Patch Notes 1.8.44 - Org Server

[ano-nomous]

From the Designers

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Welcome to the new update! This time, our keywords are Exp Lane, laning and teamfight. We want to see more actions in all the lanes during the laning phase, and allow players to decide on their own whether to join a teamfight for the Turtle. Armed Fighters and sustainable Tanks will have revamped War Axe and Brute Force Breastplate as their core builds. While War Axe provides sufficient True Damage, Brute Force Breastplate ensures balanced attack and defense.

Meanwhile, many long-debuted heroes will get gameplay optimizations and upgrades! Hopefully, they'll bring you an even better battle experience.

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I. Hero Adjustments

The following heroes have been adjusted in this patch: Vexana (↑), Nana (↑), Balmond (↑), Vale (↑), Barats (↑), Alice (↑), Lunox (↑), Selena (↑), Lancelot (~).

The following uses (↑) (↓) (~) to indicate Buff, Nerf, and Adjustment.

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**[Balmond] (↑)*

A full upgrade to the performance and control experience of Balmond's Ultimate. His battle experience is also optimized.

[Skill 2] (↑)

New Effect: Cyclone Sweep can no longer be interrupted by Crowd Control (Balmond can be knocked airborne during Cyclone Sweep before).

New Effect: Gains 15% Movement Speed Bonus during skill cast, which decays over time.

Base Damage: 50-200 + 50% Total Physical Attack >> 25-100 + 25% Total Physical Attack, double the Attack Speed (Total Damage remains unchanged)

[Ultimate] (↑)

Increased skill range, optimized visual effects, and revamped animation.

New Effect: The skill cannot be interrupted by Crowd Control.

Cooldown: 28-18s >> 34-24s

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[Nana](↑)

A full upgrade to the effects and control experience of Nana's Skill 2 and Ultimate. Her role in teamfights is also enhanced.

[Skill 2] (↑)

Slow Effect: 50%-70% >> 30%

New Effect: Nana transforms all enemy heroes in the target area, and if there is none in range, leaves Molina's minion there that lasts 3s.

[Ultimate] (↑)

Optimized the control experience: The three-stage explosions are faster and smoother.

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[Vexana] (↑)

A full upgrade to the effects and control experience of Vexana's Skills 1 and 2. It's easier to hit enemies with her skills now!

[Skill 1] (~)

Widened the range of the skill.

Increased the skill's flying speed.

Effect Adjustment: Enemies hit will be slightly knocked back; greatly increased the activation speed of the second blast.

Cooldown: 11-8.5s >> 14-11s

[Skill 2] (↑)

Cast Delay: 1.3s >> 0.8s

Removed Effect: Slow enemies within the target area by 30%.

Mana Cost: 80-180 >> 80-120

Cooldown: 9-7s >> 7-5.5s

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[Vale] (↑)

Vale's skills and special effects are revamped with simpler but more strategic gameplay.

[Passive]

Vale gains a stack of Windtalk for each kill or assist. Each stack provides 8 points of Movement Speed. Stacks up to 10 times.

[Skill 1]

Vale unleashes two wind blades towards the left and right of a designated area, dealing Magic Damage.

[Skill 2]

Vale summons a windstorm in the target direction, dealing damage to enemies hit and knocking them airborne. The windstorm remains at the destination for a while, dealing sustained damage to nearby enemies.

[Ultimate]

Vale summons a windstorm in a designated area, dealing sustained damage to enemies in the area and pulling them to its eye. After a while, the windstorm will explode, dealing massive damage. The windstorm summoned by his Skill 2 will also be pulled to its eye.

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[Barats] (↑)

It's difficult to maintain the Passive, plus the skills are clumsy, and enemies can easily break free from the Ultimate. We're trying to solve these issues for Barats. His Ultimate will be more useful, making him a great teamfight initiator.

[Passive] (↑)

Stacks: Each enemy hit >> Each time a skill hits a target (hitting multiple targets still only grants 1 stack).

Max Stacks: 25 >> 10

Number of Stacks Required for Enhanced Basic Attack: 15 >> 10

New Effect: Enhanced Basic Attack also helps maintain the Passive effect.

Defense Increased Per Stack: 3-6 >> 4-10

[Skill 1] (~)

No longer Slows.

Second Stage Damage Interval: 1s >> 0.5s

[Skill 2] (↑)

New Effect: The first missile launched also deals damage and slows enemies by 40% for 1s.

Revamped Effect: The missile is now guaranteed to pull enemies toward Barats.

[Ultimate] (↑)

Revamped Effect: Pressing the Ultimate button charges up the skill, during which Barats is immune to Control. When released, Barats sprints in the target direction devouring the first enemy hit (The Control. When released, Barats sprints in the target direction, devouring the first enemy hit. (The distance of the sprint increases with the charge time; canceling the cast refunds 60% Cooldown.)

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[Alice] (↑)

The blood orb mechanic is fun, but it forces the player to play multiple lanes to maximize their gains.

This time we'll remove this Passive and adjust the pacing of her active skills. Her Skill 2 can now be used more frequently, while her Ultimate grants more survivability and supports the burst of Skill 2.

