Hey there! Just making sure everyone is up2date about the patches we got in 2024 so far! Patch from February 6, 2024: news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/24061887/heroes-of-the-storm-live-patch-notes-february-6-2024 Patch from May 21, 2024: news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/24096021/heroes-of-the-storm-live-patch-notes-may-21-2024 Patch from August 12, 2024: news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/24126146/heroes-of-the-storm-live-patch-notes-august-12-2024
I love when they patch more niche heroes like qhira and chen Lucio still sitting at the top untouched but he’s not very stat dependent I think, he has busted mechanics
Valla's trait duration nerf will be felt while playing on maps where you rotate as 4 man with your team between 2 lanes, usually i was able to barely keep my stacks up from 1 lane to another if i ran and used vault, but now with only 5 seconds it will be even harder if not impossible.
They might have created a monster with Thrall, we'll see... but as a Strafe enjoyer, the mana cost was one of the biggest downsides for sure, because the cooldown is so low it would eat your mana very quickly unless you base a lot. But overall, patch is definitely a big Poggers from me.
the worst part about the mirrormatches in aram is that people hate it so much that they actually leave the game and go afk from the start. It is really hard to tell if this does anything good for the mode but im really happy to see that they try to do something radical as it is clearly not working in its current iteration
I enjoy the ASAMs but it's really frustrating and unfun to play it with multiple bots and AFK'ers. I wish there was a vote option to skip or play it out, and if a majority wants to skip then it should end immediately. Otherwise you're just stuck waiting for 5 mins for the enemy to core you.
Thx for everything u do. buff: pls give my probius 3 pylons baseline at 20!! i always go the other ult because it s so much fun and then that ult upgrade on 20... i would really need that third pylon for all sort of creative tricks and cheeses, which probius is made for. thx! other changes: i think ming has 1 build viable only. so does hammer (maybe the talent that makes her move slowly could be a baseline trait on 10?). I also think tracer is too strong. aram: vikings mirror when?
oh yeah, i dont think probius unlocking 3rd pylon on 20 would break the hero aram vikings mirror would have 9 people insta leaving or going afk, promised :D
Its getting fixed, Spazzo posted a undocumented list of changes from the PTR here: www.reddit.com/r/CursedHollow/comments/1fqbhrw/heroes_of_the_storm_ptr_update_20240926/ and here: www.reddit.com/r/CursedHollow/comments/1frs1po/heroes_of_the_storm_ptr_update_20240928/ Blizzard probably just forgot to put it into the notes and hopefully will do so before pushing it live!
Even though they lost an opportunity to nerf the bunker cooldown by 5 seconds, this was overall I think a big W patch. Also, I hope they remove same hero aram, when you end up with one you loathe it becomes pure pain. Or at least they could remove the super niche heroes, it happens far too often that at most 1-2 people are having fun out of 10 while the others are struggling to understand how to do something useful with that frigging glacial spike.
I thought 1/4 Chen talents that were buffed were meta in 1v1 contesting, no? If we're talking about braxis or sky temple I feel like eye of the tiger was musthave even before this buff
I'd say maybe focus a bit on buffing the underperforming heroes for next patches rather than nerfing stuff, there are plenty of very niche picks that could get a rework/ substantial buffs. But yeah, these patch notes seem quite on point!
Oh yeah, for sure they focus on the highest pick/winrates, at least that what it seems. But they did buff weaker heroes like Nova, Lili, Arthas, Yrel, Qhira and a few more I guess some of them could need bigger attention, potentially even a rework to push them into the meta, but im not sure if they have the resources for hots to do that.
i think junk needs some tuning he deals too much damage together with how disruptive he is he is also can be used ina variety of situation thanks to multiple useful builds: mobility and disruption with his W (which is too much IMO - both cdr and range) dive and area denial with e and the general damage stackign q
he did get nerfed this year already: baseline e cooldown 12 to 15 and the most popular lvl 1 talent and i guess dirty trickster on 7 was nerfed aswell. They could maybe slightly lower the e root duration, or leave the root as it is, but lower the dmg it does.
Hey, in the current live version Tyrael lvl 13 (law & order) is bugged. Heres a reddit thread about it: www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/1exakuk/tyraels_law_and_order_13_talent_broken_after/ It seems to get bug fixed on the PTR tho!
