Starcraft 2 Updates Beta Patch 11 to 14

This covers Starcraft II patches 11,12,13 and 14.


Starcraft II Patch #11 (version 0.13.0.15250)

Balance Changes

TERRAN
Battlecruiser
- The build time has been decreased from 110 to 90.

Fusion Core
- The build time has been decreased from 80 to 65.

Hellion
- The range has been increased from 5 to 6.

Planetary Fortress
- The splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage.

Raven
- Seeker Missile range has been decreased from 9 to 6.
- Seeker Missile splash radius has been decreased from 2.4 to 2.
- Seeker Missile upgrade no longer requires Fusion Core.

Siege Tank
- Life increased from 150 to 160.
- Siege Mode splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage.

Thor
- Ground damage decreased from 45 to 30.
- Ground rate of fire improved from 1.93 to 1.28.
- Air damage changed from 8 (+4 Light) to 6 (+6 Light).
- 250mm Strike Cannons are now an upgrade at the Factory Tech Lab.
- 250mm Strike Cannons research now costs 150/150 and 110 seconds.
- 250mm Strike Cannons energy cost increased from 100 to 150.
- Anti-Air splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage.

PROTOSS
Archon
- The splash radius has been increased from 0.8 to 1.
- Splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage.

Colossus
- The damage has been decreased from 20 to 15.
- The rate of fire has been improved from 2.2 to 1.65.

Phoenix
- Can now attack while moving.

Sentry
- The damage has been decreased from 8 to 6.

ZERG
Brood Lord
- Life has been decreased from 275 to 225.
- Armor has been decreased from 2 to 1.

Corruptor
- Corruptor damage changed from 12 (+10 Massive) to 14 (+6 Massive).
- Corruptor speed increased from 2.75 to 2.9531
- Corruption ability redesigned:

- Single target.
- Increases damage taken by 20%.
- Lasts 30 seconds.
- Costs 100 energy.
- Range 6.
- Cannot target structures.

Infestor
- Neural Parasite is now an upgrade at the Infestation Pit.
- Neural Parasite research costs 150/150 and 110 seconds.
- Neural Parasite can now target Air units.
- Neural Parasite energy cost increased from 50 to 100.

Spine Crawler
- The root time has been increased from 6 to 12.

Spore Crawler
- The root time has been increased from 6 to 12.

Ultralisk
- Damage has been increased from 18 to 25.

Hotkey Changes
General
- In order to resolve a conflict with building multiple Forges with the Shift Key we have made the following changes:

- Changed Center Camera from Shift+F to Ctrl+F.
- Changed Camera Follow from Ctrl + F to Ctrl+Shift+F.

Standard
- To prevent the accidental research of Ventral Sacs when trying to train an Overlord with no Larva available, the hotkey has been changed from V to E.
- View Own Health Bars functionality added to the Backslash key

Standard for Lefties
- Due to a conflict with research Banshee Cloak, research Seeker Missile has been changed from L to K.
- To correct a conflict with the Attack command on Planetary Fortress, train SCV has been changed from K to J.
- In order to prevent the accidental training of Zerglings when using the Select Larva hotkey,train Zergling has been changed from L to J.
- To prevent the accidental training of a Queen, train Ultralisk has been changed from U to T.
- To prevent the accidental research of Pneumatized Carapace when trying to train a corruptor with no Larva available, research Pneumatized Carapace has been changed from P to C.
- View All Status Bars has been changed from Q to the Alt key.
- View own Status Bars functionality has been added to the Q key.

Grid for Lefties
- Attack Move and all other buttons in the 0,4 position should now function correctly.
- View Own Status Bars functionality added to Q.
- View Enemy Status Bars moved to W.
- View Ally Status Bars moved to E.

Classic
- Changed build Nydus Canal from P to N.
- Changed Place Nydus Canal ability from P to N.
- Terran Infantry Weapon researches have been changed from E to W.
- Terran Vehicle Weapon researches have been changed from E to W.
- Train Thor hotkey has been changed from O to G.
- Train Viking hotkey has been changed from Y to W.
- View Own Status Bars functionality has been added to the Backslash key.

Icon Position Changes
- To put all race gas extractors in the same icon position, the positions of the Supply Depot/Refinery and Pylon/Assimilator have been swapped.
- In order to make transforming multiple Gateways easier for players using Grid key sets, Transform to Gateway has been moved to a separate icon position (2,1).

