Gameplay

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• you can no longer cancel spell casts by stop command\n
• uzai F now grounds you while having an enemy hooked\n
• ring of the king now also grants % of total eth\n
• destructor beam now lets you choose the angle around the tower it is placed in\n
• 1v1 map tower positions updated\n
• dr.dee scrap now despawns if he dies or is really far away\n
• clamped minimum attackspeed at 0.25\n

Visuals, Sounds and UI

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• added an end of game animation\n
• updated various VFX for vissra, shizu, entom, tayji, voltez, namuneth, khoru, lana, jabari, aegion, prideseeker, teebu, helentris, warped wand, BBB\n
• items in the shop now visually respect the inventory-limit\n
• added dr. dee stun and channel animations\n
• target-retainer-only now has a different mouse cursor\n
• whisper messages from lobby now have a distinct color in ingame chat\n
• added attack range display to advanced player stats\n
• when leaving a lobby, you are now taken to the PLAY screen\n
• removed MMR display for alpha\n
• titles now show in game setup\n
• role and position are now displayed in the game setup player panel\n
• added feedback for sending friend requests\n
• changed the cant-cast message for empty inventory slots\n
• disabled disconnect messages for enemy players\n

Bug fixes

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• fixed omnu healing when killing a unit with q\n
• fixed uzai grab inconsistent damage between normal and barrel stored hooks\n
• fixed flesh terer not proccing on monsters\n
• fixed death animations not always hiding weapon\n
• fixed some talent icon names\n
• fixed various spell impacts not getting removed\n
• fixed debuff colors on target panel\n
• fixed not being able to move camera when chat is open\n
• fixed not being able to drag-scroll over the scoreboard and rightclick through item slots\n
• fixed recommended items not visually respecting buy state\n
• fixed not being able to ping weapons from the scoreboard\n
• fixed not being able to buy recommended items with doubleclick\n
• fixed myr skeletons using myrs pp instead of their own\n
• fixed entom R revealing synestra / missclassified damage type\n
• fixed attacking objects auto following targets they can\'t attack\n
• fixed attacking objects always returning to player when idle\n
• fixed inferno scroll and other ticking effects not properly dealing damage when their duration was updated\n
• fixed aether surge damage indicator\n
• fixed thundercore being stuck on permanent cooldown\n
• fixed non-hero units gaining assets from buffs they grant\n
• fixed a client crash caused by destructable objects\n
• fixed reports not being send properly\n
• fixed voicelines continuing to play after leaving the info center\n
• fixed various issues with game setup role selection not always working\n
• fixed spirit scythe minimap icon\n
• fixed a rare bug that could cause health bars to be invisible\n
• fixed chat box not being cleared between games\n
• fixed a memory leak caused by some spell effects not getting removed properly\n
• fixed various tooltips (as always)\n
• fixed ring of the king / rofl / any post-buff calculations\n
• fixed being able to click though empty inventory slots\n
• fixed minimap being offset when scaled\n
• fixed not being able to stop cast-actions while still moving into range to cast\n
• fixed overly long reports not getting sent\n
• fixed streched mute icon on scoreboard\n
• fixed middle mouse button opening chat in lobby\n
• fixed missing range circle on voltez R\n
• fixed crash on client disconnect in post game lobby\n
• fixed pos or unit (peipei w) spell targeting sometimes not working\n
• fixed forced movement stacking desyncing character\n

Gameplay

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• account quests are now available in the lobby: daily first win, daily login and reaching account lvl 10 during the alpha\n
• vissra was reworked: R dash with bleed and bonus damage from close range, F hits multiple targets and paralyzes when hitting twice, P silences when a paralyze breaks\n
• prideseeker small update: Passive now trigger F knockup and Stab attack after F, also grants Attackspeed when fully stacked\n
• jungle nerfs all around (more damage, less xp, buffs are weaker)\n
• voidwalkers edge updated, now applies mr shred\n
• soulwells now heal all nearby allies over time\n
• waan shrines now grant stronger, decaying movementspeed in a larger area\n
• all shrines now have a cooldown after their effect finishes\n
• golem jungle buff now grants attackspeed and stronger healing from monster kills, instead of lifesteal/spellvamp\n
• 3v3 map base layouts have been updated\n
• omnu Q is now bigger and shaped differently\n
• attackmove now ignores idle jungle monsters\n
• attackmove now properly continues if the currently attacked enemy is killed\n

Visuals, Sounds and UI

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• new tower models with destruction animations have been added\n
• talent trees are now easier to edit, letting you swap and drag+drop points in completed trees\n
• added a display for when a game is paused\n
• new login screen: Raphael\n
• items now display if their abilities are active or passives\n
• the remaining UI elements have been updated with new textures\n
• new announcer voicelines have been added\n
• raphael and jeanne voicelines have been added\n
• camera hotkeys now use the scoreboard order\n
• pylon effect and death state improved\n
• new system for autoattack swing vfx added\n
• lore shorts have been added for all characters\n
• vfx improvements: voltez R, entom F, helentris R, dr.dee E, tower attacks\n
• dr dee scrap now indicates time left\n
• active items now show a different border in shop\n
• added a new category for jungle items to the shop\n
• new death animation for Dr. Dee\n

