This is a long overdue balance patch with much focus on heroes.
08/31/21
BALANCE
ORC:
- Raging Boars now has a 5% chance to trigger when Burrows are attacked, boar count reduced from 3 to 2
- Raging Boar damage reduced from 37 to 25, hit points from 450 to 375, cooldown increased from .5 to 1.5 seconds
- Earthquake revereted to channeling, mana cost reduced from 150 to 125, no longer slows friendly units, building damage increased from 50 to 75 per second
- Big Bad Voodoo now grants units 75% damage reduction in place of invulnerability, and allows the Shadow Hunter to move with a 25% movement speed reduction.
- Reincarnation now revives up to 6 of your units along with him.
- Dragon Roost pathing map matches Gryphon Aviary
HUMAN:
- Critical Sector replaced with Assault Drone, a hihgly mobile deadly flying unit
- Bombardment AoE increased from 175 to 225, base range is 900 max but infinite as long as a Assault Drone is within range of the target
- New ability: Bulwark - Reduced damage to friendly units in an area by 25% for a duration.
- Resurrection mana cost reduced from 300 to 200
- Siphon Mana bonus mana decay reduced from 3 to 2 per second, can over-charge again
LOST:
- Animate Dead: Units are no longer invulnerable, explode on death dealing 200 normal damage in a 250 AoE to enemy ground units, and leave behind a disease cloud for 30 seconds
- Harbinger now has Spell immunity
- Death and Decay cooldown reduced from 150 to 20 seconds, duration reduced from 35 to 10 seconds, mana cost reduced from 250 to 135, damage % increased from 4 to 10, no longer harms allies
- Charred Adjutant movement speed increased from 220 to 270
- Abyss pathing map matches Gryphon Aviary
NAGA:
- Presence duration reduced from 30 to 15 seconds
- Blood Tracking replaced with Blood Sight
- Venomous Splash mana cost increased from 110/110/100 to 110/160/210
- Mana Shield replaced with Mana Leech
- Tornado replaced with Monsoon (modified)
- Illusory Wail cooldown increased from 45 to 60 seconds
- Shrine of Azshara pathing map matches Gryphon Aviary
FIXES
ORC
- Serpent Ward tooltip damage displays correctly
COSMETIC
HUMAN
- Cannon Assault renamed to Bombardment
- Formatting issues on Tears of Dalaran and Gilnean Hope
LOST
- Obsidian Moor model edited to remove glowing eye, button updated
ALL
- Atrribute Bonus tooltip updated
- Ruined Lock terrain around Shipyard islands updated