Official update released June 28, 2022. Key highlights: Revamped Heroes: Vexana - Shimmer of Hope, Leomord - Sworn Sword, Faramis - Soul Binder New Season: S25.

5 Buffs

3 Nerfs

16 Adjusted

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Vexana hero Adjusted

Adjustments applied to Nether Touch, Deathly Grasp, Cursed Blast, Eternal Guard.

Nether Touch

Deathly Grasp

Cursed Blast

Eternal Guard

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Designer Note

A mage with outstanding crowd control and the ability to summon an Undead Knight to assist her in battle. We designed a new Ultimate for Vexana and optimized the mechanics of her other skills to enhance her overall skill synergies.

Nether Touch

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Enemies hit by Vexana or her Undead Knight will explode upon death.

Deathly Grasp

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Vexana unleashes a Phantom Claw that terrifies the first enemy hero hit. Phantom Power will then erupt at the enemy hero's location, dealing damage to nearby enemies and terrifying them.

Cursed Blast

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After a short delay, Vexana strikes the target area with a blast of Nether Energy, dealing damage to enemies within.

Eternal Guard

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Vexana summons an Undead Knight at the target location, dealing damage to enemies hit and knocking them airborne. The Undead Knight will then join Vexana in battle for some time.

Role: Mage

Tier: C

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Faramis hero Adjusted

Adjustments applied to Vicious Retrieval, Shadow Stampede, Ghost Bursters, Cult Altar.

Vicious Retrieval

Shadow Stampede

Ghost Bursters

Nether Realm

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Designer Note

An extraordinary team support who can navigate the battlefield with ease and breathe extra life into allies. We've optimized the casting experience of Faramis's Skill 1 and 2 and redesigned his Ultimate for greater compatibility with different scenarios.

Vicious Retrieval

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Faramis can now more easily acquire soul fragments. The soul fragments can also enhance his damage.

Shadow Stampede

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Faramis can now move through terrain in the Shadow state, and can cast the skill again to leave the state and pull marked enemies toward him early.

Ghost Bursters

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With an optimized casting experience and range, Faramis can now hit enemies more easily and at longer distances.

Cult Altar

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Faramis transforms his surroundings into the Nether Realm, granting affected allied heroes (including himself) extra HP and a chance to "cheat death".

Role: Support, Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 10 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Leomord hero Nerf

A fearless and loyal knight designed to dominate mid to late game. Leomord's launching with new skill animations and special effects as well as enhanced damage for optimal mid to late game performance.

The Oath Keeper

Momentum Phantom Seed

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The Oath Keeper

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We've lowered the requirement for Leomord to launch critical strikes while increasing his damage and lifesteal ratio.

Momentum

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With an optimized casting experience, Leomord can now cast this skill more frequently while dealing higher damage.

Phantom Seed

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An optimized casting experience and increased defense scaling will see Leomord, riding Barbiel more confidently into the battlefield.

Role: Fighter

Tier: C

Patch History: 10 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Terizla hero Buff

By increasing Terizla's mobility and crowd control, we expect him to nail down an even bigger role in mid-to-late game teamfights.

Execution Strike

Penalty Zone

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By increasing Terizla's mobility and crowd control, we expect him to nail down an even bigger role in mid-to-late game teamfights.

Execution Strike

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New Effect: The skill can no longer be interrupted by control effects (except for Suppression). Slow Effect: 15% → 20%

Penalty Zone

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Base Damage: 300-500 → 300-600 Slow Effect: 40%-50% → 45%-65% Casting range and jump speed increased.

Role: Fighter, Tank

Tier: C

Patch History: 18 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Gord hero Buff

We're granting Gord an enhanced Passive coupled with a freshly optimized control experience, allowing him greater mobility during skill casting.

Mystic Favor

Mystic Injunction

Mystic Gush

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We're granting Gord an enhanced Passive coupled with a freshly optimized control experience, allowing him greater mobility during skill casting.

Mystic Favor

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Damage: 160 + 70% Magic Power → 140 + 60% Magic Power New Effect: Besides inflicting True Damage, the attack will also slow the target by 30% for 1s.

Mystic Injunction

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Damage Interval: 0.45s → 0.3s Damage: 80-155 + 20% Magic Power → 55-105 + 16% Magic Power Cooldown: 7-5s → 8-6s

Mystic Gush

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Damage interval: 0.3s → 0.2s Damage: 220-350 + 50% Magic Power → 135-225 + 33% Magic Power Cooldown: 34-28s → 44-36s Enemies hit are no longer slowed. Gord can now cast Battle Spells during the Ultimate.

Role: Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 14 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Xavier hero Adjusted

To help Xavier transcend his dependence on Passive stacks, we're slightly reducing their extra damage while shifting the spotlight onto his active skills. His damage at different numbers of stacks is basically unchanged.

