Direct Strike Reforged
Direct Strike Reforged
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This is a recreation of the very popular map “Direct Strike” on StarCraft 2. It's a ‘tug of war’ map with units from the melee game that are being sent in waves from each player. The player decides the unit formation of his wave. Includes heroes.
The goal is to destroy the enemy base.
The game requires at least 2 players (1v1) to play (max. 3v3). It supports dynamic lobbies/teams so e.g. 1v3 is possible. This means that the lone player will send his army each wave, while the other players are queued up to send their army. The game will also adjust the queue if a player leaves, so there's no need to remake if that happens.
Last updated
17 April, 2025
Suggested players
6
Category
Tileset
Sunken Ruins
Dimensions
0 x 0
Compatible
Warcraft 3: Reforged compatible
This is an official map. The map is updated and suppported by: LazZ . Join us on discord to get in touch with the map developers.
This map is compatible with Warcraft 3: Reforged.
Map details
A recreation of the very popular map “Direct Strike” from StarCraft 2. It's a ‘Tug of War’ map with units from the melee game that are being sent in waves from each player. Players must strategically place their units, which are sent in the exact formation they’re built. The units cannot be controlled once they spawn, so the player must rely on his placements. The goal is to destroy the enemy base.
Features:
- All four melee races with their units, their heroes, tavern heroes and an item shop.
- Ability AI toggle, which players can use to deactivate and activate actively cast abilities on the fly. This is the only aspect of the spawned units the player controls.
- Save/load system that tracks wins/losses and account experience.
- Players can earn skins, as account experience increases across games.
- The game auto-adjusts the wave spawns if a player leaves which means 1v3 is possible. The lone player’s units will spawn every wave, while the other players wait in queue for their units to spawn.
- Players can vote for more rounds at the end of a round (when the Fortress is destroyed).
Features:
- All four melee races with their units, their heroes, tavern heroes and an item shop.
- Ability AI toggle, which players can use to deactivate and activate actively cast abilities on the fly. This is the only aspect of the spawned units the player controls.
- Save/load system that tracks wins/losses and account experience.
- Players can earn skins, as account experience increases across games.
- The game auto-adjusts the wave spawns if a player leaves which means 1v3 is possible. The lone player’s units will spawn every wave, while the other players wait in queue for their units to spawn.
- Players can vote for more rounds at the end of a round (when the Fortress is destroyed).
Map versions - In total 48 map versions for Direct Strike Reforged
Download - "Direct Strike 6.2.3"
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Changelog for "Direct Strike Reforged"
General Features:
New game mode - Draft
In this mode, you choose between sets of random units.There are 4 stages of picks.
- You are presented by 2 options per stage, once everyone chooses you will move to the next stage
- Each pick has a time limit of 30 seconds, if timer runs out it picks randomly and moves to the next stage.
- After all players complete all 4 stages of picks game starts
Mixed mode - Reroll
Added a new Reroll button to Mixed mode
- At the beginning of the game you have 20 seconds to reroll your units
- If you spend any gold you will lose the ability to reroll
Ability UI Scales
Ability UI is now moved more to the side and it scales based on your screen
Terrain fixes and tweaks
Battlefield texture changed for better visibility Removed some props that were suspected to cause crashes
Balance Changes:
Necromancer:
Summon CD from 13 to 15, Removed skeletal longevity, Skeletal Mastery cost reduced from 175 to 150
Slot swap:
Swapped Wind rider and Bat riders
Crypt Fiend Web:
Web upgrade moved to tier 1 and decreased the cost by 25 gold (75 --> 50)
Hero cost:
Increased price of heroes by 50 gold (450 --> 500)
Gold mines:
Goldmines cost decreased (150 - 200 - 250 - 300)
Bat rider:
Attack range 500 --> 600, Base Armor +1, Search concoction range from 400 to 600, HP from 196 to 221
Pitlord:
Cleave lvl 1 20% --> 25%, Cleave lvl 2 35% --> 40%, Cleave lvl 3 50% --> 55%
Huntress:
Armor increased 2 -> 3, max health increased +10
Spirit Walker:
increase mana pool from master training by 50
Priest:
Heal CD increased from 1.0 to 1.2
- Fixed Spellbreaker spell steal AI
- Fixed Crypt Lord ultimate AI
- Fixed swapped skin IDs for Wind Rider Fel and Rylak, unfortunately this also means that anyone who bought Rylak after patch will be granted Fel instead.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UsUl3Nc7WQiF6dCXa6QHeYAhqpJWkQxG5y-Caky5NtM
General:
- Player rolls are visible to observers.
Fixes:
- Fixed AFK system so people no longer get instantly kicked when above 1600g.
Fixes:
- Fixed the -draw command.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where players could get infinite gold.
- Flying Machine now has 90 HP.
General:
- Added discord link to the scoreboard.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where the game would accidentally use someone else's level for the Mixed XP bar.
Dev Note: Don't worry, this did not affect your actual level, so everything is back to normal again. - Fixed an issue where the Flying Machine would have reduced HP after researching Flying Machine Bombs.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where all types of skins would also apply to the Rifleman.
- Fixed a bug where Flak Cannons could not be researched.
- Fixed a bug where Priestess of the Moon did not cast Silence.
- Fixed a bug where Warden would in some cases not cast Blink.
- Lion Horn of Stormwind item now displays the correct armor bonus.
General:
- Reduced hero item slots to 4, down from 6.
- 'Random' race XP has been changed to 'Mixed' race XP. Also, in Classic Mode, players now earn XP for the race they rolled when picking random.
- Player names and avatar icons are now displayed on the right side of the screen.
- Added worker skins.
- Added new army skins.
- Added new avatar icons.
- 'Molten Pit Lord' skin is now rare instead of common.
- The map now saves backup files of your savecode.
- Disabled option to transfer saves from 2.x versions of the map.
Human:
- Flying Machine: HP increased to 85, up from 68.
- Blood Mage: Flame Strike AoE radius increased to 200/225/250, up from 200/200/200.
- Blood Mage: Siphon Mana now drains 15/40/90 mana per second, up from 15/30/35. Additionally, duration has been reduced to 6/4.5/3 seconds, down from 6/6/6 seconds.
- Blood Mage: Banish has been replaced with Mana Transfer: Sends 33% of the Blood Mage's mana to another friendly target.
Orc:
- Blademaster: Mirror Images HP reduced to 70% of the Blademaster's HP.
Undead:
- Dreadlord: Sleep cooldown increased to 7 seconds, up from 5.
Night Elf:
- Archer and Huntress have swapped command card slot, which also affects Mixed Mode unit rolls.
- Priestess of the Moon: Starfall damage per star increased to 23, up from 20.
- Demon Hunter: Immolation damage per interval increased to 14/28/42, up from 10/20/30.
Items:
- Gem of True Seeing detection range has been increased to 700, up from 500.
Fixes:
- The Shadow Hunter no longer interrupts 'Big Bad Voodoo' by casting 'Serpent Ward'.
- Fixed a bug where the hero skin did not apply when building a hero in Mixed mode.
- 'Undead Arthas' skin now applies the correct skin to the hero.
- Fixed a wrong ability name in the Ability A.I. menu.
- Archmage: Blizzard now deals 25 damage per wave at level 2, instead of 15.
- Fixed an issue where some trees did not render.
Patch 3.3.3 (February 10, 2023)
General:
- Re-enabled stats for wc3stats.com/ to test if the newly implemented library desyncs as well.
General:
- Statistics for wc3stats.com has been disabled in this update to investigate desync issues.
Human:
- Rifleman: HP increased to 140, up from 117.
- Mortar Team: Gold cost reduced to 280, down from 295.
- Archmage: Blizzard damage per wave increased to 20/25/30, up from 15/20/25.
- Archmage: Water Elemental HP increased to 275/420/550, up from 250/380/500.
- Blood Mage: Flamestrike cast time reduced to 0.3 seconds, down from 1.33 seconds.