Used to play as a 5man with my friends. However, after the summer patch we cannot seem to get a match in ranked. Queue times were once up to 1 hour, at which time we gave up. Anyone has any idea why? It’s sad that we cannot play together anymore
Hey, what ranks you guys try to queue up together and what server/time? Id say overall, usually its much harder for the matchmaker to find games for 5man stacks in ranked Stormleague, maybe try as 2 or 3 and see if the issue persists. You could also queue up as 5 man in Quickmatch, that should be no issue at all.
My candidate for nerf is still Zagara's Corrosive Saliva at level 16, it just feels really OP in ARAM because it's so safe while absolutely chunking tanks. It's so good that it makes her other level 16 talents non-viable. I've asked a few people when you should pick 16 Mutalisk and the answer I've gotten is "never".
oh yeah, thats a very good point. i agree, the talent is too strong and basically all you play for on zagara (in terms of teamfight power). They would have to give her some kind of buff tho, if they nerf that talent, because the hero isnt that great =D
I feel like they could give Chen the unstoppable drink baseline and it would be fine. I mean he is just standing there (not that menacingly) Let the guy finish his drink 😢
Hey there!
Just making sure everyone is up2date about the patches we got in 2024 so far!
Patch from February 6, 2024: news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/24061887/heroes-of-the-storm-live-patch-notes-february-6-2024
Patch from May 21, 2024: news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/24096021/heroes-of-the-storm-live-patch-notes-may-21-2024
Patch from August 12, 2024: news.blizzard.com/en-us/heroes-of-the-storm/24126146/heroes-of-the-storm-live-patch-notes-august-12-2024
I am so looking forward to play chen and thrall again
The janitor is pumping this year
"and so weiter" :)
german after all
I love when they patch more niche heroes like qhira and chen
Lucio still sitting at the top untouched but he’s not very stat dependent I think, he has busted mechanics
True, lucio left untouched so far!
Could this be the return of fat Illidan?
Chen + Lilli for the hidden bonus =)
Nerf list
Chromie
Anduin
Dehaka (who secretly got buffed last patch with his W ticking 1 more time)
Diablo
Johanna
Hanzo (still too strong)
Valla's trait duration nerf will be felt while playing on maps where you rotate as 4 man with your team between 2 lanes, usually i was able to barely keep my stacks up from 1 lane to another if i ran and used vault, but now with only 5 seconds it will be even harder if not impossible.
They might have created a monster with Thrall, we'll see... but as a Strafe enjoyer, the mana cost was one of the biggest downsides for sure, because the cooldown is so low it would eat your mana very quickly unless you base a lot. But overall, patch is definitely a big Poggers from me.
Chen and Thrall Meta Inc!! Glad they Nerf Mephisto and Blaze
the worst part about the mirrormatches in aram is that people hate it so much that they actually leave the game and go afk from the start. It is really hard to tell if this does anything good for the mode but im really happy to see that they try to do something radical as it is clearly not working in its current iteration
I enjoy the ASAMs but it's really frustrating and unfun to play it with multiple bots and AFK'ers. I wish there was a vote option to skip or play it out, and if a majority wants to skip then it should end immediately. Otherwise you're just stuck waiting for 5 mins for the enemy to core you.
Thx for everything u do.
buff: pls give my probius 3 pylons baseline at 20!! i always go the other ult because it s so much fun and then that ult upgrade on 20... i would really need that third pylon for all sort of creative tricks and cheeses, which probius is made for. thx!
other changes: i think ming has 1 build viable only. so does hammer (maybe the talent that makes her move slowly could be a baseline trait on 10?). I also think tracer is too strong.
aram: vikings mirror when?
oh yeah, i dont think probius unlocking 3rd pylon on 20 would break the hero
aram vikings mirror would have 9 people insta leaving or going afk, promised :D
Didn't saw them fixing the 13 talent of Tyrael, it's not dealing increased damage base on how many allies you shield with W
Its getting fixed, Spazzo posted a undocumented list of changes from the PTR
here:
www.reddit.com/r/CursedHollow/comments/1fqbhrw/heroes_of_the_storm_ptr_update_20240926/
and here:
www.reddit.com/r/CursedHollow/comments/1frs1po/heroes_of_the_storm_ptr_update_20240928/
Blizzard probably just forgot to put it into the notes and hopefully will do so before pushing it live!
