by Lewis Burnell on Feb 11, 2018
Released on Friday, the latest update for Heroes of the Storm takes a quick swing to Maiev. With ridiculously high win rates and a kit that offers eye-watering damage potential, it was only a matter of time before she saw changes. I suspect that this is the first of many, with her Trait likely next on the list. Full notes below.
Stats
Basic Attack Damage reduced from 162 to 150 Base Maximum Health increased from 2150 to 2236 Health Regeneration increased from 4.48 to 4.66Abilities
Fan of Knives (Q) Damage decreased from 180 to 170 Vault of the Wardens (D) No longer grants passive ArmorTalents
Level 1 Naisha’s Memento (Active) Bounces no longer deal bonus damage Level 16 Armored Assault (Passive) Physical Damage bonus decreased from 35 to 25% Now activates if Maiev has any amount of bonus ArmorDeveloper Comment: Maiev has arrived in the Nexus and seems to be obliterating her foes (as she should) but is slightly deadlier than we intended. The Warden’s survivability is currently too high, which allows her to get tons of resets on Fan of Knives while ignoring enemy threats. To address this, we’re removing her armor gain from Vault of the Wardens, while slightly lowering her damage output so that she has to stick around in the fight a little longer to take down her opponents. After these changes, we’ll continue to keep an eye on Maiev to be sure that she has enough survivability to perform her melee Assassin role, without it feeling like her enemies have little-to-no options for counterplay