Dota Underlords news & patch notes

UNDERLORD CHANGES

Anessix:

• Demon Archer no longer scales up damage as Anessix gets closer to casting her ultimate.
• Rejuvenating Ritual:
  • Description fixed to comport with how the ability actually works.

Enno:

• Dr. Enno's Soothing Balm:
  • Description fixed to comport with how the ability actually works.

Hobgen:

• Let's Go Crazy:
  • Now affects Hobgen himself too.

Jull:

• Happy Hour:
  • Now affects Jull himself too.

HERO CHANGES

Axe:

• Culling Blade:
  • No longer blocked by Aphotic Shield.

Meepo:

• Poof:
  • Meepo will shift target cells as needed while channeling, instead of interrupting the channel and starting again whenever his original target cell becomes invalid.

Pangolier:

• Shield Crash:
  • Fixed taunt not working.

Puck:

• Illusory Orb:
  • Puck no longer casts Illusory Orb at out of range targets.

Wraith King:

• Raise Dead:
  • When a dying hero is in range of both friendly and enemy Wraith Kings, the zombie created will be of the same team as the dying hero.

ITEM CHANGES

Horn of the Alpha:

• No longer does player damage at the end of the round.

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Shaman:

• Fixed a bug where Alliance summons could do damage at the end of the round.
• Regularized which Shaman unit summons the creature. The units are sorted by star level, then by draft tier, then by position (preferring backline heroes), and finally if there is a tie the hero bought (or combined if 2 or 3star) first wins.

GENERAL

• Fixed a crash in Battle Pass UI on Android.
• Fixed the spotlights shining brightly and blue-ly on Phantom Assassin and Alchemist.
• Fixed Alchemist's pants being a bit too shiny and slightly invisible.
• Fixed a bug where Legion Commander could gain mana from performing a Delta Slam.
• Fixed Faceless Void appearing to be frozen inside Chronocube (this was a purely visual bug).

HERO CHANGES

Bristleback:

• Quill Spray:
  • Cooldown changed from to

Medusa:

• Split Shot:
  • Damage reduction for extra shots changed from -20 to
  • Extra shots changed from 2 to

Puck:

• Illusory Orb:
  • Damage changed from to
  • Cooldown changed from to

Queen of Pain:

• Maximum Mana changed from 100 to 60
• Scream Of Pain:
  • Mana Cost changed from 100 to 60

Slark:

• Essence Shift:
  • Stolen Damage changed from to
  • Stolen Attack Speed changed from to

Spectre:

• Spectral Dagger:
  • Duration of the buff changed from 5.0 to 4.0

Spirit Breaker:

• Charge of Darkness:
  • Charge now damages the target enemy just like enemies along the way.

Sven:

• Maximum Mana changed from 100 to 80
• God's Strength:
  • Mana Cost changed from 100 to 80

Troll Warlord:

• Fervor:
  • Bonus Attack Speed per stack changed from to
  • Maximum stacks changed from to

Wraith King:

• Raise Dead:
  • Wraith King will no longer raise a zombie from a Fallen hero that is in the process of reviving.

Zombie:

• Maximum Health changed from to

ITEM CHANGES

Kaden's Blade:

• Kaden's Blade's damage is now affected by changes to attack damage on a percentage basis (like the Swordsman and Fallen buffs and like Medusa's Split Shot damage decrease).

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Fallen:

• Item cooldowns are no longer refreshed on revive.
• HP Percent for reviving units changed from 50 to 40

Heartless:

• Armor debuff changed from to

Spirit:

• The damage and effect duration a Spirit hero does during a Delta Slam now varies by their star level.
• Base damage changed from 200 to 130
• Base effect duration changed from 3.0 to 1.5
• 2 star multiplier is 1.5x (damage 195, duration 2.25)
• 3 star multiplier is 2x (damage 260, duration 3.0)

Warrior:

• Bonus armor changed from to

FIXES

• Alchemist is now properly magic immune during all of Chemical Rage.
• Fixed Necronomicon Brill Bruiser increasing Demon damage.
• Fixed Shaman alliance creatures not spawning near the highest-star-level Shaman.
• Fixed Shaman alliance creatures not being targeted by some abilities.
• Fixed an issue where the Early Bird challenge that now involves Shamans wasn't tracking progress.
• Fixed an issue where Tomato and Potato didn't get enough bonus damage.

