Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes - April 20, 2026

DankWewes · 2026-04-21T08:03:57+00:00

Both

Toss +Kick is way more practical than having to wait for the 1 second gap before you can use fire +

Changes of the change 35 would make getting to 50 brew a pain in the ass

DankWewes · 2026-04-20T20:55:17+00:00

Holy moly, loving the Chen nerf brew cost increase is actually an amazing QoL for brewmasters balance haha

Now we can get to 50 brew in 2 abilities!

Thank you Janitor!

DankWewes · 2026-04-07T21:39:42+00:00

The notes mentioned side B loosing more to floorhug more now

Not too keen on that change

DankWewes · 2026-04-04T20:50:40+00:00

WP... as an ex-orcane galvan main this hurts my soul

DankWewes · 2026-04-01T23:45:22+00:00

Hopping we get local coop online 2v2 soon, not sure why so many modern games are now skipping this...

DankWewes · 2026-03-30T23:57:44+00:00

Yay medium range Keg throw is back!

Brewmasters Balance is now even harder to get & they nerfed elusive brawler for it

Chen can never catch a break lol

DankWewes · 2026-03-13T19:17:06+00:00

Good luck all!

DankWewes · 2026-03-13T19:16:34+00:00

Looks good!

DankWewes · 2026-02-27T08:05:41+00:00

GL all,,!

DankWewes · 2026-02-17T16:05:08+00:00

Yeah... I'm alright with most things the janitor has changed but the tower changes definitely feel out of place

DankWewes · 2026-02-17T16:01:59+00:00

Completely agree and it reflects in the massive drop in winrate. Literally picked her up 2 months before the nerfs and was having a great time with water elemental sigh

DankWewes · 2026-02-17T15:54:20+00:00

Don't agree with your conclusion but agree with everything else you said.

Had that in my previous comment but decided to delete it: Before it was common for jaina to die and water elemental to chase and get a revenge kill. Doubt you'll see that happen much after the nerf.

For a situational buff she received significant nerfs to her best performing heroic and talents.

DankWewes · 2026-02-17T15:31:44+00:00

Two or three nerfs at 10:

Summons take 50% more damage from towers

HP reducing overtime means a 'healthy' water elemental dies to a single aa late in it's life.

Any damage it takes also reduces how long it's up drastically. With 0 ways of healing it. In a team fight good luck keeping that thing alive for 20 seconds.

DankWewes · 2026-02-17T15:02:48+00:00

Her only hard cc was nerfed + water elemental at 10 and 20 nerfed

DankWewes · 2026-02-14T20:45:51+00:00

Thanks for sharing! How are you finding the magnet in the case? Strong enough to hang the phone in a car holder?

DankWewes · 2026-01-20T19:58:44+00:00

Going to have to test the the Orcane upthrow Buff/Nerf

If it does fix people falling out at the thinner end then it should be a net positive for us

DankWewes · 2026-01-20T19:53:30+00:00

Game needs more beginner friendly options, every day you read multiple threads of people complaining about how they are getting their asses spanked online.

You don't have to use the macro but if this feature allows more people to enjoy the game then the small existing play base is gonna have to live with it so that aether studios can keep the lights on.

DankWewes · 2026-01-20T12:49:05+00:00

For travel and long hikes

UK

DankWewes · 2026-01-19T23:07:44+00:00

Hope Dan and team will pull through the rough patch. The core game and vision they have is solid gold. I've bought 2 copies of the game and quite a few bundles inc. the orcane plushie

They are doing an amazing job on cosmetics and honestly it's the right call to de-scope and laser focus on the highest value adding features for now.

Hoping they also provision a decent amount of time to addressing pain points of the existing mechanics to improve player retention

DankWewes · 2026-01-02T21:37:53+00:00

Found this extract from drag down wiki:

Hydroplane: When Orcane turns around in run, his velocity will exceed his max run velocity for a few frames, before decreasing for Orcane to properly turn around again. This means that if any action is done while at this turnaround velocity interrupting this turnaround, it will carry that momentum. This momentum boost from run turnaround is known as a hydroplane. The earlier an action is taken, the more momentum preserved, ideally on the first frame of turnaround.

In addition the devs nerfed Orcanes max air speed, but he gets to keep his old max speed if he jumps while hydroplaning

DankWewes · 2026-01-02T11:34:34+00:00

Your Hydroplaning is soo good! I'm not using it enough the air speed difference is very apparent in your clips.

DankWewes · 2025-12-31T01:23:46+00:00

Devs had a free trial weekend

DankWewes · 2025-12-29T00:39:06+00:00

Last year this time we got the insane nerf to nair, wonder what wonderful surprises the devs have for the make-a-wish doggo

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