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Highlights of the Hero Balance Q&A


Blizzard developers opened on reddit today and answered questions about the recent and upcoming balance updates.

Blizzard posted a Q&A thread on reddit, focusing on the current balance update, the upcoming December 13 patch, and game balance in general.

Here are some of the highlights:

Upcoming Hero Changes: Tassadar, Uther, Greymane, and others

  • Tassadar will receive changes soon, but after the December 13 patch.
  • Greymane will receive some changes:
    • Marked for the Kill will be changed to act more as an initiator.
    • Greymane’s Worgen form may receive armor or resistance.
  • Azmodan will receive buffs to his All Shall Burn ability, including allowing movement during the ability without any talents.
  • Uther may receive changes to make him a more tanky support.

  • Arthas may receive some talent changes.
  • Thrall may receive talent changes, but not until the middle of next year.
  • Murky is currently being considered for changes.

  • Support heroes will receive general changes that will shift their power emphasis. No further details were given.
  • There are no plans for significant changes to Raynor, Lunara, Nova, or Nazeebo.

 

Multiclass Heroes

  • As of now, no current heroes are being updated to the multiclass category.
  • Heroes such as Kharazim, Tyrande, and Tassadar are considered hybrid heroes as opposed to multiclass heroes.

 

Ragnaros

  • While Ragnaros is in his Molten Core form, he is still treated as a hero.
    • He still can be attacked for quest talents.
    • He is unstoppable, meaning he is immune to stuns and silences such as Arthas’s Sindragosa and Sylvanas’s Black Arrows trait.

 

Miscellaneous

  • Gathering talents (e.g. Regeneration Master) may receive changes.
  • Blizzard considered making Diablo’s trait togglable, but decided against it.
  • The mount speed nerfs (40% to 30% movement speed) will not be reverted.
  • Blizzard will generally patch new heroes two weeks after release, but will be quicker in some extreme cases (e.g. Zarya).
  • Kerrigan’s abilities have received responsiveness improvements in the current PTR.
  • The balance designers prefer to have three or four talent choices per tier.

 

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