Lords of White Spire, you should now have your reward! If you don't get a popup, check out the Wanted Poster Titles screen in Loadout to see the new title.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35233241/8e63fd79fd39d768925ebb7f4ad69778bf1da5a4.png Introducing a big shakeup on the streets of White Spire as new heroes and old friends/enemies/frenemies join the fray. We've got a lot in store for you this update, everything from a big roster shakeup to new alliances, items, and even a new way to play Standard matches. We've also compressed ranks downward, it's time to show off what you can do with the new lineup! And don't worry Lords, though you may be (temporarily?) Dethroned, we've given you a little keepsake (it will unlock soon after the rank reset). Note that this is a compatibility-breaking update, so until you download the new client on your mobile device you'll only be matched with other users running the old version too.

RANK RESET

Ranks above Grifter are being compressed downwards by one major level and Grifter and all lowered ranks will be reset to the first minor level. For example, if you're a Big Boss I-V, you'll be a Boss I. If you're a Grifter V you're only reset to Grifter I. Lords of White Spire will be reset to Big Boss I.

CLASSIC MODE

We've added a Classic Mode option to Standard Casual. Missed those Creep waves and don't want Anessix or Jull to interrupt the nostalgia? Check it out! You can play Classic by turning on the Classic checkbox in the Standard Casual tab on the Play screen or by playing a Private Match in Standard.

NEW HEROES

Vengeful Spirit: Tier 1 Heartless Fallen

• Ability: Wave of Terror: Vengeful Spirit lets loose a wicked cry in a straight path, damaging enemy units along the way and reducing their armor.
• 3 Star Effect: When Vengeful Spirit dies, she damages all enemies nearby.

Meepo:

• Tier 2 Rogue Summoner
• Ability: Poof: Meepo teleports to a random enemy, dealing damage to all adjacent enemy units.
• Ability: Divided We Stand: Passive. Whenever Meepo casts an ability, he creates a copy of himself with the same health he currently has. If Meepo or any clone dies, all Meepos die.
• 3 Star Effect: Clones copy Meepo's item as well.

Spirit Breaker:

• Tier 2 Savage Brute
• Ability: Charge of Darkness: Spirit Breaker charges towards a distant enemy, Bashing it and enemies along the way.
• 3 Star Effect: Spirit Breaker's attacks have a chance of Bashing his target.

Spectre:

• Tier 3 Void Demon
• Ability: Spectral Dagger: Spectre flings a dagger at an enemy hero, dealing damage and drawing a Shadow Path. Enemies on the path lose Movement and Attack Speed. Spectre runs to attack the target unit and gains massively increased Movement and Attack Speed. While on the path Spectre also gains phasing movement.
• 3 Star Effect: While Spectre is alive, whenever a Demon casts a spell all Allied Demons erupt in flames and wreathe their targets in fire, dealing damage in a wide swathe and setting units hit on fire.

Death Prophet:

• Tier 4 Heartless Fallen
• Ability: Exorcism: Death Prophet sends out evil spirits to roam the battlefield, dealing damage to all enemies they pass through. At the end of the duration, the spirits return to Death Prophet, healing her for a percentage of the damage dealt.

Pangolier:

• Tier 4 Savage Swordsman
• Ability: Shield Crash: Pangolier jumps in the air and slams back into the ground, doing damage to enemies nearby and gaining a reduction to incoming damage based on the number of nearby enemies. After the jump all enemies in attack range focus on Pangolier.

Rubick:

• Tier 4 Mage Magus
• Ability: Fade Bolt: Rubick creates a powerful stream of arcane energy that jumps between targets, dealing damage and reducing their attack damage.
• Ability: Spell Steal: Passive. Whenever a nearby enemy casts a spell, Rubick will cast a copy of that spell at his current star level.

Wraith King:

• Tier 5 Fallen Swordsman
• Ability: Wraithfire Blast: Wraith King sears an enemy with spectral fire, stunning and damaging them over the duration of the spell.
• Ability: Raise Dead: Passive. Heroes spawn zombies when they die near Wraith King.

RETURNING HEROES

• Anti-Mage: Tier 1 Rogue Hunter. 3 Star Effect: Anti-Mage deals bonus damage during Mana Break if he lowers his target's Mana to 0.
• Bounty Hunter: Tier 1 Rogue Assassin. 3 Star Effect: Bounty Hunter gives the player 1 Gold during combat for each hero he kills.
• Enchantress: Tier 1 Shaman Healer. 3 Star Effect: Enchantress gains Untouchable. When attacked, Enchantress has a chance to greatly slow her attacker's Attack Speed.
• Phantom Assassin: Tier 1 Assassin Swordsman. 3 Star Effect: Phantom Assassin gains the benefit of your current Rogue Alliance, if any.
• Kunkka: Tier 2 Human Warrior Swordsman. 3 Star Effect: Kunkka gains Tidebringer. Every few attacks, Kunkka takes a mighty swing, dealing bonus damage to his target and cleaving nearby enemies.
• Alchemist: Tier 3 Brute Rogue Poisoner. 3 Star Effect: Alchemist gains Chemical Rage at the start of battle, gaining Attack Speed and becoming Magic Immune for a few seconds.
• Puck: Tier 3 Dragon Mage. 3 Star Effect: Illusory Orb's cooldown is greatly reduced.
• Lina: Tier 4 Human Mage.

