Love and War Update Notes

Mark of Vengeance

• When you drop below 75% Health, apply Mark of Vengeance to the enemy god that most recently damaged you for 10 seconds.
• Each attack against the marked god grants stacking attack speed
• Scoring a kill or assist on the marked god grants movement speed and permanent 5 strength, up to 25.

Imbue Arrows

• Imbue your arrows with heavenly light, empowering your attacks as Strike Shot, Spread Shot or Storm Shot
• Strike Shot: Lob explosions that deal bonus area damage in an area; may fire over walls
• Spread Shot: Fire 5 arrows in a cone; Center hit applies on hit item effects to the target
• Storm SHot: Gain attack speed and fire faster, longer range shots that deal reduced damage.

Rolling Thunder

• Call down four lightning strikes in a line, dealing physical damage per strike to enemies in each area.
• Enemies hit by more than one strike are Mesmerized

Jolt

• Dash forward with your blades, dealing physical damage to enemies in your path
• Hitting an enemy god roots them as you backflip in an area around them and can Critically strike and trigger on hit item effects.

Blades of Retribution

• Become CC immune and summon five swords of light, firing out in a cone. Each sword deals physical damage and cripples enemies.
• Refire this ability to recall the swords towards you
• Enemies hit by both the outgoing volley and the recall are stunned.

Aspect of the Passionate Storm

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• Your Spread Shot cone is always active on your attacks.

• Imbue Arrows no longer changes stance; it grants Attack Speed and lets you build Storm’s Kiss whenever you hit a target with an attack while imbue is active.

• Rolling Thunder now grants you a small movement speed bonus per strike.

• Jolt Consumes Storm’s Kiss stacks on hit; at 8 or more stacks, the arrow you fire after the backflip deals bonus damage.

New Classic God

• Ishtar
  • Passive Mark of Vengeance
    • When you drop below 75% Health, apply Mark of Vengeance to the enemy god that most recently damaged you for 10 seconds.
    • Each attack against the marked god grants stacking attack speed
    • Scoring a kill or assist on the marked god grants movement speed and permanent 5 strength, up to 25.

• Aspect of the Passionate Storm - Releasing 24/4

Apollo

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• Can no longer gain stacks of Audacity while an empowered So Beautiful is available.

Anhur

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• Enfeeble Physical Protection Reduction changed from20→5

Da Ji

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• Paolao duration reduced from7s→5s
• (more specifically this was5s→4s

Gilgamesh

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Winds of Shamash Sun-forged Scimitar

• Damage per Tick reduced from15/22.5/30/37.5/45→10/17.5/25/32.5/40
• Damage Tick scaling reduced from17.5%→15%
• Initial Damage Scaling reduced from50%→40%

Ne Zha

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Ring Toss (1)

• Subsequent Ring Bounce Damage reduced35%→20%

Nu Wa

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Shining Metal (3)

• Damage taken from 200% Strength and Attack Damage + 40% Intelligence to 140/155/170/185/200% Strength and Attack Damage + 28/31/34/37/40% Intelligence

Nut

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• Astral Flux bonus Magic Damage per stack reduced from5%→2.5%

Pele

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• Magma Rush Enhanced Base Damage reduced30/45/60/75/90→20/35/50/65/80
• Magma Rush Enhanced Scaling reduced from15%→10%

• Heal Scaling reduced from 1.25% of Health from Items -> 1.15% of Health from Items

• Enhanced Heal Scaling reduced from 2.5% of Health from Items -> 2.25% of Health from Items

Aspect of Harmony

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• Can no longer gain stacks of Audacity while an empowered So Beautiful is available.

