This weekend, we're keen to get feedback on the new ARAM-style map: Shattered Trials. Your first Shattered Trials game this weekend will give enough elixir to craft an item! So create a custom game and invite a couple of friends! All games give double elixir, gems and seals! The top 3 players Kills+Assists will get 100/50/25 gems (only fully PVP games count). Event starts tomorrow, November, 16 at 01:00 Central European Time and ends on Monday, November 18th at 01:00. See you there!

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Map editor added

Shattered Trials map

Hero changes:

• Effects of following abilities were not displayed to enemies if area of effect's center was not visible (in bushes, for example). Now effects for the abilities will be visible if any part of area of effect is not in fog of war:
  • Ace: Avalanche (W);
  • Aemon: Consecration (Q);
  • Bo: Inner Rage (W);
  • Buford: Poison Slug (Q);
  • Caprice: Anchors Aweigh (W);
  • Carter: Yak Attack (W);
  • Claudessa: Dragon's Reach (Q), Scorched Earth (R);
  • Eanu: Breaking Wave (R);
  • Flak: Explosive Shot (W);
  • Iah: Quickpit (W), Eclipse (R);
  • Jin She: Whirling Embers (W), Firestarter (R);
  • Malady: Dark Storm (W), Gloden Gate (E);
  • Midknight: Chains of Judgement (R);
  • Moxie: Catastrophe (R);
  • Pal: Trip Beam(Q), Energy Reversal (R);
  • Ray: Burrow bots (Q) (just explosion, not mines);
  • Rip: vanish (W);
  • Shank: Ground Pound (Q);
  • Trixie: Pot Shot (Q), Croaking Curse (R);
  • Vermillion: Cheese Shot (Q), Rocket Jump (R);
  • Vex: Orbital Drop (R);
  • Zaku: Sticky Trap (W) (once trap triggered).
• Following abilities no long visible globally:
  • Ray: Death Ray (R);
  • Rip: Smoke Cloud (Q);
  • Trixie: Pot Shot (Q) (last bounce), Aether Beam (E).

• Hunter Mode (R)
  • Reduced bonus damage from 100% to 10%.

• Piledriver (R)
  • If enemy hero use CC Break to avoid being launched into the air, Nikolai gets mana refunded and ability is put on 3 second cooldown instead.

Quality of life

• Ability Cooldown Pings added: now you can ping your ability icon to quickly let your teammates know if the ability on cooldown, you have not enough mana or you are ready to attack! Works with items and pet active ability as well.
• While searching for match number of players in queue is shown.
• Hero selection is now using grid view by default.
• Effects and voiceline in skin store preview disabled.
• On hero select screen added a warning about longer queue times to heroes, that are selected by too many people in queue already.

Bug fixes

• Fixed Jin She Whirling Embers (W) area of effect decreasing after she learns Firestarter (R).
• Removed Blazer's missing skin from UI.
• Fixed or improved tooltips for following abilities:
  • Jin She: Everthrist Flame (Q);
  • Claudessa: Scale Shield (W);
  • Bo: Inner Rage (W);
  • Lady Tinder: Tinder Touch (W).
• Fixed how-to videos not playing in launcher.
• Fixed crafting showing as free while free craft from tutorial was already used.
• Fixed wrong fur colors for Moxie's Flash and Neon dyes.
• Fixed account progress bar showing wrong number of games for level up.
• Removed broken effect on Minerva in lobby preview.
• Fixed keybinder pop-up appearing under settings menu in game with new UI.
• Fixed gameToggleScoreboard bind resetting to default value after game restart.
• Fixed range indicator radius for Shank's Ground Pound (Q).

Miscellaneous

• Baldir and Cindara colors reverted to the original colors.
• Discord button added to main screen.
• Removed 'New' markers from non-new Heroes, Skins.
• On Windows removed restriction to 32x32 size for cursors.
• Disabled currently unavailable or broken options:
  • Clubs tab disabled;
  • Scrim Arena mode button disabled;
  • Game quests and Player Ladder tabs on Account details disabled;
  • Boosters buy button for feathers and craft materials;
  • Gem purchase buttons removed;
  • Community website guides button removed;
  • First login prompt to link existing account removed.
• Updated German and Portuguese localization.