NEW ALLIANCES

• Fallen: Units required: 3/6. When each Fallen unit first dies, allies within 2 cells are healed for 250HP and gain +10% bonus damage to attacks and spells. A Fallen unit can revive times per combat, resurrecting with 50% health.
• Shaman: Units required: 2/4/6. When combat starts, a is summoned to help. The creature gains bonus effects based on the Shaman units summoning it and their star levels.
• Swordsman: Units required: 3/6. Each Swordsman unit gains +% bonus damage for each enemy unit adjacent to it.
• Rogue: Units required: 2/4. Allied Rogue units gain % evasion. Whenever a Rogue unit evades an attack, it gains + Attack Damage.
• Poisoner: Units required: 3. Attacks from Poisoners apply stacks of Poison. Enemies lose 7 Attack Speed per stack of Poison.
• Magus: Units required: 1. Once per battle, when a Magus unit's health drops below 50%, the unit becomes invulnerable and unable to attack for 3 seconds.

NEW ITEMS

• Craggy Coat: Tier 3. Equipped hero gains +15 Armor but at the cost of -30 Attack Speed.
• Heaven's Halberd: Tier 2. +25% Evasion. When equipped hero attacks, disarm the target for 3 seconds. (10 second cooldown)
• Monkey King Bar: Tier 4. Equipped hero gains +90 Attack Damage and their attacks cannot miss.
• Necronomicon: Tier 3. Whenever equipped hero casts a spell, summon a Brill Bruiser. (Max 2 units alive at once)
• Paladin Sword: Tier 2. +25 Attack Damage. Allied healing is increased by 20%.
• Pirate Hat: Tier 3. Equipped hero is a Swordsman.
• Witless Shako: Tier 3. Equipped hero gains +1000 HP but at the cost of gaining 50% less Mana.

HERO CHANGES

• Dazzle: Tier changed from 2 to 1. Now also a Poisoner.
• Lich: Tier changed from 5 to 1. Ability: Frost Shield. Lich applies a shield of ice to a random ally, reducing damage from attacks. While the shield is active, enemy units nearby take damage and lose Movement Speed and Attack Speed. Chain Frost is now unlocked by Lich's 3 Star Effect as a second ability.
• Magnus: Alliances changed from Savage Druid to Savage Shaman.
• Slardar: Tier changed from 2 to 1.
• Venomancer: Now also a Poisoner. Venomancer's attacks now no longer poison if the Poisoner alliance is not active. Plague Ward attacks do still poison however.
• Juggernaut: Changed from Tier 3 Brawny Warrior to Tier 2 Brawny Swordsman. 3 Star Effect: While Juggernaut is alive, all allied heroes gain 15% of Juggernaut's Max HP.
• Legion Commander: 3 Star Effect: At the start of a Duel, any units targeting Legion Commander (other than her Duel partner) will pick other targets.
• Nature's Prophet: Alliances changed from Druid Summoner to Shaman Summoner.
• Queen of Pain: Now also a Poisoner.
• Abaddon: Alliances changed from Heartless Knight to Fallen Knight.
• Beastmaster: Tier changed from 2 to 3. Now also a Shaman.
• Ember Spirit: Now also a Swordsman.
• Slark: Tier changed from 4 to 3. 3 Star Effect: Slark gains Dark Pact. After a short delay, Slark sacrifices some of his life blood, purging negative effects and damaging enemies nearby. Slark himself takes some of the damage too.
• Terrorblade: Now also a Fallen.
• Treant Protector: Alliances changed from Brute Druid to Shaman Healer.
• Lone Druid: Alliances changed from Savage Druid Summoner to Savage Summoner Shaman.
• Sven: Alliances changed from Human Scaled Knight to Rogue Knight Swordsman.
• Viper: Tier changed from 3 to 4. Alliances changed from Dragon Assassin to Dragon Poisoner.
• Keeper of the Light: Tier changed from 4 to 5.
• And various hero balance tweaks.

ALLIANCE CHANGES

• Brawny: Multiplier to Brawny Bonus HP changed from 4x for a 3 Star hero to 3x. ( changed to .)
• Heartless: Armor debuff to enemies changed from to .
• Knight: Base Physical and Magical damage reduction changed from to . Bonus Physical and Magical damage reduction changed from to .
• Savage: Bonus Attack Damage per attack changed from to .
• Troll: Bonus Attack Speed to non-Troll allies changed from to .
• Warrior: Bonus Armor changed from to .

