Balance Intel & History
Patch Notes & Meta Timeline
Sequential balance adjustments from the first international championship (M1 World Championship) through to today.
Championship & Seasonal Version History
116 Archived Milestones
Patch 1.5.46
Season 19 Released January 12, 2021Patch 1.5.46 - New Hero Paquito
Official update released January 12, 2021. Key highlights: New Hero: Paquito , Heavenly Fist Hero Adjustments Battlefield Adjustments: Battlefield, Turtle, Creeps New Functions & Events System Adjustments Bug Fixes.
3
Buffs
4
Nerfs
11
Adjusted
18 Balance Adjustments
All Documented Modifications (5)
Designer Note
A firm and righteous champion.
Paquito builds stacks when damaging enemies with his Basic Attacks or casting skills. Once 4 stacks have been reached, he enters Champ Stance, enhancing Paquito's next skill and skipping its cooldown while reducing Basic Attack damage. Using any enhanced skill will increase Paquito's Movement Speed.
Paquito throws forth a heavy blow, dealing Physical Damage to the target. If the skill hits a hero unit, he gains a Shield.
Enhanced
Gives Paquito's blow even more striking force, dealing higher damage and providing more Shields (which can be stacked on the Shields gained before the enhancement).
Paquito dashes forth and throws a jab, dealing Physical Damage to all enemies within area of effect.
Enhanced
Gives Paquito's jab even more striking force, dealing higher Physical Damage to enemies within area of effect. Jab deals no damage to targets in your path and stops only when hitting a hero or creep. (It passes through minions.)
Paquito launches an elbow strike to all enemies in front, dealing Physical Damage and pushing them to the destination. He then swings a haymaker at rapid speed, dealing Physical Damage and slowing targets, as he darts back.
Enhanced
Having pushed enemies to the destination, Paquito launches an uppercut, dealing Physical Damage and knocking his enemies airborne instead of slowing them.
Role:
Fighter, Assassin
Tier:
S
Patch History:
20 Updates
Base HP: 2,500
All Documented Modifications (1)
Penetration Damage of Basic Attacks: 0.54-1.1 → 0.68-1.1
Penetration Damage after Abyss Walker is cast: 0.64-1.2 → 0.78-1.2
Role:
Marksman
Tier:
B
Patch History:
12 Updates
Base HP: 2,200
All Documented Modifications (2)
Designer Note
In the previous patches, we made optimization to the use of Johnson's Ultimate, after which we gladly found that more players picked him in matches, In contrast, some "veteran drivers" told us that they thought Johnson drove too slow to hit enemies. Besides, we have always been trying to realize a more immersive driving experience for players. Therefore, we have added a new feature for his Ultimate, which allows Johnson to hit the gas and drive faster by tapping the skill. His speed returns to normal when releasing the button. We hope that it will bring more fun into the game.
His Skill 2 will transfer during the drive. Pressing and holding Skill 2 for a while increases driving speed gradually, which will return back to normal after releasing it.
Role:
Tank, Support
Tier:
D
Patch History:
12 Updates
Base HP: 2,500
Balance adjustments applied to Brody.
All Documented Modifications (1)
Through the previous adjustments, we improved the gaming experience in the early and late game for using Brody. Now we are going to deal with the problem regarding his Basic Attacks.
With his unique Basic Attack mechanism, Brody is not restricted by the slow casting of Basic Attacks, because of the high damage output of single attacks in the early game and critical attacks in the late game. Therefore, his performance is always surprisingly overpowered. We've decreased his early-game Basic Attack Damage and mid- and late-game Crit Damage by the adjustments below. As compensation, his normal Basic Attack Damage in the middle game has been increased, which can last for a relatively long time. We will continue to observe his performance in the Advanced Server.
Role:
Marksman
Tier:
B
Patch History:
13 Updates
Base HP: 2,200
All Documented Modifications (2)
Designer Note
The adjustments of jungle buffs in the last patch have greatly influenced some heroes. Based on our observations, we found it necessary to adjust Fanny in some aspects to reduce the effect. In this patch, we have reduced her Energy Cost, expecting that her ability to fly freely will not be restricted.
Energy Cost: 18-13 → 17-12 (Each successive use of this skill decreases its energy cost accordingly.)
Role:
Assassin
Tier:
A
Patch History:
23 Updates
Base HP: 2,400
Mathilda was unduly powerful in harassing enemies together with minion waves in the early game, so we have nerfed her damage during that period and enhanced her role in the team.
All Documented Modifications (4)
Designer Note
Mathilda was unduly powerful in harassing enemies together with minion waves in the early game, so we have nerfed her damage during that period and enhanced her role in the team.
Base Damage: 500-650 → 400-600
Magic Power Bonus: 60% → 70%
Added a warning indicator for Skill 1's area of effect damage.
Ratio of Shield received by allied heroes: 50% → 70%, with its duration: 4s → 3s.
This skill is recommended when cooperating with the following heroes: Gord, Odette, Badang, Guinevere, Silvanna
Magic Power Bonus of Damage dealt by Wisps: 10% → 12.5%
Role:
Support, Assassin
Tier:
B
Patch History:
15 Updates
Base HP: 2,500
Adjustments applied to Vampire Pact, Crimson Flower, Bloodbath.