New Website and Leaderboards

Shoutout to everyone involved in developing or testing the changes brought to Strife so far:

• Pad
• The Chiprel
• Kairus
• Gab
• nudelchef
• chainsawkid

Thanks to the collective feedback of several community veterans, this patch should hopefully provide a significant Quality of Life improvement to Strife's small dedicated community with numerous bug fixes, gameplay & balance changes. Additionally, there is an active public Strife Community Discord up and running at https://discord.gg/uBzmkXR.

General Updates

• Added new visual & sound effects for all Heroes in the Hero Selection & Matchmaking Lobby screens.
• Added new visual & sound effects for several Hero passives and abilities.
• Added new cosmetic dyes for Minerva (Dharkstone) and Pal (Iron & Pink).
• Added a new Hero gearset, Steelwing Blazer.

• Krytos & Baldir now appear in fashionable pink.
  
  

Hero Updates

Bastion

• Breath of Oracles (Q):
  • Cooldown adjusted from 9 at all levels to 9/8.5/8/7.5 seconds.

• The Chosen One (R):
  • Cooldown decreased from 115/105/95 to 110/100/90 seconds.

Blazer

• Movement Speed increased from 340 to 345.

• Ion Cannon (Q):
  • No longer applies a -20% movespeed slow to Blazer while channeling.

• Hunter Mode (R):
  • Blazer now deals +100% Attack Damage when attacking from stealth.
  • Hunter Mode stealth now expires at the end of Blazer's attack animation rather than at the start, allowing players to cancel their attacks without losing stealth.

Bo

• Bull Rush (R):
  • Cooldown decreased from 90/75/60 to 80/70/60 seconds.

Buford

• Movement Speed increased from 330 to 345.
• Attack Range increased from 500 to 550.

• The Buford Special (R):
  • Cooldown adjusted from 60 at all levels to 60/55/50 seconds.
  • Damage to target's Max Health increased from 12/15/18% to 15/19/23%.
  • Channeling time decreased from 2.75/2.25/1.75 to 2/1.75/1.5 seconds.

Carter

• Movement Speed increased from 330 to 335.

• Imminent Boom (R):
  • Cooldown decreased from 75 at all levels to 70/65/60 seconds.

Claudessa

• Scorched Earth (R):
  • Cooldown adjusted from 135 at all levels to 135/120/105 seconds.

Flak

• EMP Cannon (R):
  • Activating the EMP after launching it no longer costs mana.

GoKong

• Monkey Multiplier (R):
  • Reactivating the ability (to teleport to illusions) now costs 25 mana per activation.

Malph

• Tunnel Bomb (Q):
  • Now seeks out enemy heroes if they are within 700 range, turning into a homing projectile with a decreased turn rate.

Midknight

• Chains of Judgement (R):
  • Distance required to break the chain link between Midknight and enemy heroes increased from 800 to 1200.

Pal

• Trip Beam (Q):
  • Stun & knockback duration reduced from 0.6 to 0.3 seconds.

• Roll Out (W):
  • Now has an instant cast time (decreased from 0.8 seconds) & no longer interrupts movement.
  • Pal's turnrate is no longer decreased while Roll Out is active.
  • Pal gains 5/9/13/17% bonus movement speed while Roll Out is active.
  • Taking damage will apply a 70% tapering movespeed slow for 0.5 seconds (stacking).
  • Impact AoE radius increased from 100 to 150.

• Infernal Core (E):
  • Manacost increased from 5 to 20 when activating Infernal Core.

• Energy Reversal (R):
  • Increased the AoE damage travel speed by 100%. It should now reach its maximum range (700) in 0.4 seconds.
  • Cooldown adjusted from 80 at all levels to 80/70/60 seconds.
  • Each charge gained when taking damage now has a duration of 25 seconds, increased from 8.