Bug fixes

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• fixed khoru dealing more F damage than intended\n
• fixed peipei passive granting too much movementspeed\n
• fixed some issues related to clicking through UI elements\n
• fixed indicators not showing for charge and 2 step targeting using quickcast\n
• fixed various faulty voicelines for Xelv\n
• fixed rounding issue on stats panel\n
• fixed rare stuck healthbar/unit tooltip issue\n
• fixed inventory items becoming invisible when drag/dropping after game end\n
• fixed empty killfeed icons when unit kills itself\n
• fixed rare permanently stuck minions in jungle\n
• fixed born commander boots sometimes applying to self\n
• fixed manticore affecting minions\n
• fixed chain axe not stopping when teleporting during the dash\n
• fixed myr skeletons scaling with base stats instead of bonus stats\n
• fixed more missing spell icons\n
• fixed default camera speed setting\n
• fixed camera not centering on replay start\n
• fixed tayji eye passive range\n
• fixed jabari daggers not becoming interactable when passive resets\n
• fixed aether surge being stackable by unintended spells\n
• fixed fralnir interaction getting stuck on vessel swap\n
• fixed rare crash in outdated replays\n
• fixed camera movement issue\n
• fixed a couple UI issues caused by NativeOnInitialized\n
• fixed moveable widgets not properly repositioning when changing resolution\n
• fixed switching to borderless not resetting UI scale\n
• fixed damage numbers being visible in debug camera\n
• fixed elixirs not applying when buying them while dead\n
• fixed monsters resetting when target becomes untargetable\n
• fixed item cooldowns not being applied to clones\n
• fixed some actions like impending doom not being canceled properly on death\n
• fixed dawn and dusk not working\n
• fixed wrong direction for rakzuul r2\n
• fixed jungle buff tooltip not shwoing max charges\n
• fixed issue where tooltip expansion hint would show multiple times in the same tooltip\n
• fixed aspect of the snake and aspect of the cobra not working\n
• fixed helentris passive not proccing on r hit\n
• fixed helentris r indicator being too long\n
• fixed issue with spellindicators base plane scale relying on range alone rather than computed data\n
• fixed chat bubbles not work with UI scaling\n
• fixed jeanne E vfx\n
• fixed dr dee rockets locking on untargetable units\n
• fixed minimap having empty space around it\n
• fixed a bug where the client didn\'t realize it had last connection\n

Gameplay And Settings

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• target selection system has been completely rework, fixing many inconsistencies and normal-cast mode\n
• added hotkeys for item slots 7-12\n
• your game settings should now properly get save in your steam account\n
• dr dee abilies have be improved in various ways, better scrap drop locations, low default Q cd\n
• dropping/switching vessels now cancels all buffs and spells casted by that vessel\n
• rhonheim Q now triggers on all cc\n

New And Updated Items

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• Alma Quiver: New physical caster waystone\n
• Manticore: New physical caster zenith\n
• Besodian Claymore: New physical caster zenith\n
• Roots of the World Tree: Physical caster version of branch of the world tree\n
• Brightside Dagger: Anti-Stealth pysical caster option\n
• Barbed Spear: Reworked into physical caster waystone\n
• Vanquisher\'s War Helm: Reworked into physical caster waystone\n

UI, Visuals And Sounds

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• added dr. Dee W and E animations\n
• added spirit scythe attack sound\n
• updated vessel icons\n
• removed unused stats from info center\n
• removed jungle items and exclusive uniques from the recommended tab\n
• error message popup now scales with main UI scale\n
• changed keybind button textures\n
• graphics option \"low\" now completely disables shadows\n
• scoreboard border is now clickthrough\n
• reports endpoint updated\n
• pressing esc will now properly unbind keys\n

Bug fixes

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• fixed size issue in settings scrollbox while in lobby\n
• fixed some items not displaying their correct values in the tooltips\n
• fixed consumables panel reacting to filters\n
• fixed not being able to click through the ping/sticker/emote wheel\n
• fixed ability buttons and tooltips not correctly displaying energy gains/costs\n
• fixed jungle timers counting down to 0 instead of 1\n
• fixed home advantage / out and about ranges to match new tower healing range\n
• fixed transferrable jungle buffs not properly scaling with players level\n
• fixed head hunter not displaying the correct value after first kill\n
• fixed explosive trap not using the player as the damage source\n
• fixed summoners razor not working\n
• fixed seismic core damage display counting minion damage\n
• fixed lana R not being removed on vessel swap\n
• fixed gaining buffs while dead changing your health points\n
• fixed spirit scythe not being attackable\n
• fixed spam casting the same spell having inconsistent indicators\n
• fixed some tooltips\n
• fixed kda panel blocking mouse clicks\n
• fixed summoners razor not working\n
• fixed tooltips round down scalings below 1.0\n
• fixed omnu staying invisible if ult teleport didnt complete\n
• fixed omnu becoming unresponsive if ult target became untargetable\n
• fixed bloodstones not coming off cooldown\n
• fixed missing voltez AA sound\n
• fixed tooltip placement for non default window scaling\n

Gameplay

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• New Retainer: Dr. Dee\n
• jungle items now reduce minion gold, but increase monster gold\n
• prideseeker R now refunds resource on reset\n
• marzena Q bigger but no bonus damage to stunned targets\n
• bag active items cost gold again\n
• removed xelv E recast time, but decreased passive damage\n
• raised base health on all retainers\n
• gems now grant different stats\n

Lobby

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• default talent presets have been added\n
• a player title system has been added, they will be earnable through quests\n
• a quest system has been added (heavily WIP): e.g title for reaching Dr. Dee lvl 100 mastery\n
• a mastery system has been added: playing games increases your level per retainer/vessel\n
• profile tab has been updated (WIP)\n
• added \"open chat\" button to friends right click menu\n

Visuals and Sound

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• new settings UI\n
• updated shop UI\n
• updated synestra model\n
• update nexus and pylon models\n
• wards now fall apart when destroyed\n
• added spellcast sounds to many vessels\n
• current server region is now displayed next to ping\n

Bugfixes

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• fixed lana F animation missing\n
• fixed various tooltip issues\n
• fixed some cast-failures not showing error message\n
• fixed mana opal\n
• fixed jabari daggers being interactable after pickup\n
• fixed offset issues with some spell visuals and indicators\n
• fixed death animations being canceled on game end\n
• fixed casts outside of range canceling current channels\n
• fixed /swtich not remvoing units from pathing grid\n
• fixed various skin related issues with unit icons\n
• fixed shredder not shooting shuriken in the correct direction\n
• fixed springwater vision falling back to attackradius for range\n
• fixed right top waygate location on 5v5 map\n
• disabled hud toggle hotkey\n