Orc:
- Grunt: Gold cost reduced to 170, down from 180.
- Headhunter: HP increased to 170, up from 150.
- Demolisher: Gold cost reduced to 300, down from 325.
- Batrider: Single target damage increased to 300, up from 275.
- Far Seer: Spirit Wolf HP increased to 170/250/330, up from 140/210/280.
Undead:
- Meat Wagon: Gold cost reduced to 300, down from 315.
- Gargoyle: Gold cost increased to 150, up from 140.
- Crypt Lord: Carrion Beetles now summons 2 units instead of 1. Additionally, Maximum number of active beetles increased to 6, up from 5. Mana cost increased to 55, up from 25.
Night Elf:
- Archer: HP increased to 130, up from 121.
- Huntress: Gold cost increased to 180, up from 170.
- Glaive Thrower: Gold cost reduced to 240, down from 260.
- Keeper of the Grove: Treant HP increased to 170, up from 150.
Tavern Heroes:
- Pit Lord: Cleaving Attack damage reduced to 20/40/60%, down from 30/50/70%.
- Beastmaster: Summon Quilbeast cooldown reduced to 20 seconds, down from 25.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where Bloodlust was accidentally set to 20 seconds cooldown (it's back to 3 seconds).
Fixes:
- Hopefully fixed a bug where the round did not properly end when the Fortress was destroyed.
- Fixed a bug where the Shadow Hunter could become stuck when using Serpent Wards.
General:
- The terrain has received a makeover with a volcano erupting where the tree once stood.
- Statistics on https://wc3stats.com/ now also tracks game mode and mixed mode hero rolls.
- Ability AI menu is now available in Mixed Mode.
- Ability AI button state now resets every round.
- Added more skins.
- Increased radius of all auras to 1100, up from 900.
Orc:
- Blademaster: Mirror Images cooldown increased to 25/20/15 seconds, up from 10/10/10. Additionally, mana cost increased to 125, up from 90.
- Far Seer: Spirit Wolves cooldown reduced to 20 seconds, down from 30.
- Shadow Hunter: now places Serpent Wards 200 range in front of him.
- Shaman: Bloodlust cooldown reduced to 3 seconds, down from 5.
- Headhunter: Gold cost reduced to 155, down from 165.
Night Elf:
- Demon Hunter: Mana Burn now prioritizes heroes before units.
Items:
- Orb of Darkness: Gold cost increased to 350, up from 275.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where the Dryad was dispelling CC'ed enemy units.
- Fixed a bug where Priests would not cast Inner Fire on weaker units when strong magic immune units were nearby.
- Fixed a bug where the Death Knight would not use Death Coil when enemy undead heroes were nearby.
General:
- Added a couple of skins to the Lich.
Tavern Heroes:
- Tinker: Clockwerk Goblins now trigger their explosion on death (as opposed to just touching an enemy unit).
- Beastmaster: Bear level 1 HP reduced to 420, down from 490.
- Beastmaster: Quilbeast level 1 HP reduced to 400, down from 425.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where Lightning Shield and Unholy Frenzy didn't work as intended (introduced with previous version).
General:
- Added an attribute stat bonus skill to all heroes.
- Your teammates's Mixed Mode unit rolls are now displayed as floating text next to their base.
- Added tavern hero skins, and a few more skins for the races (also Lord Garithos!).
Orc:
- Lightning Shield damage per second reduced to 12, down from 20, but no longer hits friendly units.
- Troll Regeneration upgrade gold cost reduced to 50 gold, down from 100.
Undead:
- Death Knight: Death Coil cooldown increased to 7/5/3 seconds, up from 3/3/3.
- Lich: Death and Decay life drained per second reduced to 10%, down from 15%.
Night Elf:
- The Hippogryph no longer idles at ground units. This proved to be very buggy at times.
Tavern Heroes:
- Firelord: Increased Soul Burn total damage to 140/320/540, up from 100/225/375.
Fixes:
- Doom Guard Rain of Fire no longer deals team damage and no longer targets friendly units.
- Hippogryph Rider upgrades now appear in Mixed mode.
- Fixed a bug where Ability A.I. button were non-togglable when selecting "Random" race in Classic mode.
- Fixed a bug where Archers could not mount Hippogryphs in Mixed mode.
- Fixed a bug where the credit bonus was showing for the losing team (they didn't actually get the bonus).
- Fixed a formatting bug for scoreboard middle text.
- Fixed a bug where Druid of the Talon would go Crow Form against a Phoenix?
- Fixed a bug where players could command certain heroes to stop on the battlefield.
- Total gold spent now also includes gold spent on items.
Patch 3.1 (September 17, 2022)
General:
- Added new skins.
- Base credit cap increased to 60 credits for 1+ hour long games, up from 35 credits for 35+ minute games.
- Added a +25 credit bonus for winners.
- The scoreboard now shows stats for middle control.
Human:
- Blood Mage: Increased Phoenix HP to 750, up from 500.
Night Elf:
- Hippogryph Riders are now buildable.
Tavern Heroes:
- Pit Lord: Doom Guard now uses its abilities.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where upgrades were not reset for team 2 when playing extra rounds.
- Fixed an issue where Ability A.I. spell buttons would flicker and could not be clicked. (WC3 patch 1.33 introduced a flicker bug with mouse hover triggers)
- Fixed a bug where players could refund items for 100% of their price even after their hero spawned. (Thanks to Dominator for finding the bug).
- Fixed a bug that where Random race losses were not displayed correctly.
- Fixed Raider ensnare icon.
- Fixed Siege Engine description.
Patch 3.0.3 (August 25, 2022)
Dev note:
Skipped a version number because I was working on fixing a frequent desync issue.
Fixes:
- Fixed a desync issue that was introduced by the new reward system.
- Fixed an issue where players couldn't summon a hero in Mixed Mode on second round.
- Fixed an issue where Skeletal Longevity and Skeletal Mastery was not available researches in Mixed Mode.
- Fixed an issue where the Dragonhawk Rider was not available in Mixed Mode.
Patch 3.0.1 (August 23, 2022)
Custom races have been removed from the game. Instead, the "Custom" game mode has been replaced by a new "Mixed" game mode.
This mode mixes all races (Human, Orc, Undead, Night Elf) and gives each player a set of random units to build. Additionally, all heroes are random.
The progression system has been upgraded. The game now tracks progression for "Random" race, the skin system has been reworked and a new avatar/profile image menu has been added.
General:
- Account levels have been squished. Experience required between each level has been increased.
- Scoreboard now shows gold spent instead of gold earned. Additionally, it also displays level and equipped avatar/profile image for each player.
- Selecting a skin for a hero will apply it next time it spawns (just like regular units).
Human:
- Priest: Gold cost increased to 160, up from 135.
- Siege Engine: Gold cost increased to 300, up from 270.
- Storm Bolt: Cooldown increased to 12 seconds, up from 9.
- Thunder Clap: Damage reduced to 50/80/110, down from 60/100/140.
Orc:
- Grunt: Brute Strength upgrade gold cost reduced to 75, down from 150.
- Raider: Gold cost increased to 160, up from 145.
- Raider: Ensnare no longer requires a research.
- Headhunter: Increased HP to 150, up from 137.
- Berserker: Increased HP to 195, up from 175.
- Shockwave: Maximum damage increased to 1100/1900/2700, up from 900/1560/2400.
- Big Bad Voodoo: Channel duration reduced to 10 seconds, down from 15.
- Devour: Increased damage per second to 10, up from 5.
Undead:
- Carrion Swarm: Maximum damage increased to 600/900/1300, up from 300/600/1000.
- Exhume Corpse: Upgrade gold cost reduced to 60 gold, down from 125.
Night Elf:
- Hippogryphs no longer fly past ground units.
- Huntress: Increased attack range to 300, up from 225.
- Glaive Thrower: Gold cost reduced to 260, down from 285.
Tavern Heroes:
- Charm: cooldown reduced to 7 seconds, down from 10.
