Release Notes - V.44.6 Update[]
v.44.6 is out now, bringing you the release of the latest Hero, Terra, alongside of our holiday event, Winterfest.
MAJOR FEATURES[]
- Terra released!
- Store Content:
- Gryphon Knight Terra Skin
- Headswoman Emote
- Store Content:
- Winterfest has begun! Stay frosty until Jan. 8.
- Monolith Map and Main Menu screens have received a snowy makeover.
- Enjoy a 3-part Winterfest themed short story starring your favorite little drummer ogre, Narbash.
- Weekly Quests
- Earn a guaranteed Winterfest Chest (see content below) after completing games 1, 7 and 15 each week.
- Rewards for completing 20 games each week:
- Week 1: Northern Mystic Morigesh Skin
- Week 2: Frozen Hearth Aurora Skin
- Week 3: Frost King Revenant Skin
- Week 4: Golden Key
- Note: the 3 above skins will also be available for individual purchase in the store during their respective quest week as well as in Week 4.
- For the first time ever, you’ll be able to track your event quest progress in the updated Play tab and Post-Match screen.
- Winterfest Chests
- Can contain one of the following 12 items:
- Everfrost Kwang Skin
- Everfrost Lt. Belica Skin
- Everfrost Serath Skin
- Northern Mystic Morigesh Banner
- Frozen Hearth Aurora Banner
- Frost King Revenant Banner
- Sword Sculpture Aurora Emote
- Old Saint Riktor (2016 Winterfest Skin)
- Jingle Bombs Iggy & Scorch (2016 Winterfest Skin)
- Peppermint Kallari (2016 Winterfest Skin)
- Ugly Sweater Gadget (2016 Winterfest Skin)
- Yuletide Feng Mao (2016 Winterfest Skin)
- Guaranteed no duplicates!
- If you earn 12 chests by playing at least 15 games each week of Winterfest, then you’re guaranteed to earn all 12 items listed above.
- If you earn a Winterfest Chest after already owning all 12 items (if you had previously owned a 2016 Winterfest Skin for example) then that chest will grant a 10-Win XP Boost.
- Can contain one of the following 12 items:
- Winterfest Mega Bundle
- Available only in the final week (1/2/18 - 1/9/18) of Winterfest
- Contains all of the following at a discounted price:
- 3 Winterfest skins:
- Northern Mystic Morigesh Skin
- Frozen Hearth Aurora Skin
- Frost King Revenant Skin
- 6 Winterfest skin variations exclusively found in this bundle (previewable in the Collections tab at the start of Winterfest):
- Onyx Northern Mystic Morigesh
- Emerald Northern Mystic Morigesh
- Earthen Frozen Hearth Aurora
- Jade Frozen Hearth Aurora
- Sanguine Frost King Revenant
- Gunmetal Frost King Revenant
- 3 Winterfest skins:
HEROES[]
Aurora[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Minor visual improvements to the Ultra Glacial Empress skin variation.
- Minor visual improvements to Frozen Simulacrum’s icy statue.
Countess[]
- Shadow Slip
- No longer executes jungle minions (intended to execute lane minions only).
- General Balance
- Base Health increased from 520 to 566
- Base Health Regen increased from .87 to .94
- Health per level increased from 53 to 59.3
- Health Regen per level increased from 0.9 to 1
Howitzer[]
- R2000 Missile
- Range increased from 1750 to 1950.
- Make it Rain
- Damage increased from 410/556/702 to 445/638/831.
- Scaling increased from 5.22 to 6.89.
Iggy & Scorch[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Fixed an issue where Iggy & Scorch couldn’t lifesteal off his basic attacks.
- Minor visual improvements to So Sleepy emote, Mecha Terror skin, and Onyx Phoenix skin variation.
Kallari[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- The target of Death Sentence will now hear a more obvious audio cue alert.
- Minor visual improvements to the Red Death skin.
Kwang[]
- Light of the Heavens
- Defense buff duration decreased from 5s to 3s
- Fury of the Heavens
- Damage decreased from 234/328/421 to 205/287/369
- Scaling decreased from 3.34 to 2.93
Lt. Belica[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Fixed an issue where textures could be missing from Belica’s guns on her Challenger skin.