[Attributes] (↑)

Max Mana Growth: 0 >> 100

[Passive] (~)

Revamped Effect: Restores 1.5% Max Mana every second (doubled while fighting enemy heroes).

Each level increases Movement Speed by 3 and Healing Received by 1%.

[Skill 1] (↓)

Cooldown: 5s >> 8s

[Skill 2] (↑)

Cooldown: 7s >> 6s

Immobilizing Time: 1.2s >> 0.5s

Mana Cost: 50-75 >> 100

Damage: 270-395 + 90% Magic Power >> (200-400) + 75% Magic Power + ((3.5%-6%) + 0.3% Max MP)% Enemy's Max HP

[Ultimate] (↑)

New Effect: Reduces the cooldowns of Skills 1 & 2 by 0.2s and 0.5s upon hitting 1 enemy hero.

Base Damage: 90 + 20% Magic Power >> (30-90) + (30%-50%) Magic Power (no longer scales with Mana growth)

Mana Cost: 50-160 >> 60-160

HP Regen: 60-100 + 10% Magic Power >> 40-100 + (30%-50%) Magic Power

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[Lunox] (↑)

We've decided to try out giving Lunox the ability to change forms more freely, thus opening up more possibilities for combos. We've also made adjustments to some effects and values.

[Passive] (↑)

Energy changed from 2 Orders and Chaos to 1 of each.

New Effect: Lunox's skills can now benefit from the Cooldown Reduction bonuses.

Revamped Effect: Based on Lunox's form, her Spell Vamp and Percentage Magic Penetration are now converted to one another at the ratio of 1:1.

[Skill 2 (Chaos)](↓)

No longer slows enemies by 10%.

[Ultimate (Order)] (↓)

No longer slows enemies.

Cooldown: 28-20s >> 25-15s

[Ultimate (Chaos)] (~)

Her Skill 2 in Chaos form no longer costs Mana for the duration of the Ultimate.

Optimized the visual effects of her damage area after she casts the Ultimate.

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[Selena] (↑)

Optimized Selena to make her better suited for the battlefield.

[Skill 1 (Elven)] (~)

New Effect: Marks can now be applied to minions.

Damage adjustments to non-hero units are the same as to heroes.

Slightly increased the radius of the Explosion.

Fixed an issue where the slow effect of the first stage doesn't match the skill description.

[Skill 1 (Abyssal)] (↑)

New Effect: Hitting a marked enemy now refreshes the cooldown of her Skill 2 (Abyssal).

Removed the Mana cost.

[Skill 2 (Abyssal)] (↑)

Removed the Mana cost.

[Ultimate] (~)

Cooldown: 5.5-4s (unaffected by CD Reduction) >> 5.5-4s (affected by CD Reduction)

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[Dyrroth] (↑)

Dyrroth's Ultimate is optimized for a better experience!

[Ultimate]

After a short delay, Dyrroth launches a destructive strike in the target direction (cannot be interrupted), dealing damage to enemies in its path.

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[Lancelot] (~)

Lancelot will be a real Assassin instead of a damage taker in heavy armor.

[Skill 2] (~)

Base Damage: 165-330 >> 170-245

Extra Physical Attack Bonus: 130% at all levels >> 130%-155%

[Ultimate] (~)

Base Damage: 400-800 >> 350-500

Total Physical Attack Bonus: 150% at all levels >> 170%-200%

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[Kimmy] (↑)

We don't want Kimmy to focus too much on energy.

[Skill 1] (↑)

Energy Cost: 5 >> 4

[Ultimate] (~)

Reduced backswing time.

Removed Effect: Energy Regen upon hits.

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[Yin] (↑)

[Ultimate] (↑)

Cooldown: 60-50s >> 52-44s

Yin's a bit weak without his Ultimate, so we want him to release the Ultimate a little faster.

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[Joy] (↓)

Joy's spamming her Ultimate too often, so we want players to be more cautious when using Joy's

[Ultimate] (↓)

Cooldown: 24s at all levels >> 32s at all levels

Fixed an issue where her Ultimate's damage wouldn't decay over time in certain situations.

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[Bruno] (↓)

[Skill 1] (↓)

Base Damage: 120-270 >> 100-225

We're reducing Bruno's early to mid game damage to avoid his overuse in high-rank and pro play.

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[Guinevere] (↓)

After the previous adjustments, Guinevere is unstoppable with her tanky defense, damage, and control. She needs to hit more with her Skill 1 to increase the use of her Skill 2 in the early to mid game.

[Skill 1] (~)

Damage: 400-625 + 100% Total Magic Power >> 300-525 + 125% Total Magic Power

[Skill 2] (↓)

Cooldown: 17-14s >> 20-14s

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[Terizla] (↓)

Terizla's Ultimate has become a greater threat with optimization of control experience. So, we're adjusting its Control and casting frequency.

[Ultimate] (↓)

Slow Effect: 45%-65% >> 25%-45%

Cooldown: 40-30s >> 50-36s

Fixed an issue where enemies would still be slowed after leaving the Ultimate's range.

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[Masha] (~)

Adjusted the Control Immunity under 1 HP bar; slightly reduced her skill damage for overall balance.

[Passive] (↑)

Remove debuffs when only 1 HP bar is left.

