In the early morning of April 18, Beijing time, Blizzard officially released the 1.36.2 PTR patch. The new PTR patch has a number of balance changes, so let's take a look at what they've changed.
Hominia
witch
Transfiguration
-Can now be cast on heroes (for 3 seconds)
knight
Blade of Broken Armor
- Upgrades are now required
兽族
Minotaur
- Can be built in two books (three technologies are still required to upgrade the smashing skill)
Night Elves
Tsukino Priestess
Searing Arrows
-Reduced mana cost from 8 to 5
-Increased damage from 10/20/30 to 10/25/40
Mountain Giants
- From 7 to 6 people
投刃车
Puncture knife blade
- Research time reduced from 60 seconds to 45 seconds
Undead
ghoul
-Ghoul Fever skill attack speed reduced from 35% to 30%
Female Witch
- Can be used on mechanical units
Necromancer
Residue
- Can be used on mechanical units
Group Supplement Scrolls
- Removed from tomb ruins
Wand of Nothingness
- Added to the ruins of the tomb (two could have been purchased)
*Item Effect: Dispels all magic effects in the target area (dealing 200 damage to summons) and can be used 3 times
Meat grinder
-Movement speed increased from 220 to 240
Frost Dragon
Frozen spit
-Reduced wood required to upgrade from 275 to 225
Neutral heroes
Flame Lord
volcano
-Reduced damage multiplier against buildings from 3x to 2x
Naga Siren
tornado
- Base speed and minimum speed increased from 75 to 150
Patch Review
After the Terran witch can become a hero, it is no different from Xiao Y's witchcraft, and the later stage of the Terran is equivalent to an extra hand of hero control skills, and the second hero will be sharper. However, the formation of master witches is slow, and the sheep transformation technique can also be dispelled, so it is still unknown whether the actual combat can really work.
The weakening of the Knight's Split Blade should be expected, coupled with the curse and the banshee's ability to use on mechanical units, it can be seen that Blizzard wants to weaken HUM's ability to fight UD.
The fact that the Orc Minotaur can be built in the second book is undoubtedly a strengthening, and the appearance rate of the Black and White Bull tactics may be increased in the future (Orc Civil War/Musket).
The new Dark Night patch strengthens POM, Ballista, and Mountain. The modification of POM is not painful, and it is completely useless to fight other clans, so the civil war can be played, which can only be said to be good for Moon. The mountain range has become 6 population, of course, it is strengthened, but I'm afraid it still can't pull NE back from the abyss, and the modification of the well water in the last version is too hurtful.
The Undead has weakened the Dog's attack speed, and its frontal strength has decreased slightly. However, Blizzard also added a new item to the undead - the Void Rod, and with it, UD also has the ability to dispel in the second book.
Of course, the content of the current update is only a PTR patch, and many modifications may not survive to the official version, so the above content is for reference only, so don't take it too seriously.