ITEM CHANGES

• Barricade: Gives two placeable barriers to block enemies and reduce ranged attack damage by 50%. Invulnerable and immune to magic.
• Battle Fury: Cleave Damage changed from 35 to 50%.
• Blade Mail: Tier changed from 3 to 2. Damage Reflection percentage changed from 30 to 20.
• Dragon Lance: Attack Damage changed from 20 to 35.
• Eul's Scepter: Mana per second changed from from 5 to 10.
• Headdress: The equipped hero, and allied units within 1 cell left or right of them at the start of combat, gain +20 health per second.
• Hood of Defiance: The equipped hero, and allied units within 1 cell left or right of them at the start of combat, gain +30% Magic Resistance.
• Kaden's Blade: Damage change from 7% to 9% of target's Max Health.
• Maelstrom: Tier changed from 3 to 4. 25% chance on attack to cast chain lightning for 125 damage to 4 targets. Does 50% more damage to summoned units.
• Pipe of Insight: Shield HP changed from 225 to 250. Radius changed from 1 to 2 cells.
• Vitality Booster: The equipped hero, and allied units within 1 cell left or right of them at the start of combat, gain +250 Health.
• Vladmir's Offering: Tier changed from 4 to 5.
• Void Stone: Mana per second changed from 10 to 7.

ROTATED OUT

• Heroes: Arc Warden, Bloodseeker, Broodmother, Disruptor, Enigma, Io, Morphling, Necrophos, Nyx Assassin, Ogre Magi, Razor, Sand King, Shadow Fiend, Tiny, Warlock, Weaver, Witch Doctor.
• Alliances: Blood-bound, Deadeye, Druid, Insect, Primordial, Warlock.
• Items: Aegis, Crystalis, Force Staff, Hand of Midas, Mantle of the Flayed Twins, Ogre Cap, Orb of Venom, Tombstone.

FIXES

• Heroes with passive abilities but active 3 Star Effect abilities can now be given Mana-related items (Refresher Orb, Void Stone, etc.) when they are 3 star.
• All items, abilities, and alliances that vary based on game mode show the correct stat in that game mode. This includes Duel Bonus Damage and items and alliances that have kill-count-based effects like Brawny.
• Fixed a bug with Drow Ranger's 3 Star Effect Frost Arrows missing FX.
• Fixed a bug where Tusk would not pay mana or put Punch on cooldown if he lost mana in between starting his attack and landing the Punch.
• Fixed a bug with the segments on the Shop XP radial display where segment markers would not be properly hidden.
• Fixed a bug with Jull's Barrels FX where they could disappear too early.
• Clarified Snapfire's Ol' Scatterblast ability description so it is clear the duration applies at all star levels.
• Clarified Vanguard description.
• Other odds and ends.

GENERAL

• As we put the finishing touches on the coming large update, we've enabled back issues for the Early Bird. You can now go back to earlier weeks and claim any rewards you may have missed by being a Late Bird.
• Fixed an issue accessing prior weeks of the Early Bird. Note that this update may take a few days to roll out on iOS but should be available now on PC and Android.
• And don't worry--you may have guessed the new heroes, but we still have some surprises up our sleeves. Along with a few knives, this is White Spire after all!

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HERO CHANGES

Legion Commander:

• 3 Star Effect: Allies within attack range of Legion Commander's Duel target will attack that target along with her during the Duel.

Lifestealer:

• 3 Star Effect: Lifestealer gains Rage. On cast Lifestealer becomes Magic Immune and gains +50% Move Speed and +50 Attack Speed. The effects last for 5 seconds.
• Maximum Mana changed from 0 to 75

Snapfire:

• 3 Star Effect: Ol' Scatterblast also reduces enemy armor by 5 for the duration of the debuff.
• Ol' Scatterblast:
  • Debuff duration changed from to
  • Debuff Attack Speed loss changed from to

Storm Spirit:

• 3 Star Effect: Storm gains Overload. Casting a spell creates an electrical charge which is released in a burst on Storm's next attack, dealing 150 magical damage and slowing the target's Attack Speed by 50 for 1.5 seconds. A Triangular Attack by Storm counts as an attack, in which case all units Storm hits in the Attack take the damage and are slowed.

GENERAL

• Added 3 Star Effect ability icons/descriptions for all heroes that currently have a 3 Star Effect.