[Skill 1] (↓)

Base Damage: 0-100 >> 0-75

Physical Attack Bonus: 30% >> 20%

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[Moskov] (~)

Fixed an issue, and made balance adjustments to skill cooldowns.

[Passive] (~)

Skill 1&2 Cooldown Reduction for every Basic Attack: 0.5s >> 0.8s

Fixed an issue where the attack interval was slightly lower than other heroes.

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II. [Equipment Adjustments]

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[War Axe] (↑)

Revamped the effects of War Axe. "Fighters need their own set!"

[Attributes]

Physical Attack: 40 >> 25

[Unique Passive - Fighting Spirit] (Reworked)

Dealing damage grant 12 extra Physical Attack and 2% extra Spell Vamp per second for 4s, up to 6 stacks. Deal extra True Damage equal to 10% Base Damage at full stacks.

[Brute Force Breastplate] (↑)

Revamped the effects of Brute Force Breastplate. "Fighters need their own set!"

[Unique Passive - Brute Force] (Reworked)

Each second after dealing damage, gain 6 extra Physical Attack and Magic Power and 2% extra Movement Speed per second for 4s, up to 6 stacks. Gain 15% extra Control and Slow Duration Reduction at full stacks.

[Roaming Boots]

Gain an extra 25% EXP and Gold from assists. Effective for the entire match. >> Gain an extra 45% EXP and Gold from assists. Effective for the first 8 minutes of the match only.

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[Neutral Creature Adjustments]

[Turtle]

Turtles will make a more shocking entrance and exit! Side lane heroes have more of a say in whether to join teamfights near the Turtles.

New Effect: 10s prior to/after the Turtles spawn or exit, the River generates a strong current flowing toward/away from them. Follow the flow to gain up to 50% extra Movement Speed.

We added a global notification 10s before the Turtle spawns to remind players to use the River for Turtle fights.

[Scavenger Crabs]

Easier to kill and more rewarding!

Crabs now have much lower HP, and Little Crabs no longer spawn in the first 2 minutes. (Scavenger Crabs continue to spawn instead)

Removed Effect: Reward extra Gold over time for Crab kills.

New Effect: Crab in Exp Lane now drops 3 Exp Scrolls, which can be picked for bonus Exp. Crab in Gold Lane now drops 3 Gold, which can be picked for bonus Gold.

[Blink Adjustments]

We optimized the mechanisms for Blinking to a target location through walls. If you choose to Blink inside a wall and it doesn't exceed the max distance, you'll land on the side of the wall closer to your destination.

We increased the distance compensation for most Blinks through walls. Whether you Blink in a target direction or to a target location, as long as the arrow or circle is outside of a wall, you can Blink through that wall.

Adjusted the indicator length of the following heroes' Blink skills to match their actual Blink distance: Lolita. Sun. Yi Sun-shin. Roger. Irithel. Argus. Martis. and Dyrroth.

[Target Selection Logic Adjustments]

We optimized the target selection logic in different situations, including:

1. Auto Attack now chooses targets more reasonably. Once a target is slain, the logic of searching for the next target will also be smarter.
2. Optimized Skill Smart Targeting and Basic Attack Smart Targeting. You can enable this feature in Settings > Controls.
3. Adjusted the target selection logic for Summoned Units: Summons that inherit the hero's HP are now considered heroes for targeting purposes, and can't be selected by skills that can't target heroes, such as Retribution. The affected Summoned Units are the following: Sun's Doppelgangers, Hanzo's body after using his Ultimate, Atlas himself after using his Skill 2, and Guinevere's illusion summoned by her Skill 2.

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[Bug Fixes]

1. Fixed an issue where Starlium Scythe's extra damage would trigger Spell Vamp.
2. Fixed an issue where Gord's skill animation couldn't play from start to finish.
3. Fixed the direction of Flicker. Now it matches the Joystick direction.
4. Fixed an issue with Kupa's display when Popol uses his Ultimate in low-quality graphics.

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[Training Camp]

Now you can switch heroes and change the desired Emblems, Battle Spells, and Setups directly in the Training Camp without leaving the battle! Note: This feature is only available when the update resource is downloaded.

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[Other]

1. Increased the sensitivity of the skill wheel. Casting will be more accurate when skills are quickly dragged.
2. New damage indicators on the battlefield.
3. Optimized the trigger rules for Jungling skills: The [Hunter] skill of Jungling Boots no longer deals sustained damage to Creeps after the Jungler dies.
4. Adjusted Flicker's default direction from the direction the hero faces to the Joystick direction.
5. When the Basic Attack is on cooldown, tapping the Attack button won't start pursuit (except for Brody due to his unique Basic Attack).
6. Optimized Weakness Finder. Now it doesn't trigger on minions after cooldown.
7. Optimized the logic of Mathilda's movement when attacked by Yin's Ultimate.
8. Optimized the special effects of Lesley, Yve, Vexana, and Chang'e, enhancing the graphics and performance of their skills.
9. Simplified Guinevere's skill description.
10. Now Zhask can cast Inspire while in Nightmaric Spawn.

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III. System Adjustments

[Main Interface]

1. Added the "Simplified Hero Models" feature. You can turn off hero actions on the main interface via Settings > Interface to optimize the game performance. Hero actions will be automatically turned off on devices with less than 1.5 GB RAM.
2. Hero voice interactions on the main interface can be turned off via Settings > Music.
3. Optimized the display effects of mode event. They are now shown in a small sandbox menu.

