StarCraft II/Patch 2.0.0b
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| Patch 2.0.0 | |||||
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| StarCraft II “Heart of the Swarm beta” | |||||
| Release date | September 14, 2012 | ||||
| Latest version date | October 26, 2012 | ||||
| Version | 2.0.0 | ||||
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StarCraft II patch 2.0.0b is an unofficial patch name to catalog the Balance updates after patch 2.0.0a.
October 26, 2012
Protoss
- Oracle
- The Phase Shield and Entomb abilities have been removed.
- This unit has a new ability called Pulsar Beam.
- The Oracle channels a beam at an enemy structure that deals 25 damage every second. 2 mana is drained per second from the Oracle while this ability is channeled.
- This ability has a range of 5.
- This unit has a new ability called Time Warp.
- The Oracle creates a temporal field that slows all ground units’ movement speed within a 3.5 radius by 50%.
- This ability costs 75 energy to cast
- This ability can be cast from 9 range.
- Oracle build time has decreased from 60 to 35 seconds.
- Tempest
- Damage has been increased from 25 to 30.
- The +massive damage bonus no longer requires an upgrade at the Fleet Beacon.
- Massive damage has been decreased from 35 to 30.
- Mothership Core
- This unit has a new ability called Envision.
- This ability grants the Mothership Core detection for 30 seconds. This ability costs 50 energy to cast.
- This ability grants detection within the Mothership Core’s sight range (14).
- The Purify ability no longer grants detection to the Nexus.
- The Purify ability has been renamed to “Photon Overcharge”.
- This unit has a new ability called Envision.
Zerg
- Ultralisk
- The speed of Burrow Charge has been increased from 2.25 to 3.75.
- Viper
- The duration of Blinding Cloud has been increased from 10 to 14 seconds.
- Spine Crawler
- This unit now completely blocks pathing when placed next to other structures, including other Spine Crawlers.
- Zerglings and other small units can no longer squeeze in between Spine Crawlers.
- The scale of this unit has been increased from 0.85 to 0.95.
Terran
- Hellion
- Transformation to Hellbat no longer requires an upgrade and is enabled once an Armory is built.[10]
October 12, 2012
Protoss
- Mothership Core
- When Purify is cast on a player’s Nexus, it now also grants detection to 13 range. Energize has been removed.
- Oracle
- The cost of Entomb has been lowered from 100 to 75, while the duration has been increased from 50 to 60 seconds.
- Revelation has been changed to the following:
- This ability will now also work on buildings, granting 3 vision around every unit it hits.
- The duration has been increased from 45 seconds to 60 seconds, and the cost has been increased from 50 to 75.
- This ability will no longer grant detection.
- This ability will not affect cloaked targets, even if you have detection of them at the time.
- The button arrangement for this unit has been adjusted to list Void Siphon first and Entomb last.
- Tempest
- This unit’s native bonus damage to massive units has been removed.
- This unit no longer requires a Fleet Beacon.
- We have added a new weapon upgrade called Quantic Reactor at the Fleet Beacon which will grant Tempest attacks +35 damage to massive units.
- Quantic Reactor costs 200/200.
- The cost of this unit has been changed from 300/300 to 300/200.
- The supply cost for this unit has changed from 6 to 4.
- The scale of this unit has been lowered from 1 to 0.9.
- Sentry
- Hallucination no longer requires research.
Zerg
- Viper
- Viper acceleration has been increased from 2.125 to 3.
- The radius of Blinding Cloud has increased from 1.5 to 2.
- Spore Crawler
- This unit no longer requires an Evolution Chamber.
Terran
- Widow Mine
- The setup time for this unit has been increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
- Battle Hellion
- This unit has been renamed to “Hellbat.”[11]
October 5, 2012
Terran
- Widow Mine
- This unit has a new missile ability called Unstable Payload.
- Unstable Payload is an auto-cast ability that initiates once the Widow Mine is burrowed. It cannot be turned off unless the unit is unburrowed.
- This ability launches a missile at a target within 5 range, then starts to rearm another missile.
- Unstable Payload does 160 damage to a single target and 40 splash damage. The missile auto-acquires cloaked units.
- The missile auto-acquires temporary units like Hallucinations, Infested Terrans, and Locusts.
- It takes 40 seconds to rearm the missile. The cost is free for now.
- The build time of this unit has increased to 40 seconds.
- This unit has a new missile ability called Unstable Payload.
Protoss
- Oracle
- The Phase Shield ability has been removed
- This unit has a new ability called Void Siphon.
- The Oracle channels a beam at an enemy structure that deals 3 damage and harvests 3 minerals every second until canceled. (Note: This ability will not cause the opposing player to loose minerals.)
- The range is 7.
- The damage/harvest effect ticks when you cast the ability and every sequential second following.