HERO CHANGES

Lycan:

• Shapeshift:
  • Wolves summoned changed from to

Magnus:

• Reverse Polarity:
  • Duration changed from 2 seconds to 1 second

HERO CHANGES

Windranger:

• 3 Star Effect: At the start of charging her bow for her Powershot, Windranger gains 100% evasion and becomes magic immune. This lasts for 3 seconds.

Magnus:

• Max Mana changed from 0 to 100
• 3 Star Effect: Magnus gains Reverse Polarity. On cast, enemies within 2 cells take 100 damage and are stunned for 2 seconds. Mana Cost 100, Cooldown 40.

Shadow Fiend:

• 3 Star Effect: Shadow Fiend gains Presence of the Dark Lord. Enemies within 2 cells suffer -8 armor due to Shadow Fiend's terrifying presence.

GENERAL

• Fixed a bug with Mirana where she would fail during cast if rooted. Now when rooted she will still fire her arrow but will not leap.
• Fixed an issue where Vigilant units would have their targeting break if an enemy cast an ability while the Vigilant unit was leaping (Mirana, Templar Assassin, others if thrown into the air).
• Fixed a bug with Enthralled Legion Commander where Legion Commander's Champion bonus would be based on her new crew's number of active Alliances rather than her old crew. Now if her new crew does not have an active Champion alliance already she will use her old crew's number of active Alliances when computing the Champion bonus.
• Fixed a bug with Kaden's Blade FX where the FX would trigger on multiple units at once. (This bug was caused when the issue causing Kaden's Blade to not generate mana was fixed last Friday.)
• Fixed an issue with Enno's Experimental Growth (Bloodbound Warlocks) Streetfight lacking text.

UNDERLORD CHANGES

Hobgen:

• Let's Go Crazy:
  • Will now affect units spawned after Hobgen casts Let's Go Crazy, not just units alive at the time he casts.
• Friendly Fire:
  • Changed damage type from Magical to Pure

HERO CHANGES

Bloodseeker:

3 Star Effect: Bloodseeker heals when any enemy within 1 cell of him dies, not just his current target. In addition, he gains the Critical Hit chance and bonus of the current active level of Assassin Alliance, if any. Bristleback:

• 3 Star Effect: Quill Spray cooldown lowered to 1 second.

Morphling:

• 3 Star Effect: Morphling gains the in-combat bonuses of all active enemy Alliances as if he were an enemy Champion.

Nyx Assassin:

• 3 Star Effect: Nyx Assassin also applies Vendetta after every 4 successive attacks. The counter is reset if Vendetta triggers due to teleporting.

HERO CHANGES

Doom:

• Attack Rate changed from 0.769 to 0.909
• Armor changed from 5 to 15

Terrorblade:

• Terrorblade 3 Star Effect:
  • Pure Damage Bonus Percent vs Demons changed from 100 to 125
  • Now an active ability: duration 5 seconds, cooldown 6 seconds.

ITEM CHANGES

Vladmir's Offering:

• Damage boost changed from 8 to 5%

Hotfixes

• Fix a crash involving Enno's spin and Arc Warden clone spam.
• Fix a crash with Kaden's Blade.
• Arc Warden: Clones gain 20% less mana per clone (stacks multiplicatively).
• Clarified Abaddon's 3 Star Effect description. The Curse (and the bonus) refresh each time Abaddon successfully lands an attack on his target, but on changing targets Abaddon must land 3 strikes to Curse the new target and receive the Attack Speed bonus again.

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue with Early Bird display of Board Spray rewards.
• Fixed an issue with Io's 3 Star Effect sometimes triggering when it shouldn't.
• Fixed some 3 Star Effects being purgeable when they shouldn't be.
• Fixed a longstanding interaction issue between Aegis and Io's Relocate which could lead to two revived copies of a Hero existing at once. Now Io will only consider selecting an Aegis-carrying Hero for Relocate if that Hero has already died its second time (i.e. been revived by Aegis and killed again).
• Fixed Axe's Counter-Helix killing Spiderlings even when they are invulnerable due to Broodmother's 3 Star Effect.

HERO CHANGES

Abaddon:

• 3 Star Effect: Abaddon gains the ability to apply the Curse of Avernus to enemies he attacks. Once Abaddon has attacked the same enemy unit 3 times in a row that unit becomes silenced for 2 seconds and Abaddon gains +30 Attack Speed against it. The bonus is lost if Abaddon changes targets.

Arc Warden:

• Tempest Double:
  • 3 Star Effect: Clones now clone items.

Drow Ranger:

• 3 Star Effect: Drow Ranger's arrows become Frost Arrows. These arrows slow a hit unit's movement by 50% and its Attack Speed by 20. The effect lingers for 2 seconds.

