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
2.2.16
Season 41 • Sep 2026
2.1.95a
Season 41 • Aug 2026
2.1.95
Season 41 • Aug 2026
2.1.90
Season 41 • Jul 2026
2.1.88
Season 40 • Jun 2026
2.1.67a
Season 40 • May 2026
2.1.67
Season 40 • Apr 2026
2.1.61
Season 39 • Mar 2026
2.1.47
Season 39 • Jan 2026
2.1.40a
Season 39 • Dec 2025
2.1.40
Season 38 • Dec 2025
2.1.30a
Season 38 • Nov 2025
2.1.30
Season 38 • Nov 2025
2.1.18b
Season 38 • Oct 2025
2.1.18a
Season 38 • Sep 2025
2.1.18
Season 37 • Sep 2025
1.9.99a
Season 37 • Aug 2025
1.9.99
Season 37 • Aug 2025
1.9.91
Season 37 • Jul 2025
1.9.90
Season 36 • Jun 2025
1.9.64C
Season 36 • May 2025
1.9.64B
Season 36 • Apr 2025
1.9.64
Season 35 • Mar 2025
1.9.42E
Season 35 • Feb 2025
1.9.42D
Season 35 • Feb 2025
1.9.42C
Season 35 • Feb 2025
1.9.42B
Season 35 • Jan 2025
1.9.42
Season 34 • Dec 2024
1.9.20E
Season 34 • Nov 2024
1.9.20D
Season 34 • Nov 2024
1.9.20C
Season 34 • Oct 2024
1.9.20B
Season 34 • Sep 2024
1.9.20
Season 33 • Sep 2024
1.9.06C
Season 33 • Aug 2024
1.9.06B
Season 33 • Aug 2024
1.9.06
Season 33 • Jul 2024
1.8.92C
Season 33 • Jul 2024
1.8.92B
Season 33 • Jun 2024
1.8.92
Season 32 • Jun 2024
1.8.78C
Season 32 • May 2024
1.8.78B
Season 32 • Apr 2024
1.8.78
Season 32 • Apr 2024
1.8.66B
Season 32 • Mar 2024
1.8.66
Season 31 • Mar 2024
1.8.56B
Season 31 • Feb 2024
1.8.56
Season 31 • Jan 2024
1.8.47B
Season 31 • Jan 2024
1.8.47
Season 31 • Dec 2023
1.8.44
Season 30 • Dec 2023
1.8.30B
Season 30 • Nov 2023
1.8.30
Season 30 • Nov 2023
1.8.22
Season 30 • Oct 2023
1.8.20B
Season 30 • Oct 2023
1.8.20
Season 29 • Sep 2023
1.8.08
Season 29 • Aug 2023
1.7.94
Season 29 • Jun 2023
1.7.82B
Season 28 • Jun 2023
1.7.82
Season 28 • May 2023
1.7.68
Season 27 • Mar 2023
1.7.58
Season 27 • Feb 2023
1.7.44B
Season 27 • Dec 2022
1.7.44B-Hotfix
Season 27 • Dec 2022
1.7.44
Season 26 • Dec 2022
1.7.32C
Season 26 • Nov 2022
1.7.32B
Season 26 • Nov 2022
1.7.32
Season 26 • Nov 2022
1.7.20B
Season 26 • Oct 2022
1.7.20
Season 25 • Sep 2022
1.7.08
Season 25 • Aug 2022
1.6.94B
Season 25 • Jul 2022
1.6.94
Season 24 • Jun 2022
1.6.84
Season 24 • May 2022
1.6.72
Season 24 • Apr 2022
1.6.66B
Season 24 • Mar 2022
1.6.66
Season 23 • Mar 2022
1.6.58
Season 23 • Feb 2022
1.6.50B
Season 23 • Jan 2022
1.6.50
Season 23 • Jan 2022
1.6.42
Season 22 • Dec 2021
1.6.34
Season 22 • Nov 2021
1.6.26B
Season 22 • Nov 2021
1.6.26
Season 22 • Oct 2021
1.6.18B
Season 22 • Sep 2021
1.6.18
Season 21 • Sep 2021
1.6.10
Season 21 • Aug 2021
1.5.96
Season 21 • Jul 2021
1.5.88B
Season 21 • Jul 2021
1.5.88
Season 20 • Jun 2021
1.5.78
Season 20 • May 2021
1.5.70
Season 20 • Apr 2021
1.5.62B
Season 20 • Mar 2021
1.5.62
Season 19 • Mar 2021
1.5.52
Season 19 • Feb 2021
1.5.46
Season 19 • Jan 2021
1.5.38B
Season 19 • Jan 2021
1.5.38
Season 18 • Dec 2020
1.5.32
Season 18 • Nov 2020
1.5.24B
Season 18 • Nov 2020
1.5.24
Season 18 • Oct 2020
1.5.16B
Season 18 • Oct 2020
1.5.16
Season 17 • Sep 2020
1.5.08
Season 17 • Aug 2020
1.4.94B
Season 17 • Jul 2020
1.4.94
Season 17 • Jul 2020
1.4.86
Season 16 • Jun 2020
1.4.76
Season 16 • May 2020
1.4.70
Season 16 • Apr 2020
1.4.60
Season 15 • Mar 2020
1.4.50
Season 15 • Feb 2020
1.4.44
Season 15 • Jan 2020
1.4.36
Season 14 • Dec 2019
1.4.28
Season 14 • Nov 2019
1.4.20
Season 14 • Oct 2019
1.4.06
Season 13 • Aug 2019
1.3.96
Season 13 • Jul 2019
1.3.90
Season 13 • Jun 2019

Patch 1.6.58

Season 23 Released February 21, 2022

Patch 1.6.58 - New Hero Melissa

Official update released February 21, 2022. Key highlights: New Hero: Cursed Needle - Melissa , A rebellious girl that runs a tailor shop and solves problems for people. New Feature: Graffiti and Skin Paint will be available soon. New Mode: Overdrive will be available soon..

