The Heroes of the Storm received a new PTR update – April 21, 2025

Blizzard’s Moba Heroes of the Storm has just received another update, at the moment only in the public test area (PTR), whereby the live publication follows after play testing. The update contains general changes, Storm League -update, Balance update and error loans.

Take a look at the official website to display the full list of changes, or go below for some of the updates. In other Blizzard News, the developers also announced Blizzcon’s return in 2026. Keep your eyes open for further updates!

Hots – April 21, 2025, PTR -update contains:

Generally:

• Anduin has replaced Malfurion as an ally hero in the experiment -ME mode.
• Numerous game seeds have been updated to reflect the current gameplay.
• Updated home screen and startup music.

Storm League:

• The decay of rank now only applies to players in Master and Grand Master leagues.
• Reduced maximum party size for master and grand master players on 2.

Heroes:

• Ana: Received changes to talent vampire rounds (level 1) and Deadeye (level 20);
• AZModan: Trampel (level 16) now reduces the heroic cooldown by 25%when tramps meet a hero;
• Genji: Received changes to talent Pathfinder (level 1), X-Strike (level 10), Shingan (level 13) and living weapon (level 20);
• Imperius: Melted armor now hits an additional goal if there are no heroes within reach. Received changes to the spitting of light (level 1), Blaze of Glory & Holy Innevor (level 7), heavenly host (level 20).
• Lunara: Talents Sprintered Speer (level 7), endless spores (level 13), forest observation (level 20) changed. New talent for the Wildlands! (Level 20) added;
• Malthael: Wraith Strike (W) rank from 6 to 7; Talent Black Harvest (level 4), tortured souls (level 10), Reaper of Souls (level 20) changes;
• Zagara: Corrosive saliva (level 16) – damage is reduced from 1.75% to 1.5% of maximum health.

beetle:

• A problem with the display priority for the permanent bar of mockery effects.
• Battlefield of Eternity: A problem was fixed in which areas of the card were not covered under the fog of the war.
• Blackheart’s Bay: A problem was fixed in which some heroes would not be able to hike to hike.
• Coloted hollow: Fixed a problem in which Hogger could go through inappropriate sections of the card.
• Warhead junction: A problem was fixed in which the healing fountain on the menu was not symmetrical.

Further hero-specific mistakes and details on talent changes can be found in the official website with complete patch notes.