- Rain of Fire: Increased time between waves to 1.0 second, up from 0.7 seconds.
- Cleaving Attack: Splash damage reduced to 30/50/70%, down from 30/55/80%.
- Clockwerk Goblin HP increased to 175, up from 125.
- Pocket Factory HP incresed to 500/600/700, up from 300/400/500.
Fixes:
- Ability A.I. menu no longer stays open when a round finishes.
- Fixed Pillage description on Raiders.
- Banshees no longer possess summoned units.
- Fixed an issue where air units could take hits from the Fortress and not lose any health?
- Maybe fixed the bugged AFK message?
Patch 2.0.3 (March 27, 2022)
General:
- Added an anti-AFK system.
- Updated all unit tooltips.
- Players can now see who voted for extra round.
Human:
- Knight: Sundering Blades no longer requires an upgrade.
Orc:
- Raider: HP increased to 335, up from 300.
- Raider: Pillage gold returned increased to 10 gold, up from 4.
- Witch Doctor: Healing Ward cooldown increased to 15 seconds, up from 0.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the Far Seer would spontaneously stop channeling Earthquake.
- Fixed an issue where the AI (Priests, Spirit Walkers, Destroyers and Dryads) didn't dispel Cyclone debuffs.
- Illusion type units no longer grant XP to heroes.
- Fixed an issue where the Alchemist would use Healing Spray on buildings.
- Fixed armor type description on Siege Engines.
- Fixed an issue where the last Footman skin turned into a Sorceress (optimization issue).
- Fixed a bug where the Shop UI and multiboard would overlap.
- Fixed the icon on the last Footman skin.
- Added anti-stuck for Warden blink (when she blinks so far back she blinks into a build area).
Patch 2.0.2 (February 25, 2022)
General:
- Mortar Team attack speed increased to 3.00 seconds, down from 3.25.
- Demolisher, Meat Wagon and Glaive Thrower attack speed has been increased by 15%:
- Demolisher to 3.54 seconds, down from 4.16.
- Meat Wagon to 2.98 seconds, down from 3.50.
- Glaive Thrower to 2.76 seconds, down from 3.25.
Undead:
- Gargoyle: Base damage versus air increased to 45, up from 30.
- Banshee: Possession mechanic reverted. The Banshee now sacrifices herself when casting Possession and the possessed target is now possessed indefinitely and is not invulnerable. The possessed unit now takes 25 Chaos damage every second. Mana cost removed.
- Banshee: Gold cost increased to 150, up from 135.
Night Elf:
- Glaive Thrower: Vorpal Blades no longer requires an upgrade.
Tavern Heroes:
- Brewmaster: Breath of Fire cooldown reduced to 8 seconds, down from 12.
- Brewmaster: Drunken Brawler dodge chance increased to 10/17/25%, up from 7/14/21%.
Items:
- Orb of Venom: Damage per second increased to 15, up from 12.
- Pendant of Mana: Increased mana bonus to 250, up from 175.
- All Orb item prices reduced to 275, down from 325.
- Ring of Protection +5 price to 240, down from 350.
- The following items have their gold cost reduced by 20%:
- Amulet of Spell Shield to 80, down from 100.
- Belt of Giant Strength +12 to 265, down from 330.
- Boots of Quel'Thalas +9 to 300, down from 375.
- Circlet of Nobility to 280, down from 350.
- Claws of Attack +12 to 220, down from 275.
- Cloak of Flames to 240, down from 300.
- Gloves of Haste to 180, down from 225.
- Helm of Valor to 310, down from 390.
- Hood of Cunning to 320, down from 400.
- Khadgar's Gem of Health to 240, down from 300.
- Medallion of Courage to 240, down from 300.
- Pendant of Mana to 100, down from 125.
- Ring of Regeneration to 120, down from 150.
- Robe of the Magi +12 to 240, down from 300.
- Runed Bracers to 80, down from 100.
- Sobi Mask to 140, down from 175.
- Talisman of Evasion to 240, down from 300.
- Gem of True Seeing to 100, down from 125.
- The following items have been removed:
- Gauntlets of Ogre Strength +6
- Mantle of Intelligence +8
- Ring of Protection +3
- Ring of Protection +4
- Slippers of Agility +6
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the Destroyer would lock itself when casting Absorb Mana.
- The Pit Lord no longer casts Howl of Terror when the only enemy units around are buildings.
Patch 2.0.1 (February 16, 2022)
General:
- All catapult type units in Classic mode (Mortar Team, Demolisher, Meat Wagon and Glaive Thrower) have their outer splash damage increased to 30% of the primary damage, up from 10% (same as their inner splash damage).
Human:
- Siege Engine: Armor type changed to Fortified, instead of Heavy.
Orc:
- Raider: Pillage gold returned per hit increased to 4 gold, up from 1.
Undead:
- Banshee: Possession has been reworked.
The Banshee now remains alive after casting Possession and the target now becomes invulnerable during the effect. However, the effect now only lasts for 10 seconds. Mana cost increased to 150, up from 0. - Gargoyle: Air attack now has 450 range, instead of being melee. Base damage reduced to 30, down from 60.
- Frost Wyrm: Health increased to 650, up from 575.
- Destroyer: Orb of Annihilation splash factor increased to 45%, up from 30%.
- Destroyer: Devour Magic life gained per dispelled unit increased to 20, up from 10.
- Abomination: Attack cooldown reduced to 1.20 seconds, down from 1.24.
- Disease Cloud damage per second increased to 5, up from 3.
Night Elf:
- Hippogryph Rider: Max HP increased to 370, up from 327.
Tavern Heroes:
- Brewmaster: Breath of Fire cooldown increased to 12 seconds, up from 7. Mana cost increased to 75, up from 40.
- Brewmaster: Drunken Brawler dodge chance reduced to 7/14/21%, down from 10/25/40%.
Blood Elf:
- Phoenix: Gold cost reduced to 750, down from 1000.
Items:
- New Item "Gem of True Seeing": Reveals a small area around the hero.
- All Orb items have their price reduced to 325 gold, down from 375.
- Orb of Venom: Damage per second increased to 12, up from 9.
- Orb of Fire: Splash radius increased to 200, up from 140.
- Orb of Slow: Slow duration on heroes reduced to 1.5 seconds, down from 20, and duration on units to 4, down 60. Instead of having a chance to slow, it now slows 100% of the time.
- Pendant of Mana: Reduced mana bonus to 175, down from 250.
- Cloak of Flames: Price reduced to 300 gold, down from 400.
- Claws of Attack +12: Price reduced to 275, down from 300.
- Ring of Protection +3: Price reduced to 150, down from 185.
- Ring of Protection +4: Price reduced to 250, down from 290.
- Ring of Protection +5: Price reduced to 350, down from 425.
- Belt of Giant Strength: Price reduced to 330, down from 360.
- Gauntlets of Ogre Strength: Price reduced to 165, down from 180.
- Circlet of Nobility: Price reduced to 350, down from 410.
- Helm of Valor: Price reduced to 390, down from 450.
- Medallion of Courage: Price reduced to 300, down from 350.
- Boots of Quel'Thalas: Price reduced to 375, down from 405.
- Hood of Cunning: Price reduced to 400, down from 440.
- Slippers of Agility: Price reduced to 205, down from 225.
- Mantle of Intelligence: Price reduced to 200, down from 225.
- Robe of the Magi: Price reduced to 300, down from 335.
- Sobi Mask: Price reduced to 175, down from 200.
- Talisman of Evasion: Price reduced to 300, down from 400.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the upgraded Raise Dead ability only summoned 1 Skeletal Mage, and not 1 Skeletal Mage and a Skeletal Warrior.
- Druid of the Talon now switches between Crow Form and Normal Form more consistently.
Patch 2.0 (December 30th, 2021)
New Features:
Version 2.0 introduces a new game mode with custom races! These races are based on creations by members of Hive, specifically from a large project named Ultimate Battle.
