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.
- Battlecruiser:
- 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.
- Archon:
- 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.
- Brood Lord:
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.
- In order to resolve a conflict with building multiple Forges with the Shift Key we have made the following changes:
- 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.
