Our next Heroes of the Storm patch has just hit the Public Test Realm and will be available for playtesting.
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A long overdue Samuro adjustment but he is still very slippery and Bladestorm armor allows him to reduce high range and global damage which is usually the only way of killing him. Make it so he needs to damage a hero first in order to activate that armor.
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Apoc canât be interrupted now? Time to go feast on some fear!
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Link wonât open on mobile for some reason.
- Fixed an issue that caused Heroes to not spawn at the start of the game.
Never seen that one.
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Thatâs a HUGE nerf to Hyper Shift for Brightwing. Rarely do talents get their effectiveness cut in half, which alone would be a huge nerf, but then to nerf the actual heal portion in conjunction is crazy. I honestly donât know what the rationale is for nerfing it in this manner. BWâs win rate isnât even great, and considering such a huge chunk of people pick Hyper Shift, this would be a huge blow for the hero.
Obviously Blizzard has the internal data, but from HP for most patches, even though Hyper Shift is overwhelmingly the most popular pick, it doesnât overperform. I think this change is a collossal mistake, when really the issue on that tier are how awkward greater polymorph cast sequence/skill required to get value and how map dependent the kind of value you get from Pixie Charm.
Itâs unfortunate because to really create better parity on that tier requires changing the other two talents more than number tweaks. Sort of the problem youâre faced with in maintenance mode.
Think Samuro nerfs arenât really enough, but itâs better than nothing.
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Nice patch. Keep it up! Huge bw nerf.
Samuro has been wrecking the meta for far too long. It honestly ruined the game for a few months. Please, donât let OP heroes at the top unchanged for so long in the future.
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Thank you for continuing to update the game, Blizzard. Love Heroes.
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SAMURO NERFS, WE ARE SO BACK.
genji nerfs, its so over
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Watching Hyper Shift get another nerf is funny lol. Why not just remove it and make a new talent instead ? No matter what they do it will still be the most picked talent.
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- Fixed an issue that caused the last bullet from Tracerâs previous magazine to be fired when Tracerâs Reload completes.
Clearly âFocus Fireâ is now viable with this fix.
âwe are so backâ
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I remember playing BW years ago thinking the talent was busted! It was 10% and 2 second CD. That talent allows you so much options and gives a bit of burst protection.
I agree it would âprobablyâ be better to have it removed but it almost feels vital to her play style. Maybe if they were to bake it into her baseline and then nerf her in another way? Iâm not sure TBH but I donât find her that oppressive anymore.
Personally I donât think itâs too OP as it currently is but is still much better than the other choices, and theoretically without it, I donât think BW will be anywhere near as strong, and near unplayable, except in the right comps.
Personally Iâd like to see other talents buffed to be more competitive, but I love the game getting some love! (even if I donât agree with it).
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I wish they would just revert Brightwingâs stupid rework. I want them to remove the heal on her teleport outright. Itâs extremely unfun to play against a hero with a global % heal, and it makes playing Brightwing less interesting, too.
Iâve been playing with Greater Polymorph recently partially out of spite, and itâs so fun. I want more of that out of Brightwing.
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I like this idea, they did this with a few heroes like Medivh where a talent was overwhelmingly popular, and/or was too strong to pick any other talents on that tier.
This nerf seems too harsh, I can see that Greater Polymorphâs pick rate will probably benefit from this change, but Pixie Charm, not so much. Most bribe talents tend to be less impactful the longer the match goes on. Iâm also concerned that with this change, fewer people will pick Emerald Wind, if they didnât take Hyper Shift at level 1, as the reduced healing without HS will be quite noticeable, if you donât take Blink Heal at 10.
Nice work from the Devâs though, happy to see Samuro get a little tap on the head, the Genji nerfs I donât quite get, but then, Iâm no Genji player.
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I canât speak for ranked, but Agile Dismount gives Genji an obnoxious feast-or-famine playstyle in QM. If your team has no hard CC, Genji can infinitely engage with Agile Dismount from outside of vision, unload a full volley of Shurikens, then escape with both Swift Strike and his trait. The nerf is pretty light, but lowering his poke should make that playstyle less unbeatable by some comps.
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thanks for the genji nerfs, overwatch characters are pretty strong⌠not because their numbers but their kit⌠in QM or in any non pro hardcore escenario when you have a uncoordinated team enemy genji knows what he is doing and he just can kill 1, 2 or even 3 of my allies in a few second⌠iâve seen in QM solo genjis carrying enemy team because ally teammates nonstop dying trying soloing a genji
Thank you for the explanation, Ahh, itâs appreciated and it makes sense. I think I donât see Genji on a spree as much in QM, because my most played roles are tank/healer/bruiser, so Iâm usually playing a hero that can counter him, or keep in under control.
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I like playing Q build with BW (I know the others are probably better), you have so much sustain and slows when constantly landing qâs, but despite Pixie charm seemly pairing well with that build. You canât take it IMO because the additional uses of Q means Iâm going OOM quicker.
With the reduction level 1, instead of jumping straight to the offlane, Iâll back first then get some mana.
Adding some extra mana back to Pixie might make it more competitive at least in terms of synergy with level 4 q talent. Pretty much the only time I would take pixie is like GOT with Q build so I can stall and steal camps.
It does IMO as well. My guess is sheâs still very popular despite being fairly manageable at the moment.
If this was the âold daysâ, my guess is they would be going for the over-nerf to reduce her pick rate before giving her a slight buff to about where she is now in terms of power
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Thank you for Genji and Sam nerfs.
Hugely annoying to play against especially in QM and espicially when they 1 trick or smurf them 
This is a huge buff for evading, blinding and also for DVaâs Defence Matrix, now that the bugs for effects of spawns are corrected
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