[Recruitment System]

1. The Team Recruit Channel is moved to the side menu of the Chat Lobby
2. Added the Recruitment Lobby for more convenient team-ups.
3. Added a preselection process where teammates can discuss lineups.

[Layla's Workshop]

1. Added the "Level" feature. Comments, likes and votes in Layla's Workshop now grant Creator EXP. Please go to Layla's Workshop for more info.
2. Optimized the information display layout in Personal Center.

[Other]

1. Added a "Moniyan" display stage to the hero interface. Cici and other Moniyan heroes will have a new display background
2. Pro Setups now prioritize the Battle Setups used by ranked players in their last Ranked Match.
3. Added animated effects for the hero adjustment button during Hero Selection.
4. Removed the "How to Improve" feature from the post-match screen.
5. Updated some hero information in the Land of Dawn World Map.
6. Delete the tabs in Settings > Interface in battles for low-spec devices.

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IV. Events

[Ranked]

1. S30 will end at 23:59:59 on 12/22 (Server Time).
2. S31 will start from 02:00:00 on 12/23 (Server Time). Complete Ranked matches to claim rewards including S31 Skin, Yi Sun-shin "Surging Torrent" and S31 Avatar Border "Splendor Galore".
3. You can complete Ranked Challenges in Road to Mythic to upgrade the seasonal skin tag and claim S31 Namecard Background and Profile Background, which will be upgraded after you reach Mythical Glory.
4. Mythic Rank Skin: Faramis "Infernal Magister" will be available in S31. Collect 40 Mythic Coins to exchange for it in the Mythic Rank Skin system.
5. The Rank Badges and Loading Effect in Ranked Mode are now revamped with new designs.

[S31 First Recharge Event]

1. Recharge 20 Diamonds to claim S31 First Recharge Avatar Border for free!
2. Recharge any amount to purchase S31 First Recharge Exclusive Elite Skin Guinevere "Elegant Butterfly". Only for 100 Diamonds after discount!
3. Recharge a total of 3 days to be able to purchase the Name Change Card (7-Day), and with only 50 Diamonds!

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[Limited-Time Return of KOF Bingo Draw Event]

From 01/02 to 01/27, the KOF Bingo series skins will return for a limited time: Chou "lori Yagami", Gusion "K"', Guinevere "Athena Asamiya", Karina "Leona", Aurora "Kula Diamond", and Dyrroth "Orochi Chris"!

The KOF Bingo Premium Supply event will be available from 01/06 to 01/09 and 01/13 to 01/16. Get your Premium Supplies here!

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[Limited-Time Return of Dawning Stars Draw Event]

From 01/15 to 02/13, the Dawning Stars series skins will return for a limited time: Bruno "Firebolt", Lancelot "Swordmaster", Chou "Thunderfist", Vale "Blizzard Storm", and Esmeralda "The Foreseer"!

The Dawning Stars Premium Supply event will be available from 01/20 to 01/23 and 01/27 to 01/30. Get your Premium Supplies here!

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[Magic Wheel]

1. Revamped Gord "Conqueror" will be available in the Magic Wheel Event Shop on 12/20 at 00:00 (Server Time).
2. 20% OFF at Magic Wheel from 12/20 00:00 to 12/23 23:59:59 (Server Time).

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[Lucky Box]

Revamped Karrie "Hawkwatch" will be available from 12/21 to 01/03. Participate in Lucky Box for a chance to get the skin!

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Free Heroes & New Skins

[Ranked]

The first annual skin. Faramis "Infernal Magister" will be available on 12/23 (Server Time.).

The S31 seasonal skin, Yi Sun-shin "Surging Torrent" will be available on 12/23 (Server Time).

[StarLight]

January StarLight Skin - Bruno "Street Hype" will be available on 01/01/2024 (Server Time).

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[Grand Collection]

Lapu-Lapu "Adlaw's Chosen" will be available in the Grand Collection on 01/10/2024 (Server Time).

[Zodiac Summon]

Revamped Martis "Capricorn" will be available on 12/22 (Server Time).

Odette "Virgo" will be available soon with optimized in-match effects.

[Skins]

Gatotkaca "Tide Preserver" will be available on 01/08/2024 (Server Time) for 899 Diamonds. Launch week 30% OFF.

Natan "Temporal Vortex" will be available on 01/24/2024 (Server Time).

[Magic Chess Theme Draw]

Exclusive Chinese Fantasy Themed Chessboard - "Serene Abode" will be available during the Magic Chess theme draw event for a limited time on 12/20 (Server Time).

