An announcement of our thoughts and additional information regarding this patch will be broadcasted this thursday. Stay tuned!

Patch notes

• Changed Immolate into a base spell that all players have by default. This spell cannot be bought, sold or upgraded.
• Removed the melee category.
• Removed Punch spell due to the removal of the melee category.
• Upgraded the entire spell arsenal. Each spell now evolves as it upgrades.

Spell notes

• Bouncer - At rank 3 bouncer will now target Static objects if no valid player target was found.
• Chakram - At rank 2 and 3 this spell will refund cooldown based on the number of bounces left if caught by the player.
• Crescent - Level 1 now only has 180 degrees flight. Level 2 has 360 degrees, Level 3 now shoots 2 birds in opposite direction instead of 1.
• Fireball - Level 2 and 3 this spell will now grow over its flight increasing AOE, Knockback and Damage. (subject to change)
• Frostbolt - Level 2 now leaves a patch of ice on hit that continues to slow players inside of it. Level 3 now also leaves a trail of frost under the frostbolt during its flight.
• Homing - Level 2 and 3 homing missiles will now stop and explode after a short duration if it reaches its max flight distance.
• Magic Missile - Level 2 and 3 now have increased charges letting the player shoot a barrage of Magic Missiles.
• Shock - Level 2 and 3 now pierces, making it able to penetrate and hit targets behind the affected object. A damage and knockback reduction will follow for each object pierced.
• Counter Pulse - You can no longer aim the incoming spell at Level 1, Level 2 is aimable, Level 3 now increases the projectile speed.
• Energy Shield - Level 1 shield size has been reduced. This spell now increases in width depending on rank.
• Phase Shift - Level 2 and 3 now refunds cooldown based on the duration left on the spell if canceled early.
• Rock Pillar - Level 2 and 3 can now be recast within 5 seconds to spawn baby pillars
• Time Anchor - Level 1 is now visible for all players, Level 2 is now hidden for all enemy players, Level 3 can now be activated again to cancel the effect early.
• Windwalk - This spell has been moved to the Defensive Category. Level 2 now spawns a decoy of the player, Level 3 decoy will continue running instead of standing still.
• Lockdown - This spell has been moved to the Defensive Category. This spell now gives you 100% knockback immunity instead of having chains holding you to the ground. At Level 2 and 3 you can now slowly move during the spell.
• Lighting Strike - Level 2 now fires an additional projectile. At level 3 the second projectile will try to automatically hit a nearby enemy.
• Meteor - Level 2 and 3 will now spawn Shrapnel shooting out of the meteors side after explosion damaging nearby enemies on hit.
• Acid Pool - Level 2 and 3 will now grow during the spell's duration.
• Chain Hook - Now breaks if the target gets damaged, Level 2 chain hook can be reactivated to attach it to the ground instead of yourself. Level 3 you can throw the attachment a short distance.
• Dimension Gate - Reworked and moved to the Utility Category. Only projectiles can pass through the Dimension Gate now. Level 3 Dimension Gates duplicates the spells instead of teleports them.
• Gravity - Level 2 and 3 can be reactivated with a small reactivation cooldown to increase the pull area and strength for a short duration.
• Speed Boost - Level 2 and 3 will now get faster depending on how much damage the caster takes during the speed boost.
• Fetch - Level 2 now covers a larger area, Level 3 now slows everything within this area before the teleportation.
• Blink - Level 2 and 3 gives the player a knockback reduction buff for a short period after the blink.
• Charge - Level 2 will no longer get destroyed after hitting a player but keep on going, Level 3 will now also pierce static objects making travel a lot easier to do.
• Swapball - Level 1 will now swap on projectile hit, Level 2 will now ignore projectile collision, Level 3 will no longer get destroyed on player hit (but still swap!)
• NEW SPELL: Side Step - Using several small dashes you move across the battlefield.

Tweaks

New features and bugfixes

• Added MainMenu button in the Match Summary screen
• Players connecting via hotjoin should no longer have duplicated old particles and decals on the ground
• Added more stats to the Match Summary screen.
• The Item Reward window in the match summary no longer automatically closes.
• Added new icons for all spells that has an retrigger effect.
• New music to the Main Menu & Lobby screens.
• Updated shop UI by centering all the spells.
• Updated casting decals for all the spells in the game.
• Bots now cares about Line of Sight when shooting
• Updated the particle effects on almost all the reworked spells.
• Updated the tooltips to be visually easier to read with all the new rank specific changes.
• Updated spell tooltips for all the spells.

• Fixed a crash when accessing your inventory with bad timing.
• Fixed scoreboard sorting bug.
• Fixed crash for people connecting while someone's Windwalk effect was running out at the same time.
• Fixed client spell animation bugs
• Fixed issue causing bots to stop upgrading their spells.
• Bugfix to chat scrolling
• Bugfix for gravity for clients that had a really bad connection to the server.
• Fixed issue with temporary effects like frostbolt slow not being removed properly.
• Fixed another crash in Windwalk
• Fixed bug where you would get the incorrect score for killing an enemy player.
• Fixed bug where a player could get visually stuck in windwalk for other players.
• Fixed bug where fetch could place a player slightly under the floor.

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