Zaku

• Mana Regeneration per level (1-15) increased from (2.11-2.72) to (2.29-2.94).

• Mending Pod (E):
  • Manacost adjusted from 80 at all levels to 50/55/60/65.
  • Cooldown adjusted from 6 at all levels to 7/6.5/6/5.5 seconds.

Pet Updates

Bounder

• Quickness:
  • Increases Movespeed by 4%.

• Frostbite:
  • When you attack, Bounder slows target by 20% for 3 seconds.
  • Cooldown decreased from 16 to 14 seconds..

• Slide (F):
  • Dash 500 distance in target direction.
  • Cooldown decreased from 120 to 100 seconds.

Fiki

• Deflection:
  • Reduces incoming creep damage by 11-32 (scales with hero level).

• Rejuvenate:
  • When hero is below 75% HP, heals by 55-125 (scales with hero level).
  • 40 second cooldown.

• Taunt (F):
  • Target an enemy creep to have Fiki taunt enemies in a 450 AoE for 15 seconds. Fiki has 2000-9000 health (scales with hero level) & receives bonus damage from towers.
  • Cooldown decreased from 110 to 90 seconds.
  • Damage taken from enemy towers increased from 500% to 1000%.

Fitz

• On The Prowl:
  • Increases movespeed by 10% while out of combat.

• Bounty:
  • Upon killing an enemy hero, grants 130 bonus gold.
  • Cooldown decreased from 60 to 40 seconds.

• Shadow Stalk (F):
  • Target enemy to deal 118-300 damage over 6.5 seconds while granting vision.
  • Cooldown decreased from 150 to 120 seconds.

Luster

• Luster Touch:
  • Increases gold from creeps by 3 (increased from 2).

• Greed is Good:
  • If you miss a killing blow, Luster gets it for you.
  • 15 second cooldown.

• Blast (F):
  • Deal 700-1008 damage to an enemy creep (scales with hero level).
  • Cooldown now correctly displays 75 seconds (instead of 80) on the tooltip.

Mystik

• Spell Mastery:
  • Increases Magic Damage by 6%.

• Dive Bomb:
  • When your abilities affect an enemy, Mystik deals 20-68 Pure Damage (scales with hero level & power).
  • 16 second cooldown.

• Inspiration (F):
  • Regenerate 93-135 mana over 0.5 seconds (scales with hero level).
  • Cooldown decreased from 120 to 105 seconds.

Pincer

• Defense:
  • Increases Resistance by 6-20 (scales with hero level).

• Retaliate:
  • When an enemy attacks you, Pincer deals 30-100 Pure Damage (scales with hero level & power).
  • 20 second cooldown.

• Breakout (F):
  • Activate to remove all stuns/slows & provide 50% stun/slow reduction for 2 seconds.
  • 100 second cooldown.

Plunder

• Resilience:
  • Increases Resistance by 6-20 (scales with hero level).

• Pillage:
  • Attacking an enemy hero or structure grants 20 gold (increased from 15).
  • Cooldown decreased from 30 to 18 seconds. Tooltip previously displayed an incorrect cooldown of 20 seconds.

• Promote (F):
  • Grants 5 allied brawlers +35 attackspeed, +75% base damage & 300-1245 health (scales with hero level) for 15 seconds.
  • Players now gain 20 gold for each creep kill made by a buffed brawler.
  • Cooldown decreased from 180 to 105 seconds.

Razer

• Savagery:
  • Increases attack damage by 2.7-9 (scales with hero level).

• Carnivorous Bite:
  • Your next attack on a hero heals you for 26-96 Health (scales with hero level & power).
  • Cooldown decreased from 16 to 14 seconds.

• Into the Shadows (F):
  • Your hero spawns an illusion & enters stealth for 2.25 seconds. Stealth breaks if the illusion dies.
  • Cooldown decreased from 120 to 110 seconds. Tooltip previously displayed an incorrect cooldown of 180 seconds.

