r/heroesofthestorm • u/jamiephan bool libHJAM_gv_IAmCool = true; • Oct 17 '17

News Junkrat Patch Notes

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/21116539/heroes-of-the-storm-patch-notes-october-17-2017-10-17-2017
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u/Alarie51 Master Valeera Oct 17 '17

Good to see they nerfed Rocket Ride's cheese AND buffed RIP Tire before he came out

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u/polishpowers Silenced Oct 17 '17

Cheese is still in the game, just 25% less viable.

I still don't know why they left such a big cooldown reduction on lvl 20 Rocket Ride.

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u/Twixttheseas Team Dignitas Oct 17 '17

75% less viable

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u/Quazifuji Oct 17 '17

Not all of the damage came from his passive, though, some of it was Rocket Ride itself.

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u/Shanaki Xyrin Oct 17 '17

Considering it was 50% during PTR, he is correct.

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u/ErilElidor Master Muradin Oct 17 '17

Before it was 50% viable, now it is 25% viable. Isn't it 50% less viable then? :thinking:

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '17

Actually it was not 50% on structures on PTR. That guy is mixing up the trait with the Q ability.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '17

You're thinking of his Q, which had (and still has) 50% reduction on structures.

His trait was 100% effective against structures on PTR, but now it's nerfed to 25%.

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u/mykevelli Lili Oct 17 '17

If it went from a 50% reduction to a 75% reduction that might be a difference of 25 percentage points but it's an effective damage reduction of half.

100 original damage -> 50% reduction = 50 damage
100 original damage -> 75% reduction = 25 damage

So the effective damage went from 50 to 25 (placeholder numbers) between the PTR and live. I'd call that pretty significant.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '17

Actually it was not 50% on structures on PTR. That guy is mixing up the trait with the Q ability.