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.