The new races are:
- Dalaran
- Blood Elves
- Forsaken
- Naga
These new races will not mix with the current, established races in the "classic" game mode.
Changes made since version 2.0 TEST:
Some of you reading this might may know there was a test version around for quite a while, and since it was just an early test I didn't want to write down all changes. However, due to the fact V2.0 TEST became the most played version I've decided to list some of the major changes to the new races anyway:
Dalaran:
- Increased HP on all Dalaran units (not including elementals and heroes).
- Dalaran's shared Mana Shield spell has been removed.
- Geomancer has been removed.
- Magician has been removed.
- Aqua Elemental has been removed from the Kirin Tor Operative.
- Apprentice, Arcanist and Pyromancer have received new tier 3 spells.
- Arcane Curator (hero) has been removed.
- Spell Officer (hero) has been removed.
- New hero: Elementalist.
- New hero: Mage.
- New unit: Kirin Tor Guardian.
- New unit: Kirin Tor Curator.
- New unit: Rock Golem.
Blood Elves:
- Removed racial special buildings from Blood Elves.
- Red Cavalry has been removed.
- Air Charger has been removed.
- Monitor has been removed.
- New Unit: Dragonhawk Rider.
- New Unit: Arcane Guardian.
- New Unique Unit (only one can be built): Phoenix.
Forsaken:
- Dark Rogue's Phase Strike spell now makes the unit invisible instead of increasing attack damage and armor.
- Gorgon has been removed.
- Wraithblade has been removed.
- Bone Walker has been removed.
- New unit: Abomination with hook spell.
Naga:
- All units except casters now have individual "Evolve" upgrades.
- Water Dragon has been removed.
- New unit: Murloc Warrior.
General:
- The map has received an entire re-skin for the terrain on classic graphics.
- Support for custom HD models (Reforged) has been dropped. This is due to both the sheer size of the models as well as the lack of variety. However, you can still turn on and play with Reforged graphics on this map.
- Players' main building now has the Reveal ability, which allows them to reveal any part of the map at the cost of 25 gold.
- Units can be sold for 100% of their price before entering the battlefield the first time. After entering the battlefield their sell price goes down to 75%.
Balance:
- All units' attack speed reduced by 30%.
Note: Previously spells from supportive casters gave little-to-no value in mid-late game scenarios due to high damage units slaughted waves very fast. Especially casters with buffs and debuffs were not seen as much as units with pure damage output. This change is a step towards more vibrant playstyles. - Wave timer has been increased to 34 seconds, up from 26 seconds.
Note: Though this change was necessary even before the attack speed nerf, it is now needed to an even greater extend. - Unit lifespan increased to 130 seconds, up from 96 seconds.
Note: Increased because of the wave timer change. - The Fortress and Watch Tower have been moved further apart from each other.
- Watch Tower total HP reduced to 1200, down from 2000.
- Watch Tower attack interval increased to 0.30 seconds, up from 0.20.
- Fortress attack interval increased to 0.50 seconds, up from 0.40.
- Fortress now deals splash damage.
- Item sell price increased to 75% up from 50%.
- Reduced supportive casters' cast time to 0.1 second. In addition, casters now consistently move across the battlefield once they've finished casting. This is mostly related to unit casting buff spells, i.e. Inner Fire, Anti-Magic Shell and the like.
- Increased scan range on hero crowd control abilites to search further for enemy heroes.
Human:
- Phoenix Egg revive now takes 20 seconds, up from 10 seconds.
- Aerial Shackles damage per second reduced to 15, down from 30.
- Spellbreaker gold cost increased to 155, up from 145.
- Siege Engines now prioritize air units.
- Gryphon Rider gold cost increased to 260, up from 250.
Orc:
- Shadow Hunter: Big Bad Voodoo duration reduced to 15 seconds, down from 20.
- War Stomp cooldown increased to 20 seconds, up from 15.
- Wind Walk backstab damage increased to 100/140/180, up from 70/110/130.
- Wind Rider range reduced to 550, down from 600, and attack speed reduced in addition to the attack speed nerf.
- Batrider: Cost increased to 200 gold, up from 190.
- Batrider: Unstable Concoction splash damage reduced to 90, down from 120.
- Raider: Increased Ensnare duration to 12 seconds, up from 10.
- Raiders now have Pillage. Each time the unit hits a structure the player gains 1 gold.
Undead:
- Ghoul Frenzy research now requires Halls of the Dead instead of Black Citadel.
- Skeletal Mastery now causes Raise dead to summon two skeletons, one of which being a Skeletal Mage. Previously, this research upgrade only caused the summoned skeletal to be changed to a Skeletal mage.
- Crypt Fiend: Increased Web duration to 12 seconds, up from 10.
- Destroyer: Orb of Annihilation splash factor reduced to 30%, down from 45%.
- Destroyer: Absorb Mana now prioritizes the closest target. Cooldown has been reduced to 25 seconds, down from 30.
- Frost Wyrm: HP increased to 575, up from 529.
- Crypt Lord: Spiked Carapace returned damage increased to 33/66/100%, up from 25/50/75%.
Night Elf:
- Tranquility life healed per second reduced to 12, down from 20.
- Hippogryph gold cost reduced to 65, down from 75.
- Hardened Skin ignored damage reduced to 8, down from 12.
- Huntress: Moon Glaive upgrade moved to tier 2 instead of tier 3.
- Priestess of the Moon: Starfall duration reduced to 12 seconds, down from 15.
- Warden: Now blinks horizontally backwards, instead of in the opposite direction of her attacker.
Tavern Heroes:
- Pit Lord attack cooldown reduced to 1.80 seconds, down from 2.05.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where buildings were created in the center of the map when observers were present.
- Fixed a skin problem that made units disappear from the builder and hero builder.
- Blademaster no longer uses bladestorm when only air units are nearby.
- Fixed Tavern hero air attack speed when carrying an Orb item.
(This version is still in the test stage)
New Features:
Version 2.0 introduces a new game mode with custom races! These races are based on creations by members of Hive, specifically from a large project named Ultimate Battle.
The new races are:
- Dalaran
- Blood Elves
- Forsaken
- Naga
These new races will not mix with the current, established races in the "classic" game mode.
General:
- The map has received an entire re-skin for the terrain on classic graphics.
- Support for custom HD models (Reforged) has been dropped. This is due to both the sheer size of the models as well as the lack of variety. However, you can still turn on and play with Reforged graphics on this map.
- Players' main building now has the Reveal ability, which allows them to reveal any part of the map at the cost of 25 gold.
- Units can be sold for 100% of their price before entering the battlefield the first time. After entering the battlefield their sell price goes down to 75%.
Balance:
- All units' attack speed reduced by 30%.
Note: Previously spells from supportive casters gave little-to-no value in mid-late game scenarios due to high damage units slaughted waves very fast. Especially casters with buffs and debuffs were not seen as much as units with pure damage output. This change is a step towards more vibrant playstyles. - Wave timer has been increased to 35 seconds, up from 26 seconds.
Note: Though this change was necessary even before the attack speed nerf, it is now needed to an even greater extend. - Unit lifespan increased to 130 seconds, up from 96 seconds.
Note: Increased because of the wave timer change. - The Fortress and Watch Tower have been moved further apart from each other.
- Watch Tower total HP reduced to 1200, down from 2000.
- Watch Tower attack interval increased to 0.30 seconds, up from 0.20.
- Fortress attack interval increased to 0.50 seconds, up from 0.40.
- Item sell price increased to 75% up from 50%.
- Reduced supportive casters' cast time to 0.1 second. In addition, casters now consistently move across the battlefield once they've finished casting. This is mostly related to unit casting buff spells, i.e. Inner Fire, Anti-Magic Shell and the like.
Human:
- Phoenix Egg revive now takes 20 seconds, up from 10 seconds.
- Aerial Shackles damage per second reduced to 15, down from 30.
- Spellbreaker gold cost increased to 155, up from 145.