Tink

• Augmented Repairs:
  • Increases Out-Of-Combat Regeneration by 3 Health & 1.5 Mana/sec.

• Brace for Impact:
  • When stunned or slowed, gain 50% stun/slow reduction for 3 seconds.
  • Cooldown decreased from 40 to 25 seconds.
  • Stun/slow reduction now correctly displays 50% (instead of 40%) on the tooltip.

• Enhance Defenses (F):
  • Grant a friendly tower +50% damage, +100 resistance & +100% splash damage against enemy brawlers for 8 attacks. Kills earned by the tower will be credited to you.
  • Cooldown decreased from 180 to 115 seconds.

Topps

• Unleashed:
  • Increases Power by 6.6-15 (scales with hero level).

• Immolate:
  • Deals 50-120 Pure Damage over 5 seconds to enemy heroes within 300 range (scales with hero level & power).
  • 18 second cooldown.

• Tremble (F):
  • Activate to apply a 70% tapering slow to nearby enemy heroes within 500 AoE for 2.25 seconds.
  • Cooldown decreased from 120 to 105 seconds.

Tortus

• Vitality:
  • Increases Max Health by 15%.

• Harden:
  • Blocks 36-106 Damage from a hero's basic attack (scales with hero level).
  • 12 second cooldown.

• Rejuvenate (F):
  • Regenerate 118-300 Health over 0.5 seconds (scales with hero level).
  • Cooldown now correctly displays 120 seconds (instead of 160) on the tooltip.

Zen

• Wisdom:
  • Increases Cooldown Reduction by 13%.
  • This ability has been reworked. It previously increased Mana Regeneration by 2.7 (scaling with hero level).

• Revitalize:
  • Prevents you from losing Out-of-Combat Regeneration for 5 seconds the next time you enter combat.
  • Cooldown decreased from 18 to 12 seconds.

• Knowledge (F):
  • Target a position up to 3500 range to scout it. Gains vision & reveals enemies in a 700 AoE for 8 seconds.
  • Cooldown decreased from 70 to 35 seconds.

Item Updates

Elder Stone

• Recipe cost increased from 550 to 650 gold.
• Recipe now grants +10 resistance.

Empowered Bracer

• Recipe cost decreased from 550 to 450.

Sage Circlet

• Recipe cost decreased from 320 to 210.
• Recipe now grants +4% Cooldown Reduction.

Silver Buckler

• Recipe cost decreased from 320 to 270.
• Resistance increased from +5 to +8.

Bug Fixes

• Blazer

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused Blazer to gain only +80 movespeed instead of +100 while in Hunter Mode.

• Iah

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused the player's camera screen to shake each time Iah respawned.

• Jin She

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Everthirst Flame to damage & stun bosses.

• Malph

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused Tunnel Bomb to apply its damage effect several times if enemies were in close proximity to Malph.

• Pal

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Trip Beam to damage & stun bosses. This was allowing players to knock Cindara & Baldir out of their lairs.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Pal from being immobilized by Eye of Tempra while Roll Out was active.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Pal from being immobilized by Void Key (turning him invisible instead) while Roll Out was active.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Recall & Warp Boots to be used without interrupting movement while Roll Out was active.
  • Fixed a bug that disabled Rocket Boots while Roll Out was active.
  • Fixed a bug that caused movement speed buffs & debuffs to not be applied properly while Roll Out was active.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Roll Out to damage & stun bosses.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Infernal Core to grant +30 flat resistance at all levels instead of +8/12/16/20.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Infernal Core to buff the resistance of enemies in range.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Infernal Core to drain 15 Mana/sec instead of 20.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Infernal Core to passively draw aggression from enemy structures in range.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Energy Reversal to be activated without interrupting movement while Roll Out was active.
  • Fixed a bug that caused Pal's Energy Reversal to display a much smaller AoE cast radius (300 instead of 700) when hovering over the ability.

• Ray

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Freeze Ray to trigger on enemy buildings instead of just enemy units.

• Rip

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused Nether Strike to only provide 2 charges instead of 3.

