The Specialised Tactical Operations and Rescue Missions (STORM) unit is ready to keep the peace in the Nexus. That’s right, the Heroes of the Storm Enforcer Skins are now live! Dispense justice and maintain order by recruiting one of the following Skins:

• Enforcer Johanna
• Paramedic Morales
• Watchdog Greymane
• STORM Strider Mount

The ability to now protect and serve (in style) isn’t the only exciting thing about this patch. Sonya and Medivh have received significant gameplay updates and balance adjustments, which are also now live. For all the details on the Sonya and Medivh reworks, please see the attached fact sheets.

Hero Rework: Sonya

Abilities

(Sonya’s abilities are not changing but are listed below for reference)

• Fury [Trait]

  • Use Fury instead of Mana, which is gained by taking damage or dealing Basic Attack damage. Using a Basic or Heroic Ability grants 10% Movement Speed for 4 seconds.

• Ancient Spear [Q]

  • Throw out a spear that pulls you to the enemy hit, dealing 173 damage and briefly stunning them. If this hits an enemy, generate 40 Fury.

  • Cooldown: 13 Seconds

• Seismic Slam [W]

  • Deals 173 Damage to the target enemy and 44 damage to enemies behind the target.

  • Cost: 25 Fury

  • Cooldown: 1 second

• Whirlwind [E]

  • Deals 126 damage a second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds, healing for 25% of damage dealt. Healing tripled versus Heroes.

  • Cost: 40 Fury

  • Cooldown: 5 seconds

Talents

• Level 1

  • Block (Passive)

    • Removed

  • Furious Blow [W]

    • Moved from Level 16

    • New functionality

      • Every fourth Seismic Slam deals 40% more damage and costs no Fury.

  • New Talent: Tough as Nails (Passive)

    • Every 12 seconds gain a stack of Block that grants 75 Physical Armor against the next Hero Basic Attack. Stores up to 3 charges. Cooldown refreshes 200% faster while Fury is active.

• Level 4

  • Focused Attack (Passive)

    • Removed

  • Shattered Ground [W]

    • New Functionality:

      • Seismic Slam deals 75% damage to all targets hit and its splash damage travels 66% farther.

  • Mercenary Lord (Passive)

    • Removed

  • New Talent: Battle Rage (Active)

    • Passively increases damage dealt to Mercenaries by 25%.

    • Activate to Heal for 10% of Sonya’s maximum Health. 30 second charge cooldown. Stores up to 3 charges.

• Level 7

  • Follow Through (Passive)

    • Removed

  • Ferocious Healing (Active)

    • Removed

  • Shot of Fury (Trait)

    • Moved from Level 1

    • New Functionality:

      • Activate to instantly gain 50 Fury. 40 Second cooldown.

      • After casting Seismic Slam, your next Basic Attack deals 40% more damage.

• Level 13

  • Aftershock [W]

    • Removed

  • Spell Shield (Passive)

    • Removed

  • No Escape (Trait)

    • Moved from Level 16

    • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 25% to 20%.

  • New Talent: Ruthless [E]

    • Whirlwind deals an additional 50 damage to Heroes below 33% Health. This damage does not generate additional Healing.

• Level 16

  • Imposing Presence (Active)

    • Removed

  • New Talent: Giant Slammer [W]

    • Seismic Slam deals an additional 2% of Heroes’ maximum Health as damage.

  • New Talent: Rampage (Passive)

    • Increases Basic Attack damage by 25%.

    • Basic Attacks decrease the Ancient Spear’s cooldown 0.75 seconds.

• Level 20

  • Anger Management [R]

    • Removed

  • Nexus Blades (Passive)

    • Removed

  • Ignore Pain (Active)

    • Armor reduced from 75 to 60.

  • Composite Spear [Q]

    • Moved from Level 7

    • New functionality:

      • Increases Ancient Spear’s range by 50%.

      • Hitting an enemy Hero with Ancient Spear grants 25 armor for 4 seconds.

