Warcraft Rumble Patch Notes - Season 13

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Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Post)

Balance Changes and Bugfixes

Leaders

Sneed

  • The Land Grab talent now increases Sneed's level by 2, up from 1.

Ragnaros

  • Blast Wave now deals an additional 75 damage and inflicts Burn on its targets.
  • Fixed an issue where Blast Wave did not deal damage or apply Burn to structures.

Maiev

  • Increased Damage and Health by 20%.

Emperor Thaurissan

  • The healing from the Moira's Wit talent has been increased to 1.5% of maximum Health, up from 1% of maximum Health. Healing trigger radius has been increased to 12, from 8.
  • Burn applied from Lavaspikes (Leader Ability) while using the Incinerate talent are now permanent and Thaurissan prefers new targets when attacking.

Grommash Hellscream

  • Health increased by 10%.

Orgrim Doomhammer

  • Health reduced to 1000, from 1200.
  • The damage bonus from First Blood (Leader Ability) has been reduced to 75%, from 100%.
  • Fixed several issues with Doomhammer's Mak'gora:
    • If Doomhammer is Polymorphed during the Mak'gora, the duel will be canceled. Doomhammer will be able to attempt a new Mak'gora challenge after polymorph wears off.
    • If either Doomhammer or the target get too far away from each other, the duel will be canceled. Doomhammer will be able to attempt a new Mak'gora challenge against the next valid target he finds.

Developer Note: Orgrim Doomhammer has been seen to be extremely effective in the Season 12 meta. We have received feedback that the games in Season 12 often feel stale and/or dominated by the same strategies, and we believe that Orgrim's base health and damage bonus make him the obvious choice for raw power reasons rather than players choosing to play the Leaders they find most exciting or fun to play.

Cenarius

  • Empty Health from Grovekeeper (Leader Ability) has been increased to 30%, from 20%.

Charlga

  • Health increased to 416, from 320.
  • The Bombard trait has been removed. Charlga can now hit flying Minis with her beam. Any flying Minis hit with her beam will not be rooted.
  • The damage reduction has been removed from the Nature's Grasp talent.

Rend Blackhand

  • Health increased to 1380, from 1200.

Hogger

  • The Ham Hock talent now grants 15% max Health each time he is played, up from 10%.
  • The Fatal Frenzy talent no longer has a range requirement. On Death, Bloodlust and grant +1 Level to all Beasts (up to 3 additional levels).

Cairne

  • Damage increased by 10%.

Jaina

  • The Flurry talent now always deals 50 damage in addition to applying Frost within the AOE, this excludes the main target. Gains the AOE trait.

Developer Note: This excludes the main target so as to not increase her single target damage.

Troops

Plague Farmer

  • Fixed the Splashing Pumpkins talent to have the same cooldown as the non-Splashing Pumpkins version, and now correctly doubles the splash radius.

Witch Doctor

  • Cursed Beam's (Attack) range has been reduced to 7, from 8.
  • The radius of explosions caused by Cursed Beam has been reduced to 5, from 6.

Developer Note: Witch Doctor is an exceptionally efficient Mini at only 2 Gold, and he is oppressing other strategies that would fill that role. We wanted to find a way to create more space for other Minis without fundamentally making Witch Doctor less fun to play.

Deep Breath

  • Initial damage has been reduced to 160, from 400.
  • Deep Breath now also applies Burn for 8 seconds.

Developer Note: The applied Burn deals 30 damage per second for a total of 240, meaning the total damage is still 400 but the damage dealt at a slower pace.

Raptors

  • Damage increased to 120, from 90.
  • Raptors with the Motivation talent now gain Bloodlust for 10 seconds when coming within range of a chest or gold vein, instead of only gaining Bloodlust while near it.

Core Hounds

  • Damage increased to 220, from 170.
  • Health increased to 1600, from 1420.
  • The Fiery Revival talent will now damage and Burn nearby enemies upon revival.

Molten Giant

  • Damage increased to 230, from 180.
  • The Bolster talent will now Heal and grant 1 Gold when destroying a tower.
  • Fixed an issue where Bolster would fail to heal the Molten Giant.

Warsong Grunts

  • Damage has been increased to 95, from 80.
  • The Guard Duty talent now also grants Armored and reduces the Gold cost by 1.
  • The Command talent will now boost Beast damage map wide rather than within a small range.

Gryphon Rider

  • The Airdrop talent now has a maximum of 10 levels that it can add to a Mini.

Developer Note: Bloodmage Thalnos and Sneed are capped at increasing levels by 10, and we are striving for consistency in the way Level Up effects impact Minis. This level cap was missed in the original implementation of Gryphon Rider, and this change fixes that omission. We will continue to monitor how this impacts players' ability to use strategies that involve leveling up Minis to this cap.

Swoll Troll

  • The Trollnado talent will no longer target enemies considered to be underground. This includes Minis that are under a bridge.

Player versus Player

Frostwolf Shaman

  • The Earthwall Totem talent will no longer affect player Barracks in Player versus Player (PvP), but will affect allied towers.

Developer Note: Earthwall Totem has become a defining part of the PvP game; using cycling decks combined with the change that made matches shorter, players can maintain full barrack health even against relatively large onslaughts that deal some incidental damage to the barracks. This type of meta creates an environment of longer matches, more overtime kills, and significantly more draws than players expect. We have been watching this talent for a while and have decided that while it is fun to heal your base sometimes, it is not conducive to a fun and competitive PvP environment.

Future Balance Changes

Developer Note: We are continuing to examine some of the Leaders who are underperforming or unpopular and finding ways to rework them. Some of these changes were too ambitious for the Season 13 balance patch, but we anticipate we can make future improvements to these Leaders in a later tuning adjustment.

These balance changes and bugfixes will go live in our next major update with the start of the Arthas event. The start date for the Arthas event has not been announced.

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