StarCraft II/Patch 4.8.4

Patch 4.8.4
StarCraft II “Free To Play”
Release date	April 9, 2019 (2019-04-09)
Version	4.8.4
Initial build	73286
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StarCraft II patch 4.8.4 is the fourth minor patch since patch 4.8.0.

General

• Swann: Machined Bundle is going to be available as a part of Twitch Prime offer starting April 11. Stay tuned for more details.
  • Swann Co-op Commander
  • Swann Announcer
  • "Live Now" Terran Banner
  • "Live Now" Spray and Emoticon Pack
• A new Mr. Sheng Announcer is now available.
• 5 new Feats of Strength are added with loading screen race banner rewards for completing all Campaign and Mission Pack achievements.
  • Give Me Liberty: Complete all the Liberty Campaign achievements.
  • Swarming the Castle: Complete all the Swarm Campaign achievements.
  • Fill the Void: Complete all the Void Campaign achievements.
  • Remember, November: Complete all the Mission Pack achievements.
  • Visit the Koprulu Sector, They Said: Complete all the Campaign and Mission Pack achievements.

Bug Fixes

Co-op Missions

• Commander
  • General
    • Global reallocation abilities such as Tychus' Medivac Pickup, Nova’s Tactical Airlift, and Alarak's Death Fleet Mass Teleport can no longer be cast on top of each other.
  • Abathur
    • Fixed an issue where Ravager cocoons would not properly clean themselves up after morphing.
  • Alarak
    • The Tal'Darim pre-placement model now properly appears when attempting to place a Robotics Facility on the map.
  • Artanis
    • After the Plasma Surge upgrade, Psionic Storm will now properly restore shields of invulnerable units affected by the Guardian Shell buff.
  • Dehaka
    • Fixed an issue where Primal Mutalisks would not properly play their cocoon animation before being revived.
  • Fenix
    • Fixed a crash when playing as Fenix with the Diffusion mutator.
  • Swann
    • Fixed an issue where Swann's Siege Tanks could not be killed while affected by the Tentacle attack of Chokers on Dead of Night.
  • Tychus
    • Fixed an issue where units mind controlled by Vega could burrow and be removed from the game on Miner Evacuation.
    • Enemy units dominated by Vega while the We Move Unseen mutator is active no longer remain cloaked.
    • Tychus' Kel-Morian Ripper Rounds no longer deals damage to the immune units affected by the Polarity mutator.
    • James "Sirius" Sykes' D99 Detonator upgrade now properly triggers each time he is defeated.
    • Fixed an issue where on-death bonuses such as Artanis' Guardian Shell and Vorazun's Emergency Recall were not triggering properly on Sirius.
  • Zagara
    • Enemy Point Defense Drones no longer intercept the Banelings from Zagara's Baneling Barrage ability.
  • Zeratul
    • Infested Terrans no longer occasionally spawn and attack players before 1-minute mark on Miner Evacuation if Zeratul is in the game.
    • Zeratul's Artifact fragments no longer spawn in areas of the map that players cannot access.

Versus

• Updated tooltip description for Chrono Boost to state the proper percentage of faster operation.

Maps

• King's Cove LE
  • Updated pathing in certain areas to prevent small units from getting stuck.

User Interface

• Zeratul Announcer now properly plays voice-over lines when the user is supply blocked.
• The homescreen and Tychus music no longer overlap when using Tychus as a homescreen background.
• Progress bar for the Mutation Hard achievement now properly displays.

War Chest: Katowice 2019

• Fixed an issue where the Simulant Nydus Network could briefly appear during the Simulant Nydus Worm's death animation.