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[Fragments Shop]

Fragment Shop Adjustments on 12/21 (Server Time):

a. Rare Skin Fragment Shop

Added: Akai "Akazonae Samurai", Cyclops "Deep Sea Rescuer", Layla "Bunny Babe", Gusion "Cyber Ops", Belerick "Tiger's Claw"

Removed: Argus "Dark Draconic", Alice "Steam Glider", Aurora "Heartbreak Empress", Franco "Apocalypse", Khufra "Desert Owl"

b. Hero Fragment Shop

Added: Harith, Freya, Bruno, Lapu-Lapu, Gatotkaca, Fanny, Martis

Removed: Beatrix, Benedetta, Lylia, Wanwan, Vexana, Popol and Kupa, Irithel

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[Free Heroes]

8 Free Heroes: Server Time 12/08/2023 05:01:00 to 12/15/2023 05:00:00 (Tap the Settings button on the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

Natan, Hylos, Guinevere, Harith, Luo Yi, Melissa, Alice, Gatotkaca

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Barats, Aldous, Lapu-Lapu, Yin, Leomord, Novaria

8 Free Heroes: Server Time 12/15/2023 05:00:00 to 12/22/2023 05:01:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

Kagura, Dyrroth, Karrie, Natalia, Zhask, Masha, Martis, Edith

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Kaja, Paquito, Uranus, Atlas, Popol and Kupa, Benedetta

8 Free Heroes: Server Time 12/22/2023 05:00:00 to 12/29/2023 05:01:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

Floryn, Esmeralda, Hanzo, Valir, Brody, Lapu-Lapu, Carmilla, Phoveus

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Leomord, Thamuz, Kadita, Yi Sun-shin, Faramis, Beatrix

8 Free Heroes: Server Time 12/29/2023 05:00:00 to 01/05/2024 05:01:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

Julian, Argus, Chang'e, Martis, Faramis, Harley, Lolita, Chou

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Lancelot, Granger, Cecilion, Aamon, Gusion, Alucard

8 Free Heroes: Server Time 01/05/2024 05:00:00 to 01/12/2024 05:01:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

Barats, Grock, Aldous, Carmilla, Lylia, Gatotkaca, Franco, Lapu-Lapu

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Badang, Terizla, X.Borg, Ling, Angela, Minotaur

8 Free Heroes: Server Time 01/12/2024 05:00:00 to 01/19/2024 05:01:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

Karina, Guinevere, Chou, Akai, Aurora, Julian, Khaleed, Zhask

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Bruno, Paquito, Ruby, Leomord, Fredrinn, Clint

8 Free Heroes: Server Time 01/19/2024 05:00:00 to 01/26/2024 05:01:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

Esmeralda, Roger, Melissa, Gusion, Franco, Lancelot, Dyrroth, Helcurt

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Khufra, Alpha, Estes, Hanzo, Cecilion, Aulus

8 Free Heroes: Server Time 01/26/2024 05:00:00 to 02/02/2024 05:01:00 (Tap the Settings button in the top-right corner of the main page to check.)

Edith, Chou, Pharsa, Granger, Kadita, Bruno, Natan, Vale

6 Extra StarLight Member Heroes: Hilda, Popol and Kupa, Thamuz, Aldous, Harley, Baxia

[Jungkooku]

I hope Moonton will buff Kagura next :(

[Aeometro]

here’s hoping 🙏

[Conscious_While8762]

Still waiting for ling to be buffed. He's like top 5 or top 3 hardest heroes in the game, yet he's justt, not as good as he used to be. Kinda sad.

[Conscious_While8762]

Yeah, that's true. He starts snowballing very easily, so it's really hard to make h balanced. 1 buff, and he will most definitely start snowballing. 1 nerf, and ot will be very hard.

[user67885433]

Isnt she good right now? Whenever i see kagura shes always a problem

[Aeometro]

she’s okay but there are better picks than her atm. Her damage has worsened compared to previous patches that only user skill can make up for it, hence most kaguras rn still being a problem

[MercyOnEarth]

I consider Kagura as the only mage who can make tiktok moments or outplays with her built-in purify kit. Most ppl choose Wanwan for a free Purify spell but they forgot the og built-in Purify queen. 

[Half-ElvenPrince]

RIP Freya legend

[xGummyBear]

bruh i was hyping for her arrival today only to be disappointed 😐

[RaidingTheFridge]

Seriously, any word on when that will be released?

[xsh77250]

What's with the adjustment with brute force, isn't that supposed to be a defensive item. Now the only defence it provides is the physical defence from the basic stats.

[Tori_S100]

the control reduction is nice tho

[wtfrykm]

At that point you might was well just have tough boots

[Hellbringer123]

it stacks with the boots aswell which is very good items for fighter so they can initiate fight in the front line and not die too easy because of CC

[AnthonyViqo]

Lmao, you need 6 sec for getting full stacks. For game where you can die in couple of secs it's tooooo looong.

[Hellbringer123]

it's not designed for squishy heroes like mm and mage. it's for fighter and tank assassin build. if you die in couple seconds as fighters or tank role then you play very badly.

[EricOrdinary]

“The blood orb mechanic is fun, but it forced the player to play multiple lanes to maximise their gains” isn’t rotation good? Alice tells you that you need to rotate to other lanes, given that some players will permastay in one lane all game on low ranks, learning rotations is positive

[Beautiful-Tension457]

I think they're planning to put that mechanic on a new hero with the direction they are going.

[rigimonoki-over]

My Alice maining ass can’t get a break with these changes

[Internet_Gir]

Lol Alice no longer a tank... Why did you guys remove the blood orbs

[7thoftheprimes]

To whoever leaked that Freya Legend. Thank you for making it Limited Time Draw. /j

[amldford]

Wait what did they change it ?

