Dec 27, 2023

12/28 Update Note Details (Updated: 12/29)

Paragon: The Overprime - [CM] Sally

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12/28 Update Note

6 New Hero Boris Added

[Fury Tide] Boris

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3 New Skins Added

- Heroic (2 skins) Boris and Maco
- Master Skin (1 skin): Boris

[Heroic]
- Boris: Glacial Oracle

- Maco: Snowball

[Master Skin]
- Boris: The Master

Skin Discount Sale Notice

*Discount Sale Period: After 12/28/2023 Update - Before the 1/11/2024 Update

[Legendary]
- Gideon: Chaos Orbit (210 Kima ▶ 150 Kima)

[Heroic]
- Khaimera: Red Eye (100 Kima ▶ 80 Kima)

[Rare]
- Twinblast: Mr. Chu (70 Kima ▶ 50 Kima)

Hero & Item Notifications

Hero Balance Changes

[Grux]

1. Rage (RMB-Skill)
- Decreased Base Damage
Before: 60/90/120/150/180
Now: 60/85/110/135/160

- Decreased Physical Power Coefficient
Before: 72%
Now: 68%

- Increased Mana Cost
Before: 40
Now: 45

2. Primal Grip (Q-Skill)
- Adjusted Cooldown
Before: 9 sec
Now: 10.5 sec

- Decreased Base Damage
Before: 85/115/145/175/205
Now: 50/75/100/125/150

- Decreased Physical Power Coefficient
Before: 45%
Now: 40%

- Increased Mana Cost
Before: 70
Now: 85

3. Unrivaled Momentum (E-Skill)
- Adjusted Cooldown
Before: 12.5/12/11.5/11/10.5 sec
Now: 13.5/13/12.5/12/11.5 sec

- Increased Mana Cost
Before: 50
Now: 65

4. Fury of the Great Chieftain (R-Skill)
- Decreased the Physical Power Boost when using an Ultimate
Before: 30%/45%/55%
Now: 20%/30%/40%

- Decreased Stun Duration
Before: 1.2
Now: 0.8

Dev Comments
Getting hit by Grux's Primal Grip (Q-skill) could bring an opponent to the verge of death with a single skill combo, making it very difficult for the opponent to survive. As a result, we have adjusted the overall power of Grux's skills.

[Crunch]

1. Crunch Charge! (RMB-Skill)
- Adjusted Cooldown
Before: 11 sec
Now: 12.5 sec

2. Crunch Swing (Q-Skill)
- Decreased Base Damage
Before: 75/115/155/195/235
Now: 60/90/120/150/180

- Decreased Physical Power Coefficient
Before: 90%
Now: 80%

- Increased Mana Cost
Before: 30
Now: 45

- Adjusted Cooldown
Before: 4.5 sec
Now: 5 sec

- Decreased the Defense Decrease when using an Ultimate
Before: 30%
Now: 15%

3. Crunch Blow (E-Skill)
- Decreased Base Damage
Before: 60/95/130/165/200
Now: 45/70/95/120/145

- Decreased Physical Power Coefficient
Before: 67%
Now: 60%

- Increased Mana Cost
Before: 50
Now: 60

4. Crunch Encore! (R-Skill)
- Increased Mana Cost
Before: 40
Now: 55

- Adjusted Cooldown
Before: 20/16/12 sec
Now: 20/18/16 sec

- Decreased Amount of Passive Effect
Before: Decreases Cooldown by 0.2/0.5/0.8 sec for all skills upon successful Basic Attack
Now: Decreases Cooldown by 0.2/0.35/0.5 sec for all skills upon successful Basic Attack

Dev Comments
It has been observed that Crunch grows faster in the jungle than other heroes. This gives him a slight advantage in the game. We have adjusted the overall power of Crunch's skills to slow this rapid growth.

