Early Access Balance Patch V0.13.3

Eviscerator has too much uptime relative to other Crests so we’re bringing its cooldown in-line with other options.

Sanctification’s Shield scales too well throughout a match and can single-handedly swing a fight. To make it a little more manageable it’s getting a slight reduction to its Scaling.

Tier 2 Blight items are all having their Healing Reduction effects increased from 20% to 25% to make them better standalone choices against Healing heavy comps, should you need them.

A quick hit to Dust Devil’s mobility  offering to ensure Carries do not become overly mobile under its effect.

A small damage bump for Quiver to make it feel a little more punchy as a damage choice.

Nightfall doesn’t quite hit the mark in the healing department so we’re giving it some additional love.

Painweaver provides too much movement speed to its users, especially when the majority of them already have movement speed enhancing effects or mobility in their kits. To combat movement speed creep, we’re stripping back on some of the mobility it offers.

Cloak provides abnormal levels of healing in Tankier builds so we’re cutting it back.

A quick bump in Health for Tainted Blade to allow it to better compete with other Fighter items in the event you need access to sacrifice another item for some anti-heal.

The Axe struggles to find its place in many Bruiser builds. The addition of some Ability Haste should help it feel more accessible to the Heroes that like it the most.

• 10 Ability Haste added.

• Recipe: Changed from Stone Of Strength + Sabre + Stone Of Strength to Stone Of Strength + Vitality Beads + Temporal Ripper

Citadel provides too much upfront durability while also offering damage potential and utility thanks to its Shred effect. We’re pulling back on the Physical Armor offered on the item to make it less of a “must-buy” while also ensuring bruisers are forced to trade off some defensive capability in return for its Shred.

Similar to Prophecy, Magnify can feel a little too pricey to pick up, especially with its limited range of users. Time for a seasonal discount!

• Cost decreased from 3150 to 3050.

The previous round of nerfs to Megacosm’s burn from 4% to 3% were a little too heavy-handed and resulted in many Mages struggling against high health targets. We’re pulling back the changes to a more reasonable middle-point.

• Disintegrate Max Health Damage increased from 3% to 3.5%.

A reduction in cost to make Prophecy more accessible to those that want it.

• Cost decreased from 3250 to 3100.

Say hello to an old friend! We’ve brought back the old stat-profile and functionality of Tainted Sceptre, moving it back to Ability Haste and True Damage instead of Magic Penetration and Magical Damage. The reason for this is that Mages and Supports alike felt too punished when trying to round out and slot it into their builds due to the absence of Haste, making it feel inaccessible even in matches where its effect is needed and a less satisfying pick-up in general.

• 10 Magical Penetration Removed.

• Added 15 Ability Haste

• Recipe: Diffusal Cane replaced with Chronomatic Wand

• Malice damage decreased from 75 to 60.

• Malice damage type changed from Magical Damage to True Damage.

A quick shift in efficacy for Orb, with more upfront Mana but less Healing.

The pondered Orb is losing a little additional Mana scaling on its Enlightened Passive to offset the upfront increase.

• Mana increased from 200 to 250.

• Art Of Fortitude Health Restore decreased from 4% to 3%.

Fire Blossom is too cheap and efficient and can be purchased too fast into a match compared to other options. We’re bumping up the cost to ensure there is more of a trade-off in choosing it over other options, and that the power spike doesn’t occur quite as quickly.

• Recipe: Tunic added.

• Cost increased from 2700 to 2950.

• [Bugfix] Now correctly grants 45 Armor instead of 40.

Exchanging some Armor for a cheaper cost to make the Moon Boots more accessible to Supports given their overall lower economy.

• Cost decreased from 2800 to 2650.

Less Health Scaling for Frostblade to make the damage more reasonable in full Tank builds.

Stonewall is too effective at shutting down Physical ability casters, even when bought on a non-Tank. We’re reducing its upfront damage reduction and offering more scaling to ensure it leans more towards Tank users, rather than being good on Tanks and Carries alike.

Unbroken Will’s Healing when Immobilized created far too many moments of non-interaction, with Heroes such as Grux and Steel being entirely hard countered by its existence because their Abilities would often Heal more damage than they dealt, even when playing fights correctly and CCing the right target for the scenario. Due to this, we’ve opted to remove the Persistence Passive. Even without it, Unbroken Will still serves its purpose as an effective Anti-CC tool, just without the free healing.

• Persistence Removed

Void Helm is also proving slightly too efficient for its price so we’re reducing its health to balance out its overall value.

Some quick nerfs to the Cost and Health of Giant’s Ring as it provided too much value as a standalone option.

• Cost increased from 3000 to 3050.

A quick shift in damage potential for Lure to make it less about its damage output, and more about the shielding and disruption it provides.

Nyr Warboots provides too much passive healing in extended fights and the ability for its healing to persist for extreme amounts of time in extended teamfights leads to abnormal durability for its users in those moments. It now no longer persists until the end of combat. In return, its initial activation is more powerful as a gap closer and healing tool.

• Resistance no longer persists until leaving combat.

• Resilience Bonus Movement Speed increased from 40% to 50%.

• Resilience Duration increased 4s to 5s.

The changes to Stormbreaker have increased its pick-rate significantly and seems to be enjoyed by many. While this is great to see, it is scaling a little too hard in the damage department and is outshining other options, so we’re stripping back its maximum damage potential in the later stages of a match to bring it closer to parity.

• Chain Zap Bonus Physical Power Scaling decreased from 40% to 35%.

• Chain Zap Damage increased from 20 to 25.

• Chain Zap Critical Strike Scaling decreased from 80% to 0%.

• Static Max stacks decreased from 200 to 150.

Caustica has been unnecessarily punishing Mages for using their abilities to wear down a beefier Hero’s health pool by dropping their damage output on low mana. To ensure Mages can maintain meaningful damage against the bulkier targets, its Penetration no longer falls off below 50% Max Mana.

• Magus now always grants 40% Magical Penetration.