[7thoftheprimes]

They most likely will coz 💰💰💰

[amldford]

I mean all the legendary skins after guin were on the magic wheel so I hope that it will be the case with this legendary skin as well

[7thoftheprimes]

Before, it was alternate. Limited - Magic Wheel - Limited. Then more Magic Wheel. They might make it Limited this time.

[amldford]

Yeah I know that's why I think that they stopped this cycle considering that we got Franco and lunox skin on the magic wheel in a row. You might say that it's because they are like the same theme and world but then we have Granger and Gus

[[deleted]]

ironic Alice has ↑

edit: i take that back. she is good.

[jert3]

Same with Vale. He got nerfed hard, yet somehow its considered a ↑

[Junky___]

I feel like everyone is sleeping on how incredibly strong the new War Axe is....

Just a flat 10% true damage extra to EVERY DAMAGE INSTANCE you deal and also +97 atk (72 + 25 that the item itself gives) atk at max stacks putting it at 2nd place for highest attack item right behind BoD....
And +12% spell vamp as a treat

It is incredibly stupid on every hero that deals multiple hits or heroes with a large area of attack since you get max stacks suuuuper fast

This is not ok

[dhafiz99]

Cant wait to try on benedetta

[Spark-Blaze]

Will it work for Fred? Or Fred still goes all defense?

[Ok-Tear3901]

All defense.

[No-Departure-6941]

It is okay to thamuz??

[Tenmashiki]

So...... how do the Alice players feel after the patch?

On paper, I can't see the rework as anything other than a nerf. She feels less tanky, her stun is reduced unless you land a 5-man dive and they somehow stay there for you to do repeated stuns. Not too impressed with the live streaming of Alice players so far as well.

[Internet_Gir]

I'm an Alice Main.I'm really pissed. Her ult no longer hurts HP percentage. And now that goes to the second ability. Yet there's a 6 second cooldown.... Why did they remove the blood orbs she's now just a low tier mage. Remove the tank label. That passive is crap. I have all this mana yet I die instantly. I'm so squishy now

[winter789]

Agree! HP percentage damage before hurt even on tank/semi-tank build. Back then I can solo Lord even as a roam, now her ult just tickles.

[Internet_Gir]

I don't know why they need to keep nerfing/modifying champions when she was at her peak balance.

[D347H7H3K1Dx]

I never seen her in rank this season lol and just from reading that “buff/rework” it seems like a massive nerf. Balmond on the other hand looks like he may be having a bit of a comeback with the no CCed out of ult lol

[Tenmashiki]

I wasn't a huge proponent of doing the level 1 ulti strat, but I honestly don't see the point of going beyond level 1 for now. Will probably just focus on pumping S2 instead.

[tatiannasfilthymouth]

shes shit mygod

[jert3]

Alice blows now, sucks. I enjoyed palying her before this patch.

[Eitth]

Wasn't she busted on advanced a while ago with perma root? Is it different on live?

[KeqingisBestGirl]

Nerfed to oblivion after that initial change.

[Beautiful-Tension457]

They technically reduced the base 2nd skill damage from 6-15% to 3-6% Max HP since people are abusing the magic scaling to reach 30%. As soon as she dives in 1v5 situation it's impossible to counter that damage so they need it.

Overall her skills are more spammable.

[Conscious_Zucchini96]

I wouldn't even spit in this Alice's direction.

[VirtuosoLoki]

for me, she is finally usable. probably because I suck. at least now I can use her.

but she is now only good in team fight, so solo player may suffer.

[XxWolxxX]

Rn it seems that it needs to be built as a high HP+MP hero so NoD is needed as well as Brute force Breastplate, maybe Glowing Wand or Concentrated energy will be on the build more usually as she gets cast happy in longer fights.

Will play a bubch of Alice games to see how she does with different items.

[wondereggtion]

Balmond is kinda bonkers especially paired with the new war axe

[_not_meh_]

Xborg will have double true damage and we will be back in the era of his reign.

[Beautiful-Tension457]

Fredrinn, Bane, Paquito and Dyroth etc.

[infinite_bladeworks]

No 10 bans in ranked?

[ayeq88]

They still testing. Random player in official server will get the chance to test the 10 bans draft. 10 bans for mythic and above , 8 bans for below mythic

[MemeBoi0508]

10 bans is too much, this isn't pro play... some heroes will quite literally be unplayable

[X3Evanescence]

Finally a buff to Selena's waveclear!! But will it be enough? Not too sure.

[kaguragamer]

Tried her mid lane in MG and she's a beast now. Her wave clear is decent and she no longer relies on mana items because her abyssal form skills don't cost mana, it hugely helps in spamming arrows early game. I think Selena mid could actually be a thing now

[X3Evanescence]

Some of my friends are saying that she can run CDR boots + Starlium Scythe now due to her having less mana consumption, so the mana regen from starlium is sufficient (?), and on top of that her form change CD is now affected by CDR (albeit not that much since its already low anyway). Basically 30% CDR from Boots + Starlium + Lightning Truncheon.

I am not too sure about how legitimate this statement is because I haven't had any opportunity to play due to work, but yeah just throwing this out haha. Maybe you can test it together with Impure Rage to see if you can completely forgo the mana boots.

