Official update released March 15, 2021. Key highlights: New Hero: Beatrix , The Dawnbreak Soldier. Revamped Hero: Argus Hero Adjustments Battlefield Adjustments: Creeps, Equipments and Turrets New Functions & Events Events: Ranked Mode, Lethal Nexus: Eruditio Crisis System Adjustments.

11 Buffs

4 Nerfs

11 Adjusted

1 Revamps

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Beatrix hero Buff

The new hero will be making her debut upon all servers as of March 19th. Come and check it out!

Coordination

Tactical Reposition

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Designer Note

The new hero will be making her debut upon all servers as of March 19th. Come and check it out!

Coordination

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Beatrix swaps her primary weapon with the secondary she has slung over her back, gaining an all-new way to attack.

Tactical Reposition

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Beatrix dashes toward the designated direction, fully reloading her weapon.

Role: Marksman

Tier: C

Patch History: 17 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

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Argus hero Revamped

Adjustments applied to Warmonger, Demonic Grip, Meteoric Sword, Eternal Evil.

Warmonger

Demonic Grip

Meteoric Sword

Eternal Evil

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Designer Note

Argus is a standard close-range, physical DPS Fighter. With this revamp, we hope to make it possible for Argus to keep on chasing down the enemy and bringing the pain! We feel that Argus' skills are pretty good as they are, and so haven't changed them a whole lot making just a few minor changes instead. His art assets have been completely reworked, however. Insert Brief Intro Here

Warmonger

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When fully charged, this Passive can grant Argus' next basic attack an extra 2 strikes (instead of just 1). Also added a mechanism to convert his Attack Speed, making high-speed attacks feel more satisfying.

Demonic Grip

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Argus can now use his demonic hand to pull himself and enemies together. Argus can now unleash the second phase of this skill right after casting it.

Meteoric Sword

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Enemies struck by Argus Meteoric Sword are cursed for a time, during which they take damage while moving.

Eternal Evil

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This Ultimate has kept its trademark 5-second immunity to death.

Role: Fighter

Tier: D

Patch History: 16 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Bane hero Buff

Adjustments applied to Shark Bite, Crab Claw Cannon, Ale, Deadly Catch.

Shark Bite

Crab Claw Cannon Ale

Deadly Catch

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Designer Note

Following extensive testing, we've finally decided Bane's ready for everyone to try out. In this round of adjustments, we retained and enhanced his high damage dealing characteristics, and slightly increased both his survivability and mobility. More importantly, we've made different Bane builds possible so that he can adjust to the ever-changing battlefield. You can continue to choose physical-focused equipment, and cast Skill 1 and enhanced Basic Attacks to poke from a safe distance, but now it's also possible to use new magic builds and get up close and personal, wiping out squishy enemies. You can even focus instead on building Bane's survivability, and shuttle across the battlefield as you please! As before, Bane can get seriously strong in the late game but must first push through the early game, in which he's relatively weak. Enemies can capitalize on this, and try to prevent him gaining equipment early on. Overall, we're hoping that Bane gets a warm reception from you all!

Shark Bite

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Damage of enhanced Basic Attacks: 160-190% → 150-200% Optimized the display of buff stacks on the Passive icon. 100 stacks display the same effect as that of 20 stacks before this patch.

Crab Claw Cannon

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Cooldown: 6-3.5s → 6-4s New Effect: The cooldown reduces by 0.05% for each point of Physical Attack (multiplication applied after cooldown reduction calculations) Physical Attack Bonus: 140% → 160%

Ale

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Cooldown: 10 → 7.5s-4.5s Cooldown Calculation: Cast Start → Cast End New Effect: The cooldown reduces by 0.08% for each point of Magic Power (multiplication applied after cooldown reduction calculations) Movement Speed Increase: 25% → base of 50% but decays quickly Minimum Damage: 100-300 + 120% Physical Attack → 180-380 + 180% Magic Power HP Regen: 260-460 + 200% Magic Power → 160-285 + 10% of lost HP + 200% Magic Power

Deadly Catch

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Damage Type: Physical Damage → Magic Damage Damage: 500-900 + 160% Physical Attack → 600-1000 + 200% Magic Power Optimized all skill descriptions, and added recommended builds for playing Bane as magic DPS/Tank

Role: Fighter, Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 18 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Brody hero Adjusted

Adjusted Brody to restrain his power when he was equipped with defensive equipment. To further aid opponents in dealing with him, he can no longer Basic Attack within his Skill 2's duration.

Corrosive Strike

Torn-Apart Memory

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Designer Note

Adjusted Brody to restrain his power when he was equipped with defensive equipment. To further aid opponents in dealing with him, he can no longer Basic Attack within his Skill 2's duration.

Corrosive Strike

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Cannot initiate Basic Attacks while skill is in progress. Stun Time: 1s (1.2s in description) → 0.8s

Torn-Apart Memory

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Base Damage: 400-640 → 340-580 Lost HP Bonus: 6-8% → 4-6% Physical Attack Bonus: 100% → 180%

Role: Marksman

Tier: B

Patch History: 13 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

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Benedetta hero Adjusted

We further restricted her flexibility.

