StarCraft II/Patch 4.7.1

Patch 4.7.1
StarCraft II “Free To Play”
Release date	November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20)
Version	4.7.1
Initial build	70326
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Patch 4.7.1 patch notes
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StarCraft II patch 4.7.1 is the first minor patch since patch 4.7.0.

General

• New Hydralisk Trophy Top for Season 4.

Versus

Terran

• Widow Mine
  • The Drilling Claws upgrade now permanently cloaks Widow Mines when they're burrowed.
  • If Drilling Claws is researched, the Widow Mine will have a visual indicator to show that the unit has the upgrade.
• Cyclone
  • Now requires a Tech Lab to be built at the Factory.
  • Health decreased from 180 to 120.
  • Movement speed increased from 4.13 to 4.73.
  • Tornado Blaster weapon changed to the Typhoon Missile Pod weapon:
    • Damage changed from 3 (+2 vs Armored) to 18.
    • Can target air and ground units.
    • Weapon speed changed from 0.1 to 0.71.
    • Range decreased from 6 to 5.
    • Weapon upgrades changed from +1 to +2 to account for the new damage value.
  • Lock On ability changed:
    • Ability can auto cast.
    • Can now target ground and flying units and structures.
    • Damage changed from 160 to 400 damage over 14 seconds.
  • Rapid Fire Launchers upgrade removed.
  • Added Mag-Field Accelerator upgrade:
    • After researching Mag-Field Accelerator upgrade, Lock On will deal 400 (+400 vs Armored) over 14 seconds to ground and flying targets.
• Thor
  • Armor reduced from 2 to 1.
  • Explosive Payload AoE radius reduced from 0.6 to 0.5.
  • 250mm Punisher Cannons damage changed from 35 (+15 vs Armored) to 40 (+15 vs Massive).
  • Vehicle Weapons upgrade bonuses for 250mm Punisher Cannons changed from +3 (+2 vs Armored) to +4 (+2 vs Massive).
  • 250mm Punisher Cannons weapon speed changed from 2.14 to 1.71.
• Medivac
  • High Capacity Fuel Tanks upgrade name changed to Rapid Reignition System.
  • Rapid Reignition System upgrade no longer increases Ignite Afterburners duration from 4.29 seconds to 6.43 seconds. Now, it decreases its cooldown duration from 8.57 seconds to 6.43 seconds.
  • Medivacs can now heal units Graviton'd by Phoenix.
• Banshee
  • Hyperflight Rotors upgrade cost decreased from 200/200 to 150/150.
• Raven
  • Anti-Armor splash damage decreased from 15 to 0.
  • In addition to armor reduction, Anti-Armor Missile will also reduce Protoss shield armor by 3.
• Battlecruiser
  • Removed random delay between shots.
  • ATA Laser Battery damage decreased from 6 to 5.
  • Can now move while shooting.
  • Yamato Cannon damage decreased from 300 to 240.
• Engineering Bay
  • Neosteel Frame and Structure Armor upgrades merged. The new upgrade is called Neosteel Armor and will retain the functionality of both upgrades combined. It will cost 150/150 and take 100 seconds to research.
• Barracks, Factory, Starport - Tech Lab
  • If a player tries to lift a structure when there is an upgrade being researched in an attached Tech Lab, they will not be able to do so and will receive a red text error message.
• Sensor Tower
  • The structure's pre-placement selection display will now show a range indicator on the mini-map.

