Official update released February 13, 2025. Key highlights: Revamped Hero: Hanzo , Akuma Ninja. A ninja who combines Ninjutsu with Demon Blood, able to transform into Hanekage to reap enemies from afar before returning to safety. Hero Adjustments Battlefield Adjustments.

11 Buffs

4 Nerfs

4 Adjusted

1 Revamps

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20 Balance Adjustments

Hanzo hero Revamped

Adjustments applied to Ame no Habakiri, Ninjutsu, Ninjutsu, Kinjutsu.

Ame no Habakiri

Ninjutsu: Demon Feast

Kinjutsu: Pinnacle Ninja

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Designer Note

Hero Feature: A ninja who combines Ninjutsu with Demon Blood, able to transform into Hanekage to reap enemies from afar before returning to safety. Hanzo's Ninjutsu has been refined. Even without his Ultimate, Hanzo's base form now has some combat capabilities. Hanzo no longer needs to accumulate Demon Blood to cast his Ultimate. Now Hanzo gains fixed energy when casting the Ultimate, and Hanzo's body becomes invincible when the Ultimate is active. We've also optimized Hanzo's normal skills to provide a smoother killing experience.

Ame no Habakiri

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Damage dealt by Hanzo's Basic Attack or skills inflicts a stack of [Dark Ninjutsu] on the target, up to 5 stacks. Each stack of [Dark Ninjutsu] increases the damage of Skill 1.

Ninjutsu: Demon Feast

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The skill can only be used on targets with max stacks of [Dark Ninjutsu]. If the target is a Common Creep, Hanzo will immediately devour it and digest it over a period of time to recover HP. Deals Physical Damage to heroes and True Damage to the Turtle and the Lord.

Ninjutsu

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Soul Reap: Hanzo dashes in the target direction, leaving a Dark Mist in his path, dealing Physical Damage to enemies in the area and slowing them. The Dark Mist provides Hanzo with a Movement Speed boost.

Kinjutsu: Pinnacle Ninja

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Hanzo leaves his body behind (invincible during this period) and charges into battle as Hanekage with enhanced skills, consuming energy every second (can be reduced with Purple Buff). When nearby units die, Hanekage gains energy. When energy is depleted, Hanzo's body will gradually be pulled toward Hanekage's current position (Hanzo and Hanekage share the same HP). When casting this skill again or when Hanekage is killed, Hanekage will quickly return to Hanzo's body (becoming untargetable and recovering a small amount of HP during the process). If Hanekage is killed, Hanzo will suffer a 50% Movement Speed reduction and have his position revealed for 6s.

Role: Assassin

Tier: D

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,400

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Selena hero Buff

Adjustments applied to Symbiosis.

Symbiosis

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Designer Note

We aim to strengthen Selena as both a Jungler and a Mid-Laner by increasing her passive mark damage against Creeps and Minions, while also improving the control experience of her Skills 1 and 2 in Elven and Abyssal forms. Since the stun duration of Selena's Skill 2 in the Elven Form leaves enemies with little counterplay, we've reduced the maximum stun duration. To compensate, we've improved the flying speed of the skill and increased the Movement Speed bonus upon reaching the required stun duration, ensuring Selena can still quickly close in on stunned targets to deal damage.

Symbiosis

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Other Effect: Mark Damage against Creeps: 200% → Mark Damage against Creeps and Minions: 250%

Role: Assassin, Mage

Tier: A

Patch History: 11 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Cici hero Buff

When Cici's passive Delight failed to sustain damage output, all stacks would be removed instantly. To improve in-game error tolerance, we've adjusted this so that stacks are now reduced gradually instead.

Performer's Delight

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Designer Note

Performer's Delight

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Stack Removal: All stacks removed instantly → 1 stack reduced per second

Role: Fighter

Tier: C

Patch History: 11 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Karrie hero Buff

Adjustments applied to Spinning Light Wheel.

Spinning Light Wheel

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Designer Note

The cooldown of Karrie's Skill 1 has a longer backswing compared to that of other Marksmen. We're optimizing it so that using Skill 1 during sustained basic attacks won't take up too much time, and the player will be able to move sooner.

Spinning Light Wheel

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Greatly reduced Skill 1 backswing (now consistent with Hanabi's Skill 2).

Role: Marksman

Tier: C

Patch History: 17 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

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Novaria hero Buff

Slightly increased her skill casting frequency while reducing Mana Cost.

Astral Recall

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Designer Note

Slightly increased her skill casting frequency while reducing Mana Cost.

Astral Recall

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Cooldown: 8s → 7s Mana Cost: 120-270 → 100-200

Role: Mage

Tier: B

Patch History: 7 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Floryn hero Adjusted

Balance adjustments applied to Floryn.

All Documented Modifications (1)

Comprehensive balance adjustments applied to Floryn.

