Official update released January 17, 2022. Key highlights: New Hero: Martial Genius - Yin , a gifted Kungfu boy possessed by an Evil God. New Event: Aspirants Unite is now available! Join the event for a chance to get exclusive skins. Magic Chess S7 will end on 01/30/2022 at 00:00:00, while Magic Chess S8 - Evolution will begin shortly after..

5 Buffs

5 Nerfs

16 Adjusted

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26 Balance Adjustments

Yin hero Nerf

A gifted Kung fu boy possessed by an Evil God.

Leave It to Me

Charged Punch

Instant Blast

My Turn

All Documented Modifications (5)

Designer Note

A gifted Kung fu boy possessed by an Evil God.

Leave It to Me

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Yin deals significantly increased damage when there are no allied heroes around.

Charged Punch

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Yin gains extra Movement Speed and launches a Charged Punch on his next Basic Attack, dealing massive damage to enemies in the path. Lieh Lieh smashes an area ahead successively, inflicting high damage and slow. The smashing speed will gradually increase over the duration.

Instant Blast

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Yin dashes forward, dealing damage while leaving a Golden Ring behind. He gains extra Damage Reduction if an enemy hero is hit. After a short delay, the Golden Ring will catch up with Yin, dealing damage and stunning enemies it passes through. Lieh Lieh strikes a flying kick forward, dealing damage while leaving a Golden Ring behind. Enemies hit will also be knocked back slightly. He gains extra Damage Reduction if an enemy hero is hit. After a short delay, the Golden Ring will catch up with Lieh, dealing damage and stunning enemies it passes through.

My Turn

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Yin pulls a designated enemy hero into his domain and turns into Lieh. When in the domain, the two cannot be affected by other heroes' skills. If Yin successfully kills the enemy, he'll leave the domain with the cooldowns of his non-ultimate skills reset and continue to fight as Lieh for a while.

Role: Fighter, Assassin

Tier: D

Patch History: 8 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Minotaur hero Buff

We want Minotaur to be able to choose when to enter the Enraged state. Also making it slightly harder for him to reach the max Rage.

Rage Mode

Despair Stomp

Motivation Roar

Minoan Fury

All Documented Modifications (5)

Designer Note

We want Minotaur to be able to choose when to enter the Enraged state. Also making it slightly harder for him to reach the max Rage.

Rage Mode

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Extended the time before Minotaur’s Rage begins to drop after he leaves combat. Rage gained from attacks slightly reduced.

Despair Stomp

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New Effect: Reduces enemies' Attack Speed by 30%. Movement Speed Reduction: 65% → 40% Debuff Duration: 2s → 3s Skill 1's Extra Damage (Enraged): 1.5% of Target's Max HP → 3% of Minotaur's Max HP

Motivation Roar

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Casting Skill 2 also grants Rage. New Effect: Increases allies' Attack Speed by 30% for 3s. No longer enhances Minotaur's Basic Attacks.

Minoan Fury

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Rage Regen: 45-55 → 40-50 Cooldown: 30s → 40s No longer refunds part of the Ultimate's cooldown when Minotaur leaves the Enraged state.

Role: Tank, Support

Tier: A

Patch History: 14 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Helcurt hero Adjusted

Empowered by the Lord of Abyss, Helcurt's Poison Stingers are now even "Deadlier".

Shadow Transition

Deadly Stinger

Dark Night Falls

All Documented Modifications (4)

Designer Note

Empowered by the Lord of Abyss, Helcurt's Poison Stingers are now even "Deadlier".

Shadow Transition

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Slow Effect: 40% → 90%, but will decay over 1.5s New Effect: Grants a Deadly Poison Stinger upon hitting an enemy hero or creep.

Deadly Stinger

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New Effect: Deadly Poison Stingers can now trigger attack effects (but cannot critically strike).

Dark Night Falls

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New Effect: Casting the Ultimate grants a Deadly Poison Stinger.

Role: Assassin

Tier: D

Patch History: 9 Updates

Base HP: 2,400

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Gloo hero Buff

We're boosting Gloo's performance in the EXP lane.

Slam, Slam Pass, Pass Split, Split

All Documented Modifications (4)

Designer Note

We're boosting Gloo's performance in the EXP lane.

Slam, Slam

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New Effect: Actively detonating the Goo now fully resets the skill's cooldown. Cooldown: 8-6s → 10-8s Base Damage: 360-560 → 300-450 Fixed an issue where the damage of Gloo's Skill 1 was greatly reduced when it's attached to an enemy hero.

Pass, Pass

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Base Damage: 325-450 → 325-400 Fixed an issue where the damage of Gloo's Skill 2 was greatly reduced when it's attached to an enemy hero. Casting speed slightly increased.

Split, Split

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Gloo can now cast its Skill 1/2 to end the Split, Split state. Movement distance of Go, Go increased. HP Regen: 30%-35% → 25%-30%

Role: Tank

Tier: A

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,800

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Aulus hero Buff

Aulus's ready to crush more skulls with his sharpened battleaxe.