- Void Siphon costs 50 energy to cast.
- Mothership Core
- This unit’s Purify ability has changed.
- When a player casts Purify on their Nexus, it grants the Nexus the ability to attack, no longer requiring the Core to attach itself. The Nexus weapon has a range of 13 and a damage of 20.
- Purify now lasts for 60 seconds and still costs 100 energy.
- The scale of this unit has been lowered to 0.8.
- This unit has had its shield/health lowered to 60/130.
- This unit now costs 2 supply.[12]
- This unit’s Purify ability has changed.
September 28, 2012
Protoss
- Mothership Core
- Purify has been changed to the following:
- Purify can now only be cast on your Nexus at max 10 range.
- Once cast, the mothership core will attach itself to the Nexus, transforming into a weapon with range 10.
- While attached to the Nexus, the mothership core will be unable to cast abilities and regenerate energy.
- The damage of Purify has been lowered to 20 and can attack both air and ground units.
- Purify will last until cancelled.
- Recall has been changed to the following:
- Recall is now a simple cast-and-click ability on a player’s Nexus.
- Once cast, the mothership core and every friendly unit within a 7-range radius to the core will be recalled to the Nexus.
- A new ranged weapon called Repulsor Cannon has been added to the mothership core while in its mobile state.
- Repulsor Cannon deals 8 damage to ground units with an attack speed of 0.85.
- The cost of the mothership core has increased from 50/50 to 100/100.
- Movement speed has increased from 0.47 to 1.875.
- Purify has been changed to the following:
- Oracle
- Health has increased from 20/80 to 60/100.
- Speed has decreased from 3.75 to 3.375.
- The duration of Entomb has increased from 30 to 45.
Terran
- Widow Mine
- The duration of Activate Mine has been decreased to 2 sec.
- Auto-cast can now be turned off in both activated and deactivated modes.
Zerg
- Swarm Host
- Locust attack range has increased from 2 to 3.
- Locust damage has been reduced from 14 to 12.
Bug Fixes
- Battle hellions can no longer load into Bunkers.
- The splash damage from widow mines will no longer hit friendly activated widow mines.
- The Stargate Command Card now properly includes a Set Rally Point button.
- Swarm hosts now have proper collision while burrowed.[13]
September 20, 2012
Protoss
- Mothership Core
- The cost of Purify is now 100.
- The duration of Purify has been lowered to 25 seconds.
- The damage of Purify has been increased from 25 to 45.
- Oracle
- Entomb’s duration has increased to 30 seconds.
- The health of Entombed nodes has increased from 100 to 130.
- The duration of Revelation has increased from 30 to 45 seconds.
- We fixed a bug where the oracle was not correctly classified as a Psionic unit.
Terran
- Battle Hellion
- While in Battle mode, the hellion is now classified as a Biological unit.
- Widow Mine
- Splash damage has increased from 35 to 60.
Zerg
- Viper
- We fixed a bug where the viper was not correctly classified as a Psionic unit.[14]
September 14, 2012
Zerg
- Swarm Host
- The locust’s attack range has decreased from 3 to 2.
Protoss
- Oracle
- We have removed the oracle’s Preordain ability.
- We have added a new area of effect ability for the oracle called Phase Shield.
- Targeted friendly units are shielded from harmful effects for 5 seconds.
- Fungal Growth, Corruption, Contaminate, Graviton Beam, Concussive Shells, Abduct, Revelation, Vortex, and 250mm Strike Cannons – Phase Shield removes the effect and prevents units from being affected.
- EMP – Phase Shield removes the anti-cloaking effect but not the damage dealt.
- Neural Parasite – Phase Shield will not remove this effect but it will prevent units from being affected.
- Targeted friendly units are shielded from harmful effects for 5 seconds.
- The energy upgrade has been removed.
- Entomb’s duration has been reduced to 25 sec, but the health per Entomb has increased to 100.
- The cost per unit has changed from 150/200 to 150/150.
- Tempest
- The attack range has been reduced from 22 to 15.
- The damage has changed from 30 to 30 + 20 to massive.
- The ranged upgrade has been removed.
- Mothership Core / Mothership
- Recall will now cost 100 energy.
- The mothership core will now start with 50 energy and when upgraded, energy will be set back to 50.
- The range of Purifier Beam has been increased from 7 to 10.
- Carrier
- This unit has returned to the game.
Terran
- Warhound
- This unit has been removed from the game.
- Reaper
- We have added a new passive ability called Combat Awareness. This allows reapers to see up cliffs.
- Hellion
- Battle hellions can now be built from the Factory. It has an Armory requirement.
- There is a new upgrade at the Armory that will allow transformation between Battle Mode and Normal Mode.
- Widow Mine
- We have removed the Armory requirement.
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