Role: Support

Tier: D

Patch History: 11 Updates

Base HP: 2,450

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Esmeralda hero Buff

Esmeralda has been dormant for too long. We aim to enhance her late-game survivability, allowing her to shine on the battlefield once again.

Frostmoon Shield

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Designer Note

Esmeralda has been dormant for too long. We aim to enhance her late-game survivability, allowing her to shine on the battlefield once again.

Frostmoon Shield

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Base Shield: 400-700 → 400-900

Role: Tank, Mage

Tier: A

Patch History: 19 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Uranus hero Buff

Slightly increased early-game survivability and enhanced the Movement Speed boost during his Ultimate, giving Uranus more room for strategic plays.

Consecration

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Designer Note

Slightly increased early-game survivability and enhanced the Movement Speed boost during his Ultimate, giving Uranus more room for strategic plays.

Consecration

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60% Movement Speed buff, decays to 10% after 2s → 60% Movement Speed buff, decays to 20% after 2s

Role: Tank

Tier: S

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,800

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Baxia hero Buff

We want to ensure that even in the early game, Baxia's Skill 2 only enters a longer cooldown when it misses.

Shield of Spirit

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Designer Note

We want to ensure that even in the early game, Baxia's Skill 2 only enters a longer cooldown when it misses.

Shield of Spirit

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Cooldown: 10-5s → 7-5s

Role: Tank

Tier: C

Patch History: 18 Updates

Base HP: 2,800

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Barats hero Buff

We've slightly increased Barats' early-to-mid-game combat capability, hoping to bring him back into the spotlight.

So-Called Teamwork

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Designer Note

We've slightly increased Barats' early-to-mid-game combat capability, hoping to bring him back into the spotlight.

So-Called Teamwork

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Total Physical Attack Bonus for Detonation Damage: 160% → 180%

Role: Tank, Fighter

Tier: A

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Layla hero Nerf

With the new Malefic Gun, Layla has been performing exceptionally well. We want to preserve her long-range characteristic while slightly toning down her late-game damage output.

All Documented Modifications (1)

With the new Malefic Gun, Layla has been performing exceptionally well. We want to preserve her long-range characteristic while slightly toning down her late-game damage output.

Role: Marksman

Tier: D

Patch History: 10 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

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Granger hero Nerf

Granger is too strong during the laning phase when reaching level 4, so we're nerfing him while increasing his gain on attack equipment. Slightly reduced his farming efficiency.

Rhapsody

Death Sonata

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Designer Note

Granger is too strong during the laning phase when reaching level 4, so we're nerfing him while increasing his gain on attack equipment. Slightly reduced his farming efficiency.

Rhapsody

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Extra damage per bullet against Creeps and Minions: 70 → 35

Death Sonata

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Damage: 250-400 + 80% of Total Physical Attack → 150-250 + 100% of Total Physical Attack

Role: Marksman

Tier: C

Patch History: 21 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

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Sun hero Nerf

Slightly nerfed Sun's combat capabilities in the mid-to-late game.

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Slightly nerfed Sun's combat capabilities in the mid-to-late game.

Role: Fighter

Tier: D

Patch History: 9 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Hanabi hero Adjusted

Hanabi relied heavily on equipment providing extra Attack Speed, and her late-game damage was underwhelming. Therefore, we aim to balance her performance across different game stages and with different equipment builds.

Ninjutsu: Equinox

Ninjutsu: Soul Scroll

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Designer Note

Ninjutsu: Equinox

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Bounce Damage: First bounce deals 40% of the initial damage; subsequent bounces deal 85% of the previous bounce → All bounces inherit 30% of the initial damage

Ninjutsu: Soul Scroll

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Base Damage: 450-600 → 350-600

Role: Marksman

Tier: C

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

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Cursed Helmet equipment Buff

We've noticed that this equipment has a low pick rate, with some heroes only purchasing its component, Molten Essence. We aim to enhance the damage output of this equipment.

Cursed Helmet

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Designer Note

We've noticed that this equipment has a low pick rate, with some heroes only purchasing its component, Molten Essence. We aim to enhance the damage output of this equipment.

Type: Defense

Cost: 1,910 Gold

Patch History: 6 Updates

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Wishing Lantern equipment Nerf

Slightly reduced damage against high-HP heroes but added a minimum damage threshold, so this equipment can still deal damage when the enemy hero's HP is low.

Wishing Lantern

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Designer Note

Slightly reduced damage against high-HP heroes but added a minimum damage threshold, so this equipment can still deal damage when the enemy hero's HP is low.

Type: Magic

Cost: 2,250 Gold

Patch History: 4 Updates

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Radiant Armor equipment Buff

Radiant Armor values and gameplay tuning.

Radiant Armor

All Documented Modifications (1)

Designer Note

We believe Radiant Armor's passive effect provides sufficient protection against sustained damage from Mages when fully stacked. However, the current stacking efficiency is too slow, so we aim to improve it.

Type: Defense

Cost: 1,880 Gold

Patch History: 7 Updates

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