Gameplay

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• new retainer: Jeanne, Platinum Rose Paragon [Support]\n
• new interaction hotkey [D by default]\n
• new settings: center camera on recall, disable AA when stealthed, disable rightclick-interact\n
• monsters no longer give xp to anyone but the killer\n
• adjusted clickboxes for all characters and minions\n
• minion aggro update, making them less agressive and making it possible to properly hold waves\n
• rhon empowered q now knockbacks instead of aoe\n
• helentris F reset and passive now increases R damage\n
• shizu F damage reduced on repeated hits\n
• pride passive no longer consumed by aa\n
• beacon now rotates faster and has 2 lights\n
• removed rak tether\n
• wavebinder bigger area for shielding\n
• lana r now only jumps to retainers\n
• rudra catching R now only reduces cd\n
• thunderlords mallet now deals reduced damage on ranged vessels\n

Visuals, Sound and UI

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• 5v5 map layout and visuals have been updated\n
• new item alias system, can now search \"shredder\" and \"rofl\" for example\n
• enemy jabari daggers are now noticable red\n
• wardruids mantle and sismic core now track damage/healing\n
• animations for nexus and pylons\n
• experimental tower destruction (doesn\'t look very good rn)\n
• new cast sounds added for many abilities\n

Bug Fixes

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• fixed raphael q not being able to crit\n
• fixed being able to cast spells during repentance F\n
• fixed inconsistent stealth reveal logic\n
• fixed mastershield not turning off on death\n
• fixed fralnir passive enabled while dead\n
• fixed lana aa not triggering some healing buffs\n
• fixed grob passive working on charge based spells\n
• fixed krieg r hitboxes not changing positions when using teleporting mid cast\n
• fixed teleport scroll being cancelable\n
• fixed ampwrecker not working\n
• fixed some talents incorrectly granting rage\n
• fixed parts of the base not having vision when a pylon dies\n
• fixed aspect of the boar and mammoth not working correctly\n
• fixed myr W and other periodic spells sometimes dealing massive damage when expiring\n
• fixed raphael E being usable on minions\n
• fixed missing role tags on some items\n
• fixed an issue with weapon model scaling\n
• fixed talent inventory scaling\n
• fixed scoreboard crashing after /switch\n
• fixed hero icon not updating between games\n
• fixed being able to drag and drop inventory items onto the scoreboard\n
• fixed drag and drop icons not adhering to scaling settings\n
• fixed drag and drop issues with stickers\n
• fixed drag and drop icon visuals\n
• fixed drag and drop on scoreboard entries on high screen resolutions\n
• fixed a crash caused by commander boots\n
• fixed death recap not always correctly showing unit names\n
• fixed streched buffs on boss healthbars\n
• fixed teleport vfx not getting properly removed\n
• fixed failed spellcast reasons not showing\n
• fixed dash animations being canceled by flashing\n
• fixed purple buff giving away your position while stealthed\n
• fixed tayji eyes still charming after they are killed\n
• fixed boss health bars having squished icons\n
• fixed talent overview panel not properly working\n
• fixed lana passive vfx being always active\n
• fixed teleports interrupting dash animations\n
• fixed more death recap missing spell icons\n
• fixed being able to undo initial combat scroll buys\n
• fixed tooltip and damage number rounding\n
• fixed anti heal and aether surge sounds\n
• fixed game setup layout clipping lane display visuals\n
• fixed spell VFX continuing after impact\n

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Gameplay

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• New Retainer: Raphael, Sinhunter Cardinal (Carry)\n
• 3v3 Map update: Shorter lanes, less jungle camps, repositioned towers, starting lvl 3 with 900g (experimental)\n
• Jungler items have been added\n
• Monsters now give more XP early game, allowing junglers to level quicker\n
• Monster health decreased, damage maintained. Goal is to make jungling more difficult for laners who have to leverage lost health to gold/xp gain\n
• Spawn times changed; buffs spawn slower, jungle camps spawn faster\n
• Vessels give more base Health; the goal is to reduce early TTK to make the laning phase more casual-friendly\n
• Various projectiles had their speed adjusted\n
• Towers can no longer be crit\n

Visuals, Sound and UI

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• Heavily WIP: Game UI full update with new assets\n
• tower indicators have been made more visible\n
• many ability tooltips have been reworded\n
• fountain towers have been added (to replace you just randomly dying)\n

Lobby

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• Various infrastructure improvements have been made, making it easier to identify problems\n
• A new messaging system has been implemented on the backend, making custom lobbies and gamesetups more responsive\n
• fixed an issue that could cause you to end up in a ghost lobby when spam clicking \"create lobby\"\n
• fixed an issue that could cause you to end up in two lobbies at the same time\n

Bug Fixes

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• fixed a client crash caused by badly formatted tooltips\n
• fixed a client crash when trying to assign target retainers only hotkey\n
• fixed automatically autoattacking allies (Lana)\n
• fixed synestra Q action queing issues\n
• fixed hammer of conviction active stopping your movement\n
• fixed various problems that could cause spells to not be removed from the client\n
• fixed score panel eating up mouse clicks and bringing up the debug view too easily\n
• fixed tick based abilities losing damage when a buff is extended\n

Visuals, Sound and UI

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• shop UI updated\n
• settings UI reworked\n
• added a setting to show split damage numbers\n
• improved various tooltips\n
• improved ingame chat readability\n
• the game now automatically sets your UI scale setting when you change resolution/on first start\n
• you can now move the camera after a replay ends\n
• chat emotes are now bigger\n
• added vessel suggestion hightlight\n
• added vfx for apostles tome, windhoppers cane, belladonna gloves, coghammer, mitre of saints, nerumian mending beads, rallying crest\n

Gameplay

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• added a setting to toggle target-retainers-only mode\n
• player gold value is now pingable\n
• interactables now take mouse priority over non-hero units\n
• you can no longer accidentally cast spells with the shop open\n
• added dandra W eth scaling\n
• improved hydra tower destruction buff logic and power\n
• unsuable items now get removed when selling a bag item\n
• templars flail and doom lance no longer trigger from other items\n
• jungle rebalance: much less armor and magic resist, but higher flat health\n
• stronger difference in rage cost between abilities\n
• scaling nerfs on most offenders (eg. Vissra, Marzena, etc.)\n
• Shizu passive nerf - now temporary buff, requires 3 basic attacks to proc instead of 2.\n
• early game Crit nerf - non Zenith crit sources are no longer 25 by default\n
• changed myr w to use expected tick system\n