Zerg

• Queen
  • Transfusion no longer restores 125 health instantly. Now, it restores 75 health instantly plus an additional 50 health over the next 7.14 seconds.
• Creep Tumor, Nydus Worm
  • Time in between creep growth increased from 0.3 to 0.45.
• Overlord
  • Time between Generate Creep growth periods increased from 0.36 to 0.45.
• Zergling
  • Unburrow speed decreased from 0.71 to 0.36.
  • Unburrow random delay decreased from 0.36 to 0.08.
• Roach
  • Tunneling Claws cost decreased from 150/150 to 100/100.
  • Tunneling Claws no longer increases the health regeneration rate of Roaches from 7 HP/second to 14 HP/second.
• Hydralisk
  • Unburrow speed decreased from 0.71 to 0.36.
  • Unburrow random delay decreased from 0.36 to 0.08.
  • Needle Spines attack speed changed from 0.54 to 0.59.
• Infestor
  • Unit radius decreased from 0.75 to 0.625.
  • Model scale decreased from 0.85 to 0.75.
  • Burrowed unit radius now matches the new unborrowed unit radius.
  • Infestors can now move through units while burrowed.
  • Fungal Growth no longer allows affected units to Blink, Tactical Jump, or load into transport sand buildings.
  • Infested Terran cast range increased from 7 to 8.
• Ultralisk
  • New upgrade added: Evolve Anabolic Synthesis
    • Cost: 150 Minerals/150 Gas/42.85 second research time
    • Increases Ultralisk speed when off creep from 4.13 to 4.55. The Ultralisk on-creep speed will remain the same at 5.36.
    • If Anabolic Synthesis is researched, Ultralisks will have visual indicators to show that they have the upgrade.
• Nydus Network/Nydus Worm
  • Nydus Network cost decreased from 150/200 to 150/150.
  • Nydus Worm cost decreased from 100/100 to 50/50.
  • Nydus Worm are no longer be invincible when emerging. Now, they have 6 armor while emerging from the ground.
• Burrow/Unburrow
  • Burrow and Unburrow have been separated into two separate buttons.
  • Burrowed and Unburrowed Zerg unit types will now be on the same tab-select, and both will be selected when double clicking on units.

Protoss

• Nexus
  • Mass Recall renamed to Strategic Recall.
  • Strategic Recall radius decreased from 6.5 to 2.5.
  • Strategic Recall cooldown decreased from 130 to 85 seconds.
  • Chrono Boost will now display a visual status on boosted structures.
• Sentry
  • Hallucination energy cost decreased from 100 to 75.
  • Guardian Shield radius increased from 4 to 4.5.
• High Templar
  • Feedback now deals 0.5 damage per point of energy drained, down from 1 damage per point of energy drained.
• Dark Templar
  • Shadow Stride research time decreased from 121 to 100 seconds.
  • Shadow Stride cooldown decreased from 21 to 14 seconds.
• Robotics Bay
  • Cost decreased from 200/200 to 150/150.
• Colossus
  • Colossus weapons now have turret tracking.
• Disruptor
  • Purification Nova changed back to pre-4.0 state. Purification Nova deploys a ball of energy that will detonate after 2 seconds, dealing 155 damage and an additional 55 shield damage to all ground units in its radius.
  • Purification Nova no longer detonates on contact with enemy units.
  • Purification Nova now sends a threat signal to the opponent on detonation instead of during the launch phase.
• Void Ray
  • Prismatic Alignment speed reduction decreased from 40% to 25%.
• Tempest
  • Cost decreased from 300/200 to 250/175.
  • Supply cost decreased from 6 to 5.
  • HP/Shields decreased from 300/150 to 150/125.
  • Movement speed increased from 2.63 to 3.5.
  • Acceleration increased from 1.49 to 2.8.
• Carrier
  • Build time decreased from 86 seconds to 64 seconds.
  • HP/Shields increased from 250/150 to 300/150.
  • Interceptor build time increased from 6 seconds to 11 seconds.
  • Graviton Catapult upgrade removed from the Fleet Beacon.
  • Interceptor release period changed from 0.36 to 0.27.
• Mothership
  • Strategic Recall name changed to Mass Recall.
  • In addition to slowing unit movement speed by 50%, Time Warp now also reduces unit and structure attack speed by 50%.
• Assimilator
  • HP/Shields decreased from 450/450 to 300/300.
• Shield Battery
  • HP/Shields decreased from 200/200 to 150/150.
  • Shield Battery can now regenerate shields of units Graviton'd by Phoenix.
• Gateway
  • Transform to Warp Gate will now be an auto-cast ability.

Bug Fixes

Maps

• Stats LE: Fixed an issue that allowed melee units to attack destructible debris from the low ground.
• Kairos Junction LE: The lighting status is no longer out of date.
• Multiprocessor LE: Fixed an issue that allowed flying units to clip into certain doodads.
• Emerald City LE: Fixed an issue that slightly restricted the pathing of ground units on certain ramps.

Versus

• Battlecruiser
  • The upper turrets will no longer track its last target through the fog of war.
  • The bottom turrets will now track their target.