The Last Update For Heroes Of The Storm Game

As of May 20, 2025, the latest update for Heroes of the Storm is the May 15, 2025 Live Patch, which introduced several significant changes to gameplay, balance, and Storm League.Blizzard News

⚙️ General Updates

• Try Me Mode: Anduin has replaced Malfurion as the Ally hero in Try Me Mode.
• UI Enhancements: Updated homescreen and startup music.
• Game Strings: Numerous strings have been updated to reflect current gameplay.Blizzard News+1GameSpace.com+1Blizzard News+3GameSpace.com+3Blizzard News+3

🏆 Storm League Changes

• Rank Decay: Now only applies to players in Master and Grand Master Leagues.
• Party Size: Reduced maximum party size for Master and Grand Master players to 2.
• Party Restrictions: Master and Grand Masters can only party with players within 5,000 Rank Points.Blizzard News+1GameSpace.com+1

⚔️ Hero Balance Updates

Ana

• Biotic Grenade [W]:
  • Cooldown reduced by 3 seconds if it doesn’t hit enemies.
  • Cooldown reduced by 2 seconds if it only hits Ana.
• Level 1 Talent – Vampiric Rounds:
  • Shrike now grants a 15% passive healing bonus.
• Level 20 Talent – Deadeye:
  • Eye of Horus can now be toggled on and off.
  • Eye of Horus rounds are regained every 10 seconds.
  • Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds.
  • Bonuses last 4 seconds.Blizzard News

Auriel

• Bestow Hope [Trait D]:
  • Energy stored from damage to non-Heroes reduced from 40% to 35%.
  • Energy stored from damage to Heroes reduced from 80% to 70%.Blizzard News+2Blizzard News+2Blizzard News+2

Azmodan

• Level 16 Talent – Trample:
  • Now reduces Heroic cooldown by 25% if Trample hits a Hero.Blizzard News+1GameSpace.com+1

E.T.C.

• Face Melt [W]:
  • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds.
• Rockstar [Trait D]:
  • Armor from Basic Abilities increased from 20 to 25.
  • Armor from Heroic Abilities reduced from 60 to 50.
• Level 4 Talent – Crowd Surfer:
  • Cooldown reduction reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.
• Level 7 Talent – Hammer-on:
  • Basic Attacks deal 12% more damage, increased to 36% while Guitar Solo is active.
• Level 13 Talent – Encore:
  • Cooldown reduction reduced from 5% to 4%.
• Level 20 Talents:
  • Power of the Horde: Grants a shield absorbing 30% of maximum Health for 5 seconds, increased by 2% for each allied Hero nearby.
  • Ride the Lightning: Teleport to a nearby location, dealing 48 damage to nearby enemy Heroes.
  • Cooldown reduced by 10 seconds for each enemy Hero hit, up to 50 seconds.Blizzard News+1Blizzard News+1

Genji

• Level 1 Talent – Pathfinder:
  • Increased movement speed bonus.
• Level 10 Talent – X-Strike:
  • Damage increased.
• Level 13 Talent – Shingan:
  • Cooldown reduced.
• Level 20 Talent – Living Weapon:
  • Increased attack speed bonus.Blizzard News

🐞 Bug Fixes

• General:
  • Fixed issues with visual effects on the Target Dummy in Sandbox and Try Mode.
  • Corrected movement speed bonuses displaying incorrect values.
• Brawl Modes:
  • Deathwing’s Cataclysm no longer starts on cooldown in Arena Mode.
  • Fixed AI movement issues in various Brawl maps.
• Maps:
  • Resolved visual effect issues on Braxis Holdout.
  • Fixed issues with Triglav Protector’s shield emitter on Volskaya Foundry.
• Heroes:
  • Addressed issues with Ultimate Evolution clones of Kharazim.
  • Fixed issues with Counter-Strike’s self-healing.
  • Corrected Aim Down Sights’ healing dart bonus duration.Massively Overpowered+2Blizzard News+2Blizzard News+2Blizzard News+1Blizzard News+1

For a detailed overview of all changes, you can refer to the official patch notes:
Heroes of the Storm Live Patch Notes – May 15, 2025