StarCraft 2 - Patch Notes

Balance Changes:

• Terran:
  
  • Battlecruiser:
    
    • The build time has been decreased from 110 to 90.
  
  
  • Fusion Core:
    
    • The build time has been decreased from 80 to 65.
  
  
  • Hellion:
    
    • The range has been increased from 5 to 6.
  
  
  • Planetary Fortress:
    
    • The splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage.
  
  
  • Raven:
    
    • Seeker Missile range has been decreased from 9 to 6.
    • Seeker Missile splash radius has been decreased from 2.4 to 2.
    • Seeker Missile upgrade no longer requires Fusion Core.
  
  
  • Siege Tank:
    
    • Life increased from 150 to 160.
    • Siege Mode splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage.
  
  
  • Thor:
    
    • Ground damage decreased from 45 to 30.
    • Ground rate of fire improved from 1.93 to 1.28.
    • Air damage changed from 8 (+4 Light) to 6 (+6 Light).
    • 250mm Strike Cannons are now an upgrade at the Factory Tech Lab.
    • 250mm Strike Cannons research now costs 150/150 and 110 seconds.
    • 250mm Strike Cannons energy cost increased from 100 to 150.
    • Anti-Air splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage.
• Protoss:
  
  • Archon:
    
    • The splash radius has been increased from 0.8 to 1.
    • Splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage.
  
  
  • Colossus:
    
    • The damage has been decreased from 20 to 15.
    • The rate of fire has been improved from 2.2 to 1.65.
  
  
  • Phoenix:
    
    • Can now attack while moving.
  
  
  • Sentry:
    
    • The damage has been decreased from 8 to 6.
• Zerg:
  
  • Brood Lord:
    
    • Life has been decreased from 275 to 225.
    • Armor has been decreased from 2 to 1.
  
  
  • Corruptor:
    
    • Corruptor damage changed from 12 (+10 Massive) to 14 (+6 Massive).
    • Corruptor speed increased from 2.75 to 2.9531
    • Corruption ability redesigned:
      
      • Single target.
      • Increases damage taken by 20%.
      • Lasts 30 seconds.
      • Costs 100 energy.
      • Range 6.
      • Cannot target structures.
  
  
  • Infestor:
    
    • Neural Parasite is now an upgrade at the Infestation Pit.
    • Neural Parasite research costs 150/150 and 110 seconds.
    • Neural Parasite can now target Air units.
    • Neural Parasite energy cost increased from 50 to 100.
  
  
  • Spine Crawler:
    
    • The root time has been increased from 6 to 12.
  
  
  • Spore Crawler:
    
    • The root time has been increased from 6 to 12.
  
  
  • Ultralisk:
    
    • Damage has been increased from 18 to 25.

Hotkey Changes:

• General:
  
  • In order to resolve a conflict with building multiple Forges with the Shift Key we have made the following changes:
    
    • Changed Center Camera from Shift+F to Ctrl+F.

• Standard:
  
  • To prevent the accidental research of Ventral Sacs when trying to train an Overlord with no Larva available, the hotkey has been changed from V to E.
  • View Own Health Bars functionality added to the Backslash key

• Standard For Lefties:
  
  • Due to a conflict with research Banshee Cloak, research Seeker Missile has been changed from L to K.
  • To correct a conflict with the Attack command on Planetary Fortress, train SCV has been changed from K to J.
  • In order to prevent the accidental training of Zerglings when using the Select Larva hotkey,train Zergling has been changed from L to J.
  • To prevent the accidental training of a Queen, train Ultralisk has been changed from U to T.
  • To prevent the accidental research of Pneumatized Carapace when trying to train a corruptor with no Larva available, research Pneumatized Carapace has been changed from P to C.
  • View All Status Bars has been changed from Q to the Alt key.
  • View own Status Bars functionality has been added to the Q key.

• Grid For Lefties:
  
  • Attack Move and all other buttons in the 0,4 position should now function correctly.
  • View Own Status Bars functionality added to Q.
  • View Enemy Status Bars moved to W.
  • View Ally Status Bars moved to E.

• Classic:
  
  • Changed build Nydus Canal from P to N.
  • Changed Place Nydus Canal ability from P to N.
  • Terran Infantry Weapon researches have been changed from E to W.
  • Terran Vehicle Weapon researches have been changed from E to W.
  • Train Thor hotkey has been changed from O to G.
  • Train Viking hotkey has been changed from Y to W.
  • View Own Status Bars functionality has been added to the Backslash key.

Icon Position Changes:

• To put all race gas extractors in the same icon position, the positions of the Supply Depot/Refinery and Pylon/Assimilator have been swapped.
• In order to make transforming multiple Gateways easier for players using Grid key sets, Transform to Gateway has been moved to a separate icon position (2,1).

Bug Fixes:

• Corrected an issue that was causing the Polish language client to crash when receiving the "player is no longer being revealed” message.
• Corrected incorrect battle.net links on multiple language clients pages.
• Corrected an issue where the Zealot was using an US English voice over in the Korean language client.
• Corrected an issue where a player is unable to build any structures that require pylon power when their protoss ally leaves.
• Units can no longer be healed or repaired while in transports.
• Corrected an issue where the Creep Tumor targeting circle was visible to opponents through Fog of War.
• Corrected an issue in which selecting a Starport under construction and a completed Starport would display the select builder command in the Viking slot.
• Corrected the Broodling weapon icon.