Worker Start Count
ADJUSTED- > Economy · Worker Start Count: 8 ⇒ 12
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StarCraft II Patch 5.0.17
Released 7 October 2026. 27 changes. Sources: Liquipedia · Blizzard patch notes
// buff/nerf/adjust labels are computed from stat direction (cost/time up = nerf; health/damage/range up = buff; mixed = adjust).
## Economy (all races) (5)
Large Mineral patch
ADJUSTED- > Economy · Default Large Mineral patch resource count: 1,600 ⇒ 1,800
Small Mineral patch
ADJUSTED- > Economy · Default Small Mineral patch resource count: 1,100 ⇒ 900
Vespene Geyser
ADJUSTED- > Economy · Default Vespene Geyser resource count: 2,000 ⇒ 2,250
Total Gas per base
ADJUSTED- > Economy · Total Default Gas per base: 4,000 ⇒ 4,500
## Terran (4)
Command Center
ADJUSTED- > Cost: 300 ⇒ 400
- > Supplies: 13 ⇒ 15
- > Planetary cost: 250/150 ⇒ 150/150
Widow Mine
NERFED- > Attack launch delay: 0.85 seconds ⇒ 1.07 seconds
Reaper
BUFFED- > Build time: 34 seconds ⇒ 32 seconds
Ghost
ADJUSTED- > Health: 100 ⇒ 125
- > Attack damage: 15 ⇒ 10 (+10 vs Light)
- > Attack range: 7 ⇒ 6
- > Movement speed: 3.85 ⇒ 3.94
- > Steady Targeting · Damage: 170 ⇒ 130 (+40 vs Psionic)
- > Steady Targeting · Energy cost: 75 ⇒ 50
- > Steady Targeting · Cancels upon taking damage.
## Protoss (9)
Nexus
BUFFED- > Supplies provided: 13 ⇒ 15
Warpgate / Gateways
ADJUSTED- > Researching Warpgate no longer speeds up production time of units from Gateways.
- > Warp-in Time is determined by "slow power fields".
- > Universal warp-in Time splits: 4 seconds ⇒ 11 seconds in slow zones and 3.6 in fast zones
- > Warpgate cooldown values · Zealot: 22 ⇒ 20
- > Warpgate cooldown values · Adept: 22 ⇒ 20
- > Warpgate cooldown values · Stalker: 22 ⇒ 23
- > Warpgate cooldown values · Sentry: 22 ⇒ 23
- > Warpgate cooldown values · High Templar: 35 ⇒ 32
- > Warpgate cooldown values · Dark Templar: 35 ⇒ 32
- > "Transform to Warpgate" ability now costs 0/(0) down from 25/(25).
Shield Battery
ADJUSTED- > Starting energy when placed near a Nexus will be 100, otherwise 50.
Sentry
NERFED- > Forcefields now only take 1 bile to destroy, down from 2.
Colossus
NERFED- > Colossus damage: 12(+3 vs Light) ⇒ 10(+5 vs Light)
Mothership
ADJUSTED- > Shields: 200 ⇒ 350
- > Life: 400 ⇒ 350
Adept
ADJUSTED- > Adept damage modifier per attack upgrade: 2(+2 vs Light) ⇒ 1(+1 vs Light)
- > Train time: 33 seconds ⇒ 30 seconds
High Templar
BUFFED- > Psi Storm Damage: 100 ⇒ 110
Disruptor
NERFED- > No longer has phantom weapon.
## Zerg (9)
Hatchery, Lair, and Hive
BUFFED- > Supplies: 4 ⇒ 6
- > Cost: 300 ⇒ 275
Creep
BUFFED- > Spread/Recede delay: 0.55 seconds ⇒ 0.45 seconds
Larva
NERFED- > Periodic spawn rate: 9.9 seconds ⇒ 10.7 seconds
Spore Crawler
NERFED- > Damage against Biological: 20 (+15 vs Biological) ⇒ 20 (+10 vs Biological)
Carapace Upgrades
NERFED- > Level 1 cost increased to 150/150 from 100/100.
- > Level 2 cost increased to 200/200 from 150/150.
- > Level 3 cost increased to 250/250 from 200/200.
Infestor
NERFED- > Microbial Shroud range: 12 ⇒ 9
- > Microbial Shroud must be researched from the Infestation Pit.
- > No longer has a weapon.
Viper
NERFED- > Abduct can no longer be cast on Siege Tanks.
Overlord
BUFFED- > Base speed without Pneumatized Carapace: 0.85 seconds ⇒ 0.9 seconds
Mutalisk
ADJUSTED- > Mutalisk Glaive targeting no longer obeys attack priorities.
- > Weapon arc bonus: 180 ⇒ 45