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==

Towers Towers now take damage from abilities. (We felt that abilities flying through towers didn’t really make much sense. I mean...why would a rocket hit a floating cat, but not a tower? This change should increase the pace of the game and give more fun interactions like Midknight being able to hook himself over to a tower.) Resistance Resistance can no longer go below zero. (We’re pretty happy with how easy it is to kill a squishy target at 0 resistance, so we added a clamp.)

==New Hero==

Rip Rip, swordsman of the wastes, hails from a mysterious tribe of Elves – the Kenar-Ahdam – that eek out an existence in the ruins of Strife where they have been effectively exiled to by the other races of Gael as a result of suspicions that they are half-Dharkwave/half-Elf. Rip, second son of Mhernad, ventured forth to join in the Trials of Strife in order to win himself a place within his tribe, and his tribe a place amongst the rest of the races of the planes. Smoke Cloud (Q): Target area to create a smoke cloud, reducing enemy resistance and drastically lowering their vision. While inside the cloud, Rip is stealthed until you deal damage or use an ability. Vanish (W): Target area to vanish for 1 second, then reappear at the target location. Upon reappearing, deal damage in the target area. Dark Empowerment (E): (Passive Skill) Every 5th attack charges your blade. Once charged, your next attack deals bonus attack damage. Avoiding enemy vision instantly charges your blade. Nether Strike (R): Target direction to dash, attacking all enemies you pass through. If you hit at least 1 enemy, you may cast this ability again for up to 6 seconds - up to a total of 3 times.

==New Pet==

Zen Wisdom (Passive): Increases mana regeneration. (scales with hero level) Revitalize (Passive-Active): Prevents going into combat for 5 seconds when out of combat. Knowledge (Active): Target a position to send Zen flying over it revealing the area for 8 seconds.

==New Items==

Eye Of Tempra (5665) 10% Cooldown Reduction 10 Mana/sec. Activate: Cast a frozen sphere at target location. Everything that is hit by or touches the sphere is frozen and unable to take damage. This includes everything except for Baldir, Cindara and Krytos. Sundering +250 - Cast immediately at your location, radius increased. Dark Bargain (6035) +25 Attack Damage Activate: Spend 400 gold to gain +25 Attack Damage for 8 seconds. No cooldown. Can be stacked. After the 8 seconds, you retain 5 attack damage permanently for each stack. Diligence +500 - Increased duration by 2 seconds. Restraint +0 - Spend 250 to gain +15 Attack Damage, but no permanent damage. Unstable Shard (5665) Each kill/assist grants a 15% reduction of current cooldowns. Activate: Instantly regenerate 1000 mana and gain 500 additional max mana and 75% cd reduction for 9 seconds. On expiration, you take 1500 pure damage and deal 250 damage to nearby enemies. Greed +1000 - Increased to 90% cd reduction, self damage increased by 750 Wisdom +750 - Refreshes all abilities on activation, and you will die no matter what. Immortal Gaze (REWORK) Grants 20% additional Max Health. Passive-Active: Upon death, you will be revived with 15% Health and Mana. 180 second CD.

==Hero Balance Changes==

Buford Fire Slug - Now ignites and explodes Poison Cloud dealing massive damage. Fire Slug - Damage now scales with Power. Chester Mimic - Can now be cast on ally heroes. Very tricky! Flak Fixed an issue where EMP Cannon could not be purged. Iah Sand Elemental - Maximum number of elementals per level increased from 2 to 2, 3, 4, 5. Lady Tinder Stonebark Shield - No longer usable on creeps. Midknight Hookshot - Range increased by 25 and hit radius increased by 20. Chains of Judgement - Now applies a 20% slow to all enemies who are chained. Absorb - Now properly removes the slows from Bo Throw and EMP Cannon. Trace Boomerang - Range increased by 50 and mana cost reduced by 10. Vex Anti-Matter Shield - No longer usable on creeps.

==Pet Balance Changes==

Luster Blast - Reduced range by 25 to avoid missing Cindara and Baldir and wasting the ability.

==Item Balance Changes==

Captain's Crest Fixed tooltip. Cursed Wand Increased Cooldown to 50s Reduced active effect to -35 Resistance Ruin enchant now removes the slow effect. Guardian Helm of Mending Now regenerates the full amount properly. Immortal Gaze of Swiftness Now gives 25 MS at full HP instead of 25 mana regen. Inferno Brand of Focus Damage now increases properly. Oracle's Trinket Now removes ALL Status Debuffs. (For example, the Resisance reduction of Cursed Wand.) Protection Enchant (400) - Cleanses all allies in a 500 radius. Spirit Ward Now grants a shield 40% of your Max Mana for 6 seconds. Down from 50% for 8 seconds. Titanslayer Reduced recipe costs by 450. Marksmanship Enchant (350) - Increases range by 30. Woundsplitter Attack damage now updating with power in tooltip.

==1.0 Weekend==

Double Earned Gems Starting at 6:00PM EDT and continuing through the weekend, all games played will earn you 2x gems! Gem Package Sale All gem packages are 50% off this weekend!

==Misc Changes==

Build Sharing You can now share those amazing builds you’ve created with your friends! Just drag the friend from your friends list to the bottom of your build! Death Recap We have updated the Death Recap and continue to look at ways of improving it. UI Sounds Missing UI Sounds have been re-enabled!

UPDATE

Hotfix 1.0.1

Rip Fixed issue where Rip would get stuck while ulting. Crux Fixed issue where when all generators were taken, Crux could be displaced.