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