[mGGDrGooSe]

Wanted to get rid of the lurker banner I guess. Also, didn't see this anywhere yet. Early game hallbat nerfs and banshee buffs. A big banshee buff at that but might serve to make mech an option in TvZ again.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/9423503358#1

1. Hellbat drops are mainly an issue for TvT.

2. Terran isn't over performing so while nerfing Hellbats, we’d like to simultaneously push a buff to the Banshee.

3. We think seeing less Hellbat play in the early mid game is not a bad thing, as other Terran harass options are a lot more interesting to watch.

4. This change will also address any other lingering concerns we may have with Hellbats outside of TvT when it comes to early mid game.

So overall, we believe the changes we've been testing in the balance test map are solid for Hellbats:
Attack damage decreased from 18 +12 vs. light to 18.The Infernal Pre-Igniter upgrade increases attack damage from 18 to 18 +12 vs. light.

Banshee changes on the other hand, we're planning on going ahead with just the cost reduction change only:
Cloaking Field research cost decreased from 200/200 to 100/100

[eMp.distyL]

ZvT is going to be fun now!

[TABjornbrandr]

I think the important thing to note is ******* BLUE FLAME HELLIONS

[FaDeBadger]

Should make TvT more interesting at least.

[Zanderax]

Finally more Banshee play! That unit is a gimmicky as hell.

[Lokth]

As a protoss I welcome these changes

[VB_bayak]

I feel nothing but joy as a protoss

[water666]

as protoss you should feel nothing but fear, banshee is back baby! xD

Quick Comments

ToRPandarine:

11/10 wld go out on a date with a banshee pilot <3 _ <3

[eCKoa`ProzeR]

Protoss are so happy..... ..... ..... ..... .... great banshees...

[zealous]

wow early banshee me like

[1409981553]

If I am not mistaken, if you are to go straight tech into banshees w/ cloak now you can follow directly into an expo due to the 100 mineral reduction which will be nice. Meaning that, there could be some hyper aggressive plays coming out of this which will be awesome!

[ETL.Santi]

Banshee buff is retarded.

[ZizLah]

I wonder how this will effect my BC opening ~

[autopsipath]

i used to get one base cloaked banshee'd alot when i first started playing WOL, sounds like its gonna start happening again, i been really sucky verse terran in HOTS so far so i'm all for a bit of change in this department, see how it goes

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by iM Light

I hope terrans mass banshee, do et. Just make one actually, dats already good for us.

Why are protoss players in here whining about banshees? You have nexus cannon as yet another tool to shut them down now...

[DarthBruton]

Nice to know I will have to wait later for hellbat drops, but so many early banshee plays to watch out for now so I need spore crawlers so much earlier now

[stephen]

hellbat's are more annoying then banshee's. and banshee's can't get healed by medivacs so it's all good (just make it so hellbats get blue flames or even better green flames when they have the upgrade)

[AssyrianKing]

Banshees are cooler anyway