This is a week that I’m sure you all are excited for! After coming off of the 3X Battle Pass XP weekend, don’t worry, we have tons planned for you this week too!
Here’s a look:
Teasers
Your favorite time on social is here. The teasers for our next Champion and more are going to start flowing in later this week. Make sure to be following us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram so you don’t miss a minute of it!
New Prime Gaming Skin
This week will be your last to get Kunoichi Skye. We’ll be posting on social come the 26th when you are free to get our next skin, Doom Shroom Grover!
2X Champion XP Weekend
The voices have spoken. Everyone has been asking for Champion XP, so we’re delivering. We will be starting this bonus on Friday at 10 AM EST and ending it on Monday at 10 AM EST. So make sure you mark some time off on your calendar to play your favorite Champions in Paladins this weekend!
We know you’ve been grinding your Eternal Pyre Battle Pass, and many might even be done now, but we’re giving more XP for one final weekend coming up.
This is mostly to help not only those still leveling up but our Nintendo Switch playerbase who had a delayed start on the Season 4 Update! Additionally players will have a second chance at snagging “The Maw” avatar featuring our newest Champion, Yagorath.
Good fortune and love are both in the air this weekend!
We are putting together another Battle Pass XP weekend as well as offering avatars in celebration of both the start of Lunar New Year and additionally Valentine’s Day!
Details:
2X Battle Pass XP
Begins February 12th at 4 AM EST
Ends February 16th at 4 AM EST
Year of the Ox Avatar (Lunar New Year)
Begins February 12th at 4 AM EST
Ends February 14th at 4 AM EST
Obtained by playing 2 (non-bot) games in a row!
Will U B Mine? (Animated Valentine’s Day Avatar)
Begins February 14th at 4 AM EST
Ends February 16th at 4 AM EST Obtained by playing 2 (non-bot) games in a row!
Last week we had the release of our first Champion in 2021, Yagorath. This week while she causes havoc in the Realm we’re rolling out some more fun to keep you occupied with all the other new content you have!
Yagorath Breakdown Video
Our Video and Design team are both bringing you a new update video on all you need to know about our newest Champion. You’ll be able to deep dive into the details and abilities that she’s capable of as well as other information you may have not already known so you can become a master at playing Yagorath!
Lunar New Year & Valentine’s Day Weekend
Not only does the Lunar New Year arrive this week on the 12th, but we ring in another Valentine’s Day in the Realm on the 14th. We will be bringing you special avatars for each of these as well as Battle Pass XP for those playing. Make sure to stay tuned on Thursday for a blog with all the details on this.
Season 4: Calamity went live on Wednesday so we’re keeping the hype going with some XP and bonuses this weekend. Not only will you receive 2X Battle Pass XP but additionally have the chance to snag “The Maw” avatar featuring art of our new Champion, Yagorath.
Here’s the details:
2X Battle Pass XP
Starts Friday, February 5th at 4:00 AM EST
Ends Monday, February 8th at 4:00 AM EST
“The Maw” Avatar
Starts Friday, February 5th at 4:00 AM EST
Ends Monday, February 8th at 4:00 AM EST
Play any 2 (non-bot) games in a row to unlock!
Let’s ring in the new season together this weekend!
Your joys and hopes. Your fears and doubts. All your petty conflicts. Utterly devoid of meaning. She is Yagorath, the Devourer. She is what it is to consume – absolutely. Everything that is not already her is assimilated, spreading her being across the universe in a never-ending hunger. Momentarily weakened by the futile actions of a broken goddess, she now emerges to bring an end to what was started – the only end that could possibly be.
Overview
[Role]
Frontline
[Health]
6,500
[Primary Fire- Planted Form]
Caustic Spray
Spray acid from your Maw, dealing 48 damage every 0.1s. Hitting the ground leaves behind a pool of acid that lasts 4s. Has a range of 90 units and a maximum of 6 pools placed at once.
[Primary Fire - Travel Form]
Trail of Acid
Drop a series of 5 acid pools behind you as you roll. Acid Pools: Each pool deals 33 damage every 0.25s and Slows enemies affected by 15%.
[AltFire - Planted Form]
Piercing Quill
Fire out a Piercing quill every 0.15s, dealing 170 damage on hit and exploding for 50 damage in a small area shortly after. Hitting an enemy affected by Acid Spray will increase the damage they take from all sources by 10% for 3s. Has a maximum of 8 charges
[AltFire - Travel Form]
Acceleration
Charge forward for 4s. Hitting an enemy will deal 500 damage and apply a Knockback. Cannot be canceled.
[Ability 1 - Planted Form] Hardening
Hunker down for up to 4s, increasing your base Damage Reduction by 25%. After this ability ends, deal damage to enemies within 25 units based on the duration of the ability. Base damage is 300 and maximum damage is 1100. You cannot be stunned while this ability is active. Can be refired to cancel early.