• Barrier Token

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Warding Enchantment to trigger its 50% Magic Damage reduction from abilities/items that deal Pure Damage.

• Eye of Tempra

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that allowed it to trigger the stun/slow reduction from Tink's Brace For Impact.

• Everwinter Charm

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Virtue Enchantment to apply a 3 second movespeed slow instead of the full 4.5 duration.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Lasting Enchantment to apply a 3 second movespeed slow instead of the full 4.5 duration.
  • Fixed a missing item cast animation & tweaked the cast effect to better display the AoE radius.

• Golden Protector

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Adaptation Enchantment to not gain Mitigation charges properly.

• Iceforged Plate

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Command Enchantment to not transfer the 5% reduced physical damage to the item owner.
  • Added a visual effect & damage popup whenever reduced damage is transferred to the item owner.

• Mystic Dagger

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused the recipe to grant an additional +2 Power.

• Oracle's Trinket

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Concentration Enchantment to only restore mana (instead of mana & health) on activation.

• Unstable Shard

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused it to not deal any damage to nearby enemies after its activation expired.
  • Fixed a bug that caused it to deal Magic Damage instead of Pure Damage.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Wisdom Enchantment to not refresh any abilities but still kill the item owner after its activation expired.

• Pets

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused locked pets to display incorrect ability tooltips. These were their level 1 tooltips (prior to the removal of pet leveling), giving those pets the appearance of having much weaker skills than their unlocked counterparts.

• Account Icons

  
  
  • Fixed a bug that caused Moxie's Mastery Account Icon to be unavailable after the most recent patch.

Clubs have been added to Strife. Use the community tools associated with clubs to identify your account with a group. Clubs allow for text & voice chat and a meeting place to build parties, teams, and bolster social interactions within the Strife playerbase.

Pet Balance Changes

• Deflection:
  • Creep damage reduction decreased from (15-43) to (11-32).

• Rejuvenate:
  • Cooldown increased from 24 to 40 seconds.

• Taunt:
  • Can no longer target enemy buildings.
  • Cooldown increased from 45 to 110 seconds.
  • Fiki's Max Health now scales correctly from level 1-15 instead of maxing out at level 9.

Ladder Season 2

Bug Fixes

• Add missing mastery icons for Aemon, Malph, and Pal.
• Add missing 10 win steam achievements for Malph and Pal.
• Fix unresponsive input on some Linux configurations.

Hero Balance Changes

• Max Health per level (1-15) increased from (920-1865) to (995-2004).
• Max Mana increased from 320 to 350.

• Hope (W):
  • Ally heal per attack increased from 5/10/15/20 to 7/12/17/22.
  • Manacost increased from 75 at all levels to 75/80/85/90.

• Courage (E):
  • Manacost increased from 55 at all levels to 55/65/75/85.
  • Cooldown adjusted from 7 at all levels to 7.5/7/6.5/6 seconds.

• Zidek Charge (W):
  • Magic damage increased from 75/100/125/150 to 90/115/140/165.
  • Stun duration increased from 0.8/1.1/1.4/1.7 to 0.9/1.2/1.5/1.8 seconds.

• The Chosen One (R):
  • Magic damage increased from 180/240/300 to 200/250/300.
  • Cooldown decreased from 120 at all levels to 115/105/95 seconds.

• Tether Shot (W):
  • Cooldown decreased from 12 at all levels to 12/11/10/9 seconds.
  • Manacost decreased from 95 at all levels to 95/90/85/80.

• Hunter Mode (R):
  • Duration increased from 15/20/25 to 18/22/26 seconds.

• Bull Rush (R):
  • Bonus damage on wall impact increased from 50% to 60%.

• Max Health per level (1-15) increased from (783-1536) to (832-1632).

• Poison Slug (Q):
  • Cooldown decreased from 15 at all levels to 15/14.5/14/13.5 seconds.
  • Manacost adjusted from 75 at all levels to 70/75/80/85.

• Fire Slug (W):
  • Damage per second increased from 20/30/40/50 to 25/35/45/55.

