Words from Designers:
Inthis patch, we remade the Battle Spells 【Fury】【Interference】and 【Stun】 into 【Inspire】【Aegis】 and 【Petrify】. Weremoved those old skill effects which were too weak and optimized those skilleffects which are a little too imbalanced in order to make the usage of BattleSpells can have more strategic meanings.
Newspell 【Inspire】 can play a moreimportant role in the small-scale team fights in the early game. New spell 【Aegis】 has a more extensive application butalso has a longer CD time which allows the opposite team to be able to act. Andas to the spell 【Petrify】, wegave it some base damage and better control effect. In addition, we’ve made abrand new Spell 【Iron Wall】which provides some damage mitigationability to those heroes who always the target of concentrated firing.
I. New Hero -【Vexana】
Price: 32,000 BP; 599 Diamonds, 30% off forthe first week of release
Background Story:
A long, long time ago, there was a smallcountry with a kind and caring king and queen, held in high esteem by theirsubjects. Under the protection of the god of light, they lived a peaceful life.But deep under the ground, a lord of the dark abyss was plotting to invadetheir land. The Dark Lord sent the enchanting vampire queen Alice to tempt theking. The king stopped attending court and no longer cared for his once belovedqueen. With her husband's betrayal, the queen's sanity was razed by flames ofjealousy, and to try to win back her husband's heart, she made a deal with thedark lord to regain her youth and beauty. Every day in the kingdom anotheryoung and beautiful maiden went missing, and a panic fell over the people. Thecountry grew weaker with each passing day, and the sacrifices demanded by thequeen's sorcerer grew as well. Finally, the kingdom collapsed, no moresacrifices could be found, and the devouring power of darkness suddenly causedthe queen to turn wizened and frightening. A thousand years have passed, and thisunknown kingdom has disappeared in the stream of history, leaving only thelegend of the demon queen. Very few today connect this tale with the great andterrible Necromancer Vexana in the Land of Dawn. After all, it happened so, solong ago.
Skills:
Necromancy Spell (Passive):
Adds an occult spell to targets who takedamage from the Necromancer. While the spell lasts, the target will explodeupon death, dealing magic damage to surrounding units (base damage increaseswith level). Units who receive plague damage from puppets will also haveNecromancy Spell cast on them.
Charmed Specter (Skill 1):
Unleashes ghostly power in a forwarddirection dealing magic damage. The first hero hit will lose control and movetowards the Necromancer.
Nether Snare (Skill 2):
Summons an other-worldly power to dealmagic damage to a specified location.
Cursed Oath (Skill 3):
Puts a curse on enemy heroes (cannot beactively lifted), which deals magic damage, and causes the targets to receivemagic damage per second. If a target dies while under the curse, the targetwill resurrect and become the Necromancer's puppet, fighting for theNecromancer. A resurrected puppet will release plague to surrounding targets,dealing magic damage to them.
II. Weekly Free Hero Rotation & NewSkin
1. 8 free rotation heroes: server time2017/5/26 05:00:00 ~ 2017/6/2 05:01:00 (check the server time in the systemOptions)
Chou,Saber, Nana, Franco, Bruno, Minotaur, Hayabusa, Johnson
6 extra free heroes for Starlight Member:
Akai,Clint, Sun, Alpha, Yi Sun-shin, Cyclops
8 free rotation heroes: server time2017/6/2 05:00:00 ~ 2017/6/9 05:01:00 (check the server time in the systemOptions)
Miya,Alice, Nana, Bruno, Minotaur, Hayabusa, Natalia, Yi Sun-shin
6 extra free heroes for Starlight Member:
Balmond,Eudora, Ruby, Moskov, Johnson, Estes
2. 【Karina】at a limited-time discount: 30% off, server time 2017/6/09 05:00:00~ 2017/6/16 05:01:00
3. New hero skin:
【Vexana】-【Toxic Kiss】, 269 Diamonds
【Vexana】and her skin 【Toxic Kiss】: buy together as a gift pack toenjoy a discount of 30% off
III. Hero Balance Adjustment
【Nana】
Optimized thesound effect of her basic attack which is no longer ear-piercing
【Miya】
Optimized thevisual effect of her basic attack
【Tigreal】
Optimized theskill description of ‘Sacred Hammer’
Implosion:Now this skill can be interrupted by advance control effect (transform andknock airborne), and its effective range, cast animation and the animation whenit hits have been adjusted. The issue with the slow-down effect during theskill is in effect has been fixed.
【Karina】
Shadow Rush: Now the skill's re-use time will reset whenever Karina takes a kill or an assist without any limit on the time.
【Lapu-Lapu】
Hero'sFaith: Now the Bravery Blessing buff won’t decrease with time.
【Alucard】
Optimizedthe skill description of ‘Fission Wave’
【Balmond】
Optimizedthe skill description of ‘Cyclone Sweep’
IV. New Features & Events
1.Now Starlight Members will enjoy a 10% EXP bonus.
2.Added a skin switch, players now can freely switch on the skin display on thehero demonstration interface.