Transcendence

Infinite Extension

Mystic Field

Dawning Light

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Transcendence

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Extra Damage Per Stack: 120-130% → 110-120%

Infinite Extension

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Damage: 300-550 + 120% Magic Power → 315-540 + 130% Magic Power

Mystic Field

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Initial Damage: 100-200 + 50% Magic Power → 110-210 + 55% Magic Power Subsequent Damage: 200-400 + 100% Magic Power → 220-420 + 108% Magic Power

Dawning Light

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Damage: 700-1100 + 150% Magic Power → 750-1150 + 162% Magic Power

Role: Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 11 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Nana hero Buff

Our efforts to fine-tune this cute little mage continues! Nana's boomerang gets a slight boost while her Molina and Ultimate get a few minor adjustments.

Magic Boomerang

Molina Smooch

Molina Blitz

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Designer Note

Our efforts to fine-tune this cute little mage continues! Nana's boomerang gets a slight boost while her Molina and Ultimate get a few minor adjustments.

Magic Boomerang

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Casting range slightly increased. Foreswing slightly reduced.

Molina Smooch

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Skill range slightly reduced.

Molina Blitz

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Casting experience optimized: The delay before the first attack is shortened, while the interval between two attacks are slightly increased.

Role: Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Lunox hero Adjusted

We're awakening Lunox's cosmic powers to help her better counter high HP enemies in this new meta.

Chaos Assault

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We're awakening Lunox's cosmic powers to help her better counter high HP enemies in this new meta.

Chaos Assault

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Damage Bonus: 130% Magic Power + 1.5%-3.5% of Target's Max HP → 120% Magic Power + 2.5%-5% of Target's Max HP

Role: Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 13 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Julian hero Nerf

Left unfettered, Julian's arsenal of weapons has proved to be dreadfully lethal. We're nerfing his overall sustainability and base damage to allow opponents better room for counterplay.

Smith's Legacy

Sword

Chain

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Designer Note

Left unfettered, Julian's arsenal of weapons has proved to be dreadfully lethal. We're nerfing his overall sustainability and base damage to allow opponents better room for counterplay.

Smith's Legacy

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Spell Vamp: 25% → 20%

Sword

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Reduced the Lifesteal efficiency to match that of other AoE skills Enhanced Reduced the Lifesteal efficiency to match that of other AoE skills

Chain

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Initial Attack's Base Damage: 340-500 → 300-420

Role: Assassin, Fighter

Tier: D

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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Akai hero Adjusted

Akai's been causing quite a pandemonium on the battlefield, so we're toning down some of the damage from his Passive and Ultimate.

Tai Chi

Heavy Spin

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Akai's been causing quite a pandemonium on the battlefield, so we're toning down some of the damage from his Passive and Ultimate.

Tai Chi

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Damage Bonus: 5% Max HP → 4% Max HP Shield Bonus: 5% Max HP → 4% Max HP

Heavy Spin

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Cooldown: 45-37s → 55-47s Base Damage: 180-540 → 180-420 Fixed an issue where the damage was higher than stated.

Role: Tank

Tier: D

Patch History: 12 Updates

Base HP: 2,800

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Ling hero Buff

With his enhanced critical power. Ling's been posing too high a threat to low-HP enemies. We're lowing his damage to give the victims a chance to get away.

Defiant Sword

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Designer Note

With his enhanced critical power. Ling's been posing too high a threat to low-HP enemies. We're lowing his damage to give the victims a chance to get away.

Defiant Sword

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Damage: 300-400 + 40% Physical Attack → 250-350 + 33% Physical Attack

Role: Assassin

Tier: C

Patch History: 28 Updates

Base HP: 2,400

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Irithel hero Adjusted

Irithel and Leo have just been piercing through enemies so we're scaling back her attack growth to give other heroes time to catch up.

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Irithel and Leo have just been piercing through enemies so we're scaling back her attack growth to give other heroes time to catch up.

Role: Marksman

Tier: D

Patch History: 13 Updates

Base HP: 2,200

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Luo Yi hero Adjusted

Luo Yi's bending time to her will in this patch with an Ultimate cooldown reduction that will have her blitzing all over the map in no time!

Diversion

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Designer Note

Luo Yi's bending time to her will in this patch with an Ultimate cooldown reduction that will have her blitzing all over the map in no time!

Diversion

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Cooldown: 55-45s → 50-40s

Role: Mage

Tier: D

Patch History: 13 Updates

Base HP: 2,300

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Jawhead hero Adjusted

We're giving Jawhead's missile launchers a major tune-up, making him a stronger contender on the battlefield.

Smart Missiles

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We're giving Jawhead's missile launchers a major tune-up, making him a stronger contender on the battlefield.

Smart Missiles

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Damage: 125-200 + 20%. Physical Attack → 120-220 + 25% Physical Attack

Role: Fighter

Tier: D

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,600

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Edith hero Adjusted

The Primal Warden ascends into a tankier role with a defense and damage boost that will hopefully see Edith become a stronger initiator in the battlefield,

Overload

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The Primal Warden ascends into a tankier role with a defense and damage boost that will hopefully see Edith become a stronger initiator in the battlefield,

Overload

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Base Extra Damage: 90 → 105

Role: Tank, Marksman

Tier: D

Patch History: 15 Updates

Base HP: 2,500

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