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Heroes of the Storm Balance Patch Notes — December 12, 2025

Balance Updates

Kerrigan

Base

  • Ravage [Q]
    • Baseline quest now provides 7 stacks per kill, up from 5.
    • Baseline quest requirements increased to 85/150, up from 75/125.

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Bladed Momentum
      • Cooldown reduction increased to .75 seconds, up from .6 seconds.

Thrall

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Maelstrom Weapon
      • Completion requirements increased to 25/55/100, up from 20/40/100.

Falstad

Base

  • Lightning Rod [W]
    • Now strikes every .8 seconds, down from 1 second. Total number of strikes stay the same.
    • Range increased by 1.

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Frequent Flyer
      • Cooldown increased to 60 seconds, up from 45 seconds.

Sylvanas

Talents

  • Level 4
    • Possession
      • Now has a 1 second cooldown between uses, down from 2 seconds.
  • Level 4
    • Unstable Poison
      • Damage increased to 150, up from 130.
  • Level 4
    • Haunting Arrows
      • No longer affects Mercs.

Gul'dan

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Echoed Corruption
      • Pinnacle Reward healing increased to 100%, up from 50%.
      • Pinnacle Reward requirement reduced to 85, down from 100.
  • Level 16
    • Ruinous Affliction
      • Damage reduced by 10%.

Map Updates

  • Alterac Pass
    • Objective capture time is now capped at 55 seconds.
  • Blackheart's Bay
    • Cannon damage increased to 2,875, up from 2,815.
  • Volskaya Foundry
    • Late game health scaling of Protector increased.
  • Warhead Junction
    • Attacking a burning building now stops the duration of burn for 3 seconds.

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