I. New Hero – Starsoul Magician 【Cyclops】
Price: 15,000 BP; 399 Diamonds, 30% off for the first week!
In order to show our appreciation to our players, we lower the price of the new hero this time! Do not miss it!
II. New Skins
1.【Cyclops】-【Exorcist】: 269 diamonds
2.【Natalia】-【Phantom Dancer】: Exclusive skin for April Starlight Member
3. Newly added Skin for Skin Fragment Shop: 【Nana】-【Graveyard Party】: 250 Premium Skin Fragments
4. 【Minotaur】-【Bursting Yama】Skin card optimized
III. New Feature & Events
1. The models of hero【Tigreal】and his skin 【Dark Knight】have been remade with brand new demonstration actions and visual effects.
New Tigreal and his skin now is on sale in shop as a giftpack. Original price is 698 diamonds now it only costs 489 diamonds.
2. Players can set up their genders now.
a. Tap the avatar, then set up the gender in the ‘Basic Info’ section
b. There are 3 options: Male, Female, Unknown (default). After you set up the gender, it will show in the chat. If you choose ‘Unknown’, then it won’t show.
c. There’s a one-month cooldown before you can change the gender again.
3. New sharing feature for the squad system: now players can share their squad info to Facebook, VK and Twitter.
4. New lineup tips feature for the Ranked Game.
After selecting the hero, players can post their heroes’ number of matches played and win rate in the chat.
5. Arena Contest gameplay upgraded: The gameplay now is the Draft Pick mode (Ban&Pick) in order to improve contests’ fairness and competitiveness. Spectators temporarily cannot watch the process of ban/pick.
6. Cyclops giftpack (hero Cyclops and skin – Exorcist) now is on sale with a price of 468 diamonds (original price: 668 diamonds).
7. New limited-time tasks: 3 tasks will refresh every 3 days. Players can complete the 3 tasks within the limited 3 days to win prizes.
IV. Hero Balance Adjustment
Attack speed growth of all marksman heroes has been reduced by 0.5%.
The animation performance of heroes’ attack speed have been optimized to match the actual effect better.
【Johnson】
Recommended gear sets have been adjusted.
Iron Sack: now the stunning effect only will be imposed on the target whose movement speed is lower than 80%
【Moskov】
Recommended gear sets have been adjusted.
Basic attack’s penetration damage has been decreased from 1.2-fold to 1.1-fold. After using ‘Abyss Walker, penetration now deal 1.3-fold damage (was 1.5-fold). Meantime, penetration damage will no longer be done to turrets.
【Saber】
Charge: mana cost has been adjusted from 60 at all levels to 70/80/90/100/110/120.
【Akai】
Meat Tank: cooldown has been increased from 35/30/25 sec to 40/36/32 sec; mana cost has been increased from 60 at all levels to 120/140/160.
Guardian: mana cost has been increased from 50 at all levels to 70/80/90/100/110/120; basic damage has reduced by 40 pts.
Thousand Pounder: mana cost has been increased from 50 at all levels to 70/80/90/100/110/120; total AD bonus has been decreased from 1.5 to 1.2; basic damage has been adjusted from 170/210/250/290/330/370 pts to 170/200/230/260/290/320 pts.
【Bruno】
World Wave: armor reduction effect has been decreased from 5/10/15 pts to 3/6/9 pts.
【Bane】
Shark Bite: additional damage provided has been adjusted from 15%~60% to 30%~60%.
【Yun Zhao】
Supreme Warrior: skill description has been adjusted – Within next X sec, the hero increases his movement speed and attack speed, and becomes immune to slowing down effect. Use to free the hero when the hero is trapped.
【Franco】
Initial movement speed has been increased by 10.
Iron Hook: cooldown has been reduced by 1 sec.
Fury Shock: cooldown has been reduced by 1 sec.
【Sun】
Clone Techniques: HP of 2 doppelgangers summoned has been increased. 1000 pts at Lv1, 2000 pts at Lv2, 3000 pts at Lv3.
【Miya】【Eudora】【Balmond】Skill visual effects have been optimized.
V. Gear & Spells & Battleground Adjustment
Gear items
1. 【Deadly Blade】remade attributes: +60 pts of physical attack; unique: +15 pts of physical penetration; unique passive – Life Drain: reduces the target’s HP regen effect by 50%, price: 1840 gold.
2. 【Sun Scepter】has been remade and renamed as Winter Truncheon. Attributes: +60 pts of magic power, +45 pts of armor; unique: +10% cooldown reduction; unique passive – Frozen: When hero’s HP is lower than 30%, being hit by basic attack will lower target’s movement speed by 80% and deal 50% of magic power as magic damage to the target. This effect has a cooldown of 15s cooldown.
3. 【Hunter Strike】unique passive – Hunt has been remade: Attacks the enemy 5 times in a row and improves the hero’s movement speed by 30% for 2s. This effect has a cooldown of 15s.
4. 【Cursed Helmet】unique passive – Sacrifice has been adjusted: New effect – deals 50% of damage to minions additionally.
5. 【Courage Bulwark】unique passive – Bravery has been adjusted: New effect – improves turret damage defense for nearby minions.
6. 【Bloodthirsty King】unique passive – Bloodlust has been adjusted: Now this effect only can be triggered every 10 sec.
7. 【Flame of Fury】unique passive – Scorch has been remade: Burns the target for 3s when the skills hit, dealing 2%/2.5%/3% of current HP as magic damage, at least 10 pts. Price has been increased from 1820 to 2220 gold.
8. 【Ice Force】unique passive – Frost Strike has been adjusted: Basic attack has an odd of 30% to lower target’s movement speed by 35% and attack speed by 15%.
9. 【Concentrated Energy】unique: Spell vamp has been increased from 20% to 25%.
10. Jungle Items: Now players can only equip 1 jungle item at the same time.
Battle Spells
1. 【Purify】It’s no longer able to reset the stacking damage layers on the hero.