Phantom Slash Alecto Final Blow

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Designer Note

We further restricted her flexibility.

Phantom Slash

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Cooldown: 6.5-5s → 9-7s

Alecto Final Blow

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Cooldown: 34-28s → 45-35s Damage: 80-120 + 50% Total Physical Attack → 120-160 + 85% Physical Attack Bonus

Role: Assassin, Fighter

Tier: D

Patch History: 10 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Yi Sun-shin hero Buff

Increased the difficulty of farming for him and made it easier for enemies to counter his Turtle Ship.

Heavenly Vow

Mountain Shocker

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Designer Note

Increased the difficulty of farming for him and made it easier for enemies to counter his Turtle Ship.

Heavenly Vow

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Crit Damage of 1st enhanced Basic Attack: 70-100% → 60-100% Crit Damage of 2nd enhanced Basic Attack: 55-70% → 60-75%

Mountain Shocker

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Cooldown: 80-60s → 72-60s Removed the slow effect

Role: Assassin, Marksman

Tier: B

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Mathilda hero Buff

Adjustments applied to Ancestral Guidance, Soul Bloom.

Ancestral Guidance

Soul Bloom

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Designer Note

With this round of adjustments, Mathilda's poke capabilities have been reduced, which we hope gives her opponents more room to react. To compensate for this, we've also made it possible for her to have a higher damage cap when played properly, giving players an opportunity to see if they can pull it off.

Ancestral Guidance

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Base Damage of enhanced Basic Attacks: 135 → 160

Soul Bloom

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Base Damage: 400-600 → 460-660 Wisps can now attack minions as well as enemy heroes. Decay Ratio: 30-45% → 35-45%

Role: Support, Assassin

Tier: B

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Paquito hero Nerf

Adjustments applied to Heavy Left Punch, Jab, Knockout Strike.

Heavy Left Punch

Jab

Knockout Strike

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Designer Note

After surveys and data analysis, we've decided to nerf Paquito's ability to exert solo pressure in the early game as necessary. Along with this we've also slightly increased his all-round capabilities in late-game teamfights, making him slightly easier to use.

Heavy Left Punch

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Base Shield: 200-500 → 150-500 Enhanced shields will also adhere to this ratio.

Jab

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Base Damage: 250-550 → 200-500 Physical Attack Bonus: 100% → 120% Enhanced damage will also adhere to this ratio Slightly increased the distance he darts.

Knockout Strike

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Airborne effect duration of the enhanced skill: 1s → 0.7s Slightly widened skill range.

Role: Fighter, Assassin

Tier: S

Patch History: 20 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Silvanna hero Adjusted

We have tried to restrict her power for initiating attacks when she lacked good equipment. Besides, to balance out the former adjustment, we have optimized the logic of her Passive.

Knightess' Resolve

Spiral Strangling

Imperial Justice

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Designer Note

We have tried to restrict her power for initiating attacks when she lacked good equipment. Besides, to balance out the former adjustment, we have optimized the logic of her Passive.

Knightess' Resolve

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Basic Attack Damage: 45 + 75% Physical Attack + 45% Magic Power → 25+ 45% Physical Attack + 60% Magic Power New Effect: Gains stacks of Passive with Basic Attacks, where the full-stacked Passive effect can also be triggered.

Spiral Strangling

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Shield: 450-675 + 105% Magic Power → 250-400 + 150% Magic Power

Imperial Justice

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Cooldown: 38s → 46-38s

Role: Fighter

Tier: D

Patch History: 13 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Angela hero Nerf

Adjustments applied to Love Waves, Heartguard.

Love Waves

Heartguard

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Designer Note

Angela's Skill 1 granted too many effects, and we'd like to make the usage of each of her skills clearer. As such, we've buffed this skill's damage and healing, but nerfed its stow effect. Her Ultimate has also been buffed slightly.

Love Waves

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Magic Power Bonus for Damage: 50% → 80% Base HP Regen: 100-175 → 150-225 Slow Effect provided by each stack: 18% → 8%

Heartguard

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Cooldown: 80-70s → 70s Base Shield: 1200-2000 → 1200-1800 Magic Bonus for Shield: 200% → 200-280%

Role: Support

Tier: C

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,450

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Aurora hero Buff

Adjustments applied to Pride of Ice, Frost Shock, Cold Destruction.

Pride of Ice Frost Shock Cold Destruction

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Designer Note

We have largely increased the extra damage Aurora could gain from equipment, with the aim of letting some Mages take the lead in battle during the late game. We expect to see Aurora become the main Magic Damage dealer of her team in the late game. We've also improved the feel of Aurora's abilities, making it easier for her to unleash 2-3-1 skill combos at high speed. Improved the feel of Skill 1 and skill combos.