• Fire Lager (Q):
  • Manacost decreased from 70/80/90/100 to 70/75/80/85.

• Anchors Aweigh (W):
  • Magic damage increased from 70/95/120/145 to 80/105/130/155.
  • Stun duration increased from 0.9/1.1/1.3/1.5 to 1.1/1.25/1.4/1.55 seconds.

• Knight Blitz (Q):
  • Manacost adjusted from 70/75/80/85 to 70 at all levels.
  • Magic damage increased from 40/65/70/85 to 60/70/80/90.

• March On (W):
  • Buff duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
  • Cooldown reduced from 18/16/14/12 to 17/15/13/11 seconds.
  • Manacost adjusted from 95 at all levels to 90/95/100/105.

• King Me (R):
  • Cooldown decreased from 75 at all levels to 75/70/65 seconds.
  • Manacost increased from 100/110/120 to 100/125/150.

• Max Health per level (1-15) decreased from (920-1865) to (881-1730).

• Sand Elemental (Q):
  • Health increased from 30/35/40/45% to 35/40/45/50% of Iah's Max Health.

• Eclipse (R):
  • Heal and Magic damage increased from 170/230/290 to 190/250/310.
  • Cooldown decreased from 75 to 60 seconds.

• Mana Regeneration per level (1-15) increased from (1.40-2.02) to (1.89-2.43).

• Everthirst Flame (Q):
  • Cooldown adjusted from 12 at all levels to 13/12/11/10 seconds.

• Firefall (E):
  • Cooldown decreased from 30/25/20/15 to 24/20/16/12 seconds.

• Night Blossom (W):
  • Manacost adjusted from 75 at all levels to 70/75/80/85.
  • Magic damage increased from 80/105/130/155 to 80/110/140/170.

• Chains of Judgement (R):
  • Cooldown adjusted from 100 at all levels to 105/95/85 seconds.

• Max Mana increased from 280 to 320.
• Mana Regeneration per level (1-15) increased from (1.72-2.47) to (1.89-2.43).

• Relentless Might (Q):
  • Attack damage increased from 80/90/100/110% to 90/100/110/120%.

• Death Ray (R):
  • Damage reduction decreased from 15% to 12% for each enemy hero hit.

New Heroes

• Trip Beam (Q):
  • Target direction to create a beam of energy.
  • If an enemy touches this beam, it triggers - dealing 80/110/140/170 Magic Damage and pushing away all nearby enemies.

• Roll Out (W):
  • Activate to transform, granting increasing movespeed at the cost of reduced turning.
  • If you contact an enemy, deals 80/100/120/140 Magic Damage and stuns them for 1.3 seconds.
  • Taking damage slows down your movement.

• Infernal Core (E):
  • Activate to begin dealing 25/30/35/40 Magic Damage/sec to nearby enemies.
  • Also grants 8/12/16/20 bonus resistance while active.
  • Costs 20 mana/sec.

• Energy Reversal (R):
  • Passively reduces incoming damage by 9/12/15%, charging this ability as you take damage.
  • Activate to release all stored charges, dealing up to 270/360/450 Magic Damage to enemies around you.

• Tunnel Bomb (Q):
  • Target direction to fire an underground missile.
  • Upon contacting an enemy, deals 65/90/115/140 Magic Damage and applies a minor slow in an area around the target.

• Healing Rations (W):
  • Target ally to grant them a buff which heals them for 140/180/220/260 Health over 6 seconds.
  • Provides 20/30/40/50 resistance for the duration.

• Mud Field (E):
  • Target area to create a mud field.
  • Enemies caught inside are slowed by 25%, have their attack speed reduced by 10/20/30/40%, and take 10/20/30/40% bonus damage from you.

• The Underground (R):
  • Target location to create a Mole Hole.
  • By right-clicking a Mole Hole, you will channel for 1.4 seconds - entering the underground upon completion.
  • While underground, you can then target near any Mole Hole to return above ground at that location.

