StarCraft II/Patch 4.8.2

Patch 4.8.2
StarCraft II; “Free To Play”
Release date	January 22, 2019;; 5 years ago
Version	4.8.2
Initial build	71663
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StarCraft II patch 4.8.2 is the second minor patch since patch 4.8.0.

General

The first season of 2019 has officially begun!
A new Trophy Top has been added for those that win Tournaments in the new season.
New features have been added to the WCS GameHeart Extension Mod.
- The mod will now automatically prevent skins from being displayed for players.
- Skins will be visible to Observers.

Cyclone
- Mag-field Accelerator research time increased from 79 seconds to 100 seconds.
- Mag-field Accelerator upgrade tooltip updated.
- Lock-On tooltip updated.
Thor
- High Impact Payload weapon range increased from 10 to 11.
Battlecruiser
- Weapon Refit research time increased from 43 seconds to 100 seconds.

Infestor
- Fungal Growth tooltip updated to mention that affected units will not be able to Blink, Tactical Jump, or load into transports or buildings.
Ultralisk
- Anabolic Synthesis upgrade now increases Ultralisk movement speed off creep by 0.82, up from 0.41.
Nydus Network/Nydus Worm
- Nydus Worm health increased from 200 to 300.
- Nydus Worm armor while emerging decreased from 6 to 5.
- Nydus Network and Nydus Worm initial unload delay decreased from 0.36 to 018.
- Nydus Network and Nydus Worm unload period changed from 0.36 to 0.18.
- Nydus Network and Nydus Worm load period changed from 0.18 to 0.09.

Adept
- Gateway build time increased from 27 seconds to 30 seconds. Warp Gate cooldown remains unchanged.
Cybernetics Core
- Warp Gate research time decreased from 114 seconds to 100 seconds.
Stalker
- Blink research cost reduced from 150/150 to 100/100.
Robotics Facility
- Cost decreased from 200/100 to 150/100.
Immortal
- Cost increased from 250/100 to 275/100.
Observer
- Movement speed increased from 2.63 to 3.01.
- Gravitic Boosters upgrade now increases movement speed by 1.51, up from 1.31.
Oracle
- Removed the Light attribute.
- Added the Armored attribute.
Tempest
- Movement speed decreased from 3.5 to 3.15.
- Acceleration decreased from 2.8 to 2.1.

Wings of Liberty: Fixed an issue in the Devil’s Playground mission that allowed enemy creep tumors to spawn on top of each other
Legacy of the Void: Rebuilt enemy Oracles no longer use the default Protoss skin on the Rak’Shir mission .

The Infestor's Fungal Growth tooltip now states that it prevents affected targets from using Blink and Tactical Jump, and loading into transports and buildings.
Battlecruisers will now prioritize static defenses instead of workers.
The Raven's Anti Armor missile button now matches the missile model.
The Templar Archive research animation has been restored. [Fixed in 4.8.1]
Decals will no longer persist on the ground if a Command Center had upgraded to an Orbital Command and lifted off from that location.
The tooltip for the Cyclone’s Lock On after Mag-Field Accelerator has been researched has been edited to be more concise.
Updated the format of the tooltips of Anabolic Synthesis, Muscular Augments, and Adaptive Talon upgrades to be consistent with other movement upgrade tooltips.
Eggs will no longer block the optimal placement of a Hatchery after being destroyed.

Kings Cove LE
- You can now wall-off your natural expansion with three buildings and one pylon as Protoss.
- Fixed a few areas that were not symmetric.
- Mineral nodes have been updated so the nodes closest to a player’s base will have the highest values.
Year Zero LE: Prevented a two-Pylon, one-Photon-Cannon wall-in strategy in the starting bases.
Cyber Forest LE: Corrected the location of base placement markers at certain bases.
Ship Wrecked LE: Replaced missing water at certain locations on the map.
Rosebud LE
- Fixed small visual distortions that would occur on certain doodads when rotating or zooming-in with the camera.
- Fixed several areas where certain doodads were clipping through the edge of the starting base.
- Replaced the blue Compound Mansion Carpets to red to prevent it from hiding faction emblem and selection circles.
- Restored ambient sounds throughout the map.
Efflorescence LE
- The starting base buildings in the southwest will no longer appear to be floating slightly above the ground.
- Reduced the light reflection effect of water at certain angles.

Fixed the text for feardragon’s portrait.
Fixed an issue that caused certain voice lines to not play for Zeratul, Han and Horner, Day[9], iNcontroL, SCBoy, Park, and Nathanias.