[Ability 1 - Travel Form] Primal Vision
Let out a series of 5 pulses that briefly reveal enemies within 150 units to yourself and your team.
[Ability 2] Form Swap
Swap between your Planted and Travel forms, gaining access to a new set of abilities. In Planted form, you are unable to move. Swapping forms is not affected by Cripple
[Ultimate] Devour
Target an enemy to start pulling them to you, swapping your current Health for a new 4000-Health pool. Your target is immune to damage and Crowd Control and cannot move during this process, but can still fire their weapon at you. If your Health pool is depleted before they are devoured, you drop your target; otherwise, they are Executed. Can only be used in Planted Form.
Talents
[Default] Corrosive Acid
Augment your acid, increasing the damage done by Caustic Spray to 48, the damage of acid pools to 40, and increase the Movement Speed of allies within your acid pools by 20%.
[Level 2] Sight Begets Strength
Allies within range of your Primal Vision gain a stackable 100-Health Shield and 15% increased Movement Speed for 4s each time you pulse.
[Level 8] Unnatural Persistence
Heal for 25 every 0.25s while on an objective and for 1s after leaving the objective. This effect increases the longer you maintain it, up to 65 every 0.25s.
Cards
Weapon/Armor
Deadly Predator
Increase your maximum acid capacity by {scale=8|8}%
Extermination
Reduce the duration and effectiveness of Crowd Control by {scale=5|5}%.
Futile Efforts
Reduce the Cooldown of Piercing Quills by {scale=0.05|0.05}s each time you hit an enemy with Caustic Spray.
Towering Presence
Increase the Health of your Ultimate Health pool by {scale=200|200}.
Piercing Quills (Acceleration)
Ancient Wounds
Generate {scale=2|2}% of your maximum acid after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills.
Dreadful Compact
Reduce the Cooldown of Hardening by {scale=0.3|0.3}s after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills.
Last Efforts
Increase the duration of the vulnerability applied by hitting an enemy affected by acid pools with Piercing Quills by {scale=0.4|0.4}s.
Raze and Burn
Heal for {scale=50|50} after hitting an enemy with Piercing Quills.
Hardening (Primal Vision)
End Of An Era
Increase the efficacy of Hardening by {scale=20|20}% but reduce its duration by {scale=10|10}%.
Out Of Time
Halve the efficacy of Hardening. For {scale=0.5|0.5}s after using Hardening, gain its benefits.
Spreading Domain
Heal for {scale=100|100} if you do not cancel Hardening before it ends.
Violent Birth
Reduce the Cooldown of Acceleration by {scale=0.8|0.8}s after activating Hardening.
Form Swap
Collateral Damage
Gain {scale=10|10}% Lifesteal with Caustic Spray for 3s after swapping into Planted Form.
Deadly Pursuit
Increase your Movement Speed by 20% for {scale=1|1}s after swapping into Travel Form.
The Great Worm
Gain a {scale=80|80}-Health Shield for 2s after swapping into Travel Form.
Triumphant Return
Reduce your acid consumption by 90% for {scale=0.4|0.4}s after swapping into Planted Form.
Skins
Caustic (LIMITED)
Unlocked through Season Pass 2021
This skin will become unobtainable after Season Pass 2021 has finished.
Grave Worm
Unlocked with 200 Crystals or 60,000 Gold
Golden Yagorath
Obtained by Reaching Mastery level 50 with Yagorath
Season Pass 2021
The Season Pass is your ticket to Exclusive content for every new Champion, all-year long.
You’ll instantly score cosmetics only available in the Season Pass: The Limited Soul-Stealer Furia skin, and the Golden Gryphon Mount.
Plus, you’ll get 1500 Crystals instantly and an additional 10% Crystals anytime you purchase crystals throughout 2021!
Best of all: You’ll get the following incredible content for every new Champion as they are released in 2021.
Season Pass Exclusive Rare Skin
All Talents Instantly Unlocked
Additional Uncommon Skin
Emote
MVP Pose
Note: The Season Pass 2019-2020 is leaving the store with the release of the Season 4 - Calamity update. This will be your last chance to unlock all the Limited skins for Champions throughout 2019-2020.