4 Buffs
3 Nerfs
3 Adjusted
10 Balance Adjustments Filtered View
Melissa
Melissa hero Adjusted

A rebellious girl that runs a tailor shop and solves problems for people. This new Marksman hero also has unique skill descriptions.

All Documented Modifications (5)
Designer Note
A rebellious girl that runs a tailor shop and solves problems for people. This new Marksman hero also has unique skill descriptions.
Melissa deals 150% damage to Minions and Summoned Units.
Melissa slides forward and gains extra Attack Speed for 3s. She also commands Muddles to move a distance in the same direction and Cuddles to move the field to her destination when the two are on the field.
Melissa throws out Muddles, inflicting damage and slow while linking nearby enemy heroes up to 6s. When there are linked enemies, Melissa will command Giggles to attack Muddles on her each Basic Attack, dealing the same amount of damage to the linked enemies. Linked enemies can break the link by moving out of the range.
Melissa commands Cuddles to release the field of Protection, dealing damage while blocking enemies from entering the field for 4s. The field will also interrupt the enemy's movement skills. The field will disappear early if Melissa leaves the field.
Role: Marksman
Tier: A
Patch History: 14 Updates
Diggie
Diggie hero Buff

We're buffing Diggie's sustainability and giving him a new way to enhance his owl alarm bombs.

All Documented Modifications (3)
Designer Note
We're buffing Diggie's sustainability and giving him a new way to enhance his owl alarm bombs.
Base Damage: 500-800 → 500-600 Magic Power Bonus: 120% → 100% No longer runs on charges, with reduced cooldown. Activation delay slightly reduced. New Effect: Diggie gains 2 stacks of [Dangerous Sparks] each time his owl alarm hits an enemy hero, each stack increasing the skill's damage by 1% (up to 60 stacks). Diggie loses half the stacks upon death, but will gain 1 stack of [Dangerous Sparks] each time his skills hit an enemy hero when in the egg form.
Shield: 400-700 → 600-900
Role: Support
Tier: D
Patch History: 12 Updates
Silvanna
Silvanna hero Nerf

We're further nerfing Silvanna's Skill 2 but boosting her Basic Attack as compensation.

All Documented Modifications (3)
Designer Note
We're further nerfing Silvanna's Skill 2 but boosting her Basic Attack as compensation.
Basic Attack's Magic Power Bonus: 60% → 75%
Pulling force slightly reduced.
Role: Fighter
Tier: D
Patch History: 13 Updates
Karrie
Karrie hero Buff

We're improving Karrie's strength in the early laning phase.

All Documented Modifications (2)
Designer Note
We're improving Karrie's strength in the early laning phase.
Base Damage Bonus: 90% Extra Physical Attack → 90% Total Physical Attack Continuous Damage Bonus: 20% Extra Physical Attack → 20% Total Physical Attack
Role: Marksman
Tier: C
Patch History: 17 Updates
Gloo
Gloo hero Nerf

Gloo has remained a powerhouse. We're tuning down its damage this time to give its foes a fairer chance against it.

All Documented Modifications (4)
Designer Note
Gloo has remained a powerhouse. We're tuning down its damage this time to give its foes a fairer chance against it.
Damage Reduction Per Stack: 10% → 8%
Base Damage: 300-450 → 260-360 Explosion Damage: 270-420 → 220-320
Base Damage: 325-400 → 250-300
Role: Tank
Tier: A
Patch History: 15 Updates
Yin
Yin hero Buff

Yin's damage was slightly lower than we'd expected, so we're slightly buffing his damage in the transformed state in the early to mid game.

All Documented Modifications (3)
Designer Note
Yin's damage was slightly lower than we'd expected, so we're slightly buffing his damage in the transformed state in the early to mid game.
Base Damage: 320-520 → 360-560 Lieh Base Damage: 115-165 → 130-180
Knockback duration slightly increased.
Role: Fighter, Assassin
Tier: D
Patch History: 8 Updates
Valentina
Valentina hero Adjusted

We're slightly lowering the uptime of Valentina's Ultimate while smoothing out her damage scaling throughout the game.

All Documented Modifications (3)
Designer Note
We're slightly lowering the uptime of Valentina's Ultimate while smoothing out her damage scaling throughout the game.
Base Damage: 320-620 → 290-665
Cooldown: 35s → 42s
Role: Mage
Tier: A
Patch History: 12 Updates
Edith
Edith hero Nerf

We're slightly nerfing Edith's combat capability when her Wrath is low.

All Documented Modifications (2)
Designer Note
We're slightly nerfing Edith's combat capability when her Wrath is low.
Wrath-Based Attack Speed Boost: 50-150% → 25-150% Wrath-Based Lifesteal Boost: 10-30% → 5-30%
Role: Tank, Marksman
Tier: D
Patch History: 15 Updates
Harith
Harith hero Buff

Early to mid game damage slightly increased.

All Documented Modifications (2)
Designer Note
Early to mid game damage slightly increased.
Subsequent Damage: 510-810 → 540-940 (Initial Damage adjusted accordingly).
Role: Mage
Tier: B
Patch History: 20 Updates
Nana
Nana hero Adjusted

Adjustments applied to Molina's Gift.

All Documented Modifications (1)
Enemies can now see a visual indicator when Nana's Passive is ready.
Role: Mage
Tier: D
Patch History: 12 Updates

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