  • New Talent: Striding Giant [R]

    • Wrath of The Berserker increases maximum Health by 10% and grants the Striding Giant Ability while it is active.

    • Striding Giant can be activated to become Unstoppable for 2 seconds. 30 second cooldown.

Hero Rework: Medivh

Stats

• Health scaling increased from 4% to 4.5% per level

• Health Regeneration scaling increased from 4% to 4.5% per level

Abilities

• Arcane Rift [Q]

  • Damage reduced from 200 to 170

  • Additional Functionality:

    • Quest: Hit 40 enemy Heroes without dying.

    • Reward: Permanently increase Arcane Rift’s damage by 75 and the cooldown reduction granted for hitting a Hero by 1 second

• Force of Will [W]

  • Cooldown increased from 5 to 8 seconds

  • Mana cost increased from 50 to 60

  • Upon expiration, allies are healed for 20% of the damage absorbed

• Portal [E]

  • Cooldown reduced from 20 to 16 seconds

  • Mana cost reduced from 75 to 65

Talents

• Level 1

  • Winds of Celerity [Z]

    • Moved from Level 13

  • Portal Mastery (Active)

    • Additional Functionality:

      • Portals can now be cast while in Raven form

  • Raven’s Intellect (Z)

    • Additional Functionality:

      • Now also increases Health regeneration by 75% while in Raven form.

    • Mana regeneration bonus reduced from 100% to 75%

• Level 4

  • Bird’s Eye View (Trait)

    • Removed

  • Mage Armor [E]

    • New functionality:

      • An ally now gains 25 Armor for 4 seconds the first time they enter a Portal.

      • Raven Familiar [E]

        • Moved from Level 7

        • Additional functionality:

          • Now also Slows enemies by 30% for 2.5 seconds.

          • A Raven now joins an ally each time they enter a Portal

        • Dust of Appearance (Active)

          • Adjusted Functionality:

            • Permanently increases vision range in Raven Form by 25%.

            • Activate to greatly increase Medivh’s vision range for 5 seconds, and reveal enemy Heroes in the area for 8 seconds. Does not cancel Raven form.

• Level 7

  • The Master’s Touch [Q]

    • Removed

  • Arcane Explosion [W]

    • New functionality:

      • Deals 90 damage to nearby enemies when Force of Will expires. Also deals an additional 100% of damage taken, up to 365 bonus damage

    • Explosion radius increased from 3 to 3.5

  • New Talent: Mystic Assault [Q]

    • If Arcane Rift hits an enemy Hero, Medivh’s next Basic Attack within 6 seconds deals 40% more damage and Heals for 40% of the damage dealt

  • New Talent: Force of Magic [W]

    • Preventing 268 or more damage with a single Force of Will grants Medivh 20% Spell Power for 12 seconds. This can stack up to 2 times

• Level 13

  • Quickening [Q]

    • Removed

  • Astral Projection [E]

    • Removed

  • Circle of Protection [W]

    • Moved from Level 16

    • Now applies a talented version of Force of Will to nearby allies

    • Radius increased from 2.5 to 3

  • Enduring Will [W]

    • Moved from Level 16

    • New functionality:

      • If Force of Will absorbs 268 damage, its cooldown is reduced to 3 seconds

  • Reabsorption [W]

    • Moved from Level 16

• Level 16

  • Arcane Charge [Q]

    • Moved from Level 7

    • Damage bonus reduced from 30% to 15%

  • Stable Portal [W]

    • Moved from Level 1

    • New Functionality:

      • Reduces Portal’s cooldown by 25% and increases Portal duration by 50%

  • New Talent: Temporal Flux (Passive)

    • Basic Attacks reduce Medivh’s Heroic cooldown by 1 second. Hitting enemy Heroes with Arcane Rift reduces Medivh’s Heroic cooldown by 3 seconds

• Level 20

  • Invisibility (Active) renamed to: Dust of Disappearance (Active)

    • No longer costs Mana