Orc:
- War Stomp cooldown increased to 20 seconds, up from 15.
- Wind Walk backstab damage increased to 100/140/180, up from 70/110/130.
- Wind Rider range reduced to 550, down from 600, and attack speed reduced in addition to the attack speed nerf.
Undead:
- Ghoul Frenzy research now requires Halls of the Dead instead of Black Citadel.
- Skeletal Mastery now causes Raise dead to summon two skeletons, one of which being a Skeletal Mage. Previousy, this research upgrade only caused the summoned skeletal to be changed to a Skeletal mage.
Night Elf:
- Tranquility life healed per second reduced to 12, down from 20.
- Hippogryph gold cost reduced to 65, down from 75.
- Hardened Skin ignored damage reduced to 8, down from 12.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a skin problem that made units disappear from the builder and hero builder.
- Blademaster no longer uses bladestorm when only air units are nearby.
- Fixed Tavern hero air attack speed when carrying an Orb item.
Patch 1.3.3b (March 5th, 2021)
General:
- The Dark Ranger now prioritizes enemy hero units when using Life Drain.
Human:
- Resurrection now revives up to 7 dead friendly units, down from 8.
Orc:
- Serpent Ward duration reduced to 20 seconds, down from 40 seconds. Cooldown has been increased to 12 seconds, up from 6.5 seconds.
Night Elf:
- Demon Hunter attack interval increased to 0.92 seconds, up from 0.88 seconds.
- Tranquility cooldown increased to 90 seconds, up from 60 seconds.
Tavern Heroes:
- Transmute gold received reduced to 50%, down from 75%.
- Beastmaster bear summon HP reduced to 490, 695 and 900, down from 600, 900 and 1200.
Other:
- Skeletons summoned by Black Arrow on the Dark Ranger and Orb of Darkness HP increased to 250, 310, and 375, up from 200, 260, and 320.
Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where players could upgrade gold mines at no cost when sharing units with allies.
- Silver now has his critter back on the map.
Patch 1.3.3a (Feb 19, 2021)
Orc:
- The Serpent Wards attack speed interval reduced to 1.00, down from 2.00.
Undead:
- Raise Dead cooldown reduced to 13 seconds, down from 15 seconds.
- Frost Wyrm range increased to 500, up from 400.
- The Death Knight will now use Death Pact on stronger units.
Fixes:
- Implemented a fix for wc3stats.com match statistics to prevent the winning team from getting a loss and vice versa.
- Potentially? fixed a bug where some data was lost on wc3stats.com.
- Fixed an issue where the Shadow Hunter didn't cast Serpent Ward in many cases.
- Fixed an issue where the Witch Doctor didn't cast Healing Ward in many cases.
New Features:
- Implemented match leaderboard statistics which can be uploaded to- and displayed by wc3stats.com. If you want your match statistics to be automatically uploaded you can download and install their "Auto Uploader" from the website: https://wc3stats.com/upload
General:
- Players will no longer receive the same race two times in a row when selecting "Random".
- Player names are now displayed when hovering over units.
- Building tooltips now also show unit range.
- Stone Form ability A.I. toggle has been added.
- The Beastmaster should now cast Stampede more consistently.
- Dryads now attempt to dispel crowd control effects on friendly units (just like the other units in previous patch).
- Priests, Shamans, Spirit Walkers, Destroyers and Dryads now attempt to dispel positive buffs on enemy units. Also, they attempt to dispel Cyclone on friendly units in addition to the other crowd control effects they already dispel.
Human:
- Storm Bolt mana cost increased to 60, up from 30. Cooldown increased to 9 seconds, up from 5.
- Thunder Clap cooldown increased to 10 seconds, up from 6 seconds.
- Avatar HP bonus reduced to 300, down from 500.
- Flying Machine Bombs research gold cost reduced to 100, down from 150.
Orc:
- Wind Walk backstab damage reduced to 70, 110, and 150, down from 100, 165, and 230.
- Bladestorm cooldown increased to 45 seconds, up from 30 seconds.
- War Stomp stun duration reduced to 2, 3 and 4 seconds, down from 3, 4 and 5 seconds. Cooldown increased to 15 seconds, up from 9 seconds.
- Spirit Link max number of units linked reduced to 3, down from 4. Cooldown increased to 15 seconds, up from 10 seconds. Duration reduced to 15 seconds, down from 75 seconds.
- Witch Doctor starting mana increased to 300, up from 200. This is because he only has 1 research level for his "master training".
Undead:
- Gargoyle base damage against air increased to 60, up from 30. Air attack range changed to melee.
- Frost Wyrm splash radius has been increased to 75, up from 25. Range increased to 400, up from 300.
- Freezing Breath gold cost reduced to 100, down from 150.
- Destroyer range increased to 500, up from 450.
- Possession is now channeled for 2 seconds before possessing the target (again).
- Vampiric Aura leech reduced to 20%, 35% and 50%, down from 25%, 50% and 75%.
- Locust Swarm cooldown reduced to 25 seconds, down from 30 seconds. Duration reduced to 10 seconds, down from 15 seconds.
- Skeleton Warrior HP increased to 150, up from 115.
- Skeletal Mage HP increased to 175, up from 150.
Night Elf:
- Corrosive Breath gold cost reduced to 100, down from 125.
- Hippogryph gold cost reduced to 75, down from 90.
- Druid of the Claw Bear form attack speed interval increased to 1.00 seconds, up from 0.75 seconds.
- Immolation damage per interval reduced to 10, 20 and 30, down from 20, 30 and 40.
- Metamorphosis HP bonus reduced to 300, down from 500.
Tavern Heroes:
- Healing Spray cooldown increased to 14 seconds, up from 8 seconds.
- Frost Arrows movement speed reduction increased to 30%, 60% and 90%, up from 30%, 50% and 70%.
- Volcano wave interval reduced to 3 seconds, down from 5 seconds.
Items:
- Scourge Bone Chimes leech reduced to 20%, down from 30%.
Other:
- Dark Minions summoned by Black Arrow and Orb of Darkness now have a 1.00 second attack interval, down from 2.00 seconds.
Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where the Brewmaster could become stuck when attempting to cast Breath of Fire.
- Fixed a bug where the Blademaster could become stuck in Wind Walk when trying to attack an invisible unit.
- Fixed a bug that caused Chimaeras' attacks to become disabled. This bug happened if the player had Corrosive Breath researched and chose to be Night Elf again on an extra round. The same bug happened for the Flying Machine, which is also fixed.
- 2nd Archer skin now has the same range as the original archer.
- The Crypt Lord no longer attempts to cast Impale on air units.
- The last Witch Doctor skin no longer costs 245 gold (wrong cost).
- Druid of the Talons no longer use Storm Crow Form when Sentinel owls or Destroyers are nearby.
- Fixed a typo on the Footman's Defend upgrade.
- Fixed a typo on the damage upgrade for Riflemen.
- Fixed a typo on the Grunt's Brute Strength upgrade.
- Fixed a typo in the Mana Shield description.
- Chimaera tooltip now displays the correct damage.
- The Hippogryph Rider "mount" ability now shows stats for the Hippogryph Rider.
- Necromancers should now cast Cripple more consistently.
- Selecting an ally's item shop no longer brings up the item shop menu.
Patch 1.3.2
General:
- Updated the description of several upgrades.
- Players can now change their skins every 20 seconds, down from 120 seconds.
- The last Archer skin is no longer hotkeyed to "R".
- Transmute now counts towards total gold earned on the scoreboard.
- Cancelling a tier upgrade now refunds 100% of the gold spent, up from 75%.
- Night Elf players can now research Storm Crow Form for the Druid of the Talon. When researched, the Druid of the Talon will take the form of a Storm Crow when enemy air units are nearby.
- Cyclone now requires Druid of the Talon Adept Training level 2 (Master).
- Improved the Tornado behavior for both the Archmage and Sea Witch. The Tornado will now search and move towards enemy units.