HERO CHANGES

Arc Warden:

• Arc Warden clones no longer spawn Eidolons.

Beastmaster:

• At three stars, Beastmaster takes 75% less damage from summons and is immune to their magic.

Juggernaut:

• At three stars, Juggernaut gains Blade Dance: each attack has a 20% chance to Critical Hit for 200% Damage.

Pudge:

• Fixed an issue with Pudge's 3 Star Effect (Flesh Heap) where magic resistance could sometimes go negative.

Queen of Pain:

• At three stars, the Queen of Pain captivates nearby enemies, allowing her a 25% chance to evade attacks from enemies 2 cells away.

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Heartless:

• Armor Debuff changed from to

This update is available now on PC and Android; iOS devices can take advantage of the new gameplay by playing multiplayer games until the iOS update deploys.

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue where the challenge would not load correctly when first opening the Early Bird after a new week releases
• Increased number of each Tier 3 hero in the pool from 15 to 18.
• Fixed issue with current Picross puzzle where it had multiple solutions and required guessing.

HERO CHANGES

Luna:

• Luna 3 Star Effect (Eclipse):
  • Beam Damage changed from 200 to 150

Omniknight:

• Purification:
  • At three stars, Purification now has a 2-cell radius instead of 1 cell.

Pudge:

• At three stars, Pudge becomes a Flesh Heap. Pudge gains 500 Max HP and 10% Magic Resistance each time an enemy dies within 1 cell of him.

Snapfire:

• Mortimer Kisses:
  • Damage changed from to

Viper:

• At three stars, Viper performs a Viper Strike every 5 attacks. The enemy unit takes 250 damage per second and loses 80% move speed and 80 Attack Speed, with the slowing tapering off over the 3 second duration.

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Brawny:

• Changed Health bonus from per kill to vary by star level of the Brawny unit. 1 star Brawny units get bonus Health per kill; 2 star units get bonus Health per kill; and 3 star units get bonus Health per kill.

GENERAL

• Further performance and stability improvements for iOS and Android--to the point where we've officially added back the iPhone SE, 6S, 6S Plus, and iPad Air 2 to the Supported Devices list.
• Fixed the XP table in the Rulebook not matching the game.
• Fixed an issue where projectile impact sounds sometimes wouldn't play.
• Fixed an issue with Auras from abilities and items where sometimes when their source unit was Broken, they would still affect the source unit even if they properly did not affect other nearby units.
• And, of course, we hope you enjoy this week's new Early Bird!

SHOP TIER ODDS

This update introduces a change to the shop unit tier odds in Standard/Duos to encourage three-starring 1, 2, and 3-cost units. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35233241/19b48593ccdce072732c1a4b864eabdc5f06addc.png

HERO CHANGES

Broodmother:

• 3 Star Effect: All friendly Spiderlings (both hers and Insect Alliance Spiderlings) are invulnerable while Broodmother is alive.

Dazzle:

• 3 Star Effect: Dazzle gains Shallow Grave. All friendly units within 1 cell of Dazzle survive an extra 5 seconds after receiving a killing blow.

Luna:

• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• 3 Star Effect: Luna gains Eclipse. In Luna's time of need, Selemene blocks the light in a radius of 2 cells around Luna and showers enemies with 15 beams of lunar energy, one every 0.3 seconds, doing 200 Magical Damage per beam and stunning for 0.5 seconds, with a maximum of 5 beams per enemy unit.

Razor:

• Fixed an issue with Razor's 3 Star Effect where enemies could lose Attack Damage more than 10 times (Razor's stealing limit).

Shadow Demon:

• 3 Star Effect: Shadow Demon gains Soul Catcher, which activates during Demonic Purge. At the start of Demonic Purge, the affected unit loses 30% of its current health. At the end of the Purge, if the unit surives, it regains half that amount.

Snapfire:

• Mortimer Kisses:
  • Fixed an error in the description where the duration of the fire was reported as seconds. This was actually the attack slow duration; the fire duration is 5 seconds.
  • Fixed the attack slow modifier; it was speeding up enemy attacks instead. Enemies affected by the magma now properly lose 20 Attack Speed for seconds.

Treant Protector:

• 3 Star Effect: Treant Protector gains Living Armor. During Leech Seed, friendly units healed by the Seed gain +5 Armor.
• Leech Seed:
  • Fixed an error in the description: the damage interval is once every second, not once every 1.5 seconds.