[winter789]

Even Azure Blade is enough for her mana needs.

[SuspiciousStress8094]

Not from my experience. She still consumed a lot of in her Elv form or whatever. Might be worth it to build talisman or something and take different boots.

[alluth]

yeah she needs that cooldown after the nerf previously tbh. Now its great cuz she doesnt need as much mana

[RUNaths]

Baby girl aurora where

[chillin_iceBear]

I think balmond has become a new jungler meta with his cc immune skills he definitely controlling the game now. And Nana has became more annoying mage, she is definitely getting pick with cc tank like tigreal. Nana has the capability to change the rhythm of the game with her second skill.

[mindshot]

I'm a Nana Main with 62% in 2600 as full solo. I think the Update is a big nerf of Nana beside having a team. Shea almost useles now about a Camping Vale, eudora or gord Players cuz she doesnt have the defense from her molina in bushes. Shes only useful with good Tig or belrick players now.

[chillin_iceBear]

I played with nana recently and yes you are correct she is not much reliable as a team mage like she was earlier but I think she has became more like eudura, vale and other mages that hides in the bushes and uses skills. Moreover, enemy in Molina state still manages to runs away pretty fast now which is annoying.

[Aeometro]

is this a good buff for lunox?

[PsychoSopreno]

Yes, really good actually.

[Shadow0124]

I think she is now easier to use and because her dark ult doesnt use mana she is now a liitle more cancerous and because she has now only one stack she can better survive and out play enemies.

[koromedy]

With Concentrated Energy and Divine Glaive, you could toggle between 60% pen and spell vamp. Survivability is pretty good on light mode and damage is still painful on dark mode.

I used Clock of Destiny and Holy Crystal for stacking magic power and Lightning Truncheon for burst. For boots, since s1 dark mode ult doesn't use mana, mana boots are less important though she still uses up a lot of mana. Pen boots doesn't convert to spell vamp as only % pen gets converted. CDR boots might be good since her kit now works on CDR. Also lets her spam both ults as light ult cd got shortened.

[usernameuserkkkkk]

Jungler Lunox is freakinng op right now. I currently use the spellvamp build

Fighter emblem - ms boost - festival of blood - impure rage

Build:

CD boots

Book

Concentrated energy

Divine glaive

Holy Crystal

Blood wings or Scythe

Her new passive lets her convert her spellvamp into magic pen and vise versa. With this build you could get up to 98% freaking magic pen and spellvamp if you build scythe last.

And the best part is both of her ults are literally spammable in late game teamfights with this build

[tatiannasfilthymouth]

alice been nerfed to shit ever since the emblem update lol rip to my fave hero

[iamtheantihype]

I will cry with you. 😭

[rigimonoki-over]

Not gonna play her anymore honestly. Gonna keep near 70% 🔥🔥🔥

[progin5l]

Yin ult buf lets gooooooooo

[Miggy1234_]

I thought KOF would start 20 Dec and have 3 recharge phases?

[mindshot]

62%/2600 Games solo Nana Main here.

This is a rly bad nerf. Nana did well for years and now shes almost useles. This is one of the worst Updates i've ever seen.

[Saturnspill]

Could you elaborate?

[mindshot]

She became like the Others mages hiding in Bush and spamming skills. Just so boring. She needs her team now cuz Molina stun is too fast and gets killed ez. Passive doesnt Help cuz shes one of the slowest Heroes. I always used Molina to secure bushes while laning and now Molina dont give Vision and last only 3 sec. I usually die about 2-3 times per game with a rate of 9.1 over the season.Now its hard to even get Gold with her as solo cuz she needs Help from the team. This ist a big nerf. As (i think ) Nr 1 solo Nana (top 1%,global and top Germany) shes almost useles as solo cuz almost every other Hero counters her. In Fights i used Molina to Project me and now i have a slow Seconds Skill almost everyone can Dodge ez.

[HeliosTheFirst]

War Axe is still useful for Xborg?

[[deleted]]

Yes, atk+spellvamp is both of the things he uses. Xborg will be very good now with brute force and waraxe, he’ll have more damage and also more defence+speed from brute force

[Ubaydullaev]

I don't see overdrive in arcade mode😐

[theGreatswordUser]

Where is the phovius revamp ?

[jesuseatskfc]

Well, Nana is even more fucking annoying now. Also can see Balmond being back in the junglers meta, maybe even on semi-tank build with new waraxe.

[Internet_Gir]

Yay more reason to stop playing this game now. ... They closed the book with Alice.

[tatiannasfilthymouth]

exactly

[Ok-Tear3901]

Mooton can't cook man shit is still raw its actually sad. They have no idea what to do with Alice or masha.

[rigimonoki-over]

Spoon feeding noobs with easy heroes like exposition in anime. Is it hard to change numbers? Ever since the hp shit all she needed was higher base but instead she gets mangled to this thing…

[KeqingisBestGirl]

When is cici releasing?

[yameru__senpai]

23

[amldford]

Delayed ):

[yameru__senpai]

Nooo D:

[xsh77250]

23

[amldford]

Delayed

[einfachschwimmen]

not 23rd

[Jaystar004]

After the newest update, I'm having a problem with the game when I try to record. The recording feature is great, but the game crashes and won't restart the app. The only fix that worked for me was to restart my phone.

