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Warcraft III: Reforged Patch Notes
Version 1.36.2.21179
June 4, 2024

Balance Changes

Human

• Polymorph can now target Heroes (1.5 second duration)

• Arcane Tower hero feedback reduced from 16 to 14

• Knights and Sundering Blades no longer require Lumber Mill to build

• Sundering Blades now requires an upgrade again

• Sundering Blades upgrade cost increased from 100/100 to 100/150

• Flame Strike channel time reduced from 0.9 to 0.8 seconds

• Control Magic mana per Summoned Hitpoint reduced from 45 to 35

• Control Magic cost increased from 25 to 40

• Dragonhawk Rider base damage increased from 17 to 19

Orc

• Troll Headhunter base damage reduced from 22 to 21 (Berserkers base damage remains 22)

• Healing Wards mana cost reduced from 200 to 150

• Tauren move speed increased from 270 to 290

• Serpent Ward Level 3 Base Damage reduced from 47 to 45

• Demolisher movement speed increased from 220 to 240

Night Elf

• Searing Arrows damaged changed to 10/24/40 to 12/24/48 (10/20/30)

• Starfall duration duration reduced from 45 to 30

• Starfall damage increased from 50 to 60 per wave

• Vorpal Blades research time reduced from 60 to 45 seconds

• Moon Well Regeneration increased from 1.35 to 1.45

• Well Spring regeneration mana bonus reduced from 125 to 100

• Fan of Knives Target changed from 5/6/7 to 6/6/6 (max damage 375/750/1330 to 420/780/1200)

• Fan of Knives damage changed from 75/125/190 to 70/130/200

• Wisp HP increased from 120 to 125

• Glaive Thrower movement speed increased from 220 to 240

Undead

• Anti-magic Shell can no longer be dispellable by Devour Magic

• Haunted Goldmine build time reduced from 110 to 105

• Nerubian Tower Damage type changed from Normal to Piercing

• Ghoul Frenzy research time increased from 45 to 50 seconds

• Ghoul Frenzy movement speed bonus reduced from 80 to 60

• Curse Duration reduced from 120/60 to 60/30

• Cripple can now target mechanical units

• Scroll of Healing removed from the Tomb of Relics

• Wand of Negation added to the Tomb of Relics (2 Charges, 150 Gold, 5-second cooldown - Available at tier 2) (If this turns out to be too oppressive we will hotfix the requirement back in)

• Meat Wagon speed increased from 220 to 240

• Frost Nova slow duration reduced from 4/6/8 to 4/5/6 (units only - heroes remain unchanged)

• Cryptlord Impale mana cost reduced from 100 to 90

• Death and Decay mana cost reduced from 250 to 200

• Web upgrade cost reduced from 150/150 to 100/100

• Boneyard cost reduced from 175/200 to 150/200

• Frost Wyrm Freezing Breath lumber cost reduced from 275 to 225

• Frost Breath duration on Heroes increased from 3 to 4 seconds (Frost Wyrm Slow)

• Abomination base damage increased from 32 to 34

Neutral

• Volcano building damage factor reduced from 3 to 2

• Soulburn damage reduction increased from -50% to -75%

• Soulburn hero duration increased from 7/8/9 to 8/9/10

• Tornado speed increased from 75 to 150

• Mana Shield activation cost reduced from 25 to 10

• Goblin Zeppelin food cost increased from 0 to 1

Items

• Ankh of Reincarnation delay reduced from 7 to 5 seconds

• Glove of Haste attack speed increased from 15% to 18%

• Circlet of Nobility cost increased from 175 to 200

Creeps

• Sleep no longer targets heroes

• Sleep duration reduced from 10 to 8

• Sleep cooldown increased from 6 to 10 seconds

• Sleep cost reduced from 125 to 100

• Dark Troll High Priest now has Abolish Magic

• Enforcer and Bandit Lord no longer have Shadow Meld and will sleep at night

• Rogue Wizard can now sleep

• Enforcer HP increased from 500 to 600

• Rune of Speed duration reduced from 60 to 20 seconds

• Infernal Contraption move speed increased from 180 to 200

• Infernal Juggernaut move speed increased from 180 to 200

• Infernal Machine move speed increased from 180 to 200

• Mana Burn value reduced from 100 to 50

• Force of Nature summons reduced from 3 to 2

• Force of Nature mana cost reduced from 175 to 100

• Pulverized (Sea Giant) reduced from 40/20 to 30/15

• Cripple reduced from 60/10 to 20/10

• Cripple cost reduced from 175 to 125 mana

• Centaur Archer armor type changed from heavy to medium

• Centaur Impaler armor type changed from heavy to medium (HP increased from 350 to 400)

• Centaur Sorcerer armor type changed from heavy to medium

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where using Ancestral Spirit on a corpse that is being cannibalized would cause the client to crash

• Fixed an issue where players would sometimes fail to join an automatch game

• Fixed an issue where ping was displaying incorrectly in the custom game list

• Fixed an issue where wins were not being counted in ranked (mostly seen in FFA but could still happen in all modes)

• Fixed an issue where FFA matches would not create in ranked play

Tournaments

• We are updating the tournament schedule to have more 1v1 and 2v2 during the week and a 3v3 tournament on Sundays and removing 4v4 from the tournament pool

Map Pool Updates

1v1

-Springtime
+Tidehunters

(4)TwistedMeadows_S2_v1.1.w3x (2)EchoIsles_S2_v2.2.w3x (4)TurtleRock_S2.w3x (4)LostTemple_S2.w3x

(2)LastRefuge_S2_v1.5.w3x (2)NorthernIsles_S2.w3x (2)ConcealedHill_S2.w3x (2)TerenasStand_LV.w3x (2)Tidehunters.w3x (2)Hammerfall.w3x

2v2

-Shatter Exile, Rusty Creek

+Synergy, Goldshire

(4)TwistedMeadows_S2_v1.1.w3x (4)LostTemple_S2.w3x (6)GnollWood.w3x (4)TurtleRock_S2.w3x (4)PhantomGrove_S2_v2.0.w3x (4)HillsbradCreek_S2.w3x (4)TidewaterGlades_S2_v1.1.w3x (4)Synergy_S2.w3x (4)KingAndCountry_S2_v1.3.w3x (4)Goldshire.w3x

3v3

-BloodstoneMesa,StranglethornVale,Guardians

+Wellsprings,Typhoon,ScorchedBasin

(6)Wellspring.w3x (6)Typhoon.w3x (6)ScorchedBasin.w3x (6)Monsoon_LV.w3x (6)RuinsOfStratholme.w3x (6)UpperKingdom.w3x (8)Mur’gulOasis_LV.w3x (6)ThunderLake_LV.w3x (8)Battleground_LV.w3x (6)GnollWood.w3x

4v4

-Royal Gardens, Nightopia, Ferocity, Wellspring Temple

+Battleground, FullscaleAssault, Ekrezem Maze, Emerald Gardens

(8)GolemsInTheMist_LV.w3x (8)MarketSquare.w3x (8)Sanctuary_LV_S2.w3x (8)Northshire_S2.w3x (8)Feralas_S2.w3x (8)PaintedWorld_S2.w3x (8)Battleground_LV.w3x (8)FullScaleAssault.w3x (8)EkrezemsMaze_S2_v1.1.w3x (12)EmeraldGardens.w3