[Howitzer]

1. Slow Bomb (RMB-Skill)
- Decreased Base Damage
Before: 60/100/140/180/220
Now: 50/90/130/170/210

- Decreased Magical Power Coefficient
Before: 60%
Now: 55%

2. Super Powerful Missile (Q-Skill)
- Decreased Base Damage
Before: 75/130/185/240/295
Now: 65/120/175/230/285

3. This Is Mine! (E-Skill)
- Increased Mana Cost
Before: 85
Now: 95

- Decreased Base Damage
Before: 45/80/115/150/185
Now: 45/70/95/120/145

- Decreased Magical Power Coefficient
Before: 50%
Now: 45%

- Decreased Skill Range
Before: 1,400
Now: 1,300

- Decreased Knock Back Distance of the Enemy when Detonating Mines

Dev Comments
Howitzer had three skills that dealt Magical Damage to enemies. He could quickly inflict damage on enemy heroes, which gave him an advantage in lane combat. We adjusted the overall power of Howitzer's skills to slightly reduce his impact in lane combat and small battles.

Item Balance Changes

[Energizing Macaron]

1. Effects
Before: Recovers the Hero's Health by 200 and Mana by 150.
Now: Recovers the Hero's Health by 300 and Mana by 100.

Dev Comments
We have adjusted the Health and Mana Recovery values to make this a more attractive item for different situations.

[Energy Overflow]

1. Price
Before: 1,500 Gold
Now: 1,000 Gold

Dev Comments
We've adjusted the Tenacity values of this item, addition to Blacksmith's Scissors, to make it a favorable purchase option when facing enemy teams with multiple heroes that possess Crowd Control skills.

[Star's Grace]

1. Stats
Before: Magical Defense 50, Health 300, Tenacity 20%, Cooldown Decrease 10%
Now: Magical Defense 50, Health 300, Tenacity 30%, Cooldown Decrease 10%

Dev Comments
We've adjusted the Tenacity values of this item, addition to Blacksmith's Scissors, to make it a favorable purchase option when facing enemy teams with multiple heroes that possess Crowd Control skills.

New Items Added

[Sensory Amplifier]

1. Active: Grants an ability to detect the nearby Stealth objects for 30 sec. However, the effect disappears when the hero dies.
2. Sell Price: 100 Gold

Dev Comments
This item can be used to detect and destroy an enemy's Watcher's Eye or to reveal Stealth heroes.

[Jelly Po]
- The item has been removed through 12/29 Temporary Maintenance for balance adjustment.

1. Active: Transforms a selected enemy hero into Po for 2 sec. The transformed enemy hero can move around but can't use any skills. (Cooldown: 120 sec)
2. Sell Price: 300 Gold

Dev Comments
This item can effectively block the enemies' powerful skills.

*The icon for the existing item "Mutant Po" will now be used for the new "Jelly Po" item moving forward. As a result, the icon image for the original Mutant Po has been updated as shown below. Please be aware of this change to avoid any confusion when purchasing items.

[Updated Mutant Po Icon]

[Margot's Holy Grail]

1. Active: Becomes Invincible and unable to take any actions for 2.5 sec. (Cooldown: 120 sec)
2. Sell Price: 500 Gold

Dev Comments
This item can be useful in critical situations or for effectively defending against threatening skills.

New Karma Added

[Vitality Surge]
- The Karma has been removed through 12/29 Temporary Maintenance for balance adjustment.

Active: Consumes 25% of the Hero's current Health to deal Physical Damage equal to Base Damage 60+ 110% of Consumed Health to nearby enemies.

Dev Comments
This item provides beneficial effects for Tank and Warrior heroes who want to play aggressively.

[Undefeatable]

Active: The Hero and nearby allies and enemies become Invincible and are unable to take any actions for 2.5 sec.

Dev Comments
Use this item to defend yourself and your allies from the enemy's threatening skills.

[Mana Expulsion]
- The Karma has been removed through 12/29 Temporary Maintenance for balance adjustment.

Active: Consumes 50% of the Hero's current Mana to deal Magical Damage equal to Base Damage 10 + 80% of Consumed Mana to enemies.

