Version 31 Balance Changes (Aug 31, 2020) -- General Discussion etc

[Guvnor]

Hi All;

Master thread of sorts for discussing the (now live) balance changes to a variety of heroes, including most notably Vela.

Things to discuss:

• Is it a “buff” or a “nerf”; and why

• Are the “buffs” enough to make you consider using or ascending the heroes?

• Are the “nerfs” sufficient to make you consider “ditching” or “dumping” the hero/s?

• What do you think about the additional information provided by SG w.r.t the reasoning & rational behind why they are making the balance changes?

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Balance Changes:

Vela:

• Direct Damage decreased from 150% to 130%.
• Deals extra damage against Fire removed.
• All Fire enemies get -34% attack for 4 turns changed to All enemies get -34% attack for 3 turns.
• Water damage duration decreased from 4 turns to 3 turns,
• Damage per turn stays the same.

@EmpiresPuzzles

• Vela’s Extra Damage damage against Fire enemies and attack decrease to Fire enemies are both powerful skills and together they are an extremely powerful combination when used against Fire heroes. When used together with green heroes as tanks (most notably Telluria) the combination of Vela with them is overwhelmingly powerful. With his change, we want to address this combination while making Vela more useful when playing against enemies of all elements.

Skadi

• Direct Damage increased from 170% to 220%.
• Increased damage per dead enemy decreased from 70% to 50%.

@EmpiresPuzzles

• Change made so Skadi can destroy most minions with their Special Skill.

Baldur

• Direct Damage done at the end of each turn when Baldur has boosted health increased from 110% to 150%.

@EmpiresPuzzles

• When used Baldur feels a bit underwhelming. Direct Damage to a random target added and damage when Baldur has boosted health increased to give them bit of a boost.

AOE3 Heroes - Norns, the Hatter, Sargasso, Khagan

• Norns: Direct Damage increased from 265% to 280%.
• The Hatter: Direct Damage increased from 370% to 400%.
• Sargasso: Direct Damage increased from 355% to 385%.
• Khagan: Direct Damage increased from 320% to 360%.

@EmpiresPuzzles

• Direct damage for The Hatter, Sargasso, Norns and Khagan has been increased to be better aligned with damage amounts of other special skills doing damage to similar targets

Other Changes:

• Additional damage in Guardian Gazelle, Hansel, Gretel, Pixie, Gullinbursti and An-Windr’s specials is now displayed as the exact amount of damage being dealt
  • For specifics about the “exact amount of damage” being dealt, Go here where I set it all out in the beta-beat thread — Here

@EmpiresPuzzles

• The damage dealt by Guardian Gazelle, Gullinbursti and An-Windr’s specials is no longer affected by the enemy’s defense. The amount of damage dealt has been rebalanced for each hero
• Season III Province 7 Stage 10’s balance has been adjusted due to the change in how An-Windr’s special’s damage is calculated
• The amount of damage dealt by Hansel, Gretel and Pixie is not affected by this change, only displayed differently

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beta-beat threads

(these are now closed)

• 🧪 Early Information on Hero Balance Updates [Part of The Beta Beat v31]

• 🧪 Early Information on Hero Balance Updates [Part of The Beta Beat v31]