- The Tauren Chieftain no longer attempts to cast War Stomp on buildings and magic immune units.
- The Mountain King no longer attempts to cast Thunder Clap on buildings and magic immune units.
- The Tauren Chieftain no longer attempts to cast Shockwave on air units.
- The Dreadlord now searches for hero targets first when casting Sleep.
- Priests, Shamans, Spirit Walkers and Destroyers now attempt to dispel crowd control effects on friendly units, such as Polymorph, Entangling Roots, Banish etc.
Balance:
- Tornado duration for both the Archmage and Sea Witch reduced to 25 seconds, down from 40 seconds. Minimum hit interval has been reduced to 1 seconds, down from 2, which means it will now scan more often for units to toss. Movement speed reduction increased to 75%, up from 60%.
Human:
- Divine Shield duration reduced to 6, 9 and 12 seconds, down from 6, 12 and 18 seconds.
- Devotion aura armor bonus reduced to 1, 2 and 3, down from 1.5, 3 and 4.5.
- Inner Fire duration reduced to 30 seconds, down from 60 seconds.
- Spellbreaker gold cost increased to 145, up from 135.
- Sorceress gold cost increased to 140, up form 130.
- Priest gold cost increased to 135, up from 120.
Orc:
- Bloodlust duration reduced to 30 seconds, down from 60 seconds.
- Shaman gold cost increased to 140, up from 130.
- Healing Ward regeneration reduced to 3% HP/s, down from 4%.
- Unstable Concoction primary damage reduced to 275, down from 350. Splash damage reduced to 120, down from 140.
- Pulverize gold cost reduced to 200, down from 250.
- Ancestral Spirit now revives Taurens with 75% HP, up from 50%.
- Grunt gold cost increased to 180, up from 170.
- Blademaster Critical Strike chance reduced to 15%, 15% and 15%, down from 15%, 20% and 25%. Damage multiplier remains unchanged.
Undead:
- Sleep duration on heroes reduced to 3, 3.5 and 4 seconds, down from 3, 4 and 5 seconds.
- Possession is now an instant cast spell.
- Skeleton Warrior HP increased to 115, up from 100.
- Skeletal Mage HP increased to 150, up from 125.
- Shade gold cost increased to 75, up from 25.
- Ghoul gold cost reduced to 90, down from 100.
- Gargoyle gold cost reduced to 140, down from 150.
- Ghoul Frenzy attack speed bonus increased to 30%, up from 25%. Movement speed bonus has been removed.
- Frost Wyrm gold cost reduced to 440, down from 470.
- Spirit Touch mana gained increased to 8, up from 3.
Night Elf:
- Hardened Skin upgrade gold cost increased to 150, up from 100.
- Resistant Skin upgrade gold cost increased to 100, up from 50.
- Roar duration reduced to 30 seconds, down from 45 seconds.
- Starfall damage per star increased to 20, up from 18.
- Mana Burn mana drained increased to 75, 135 and 195, up from 50, 100 and 150.
- Evasion dodge chance reduced to 10%, 20% and 30%, down from 15%, 25% and 35%.
Tavern Heroes:
- Cluster Rockets mana cost increased to 100, up from 70.
- Mana Shield damage absorbed per mana point reduced to 1, 1.5 and 2, down from 1, 3 and 4.
Items:
- Alleria's Flute of Accuracy gold cost reduced to 450, down from 550.
- The Lion Horn of Stormwind armor bonus reduced to 1.5, down from 3.
- Sobi Mask mana regeneration bonus increased to 75%, up from 50%. Gold cost increased to 200, up from 150.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where Raise Dead did not work on the Grunt Skeleton Skin.
- Chimaeras no longer deal splash damage to friendly units.
- Fixed a bug where changing a hero skin would remove all items from the hero.
Patch 1.3.1
General:
- The spawn timer has been increased to 26 seconds per wave, up from 24 seconds.
Balance:
- Unit timed life increased to 96 seconds, up from 90.
Night Elf:
- Blink level 3 cooldown increased to 4 seconds, up from 3.
Tavern Heroes:
- Mana Shield level 3 mana drained per hit point reduced to 4, down from 5.
Items:
- Sobi Mask mana regeneration bonus reduced to 50%, down from 100%.
Bug Fixes:
- Victory/Defeat scoreboard text now shows properly.
- Fixed a bug where the Fortress could teleport on death if units were directly beneath it.
- Fixed a bug where Healing Spray didn't heal allied units.
- Orb items no longer enable attack on hero buildings.
Patch 1.3
New Features:
- An item shop has been added to the game. For the time being, only permanent items are available. Actively used and charged items are unavailable.
General:
- The Fortress and Watch Towers have been placed further apart.
- The spawn timer has been reduced to 24 seconds per wave, down from 25 seconds.
- Added ability icons to all unit buildings, so players can read about the spells.
- Players can now see remaining cooldown on abilities on their hero buildings.
- The green skin icons on Classic graphics now show the Reforged icons.
- Blight in the building area now disappears on a new round if the player has selected something other than Undead.
- The Glaive Thrower (Cage skin) now disappears faster when dying.
- The Dreadlord no longers casts Carrion Swarm on air units.
- Banshees now prioritize stronger units when using Possession.
- Spirit Walkers now casts Spirit Link more often.
- Priestess of the Moon and Dark Ranger now casts Silence more often.
Balance:
- Units now have timed life. If a unit has been on the battlefield for more than 90 seconds, it will be removed. This does not include heroes.
- Melee heroes now gain 10% XP per kill as opposed to 15 flat XP per kill.
- Fortress HP increased to 4000, up from 2000.
- Fortress damage increased to 85, up from 70.
- Watch Tower HP increased to 2000, up from 800, and damage type has been changed to Normal instead of Piercing.
Human:
- Fragmentation Shards no longer increases the splash radius of Mortar Teams (sorry, I wasn't aware it did that).
- Gryphon Rider range reduced to 500, down from 600.
- Dispel Magic area of effect reduced to 150, down from 200.
- Divine Shield duration reduced to 6, 12 and 18 seconds, down from 8, 16 and 24.
Orc:
- Grunt gold cost has been increased to 170, up from 160.
- Disenchant area of effect reduced to 175, down from 250.
- Purge summoned unit damage reduced to 150, down from 400.
- Healing Ward regeneration increased to 0.04 HP/s, up from 0.02.
- Shamans no longer cast Purge on melee units for no apparent reason, but now uses it to dispel positive buffs on enemy units.
- The Far Seer now only casts Earthquake on buildings.
- Earthquake building damage per second increased to 100, up from 50. Cooldown reduced to 35 seconds, down from 80. Duration reduced to 10 seconds, down from 20. Mana cost reduced to 100, down from 150. Area of effect increased to 400, up from 250.
- War Stomp cooldown increased to 9 seconds, up from 6, and now stuns heroes for 1, 2 and 3 seconds, down from 2, 3 and 4. Area of effect has been reduced to 200, 250 and 300, down from 250, 300 and 350.
Undead:
- Raise Dead Skeletal Warrior HP increased to 100, up from 88, and Skeletal Mage HP increased to 125, up from 112. Base duration increased to 10 seconds, up from 8, and upgraded duration increased to 16 seconds, up from 13.
- Devour Magic area of effect reduced to 150, down from 200.
- Essence of Blight healing increased to 15 HP, up from 10.
- Death and Decay no longer deals damage to buildings. Life drained per second increased to 15%, up from 10%. Duration increased to 10 seconds, up from 8.
- Sleep hero duration has been reduced to 3, 4 and 5 seconds, down from 5, 7 and 9 seconds.
- Vampiric Aura leech has been reduced to 25%, 50% and 75%, down from 30%, 60% and 90%.
Night Elf:
- Druid of the Talon spell cast backswing duration reduced to 0.7 seconds, down from 1.97.
- Evasion dodge chance has been reduced to 15%, 25%, and 35%, down from 20%, 30% and 45%.
- Metamorphosis duration reduced to 15 seconds, down from 20.
