Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes - May 15, 2025

Our next Heroes of the Storm patch is live! Read on for more information.

NOTE: Orange text indicates a change between PTR and Live notes.

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• General
• Storm League
• Balance Update
• Bug Fixes

General

• Anduin has replaced Malfurion as the Ally hero in Try Me Mode.
• Numerous game strings have been updated to reflect current gameplay.
• Updated Homescreen and Startup Music.
• In order to improve matchmaking and queues, we will be consolidating Singapore and Brazil regions into North America.

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Storm League

• Rank Decay will now only apply to players in Master and Grand Master Leagues.
• Reduced maximum party size for Master and Grand Master players to 2.
• Master and Grand Masters can only party with players 5,000 Rank Points away from them.

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Balance Update

Heroes

Ana

Base

• Biotic Grenade [W]
  • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: If Biotic Grenade does not hit any enemies, its cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds.
  • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: If Biotic Grenade only hits Ana, its cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Vampiric Rounds
    • Shrike now gives a 15% passive healing bonus.
• Level 20
  • Deadeye
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: Eye of Horus can now be toggled On and Off.
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: Eye of Horus rounds are regained once every 10 seconds.
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: Eye of Horus cooldown is now 6 seconds.
    • Bonuses acquired from Deadeye now lasts 4 seconds.

Auriel

Base

• Bestow Hope [Trait D]
  • Reduced amount of energy stored from 40% to 35% of damage to non-Heroes.
  • Reduced amount of energy stored from 80% to 70% of damage to Heroes.

Azmodan

Talents

• Level 16
  • Trample
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: Now reduces Heroic cooldown by 25% if Trample hits a Hero.

E.T.C.

Base

• Face Melt [W]
  • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds.
• Rockstar [Trait D]
  • Armor from Basic Abilities increased from 20 to 25.
  • Armor from Heroic Abilities reduced from 60 to 50.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Crowd Surfer
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.
• Level 7
  • Hammer-on
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: Basic Attacks deal 12% more damage, increased to 36% while Guitar Solo is active.
• Level 13
  • Encore
    • Cooldown reduction reduced from 5% to 4%.
• Level 20
  • Power of the Horde
    • NEW TALENT: Activate to grant nearby allied Heroes a Shield that absorbs damage equal to 30% of their maximum Health for 5 seconds, increased by 2% for each other allied Hero in the area. This new Talent replaces Storm Shield.
  • Ride the Lightning
    • NEW TALENT: Activate to teleport to a nearby location and deal 48 damage to nearby enemy Heroes. The cooldown is reduced by 10 seconds for every enemy Hero hit, up to 50 seconds.

Genji

Talents

• Level 1
  • Pathfinder
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: Heroic Ability now heals Genji for 10% of the damage dealt to enemy Heroes, increased by up to 30% based on how low Genji's Health is.
• Level 10
  • X-Strike
    • Cooldown increased from 60 seconds to 75 seconds.
    • Detonation damage increased from 275 to 290.
    • Slash damage increased from 135 to 145.
• Level 13
  • Shingan
    • Now does 40% less damage to Structures.
• Level 20
  • Living Weapon
    • Cooldown reduction increased from 10 seconds to 12.5 seconds.

Imperius

Base

• Molten Armor [E]
  • Now hits two extra targets if no Heroes are in range.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Impaling Light
    • REWORK: Impaling Light cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds.
    • REWORK: Impaling Light does 180% more damage to Heroes, reduced by 20% for each additional Hero hit.
    • REWORK: Impaling Light mana cost is reduced from 40 to 30.
    • REWORK: When a Valorous Branded target's Stun ends, Impaling Light's cooldown is reduced by 1 second for each Valorous Brand on the target.
• Level 7
  • Blaze of Glory
    • Blaze of Glory delay reduced from 2 seconds to 1.75 seconds.
  • Holy Fervor
    • Molten Armor no longer grants Holy Fervor.
• Level 20
  • Heavenly Host
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: All Shields created by Angelic Armaments no longer expire.
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: Swords fired by Heavenly Host Shields can target non-Heroes, but Heroes are prioritized.
  • Molten Wrath
    • NEW TALENT: Molten Armor will now hit two extra targets even if enemy Heroes are in range.

Lunara

Talents

• Level 7
  • Splintered Spear
    • ADDED FUNCTIONALITY: Now grants 3 stacks of Splintered Spear. A stack is consumed when an extra target is attacked. Can have a maximum of 3 stacks and all stacks can be consumed in a single attack.
• Level 13
  • Endless Spores
    • Now also refunds 50 Mana.
• Level 20
  • For The Wildlands!
    • NEW TALENT: Thornwood Vine now shoots out 4 additional Vines in an arc.
  • Forest's Wrath
    • Can now be selected with either Heroic.

Malthael

Base

• Wraith Strike [W]
  • Range is increased from 6 to 7.

Talents

• Level 4
  • Black Harvest
    • Quest goal reduced from 180 seconds to 150 seconds.
• Level 10
  • Tormented Souls
    • No longer resets the cooldown of Wraith Strike when Tormented Souls ends.
    • Now reduces the cooldown of Wraith Strike to 2 seconds and removes its Mana cost while Tormented Souls is active.
• Level 20
  • Reaper of Souls
    • While 2 or more enemy Heroes are in Tormented Souls' radius, its duration does not decay.

Zagara

Talents

• Level 16
  • Corrosive Saliva
    • Damage reduced from 1.75% to 1.5% of maximum Health.

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Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Taunt effects.

Map

• Battlefield of Eternity
  • Fixed an issue where areas of the map were not covered under Fog of War.
• Blackheart's Bay
  • Fixed an issue where some Heroes would not be able to path around Healing Fountains.
• Cursed Hollow
  • Fixed an issue where Hogger could go through unpathable sections of the map.
• Warhead Junction
  • Fixed an issue where healing fountains were not symmetrical on the map.

