Patch 1.3.3 Now Live

Patch 1.3.3 Now Live

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty patch 1.3.3 is now live! This small patch features several adjustments to race balance and bug fixes. Be sure to check out the full patch notes below to learn all about the latest changes.

 

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Table of Contents

 

General

  • The default hotkey to toggle in-game music on/off has been reverted to its hotkey prior to Patch 1.3.0. The hotkey to display APM in the observer stat panel has been changed as a result.

 

Balance

  • PROTOSS
    • Archon
      • Now a massive unit.
      • Range increased from 2 to 3.
    • Cybernetics Core
      • Research Warp Gate time increased from 140 to 160.
    • Gateway
      • Sentry train time decreased from 42 to 37.
      • Warp Gate unit train times remain unchanged.
    • Pylon power radius has been decreased from 7.5 to 6.5.
       
  • TERRAN
    • Bunker
      • Salvage resource return reduced from 100% to 75%.
    • Ghost
      • Cost changed from 150/150 to 200/100.
    • Thor
    • Thor now has 200 max energy, and starts with 50 energy.
    • 250mm Strike Cannons now cost 150 energy to use (cooldown removed).
       
  • ZERG
    • Infestor
      • Speed decreased from 2.5 to 2.25.
    • Spore Crawler
      • Root time decreased from 12 to 6.

 

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Ghosts could not quickly EMP the same location.
  • Fixed an issue that allowed players to stack air units when issuing a queued stop command before the units reached the end of their patrol point.
  • Fixed an issue where unplugging your USB headset while another player was talking to you could cause a crash.
  • Fixed an issue where the APM statistic could be artificially increased.
  • Fixed an issue where 3D unit portraits were not animating smoothly at slow game speeds.
  • Fixed an issue where, when viewing a replay, no text message was displayed when a player left a game.
  • The Taiwanese hotkey to display/hide the game UI while in Observer mode now works correctly.

 

If you are experiencing technical problems with the patching process, connecting to Battle.net after installing the patch, or errors while playing a newly patched game, please contact our Technical Support department.  You can find their contact information here: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/35092