Bug Fixes

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• fixed doom lance mark duration\n
• fixed gems not being consumed when trading them in\n
• fixed perma-loop between belladonna and everburn\n
• fixed templars flail spam applying\n
• fixed goliath gauntlets sometimes not working\n
• fixed waygates warping to wrong location\n
• fixed darkfire emitter tag on zildars necklace\n
• fixed diver helmet reducing your own damage to 0 while slow is active\n
• fixed some missing tooltips and icons\n
• fixed oppressive percussions vfx\n
• fixed voltez passive not triggering if target dies\n
• fixed passive item spells being castable\n
• fixed fired up proccing on minions\n
• fixed a rare server crash\n
• fixed the sticker menu not working while in lobby\n
• fixed seismic core and skinning knife not being unique\n
• fixed UI sound slider not properly working on ingame UI sounds\n
• fixed some pets having bugged minimap icons\n
• fixed not being able to ping pingables with the basic ping key\n
• fixed a crash when skipping in replays\n
• fixed material overrides like timedialator not working properly on some characters\n
• fixed icons getting stuck when scrolling in the item description\n
• fixed a bug that would cause you to randomly switch your attack target when \"attack nearby enemies\" was turned on\n
• fixed rudra f hitting invisible enemies\n
• fixed diver helmet vfx\n
• fixed helentris r not showing range on hover\n
• fixed krieg r not showing range on hover\n
• fixed kalgaran chain axe vfx stuck bug\n
• fixed belladonna gloves not proccing on entom aa\n
• fixed skinning knife missing unique name\n
• fixed rallying crest proccing on spells that applied the buff\n
• fixed post game screen from last game still showing\n
• fixed new items missing their tags\n
• fixed helentris r vfx stopping abruptly\n
• fixed lobby and game UI volumes not being adjustable intependantly\n

Highlights

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• New 5v5 map layout is testable (select TEST 5v5 in map dropdown)\n
• New Vessel: Fralnir, Soul of the Hoarfrost Guardian [Battle Mage]\n
• New rewards from hydra and dragon: basic gem system, black shards have been retired\n

New Items

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• New Parts and Waystones have been added to round out recipes\n
• Shield Basher (Shield Damage)\n
• Skinning Knife (Jungling speed)\n
• Kalgaran Chain Axe (Mobility)\n
• Diver Helmet (Diving)\n
• Lamprey (Sustain)\n
• Wardruid\'s Mantle (Sustained Fighting)\n
• Hellhands (Waveclear and max Health Damage)\n
• Goliath Gauntlets (Sustain and Health Damage scaling)\n
• Nightcutter (Burst Damage)\n
• Seismic Core (Waveclear + CC)\n
• Rallying Crest (CC Support)\n
• Dawn and Dusk (Damage Support)\n
• Mitre of Saints (Damage Support)\n
• Apostles\' Tome (Heal Support)\n
• Windhopper\'s Cane (Artillery)\n
• Belladonna Gloves (Damage over Time)\n
• Nerumian Mending Beads (Sustain)\n
• Telsamar Coghammer (Basic Attack affinity)\n
• Templar\'s Flail (Damage from Resource)\n
• Chains of the Taskmaster (Spellslinger)\n
• Dread Orb (Resource Damage Scaling)\n
• 5H-RED-3R (Physical Caster Damage)\n
• Glitter Bomb (areal stealth reveal)\n

Item Changes

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• Many Items have gotten their recipes and stat lines adjusted\n
• Severed Isles Impaler now stack Magic Resistance instead of Physical Power\n
• Stonewall Crown and Antimagic Headguard now grant their shield before dropping below 25% and before suffering the respective damage\n
• Embrace of the Forest now heals when being healed or shielded\n
• Branch of the World Tree now grants a shield based on spent resource\n
• Paindrinker now grants on kill via any damage and deals damage on Shimmer procc\n
• Master Magicians Mantle passive has been reverted to reduce cooldowns of spells on spell cast\n
• Hammer of Conviction is now manually activated\n
• Doom Lance now applies a mark separately from the slow, which gets used up to do the bonus damage\n
• Thuulian Ripdagger now reduces flat armor instead of percentage\n
• Hortax Circlet now deals damage around the user instead of the spell location and is increased against minions\n
• Juncture Band has a new passive granting delayed damage based on damage dealt to a target in a short amount of time\n
• Glacial Pauldrons attack speed reduction now scales with bonus resource\n
• Ring of the King\'s threshold is now based on Ethereal Power\n
• Pocket Singularity now shares cooldown with Telsamar Timedialator and puts the user in stasis\n
• Skull of Impending Doom can not be cancelled by the user anymore but grants them immunity to Crowd Control during the cast time\n
• Spikethorn Shoulderpads\' damage reflection ramps up now\n
• Tolundir Helmet is now a starter item\n
• Wardancer\'s Boots\' passive now grants attackspeed instead of movement speed\n
• Southern Gladius now deals bonus damage with basic attacks with a cooldown\n
• Prayer Beads now grant resource regeneration based on missing resource\n
• Barbarian Ornament now grants resource on auto attacks\n
• Soulfire Staff now grants resource on level up based on max resource\n
• Chaos Blade now burns resource on hit\n

Visuals, Sound and UI

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• Xelv voice lines have been added\n
• tooltips now show \"bonus\" instead of \' for bonus value scalings\n
• some scroll vfx have been improved\n
• some spells now play a sounds when they start casting, not only when they finish (this will be improved for all spells over time)\n
• item stats now always show in a defined order\n

Gameplay

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• block rating no longer reduces onhit damage\n
• krieg passive now constantly lowers r cooldown over time at max stacks instead of instant reset\n
• parrying dagger stacks dont reset anymore\n
• uzai hook changes your direction towards the unit now\n
• hydra spells have been reworked to be more fair\n
• dragon is now harder to kite\n