V. Battle Spells & Gear Adjustment
Battle Spells:
【Fury】
Name changed to 【Inspire】: Greatly enhances the hero for ashort period of time. The next 8 basic attacks will ignore 25 pts of thetarget's physical defense and increase your hero's attack speed by 55%. Lasts 5s.
【Interference】
Name changed to 【Aegis】: Summons a shield to encase the hero,able to withstand 3 basic attacks. Lasts 5s.
【Stun】
Namechanged to 【Petrify】: Deals<Num1> magic damage to surrounding enemies and petrifies them for<Num2>s.
New Spell 【IronWall】:
For2s, any physical or magic damage received will be mitigated by 25%. For eachenemy hero nearby, damage mitigation effect will increase 5%.
【Regen】
HPRegen effect reduced to 3% per hop (was 5%); Mana Regen effect reduced to 2.5%per hop (was 1.5%).
GearItems
【Demon Hunter Sword】
Minor Item 【Vampire Mallet】 in the Craft Tree changed to【Vitality Crystal】; craft pricechanged but the original total price remained.
【Bloodthirsty King】
Minor Item 【Healing Necklace】in the Craft Tree changedto 【Ares Belt】; craft pricechanged but the original total price remained.
【Wind Chaser】
NameChanged to 【Malefic Roar】 andits icon adjusted;
NewUnique Passive – Armor Buster: Basic attack can ignore 20% of turret’s defense;
Priceincreased from 1910 to 2060.
【Deadly Blade】
Fixedthe bug on the item: Now its Unique Passive - Life Drain’s effect can no longerstack up.
【Corrosion Scythe】
UniquePassive – Corrosion’s description separated to 2 passive: ‘Corrosion’ and ‘Scour’
【Enchanted Talisman】
Fixedthe bug that the item cannot increase the max HP
VI. Battleground Changes
1. Optimized thevisual effect of stun effect
2. Optimized thetravel route of minions in Top and Bottom lane: Now they march more close tothe bushes.
3. Optimized thefloating text of Lifesteal and Spell Vamp: Now the text will not show up whenthe Lifesteal/Spell Vamp effect is too low.
4. Now it willshow the text ‘Absorb’ when damage is absorbed by shield-type skills.
5. Brawl Modeoptimized:
a) One more range attack minion added tothe troupe when the cannon spawns
b) Gold gained per minute increased
c) Gold gained by killing an enemy heroreduced
VII. System Adjustment
1.Skin sending rules adjusted: Now both sides have to be over level 20 and havebecome friends for over 7 days (if you are already friends before the update,then you can still send/receive skins to/from each other. After the updatereleases, new friends must wait for 7 days.)
2.Now Human vs AI mode will be unlocked at lv.5 (this change doesn’t apply tothose who have already unlocked the mode).
3.Battleground user interface and style changed greatly. We hope you’ll like it.
4.The display of PING on homepage and lobby now is more accurate. Players willsee a clearer prompt when the network status is down.
5.Battle loading interface changed.
6.Added local servers in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia; players livethere can play the game with a better PING.
7.Optimized the game’s performance in the battle which can improve average FPSgreatly during the battle.
8.Live stream feature optimized:
a)Optimized the time delay of live stream
b)Optimized the experience after the hero dies during the live stream
c)Added an entry to check stream records on streamer’s info card
d)Optimized the visual effect of sending ‘Likes’
e)Added a prompt that manual barrage messages can be seen by the streamer
f)Added the icon prompt when allied and enemy heroes die
9.Optimized the lagging issue with friends list caused by too much data loaded.
10.Optimized the display order of heroes on the hero selection stage. Now the sortorder won’t be affect by free hero rotation.
11.Now players can check the star change in the Past Results
12.Optimized the calculation method for MVP
VIII. Bug Repair
1.Now players will receive a prompt before buying the hero if this hero is bannedfrom use by system
2.Fixed some issues with Bluetooth earphones to improve the sound quality.
3.Live stream bugs:
a)Fixed the bug that streamer cannot see viewers’ barrage messages who are ondifferent servers.
b)Fixed the bug that game will freeze if click on several live streamscontinuously.
c)Fixed the issue that hero skills’ CD is not simultaneous
d)Fixed the bug that streamer’s gold gained doesn’t change simultaneously
e)Fixed the bug that prompt color will go awry if the streamer is in the red team
f)Fixed the retard issue with status refreshing in My Following list
g)Fixed the bug that streamer’s info board cannot open again after hidden
4.Fixed the issue of unstable sound volume when opening system Options.
5.Fixed the issue of wrong turret icon in the Brawl Mode.
6.Fixed the issue where the Saber’s passive conflicts with the passive of item‘Blade of Seven Seas’.
7.Fixed the issue where Estes cannot select allied heroes as target to heal ifthey are in stealth mode.
8.Fixed the issue where Battle Spell ‘Healing’ doesn’t heal allied heroes who arein stealth mode.
9.Fixed the bug with Yi Sun-shin’s Ult.
10.Fixed the issue that Saber’s Ult may select wrong target.
11.Fixed the bug that, in the jungle area, sometimes the hero won’t attack whenthe player already locks on the target.