Aspect of Shamash

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Winds of Shamash Sun-forged Scimitar

• Damage per Tick reduced from15/22.5/30/37.5/45→10/17.5/25/32.5/40
• Damage Tick scaling reduced from17.5%→15%
• Initial Damage Scaling reduced from50%→40%

Aspect of Righteous Flame

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Ring Toss (1)

• Subsequent Ring Bounce Damage reduced35%→20%

Aspect of Shining Mist

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Shining Metal (3)

• Damage taken from 200% Strength and Attack Damage + 40% Intelligence to 140/155/170/185/200% Strength and Attack Damage + 28/31/34/37/40% Intelligence

Aspect of Obsidian

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• Magma Rush Enhanced Base Damage reduced30/45/60/75/90→20/35/50/65/80

• Magma Rush Enhanced Scaling reduced from15%→10%

• Heal Scaling reduced from 1.25% of Health from Items -> 1.15% of Health from Items

• Enhanced Heal Scaling reduced from 2.5% of Health from Items -> 2.25% of Health from Items

"With the wide-scale updates to jungle experience and rewards, as well as adjustments to critical strike mechanics, this patch focuses on more targeted individual god and item balance changes. These address follow-up adjustments that could not be included in the previously deployed hotfix."

Apollo Aspect

• Can no longer gain stacks of Audacity while an empowered So Beautiful is available.

Gilgamesh Aspect

Ne Zha Aspect

Nu Wa Aspect

Pele Aspect

• Magma Rush Enhanced Base Damage reduced 30/45/60/75/90 changed to →20/35/50/65/80
• Magma Rush Enhanced Scaling reduced from 15% changed to →10%
• Heal Scaling reduced from 1.25% of Health from Items -> 1.15% of Health from Items
• Enhanced Heal Scaling reduced from 2.5% of Health from Items -> 2.25% of Health from Items

Typhon's Heart

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• Typhon Minion will attempt to follow back and to the left of its owner

• Typhon Minion will drop target and return to owner if too far away

• Global Crit Adjustment
  • The bonus damage from a Critical Strike is now 150%. This is reduced from 165%

• Tenacity Improvements
  • This stat now also reduces the intensity/strength (but not the duration of):
  • Vortices
  • Fears/Taunts
  • Intoxicates/Trembles
  • Slows
  • Knockbacks/Knockups

Conquest Pacing, Economy, and the Jungle

In this update, we are taking a targeted approach to address community feedback surrounding match pacing-specifically, the feeling that matches can snowball out of control too quickly. Our overarching goal for this patch is to ensure that falling behind doesn't feel like an automatic defeat, while still heavily rewarding players who actively execute good plays.

Additionally, we are dialing back the overarching power and global influence of the Jungler role, which has been dominating the mid-game economy.

Here is a breakdown of how we are addressing these goals:

1. Taming the Snowball

When a team falls behind, they need realistic avenues to climb back into the game without the system artificially handing them a victory.

• Dynamic Jungle XP: Jungle monsters now scale to the Median God Level. If you slay a monster that is higher level than you, you will earn a scaling bonus XP reward (up to +50%). This allows players who are actively finding safe farm to catch up faster.
  • Every minute: Jungle Monsters level up to match the Median God Level of both teams in the match
  • Slaying Jungle Monsters that are higher level than you grants bonus XP
    • +10% per Level deficit (Max +50%)
  • Stats
    • Jungle Monsters’ combat stats are tied to their Level
    • Reward scaling is still tied to time; increasing every 3 minutes
      • +5% XP Reward per 3 minutes
      • +2% Gold Reward per 3 minutes
    • Note: Gold Fury and Fire Giant scale a bit differently. They gain 1 Level per minute and their rewards scale up with each level.
• Dynamic Lane XP: Lane Minions will not scale to the Median God Level, but the will offer a (smaller) scaling bonus XP reward (up to 30%) to players who are below the Median God Level of the enemy team.
  • Slaying or assisting Lane Minions while below the Median God Level of the enemy team grants you bonus XP
    • +6% per Level deficit (Max +30%)
• Bounties & Objectives: We are rewarding teams that manage to secure kills or objectives from a deficit. The Gold bonus for shutting down higher-level players has been increased to 25%. Additionally, the Bonus Objective Gold multiplier now kicks in faster (at a 7000g deficit instead of 8000g), meaning teams on the back foot will feel the benefits of securing a boss or tower sooner.
  • Kill Rewards
    • Increased Gold bonus for killing higher level players from +20% changed to →+25%
  • Bonus Objective Rewards
    • (This is the bonus Gold you get for killing anything that is a Boss or Lane Objective) This looks like a nerf, but despite the max gold bonus being 5% lower, your team reaches the maximum bonus quicker the further you fall behind
    • Decreased Max Bonus Multiplier from 65% changed to →60%
    • Decreased Max Team Gold Deficit from 8000g changed to →7000g