Fighting Spirit

All Documented Modifications (2)

Designer Note

Aulus's ready to crush more skulls with his sharpened battleaxe.

Fighting Spirit

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Extra Physical Attack Per Stack: 3-9 → 4-16 Enhanced Basic Attack's Damage: 125% → 130%

Role: Fighter

Tier: B

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Dyrroth hero Adjusted

We're adjusting Dyrroth's Skill 2 so he may have more access to the skill if he doesn't release the second cast. We expect this to improve his mobility in higher play.

Spectre Step

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Designer Note

We're adjusting Dyrroth's Skill 2 so he may have more access to the skill if he doesn't release the second cast. We expect this to improve his mobility in higher play.

Spectre Step

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Cooldown: 12-8s → 8-4s New Effect: The skill goes into cooldown after the second cast hits (on the first cast if the second cast isn't released).

Role: Fighter

Tier: C

Patch History: 7 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Karina hero Adjusted

We're tuning down Karina's burst potential against squishy heroes.

Shadow Combo

Dance of Blades

All Documented Modifications (3)

Designer Note

We're tuning down Karina's burst potential against squishy heroes.

Shadow Combo

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Damage: 50 + 80% Magic Power + 8% of the Target's Lost HP → 50 + (7 + 2% Magic Power)% of the Target's Lost HP

Dance of Blades

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Cooldown: 8-6s → 7s at All Levels

Role: Assassin

Tier: D

Patch History: 14 Updates

Base HP: 2,400

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Aamon hero Nerf

We're reverting the previous nerfs on Aamon's Skill 2 while putting a few restrictions in other directions.

Invisible Armor

Endless Shards

All Documented Modifications (3)

Designer Note

We're reverting the previous nerfs on Aamon's Skill 2 while putting a few restrictions in other directions.

Invisible Armor

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The extra Movement Speed now decays faster.

Endless Shards

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Shifted most of the damage to the final hit so the opposing players may dodge the damage using Blink or skills that grant Invincibility. Also slightly lowered the AOE damage.

Role: Assassin

Tier: D

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,400

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Fanny hero Adjusted

Fanny's now able to zoom around more freely and better adjust her state at the spawn point.

Steel Cable

All Documented Modifications (2)

Designer Note

Fanny's now able to zoom around more freely and better adjust her state at the spawn point.

Steel Cable

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Energy Cost Reduced Per Successive Cast: 1 → 2

Role: Assassin

Tier: A

Patch History: 23 Updates

Base HP: 2,400

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Claude hero Adjusted

We're giving Claude a bump up in his laning performance, especially before he gets his hands on the core equipment.

Battle Side-by-side

Art of Thievery

Battle Mirror Image

All Documented Modifications (4)

Designer Note

We're giving Claude a bump up in his laning performance, especially before he gets his hands on the core equipment.

Battle Side-by-side

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Dexter's Damage: 35% Physical Attack → 20 + 35% Physical Attack

Art of Thievery

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Extra Movement Speed & Attack Speed Per Stack: 3%-7% → 4%-7%

Battle Mirror Image

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Dexter's Damage: 35% Physical Attack → 20 + 35% Physical Attack

Role: Marksman

Tier: B

Patch History: 21 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Chang'e hero Buff

Skill 2's casting experience optimized, Basic Attack damage increased.

Crescent Moon

All Documented Modifications (2)

Designer Note

Skill 2's casting experience optimized, Basic Attack damage increased.

Crescent Moon

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Burst Movement Speed Boost: 30% → 50% Continuous Movement Speed Boost: 15% → 10% Basic Attack's Total Extra Damage: 40 + 40% Physical Attack + 50% Magic Power → 40 + 30% Physical Attack + 70% Magic Power

Role: Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 13 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Popol and Kupa hero Adjusted

We're slightly lowering Popol and Kupa's early game damage to balance out the performance boost from the issue fixes.

We Are Friends

Bite 'em, Kupa!

We Are Angry!

All Documented Modifications (4)

Designer Note

We're slightly lowering Popol and Kupa's early game damage to balance out the performance boost from the issue fixes.

We Are Friends

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Kupa can now correctly inherit 100% of Popol's Attack Speed.

Bite 'em, Kupa!

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Signal Arrow Damage: 100-190 → 80-170 Kupa's Base Damage: 120-210 → 100-190 Fixed an issue where Kupa could bite 3 times even when not in Alpha Wolf Form.

We Are Angry!

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Fixed an issue where Kupa would launch extra Basic Attacks during the 3 rapid bites in Alpha Wolf Form.

Role: Marksman

Tier: D

Patch History: 17 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Karrie hero Adjusted

We're granting Karrie more sustained damage during her Ultimate.

Speedy Lightwheel

All Documented Modifications (2)

Designer Note

We're granting Karrie more sustained damage during her Ultimate.

Speedy Lightwheel

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Basic Attack Damage During Ultimate: 60%-66% → 65%-75% No longer reduces Attack Speed for the duration. Cooldown: 30s-20s → 40s at All Levels

Role: Marksman

Tier: C

Patch History: 17 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Natalia hero Adjusted

Natalia's refined her creep hunting tools.

