Welcome to the June 2023 Balance Update!
Today, we’re conducting the largest balance update in the history of Empires & Puzzles, with more than 200 Legendary Heroes receiving at least one buff. (No Heroes are being nerfed in this update. Epic and Rare Heroes are not receiving any individual adjustments.)
This balance update has gone through multiple rounds of beta testing over several weeks, and additional internal revisions have been made based on the data and feedback gathered. We had initially prepared a wider and more direct set of changes (which did include a number of nerfs), but have ultimately decided to take a more conservative approach at this point in time, considering how volatile the post-Aether Power landscape still is. We will of course keep a very close eye on how this update affects the game and continue to gather more data.
For why we occasionally make post-release balance adjustments, please refer to our Hero Balancing FAQ. 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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Hero Power adjustments
Stats buffs by Family
- +60 Power
- +50 Power
- Plains Hunter Family
- Jungle Hunter Family
- Abyss Hunter Family
- +40 Power
- Bard Family
- Mighty Pets Family
- +35 Power
- Musketeer Family
- Masked God Family
- +30 Power
- +25 Power
- Styx Family
- Springvale Family (Heroes released in 2023)
- Sun Family
- Moon Family
- Ninja Family (Heroes released in 2023)
- +20 Power
- Avalon Family (Heroes released in 2023)
- Cupid Family
- Lunar Year Family
- +15 Power
- Underwild Family (Heroes released in and after December 2022)
- Mystery Family
- Gargoyle Family
- Winter Family (Heroes released in and after 2022)
- Morlovia Family (Heroes released in and after 2022)
- +10 Power
- Kingdom Family
- Kalevala Family
- Legends 2023 Family
- Atlantis Family (Heroes released in and after 2022)
- +5 Power
Individual exceptions
The following Heroes are extremely powerful, and our testing tools show that they will remain very competitive in the post-balance update environment even as they are now. As such, they will not be receiving a stats boost:
- Aramis (Musketeer Family)
- Furdinand (Mighty Pets Family)
- Hathor (Sun Family)
- Jove (Masked God Family)
- Ogima (Bard Family)
The following Heroes have also proven to be quite powerful, but not as much as the ones in the list above. As such, they are receiving only a partial stats boost of +20 Hero Power:
- Archie (Springvale Family)
- Athos (Musketeer Family)
- Barkley (Mighty Pets Family)
- Camilla (Magic Family)
- Erlang Shen (Journey Family)
- Queen Guowang (Journey Family)
- Hurricane (Jungle Hunter Family)
- Hypnos (Styx Family)
- Milady de Winter (Musketeer Family)
- Narcisa (Bard Family)
- Rhys (Bard Family)
- Snowball (Mighty Pets Family)
Costume & Family Bonus adjustments
Legendary Hero Costume Bonus changes
- Underwild Family:
- OLD: 5% attack / 5% defense / 10% health / 5% mana
- NEW: 8% attack / 8% defense / 13% health / 5% mana
- All Valhalla Realms + Guardian, Pirate, Grimforest, Wonderland, Avalon Families:
- OLD: 5% attack / 5% defense / 10% health / 5% mana
- NEW: 7% attack / 7% defense / 13% health / 5% mana
- Atlantis, Sakura, Lagoon Families:
- OLD: 3% attack / 3% defense / 6% health / 1% mana
- NEW: 7% attack / 7% defense / 13% health / 5% mana
- Springvale, Morlovia, Legends 2017, Legends 2018 Families:
- OLD: 3% attack / 3% defense / 6% health / 1% mana
- NEW: 5% attack / 5% defense / 10% health / 5% mana
- Sand Empire, Winter Families:
- OLD: 2% attack / 2% defense / 4% health / 1% mana
- NEW: 5% attack / 5% defense / 10% health / 5% mana
Family Bonus changes
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Lagoon Family:
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OLD: +3/6/10/15% attack for 2/3/4/5 Heroes
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NEW: +3/6/10/15/20% attack for 1/2/3/4/5 Heroes
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Sakura Family:
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OLD: +2/4/7/12% mana generation for 2/3/4/5 Heroes
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NEW: +3/6/9/11/13% mana generation for 1/2/3/4/5 Heroes
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Sand Empire Family:
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OLD: +10/20% defense for 2/3 Heroes
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NEW: +5/10/20% defense for 1/2/3 Heroes
Special Skill adjustments
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