Pride of Ice

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Damage bonus to frozen targets: 30% → 20%

Frost Shock

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Magic Power Bonus: 130% → 200%

Cold Destruction

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Base Damage: 900-1300 → 800-1200 Magic Power Bonus: 180% → 240%

Role: Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 13 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Johnson hero Buff

Adjustments applied to Rapid Touchdown.

Rapid Touchdown

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Designer Note

We've made some changes to raise Johnson's skill ceiling. We're very glad that so many have been joyriding with him throughout the Land of Dawn! However, we've come to notice that despite auditory warnings, it's still difficult for enemies to react in time to Johnson, and they often end up getting crashed into. As such, we've enhanced the warning mechanic of Johnson's Ultimate for the first short distance, he drives clear alerts will be given to opponents. We hope this doesn't take any of the fun away from players who use Johnson, and gives opponents fair time to react.

Rapid Touchdown

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His sight is exposed for 3 seconds after starting driving.

Role: Tank, Support

Tier: D

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Terizla hero Nerf

We adjusted his Skill 2 to sustain his ability to clear minion waves in the mid to late game. Besides, his Ultimate and Passive have been adjusted to make him more a Fighter than a Tank.

Body of Smith

Execution Strike

Penalty Zone

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Designer Note

We adjusted his Skill 2 to sustain his ability to clear minion waves in the mid to late game. Besides, his Ultimate and Passive have been adjusted to make him more a Fighter than a Tank.

Body of Smith

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Max Damage Reduction: 45% → 35%

Execution Strike

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Damage to Minions: 60% → 60%-100%

Penalty Zone

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Cooldown: 48-36s → 40-30s

Role: Fighter, Tank

Tier: C

Patch History: 18 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Wanwan hero Buff

Slightly weakened her strength in laning and optimized her gameplay about hitting enemies' Weaknesses.

Tiger Pace Swallow's Path

Crossbow of Tang

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Designer Note

Slightly weakened her strength in laning and optimized her gameplay about hitting enemies' Weaknesses.

Tiger Pace

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True Damage dealt when hitting Weaknesses: 2.5% of target's Max HP → Fixed value of 58-100, scaling with level. Duration of Weakness in the target staying revealed: 10s → 6s (same as the duration when all weaknesses are hit).

Swallow's Path

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Physical Damage Bonus for Swallow Dagger's Damage: 85% → 65%

Crossbow of Tang

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Players can now see more clearly from the buff icon how long is left until the Ultimate can be cast. Fixed an issue that prevented Crits. Physical Attack Bonus for damage can now count toward Crits.

Role: Marksman

Tier: D

Patch History: 25 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

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Barats hero Buff

Adjustments applied to Big Guy, So-Called Teamwork.

Big Guy

So-Called Teamwork

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Designer Note

Barats' survivability was greatly boosted in previous adjustments, but his overall abilities didn't meet expectations. In light of this we've slightly increased his output capabilities to return them to a reasonable range.

Big Guy

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Max HP Bonus for enhanced Basic Attacks: 2%→ 3.5%

So-Called Teamwork

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Max HP Bonus for 1st Damage: 6% → 7%

Role: Tank, Fighter

Tier: A

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Yu Zhong hero Adjusted

Adjusted Yu Zhong to further separate his role from acting like a Tank.

Furious Dive

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Designer Note

Adjusted Yu Zhong to further separate his role from acting like a Tank.

Furious Dive

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Cooldown: 12.10.5s → 14-11s

Role: Fighter

Tier: C

Patch History: 11 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Lapu-Lapu hero Buff

Slightly reduced Lapu-Lapu's damage.

Homeland Defender

Raging Slash

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Designer Note

Slightly reduced Lapu-Lapu's damage.

Homeland Defender

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Physical Attack Bonus for enhanced Basic Attacks' Damage: 200% → 150%

Raging Slash

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Base Damage of the first 2 attacks: 320-500 → 280-440

Role: Fighter

Tier: C

Patch History: 16 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Alpha hero Adjusted

Adjustments applied to Force Swing, Alpha, Charge!.

Force Swing Alpha, Charge!

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Force Swing

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Beta's Base Damage: 75 → 120

Alpha, Charge!

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Cooldown: 20-12s → 16-12s

Role: Fighter

Tier: D

Patch History: 13 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Vale hero Adjusted

Adjustments applied to Wind Blade Scatter.

Wind Blade

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Wind Blade

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Scatter: Cooldown: 4s → 3s

Role: Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 8 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Dyrroth hero Buff

The Son of Darkness was already starting to have trouble fitting in with the current version. So we have augmented his early-stage regen capability a little.

Wrath of the Abyss

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Designer Note

The Son of Darkness was already starting to have trouble fitting in with the current version. So we have augmented his early-stage regen capability a little.

Wrath of the Abyss

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HP regenerated from enhanced Basic Attacks: 40% of damage dealt → 50 + 40% of damage dealt

Role: Fighter

Tier: C

Patch History: 7 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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