All Documented Modifications (4)
Designer Note
As a support with special skill effects, Carmilla has relatively strong solo abilities but offers fewer team benefits than other supports. As a result, she can only give an unsatisfactory gaming experience despite her high win rate. Therefore, we decided to further enhance her mobility and teamwork ability at the cost of a certain proportion of damage output and survivability. We'll be paying close attention to her performance and considering possible subsequent adjustments.
Defense stolen from enemies: 10-20 → 6.4-12
Base Damage: 100-250 → 100-200
Base HP Regen: 60-150 → 50-150
Slow Effect: 30% → 10% (capped at 5 stacks)
Max Movement Speed Increase: 60% → 70%
Decay Time of Bloodbath Energy Accumulation from full to zero: 1.5s → 2s
Duration of Bloodbath Energy Accumulation: 4s → 4.5s
Role:
Support, Tank
Tier:
A
Patch History:
13 Updates
Base HP: 2,500
All Documented Modifications (2)
Designer Note
In the last patch, we increased Ling's Energy Regen to offset the effect of the burst nerf. However, this adjustment brought about a much bigger effect in the Official Server than the Advanced Server. Considering the overall balance, we decided to revert this boost from 2 to 1. We are deeply sorry for all inconvenience caused. We will be more sensible and careful in assessing every adjustment to avoid similar problems.
Base Energy Regen: 5 → 4
Energy Regen while upon a wall: 10 → 9
Role:
Assassin
Tier:
C
Patch History:
28 Updates
Base HP: 2,400
All Documented Modifications (1)
Conversion Ratio of HP Regen to Shield: 40% → 60%
Shield Limit: 20% → 25% (of Max HP)
Fixed the issue where Hanabi could not be controlled when certain skills broke the Shield.
Role:
Marksman
Tier:
C
Patch History:
12 Updates
Base HP: 2,200
Adjustments applied to Earthen Force, Power of Nature.
All Documented Modifications (2)
HP Regen Increase while near a wall: 3 + 1.6xLV → 15 + 1.6xLV
Initial Physical Attack Bonus: 120% → 160% (Scales with charging time.)
Role:
Tank, Fighter
Tier:
C
Patch History:
16 Updates
Base HP: 2,500
Adjustments applied to Homeland Defender, Raging Slash.
All Documented Modifications (3)
Designer Note
We've optimized the last phase of Lapu-Lapu's Ultimate, since its area of effect appeared to be unidentifiable to both sides. Accordingly, we've weakened his survivability and maintained his high damage output, in order to balance out the influence of the former adjustment, which means a bigger challenge for him to enter the battlefield at good timing.
Base Shield: 400 → 250
Extra Defense: 30-70 → 10-40
Added the hitbox display for the 3rd phase and optimized the skill cast.
Role:
Fighter
Tier:
C
Patch History:
16 Updates
Base HP: 2,600
All Documented Modifications (1)
Cooldown: 11-8.5s → 8-5s
Slow Effect: 40% for 2.5s → 30% for 2s
Role:
Fighter
Tier:
D
Patch History:
15 Updates
Base HP: 2,600
All Documented Modifications (3)
Designer Note
Uranus was hard to deal with due to excessive slow and speed up effects. We hope to give enemies more room in fighting against him.Besides, we also wanted to stress his ability to become stronger over time in battle, so we have enhanced his Passive.
HP Regen per second for each stack: 2-10 → 3-14
Removed the immunity to slow effects during his Ultimate.
Role:
Tank
Tier:
S
Patch History:
12 Updates
Base HP: 2,800
Balance adjustments applied to Jawhead.
All Documented Modifications (1)
As a Fighter, Jawhead has stronger early-game sustainability and higher burst damage than Tanks, which often restricts the use of some Tanks. Therefore, we adjusted his early- and late-game Max HP to better fit his role as a Fighter.
Role:
Fighter
Tier:
D
Patch History:
15 Updates
Base HP: 2,600
All Documented Modifications (2)
Designer Note
"Watch out! Popol's trap will injure you bad."
New Effect: Deals a small amount of Magic Damage to enemies (70-100 + 20% Magic Power).
Role:
Marksman
Tier:
D
Patch History:
17 Updates
Base HP: 2,200
All Documented Modifications (1)
We've optimized the casting of Aldous' Ultimate, which allows players to use it by simply tapping the hero icon beside the Ultimate button.
Role:
Fighter
Tier:
D
Patch History:
11 Updates
Base HP: 2,600
All Documented Modifications (1)
We optimized the targeting of Skill 1, Puncture.
Role:
Assassin
Tier:
D
Patch History:
12 Updates
Base HP: 2,400
Sanctum Island Map & Neutral Objectives
battlefield AdjustedNeutral creeps, defense turret plating, and lane minion mechanics tuned.
All Documented Modifications (1)
Adjustments applied to battlefield pacing and objective equilibrium in Patch 1.5.46.
Sanctum Island & Competitive Map Scope
Impacts neutral creep pacing, lane economy & objective control.