Heroes Of The Storm – Diablo Rework Detailed

The Lord of terror returns with a brand spanking new rework alongside Lunara, just in time for the Nexomania event!

Abilities

Black Soulstone (Trait)

• Reduced the amount of Health per Soul from .5% to .4%

Shadow Charge (Q)

• Range increased by 21% (from 7 to 8.5)
• No longer increases Diablo’s Armour
• Mana cost increased from 60 to 70
• Damage reduced from 75 to 40
• Terrain collision damage reduced from 150 to 120
• Now also increases Diablo’s Movement Speed by 15% for 2 seconds

Fire Stomp (W)

• • Now unleashes fire waves in a large cone in the chosen direction, rather than a 360° area around Diablo.
  • Number of fire waves reduced from 8 to 5.
  • Multiple fire waves can now hit the same target.
  • Cooldown increased from 6 to 8 seconds.
  • Mana cost reduced from 40 to 30.
  • Outgoing fire wave damage reduced from 54 to 12.
  • Returning fire wave damage reduced from 81 to 36.
    • Damage dealt by returning fire waves now counts as critical damage.
  • Now Heals Diablo for 125% of the damage dealt to Heroes.

Overpower (E)

• Mana cost reduced from 60 to 40

Lightning Breath (R)

• • Range increased from 10.5 to 12.
  • Each tick of Lightning Breath damage now also Slows enemies hit by 5% for 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 50%.

Talents

• Level 1

• New Talent: Feast on Fear (Passive)

• • • • Stunning an enemy Hero with Shadow Charge or Overpower Heals Diablo for 15% of his maximum Health over 4 seconds.
    • Soul Shield (Active)
      • Moved from Level 7.
      • New functionality:
        • Activate to gain Spell Armour equal to 25 plus 50% of Diablo’s current Souls for 4 seconds. 60 second cooldown.
        • Every time Diablo damages an enemy Hero, reduce this cooldown by 1 second.
    • Bulwark (Q)
      • Removed.

• Level 4

• New Talent: Sacrificial Soul (Q)

• • • • Stunning an enemy Hero with Shadow Charge grants 5 Souls and 15 Armour for 4 seconds. While at 100 Souls, increase this Armour to 30.

• New Talent: Souls to the Flame (W)

• • • • Fire Stomp grants 1 Soul every 3 times it damages an enemy Hero and Heals for an additional 1.25% of its damage dealt per Soul.
    • Life Leech (Passive)
      • Moved from Level 1.
      • New functionality:
        • Diablo gains 1 Soul and Heals for 1.5% of his maximum Health for every Basic Attack against an enemy Hero. While at 100 Souls, increase this Healing to 3% of his maximum Health.
    • From the Shadows (Q)
      • Removed.
    • Speed Demon (Passive)
      • Removed.
    • Demonic Strength (E)
      • Removed.

• Level 7

• New Talent: Eternal Flames (W)

• • • • When Diablo Stuns an enemy Hero with Overpower or Shadow Charge, Fire Stomp’s cooldown is reset.
    • Malevolence (Passive)
      • Using Basic Abilities causes Diablo’s next Basic Attack within 6 seconds to deal an additional 100 Spell Damage. Stores up to 2 charges.
    • Soul Feast (Trait)
      • Removed.
    • Diabolical Momentum (Passive)
      • Basic Attacks now also reduce Fire Stomp’s cooldown.
      • Cooldown reduction granted per Basic Attack decreased from 1.5 to 0.75 seconds.

• Level 13

• • • Devastating Charge (Q)
      • Adjusted functionality:
        • Now increases Shadow Charge’s terrain collision damage by 100%, rather than a percentage of the target’s maximum Health.
        • Quest: Each time an enemy Hero takes terrain collision damage, increase this bonus by 15%, to a maximum of 75%.

• New Talent: Cruelty (Passive)

• • • • Stunning an enemy Hero with Shadow Charge or Overpower increases Diablo’s Attack Speed by 50% for 5 seconds, up to 100%.
    • Hellfire (W)
      • New functionality:
        • Each enemy Hero hit by Fire Stomp grants 2% Spell Power for 10 seconds, up to 30%.
    • Fire Devil (W)
      • Removed.

• Level 16

• • • Debilitating Flames (W)
      • New functionality:
        • Enemy Heroes hit by Fire Stomp are Slowed by 5% for 4 seconds, up to 50%. Heroes Slowed 25% or more by Debilitating Flames deal 50% less damage.

• New Talent: Overpowering Nightmare (E)

• • • • Gain 2 additional charges of Overpower, with a 2 second cooldown between uses.
    • Fearful Presence (Active)
      • Removed.

• Level 20

• • Dying Breath (R)
    • Now reduces Apocalypse’s cooldown by 20 seconds per enemy Hero hit (to a minimum total cooldown of 5 seconds), rather than reducing its cooldown by a static amount.
  • Hellstorm (R)
    • No longer increases Lightning Breath’s range.
    • Bonus duration increased from 50% to 200%.
  • Lord of Terror (Active)
    • Now also grants 5 Souls per enemy Hero hit.

• (!) indicates a Questing Talent.
• Italic text indicates a NEW Talent.
• Underlined text indicates a MOVED Talent.