General
Commendations
2020 Commendation Loading Frame
Customizations
Avatars
Static Sprays
Golden Terminus
Obtained by Reaching Mastery level 50 with Terminus
Golden Jenos
Obtained by Reaching Mastery level 50 with Jenos
Chests
Tales of Heroism - NEW
Price
400 Crystals
Contents:
Skins
Battlesuit Godslayer Androxus
Prototype Koga
Galactic Scion Lian
Robo Force Ruckus
Sphinx Soldier Tiberius
Omega Dredge
Soul Briar Grover
Unbreakable - NEW
Price
400 Crystals
Contents:
Skins
Pyre Lord Magnus
Legionnaire Atlas
Iron Maiden Inara
Omega Vivian
GR0BOT Grover
Steel Forged Imani
Mounts
Obsidian Warhorse
Misdeeds and Mischief - NEW
Price
400 Crystals
Contents:
Skins
Safecracker Khan
Mercenary Strix
Omega Sha Lin
Steel Forged Mal’Damba
Street Style Maeve
Pirate’s Treasure Io
Gentleman Jenos
Kingpin Buck
Season 4 - Ranked
Season 4 Ranked Rewards
Play 100 Games
Limited Title
Win 100 Ranked matches
Berserker Torvald Skin
Reach Gold 5 or higher
Season 4 Loading Frame, awarded at the end of Season 4
Split 1
Split Rewards
Play 15 Ranked matches
Gold Chest
Play 25 Ranked matches
Self-Sufficient, Avatar
Ranked Map Rotation
Each split, maps will either be in the active or reserved map pool. Reserved maps will not appear while playing ranked during that split. Each new split will see some maps rotated between the active and reserved pools. For Split 1, Timber Mill and Serpant Beach will be rotating into the active map pool, while Fish Market and Shattered Desert will be rotating out.
Active Maps
Frog Isle
Ice Mines
Splitstone Quarry
Stone Keep
Jaguar Falls
Warder's Gate
Frozen Guard
Ascension Peak
+Timber Mill
+Serpent Beach
Reserved Map
Brightmarsh
Bazaar
-Fish Market
-Shattered Desert
Season 3 Ranked Frames
Players who reached at least Gold during Season 3 will receive a Loading Frame based on their highest rank achieved:
This week we’re going to be making some big announcements with our Assembly of Champions as well as welcoming in our Season 4 update!
Here’s what to expect:
Assembly of Champions Announcement:
You all voted and your voices have been heard! We’ll be announcing later today at 12 PM EST the 2021 winners for the Assembly of Champions council! Make sure to stay glued to social to see who ends up winning the nominations.
Season 4: Calamity Update
This Wednesday we will be welcoming not only Yagorath, but a whole new Season Pass and more into the Realm. Servers will be going down between 6 AM - 7 AM EST on Wednesday for maintenance as we bring them back up with the new update. You will still be able to level your Eternal Pyre Battle Pass throughout this update as well.
Bonus Weekend
This weekend we will be having an XP bonus and giving away an avatar to celebrate Yagorath entering Paladins. Make sure to look out for a blog with details on what you will be able to receive and how to get it coming out Thursday.
We’re starting the week back up with some excitement as we move closer to our live release of Yagorath. This week not only will you be able to get a different skin with Prime Gaming but you’ll also get some XP for the weekend if you’re playing Paladins!
Here’s what’s going on:
Prime Gaming Skin
Kunoichi Skye is coming to you for free if you have a Prime Gaming account! Make sure to look out for this drop on Thursday in the afternoon.
2X Champion XP Weekend
You heard it here! Ready to grind a certain Champion quickly? This weekend you’ll get 2X XP so you can get even closer to the gold skins we have and those coming up. Don’t forget, Golden Jenos and Terminus release soon!
Themed Fan Art Friday
Are you a Paladins fan artist? Well make sure you tag us on social media with #PaladinsArt for a chance to be featured this Friday. We want to see the best of your Torvald art. Bonus points if it’s fan art of his new skin coming out next week!
Paladins will be moving from a 3-month update cycle to a 2-month update cycle in 2021. This first patch of the year - The Eternal Pyre - will be a smaller update focused on new content, while our team works toward our larger Season 4 patch that will drop in early February.
Eternal Pyre Battle Pass
The Arcane Pacts Battle Pass will become unpurchaseable with the release of Patch 1 – The Eternal Pyre. The Eternal Pyre Battle Pass will be available for purchase with the release of patch 1.
Receive instant rewards for purchasing, and unlock over 100 more goodies just by playing and leveling up your Battle Pass. All players start earning Eternal Pyre Battle Pass experience as soon as the update is live. Battle Pass purchasers unlock premium rewards every level, along with the free track rewards.
The Eternal Pyre Battle Pass costs 600 Crystals, and rewards you just for playing. You can now unlock up to 450 Crystals through the Battle Pass Free Track, and an additional 150 through the Premium Track, making the Battle Pass FREE once completed. Explore our expanded content for each Champion featured in this Battle Pass.