Bug fixes

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• fixed thundergod unique tag duplicate in tooltip\n
• fixed xelv passive not mentioning q being able to proc it\n
• fixed shizu passive proccing off stuff other than shizu basic attacks\n
• fixed games permanently hanging if they get paused after a nexus has died\n
• fixed morning star vfx\n
• fixed neri f projectile icon missing\n
• fixed startetr items counting as basic attacks instead of on hit\n
• fixed lodwig w recast not consuming when close to target\n
• fixed faceless carving not ticking on start\n
• fixed syn passive not mentioning missing health damage\n
• fixed chainbreaker not showing as active item\n
• fixed buildpath not showing correct amount of items in teaminventory (like obsidian shards in chaos stone)\n
• fixed synestra w reset not scaling with cdr\n
• fixed being able to unlock zoom in builds\n
• fixed xelv q not critting\n
• fixed shizu passive proccing on other onhit triggers than shizu basic attack\n
• fixed bloodstone buff tooltip and icon\n
• fixed some invalid damage classes on various effects\n
• fixed expected ticks on short buffs sometimes not applying the last tick\n

Lobby fixes

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• profanity will no longer be allowed in player names and lobby titles\n
• fixed an issue that could cause lobbies to become unstartable\n
• fixed pending lobby invites not being removed after a lobby is closed\n
• fixed lobby invites not properly showing a reason when they can\'t be accepted\n
• fixed position selection showing players from last game\n
• fixed position selection updates changing the role of all players on the team\n
• fixed time stamp problems with messages in lobbies\n
• fixed messages being replayed multiple times when joining a lobby\n
• fixed a situation where you could be disconnected from the lobby but not be moved back to login screen\n
• fixed an issue where someone declining an invite would cancel an active queue pop\n

Highlights

• talent update
  [list]
• new talents have been added to all trees
• many of the rarely used talents have been reworked or replaced
• the trees have been re-layouted
• smaller and bigger changes were made to many existing talents to make them more useful or interesting
  

Gameplay

• dandra changes
  [list]
• passive now generates stacks when nearby allies take or deal damage
• Charged Q will do increased healing/damage
• W will reduce all cooldowns of the target ally
• E grows further
• E now only grows in a target direction
  

Visuals, UI, Sound

• added icons for character roles
• shutdowns are now announced in chat
• 6v6 lobbies can now be made by everyone
• removed buff display from minions
• scrolls now have their own openable category in the shop
• ability button resource cost now colored in red when not enough resource
• TAA set as default anti-aliasing method
• tower aggro sound is now higher pitched
• lobby invite list now automatically scrolls down
• team inventory / shard counters are now next to inventory
• pings are now triggered on key-up and canceled when alt-tabbing
• moved scrolls into a collapsable tab in the shop
• added a mechanics-bar for neri passive
• various spell VFX and SFX have been improved for dandra, kaal, siko, aegion, lodwig, rhonheim
• new attack animation for Repentance R
  

Bugfixes

• fixed myr spawning too many skeletons
• fixed tiki's not working
• fixed lana's passive bar not being displayed correctly
• fixed omnu terror buff vfx
• fixed broken waan sigil vfx
• fixed tower buffs overlapping health bar
• fixed buttons sometimes taking keyboard focus
• fixed buffs sometimes hiding player names
• fixed namuneth F and rak P not working after alignment removal
• fixed coagulants proccing while dead
• fixed an issue with vision calculations related to units in walls
• fixed material/mesh override system removing skins when polymorphed
• fixed game time dilation not properly working on buffs on health bars
• fixed a replay crash
• fixed chat message sound when pinging
• fixed required-item counter missing in shop for e.g black shards
• fixed siko W going on cd when interrupted
• fixed siko W being able to double snare
• fixed energizing potions not always restoring the full amount
• fixed hydra buff on nexus VFX looking weird
• fixed 3v3 map lighting
• fixed a problem with unique buffs removing themselves instead of refreshing
• fixed decaying shields removing all shields with infinite duration
• fixed truesight effects not properly respecting walls
• fixed bugged out settings panel when clicking on sticker in inventory
• fixed recommended items not properly updating when buying boots
• fixed bots getting stuck in base when minions are pushed up to their nexus
• fixed self-casts randomly rotating your character
  

Highlights

• New retainer: Xelv, Herald of Ruin - Assassin

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• buffs no longer have an alignment

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• buffs now have an animated marker to show if they are dispelable

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• dispels will remove all dispelable buffs/debuffs from a target

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• different types of buffs are now displayed in different ways on the health bar

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• less important buffs are only shown in the target or player panel

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• highly important buffs (e.g myr E, infernal wish) are shown as big icons to the right

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• stacking mechanics that build up to an effect (e.g dandra Q snare) now display a bar filling up their charges

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• character mechanic buffs (e.g al-rahim P, shizu P) are now displayed as special bars under your resource bar

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• the CC display was consolidated, now only showing one bar for the longest lasting most disabling CC

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Character changes

• Grob: P now charges up when spending rage instead, Q now instantly bounces to two/all nearby targets

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• Emonia: W charm removed, better scaling, lower cooldowns, %MS on Q, improved resource management

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• Peipei: Q now heals the full healing on impact, P can be triggered by healing or puddles

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• Krieg: R1 casts faster, R2 removed. F now deals damage when passing through enemies. Passive now stacks bleed and heals you, resets you R1 cooldown and grants resistances when fully stacked

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• Khoru: R deals current/missing % bonus damage based on stack count. F can now be freely targeted, deals damage when passing through enemies, and grants the slow on your first AA when leaving stealth

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• Rhonheim: W2 is now E. W1 slows enemies, W2 casts a blizzard stacking slows, snares on full stacks

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• Golrok: R now shields nearby allies, instead of F

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• Dandra: W now also grants a shield, recasting the ability resets the shield

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• Prideseeker: P now charges on AA, when fully charged next R will reset cd, F will knock up or AA will stab in a line

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• Jabari: R targeted, cooldown reduced by collecting daggers. F now casts small daggers, F cooldown reduced when fully stacking passive

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• spells that can be charged like helentris R now update their target when letting go of the key

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• after losing vision of an enemy, you now follow them and restart your last action when regaining vision

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• buffs and shields now properly grant you assists

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• repentance F can now be cancelled by the player