Tavern Heroes:
- Lava Spawn HP has been reduced to 200, 300 and 400, down from 325, 475 and 600, but now splits on 12 attacks, down from 15.
Bug Fixes:
- (Fixed a bug where one victory would count each consecutive defeat as a victory?)
- Hero experience gained should now be calculated correctly.
- Fixed a bug where swapping hero skins would disable XP gain for the hero building.
- Players now correctly gain account XP by killing enemy heroes.
- Healing Spray no longer heals enemy units.
- Heroes no longer receive XP from building kills.
- Priests, Spirit Walkers and Destroyers no longer attempt to dispel dead summoned units.
- Fixed a bug where Mana Flare could not be turned off.
- Frost Wyrm skin no longer takes 100 seconds to build.
Patch 1.2
New Features:
- Added an option to display a grid in the building area.
General:
- The Hippogryph Rider has been replaced with a Hippogryph in the building menu. Players can now order their Archers to mount the Hippogryphs, becoming Hippogryph Riders. The combined gold cost is now 260, up from 220 for one Hippogryph Rider (Archer: 170, Hippogryph: 90). Requires Tree of Eternity (Tier 3) to mount.
- Stone Form has been added to Gargoyles. Gargoyles use Stone Form to drop enemy units from focus targeting. Requires Black Citadel to research.
- Players can now see current XP for their heroes on their hero building.
- Melee heroes now gain 15 more XP for every kill than ranged heroes. This extra XP also scales the more heroes you have.
- The Archmage no longer casts Blizzard on magic immune units.
- The Blood Mage no longers cast Flamestrike on air units or magic immune units.
- The Mountain King now searches for hero targets first when casting Storm Bolt.
- The Far Seer now casts Chain Lightning more consistently.
- The Far Seer now searches for hero targets first when casting Firebolt.
- The Shadow Hunter now casts Healing Wave more consistently.
- The Warden now searches for hero targets first when casting Shadow Strike.
- The Death Knight now searches for enemy hero targets first when casting Death Coil.
- The Death Knight no longer uses Death Pact on friendly undead units whose level is greater than 3.
- The Priestess of the Moon now casts Starfall more consistently.
- Mortar Teams now use Flare more consistently against invisible units.
- Priests now search for stronger units first when casting Inner Fire.
- Shamans now use Purge on summoned units and melee units.
- Unstable Concoction detection range has been increased to 600, up from 400.
- Necromancers now search for stronger units first when casting Unholy Frenzy and Cripple.
- Destroyers no longer taps mana from heroes.
- Dryads now use Abolish Magic on summoned units.
Balance:
- Fortress damage reduced to 70, down from 100.
- Watch Tower damage reduced to 20, down from 28.
Dev Note: Both the Watch Tower and Fortress were killing a lot of pushing enemy units, resulting in a slingshot effect that was in favor for the other team ~75% of the time. This is one step towards less random matches. - All catapult's 'outer' splash radius has been reduced to 75, down from 100. Splash damage factor has been reduced to 30%, down from 40%.
- Gryphon Rider and Wind Rider ground range increased to 600, up from 450.
- Dragonhawk Rider, Batrider and Gargoyle ground range increased to 500, up from 300.
Human:
- Heal now heals for 30, up from 25.
- Invisibility cooldown increased to 8 seconds, but units can now attack while invisible.
- Mortar Team damage sides per die has been reduced to 4, down from 13.
- Holy Light mana cost has been reduced to 25, down from 65, and now heals for 200, 300, and 400 HP, up from 100, 200 and 300.
- Storm Bolt mana cost has been reduced to 30, down from 75.
- Water Elemental health increased to 250, 380, and 500, up from 125, 190 and 250.
- Brilliance Aura mana regen bonus increased to 1, 3 and 5, up from 0.75, 1.5 and 2.25.
- Flying Machine air damage has been increased to 8, up from 6. Ground attack damage has been increased to 15, up from 6, and range has been increased to 300, up from 100.
- The Gryphon Rider's "animation damage point" has been reduced to 0.4, down from 0.8.
Dev Note: The Gryphon Rider was always very slow when initiating an attack, and this should ease up the very heavy inital attack animation.
Orc:
- Demolisher damage sides per die has been reduced to 5, down from 21.
- Wind Walk mana cost reduced to 30, down from 50, and now deals 100, 165 and 230 damage, up from 40, 70 and 100.
- Bladestorm mana cost reduced to 125, down from 200.
- Spirit Wolves HP has been increased to 140, 210 and 280, up from 70, 105 and 140.
- Earthquake now slows units for 90% of their movement speed, up from 75%.
- Firebolt mana cost has been reduced to 30, down from 40.
- Lightning Shield no longer damages friendly units, and duration has been reduced to 10 seconds, down from 20.
Undead:
- Meat Wagon damage sides per die has been reduced to 4, down from 18.
- Anti-Magic Shell has been reverted back to full magic immunity.
- Death Coil mana cost has been reduced to 30, down from 50, and cooldown has been reduced to 3 seconds, down from 5.
- Death Pact cooldown reduced to 4 seconds, down from 15, and mana cost reduced to 35, down from 50.
- Frost Armor cooldown has been increased to 5 seconds, up from 2, but now increases a unit's armor by 5, 7 and 9, up from 3, 5 and 7. Mana cost has been reduced to 30, down from 40.
- Death and Decay mana cost has been reduced to 175, down from 250.
- Sleep no longer breaks when the unit is attacked.
Night Elf:
- Glaive Thrower damage sides per die has been reduced to 3, down from 12.
- Starfall damage has been increased to 18 per star, up from 15.
- Metamorphosis splash damage increased to 35% up from 20%.
- Shadow Strike now deals damage a second time after striking a target, as opposed to dealing damage over a longer period of time.
- Huntress gold cost increased to 170, up from 160.
- Druid of the Claw gold cost increased to 200, up from 185.
- Rejuvenation total healing has been reduced to 350, down from 400.
Tavern Heroes:
- Engineering Upgrade damage bonus increased to 4, 8 and 12, up from 2, 4 and 6.
- Robo-Goblin armor bonus increased to 3, 4, 5 and 6 depending on the level of Engineering Upgrade, up from 1, 2, 3 and 4. Strength bonus increased to 9, 11, 13 and 15, up from 5, 7, 9 and 11.
- Forked Lightning now hits 3, 4 and 5 targets, up from 3, 3 and 3.
- Mana Shield now absorbs 1, 3 and 5 damage per mana point, up from 1, 1.5 and 2.
- Tornado for both the Sea Witch and Archmage now has a unit toss radius of 375, up from 275. Minimum hit interval has been reduced to 2 seconds, down from 3, which means it will now scan more often for units to toss.
- Storm, Earth and Fire mana cost reduced to 100, down from 150.
- Storm HP increased to 1000, up from 350, and attack speed is now every 0.75 seconds, down from 1.5. Earth HP increased to 1500, up from 525, and attack speed is now every 0.68 seconds, down from 1.35. Fire HP increased to 900 up from 315, and attack speed is now every 0.68 seconds, down from 1.35.
- Life Drain range increased to 600, up from 500.
- Charm cooldown has been reduced to 10 seconds, down from 15, and mana cost has been reduced to 40, down from 50.
- Firelord attack speed is now every 1.2 seconds, up from 0.9.
- Lava Spawn HP reduced to 325, 475 and 600, down from 425, 575 and 700.
- Pit Lord base attack damage increased to 20, up from 15.
Bug Fixes:
- (Possibly fixed the rare permanent hero death bug?)
- Fixed an issue where total gold earned wasn't displayed correctly.
- Fixed a bug where the Tauren Cheiftain (Cairne Bloodhood) skin spawned Rokhan (Shadow Hunter) skin on the battlefield and vice versa.
- Fixed a bug where some Blademaster skin units didn't use some abilities.
- Fixed a bug where autocast hero abilities were disabled in some cases.
- Gold Extractor cooldown no longer persists to the next round.