Gameplay & Balance Changes

• Trident Charge (Q): Bonus magic damage increased from 15/25/35/45 to 20/30/40/50 per charge.
• Breaking Wave (R): Magic damage increased from 250/300/350 to 300/350/400.

• Grappling Hook (Q): Manacost increased from 100 to 115.
• Murder of Crows (E): Attack speed boost from activating abilities reduced slightly.

• Boomerang (Q): Damage now correctly deals 80/95/110/125% of Trace's attack damage (previously 70/85/100/115%).
• Shadowstalk (E): Bonus damage increased from 40/55/70/85 to 55/70/85/100.

• Pot Shot (Q): Magic damage reduced from 100/125/150/175 to 90/110/130/150.
• Barrel Roll (W): Shield health reduced from 90/120/150/180 to 80/110/140/170.

• Cheese Shot (Q): Manacost increased from 90/105/120/135 to 100/115/130/145.
• Dead Eye (E): Attack range gained from passive reduced from 45/80/115/150 to 35/70/105/140.

• Orbital Drop (R): Cooldown reduced from 100/90/80 to 85/75/65 seconds.

• Mending Pod (E): Heal increased from 100/135/170/205 to 125/160/195/230.

Patch 1.0.8 takes a broad stroke to the game’s balance based on community feedback. So thanks to you guys! ==Heroes== Increased Minerva Q cooldown from 5 to 6 seconds Decreased Minerva W damage from 85,120,155,190 to 85,115,145,175 Decreased Minerva R damage from 150,200,250 to 150,185,220 Reduced Jin She W mana cost from 70 to 55,60,65,70 Increased Jin She W damage radius from 375 to 420 Increased Chester Q projectile speed Increased Chester Q cooldown from 11,9,7,5 to 12,11,10,9 Reduced Chester W cooldown time from 23,20,17,14 to 18,16,14,12 Increased Chester E illusion damage multiplier from 0.2,0.25,0.3,0.35 to 0.45,0.5,0.55,0.6 Reduced Chester R damage reduction from 40% to 30% Reduced Chester R duration from 10 seconds to 8 seconds Reduced Ace W cooldown from 18,16,14,12 to 13,12,11,10 Increased Ace W jump speed ==Items== Reduced Eye of Tempra range from 1200 to 1000 Reduced Eye of Tempra projectile speed

Patch 1.0.7 brings the nerf bat to Aemon plus other minor UI improvements.

==Balance Changes==

==UI==

Patch 1.0.6 brings the start of Season 2 along with matchmaking changes a new hero Aemon. ==New Hero== Aemon Sarkis Aemon is a Paladin from Nestra on a crusade against the Dharkwave, the worshippers of Sheol, or anyone who blasphemes the gods of Astora. After serving as the founder and leader of the Order of the Golden Crescent for many years, he has decided to enter the Trials of Strife to face his enemies directly and spread the truth about the divine power of the Astoran Plane. Consecration (Q): Consecrate an area. The area will grant vision and remain consecrated until Aemon travels too far away. Passive: Aemon’s attacks deal damage to enemies within Consecration. Hope (W): Aemon gains a powerful resistance buff for a short duration. Passive: Aemon’s attacks heal ally heroes within Consecration. Courage (E): Aemon gains a burst of movespeed. If activated within consecration, the duration extends to 3 seconds. Upon activation, Aemon’s next three attacks slow the target. Justice (R): Aemon calls down a pillar of light on him and on his Consecration, dealing damage to enemies. Passive: Aemon’s attacks grant a charge of Justice. Enemy attacks consume a charge of Justice and deals damage back to the attacker. ==Matchmaking== The party size cap of 3 has been removed. Now you can group with 5 of your friends and enter the queue. ==Season 2== Season 2 has begun! It is set to run until October 11th. Prizes will be similar to Season 1 but with different icons and prize pools.