Dev Comments
This item provides beneficial effects for Caster and Support heroes who want to play aggressively.

New Emotes Added

- 8 Emotions (2 free Emotions and 6 paid Emotions) are added.

[2 Free Emotions]
Feng Mao: How Pitiful / Gideon: Try Something

[6 Paid Emotions]
Crunch: Bring It On! / Grux: Roar / Maco: Hi / Riktor: Bring It On! / Sparrow: Get Lost! / Yin: You're Finished

System Added/Improved

[System Added]

- A beta version of [Replay Match] has been added.
→ You can review the games you've played by going to [Profile] - [Battle Record] - [Replay Match], and selecting [Download].
→ [Replay Match] is only supported for [Quick Battle] / [Competitive], and not available for [AI Battle] / [Custom Game].
→ After updating this feature on 12/28, we plan to make improvements through testing over the course of about a month.
- Nickname change system added.
→ Nickname changes can be made upon purchasing a Nickname Change Ticket.
→ The Nickname Change Ticket can be purchased for 50 Kima in the [Shop] - [Others] category.
→ Free with your first purchase.
- Pause feature for Custom Games added.
- Shop categories including [Hero], [Skin], [Emote], and [Others] added to aid with navigation.

[System Improvements/Changes]

- Agnis of Light Battlefield theme has been changed from Winter to Normal.
- The footstep sounds of the heroes Marty and Adele have been improved and their volume has been adjusted.
- Sound effects have been added when using Star's Grace, Energy Overflow, Energizing Macaron, and Artificial Gravity Inductor.
- An additional matchmaking delay warning will be added when attempting to matchmake with a party of four or more.
- Optimizations are being made to improve in-game frame rate performance.
- To improve the usability of Teleportation Karma, improvements have been made to the effect quality and the delay when casting skills.
- The animation that appears when clicking the in-game skill window (Ctrl) will be removed to improve awareness during skill level up.
- Font has been changed to improve readability.
- Made improvements to ensure that the last selected option is saved when toggling Recommended Items ON/OFF.
- Improved the color contrast for hero death alerts in the top-of-screen hero status bar information and the hero status bar information on the scoreboard while spectating.
- Marty's Summon: Yaksha (R-Skill) has been improved so that if Yaksha dies while waiting for an input, the wait for the input will be canceled.
- Improvements have been made to make skill combos smoother.

Bug Fixes

- Fixed an issue where the hero model would randomly not be displayed during the MVP cutscene after the completion of Quick Battle and Competitive matches.
- Fixed an issue where the <Eye> icon that appears when Stealth is detected was not properly removed.
- Fixed an issue causing UI overlaps in the matching region selection menu.
- Fixed an issue where Magical Power was applied differently depending on the order in which the Ekidna's Trick and the Rampaging Toto items were purchased.
- Fixed an issue where having Ekidna's Trick and Rampaging Toto would result in a smaller Magical Power increase after defeating Flavi.
- Fixed an issue where the Shield value listed in the skill description of Zena's Round & Round (Q-Skill) differed from the actual Shield value.
- Fixed an issue where jungle monster positions were incorrectly displayed on the minimap during the tutorial step 2.
- Fixed an issue where stacking effects from defeating Prime Spirits were not displayed correctly.
- Fixed an issue where the ESC key did not work in the hero menu during matchmaking.
- Fixed an issue where some heroes would not display the "Recall Portal" message and duration when recalling.
- Fixed an issue where the status effect displayed above a hero would not refresh and disappear despite the healing decrease effect's duration refreshing.
- Fixed an issue where some item effects would not disappear when a hero dies
- Fixed an issue where the color of the ground beneath the hero would not update immediately when entering the hero menu.
- Fixed an issue in Custom Games where, when in spectator mode, if you use the Windows key to move the mouse cursor out of the game and then click back on the game screen, it becomes impossible to rotate the camera.
- Fixed an issue where the UI within the hero menu would randomly display incorrectly upon entering the menu.

The provided information may be subject to change.
Please see the notices for details.

Thank you.