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• repentance passive now triggers on jungle camps

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• tayji charm now has a brief cooldown per target

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• wavebinder R now longer allows turning, but fires faster

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Visuals, UI, Sound

• a new setting for sharper graphics has been added (on by default)

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• can now buy in shop with doubleclick on items

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• added a role filter to game setup

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• damage numbers now properly work with partially shielded attacks

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• damage numbers now show damage absorbed when shielding an ally

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• the talenteditor now shows animations indicating why you can't skill a talent

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• various items that were missing a sound effect now have one

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• kaal vfx and sfx improvements

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• lobby inventory screen entries resized

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• adaptive damage now shows the current damage type in tooltips

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• helentris model is no longer a placeholder

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• out-of-vision units like destructable rocks now hide their health bar

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• attack range is now displayed in the stats panel

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Bugfixes

• fixed spells targeted out of range not working properly

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• fixed allies not being targetable

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• fixed post game screen getting stuck in loading

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• fixed paindrinker not working

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• fixed kingslayer not working

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• fixed channel spells being accidentally cancleable

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• fixed being able to cast spells while game is paused

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• fixed myr skeletons doing more damage than intended

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• fixed winged boots not working towards clones

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• fixed shizu f teleporting to the same location repeatedly

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• fixed qel f arrows spawning too far apart

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• fixed post game screen bugging out when leaving it too early

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• fixed some spells being castable while being knocked back

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• fixed scoreboard tooltips not being hidden when scoreboard hides

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• fixed vissra poisons not applying the correct ccs

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• fixed jabari bounceoff vfx

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• fixed silence vfx not showing for first 0.6 seconds

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• fixed tayji eye vfx not fading out corretcly

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• fixed healthbar ticks being sometimes inconsistantly spaced

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• fixed items not properly updating in target panel

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Gameplay

• new vessel: Repentance [Bruiser, Spin2Win]
• new feature: destructable rocks (they block pathing and vision, can be destroyed and respawn)
• jungle pots and destructable rocks are now permanently visible, but appear "frozen" while out of vision
• clones and hero summons now automatically attack nearby enemies when no command is given
• roots no longer prevent knockbacks
• bag items now share cooldown
• you can now buffer actions that are not valid at the time of the keypress
• dandra E now grows in stages
• debilitation talent now increases damage taken
• minion XP reward greatly reduced
• dragon and hydra are weaker in the early game
• dragon respawns sooner
• team objectives give more global gold
• grimoire is cheaper, no longer gives stats
• anti-heal items are slightly cheaper
• worldender is now a crit item
• bandage/healthpot nerfs, tower regen buffed
• master magicians mantle and branch of the world tree have swapped passives
  

Visuals, UI, Sound

• lighting was updated on 3v3 / 1v1 maps
• added cc time to death recap
• helentris F animation updated
• added ebb and flow damage counter
• added an error popup when trying to buy currency with the steam overlay disabled
• added a rakzuul passive vfx
• chat no longer fades when scrolled up
• added siko voicelines
• various items have new or updated sounds, more to follow
• adjusted tags for all retainers/vessels
• experimental: shop icons are slightly bigger again [feedback welcome]
• new VFX for debilitation and windchaser scroll
• helentris model now has a proper texture
  

Technical

• auto self cast is now the default option (for new players)
• added cheat commands to start and stop jungle spawning
• added new voiceline trigger for assists, vessel picks and buying item with specific stats
  

Bugfixes

• fixed all missing buff and spell tooltips and many missing icons
• fixed edge of consciousness not updating correctly when rezzed
• fixed omnu invincibility issue
• fixed not being able to cast spells without a target when using smartcast with indicators
• fixed enemy/friendly kill counter order on scoreboard/header
• fixed shift-enter all chat not working after game end
• fixed some spell animations getting canceled early
• fixed some spells not showing up in the info center
• fixed regeneration/healing flags not properly applied for all spells/buffs
• fixed emonia W not generating energy
• fixed attackmove and attack-when-idle not attacking nearby jungle monsters on some weapons
• fixed jungle monsters getting stuck in a state of permanent resetting, regenerating constantly
• fixed jungle monsters resetting when killing their target, instead of attack their next target
• fixed shutdown announcer messages not showing the killer
• fixed various on-hit effects unintendedly (not) triggering when the target is killed by the basic attack (paindrinker, voltez p etc)
• fixed unit stats not instantly updating when a buff is forcefully removed
• fixed some buff tooltips not working
• fixed basic attack tooltips showing "cooldown"
• fixed peipei laugh voicelines
• fixed resource cost on abilities multiplying on client
• fixed spells with multiple charges not visually disabled when no charges ready
• fixed paused games never getting abandoned
• fixed not getting xp for kills when dead
• fixed drag scroll getting stuck sometimes
• fixed all charge spells getting longer instead of shorter cooldowns per level
• fixed some issues with tooltips and unique spell tags and cooldown groups
• fixed being able to use instant actions during dashes
• fixed charge spells not allowing you to buffer other spells
• fixed getting stuck in a black screen if the server refuses a connection, now shows a reconnect popup
• fixed multiple players on the same network being unable to connect
• fixed an issue with the waiting for stats panel not getting removed
• fixed nerumian mendian vfx
• fixed dashing against a wall not playing the animation
• fixed a material issue that caused several problems, like invisible omnu or texture glitch after taking gates while poly'd
  

Visuals + UI

• tower health bars
• hydra area now has a cooler ground decal
• tower and boss health bars now show the damage taken animation
• info center is now available from the login screen
• info center UI rearranged
• info center abilities now show a distinction between main and conditional abilities
• info center stats now also show health/resource and tooltips show base + perlevel
• info center + game setup lighting changed to match game
• game setup now shows map image
• game setup better highlights for mouseover and picked units
• other players talents now only show when clicked on, instead of on hover
  

• New gamemode: tezca cooldowns [April fools]
• siko Q and P updated, E drops faster
• jungle buffs updated (resource generation and healing)
• mana and rage cost reductions
• ratio adjustments on most Vessels and Retainers
• bag items balanced around low inventory, moderate cooldowns
• added individual keybinds for pings, emotes and stickers
  

