Warcraft Rumble/Hotfixes

This article contains information related to Warcraft Rumble, which is considered non-canon.

Summary info on the Warcraft Rumble hotfixes. Additional info: For information on specific patches, please see Patches. For info on known bugs and other issues which may be fixed in the upcoming patch see the Known issues page. For official Blizzard descriptions of types of patches, see Patch § Types of patches. For articles related to patches, see Patches category. Unless stated otherwise, all official announcements of hotfixes can be found in a Hotfixes blog post - the link for which is found at the top of every month's hotfixes.

May 2024

May 24

Hotfixes: May 3

Spells

• We've reduced the damage that spells deal to Barracks by 50%. This change will not affect bosses, towers or chests.
  • We've adjusted the in game tooltip to reflect this change.

April 2024

April 24

Hotfixes: April 24

Player versus Player

• Fixed an issue that would cause Cairne Bloodhoof to continuously resurrect when using the Reincarnation talent.
• Dragon Tower’s AOE should no longer unstealth Minis when attacking a nearby Mini.
• Rocket Towers should no longer ignore Bubbles such as Murloc Tidehunters’ Safety Bubble.

Faerie Dragon

• Faerie Dragon’s Phase Shift talent cooldown has been increased. This should allow her to deal damage to ranged enemies before using Phase Shift.

Darkmoon Faire

• Fixed an issue that would cause Darkmoon Faire Chaos Chests to sometimes spawn too many chickens. This would impact device performance, causing it to slow or lag.

March 2024

March 28

Hotfixes: March 28

User Interface

• Fixed an issue where players were unable to claim Tomes.
• Fixed an issue that caused the displayed army level to not include bonus levels from army upgrade slots.

PvP

• Goblin Sappers will no longer benifit from the First Strike modifier.

Additional Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Witch Doctor's Spirit Ward VFX to be displayed above bridges.
• Additional visual and VFX fixes.

March 21

Hotfixes: March 21

PvP

• The First Strike modifier should no longer cause Spells to deal double damage, as intended.
• We've updated the description of First Strike to reflect this change.

The Gadgetzan map is now back in rotation!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Minis couldn't be deployed near captured meeting stones in matches with the Stonebind modifier.
• Fixed an issue where Whelp Eggs would not take damage from Dragon Towers after hatching in PvP.
• Fixed an issue that would cause lower-ranked Leaders to offer crests, instead of the highest ranked Leader.
• Fixed an issue causing the edit button to not function as intended on the Dungeon Leader and PvP army pop up.

March 13

Hotfixes: March 13

Optimizations

• Addressed an issue that would cause the game to crash on Snapdragon 8, Gen 3 devices.
• Load time optimizations.

January 2024

January 31

Hotfixes: January 31

PvP

• Rocket Tower
  • Rocket Tower's damage is now Siege damage.

• Treasure Chests
  • Inactive Chests should no longer be attackable with Spells during the beginning of a match, as intended.

Leaders

• Emperor Thaurissan
  • Thaurissan should now properly display the Tank trait, as intended.

Troops

• Chimaera
  • Health has been increased to 460, from 450.

• S.A.F.E. Pilot
  • Initial crash explosion damage has been reduced to 220, from 250.

Talents

• Quilboar: Bristleback
  • A 0.5 second delay has been added between procs on the same target.

• S.A.F.E. Pilot: Cloaking Device
  • Ambush has been removed. There will no longer be a damage multiplier when attacking from stealth.

• S.A.F.E. Pilot: Comin' In Hot
  • Now also reduces initial crash damage by 33%, from 220 to 145.