Heroes of the Storm: Samuro Balance Patch Has Landed

Yesterday Blizzard delivered a new balance patch for Heroes of the Storm, consisting entirely of nerfs to Samuro. At the time, its latest melee assassin had a win-rate of 67%. After the patch...67%. Clearly it has worked wonders. Take a look below at the full notes. 

We've just released a new patch in order to apply a few balance changes and address a few live bugs. Check out the detailed patch notes below.

ASSASSIN

SAMURO

Stats

Base Maximum Health decreased from 1750 to 1650 Base Health Regen decreased from 3.64 to 3.44

Abilities

Mirror Images (Q) Cooldown increased from 16 to 18 seconds Mirror Image timed life increased from 16 to 18 seconds Windwalk (E) Movement speed bonus reduced from 30 to 25% Illusion Master (R) Illusion damage bonus reduced from 20 to 15%

Talents

Level 20 Three Blade Style (R) Mirror Image timed life increased from 32 to 36 seconds

 

Developer Comments:  The Blademaster has been loosed, and is busy carving up a healthy win-rate. We are looking to bring him down a notch with these changes.

BUG FIXES

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

Chen – Fixed an issue causing Fortifying Brew shields to not persist indefinitely after completing the Freshest Ingredients quest talent. Samuro – Fixed an issue causing Mirror Images to deal an extra swing of Samuro’s full damage if their attacks landed just as the Mirror Images expired. Samuro – Fixed an issue causing Samuro to deselect himself after entering Lt. Morales' Medivac Dropship.

User Interface

Fixed an issue causing an "Unmet Requirements" message to pop up when in a party queued for Heroes Brawl. Removed an inaccurate line from the Punisher Arena's Info Panel at the queue screen. Fixed an issue causing Heroes Brawl score screens to incorrectly display Hero level ups and gold grants when certain conditions were met.

Miscellaneous

Fixed an issue where players could receive an "Installation Damaged" error message when launching the 64-bit client.