Heroes of the Storm Balance Updates and Hero Rotation
This week, in celebration of the launch of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, two new skins have been added -- demonic Tyrael and Angelic Valla. What's more, the free-to-play hero rotation has some of the most exciting heroes available for free to players, including the recently added Tychus. The rest of the heroes are as follows:
Week of Tuesday, Mar. 25 – April 1, 2014:
Tyrande
Stitches
Diablo
Tychus
Kerrigan
Nova
Along with the latest free-to-play hero rotation, we're getting some balance changes to certain heroes. There aren't a huge number of changes but many are significant, including a lot of nerfs to Uther! Hit the break for all the changes.
Knights
Knight Health reduced by 20%
Time between Knight and Sorcerer attacks increased from 1.0 to 1.25
Focused Attack talent bonus to Basic Attack damage increased from +30% to +50%
Symbiote no longer persists during a killed Hero's post-death state (Uther/Tyrael)
Fixed a bug which granted Hero clones created by Ultimate Evolution more Health and damage than intended.
Fixed a bug which unintentionally granted increased damage for all abilities while in Robo-Goblin form.
Hyperion duration reduced from 15 to 12 seconds
Hyperion volley damage gain per level decreased from 24 to 20
Base vision radius increased by 2
Divine Storm cooldown increased from 45 to 70 seconds
Hurricane talent
Bonus stun duration removed
Now decreases Divine Storm cooldown from 70 to 50 seconds
Eternal Devotion
Base duration increased from 7 to 10 seconds
Holy Devotion talent no longer increases Eternal Devotion duration
Hammer of Justice damage gain per level decreased from 14 to 10
The Regeneration Master talent has been replaced with Path of the Wizard
Voodoo Ritual changed from 20 +1 Health per level and 5 Mana restored to 1% Health and Mana restored.
Gargantuan Health increased from 1000 + 100 per level to 1400 +140 per level