Patch 1.22

• Overview
• Patches 1.01‑1.07
• Patch 1.08
• Patches 1.09‑1.15
• Patch 1.16
• Patch 1.18
• Patch 1.19
• Patch 1.20
• Patch 1.21
• Patch 1.22
• Patch 1.23

Patch 1.22

Patch 1.22.4

Release: 2019-05-02

Features & Improvements

• Four new purchasable announcers have been added, featuring some of the most legendary commentators in StarCraft’s history.
  • Announcer: Um
  • Announcer: Jeon
  • Announcer: Kim
  • Announcer: Um-Jeon-Kim
  • Purchase all three individual announcers or the Voices of Legend Bundle to unlock the Um-Jeon-Kim announcer trio!
• Collections are now accessible via the main menu for items that are not character specific.
• Ranked MMR is now visible for both players before entering a ranked game.
• In case you’ve missed what race your opponent was after queuing up for ranked and getting into game, you can now open the diplomacy UI and find out their race. Note ** Random players will show up as “?”
• Added a “Watch Replay” button option to the post ranked game UI.
• Players you’ve recently played with will now appear on your “Add Friend” menu popup via Battle.net chat.

Other

• Refactor of our Cloud saving code, as previously released on PTR.
• Resizing or altering the window state will no longer cause performance issues in game.
• “Key Scroll Speed” and “Mouse Scroll Speed” now have a universal value for both single and multiplayer.

Patch 1.22.3

Release: 2019-01-31

Features & Improvements

• New Zerg themed ranked play rewards. S,A,B,U rank portraits and frames.

• Map pool update:
  • (2) Cross Game 1.06 (updated ver.1.08 on 2019-02-05)
  • (2) Overwatch 2.2
  • (3) Medusa 2.2
  • (4) Circuit Breakers 1.0
  • (4) Fighting Spirit 1.3
  • (4) Ground_Zero 2.0
  • (4) Colosseum 2.0

• Ranks:
  • S Rank – Top 1% of players
  • A Rank – 7%
  • B Rank – 21%
  • C Rank – 21%
  • D Rank – 21%
  • E Rank – 21%
  • F Rank – 8%
• (Note: For the first two weeks ranks will be MMR bucketed based on last season's data. After which we will switch to the percentage-based breakdown above.)

Other

• Overhauled replay information screen and replay file name format
• Friends presence notifications can now be toggled on and off with the chat commands /f on and /f off
• /dnd will also ignore presence notifications from friends. Additionally, when /dnd is now toggled feedback will be provided as to whether it’s on or off
• Added /f o as an alias for /f lo
• Re-enabled disconnect stats

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug introduced in last patch which caused replays to go out of sync when any player left the game.
  Note * existing replays created under that patch will not be repaired – they will remain broken

Patch 1.22.2

Release: 2018-12-12

Features & Improvements

• Added code to penalize ladder game dodging
• Players will now receive a sound alert when someone joins a game lobby
• EUD: Added support for euddraft’s Unlimiter plugin

Bug Fixes

• Fix for IGR leaderboard dropdown in an IGR environment
• Fix for HD Jungle ramps
• Fixed instances where game settings were not being saved properly to the cloud (Thanks to the forum member "Pete" for helping us debug this)
• Fix for /stats on invalid users
• Fix for sending friend requests in LAN game lobbies
• The BlizzCon 18 console will no longer leave graphical artifacts on screen after switching to a new console option
• Multiplayer profiles will now default to whichever character was previously played

Patch 1.22.1

Release: 2018-10-2

Features & Improvements

• New Protoss themed ranked play rewards.
  • S,A,B,U rank portraits and frames.
• Map pool update:
  • (2) Benzene 1.1
  • (2) Heart Break Ridge 2.1
  • (3) Aztec 2.1
  • (4) Circuit Breakers 1.0
  • (4) Fighting Spirit 1.3
  • (4) In the Way of an Eddy 1.05
  • (4) Roadkill 1.13
• Updated our placement algorithm to apply greater emphasis on previous season statistics.
• Ranks
  • S Rank – Top 1% of players
  • A Rank – 7%
  • B Rank – 21%
  • C Rank – 21%
  • D Rank – 21%
  • E Rank – 21%
  • F Rank – 8%

Patch 1.22.0

Release: 2018-07-24

Features & Improvements

New Ladder

• For a more in-depth ladder overview please visit
• Season 1 is now live!
  • Players will begin the new Season unranked. After 5 placement matches, they'll be placed into a league.
  • Frontier League data will help determine pre-placement MMR.
• We've implemented a new rank-based League System familiar to long time veterans of Brood War.
  • S - Top 1% of players
  • A - 7%
  • B - 21%
  • C - 21%
  • D - 21%
  • E - 21%
  • F - 8%
• MMR decay has been added to S Rank.
• New Rewards for Season 1
  • Anyone who logs in during Season 1 will receive an exclusive portrait.
  • After being placed into a league, players will unlock a corresponding colored portrait border.
    • Player can toggle the border on and off in the Collections tab.
  • Players who reach the S, A, or B leagues will earn unique portraits.
    • S league players will receive an animated portrait.
• New Seasons UI
  • Easily identify your performance metrics in current and past seasons.
  • View your wins and match history.
  • View global winrates by race for each map in the ladder map pool.
• Updated competitive Map Pool
  • (2) Blue Storm 1.2
  • (2) Heartbreak Ridge 2.1
  • (2) Polaris Rhapsody 1.0
  • (2) Aztec 2.1
  • (2) Roadkill 1.13
  • (2) Circuit Breakers 1.0
  • (2) Fighting Spirit 1.3

Ramps

• New ramps for the Editor!
  • 18 new ramps in 8 different directions
  • The width of each of the new ramps can be extended to the mapmakers liking.
  • 1-4 ramps per tileset: Ash, Badlands, Jungle, Desert, Ice, Twilight, Installation and Space Platform.
  • Ramps are also compatible with SCMDraft 2.

Collections

• Updated Collections UI
  • Show off your ladder status by displaying your league colors!
    • (S) Gold
    • (A) Red
    • (B) Purple
    • (C) Blue
    • (D) Turquoise
    • (E) Green
    • (F) White
  • Easily equip console & building skins and toggle portrait borders.

Bug Fixes

• Dynamic turn rate will stabilize before allowing network latency changes.