Each time Tyrael damages an enemy Hero with a Basic Attack or Basic Ability, increase the duration of this Armor bonus by. New functionality: Activate to gain 50 Armor for 3 seconds.Tyrael’s Level 20 talents have been reordered to follow normal conventions.Healing increased from 3.5 to 4 per stack.Additional functionality: Each enemy Hero hit reduces Tyrael’s death timer by 10%.Since they add a lot of power to his ability to function as a powerful front line Warrior for his team, this should help him make plays for a greater portion of the game. No longer has a 4 second restriction after hitting enemy Heroes with Hook for its proc to reapply via Basic Attacks.ĭeveloper Comment: We’re giving Stitches some love by slightly increasing his crowd control capabilities and moving his Level 16 talents to come online earlier in the game.Healing from Heroes dying increased from 240 to 255.Healing from Minions dying increased from 30 to 33.While minor, these buffs should help bring him back into the spotlight as a valuable member of any team. He’s been such a staple in the meta for so long that we did not feel he needed any large changes. Slow duration increased from 1.25 to 1.5 seconds.ĭeveloper Comment: It’s been a long time since we've looked at Muradin.Casting Dwarf Toss grants Muradin 4 charges of 75 Physical Armor against the next enemy Hero Basic Attack.Cooldown increased from 80 to 100 seconds.ĭeveloper Comment: Mal’Ganis have been slightly too powerful for some time, so we’re toning him down a bit.Health Regeneration reduced from 5.41 to 5.21.Calloused Hide in particular was becoming an issue, as players have recently been finding it optimal to stay in Ogre Hide for the entire game, which removes the gameplay around the trait.
There are a few talents on Cho’galls tree that disincentivize this behavior, which we are adjusting now. Enemy Heroes hit by Gall’s Dread Orb receive 35% less healing for 4 seconds.ĭeveloper Comment: In regards to his trait, we want optimal play for Cho’gall to be to have Gall’s Ogre Rage be active most of the time, with emergency switches to Cho’s Ogre Hide when he is in danger.
If you're interested in what this life-tapping ranged assassin can do, here's the video: While the release dates for either hero are currently unknown, Blizzard did recently post a hero spotlight for Gul'dan, so I'd imagine he's coming within a week or so.
The second, and only slightly less impressive is Auriel, the Archangel of Hope whom you might know from the Diablo series. The first one is the Fel Warlock Gul'dan, an Ork so awesome Blizzard was willing to completely mess up World of Warcraft's story just to bring him back to life. In a recently posted development update, Blizzard has announced the arrival of two new heroes to the Nexus.