Assassin Instinct

All Documented Modifications (2)

Designer Note

Natalia's refined her creep hunting tools.

Assassin Instinct

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Extra Damage Against Creeps: 15% → 50%

Role: Assassin

Tier: D

Patch History: 14 Updates

Base HP: 2,400

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Bane hero Adjusted

The frequent use of Physical equipment is wearing Bane down. It's time for a change.

Shark Bite Ale

Deadly Catch

All Documented Modifications (4)

Designer Note

The frequent use of Physical equipment is wearing Bane down. It's time for a change.

Shark Bite

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Physical Attack Bonus: 145-180% → 135-170%

Ale

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Base Damage: 180-380 → 200-400

Deadly Catch

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Magic Power Bonus: 150% → 170%

Role: Fighter, Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 18 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Natan hero Adjusted

We're restricting Natan's access to his Ultimate.

Entropy?

All Documented Modifications (2)

Designer Note

We're restricting Natan's access to his Ultimate.

Entropy?

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Cooldown: 33-25s → 48-36s

Role: Marksman

Tier: D

Patch History: 20 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Freya hero Adjusted

We're lowering the downtime of Freya's Skill 1 to give her more mobility in higher play.

Leap of Faith

Valkyrie Descent

All Documented Modifications (3)

Designer Note

We're lowering the downtime of Freya's Skill 1 to give her more mobility in higher play.

Leap of Faith

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Cooldown: 10-7.5s → 8-6s

Valkyrie Descent

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Cooldown: 46-40s → 54-46s

Role: Fighter

Tier: S

Patch History: 14 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Yve hero Adjusted

Early to mid game strength reduced.

Void Blast

Real World Manipulation

All Documented Modifications (3)

Designer Note

Early to mid game strength reduced.

Void Blast

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Cooldown: 4.5-2.5s → 6-2.5s

Real World Manipulation

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Cooldown: 55-45s → 65-55s Mana Cost: 110-190 → 180-260

Role: Mage

Tier: C

Patch History: 19 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Phoveus hero Nerf

Ultimate's cooldown increased, durability slightly reduced.

Malefic Terror

Demonic Force

All Documented Modifications (3)

Designer Note

Ultimate's cooldown increased, durability slightly reduced.

Malefic Terror

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Shield's HP Bonus: 8% → 6%

Demonic Force

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Cooldown: 45-35s → 50-40s

Role: Fighter

Tier: B

Patch History: 11 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Wanwan hero Buff

Early game strength slightly increased.

All Documented Modifications (1)

Early game strength slightly increased.

Role: Marksman

Tier: D

Patch History: 25 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Harith hero Adjusted

We want Harith's mistakes to be less punishing. Also giving him a boost in his early game performance.

Synchro Fission

All Documented Modifications (2)

Designer Note

We want Harith's mistakes to be less punishing. Also giving him a boost in his early game performance.

Synchro Fission

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Initial Damage: 145-270 + 70% Magic Power → 204-324 + 84% Magic Power Explosion Damage: 435-810 → 510-810

Role: Mage

Tier: B

Patch History: 20 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Pharsa hero Nerf

Ultimate's cooldown increased.

Feathered Air Strike

All Documented Modifications (2)

Designer Note

Ultimate's cooldown increased.

Feathered Air Strike

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Cooldown: 36-28s → 46-38s

Role: Mage

Tier: C

Patch History: 20 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

Hero Dossier Combat Lab

Favor equipment Adjusted

Healers have been overperforming with Favor's extra HP Regen, so we're applying a tentative fix.

Favor

All Documented Modifications (1)

Designer Note

Healers have been overperforming with Favor's extra HP Regen, so we're applying a tentative fix.

Type: Roaming

Cost: 0 Gold

Patch History: 7 Updates

Equipment Database

Conceal equipment Adjusted

We're putting a brake on Conceal's burst Movement Speed so the opposing players 'may have a bit more time to react.

Conceal

All Documented Modifications (1)

Designer Note

We're putting a brake on Conceal's burst Movement Speed so the opposing players 'may have a bit more time to react.

Type: Roaming

Cost: 0 Gold

Patch History: 5 Updates

Equipment Database

Killing Spree

battlefield Nerf

Killing Spree was proven too strong when equipped by execution heroes, so we're nerfing it a bit.

All Documented Modifications (1)

Designer Note

Killing Spree was proven too strong when equipped by execution heroes, so we're nerfing it a bit.

Sanctum Island & Competitive Map Scope Impacts neutral creep pacing, lane economy & objective control.

Meta Shifts

War Axe equipment Adjusted

This piece of equipment originally designed for sustained damage heroes has become the go-to for almost everyone. It's time to dial back some numbers.

War Axe

All Documented Modifications (1)

Designer Note

This piece of equipment originally designed for sustained damage heroes has become the go-to for almost everyone. It's time to dial back some numbers.

Type: Attack

Cost: 2,100 Gold

Patch History: 11 Updates

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