel’s visual effects being incorrectly pingable.
• Volskaya
  • Corrected Triglav Protector’s Shield Emitter Shields affecting the Pilot’s Self Healing score.

Hero Issues

• Abathur
  • Level 10
    • Ultimate Evolution
      • Clones of Kharazim with Insight now treat the quest as completed.
• Alarak
  • Level 10
    • Counter-Strike
      • Now increases Alarak’s Self Healing from absorbed damage.
• Ana
  • Base Changes
    • Aim Down Sights [Trait]
      • Fixed a bug with Healing Dart bonus lasting too long.
      • Activating Aim Down Sights will now dismount Ana from the Toy Train.
• Azmodan
  • Base Changes
    • Summon Demon Warrior [W]
      • Fixed aura damage not behaving like other similar effects.
• Brightwing
  • Base Changes
    • Soothing Mist [Trait]
      • Fixed an issue with Smoothing Mist activating during Stasis.
• Dehaka
  • Fixed a bug where Basic Attacks didn’t consume evade stacks after Drag ended.
• Jaina
  • Level 16
    • Snowstorm
      • Fixed an issue with Snowstorm’s bonus not applying correctly.
• Kael’thas
  • Level 7
    • Sunfire Enchantment
      • Fixed a bug where the Sunfire buff disappeared when Kael’thas was killed.
• Kharazim
  • Level 10
    • Divine Palm
      • Fixed issues preventing Divine Palm’s Stasis from removing Damage Over Time effects.
• Leoric
  • Base Changes
    • Drain Hope [W]
      • Fixed an issue with Stasis not breaking Drain Hope properly.
• Li Li
  • Fixed a bug causing Water Serpent to move slowly.
  • Level 4
    • Surging Winds
      • Fixed a bug where the Surging Winds buff would be lost after Li Li’s death.
• Li-Ming
  • Level 1
    • Power Hungry
      • Fixed a bug causing the Power Hungry buff to drop when Li-Ming was killed.
• Lunara
  • Level 10
    • Leaping Strike
      • Fixed an issue causing it to stall game logic.
• Malthael
  • Level 1
    • Fear The Reaper
      • Fixed a bug with the duration indicator for Fear the Reaper.
• The Butcher
  • Fixed a bug letting The Butcher disjoint while collecting Fresh Meat.
• The Lost Vikings
  • Fixed a slow movement issue with Longboat.
• Tychus
  • Level 20
    • Focusing Diodes
      • Now grants an extra damage bonus.
• Whitemane
  • Level 10
    • Divine Reckoning
      • Updated mana restoration display for damage dealt.
• Zul’jin
  • Level 20
    • Forest Medicine
      • Now selecting will not interrupt Regeneration channel.