Patch Notes & Meta Timeline
Sequential balance adjustments from the first international championship (M1 World Championship) through to today.
Patch 1.8.56
Season 31 Released January 31, 2024Patch 1.8.56 - Competitive Balance Adjustments
Official update released January 31, 2024. Key highlights: Revamped hero : Aurora , Frost Oracle Hero Adjustments System Adjustments.
Adjustments applied to Pride of Ice, Hailstone Blast, Frosty Breeze, Frigid Glacier.
A full upgrade to Monkey King's! With new special effects
By changing the width of Paquito's Skill 2 and Ultimate to be identical to his Skill 1, we hope that players will now land his skills more consistently with a better hit rate.
We want to give other heroes more chances to counter Nolan's attack while improving his own lane clearing experience.
Lunox has been dominating the Jungle since the previous adjustments, so we're nerfing her a bit for balance. Besides, she's using her Ultimate too often because of the Cooldown Reduction.
Hanabi's performance shouldn't vary so much from rank to rank, so we lowered her laning ability in the early and mid game, and increased her self-defense in the late game.
Heroes on the EXP Lane wearing the War Axe and Brute Force Breastplate have all grown in power, so we've decided to buff Argus's power in the early-game to make him more viable.
Heroes on the EXP Lane wearing the War Axe and Brute Force Breastplate have all grown in power, so we've decided to buff Minsitthar's power on the Exp Lane to make him more powerful.
The equipment is designed to counter heroes dealing sustained Magic Damage (like Lylia and Alice), not multi-stage burst heroes (like Aamon and Gusion), so we're adjusting its passive accordingly.
Lower the price. With the changes to [Radiant Armor], the final Magic Damage increase effect has been removed to prevent heroes with multi-hit Magic Damage from dealing excessive damage.