Hello everyone! Our first season has come to a close, thank you to everyone who participated! We will be rewarding the players who achieved prizes this week, by the end of day Friday July 17th. Prizes for Season One are as follows: Rank 1: #1 Icon $250 Gems (7188 gems) Massive Mystery Cosmetic Item Bundle: Super Kitty Moxie Super Kitty Moxie Blue Ancient Guardian Rook Ancient Guardian Rook Red Queen Bee Tinder Queen Bee Tinder Maroon Executioner Ace Executioner Ace Red Fire Forged Claudessa Fire Forged Claudessa Pink Eanu Silver Rip Pepperoni Buford Jurassic Zaku Black Permanent Account Boost Rank 2-10: Top 10 Icon $50 Gems (1350 gems) Large Mystery Cosmetic Item Bundle Super Kitty Moxie Super Kitty Moxie Blue Ancient Guardian Rook Ancient Guardian Rook Red Queen Bee Tinder Queen Bee Tinder Maroon Executioner Ace Executioner Ace Red Fire Forged Claudessa Fire Forged Claudessa Pink Permanent Account Boost Rank 11-100: Top 100 Icon $25 Gems (666) Mystery Cosmetic Item Bundle Super Kitty Moxie Super Kitty Moxie Blue Ancient Guardian Rook Ancient Guardian Rook Red Queen Bee Tinder Queen Bee Tinder Maroon 30 Days Account Boost Earned at least 1000 Points (~143 Games): Season 1 Contender Icon $5 Gems (127) Mystery Cosmetic Item Super Kitty Moxie Super Kitty Moxie Blue 14 Days Account Boost Earned at least 100 Points (~14 Games): Season 1 Competitor Icon 7 Days Account Boost Information regarding Season 2 will be posted in the future.

==Patch 1.0.5==

Patch 1.0.4

==Gameplay Changes==

==New Hero==

Eanu

==Hero Balance Changes==

==Pet Balance Changes==

==Item Changes==

==Gearsets & Dyes==

==Tournaments==

Starting at 6:00AM PDT/9:00AM EDT/1:00PM UTC/4:00PM MSK/11:00PM AEST and lasting for up to 4 hours there will be scheduled downtime for database maintenance. Immediately after the downtime, Patch 1.0.4 will be live.

==Patch 1.0.2==

==Bug Fixes==

==Balance Changes==

==Hotfix 1.0.3==

==Bug Fixes==

Patch 1.0 introduces the ability to hit towers with spells, Rip, the stealthy swordsman from Gael, along with a new pet Zen, three incredibly powerful new items, balance changes and bug fixes. Be sure to test your skills with Rip and see how the new items affect the game!

==Game Mechanics==

==New Hero==

==New Pet==

==New Items==

==Hero Balance Changes==

==Pet Balance Changes==

==Item Balance Changes==

==1.0 Weekend==

==Misc Changes==

UPDATE

Hotfix 1.0.1

Tomorrow starting at 3pm PDT/6pm EDT/10pm UTC/12am CEST/1 am MSK/8am AEST and continuing through this weekend, we will be awarding DOUBLE gems for every game that you play. This means earning that gearset and dye you've been eyeing is twice as easy! Make sure you check back tomorrow for another special announcement. See you in the Arena of Strife!

Patch 0.9.16 introduces us to Buford, the slug shooting swamp creature from Lyrie, along with balance changes and attack timing tweaks to make Strife even more fun no matter which hero you play. Utilize Buford’s ever changing fighting style to win no matter what situation you might find yourself in!

==New Hero==

==Hero Balance Changes==

==Item Balance Changes==

==Test Feature==

Patch 0.9.14 includes fixes to several bugs that players have been facing and addresses other gameplay related issues. These include:

==Gameplay Fixes==

==Hero/Item Fixes==

==Item Balance Changes==

Patch 0.9.12 brings several gameplay and balance changes to Strife.

=Gameplay Changes=

=Hero Changes=

=Pet Changes=

=Item Changes=

=Bonus Changes=

We have just patched Strife with a hotfix for the following issues:

• Fixed an issue with the Brazilian Portuguese language that caused no text to show.
• Fixed a crash during Caprice's Story and the Rescue Auros tutorials.