Even though they lost an opportunity to nerf the bunker cooldown by 5 seconds, this was overall I think a big W patch.
Also, I hope they remove same hero aram, when you end up with one you loathe it becomes pure pain. Or at least they could remove the super niche heroes, it happens far too often that at most 1-2 people are having fun out of 10 while the others are struggling to understand how to do something useful with that frigging glacial spike.
bunker buildtime :D
haha yeah, next patch for sure!
I thought 1/4 Chen talents that were buffed were meta in 1v1 contesting, no? If we're talking about braxis or sky temple I feel like eye of the tiger was musthave even before this buff
Yeah, i think hes going to be very strong in raw 1v1 brawl with the buffed talents
I'd say maybe focus a bit on buffing the underperforming heroes for next patches rather than nerfing stuff, there are plenty of very niche picks that could get a rework/ substantial buffs. But yeah, these patch notes seem quite on point!
Oh yeah, for sure they focus on the highest pick/winrates, at least that what it seems.
But they did buff weaker heroes like Nova, Lili, Arthas, Yrel, Qhira and a few more
I guess some of them could need bigger attention, potentially even a rework to push them into the meta, but im not sure if they have the resources for hots to do that.
i think junk needs some tuning
he deals too much damage together with how disruptive he is
he is also can be used ina variety of situation thanks to multiple useful builds:
mobility and disruption with his W (which is too much IMO - both cdr and range)
dive and area denial with e
and the general damage stackign q
he did get nerfed this year already:
baseline e cooldown 12 to 15 and the most popular lvl 1 talent and i guess dirty trickster on 7 was nerfed aswell.
They could maybe slightly lower the e root duration, or leave the root as it is, but lower the dmg it does.
Hasu... Please... no more wishlists 😂
last wishlist came true!
you just have to believe hard enough, biggest wish is HGC2025 \o/
What's the Tyrael bug you mentioned?
Hey,
in the current live version Tyrael lvl 13 (law & order) is bugged.
Heres a reddit thread about it:
www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/1exakuk/tyraels_law_and_order_13_talent_broken_after/
It seems to get bug fixed on the PTR tho!
Used to play as a 5man with my friends. However, after the summer patch we cannot seem to get a match in ranked. Queue times were once up to 1 hour, at which time we gave up.
Anyone has any idea why? It’s sad that we cannot play together anymore
Hey,
what ranks you guys try to queue up together and what server/time?
Id say overall, usually its much harder for the matchmaker to find games for 5man stacks in ranked Stormleague, maybe try as 2 or 3 and see if the issue persists.
You could also queue up as 5 man in Quickmatch, that should be no issue at all.
nice video thank you
My candidate for nerf is still Zagara's Corrosive Saliva at level 16, it just feels really OP in ARAM because it's so safe while absolutely chunking tanks. It's so good that it makes her other level 16 talents non-viable. I've asked a few people when you should pick 16 Mutalisk and the answer I've gotten is "never".
oh yeah, thats a very good point. i agree, the talent is too strong and basically all you play for on zagara (in terms of teamfight power).
They would have to give her some kind of buff tho, if they nerf that talent, because the hero isnt that great =D
100% agree
Without the 16 you would almost never pick Zagara in higher ranks
Diablo, the last Lord of Terror?
huh i thought HOTS stopped updating?
Nope, just slowed down.
yes and no, in 2024 we got some real balance patches. officially still in maintenance mode tho
Do us bronze and silvers a favor, and nerf Lucio level 20 house party 😊
I think valla should get a nerf on range at 20
I feel like they could give Chen the unstoppable drink baseline and it would be fine. I mean he is just standing there (not that menacingly) Let the guy finish his drink 😢
while i enjoy a fresh beer i think that would be a bit too much for our beloved panda :D
@@mrhasuobs Im biased, I think youre right. Looking forward to the Patch ✌️
ugh i hate chen why did they buff him
who doesnt like to get KEGGED around?!
because he's so FUN TO PLAY :DDD
And still no zag nerf... her lv16 %HP dmg is still the most broken and anoying talent in the game.
yeah, i think her 16 should be slightly nerfed, just like vallas and hanzos
D.Va should be on top of the list of heroes that need buffs.
nerf tracer and maiev good choice. buff lunara pls