Samuro Nerfed In Latest Balance Update
by JR Cook - 7 years ago show comments
A new Balance Update was released today and there is one Hero on the list: Samuro. This makes sense given his exceptionally strong debut and the fact that the Opening Week matches for Blizzcon start tomorrow. Clearly Samuro was in need of a tweak, and since he isn’t eligible for play at Blizzcon these changes don’t actually affect the preparation for team’s competing there.
At first glance, the Samuro nerfs may be a bit heavy handed. Not only were both his health and health regen lowered, but his Q, W, and E abilities all received nerfs. These might be just the changes needed to get his win rate in line with other Heroes, or it is possible that he has been over corrected and might end up needing some small buffs in the future.
Only time will tell.
HEROES OF THE STORM BALANCE UPDATE — OCTOBER 25, 2016
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
- Three Blade Style (R)
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.