Heroes

• Alarak
  • Level 16
    • Lethal Onslaught
      • Fixed an issue that caused Lethal Onslaught to not increase Alarak's Basic Attack damage correctly.
• Artanis
  • Base
    • Shield Overload [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Shield Overload to not display correctly if empowered by Shield Surge.
• Arthas
  • Level 10
    • Summon Sindragosa
      • Can now be cast over the Minimap.
• Azmodan
  • Level 20
    • Sin's Grasp
      • Tooltip Updated.
• Brightwing
  • Base
    • Arcane Flare [Q]
      • Now has a minimum cast range of .05.
  • Level 10
    • Blink Heal
      • Fixed an issue that caused Blink Heal's trailing images to be visible while Brightwing has no remaining Blink Heal charges.
• Chen
  • Base
    • Fortifying Brew [Trait D]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Fortifying Brew being instantly destroyed not granting Attack Speed.
      • Fortifying Brew has been added to the Buff Bar.
• Dehaka
  • Base
    • Burrow [E]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Burrow's visuals to be displaced if Dehaka is launched shortly after Burrow ends.
  • Level 7
    • Paralyzing Enzymes
      • Fixed an issue that caused Paralyzing Enzymes' duration to not be reduced if Drag ends early.
• Gazlowe
  • Base
    • Xplodium Charge [E]
      • Now has a minimum cast range of .2.
  • Level 10
    • Grav-O-Bomb 3000
      • Now has a minimum cast range of .2.
• Hanzo
  • Base
    • Sonic Arrow [E]
      • Now has a minimum cast range of .2.
• Jaina
  • Base
    • Frostbite [Trait]
      • Ice Block's before first use attention indicator is now also removed when Jaina is killed.
• Johanna
  • Level 4
    • Eternal Retaliation
      • Updated Eternal Retaliation's visual effect to only be visible to Johanna.
  • Level 10
    • Blessed Shield
      • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Blessed Shield.
• Kel'Thuzad
  • Level 13
    • Chains of Ice
      • Chains of Ice no longer Slows if the Stun is removed.
• Li-Ming
  • Level 10
    • Disintegrate
      • Fixed an issue that allowed Disintegrate to be cast while moving.
• Lt. Morales
  • Base
    • Healing Beam [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that allowed Healing Beam to be cast on multiple targets at once.
  • Level 10
    • Medivac Dropships
      • Fixed an issue that caused Medivac Reinforcement's indicator beam to point to Lt. Morales' active position instead of where Reinforcements was cast.
• Malfurion
  • Level 1
    • Emerald Dreams
      • Emerald Dreams no longer puts Heroes to Sleep if the Root gets removed.
• Medivh
  • Level 20
    • Glyph Of Poly Bomb
      • Fixed an issue that allowed Medivh to cast abilities during Raven Form.
• Mephisto
  • Base
    • Shade of Mephisto [E]
      • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Shade of Mephisto.
  • Level 20
    • Unspeakable Horror
      • Fixed an issue that caused Unspeakable Horror to Silence twice.
• Muradin
  • Base
    • Thunder Clap [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Thunder Clap's splat to not match the area Thunder Clap hits.
  • Level 4
    • Thunder Burn
      • Fixed an issue that caused Thunder Burn's damaging area to be smaller than Thunder Clap's area.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Thunder Burn's warning indicator to be inconsistently sized for the area affected.
• Murky
  • Base
    • Pufferfish [W]
      • Now has a minimum cast range of .05.
• Orphea
  • Base
    • Shadow Waltz [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Orphea to not dash when moving after hitting an enemy Hero with Shadow Waltz.
• Ragnaros
  • Level 13
    • Cauterize Wounds
      • Cauterize Wounds healing is now a singular combined effect each time it heals, instead of a heal effect for each Hero hit.
      • Fixed an issue that caused Cauterize Wounds healing amount to be determined by the damage dealt to the target furthest from the primary Empower Sulfuras target.
      • If Cauterize Wounds is reapplied while already active, any remaining healing will apply over the refreshed duration.
• Rexxar
  • Base
    • Misha, Charge! [W]
      • Can now be self-cast.
• Samuro
  • Base
    • Critical Strike [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Samuro's Critical Strike stacks to be visible to an enemy Samuro.
• Sonya
  • Level 10
    • Wrath of the Berserker
      • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Wrath of the Berserker.
      • Remaining duration indicator is now standalone from Whirlwind's duration indicator.
• Stukov
  • Base
    • Healing Pathogen [Q]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Healing Pathogen to persist for a brief period after activating Bio-Kill Switch.
• Sylvanas
  • Base
    • Black Arrows [Trait D]
      • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Black Arrows.
      • Remaining duration indicator is now standalone from Haunting Wave's duration indicator.
  • Level 10
    • Mind Control
      • Fixed an issue with the display duration for the duration bar of Mind Control.
  • Level 20
    • Deafening Blast
      • Fixed an issue that caused Deafening Blast to activate off of the center of units instead of their edge.
• The Lost Vikings
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Olaf from charging while Silenced.
• Tracer
  • Level 16
    • Ricochet
      • Now appears as its own entry in the Death Recap.
• Tychus
  • Base
    • Frag Grenade [W]
      • Fixed an issue that caused Frag Grenade to not apply physics to physics objects when no targets are hit.
• Valeera
  • Level 16
    • Assassinate
      • Damage bonus is now additive.
      • Fixed an issue with duration extension.
• Whitemane
  • Base
    • Searing Lash [E]
      • Can now be self-cast.

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