Update V39

Update V39
Version	v39
Release Date	April 4th, 2017
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Release Notes - V.39 Update

Major Features

• Morigesh has been released!
• The Monolith map has been updated!
  • Jungle layout update:
    • Jungle flow has been streamlined and improved.
    • Camps have been re-positioned.
    • Amberlink relocated.
  • Collision has been greatly improved throughout the map.
  • Prime Guardian and Raptor pathways are more similar.
    • Provides more equal ground near Midlane.
  • Fog walls have been improved.
  • Grass is enabled for high settings.
• Hot Rod Howitzer Skin Variations
  • Founders will recieve both the Orchid and Sanguine Skin Variations for free upon logging in.

Monolith

• Raptors Update
  • The Raptor camp no longer reinforces one at a time.
    • Raptor camp will begin respawning four minutes after all Raptors have been destroyed. Only after all Raptors have been destroyed, spawning four minutes later.
    • Raptor melee attacks will now only damage their primary target.
  • Increased Max Level for from 5 to 15.
  • Now levels up every 2 minutes, gaining health with each level.
    • Raptors stop leveling after 30 minutes.
  • Stat Changes
    • Reduced Raptor CP Bounty from 1000 to 800.
    • Reduced Raptor Base Health from 3500 to 1450.
    • Implemented Health Per Level scaling for Raptors, gaining 125 health per level (every 2 minutes).
• Prime Guardian Update
  • Prime Guardian respawn time reduced from 480 seconds to 420 seconds.
  • Now levels up every 2 minutes, gaining health with each level.
  • Increased Max Level from 5 to 15.
  • Stat Changes
    • Reduced Prime Guardian base health from 12000 to 8625.
    • Implemented Health Per Level scaling for Prime, gaining 325 health per level (every 2 minutes).
• Prime Orb Update
  • Reduced duration of Prime Buff from 180 seconds to 150 seconds.
  • Updated Prime Orb buff (See cards).
• River Buff Update
  • Updated vision rules.
  • River Buff will now update every 2:00 minutes regardless of whether it had been destroyed previously.

Cards

• Weekly Card Pack
  • Micro-Nuke
  • Reaper's Siphon
  • Swiftcreek Heart
• Prime Card Rework
  • Stat Changes
    • The Warlord
      • +27.5 Attack Speed.
    • The Archmagus
      • +30 points of power.
    • The Centurion
      • +250 points of Max Health.
  • All Prime Cards now have the same Unique Passive effects (below).
    • Restore 3% of your Max Health and 3% of your Max Mana every second if no damage has been taken in the last 6 seconds.
    • Nearby minions have their Max Health doubled.
    • All friendly ranged minions are granted Deathtouch for the next 30 seconds. (Minions with Deathtouch will instantly kill any enemy Minion they attack).
    • Abilities and Basic attacks deal 20% more damage.
• Satori Cloak Update
  • Satori Cloak no longer shreds armor from Structures.
• Update to Stinger Boost
  • Bonus damage buff will now activate on ability cast instead of on ability hit.
  • Stinger boost will no longer trigger on toggled hero abilities (Grim’s Suppression Mode and Narbash’s Song of My People).
  • Stinger Boost audio no longer plays globally.
• Divine Shield update
  • Now blocks Prime Guardian's Abilities.
• Ash of the Witch update
  • Slow can only be applied once every 2 seconds.

Heroes

• Polish and Bug Fixing
  • Fixed a bug which caused Heroes to lose animations when jumping or using abilities.

Aurora

• Hoarfrost
  • Ice spikes will now correctly show team color.
• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • FX polish for Frozen Simulacrum.
  • Fixed an issue which caused Aurora to somtimes be launched into the air.
  • Fixed an issue with Aurora’s ice stairs animation.
    • Ice stairs will now appear correctly.

Lt. Belica

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Updated her salute animation.

Countess

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fixed glowing blades visual effect after leaving the shadowplane.

Crunch

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fixed various visual effects issues.

Feng Mao

• Conversion Shield
  • Feng Mao's Conversion Shield animation can now be canceled after the shield is applied.

Gadget

• Speed Gate
  • Gadget's Speed Gate now becomes active after .15 seconds once it hits the ground, down from .5 seconds.
• Tesla Dome
  • Polish and Bug Fixing
    • Will now appear in the Death Recap screen.
    • Will now deal damage to the core and towers.
    • Invisible wards will only be damaged if they are visible.

Gideon

• Torn Space
  • Will no longer close immediately if Gideon teleports into a root effect.

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• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fixed a bug preventing Grim.EXE's Suppression Mode from slowing minions.

Howitzer

• Slow Grenade
  • Howitzer's Slow Grenades now become active .1 seconds once they hit the ground, down from .5 seconds.
• Make it Rain
  • Howitzer post-ultimate directional leap is now more forgiving.

Khaimera

• Polish and Bug fixing
  • Improved responsiveness of basic attacks after activating Unleashed

Kwang

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fixed issue where spark visual effects appear on Kwang's sword when running against walls.
  • Fixed a bug which caused Kwang's Judgment of the Heavens to turn Prime Guardian invisible.
  • Fixed a bug causing Kwang's Ultimate to cancel if he teleports into a root effect.

Morigesh

• Added Dark Heart Skin to in-game store.
• Added Cloud Bringer emote to in-game store.

Murdock

• Buckshot, Move Along and Static Trap are now Quick Cast
  • Quick Cast - Instant cast unless button is held down.
• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Improved responsiveness on abilities across the board.
  • Default Murdock's Blue variant has been tweaked to look less like the original skin.

Muriel

• Reversal of Fortune
  • Removed soft cooldown if she is interrupted before acitvation.
  • Muriel can no longer use Reversal of Fortune while in the air.

Riktor

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fixed a bug allowing Riktor to cancel his Riplash animation if he pulls an enemy.

Serath

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fix for Serath facial animations during hit reactions.

Sevarog

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fixed Sevarog's Collosal Blow ability turning all player's screens green.
  • Sevarog's Hollow Praise emote now has audio.

Sparrow

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fixed Sparrow's low health vocal effort sound contiously playing after she has been healed.

TwinBlast

• Polish & Bug Fixing
  • Fixed cloth clipping while rotating Twinblast.
  • Updated respawn animation.

UI

• Daily Login Reward
  • Changed the day 3 reward from a Silver Chest to 500 Coins.
    • This is to replace the 500 Coins that were previously handed out during through a player’s level progression.
• Minimap Update
  • The minimap has been updated to match the new Monolith map.
  • Hero minimap icons have been updated.
    • New icons should be much clearer and easier to read.
• Card Notification Update:
  • Players can now toggle on/off options for seeing an added item, completed item, and discarded item in their chat window.
• Loot Crate Update
  • Hot Rod Howtizer Orchid Skin Variation added to Loot Crates.
  • Hot Rod Howitzer Sanguine Skin Variation added to Loot Crates.
• Polish and Bux fixing
  • Minion death FX optimization, fixes, and tweaks.
  • Fixed some hitches in tutorial level when leveling up Gideon’s Cosmic Rift.
  • Fixed bug that allowed dead players to still see enemies that after their team had lost vision.
  • The Loot Crate screen is now in 3D.
  • Minor tweaks to hero zoom.
  • Characters will no longer experience controller input while Settings menu is open.
  • Targeting brackets will now appear on stealthed enemy heroes when players have vision of them.

AI

• Bot update
  • Bots will attempt to last hit minions now.
  • Updated bots awareness to towers/tower range.
  • Player usage of team-comms now has greater influence on bot decisions.
  • Bot hero selection is now improved.