April 30 Heroes of The Storm patch notes add Anduin Wrynn

Published April 30, 2019 12:20 PM, by Josh Hawkins

While Heroes of The Storm isn’t nearly Blizzard’s biggest game, the company is still hard at work releasing new updates for it. Today, they’ve released a brand-new hero for players to unlock and take control of. Anduin Wrynn, the King of Stormwind, has joined the Nexus as the newest fighter, taking his place beside his father. As a Ranged Healer, Anduin is a unique class for players to master.

Of course, there are plenty of other changes in this latest Heroes of The Storm patch, though the new hero is the definitely largest change. You can check out the spotlight for the new hero above or keep reading below to see the other changes made in this latest update.

General Fixes and Changes

• Ranked Battlegrounds

• The Ranked Battleground rotation has been updated

• Added to Rotation

• Garden of Terror
• Hanamura Temple
• Removed from Rotation

• Braxis Holdout
• Volskaya Foundry
• The full Ranked Battleground Rotation is now as follows:

• Alterac Pass
• Battlefield of Eternity
• Cursed Hollow
• Dragon Shire
• Garden of Terror
• Hanamura Temple
• Infernal Shrines
• Tomb of the Spider Queen
• Towers of Doom
• The Log Out button has been disabled after being matched for matchmade games

• Developer Comment: This is to prevent players from dodging quick matches after checking hero composition

As far as the new hero goes, players can expect to find the following Traits and Abilities available to them when playing as Anduin.

Trait

• Leap of Faith (D)

• Faith instantly pulls an allied Hero to Anduin's location, granting them Unstoppable while they travel

• Cooldown: 80 seconds

Basic Abilities

• Flash Heal (Q)

• Cast for 0.75 seconds to heal an allied Hero for 260.

• Cost: 30 mana
• Cooldown: 4 seconds
• Divine Star (W)

• Send light that deals 140 damage to enemies and then returns to Anduin, healing allied Heroes for 130 in a wider path. Healing increases by 25% per enemy Hero hit.

• Cost: 45 mana
• Cooldown: 9 seconds
• Chastise (E)

• Shove a swell of light forward, dealing 145 damage to the first enemy Hero hit and Rooting them for 1.25 seconds

• Cost: 40 mana
• Cooldown: 10 seconds

Heroic Abilities

• Holy Word: Salvation (R1)

• After 0.5 seconds, Channel to invoke the Light for 3 seconds. While nearby, allied Heroes heal for up to 25% of their max Health and are Protected.

• Cost: 70 mana
• Cooldown: 80 seconds
• Lightbomb (R2)

• Imbue an allied Hero with the Light. After 1.5 seconds, it explodes, dealing 150 damage to enemies and Stunning them for 1.25 seconds. The target gains a Shield that absorbs 140 damage per enemy Hero hit. Lasts for 5 seconds.

• Cost: 70 mana
• Cooldown: 60 seconds

You can see the rest of the patch notes by heading over to the original post, where you can also learn more about the newest hero in Heroes of The Storm.