• created an automatic build system, making sure patches are now uploaded to steam regularly
• created an automatic crash notification system
• created an automatic memory corruption detection system
• all chat and ping logs are now automatically collected for all games
• added an in-client notification for when a new patch becomes available (experimental)
  

• fixed wrong timestamps of old chatroom messages when joining
• fixed chatrooms spamming a ton of messages when joining after other people already typed
• fixed chatrooms in lobbies sometimes not displaying
• fixed background image from info center or lobby sometimes leaking into other screens
• fixed various issues of being able to send a friend request to someone that's already your friend
• fixed being able to send multiple friend requests to the same player
• fixed player icon in lobby visually resetting when chaning it and then switching team
• fixed various issues with the invite list, and being able to spam invite a player that doesnt respond
• fixed lin w not prioritizing retainers
• fixed some units still updating after a game has ended
• fixed queue pop panel sticking around until timeout even when declined
• fixed having too many chats open blocking the friends list
• fixed text sometimes clipping outside keybind button
• fixed skins not shown in post game screen and match history
• fixed bots display the wrong name in game setup if they are changed in lobby
• fixed advanced tooltips in info center not showing
• fixed blurry text on healthbars on 4k displays
• fixed krieg spell visibilities
• fixed peipei knockup space program
• fixed towers not attacking Myr's dragon pet
• fixed spells in the same location sometimes flickering
• fixed charged crit not being consumed if you have 0 current crit
• fixed krieg resource costs
  

Gameplay

• New Retainer (WIP): Siko, Eye of the Isles ["ADC"]
• Krieg R1 / R2 have switched places
• Shutdown bounty is now pingable
• Added a grace period after the nexus dies before the game is closed to allow chatting
• Jungle buffs now spawn faster, and shrine activations are cheaper
• "Bag" consumables are now free, but you can carry less of them
• All vessels spells on rage retainers now cost a baseline of 25
  

• Certain spells like teleport and recall now show on the minimap
• Health bars and other UI elements now work better on 4k monitors
• Added an option to scale health bars
• Player talents are now visible on the scoreboard and post game screen/match history
• Item and talent statistics are now visible in the post game screen/match history
• New UI background for the score display (topright), give some feedback how you like the style!
• Units are now clearly highlighted if they enter a bush, or are about to be rectangle-selected
  

• fixed uzai barrel also throwing on grab
• fixed lin Q not popping when target dies before impact
• fixed one for all not working for golrok R
• fixed last stand banner impacting movement
• fixed peipei w knockup visuals
• fixed some missing icons and texts
• fixed enemy talents not being visible until they come into view the first time
• fixed a rare crash issue that could happen during game setup phase (hopefully)
• fixed clicking out of the chat resetting your already typed chat message
• fixed recommended items panels not being fully clickable
• fixed tooltips showing hint for advanced tooltips multiple times
• fixed kaal uzai aa animation
• fixed a very specific case where knockback effects could stick around permanently
• fixed jungle camps getting stuck
• fixed Lana R projectile getting lost when the target dies
  

Gameplay

lana rework

• no more hot/dot, instead basic attacks against enemies charge a buff, increasing your next AA healing
• R now embeds light in the target, healing or damaging them on your next AA and bouncing the light
• F now channels multiple flashes of light in the target location, healing and dispelling allies, blinding enemies
  

dandra rework

• Q is now the old E, rooting enemies if they are hit multiple times
• W no longer heals
• E creates a large garden of thorns, running over them will heal allies and bleed+root enemies
  

peipei update

• W can now cast at allies directly (unit target) or in a direction, ignoring allies and knocking up the first enemy hit
• E now instantly polymorphs the target, and polymorphs nearby enemies when it expires
  

tayji rework

• R once again manually spawns eyes, they will charm nearby enemies
• Can be sacrificed to shield allies and grant on-hit damage
• F is now a long-range AOE shield+buff for allies and reveals enemies
  

voltez update

• P no longer paralyzes, instead ability damage marks enemies and AAs against a marked target will zap all marked enemies
• R now longer charges while casting, instead it is reactived to deal damage after landing. it charges up while on the ground to deal extra damage and paralyze.
  

alrahim rework

• P now charges up by dealing damage, granting you a shield and damaging fire storm
• R now fires a big pillar in front of you for extra damage, and three smallers ones that knock back
• W now grants instances of CC immunity while channeling
• E can now be casted multiple times, sending phoenix fire forwards that damages enemies and dispels allies
  

uzai update

• P grants a strong burst of attackspeed when something you control dies
• R can now be bounced in a straight line, and leaves behind a zones in which enemies take extra damage from your AAs
• F will now throw the grabbed target in front of you after it has been dragged to you (barrel version works as before)
  

qel passive update

• pushing enemies damages them
• pushing allies now grants them bonus damage on their next AA
  

synestra update

• spells now switch to stealth version no matter the reason for the invisibility
  

Other

• removed many unintended instance of rage generation
• controlled items like scythe now prioritize retainers
• towers now reset their attack timer when switching targets, making lasthitting slightly easier
• rudra now only generates critical charges from the primary attack, but if the primary attack crits so do all bounces
  

Systems

• added "sticker" system, overhead display
• shards are now team wide, shrines require all shards at once to activate
• blindpick with bans has been added as a gamemode
• health restore spells and effects are now split between healing/regeneration categories, fixing various unintended interactions
• on-hit effects now only apply to the primary target for various spells
• rate limits have been introduced for pings, emotes, chat and stickers
• added damage stats for everburn, ignition wand, goggles, hortax and thundercore
  

Visuals and Tech

• Dreamfall Grove lighting has been updated [WIP]
• Dreamfall Grove music updated
• added cloud shadows to Dreamfall Grove
• loading screen backgrounds updated
• full item shop UI now available in the info center
• added a mana reg indicator to the UI
• new icon for trainees knife
  

