September patch notes

Starting with this update, we will be adding notes about our reasoning behind balance changes. You can read them below, after each detailed change breakdown.

NERF

Genies Domains

• Miracle Wonders (lvl1) - Cooldown: increased 70.0%
• Miracle Wonders (lvl2) - Cooldown: increased 68.4%
• Miracle Wonders (lvl3) - Cooldown: increased 66.7%
• Genie's Toll - Each dead creep can only give gold to one Genie's tower at a time.
• Dev Notes: The disruption ability was proving to be too powerful, raising the Genie's average winrate, while the extra gold stacking was making the card's high cost meaningless. We will continue monitoring the card's state to evaluate if it needs any further tweaking.

Vez'nan

• Soul Impact - max targets: changed from 7 to 5
• Soul Impact - bolt min dmg: decreased 7.7%
• Soul Impact - bolt max dmg: decreased 12.5%
• Infernal Tribute - pushback tiles: changed from -3 to -4
• Demon Guard - min dmg: decreased 22.2%
• Demon Guard - max dmg: decreased 20.0%
• Dev Notes: In the same note, Vez'nan was still sitting above the desired winrate, so its damage output (via Soul Impact) was slightly reduced, while the Demon Guard's disruption was toned down.

Denas Bastion

• Royal Guard (lvl 1) - HP: decreased 3.6%
• Royal Guard (lvl 1) - min dmg: decreased 18.8%
• Royal Guard (lvl 1) - max dmg: decreased 15.0%
• Royal Guard (lvl 2) - HP: decreased 5.4%
• Royal Guard (lvl 2) - min dmg: decreased 15.8%
• Royal Guard (lvl 2) - max dmg: decreased 13.0%
• Royal Guard (lvl 3) - HP: decreased 7.1%
• Royal Guard (lvl 3) - min dmg: decreased 13.6%
• Royal Guard (lvl 3) - max dmg: decreased 11.5%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 1) - HP: decreased 4.5%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 1) - min dmg: decreased 9.1%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 1) - max dmg: decreased 13.3%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 2) - HP: decreased 12.9%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 2) - min dmg: decreased 6.7%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 2) - max dmg: decreased 10.5%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 3) - HP: decreased 8.3%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 3) - min dmg: decreased 5.6%
• Imperial Guard (lvl 3) - max dmg: decreased 9.1%
• Dev Notes: Finally, a new adjustment was made to Denas Bastion in order to adjust its defensive capabilities slightly.

BUFF

Holy Sanctuary

• Guardian of Faith now protects nearby allies from stun and polymorph effects.
• Dev Notes: We wanted to provide more defensive options against unit disruption, and Holy Sanctuary was a perfect candidate, as it's a pure support tower readily available for all players.

Hunter Outpost

• Hunting Falcon can now attack and microstun minibosses
• Dev Notes: The Hunter's eagle has always felt underwhelming, so we decided to try and give it a spot as a miniboss counter.

Ashbite

• Basic attack - min damage: increased 16.0%
• Basic attack - max damage: changed from 36.3 to 40.7
• Basic attack - DOT total min: increased 20.0%
• Basic attack - DOT total max: increased 14.3%
• Scorching Meteors - Cooldown: changed from 40 to 38
• Blazing Breath - max dmg: increased 20.0%
• Blazing Breath - min dmg: increased 14.3%
• Scorching Meteors - min dmg: increased 28.6%
• Scorching Meteors - max dmg: increased 25.0%
• Wildfire Barrage - min dmg: increased 12.5%
• Wildfire Barrage - max dmg: increased 8.3%

Beresad

• HP: increased 2.2%
• Attack Fire - min DOT: increased 20.0%
• Attack Fire - max DOT: increased 16.7%
• Obliterate - min area dmg: increased 14.3%
• Obliterate - max area dmg: increased 12.5%
• Death Tax - extra gold: increased 12.5%
• Basic Attack - min dmg: increased 9.5%
• Basic Attack - min dmg: increased 6.2%

Eiskalt

• Basic Attack - Cooldown: changed from 2 to 1.9
• Basic Attack - min dmg: changed from 19.8 to 23.1
• Basic Attack - max dmg: changed from 24.2 to 27.5
• Basic Attack - slow duration: decreased 4.8%
• HP: increased 4.3%
• Ice Peak - Cooldown: changed from 29 to 27
• Permafrost - Freeze Duration: changed from 3 to 3.5
• Glacial Storm - Cooldown: changed from 42 to 39
• Avalanche - min dmg: increased 50.0%
• Avalanche - max dmg: increased 33.3%
• Ice Peak - min dmg: increased 83.3%
• Ice Peak - max dmg: increased 45.5%
• Dev Notes: We also wanted to lift up the more readily available Legendary heroes, as the game's power had left them slightly behind the curve.

Dwarven Artillery

• T.A.R Missile - Cost: changed from 175 to 165
• T.A.R Missile - Stun duration: changed from 4.5 to 5
• Dragonbreath Launchere - Cooldown: changed from 14 to 13
• Dragonbreath Launcher - Cost: changed from 220 to 200
• Dragonbreath Launcher - min dmg: increased 50.0%
• Dragonbreath Launcher - max dmg: increased 14.3%
• Dev Notes: We wanted to improve the basic artillery's late game potential by improving its skills, improving its disruption and total damage output.

Blazing Gem

• Unstable Power (lvl 1) - min dmg: increased 25.0%
• Unstable Power (lvl 1) - max dmg: increased 20.0%
• Destructo Ray (lvl 2) - min dmg: increased 14.3%
• Destructo Ray (lvl 2) - max dmg: increased 12.5%
• Basic Attack (lvl 2) - min dmg: increased 3.4%
• Basic Attack (lvl 2) - max dmg: increased 3.4%
• Unstable Power (lvl 2) - min dmg: increased 16.7%
• Unstable Power (lvl 2) - max dmg: increased 14.3%
• Destructo Ray (lvl 3) - min dmg: increased 11.1%
• Destructo Ray (lvl 3) - max dmg: increased 10.0%
• Gem of Multiplication - min dmg: increased 8.6%
• Gem of Multiplication - max dmg: increased 8.6%
• Basic Attack (lvl 3) - min dmg: increased 7.7%
• Basic Attack (lvl 3) - max dmg: increased 7.7%
• Unstable Power (lvl 3) - min dmg: increased 14.3%
• Unstable Power (lvl 3) - max dmg: increased 12.5%
• Dev Notes: We wanted to increase the card's usage, so its overall damage output was improved.