January 2024 Balance Update - Details & Release Notes

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Welcome to the January 2024 Balance Update!

Note: This balance update will go live on 2024-01-18T12:00:00Z

This month, we’re giving a bump to some recently released Heroes who didn’t land quite where we wanted them to in the power balance. A few carefully calculated increases should make these Heroes more competitive and improve team diversity in various game features. Several older Heroes have been swept up in this wave of updates, too, and will be enjoying increases to the damage/healing of their Special Skills.

We’re also tuning down the power level of Classic Family Druids’ Superior Talent. Our metrics highlighted that this class’ Superior Talent was unintentionally out of balance with the rest of the Season 1 Heroes, and we wouldn’t want to cause any Classic Family strife!

Full details of the changes are as follows:

Class Talent changes

Superior Class Talent: Companion (Druid)

  • OLD: 45% chance to summon a Superior Thorn Minion with 25% HP
  • NEW: 20% chance to summon a Superior Thorn Minion with 20% HP
  • Affected heroes:
    • Legendary:
      • Kadilen
      • Horghall
      • Magni (1st Costume)
      • Quintus (2nd Costume)
      • Lianna (2nd Costume)
    • Epic:
      • Caedmon
      • Melendor
      • Sonya (1st Costume)
      • Kelile (1st Costume)
      • Chao (1st Costume)
      • Cyprian (2nd Costume)
      • Little John (2nd Costume)
      • Kashhrek (2nd Costume)
    • Rare:
      • Brienne
      • Brienne (1st Costume)
      • Belith
      • Friar Tuck (1st Costume)

Hero changes

Ironmaw

  • Direct damage increased: 480% → 500%
  • Mana generation debuff increased: -34% → -39%

Black Caesar

  • Pirate Skeleton Fiend
    • Amount of healing absorbed increased: 40% → 45%
    • Damage increased: 90% → 100%

Zaria

  • Base direct damage increased: 250% → 290%
  • Direct damage at 6 or more Fire shields on the board increased: 300% → 340%

Satori

  • Base direct damage increased: 275% → 285%
  • Direct damage against cleansers and dispellers increased: 550% → 570%
  • Chance to drop damage to 1 increased: 50% → 55%

Boom & Fang

  • White Boar Mega Minion
    • Inherited attack increased: 200% → 250%

Madhammer

  • Black Boar Mega Minion
    • Inherited attack increased: 180% → 230%

Leafwhisk

  • Spotted Boar Mega Minion
    • Inherited attack increased: 210% → 260%

Natalya

  • Burn damage increased: 912 → 1016 damage over 4 turns

Natalya (Costume)

  • Burn damage increased: 1104 → 1212 damage over 4 turns

Onatel

  • Direct damage increased: 250% → 300%

Vela

  • Direct damage increased: 150% → 200%
  • Water damage increased: 180 → 252 over 4 turns

Bertila

  • Direct damage increased: 290% → 340%

Viscaro

  • Direct damage increased: 220% → 250%
  • Cursed Sapling Fiend
    • Damage increased: 60% → 70%
    • Amount of healing absorbed increased: 50% → 55%

Morgan Le Fay

  • Amount of drained HP increased: 672 → 772 over 4 turns
  • Increased the range of defense buff against Fire: the caster → the caster and nearby allies

Quartz

  • Heal over time increased
  • x1 Mana Charge: 164 → 204 HP over 2 turns
  • x2 Mana Charge: 564 → 624 HP over 3 turns
  • x3 Mana Charge: 860 → 940 HP over 4 turns
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We hope the adjustments above will help you field these Heroes in a wider range of situations. If you feel that your favorite Hero could really use a buff, please remember to let us know here on our Community Forum.

As always, we will continue to keep an eye on all Heroes affected by this update in case further adjustments become necessary. Please refer to our Hero Balancing FAQ for why we occasionally make post-release balance adjustments. If you wish to share your feedback and discuss this update with fellow players, please feel free to join the discussion HERE.

Thank you for your continued interest and support. Best of luck in the battles!

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