Bugfixes

• fixed cc from allies flashing your screen
• fixed omnu ult teleport cd missing
• fixed ampwrecker and it now works on all nearby towers
• fixed loading screen text sometimes overlapping players
• fixed buffs overlapping with skillup buttons
• fixed wavebinder being able to pull enemies shielded by an enemy wavebinder
• fixed ancient cup tick calculation
• fixed ancient cup charges not showing
• fixed some more ping issues related to units
• fixed recommended items randomizing on every inventory change
• fixed really fast mousewheel zooming for some mouses
• fixed build tree not properly displaying owned-item marker
• fixed recommendation containing items with unique effects we already own
• fixed a rare issue that could cause energyusers to be unable to cast 0 cost spells
• fixed cannon minion spawning on 2nd wave at the start of the game
• fixed jungle camps not losing patience when their target turns invisible
• fixed vessel ability tooltips displaying wrong cost
• fixed "attack when idle" sometimes not working
• fixed boss monsters being permanently revealed after attacking them once
• fixed various issues with the "/switch" cheat, like UI elements not resettings and not respawning
• fixed death advanced tooltips not showing properly
• fixed emotes playing while game is paused
• fixed attackspeed stat display being wrong
• fixed respawn timer not resetting when getting rezzed
• fixed reource cost changes not showing in ability level up tooltips
• fixed bloodstone not prompting tower aggro when binding to enemy
• fixed begging for alms triggering from clones
• fixed various issues with tooltips
  

Gameplay

• New Vessel: Rudra, Soul of the Wardancer ("ADC")
• Lin Passive reworked, basic attacks now stack a debuff that can be consumed for burst damage
• Towers on 5v5 map have been moved to provide more safety
• Spellvamp and lifesteal from AOE now have reduced effectiveness
• Added a brief cd to thunderlords
  

Visuals and Tech

• Updated to Unreal 5.5
• New Nexus model
• Cursor now changes when Target Retainers Only is active
  

Bugfixes

• fixed shizu passive (cd refunds) not working
• fixed teebu passive not consumed by some spells
• fixed fang of lycagon applying to non retainers
• fixed Jabari R not consuming charges, allowing inifinite teleports
• fixed benevolance vfx
• fixed wavebinder shield vfx not removed when shield runs out
• fixed some passive items being shown as actives
• fixed aura items not applying buff to owner
• fixed jabari stopping all action on teleport
• fixed out and about not being removed near untargetable towers
• fixed thundercore not being unique
• fixed necromancers sickle missing base damage
• fixed myr graves granting vision
• fixed executes ending killing sprees / removing bounties
• fixed some abilities targeting invisible units unintendedly
  

Gameplay

Energy rework

• Some abilities generate energy, others cost energy
• Energy does not decay or generate automatically
• Grob's passive now hastens cooldowns, instead of resetting them
  

Emonia rework

• Now uses Energy instead of Mana
• Q builds movementspeed when able to use continuously
• W new aoe ability, generates energy
• Old W is the new ult (cleanse, untargetable, speedbuff)
  

Synestra rework

• Q does massive damage from stealth and generates energy
• W dashes into any direction, CD will reset when hitting a retainer
• Ult now instantly turns you invisible and spreads aoe
• Passive applies poison after each ability
  

Item and Economy update

• XP shared in lane is now reduced
• Zenith items are less gold efficiency, and overall slighly less powerful
• Added a new item category: Remnants, highly gold efficient dead-end items
• Many build paths have been adjusted
• Many new items have been added in every category
• Many items have adjusted or reworked passives and actives (if I list them all, this post will be 4 pages long)
  

Technical

• Vulkan Desktop mode enabled (please test for linux)
  

Visual

• Shizu model updated
• WIP pylon model updated
  

Bugfixes

• fixed omnu being able to become permanentely unstopable
• fixed lodwig crashing the game by taunting dragon
• fixed a bug that could get you stuck in the loading screen
• fixed multiple rare client crashes
  

Systems

• SoS is moving to Steam
• you need a beta key to play, show up before a closed test to receive one
• you will get prompted to link your existing account on first start
• steam friends list and discord rich presence integrated
• can now invite people to lobbies through steam
• can now join public lobbies through your ingame or steam friends list
• login is now automatic
• a linux native build is in the works, will be available in the future
  

• reworked mouse click detection on units
• pathing algorithm reworked, now always uses the "expected" path
• basic attack commands now continue after casting spells
• jabari Update (more daggers, more teleporting, more fluid combos)
• omnu Update (no more untargetable + damage immune, passives removed, no longer accidentally teleport on AA)
• added a hotkey for target retainers only
• added attack move click keybind
• ruination new recipe, no more active, works on all strucutres now
• ignition wand and hortax now procing on item damage
• flesh tearer now spellblade item
• can no longer use ancient cup and healing potion at the same time
• neri F and pride P no longer trigger onhit effects
  

• skin system implemented, "swamp kaal" available as a test skin
• lore snippets are now displayed in info center and loading screen
• new Entom model
• shizu model updated
• chat window now fades out after a while

• fixed basic attacks going on cooldown when cancelled just before impact
• fixed various issues with the ping system
• fixed item spells being able to double-cast
• fixed self or ally inflicted cc affecting diminishing returns
• fixed krieg r2 not stopping when dead
• fixed pinging non visible retainers showing their last known location
• fixed pocket singularity vfx on low fps
• fixed puncture talent not working
• fixed switchblade not properly respecting slot
• fixed shield statistic
• fixed end of game splash art placement
• fixed loading screen issues on lower screen resolutions
• fixed synestra model splitting up sometimes
• fixed right click on team overview icons
• fixed various friend list issues
• fixed bots casting tayji F on top of themselves
• fixed potion sounds not replaying when using another stack while the last is still active
• fixed being able to stack chaos lasers
• fixed grob passive not working with recharge time
• fixed (hopefully) rare case of being stuck in black screen on game start
• fixed stuns preventing knockbacks visually
• fixed Alt-Gr special characters casting bound abilities while typing in chat
• fixed peipei W tongue visually rotating when the spell ends
• fixed shields not properly synced when reconnecting
• fixed game desyncing when reconnecting while paused
• can now use e.g /Prideseeker (needs capital first letter)
• fixed beefy buffs talents multiplying on potions with multiple charges