2. Reining in Jungler Power

Junglers have had too much control over the game's tempo, easily power-farming their way to massive leads and melting targets with the Pathfinder (Yellow) buff. We are pulling back their clear speed, PvP burst, and raw economic gains.

• Camp Economy Reductions: Across the board, Jungle camps (Cyclops, Fire Imps, Roaming Harpies) are providing noticeably less base XP and Gold. Junglers will now have to be more calculated with their time, as hyper-farming the jungle is less lucrative.
  • Fire Imps
    • Decreased base XP/Gold Reward from 70 changed to →60
    • Decreased base Gold Reward from 40 changed to →25
  • Cyclops Warriors (Jungle)
    • Big
      • Decreased base Max Health from 702 changed to →700
      • Decreased base Gold Reward from 56 changed to →40
    • Small
      • Decreased base Max Health from 208 changed to →200
      • Decreased base Gold Reward from 19 changed to →15
  • Roaming Harpy
    • Decreased base XP Reward from 50 changed to →45
  • Back Harpies
    • Elder Harpy
      • Decreased base Max Health from 619 changed to →600
    • Small Harpies
      • Decreased base Max Health from 188 changed to →180
  • Cyclops Rogues (Side Lanes)
    • Decreased base Gold Reward from 45 changed to →26
  • Scorpion
    • Decreased base Max Health from 1350 changed to →1150
    • Decreased base Gold Reward from 114 changed to →96
• Yellow Buff Adjustments: We have removed the Protection Shred debuff from the Pathfinder buff, replacing it with Tenacity, and removed Movement Speed, replacing it with Pathfinding. This reduces the Jungler's raw burst potential in early ganks, and reduces their in-combat movement speed.
  • Pathfinder (Yellow Buff)
    • Infamy 1: Grants 10 Pathfinding
    • Infamy 2: Grants 10 Pathfinding; +5 Tenacity
    • Infamy 3: Grants 15 Pathfinding; +5 Tenacity
    • Infamy 4: Grants 15 Pathfinding; +15 Tenacity
• Harder Contests: Oracles are now significantly tankier, making them harder to easily solo and encouraging team coordination.
  • Oracles
    • Longer to clear, might be useful to bring a teammate
    • Increased base Max Health from 675 changed to →700
    • Increased Max Health scaling
    • Increased’ leash radius to match ground artwork

3. Localizing Map Rewards

Previously, a single winning lane or an active Jungler could passively snowball the entire team through global gold and XP rewards. We are shifting the economy to reward the specific players making the plays.