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Guru #979
Guru
3/29/2012
Warp gate nerf=ouch. And seriously who plays archon in SC2?
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Dominic #599
Dominic
9/29/2011
I have a toshiba p750 04x and constant freeze and it works better on a cheaper comper when this should be better really weird
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ozoboy #623
ozoboy
6/10/2011
can i dl this online? like off the game's engine? cause i had trouble getting it installed and now i have trouble patching it because the patch finishes and starts dling again and again till it freezes my computer up. >.> just wish i could play this effing game already! and before the expansion comes out!
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Kai #1578
Kai
6/13/2011
@asstits: The game has to download every single patch (it shouldn't be a problem if your game is up to date, only way I see it being a problem is like 5 years from now when they have like 100 patches, and you have to leave your computer running for like an entire day to install them all. Hopefully soon blizzard will probably fix it for HoTS where the game updates everything all at once.
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EGldra #479
EGldra
5/28/2011
mines 1.0.0 and i finished downloading and its keep updating after it reaches 100% the play pops up and then cancels and updates again WTF?
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BRIAN #2899
BRIAN
5/26/2011
love this game
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EightBit #442
EightBit
5/26/2011
i guess i installed the patch but when i go to log on my NA account a notification come up and says there is a new patch available your sc2will now close and download it. all it does is close SC2.
i have 2 accounts one on NA and one on EU and the Eu one works fine... But not the NA... any help????
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Lezil #276
Lezil
5/26/2011
@WakTurtle: gotta update em both brah
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Shooter #481
Shooter
5/25/2011
now my computer gust freezes
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Shooter #481
Shooter
5/25/2011
my star craft 2 wont open
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GWMachine #289
GWMachine
5/25/2011
what is going on !
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GWMachine #289
GWMachine
5/25/2011
i cant get the new patch
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Treduse #965
Treduse
5/24/2011
i was at a friends house when he got the new patch, and the patch said it was 1.3.4 ...i dunno what the hell is going on right now
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WongTzeYeung #800
WongTzeYeung
5/24/2011
Somebody please post a link to manually download patch.
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macprotoss #749
macprotoss
5/24/2011
why is it updating so long?
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aznobama #217
aznobama
5/24/2011
wtf battle net down rite now?
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Treduse #965
Treduse
5/24/2011
how can i find a manual link to download patch?
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I cant get online???? Is Battlenet server down????
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ZergEnforce #527
ZergEnforce
5/24/2011
why i cant go into the server?????? It's always said that the client service is not available????
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FxMastaQc #729
FxMastaQc
5/22/2011
ArchoN!! not get lifted by phoenix ! finally its was annoyin !! and we gonna need build more pylon ! close to each other !! Thanks blizz for reducing cost ghost by 50 gas but 200 minerals with that i can upgrade cloack faster !
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Killionaire #818
Killionaire
5/21/2011
IMBA!! lol.
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Wrinklenator #953
Wrinklenator
5/19/2011
Aw man, the mothership got nerfed again.
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ilFx #929
ilFx
5/18/2011
bunker nerf is insignificant at best. seeing a lot of 4 gate expos, which turns out to be even better than all in 4gate-wow who would have known-...
infestor speed was not really the issue, ok it was 1 of the infestors many issues (troll face on) but i think fungal growth range needs to be reduced...... and make ghosts fly, then it will be balanced --.--
so basically to sum up my thoughts, zerg is still greasy, they shady protoss race got alittle less shady but they are still 2 base 7 2/2 collosie ez mode so we, and terran is still were the parties at, you know all the girls say the terrans have the biggest junk right ? just saying....
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eddiek #590
eddiek
5/17/2011
If something is truly nerfed up people will all avoid the race that was over weakened and get the race that was over strengthened over time so it will have to be corrected.
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FinalBoss #433
FinalBoss
5/16/2011
Hey, what exactly does nerf mean?
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Acidicore #507
Acidicore
5/17/2011
@FinalBoss: Dampening of something, usually making something strong, weaker, and majority of the time used by players to say that the game developer makes something they see as weaker that doesn't deserve it and hampers their game play for it.
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Kismet #160
Kismet
5/18/2011
@FinalBoss: Ever played with nerf guns? Regardless, it just means there was an update that made something weaker.
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CableSC #844
CableSC
5/15/2011
What about the stealth nerf to raven PDD? It used to shoot down Broodlings from Broodlord, but after multiple confirmed tests by myself and TL community, it no longer does. Was this intended or accidental code change? Either way, Blizzard, you need to encourage creative play, not cut it out. What other stealth changes happened that were not listed here?
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risto #253
risto
5/15/2011
@iRguy: Must have been a bug. After all, a broodling isn't exactly a projectile, it's a special unit.
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PushDeeper #364
PushDeeper
5/14/2011
Glad Bunker got nerfed, and Happy Root time is decreased too, !#*# took way to damn long.
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Funkmasta #441
Funkmasta
5/14/2011
Thor was such a hit at the box office that they had to nerf him.
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Funkmasta #441
Funkmasta
5/14/2011
I think the patch is designed more to encourage unit variety, especially in team games, than to change the race balance. In lower level team, mass Thor is very powerful, and this patch will nerf that. The bunker salvage cost will decrease bunker mobility, which will make them less effective at ground control relative to the siege tank. I don't like the bunker nerf because I prefer bunkers to siege tanks for this purpose, but this is a personal preference and I realize that most people prefer tanks. The computer player is supposed to represent Blizzard's conception of how Starcraft is supposed to be played, hence the ghost buff and historically high use of ghosts in TvT by the computer. Combined, the bunker and warp gate nerfs will make low-tech Terran bio and Protoss warp gate play less effective, forcing players to use the higher tech tiers. What this means to my Terran play is earlier transition from infantry to siege tanks and air.
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azzkicker #642
azzkicker
5/13/2011
it seems the install is stuck in a continous loop.....
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Fumpy #781
Fumpy
5/16/2011
@azzkicker: SAME!!! idk what to do, cause I haven't played in like four months but a lot of people seem to be getting back into the game, BLIZZ PLZ HELP ME!!!!!
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TheKnave #600
TheKnave
5/13/2011
It won’t fully load. >:(
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now i gotta swtich race.... protoss just gets pwn by everything.. no fair
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paradox #340
paradox
5/13/2011
@DeX: life is just hard for protoss players isn't it
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Winterfell #384
Winterfell
5/17/2011
@paradox: not THAT hard, the archon buff is sweet! HT's are still my fav unit and now they can transform into an even better ass kicking machine!
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FxMastaQc #729
FxMastaQc
5/13/2011
I like the fact ghost cost 100 gas now , it was too expensive 150 !!!I'am glad they fix that even if i don't use them a lot anyways also the archon can no more get lift by phoenix because it's massive unit now . The only thing i don't like it's that the khydarian amulet gonna miss me we have to w8 to charge energy before attack!!! ABOUT WARP GATE KEEP CHRONO BOOST SO YOU NOT GONNA REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE 20 sec not that bad ! ;)PEACE
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Harbinger #270
Harbinger
5/12/2011
hey guys my khydarian amulet..... guys?