HOTFIXES

• Fixed iOS startup error. If you continue to encounter it after this hotfix, please uninstall and reinstall the app.
• Fixed Jull not appearing in this week's Early Bird Streetfight.
• Fixed Happy Hour causing Sticky Napalm to proc when the delayed damage is applied.
• Fixed Crystal Maiden's cooldown reduction not stacking with Octarine.
• The following fixes are live on PC and Android and will appear on iOS once approved:
• Fixed Early Bird appearing on top of Post Game screen in some circumstances.
• Fixed missing opponent poster in this week's Early Bird Streetfight.
• Fixed Crystal Maiden's cooldown reduction not displaying on ability tooltips during combat.

GENERAL

• Enjoy this week's Early Bird!
• Fixed an issue with Duos and Parties where a party could only have one team color other than Random selected at any time.
• Fixed issues with Prestige 5 where City Crawl nodes were unselectable. To rectify you may have to force quit and restart the application after first starting it after the patch.
• Introducing a much stabler experience on 2GB iOS devices!
• Reduced banding on the glow on benched units.

HERO CHANGES

Crystal Maiden:

• At three stars, friendly units gain 20% cooldown reduction.

Earth Spirit:

• Geomagnetic Grip:
  • At three stars, units hit by Geomagnetic Grip are also stunned for 1.5 seconds.

Enigma:

• Midnight Pulse:
  • Damage changed from % to %

Terrorblade:

• Maximum Mana changed from 100 to 80
• magicResist changed from to 30
• Metamorphosis:
  • Mana Cost changed from 100 to 80
• At three stars, Terrorblade gains +100% Pure Damage against Demons (or an enemy Champion with an active Demon Alliance).

Tiny:

• At three stars, each time Tiny Tosses an enemy, he grows in size, gaining +75 Attack Damage and +5 Armor but losing 10 Attack Speed, up to a maximum of 5 times.

Witch Doctor:

• Paralyzing Cask:
  • At three stars, Witch Doctor also curses units hit by the cask for 4 seconds, doing 20 damage per second. At the end, the unit takes an extra 40% of all damage taken during the curse.

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Spirit:

• Damage changed from 225 to 200

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GENERAL

• Fixed an issue where Streetfight items would show at the wrong Prestige level in the City Crawl map view.
• Fixed an issue with the Play Again button in City Crawl Streetfights.
• Fixed an issue with "Win x rounds with alliance active" objectives which were completing when you had at least one unit of that alliance. They now require the alliance to actually be active.

UNDERLORD CHANGES

Anessix:

• Enthrall:
  • Enthralled Brawny units now retain their Brawny HP buff.

Enno:

• All Out Attack!:
  • Poison Stacks changed from 2 to 3

Hobgen:

• Friendly Fire:
  • Fixed an issue where units who moved into target cells after Friendly Fire was cast would not be damaged.
  • Damage changed from to
  • Fire duration changed from 3.0 to 5.0

Jull:

• Happy Hour:
  • Cooldown changed from 8 to 10

HERO CHANGES

Chaos Knight:

• At three stars, Chaos Knight's allied Knights always count as adjacent to a friendly Knight.

Io:

• Maximum Health changed from to
• Tether:
  • Fixed a major issue where Tether would increase, rather than reduce, damage to Io and the target unit. Damage taken by Io and tethered target changed from % to %
  • Attack Speed buff changed from to
• Relocate:
  • At three stars, the revived hero also has their cooldowns reset.

Lycan:

• Shapeshift:
  • Wolves summoned changed from 2 to

Razor:

• At three stars, Razor steals 7 attack damage from his target on each successful attack, up to a maximum of 70 damage. This is reset for Razor, but not the target, on switching targets.

Slardar:

• Corrosive Haze:
  • At three stars, Slardar also bashes the target for 100 Physical damage and a stun of 1.5 seconds.

Tiny:

• Toss:
  • If there are no free cells available near enemies, Tiny will toss his enemy into the nearest free cell rather than not casting.

Warlock:

• At three stars, Warlock prevents friendly Demons from silencing each other when casting abilities.

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Demon:

• See above.

Knight:

• See above.

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue where Weaver could Shukuchi into an occupied cell.
• Fixed an issue where Brutes would sometimes keep attacking their current target when non-debuffed targets were available.
• Fixed an issue where Assassins would sometimes not properly switch targets when Anessix casts Enthrall.
• Fixed some cases where Insect alliance spiderlings would fail to attack.
• Fixed some other minor AI targeting issues.
• Fixed missing or incorrect text on some Streetfights.