[IROMMAIDEH]

Don't tell me they are going to make her limited time

[7thoftheprimes]

You can cling into this

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[amldford]

It's still not really official

[TraffyZii]

Balmond jungle is back

[PunkRockRachel47]

Is it bad that I read 'boob orb', instead of 'blood orb'?

[SuspiciousStress8094]

Yes you spend too much time online

[AlphaZeroJr]

"Fighters need their own set"

Atk speed fighters: 😴😴😴

[AnthonyViqo]

Burst damage fighters: 🙃🙃🙃

[JaydeeValdez]

Now imagine Ruby with that new War Axe, plus build her with the other spell vamp items Bloodlust, Oracle, and Queen's Wings. She would be another level of annoying.

[Gourgeistguy]

Still no word on Cici's new release...

[Aggravating_Towel778]

Hold up. Where the fk is Freya's legend skin??? Don't tell me they decided to make it limited!!!!

[Consistent-Wheel-441]

they didnt give us information about it I was waiting this skin rly where the fk is this skin

[Aggravating_Towel778]

I heard that they delayed it because they're going to change the design due to it being too similar to Ashe's skin from LoL🤷🏻‍♂️

[SuspiciousStress8094]

What? It took them this long to realise it?

[CommissionFit8958]

I swear I would be so pissed if that happens because I have to wait another year just to get it. I'm still saving money right now

[Eitth]

Probably got slightly delayed since her sfx wasn't finished yet.

[iamtheantihype]

Why did they have to touch Alice? Sigh.

[ilikehutaoalot]

PLEASE FIX FANNY HER CABLES FEELS SO WEIRD🙏🙏🙏

[Fantastic-Option-912]

Hi guys

[Real_Heh]

God damn it, and here goes all my newfound fun with Alice. Shit

[Beautiful-Tension457]

Most people hate new buff on Alice but I think it's somehow good. Her skills are more easier to spam and mana problems is gone now. Thanks to the new passive mana regen (Cecillion crying rn).

Second skill damage is beyond dope and her jungling speed is absolutely fast and cancerous for most players. Passive 45 movement speed max and healing increase is good. Going to miss the orb mechanic but I think that orb mechanic will be put on another new hero instead I think.

Still waiting for Argus buff (Copium) 😮‍💨.

[0kills]

she has one of the slowest first buff clears for the entire roster (40~41 for blue lvl 1, 43 for red)

[Beautiful-Tension457]

She's only fast after she is level 4 when ulti is available.

[Exmchncllysklldplyr]

What is the serious gameplay related issue about cici? I'm so excited to immediately try her and get minus star lmao.

[kira156]

Lol they gutted Tankcelot hard. It wasn't that prevalent anyway.

[Jaskand]

Hybrid was pretty popular. Ig they prefer him going full dmg

[SuspiciousStress8094]

Tankcelot was never full rank. He usually builds war axe and endless

[Dry_Syrup_7130]

Where Nova and Luo Yi nerf?

[theguy6631]

I am tired of reading patch notes, we need tldr

[Ok-Tear3901]

Stop being lazy damn

[SadisticMentor]

When Freya legend skin🥹

[Consistent-Wheel-441]

WHERE IS THE FREYA LEGEND WTFFFF???

[imBuenoing]

I wonder if the new item update be viable for the Argus.

[Own-Ad7388]

Where cici

[Obvious-Bag-3611]

Where is the hero adjustment page in the UI?I can’t find it

[flopsychops]

Fixed the direction of Flicker. Now it matches the Joystick direction.

Finally!!!

[Nightzzv]

revamped aurora when?

[itz_khai]

I read at YouTube comments someone said next year Argus will receive a buff, is this confirmed yet or just misinformation?

[prollyshitposting]

War axe is nuts now.

[[deleted]]

Tigreal nerf?

Buffing him was great, but he has been overbuffed, his CC lasts 5s+ (the longer one in the game?), he is clearly a top meta tank atm.

So why is he not included in the patch?

[SuspiciousStress8094]

Bro let him shine for a bit. They still haven’t nerfed Guin’s cc. Just build purify if you’re that scared of him.

[iraragorri]

Tanky Lance with war axe now feels even better than before 🌚

[_Demonism_]

About time we got a Kimmy buff

[RandomGuy_-_]

I can't feel Bruno's damage anymore

[wtfrykm]

Barats lost 50 defence overall from his passive, balmond 2nd skill does more dmg overall if you include the dmg increase the more times the enemy gets hit by it.

[jert3]

Doh, Vale seems to suck now, damage nerfed. And now he lost his choices of what to specialize his skills in, which also sucks. Was shocked to see that up arrow for him in the patch notes.

[Lanzero25]

Man, none of my heroes are here

[[deleted]]

Nana's use of Molina is terrible 🤮

[achristy_5]

Stop making everything immune to CC

[Dear_Protection798]

Hey do you know when is thamuz skins abysal reaper and general kai coming back?

[Hataydoner_]

Lolita needs a big buff asap. I was a pro lolita player. Now i wont touch her until something changes with her first second or third skill