Bug Fixes
- Corrected an issue that was causing the Polish language client to crash when receiving the "player is no longer being revealed” message.
- Corrected incorrect battle.net links on multiple language clients pages.
- Corrected an issue where the Zealot was using an US English voice over in the Korean language client.
- Corrected an issue where a player is unable to build any structures that require pylon power when their protoss ally leaves.
- Units can no longer be healed or repaired while in transports.
- Corrected an issue where Corruptor units were able to recast corruption before time is up.
- Corrected an issue where the Creep Tumor targeting circle was visible to opponents through Fog of War.
- Corrected an issue in which selecting a Starport under construction and a completed Starport would display the select builder command in the Viking slot.
- Corrected a Roach Weapon tooltip.
- Corrected the Broodling weapon icon.

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Starcraft II patch # 12 (version 0.14.0.15318)

Balance Changes

Protoss
Forge
- Build time increased from 35 to 45.
- Life and shield values decreased from 550/550 to 400/400.

Mothership
- Vortex now removes Force Fields within its area of effect.

Terran
Thor
- Radius decreased from 1.375 to 0.8125.
- Model size reduced to match new radius.

Zerg
Roach
- Roach supply count increased from 1 to 2.

User Interface
- Several Hotkey changes have been made (German client only).

Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash which sometimes occurred when quitting the program.

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Starcraft II Patch # 13 (version 0.15.0.15449)
(Patch number 13 is a major one, so get ready for some wall of text.)

General
- Map Publishing is now enabled: Using the map editor, you can upload your custom maps to share with the Battle.net community.
- Facebook feature is integrated: Here’s a quick way to expand your social network by seeing who among your existing Facebook friends also has a Battle.net account.
- 3v3 and 4v4 formats are now enabled.
- Numerous updates have been made to the Leagues & Ladders system:

- Removed Copper League and added Diamond League above Platinum League.
- Player ratings start at 0, rather than 1000.
- No longer displays loading screen odds in placement or practice league matches.
- Matchmaking system logic updated.

- UDP is enabled to help improve game performance.
- Numerous performance and stability improvements.

Balance Changes

PROTOSS
Sentry
- Force Fields can now be destroyed by Massive ground units walking over them.

Void Ray
- Range decreased from 7 to 6.

Warp Gate
- Subgroup selection priority changed from 2 to 3 so that it takes priority over Gateways when selected.

TERRAN
Marine
- Stimpack research cost decreased from 150/150 to 100/100.
- Combat Shield research cost decreased from 150/150 to 100/100.

ZERG
Infestor
- Infested Terran spell removed.
- Frenzy spell added:

- Costs 25 energy.
- Targets a single biological unit which deals 25% more damage and is immune to snare, stuns, and mind control for 30 seconds.


Overseer
- Contaminate spell added:

- Costs 75 energy.
- Targets a single enemy structure which cannot train units or research upgrades for 30 seconds.

- Infested Terran spell added:

- Costs 125 energy.
- Infested Terrans have the same stats as those previously created by the Infestor and are placed directly under the Overseer when spawned.


Ultralisk
- Life decreased from 600 to 450.
- Damage changed from 25 to 15 (+25 Armored).
- Damage versus structures increased from 60 to 75.

Hotkey Changes (English Only):
- Zerg Set Worker Rally Point changed from R to G.
-Zerg Spore Crawler changed from W to A to avoid conflict with the Select All Warp Gates hotkey.

Battle.net Interface
- Revamped summary pages for player Profiles and Leagues & Ladders.
- Added a Help system with tech trees and other tips and tricks.
- Removed identifier from the character naming process and added the ability to refer friends for invitation into your party or lobby.
- Updated the Battle.net user interface to consistently use a nested menu system.
- Updated audio and text pass for the Battle.net user interface.
- Added in-game blocking and player muting.

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Starcraft II Patch 14 (version 0.16.0.15580)

Balance Changes

PROTOSS
Archon
- Build time decreased from 17 to 12.

TERRAN
Viking
- Ground damage decreased from 14 to 12.

ZERG
Corruptor
- Corruption energy cost decreased from 100 to 75.

Infestor
- Burrowed move speed increased from 1 to 2.
- Peristalsis upgrade removed.

Overlord/Overseer
- Pneumatized Carapace cost increased from 50/50 to 100/100.

Overseer
- Infested Terran energy cost decreased from 125 to 100.

Roach
- Organic Carapace upgrade removed.
- Tunneling Claws now also increases burrowed regeneration rate from 5 to 10.

Ultralisk
- Anabolic Synthesis upgrade removed.
- Health increased from 450 to 500.
- Speed increased from 2.25 to 2.9531.

Bug Fixes
- Map Publishing: the default Battle.net host now points to the correct server.
- Time Expiration notices that were added for testing of the Guest Pass functionality have been removed.
- Fixed a crash when trying to open an old replay by double-clicking it in Explorer.
- Fixed a bug where Ultralisk splash damage was not being properly reduced against armored units.