- Fixed an issue where the Brewmaster didn't cast Breath of Fire in many cases.
- Demon Hunter (Metamorphosis) no longer displays a hero death message when he dies.
- Fixed an issue where the Dreadlord didn't cast Sleep in many cases.
- The Main XP bar now shows the correct progress on startup.
- The Ability A.I. button will now correctly disappear on round end.
Patch 1.1
General:
- The entire map script has been translated from Lua to JASS. This change should now have fixed all known desync issues.
Balance:
- Spellbreakers armor has been changed to Medium instead of Heavy and amount has been reduced to 2, down from 3.
Night Elf:
- The Keeper of the Grove will now cast Tranquility more often.
Bug fixes:
- (Possibly fixed the instant "next round" vote bug?)
- Fixed a bug where middle income could go to the enemy if your last unit died on the enemy's side.
- Fixed a bug where one of the Warden skin heroes was invulnerable.
- Fixed a bug where spawned units would incorrectly display for players with skins for their army.
- Fixed a bug where players were able to place another hero after placing Archmage (Kelen the Seeker skin).
- Fixed some bugs where some Night Elf hero skins would make the given hero disappear on the hero builder.
- The Frost Wyrm and Necromancer skins now has the correct T2 and T3 requirement.
- Fixed a bug where Web for Crypt Fiends could not be deactivated.
Patch 1.0.2
General:
- Reduced file size.
- Players now gain more experience from killing stronger units (progression XP).
- Players can now vote for an additional round even after one player leaves at the scorescreen.
- Added a visual effect to the Clockwerk Goblin when it explodes.
Balance:
- All catapult type unit 'outer' splash radius has been reduced to 100, down from 150.
- Mana regeneration bonus per Intelligence point has been increased to 0.1, up from 0.05.
Human:
- Thunder Clap radius reduced to 250, 275 and 300, down from 250, 300 and 350.
- Phoenix HP increased to 500, up from 350.
- Undead:
- Possession A.I. detection radius has been increased.
- Carrion Beetles mana cost has been reduced to 25, down from 30, and cooldown has been reduced to 4, down from 6.
- Locust Swarm cooldown has been reduced to 30 seconds, down from 80, and duration has been reduced to 15 seconds, down from 20. The swarm units now also return 100% of their damage dealt back to the hero, up from 75%, and the damage threshold has been increased to 30, up from 20.
Night Elf:
- Starfall damage has been reduced to 15 per star, down from 25.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where the Blademaster could get stuck when trying to attack invisible and flying enemies with Wind Walk.
Due to an abnormal amount of desync reports on this map the following features has been disabled in V0.3:
- A.I. Ability control
- Progression
- Skins
However, you can still download the previous version (V1.0.1).
Human:
- Defend has returned to it's original state. It no longer reflects incoming attacks, but now reduces incoming piercing damage by 50%.
- Flying machine description updated.
- Knight description updated.
Bugs Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where upgrades didn't reset for units after a round reset.
- Upgrade icons no longer bounce around when researching.
New Features:
- A progression system has been added. Players can now "level up" and earn skins for a large variety of units.
- Ability A.I. control has been added. Players can now dynamically switch off/on abilities for certain units.
- All 8 tavern heroes from the melee game have been added to all races.
General:
- Spawn timer changed from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.
- Added spawn timers on the minimap.
- The Fortress no longer regenerates HP.
- All unit-buildings now have sound-sets.
- Heroes now have their autocast abilities turned on by default.
- The Paladin now casts Holy Light more consistently.
- Unit building shadows have been removed.
- Fixed Force of Nature description.
Balance:
- All unit movement speed reduced to 270, down from 324.
- Fortress damage reduced to 100, down from 350.
- Heroes now cost 500 gold, up from 425.
- All melee heroes have their Strength per level doubled.
Human:
- Footman Defend has been changed. It now has a 15% chance to reflect incoming Piercing attacks on the attacker, and attacks that are not reflected only deal 70% damage.
- Human players can now research Sundering Blades.
- Sundering Blades: Upgrades Knights to deal increased damage to targets with Medium armor by 15%.
- Flying Machines now prioritize air units.
- Siege Engine building size has been increased.
- Paladins now use Divine Shield when they reach 15% HP, up from 10%.
- Resurrection mana cost reduced to 150, down from 200.
- Phoenix Fire splash radius has been reduced from 125 to 75, and damage factor has been reduced to 0.2, down from 0.5.
- Storm Bolt cooldown reduced to 5 seconds, down from 9.
- Holy Light cooldown reduced to 3 seconds, down from 5.
- Max units ressed by Resurrection increased to 8, up from 6.
- Bash chance increased to 20%, 40% and 60%, up from 20%, 30% and 40%.
- Avatar duration increased to 30 seconds, up from 20.
Orc:
- Unstable Concoction damage reduced to 350, down from 600.
- Envenomed Spears damage per second increased to 8, up from 4, and duration has been reduced to 10 seconds, down from 25.
- Troll Regeneration HP regen per second increased to 2, up from 1.
- Earthquake now only affects enemy units.
- Firebolt mana cost reduced to 40 mana, down from 75.
- Mirror Image mana cost reduced to 90, down from 125.
- Wind Walk mana cost reduced to 50, down from 75.
- Critical Strike chance increased to 15%, 20% and 25%, up from 15%, 15% and 15%.
- Bladestorm cooldown reduced to 30 seconds, down from 80.
- Number of targets hit by Healing Wave increased to 3, 5 and 7, up from 3, 4 and 5.
- Hex mana cost reduced to 40, down from 70.
- War Stomp mana cost reduced to 65, down from 90.
- Reincarnation cooldown reduced to 60 seconds, down from 80.
Undead:
- Frost Wyrm building size increased.
- Gargoyles now prioritizes air units.
- Anti-Magic Shell is now a shield barrier that blocks 100 spell damage. Lasts 20 seconds.
- Possession now has a 2 second channeling time and lock it's victim in place during the channeling.
- Gargoyle air damage increased to 30, up from 17.
- Unholy Aura life regeneration increased by 100%.
- Vampiric Aura leech increased to 30%, 60% and 90%, up from 15%, 30% and 45%.
Night Elf:
- Archer cost increased to 170 gold, up from 160.
- Mountain Giant building size has been increased.
- Chimaera building size has been increased.
- Rejuvenation cast speed reduced to 0.2 seconds, down from 1.7.
- Taunt cast time reduced to 0.5 seconds, down from 3.
- Entangling Roots mana cost reduced to 50, down from 75.
- Treant HP increased to 150, up from 105.
- Fan of Knives cooldown reduced to 8 seconds, down from 9.
- Shadow Strike cooldown reduced to 4 seconds, down from 8.
- Avatar of Vengeance HP increased to 1200, up from 350.
- Evasion chance increased to 20%, 35% and 50%, up from 10%, 20% and 30%.
- Shadow Strike duration reduced to 5 seconds, down from 15, but deals the same total damage.
- Immolation damage per second increased to 20, 30 and 40, up from 10, 15, and 20.
- Metamorphosis splash damage has been reduced.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where units could stop spawning entirely for a team if a member of the team left.
- Fixed a bug where the Destroyer and Shade could not spawn.
- Fixed a bug where Priest Adept Training and Sorceress Adept Training could not be researched.
- Fixed a bug where the Keeper of the Grove didn't use Entangling Roots.
- Fixed a bug where the Priestess of the Moon casts Starfall at the wrong times.
- Fixed a bug where the Druid of the Claw juggled between using Roar and Rejuvenation.
- Fixed a bug where the Blademaster would sometimes run mindlessly towards the enemy base when using Wind Walk.
- Fixed a bug where Priests didn't cast Dispel Magic.
- Fixed a bug where Mortar Teams didn't use Flare.
- Fixed a bug where Banshees didn't use Possession.
- Fixed a bug where Meat Wagons didn't drop corpses.
- The Dragonhawk Rider building now uses the correct model.