• From Global to Local: T1/T2 Towers, the Moonlight Queen, and the Pyromancer have had their overarching Global Team XP/Gold drastically reduced (or removed entirely). In exchange, the Local XP and Gold for the players who actually secure these objectives have been increased.
  • Towers
    • Now grant local XP; global XP removed (still provides global gold)
    • T1 Tower
      • Increased XP Reward from 0 changed to →100
      • Decreased Team XP Reward from 100 changed to →0
    • T2 Tower
      • Increased XP reward from 0 changed to →200
      • Decreased Team XP Reward from 200 changed to →0
  • Moonlight Queen
    • Now grants local Gold/XP, less global Gold/XP
    • Decreased base Max Health from 3250 changed to →3000
    • Increased XP Reward from 0 changed to →200
    • Increased Gold Reward from 0 changed to →250
    • Decreased base Team XP Reward from 50 changed to →0
    • Decreased base Team Gold Reward from 100 changed to →50
  • Pyromancer
    • Now grants local Gold/XP, less global Gold/XP
    • Increased XP Reward from 0 changed to →150
    • Increased Gold Reward from 0 changed to →250
    • Decreased base Team XP Reward from 50 changed to →0
    • Decreased base Team Gold Reward from 75 changed to →50
• Gold Pickup Nerf: The Jungle Gold Pickup now only grants +30 Gold to the player who picks it up, rather than granting +30 Gold to every teammate. The amount of gold rewarded by Moonlight Phase Shards will also halve. This stops Junglers from passively injecting massive amounts of gold into lanes they aren't even interacting with.
  • Gold Pickup
    • We want to change this objective long-term, but for now just a nerf.
    • Grants +30 Gold to the God who picks it up. (Previously granted +30 Team Gold to each teammate)
    • Can move while interacting
  • Moonlight Phase Shards
    • Both teams are awarded 1 Team Gold for every 2 Shards collected during each Moonlight phase. (Previously every 1 Shard)

4. Quality of Life & System Tweaks

To round out the patch, we’ve made a few systemic adjustments to improve game feel:

• Minotaur Minions: To make pushes feel better, Minotaur minions will now spawn at the front of the wave, act as melee units against gods/minions, and switch to a ranged boulder toss for sieging towers. We've also doubled the Last Hit threshold (10% changed to →20%) to ensure you can reliably secure them.
  • Now spawn at the front of the wave
  • Reduced aggro range
  • Increased Last Hit Threshold from 10% changed to →20% of Max Health
  • Target Minions and Gods with melee attacks
    • Switches to ranged boulder toss vs Towers
• Assist Timers: The eligibility window for NPC assists has been doubled from 5s changed to →10s, ensuring you are properly credited for setting up plays, even if the final blow takes a moment.
  • Increased duration of eligibility for NPC assists from 5s changed to →10s
• Moonlight Phase: Winning the Ritual will no longer reset the base teleporter cooldown, preventing an immediate, overwhelming map-rotation advantage right after the phase ends.
  • Winning the Ritual no longer resets base teleporter cooldown

Dagger of Frenzy

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• stacks are now expended by abilities that benefit from the attack speed (Da Ji Aspect 2, Guan Yu 3, etc.)

Cernunnos

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• Fatalis now properly respects Melee vs. Ranged for Gods that switch Attack type via Aspect (Cernunnos, Morgan Le Fay, Kali, Geb), and Gods that change their Attack type via ability (Athena, Tsukuyomi).

Kali

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• Fatalis now properly respects Melee vs. Ranged for Gods that switch Attack type via Aspect (Cernunnos, Morgan Le Fay, Kali, Geb), and Gods that change their Attack type via ability (Athena, Tsukuyomi).

Morgan Le Fay

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• Fatalis now properly respects Melee vs. Ranged for Gods that switch Attack type via Aspect (Cernunnos, Morgan Le Fay, Kali, Geb), and Gods that change their Attack type via ability (Athena, Tsukuyomi).

Geb

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• Fatalis now properly respects Melee vs. Ranged for Gods that switch Attack type via Aspect (Cernunnos, Morgan Le Fay, Kali, Geb), and Gods that change their Attack type via ability (Athena, Tsukuyomi).

Ratatoskr

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• Ratatoskr Acorn dash will still reset if a dash kills an enemy.

Charon

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• Added Charon passive icon to leave boat

Sylvanus

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• Sylvanus 3 no longer procs Resolute Mantle and Spirit Robe on Sylvanus

Charon

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• Fixed issue where Charon Aspect was being hit by DoT’s.

• Dagger of Frenzy stacks are now expended by abilities that benefit from the attack speed (Da Ji Aspect 2, Guan Yu 3, etc.)
• Addressed certain prisms appearing untextured in DX11.
• Fixed Towers sometimes being able to see and target enemy Gods behind walls if they were leaping high enough