Morigesh[]
- Swarm
- Cooldown increased from 8s at all levels to 11/10/9/8s
- Movespeed bonus decreased from 40% at all levels to 28/32/36/40%
- Fixed an issue where the movespeed bonus was not being applied correctly.
Murdock[]
- Shots Fired
- Cooldown increased from 5/4/3/2s to 8/6/4/2s
- Long Arm of the Law
- Damage decreased from 176/263/351 to 176/246/316
- Scaling decreased from 3.13 to 2.51
- General Balance
- Basic Attack damage per level decreased from 4.8 to 4.4
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Fixed an issue where textures could appear missing on low graphics settings
Phase[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Fixed visual issues that could occur with the Panda Power skin.
Rampage[]
- Boulder Throw
- Cooldown increased from 10s to 14s
- General Balance
- Base health from 733 to 713
- Base health regen from 1.22 to 1.2
Revenant[]
- Scar
- Cooldown increased from 6s to 8s
- Mana cost increased from 50 to 65
- Slow magnitude adjusted from 10% at all levels to 7/8/9/10%
- Reckoning
- Bonus bounty decreased from 1000/1500/2000 to 600/950/1300
Sevarog[]
- Siphon
- Damage decreased from 105/135/164/193 to 82/111/140/170
- Mana cost increased from 15 to 25
- General Balance
- Base Health decreased from 702 to 678
- Base Health Regen decreased from 1.17 to 1.13
Shinbi[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Shinbi no longer receives a camera shake when she hits a target with Circle Rhythm.
Sparrow[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Minor animation improvements to the Hold My Ale emote.
Steel[]
- Shield Bash
- Damage decreased from 111/158/205/252 to 111/152/193/234
- Scaling decreased from 1.67 to 1.46
- Ablative Armor
- Recharge duration increased from 6/5/4/3s to 8/7/6/5s
Terra[]
- Carve (Basic Attack)
- Counter Guard
- Terra raises her shield, guarding for a brief moment. If Terra takes damage while she is guarding the damage is deflected and turned into a shield for a duration. The size of the shield is determined by a percentage of unmitigated damage that was deflected.
- Ruthless Assault
- Terra spins striking all enemies around her before finishing the spin with an additional forward slash.
- Deafening Command
- Terra slams her axe into her shield creating a shockwave that deals damage and applies a stun to all enemies in a radius around her.
- Unstoppable Force
- Terra’s helmet smashes down granting her a shield and immunity to crowd control for a duration.
Wraith[]
- General Balance
- Base Basic Attack damage per level increased from 3.1 to 4.2
- Attack Speed per level increased from 1.5 to 2
Wukong[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Minor visual improvements to Infernal Wukong skin.
Zinx[]
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Fixed a bug where damage from Kitty Claws was not scaling with power consistently.
All Heroes[]
- Upon release of free look, the camera transition has been improved to be more smooth and less jarring.
CARDS & GEMS[]
CARDS[]
- Deathcrawler
- Reduced attack speed penalty from 50 to 30
- Reduced critical hit bonus damage from 250% to 200%
- Spry-Kin
- Fix for not being able to target Allies if they were not visible to Enemies.
- Wetware Virus
- Now correctly targets enemies who are revealed in the Shadowplane.
GEMS[]
- Spell Shield
- Now correctly blocks Card abilities.
UI[]
- Play Tab Updates
- The visual layout has been changed and improved.
- CO-OP VS AI and VS AI have been merged into a single play mode option that allows you to choose between human or bot allies.
- Special Event quest progress will now be tracked on the Play tab (as well as on the Post-Match screen).
- Boost information now also appears above the Play button (when you have one or more boosts the number of boosts you have is also displayed).
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Various clarity and visual improvements made to the draft lobby.
MONOLITH[]
- A section of the wall above river buffs will now glow the color of the buff that is spawned below it.
- Polish and Bug Fixing
- Orb Prime buff visual effects added to new minions.
- Fixed an issue causing ranged minion attack audio to sometimes not play.
- Made map ping sound right channel only.
LOOT CRATE[]
- Added:
- Legendary
- Crimson Future King Wukong
- Pearl Future King Wukong
- Epic
- Ivory Double Agent TwinBlast
- Crimson Double Agent TwinBlast
- Common
- Candy Default Terra
- Jungle Default Terra
- Legendary