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Patch Notes

The official, definitely-deliberate balance log. We move numbers up, we move numbers down, and we apologize to whichever main you happen to be.

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Patch 7.13Most Recent

“The Mid-Season Apology”

We promised the meta would be in a healthy place by mid-season. It is now in a place. Whether that place is healthy is a matter for the philosophers. As ever, we balance around the top 0.1% of players and the bottom 0.1% of our own confidence.

Champions

Bramblewick

the Mildly Inspiring
  • ▲Final Verdict now deals more true damage to targets below 30% health. The ruling is, frankly, less appealable than ever.
  • ▼Whirl of Splinters radius reduced. Bram was achieving his daily step goal and ours simultaneously, which felt unfair.
  • ✦Fixed a bug where Bram's pension would occasionally deposit gold into the enemy team's account.

Cogsworth

the Refurbished
  • ▼Magno-Grab cooldown increased at early ranks. Cogsworth was grabbing people across time zones.
  • ◆Reserve Battery now converts mana to shield slightly more efficiently, but Cogsworth audibly apologizes while doing so.

Lumina

the Overlit
  • ▼Overbeam width reduced. After extensive testing, THE beam was determined to be too much beam.
  • ▲Afterglow mark detonation damage increased. The sparkles now have a body count.

Vesh

the Veiled
  • ▲Shadowstep decoy now stands slightly more convincingly. It will fool exactly the players we want it to fool.
  • ▼The Last Word missing-health scaling reduced. The very large number is now a merely large number.

Nana Cinder

the Sweet Pyromaniac
  • ▲Here's Mr. Snuggles lands harder and leaves a more smoldering mess. The bear remains legally distinct.
  • ◆Slow Burn stun now triggers one cast sooner. Grandma was being patient; we asked her to stop.

Items

Cleaver of Regret

  • ▼Bonus crit damage reduced from +30% to +25%. There are now slightly more take-backs.

Catastrophe Cap

  • ▲Total ability power amplification increased. The hat continues to do most of the work, and now demands recognition.

Spiteful Bulwark

  • ▲Reflected damage increased from 18% to 20%. Pettiness, finally, scales.
Patch 7.12Previous

“The Jungle Intervention”

Players told us the jungle felt like a lawless wasteland where buffs were hoarded and objectives went uncontested. We heard you. We have made the jungle a slightly more organized lawless wasteland.

Objectives

The Pit Tyrant

  • ▲Now empowers your team's minions more noticeably after a slay. The siege should feel like a siege, not a polite suggestion.
  • ▼Spawn timer pushed back slightly. Teams were sneaking the Warden at minute six and calling it strategy.

The Drakeling

  • ◆Stacking team buff now displays a tasteful counter so you can be precisely as smug as you have earned.

Champions

Kraugg

the Pit Beast
  • ▲Insatiable now heals more from feasting on monsters. Kraugg has, regrettably, eaten a fifth dragon.
  • ▼Feeding Frenzy duration reduced by one second. The glorious few seconds are now a glorious slightly-fewer seconds.

Sporvik

the Sniffling
  • ▼Pocket Sand blind duration reduced. Marksmen complained they could not see, which was, in fairness, the point.
  • ▲Caltrops now linger longer. Sporvik may now litter responsibly across more of the map.

Boulderon

the Avalanche
  • ▲Sediment stacks ramp up faster in extended fights. The longer Boulderon stands there, the more it becomes a load-bearing wall.
Patch 7.11Older

“The One Where We Touched The Marksmen”

Against the advice of counsel and several therapists, we have adjusted the marksmen. Please remain calm. The forums are already not.

Champions

Frostele

the Chillmonger
  • ▼Big Chill stun duration reduced. Snipes from across the map should be humbling, not legally actionable.
  • ▲Permafrost auto-attack slow now applies more reliably. The cold is, once again, good for the joints.

Vesper

the Quickhand
  • ▲Lucky Number true-damage round now hits a touch harder. Every third shot remains the most dangerous moment of your day.
  • ▼Hot Lead missing-health execution scaling reduced. Vesper was monologuing over far too many corpses.

Lyric

the Songweaver
  • ▲Harmony's passive heal increased. The bard's unpaid gig now keeps the carry alive a little longer.
  • ◆Encore's slow now lingers more consistently. The high note now zones the whole team off objectives as intended.

Professor Fumes

the Aggressively Pungent
  • ▲Personal Space Issues grants more move speed near multiple enemies. Fumes now flees, or pursues, with renewed vigor.
  • ✦Fixed an issue where Noxious Wake violated a fifth safety code. It now violates only the original four.

Items

Smoldering Scepter

  • ▲Burn duration increased. Things set ablaze now stay ablaze for the full dramatic effect.

Weighted Comforter

  • ◆Out-of-combat regeneration tuned. Anxiety remains cured; mild drowsiness is a known side effect.

Older patches were lost in a database incident we are contractually obligated not to call our fault.