Dive into this awesome Battle Pass with the Battle Passport, a one-time purchase that not only unlocks the new Battle Pass itself but the next 30 Battle Pass Levels so you can start playing with the Eternal Retribution Koga, Eternal Conflict Lian, and Eternal Guardian Khan right away! The Battle Passport costs 1500 Crystals, saving you over 1000 Crystals! <h3>Battle Pass Content</h3> Instant Unlocks (Exclusive to Battle Pass Purchasers)
Eternal Retribution Koga
Forged Destiny, Death Card
Ikonic Depiction, Spray
50% Experience and Gold Boost
INSTANT UNLOCK - Eternal Retribution Koga
Level 10 - Eternal Conflict Lian
Level 30 - Eternal Guardian Khan
Level 50 - Eternal Fervor Jenos
<h3>Battle Pass Plus Rewards</h3> Level 70 - Dark Retribution Koga
Level 90 - Dark Conflict Lian
Level 110 - Dark Guardian Khan
Level 120 - Dark Fervor Jenos
Other Battle Pass Exclusive Unlocks
Sprays
Avatars
General
Speeder Mount Updates This patch we are introducing an overhaul to our speeder mount animation system. While riding the speeder mounts each Champion has gone from a single pose system to having 5 animated sequences, significantly improving the quality of all our speeder mounts.
Customizations
Static Sprays
Equality
Unlockable during weekend event in February
MVP Poses
Balance
Strix
Talon Rifle/Pistol
Talon Rifle
Post-hit delay increased 1s -> 1.25s
Vivian
Light machine Gun
Damage per shot decreased 170 -> 160
Unfair Advantage
Reduced the duration increase 1|1 -> 0.8|0.8
Nowhere to Hide
Reduced duration of Reveal 1|1 -> 0.7|0.7
Khan
Heavy Repeater
Damage increased per shot 180 -> 190
Battle Shout
Increased Healing done 1000 -> 1100
Sha Lin
Sand Trap
NEW: Duration of Cripple reduced by 1s
Koga
Submachine Guns
Damage decreased per shot 40 -> 36
Zhin
Billow
Reduced Movement Speed increase 30% -> 10%
Up in Smoke
Increased Movement Speed during Billow 8|8 -> 11|11%
Barik
Base Health 3400 -> 4000
Bug Fixes
<h3>2020 Patch 5 Hotfix</h3> Champions
Evie
Fixed an issue where the Star Glam Blaster was not unlocked when the Star Glam skin was obtained in the Bounty Store.
Imani
Fixed an issue where the Mana UI was not centered on the UI.
Khan
Fixed an issue where Vortex Grip would not apply an increased Stun duration to enemies.
Lian
Fixed an issue where the challenge “Kill Players with Presence after hitting them with Valor” could not be completed.
Fixed an issue where the Merrymaker skin was not unlocked properly when obtained in the Bounty Store.
Vora
Fixed an issue where the client would crash when Vora stood on the elevator in Foreman’s Rise or in the Wind on Warder’s Gate while using her Ultimate.
Fixed an issue where the Darkness UI was not centered on the UI.
Fixed an issue where Obliteration would not make Vora immune to Executes.
Fixed an issue where the Inevitability card was missing 2D art.
Fixed an issue where Vora was not damage-immune during the damage portion of her Ultimate.
Fixed an issue where Vora’s Ultimate could execute enemies through certain damage-immune states.
Zhin
Fixed an issue where the challenge “Kill Players with Spite after hitting them with Counter” could not be completed.
General
Fixed several collision issues on the updated Frozen Guard map.
Fixed an issue where an item would be selected on Gamepad if hovered twice in quick succession.
Fixed a number of potential crash cases that would occur in various menus.
Fixed an issue where the Ranked UI scene displayed an incorrect number of days remaining for the Season.
Fixed an issue where the incorrect prompts for menus could display on screen when using Gamepad in certain situations.
Fixed an issue where the Unlock button could improperly display on certain Chests after everything in the Chest was obtained.
<h3>2021 Patch 1</h3> Champions
Drogoz
Fixed an issue where the Condescension card would activate multiple times when used with the Combustible talent.
Fixed an issue where the Dominator and Mastery MVP Poses were using the incorrect poses.
Fernando
Fixed an issue where enemies could shoot through Shield in specific circumstances.
Fixed an issue where rotating Fernando’s model slightly while Shield is active could cause some visual desync between where the shield is physically and visually.
Imani
Fixed an issue where Jenos’ Astral Mark and Corvus’ Mark of Fate would have incorrect visual behavior on the Dragon.
Vora
Fixed an issue where Vora could cancel her Ultimate animation early in certain circumstances.
Fixed issues with Vora’s weapon shots not registering correctly against Terminus’ Power Siphon and Androxus’ Reversal.
General
Fixed further collision issues with the updated Frozen Guard map.
This weekend we’re giving you a chance at 2X Battle Pass XP to level up your Eternal Pyre Battle Pass. And on top of that we’re giving away our brand new “Equality” spray in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the 18th!