HERO CHANGES

Batrider:

• Sticky Napalm:
  • Damage changed from to
  • At 3 stars, Sticky Napalm now sets enemies on fire for 5 seconds

Enigma:

• Midnight Pulse:
  • At 3 stars, Midnight Pulse's radius is 2 cells rather than 1
  • Damage changed from % to %

Nature's Prophet:

• Nature's Call:
  • At 3 stars, trees spawn near backline enemies

Ogre Magi:

• Bloodlust:
  • At 3 stars, Ogre Magi has a 75% chance per cast to Multicast Bloodlust at 2 targets rather than 1

Shadow Shaman:

• Mass Serpent Ward:
  • Chicken is back on the menu! At 3 stars, Shadow Shaman Hexes the enemy unit for 5 seconds in addition to summoning wards

Storm Spirit:

• Ball Lightning:
  • Damage changed from to

Tusk:

• Walrus PUNCH!:
  • At 3 stars, Walrus Punch also slows the enemy's attack speed by 40
  • Air Time changed from 1.0 to
  • Slow duration changed from 2.0 to

Venomancer:

• Plague Ward:
  • At 3 stars, Venomancer's Plague Wards have 99% Magic Resistance rather than 50%
  • Cooldown changed from 5 to

Weaver:

• Shukuchi:
  • At 3 stars, Weaver gains 4 seconds of Mana Break after each Shukuchi, burning up to 20 Mana per hit and doing 2 damage per Mana burnt

GENERAL

• Performance work: drastically sped up load times for most users. Get greeted by your dashboard Underlord in record time!
• Fixed a crash on the City Crawl map and a crash when accessing the file system.
• Fixed an issue where HTML tags would show in some objective descriptions.
• Changed the number of units in each tier in the draft pool. There are now 30 of each Tier 1 unit, 20 Tier 2, 15 Tier 3, 12 Tier 4, and 10 Tier 5. This should increase your odds of ranking up un-contested heroes, and in general encourage more diverse and unique crews in a match.

HERO CHANGES

Broodmother:

• Maximum Health changed from to
• Spawn Spiderlings:
  • Broodmother's Spiderlings cause targets they bite to suffer a miss chance when the Insect Alliance is active.

Dazzle:

• Shadow Wave:
  • Damage/Healing changed from to

Disruptor:

• Static Storm:
  • Total Damage changed from to

Dragon Knight:

• Maximum Health changed from to
• Elder Dragon Form:
  • Attacks now apply Poison to the target.
  • Corrosive breath damage per second changed from 30 to 10.

Io:

• Maximum Health changed from to

Necrophos:

• Death Pulse:
  • Heal changed from to
  • Damage changed from to
  • Cooldown changed from 5 to 7

ITEM CHANGES

Stonehall Pike:

• Stonehall Pike now confers a base bonus damage of +10
• Damage per kill changed from +4 to +3 (+16 to +12 in Knockout)
• Total bonus damage is capped at +120

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Assassin:

• Healing reduction on Wounded enemies changed from to

Knight:

• Base physical/magical damage reduction changed from to . As always, this reduction is doubled if a Knight is standing next to a friendly Knight and is attacked from the front or side.

GENERAL

• Fixed a bug where an enthralled unit would not summon correctly when all friendly units died at the same time as its source unit, thus prematurely ending combat.
• Fixed an issue with Pudge where one of his round start VO lines would not play.
• Fixed the item tier odds table in the Rulebook's Glossary to show the correct item rounds.
• Fixed Update Notes display on all devices.

HERO CHANGES

Legion Commander:

• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• Legion Commander no longer receives a buff when a Blood-Bound ally dies, but still buffs all Blood-Bound allies when she dies.

Sand King:

• Attack Rate changed from 0.714 to 0.769
• Maximum Health changed from to

Shadow Shaman:

• Maximum Health changed from to
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to

ITEM CHANGES

Round 16 Item Tier Odds: Changed from 70% Tier 3 / 30% Tier 4 to 100% Tier 3. Arcane Boots:

• Cooldown changed from 15 to 10

Armlet of Mordiggian:

• Health loss per second changed from 100 to 80

Barricades:

• Barricades no longer block more damage than their health. When destroyed, any remaining damage in the killing attack is passed on to the target unit.

Blink Dagger:

• Mana gain changed from 50 to 60

Eye of Skadi:

• Loss to enemy attack speed changed from -45 to -55

Force Staff:

• Pushed unit takes 50% longer to travel away.

Satanic:

• Lifesteal changed from 200% to 250%
• Cooldown changed from 15 to 10

Vanguard:

• Damage Blocked changed from 70 to 60

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Insect:

• Miss Chance changed from to

RETAKE THE CITY

Hello Underlords! We hope everyone is staying safe and keeping their distance. While it’s been a bit of a transition moving to a work-from-home situation, the team is happy to announce that one of the features on our ‘post ship’ pile is ready to go - City Crawl Prestige! It's been exciting to see the community having as much fun as we've had playing City Crawl. We were even more excited to see just how many people have already completed the entire thing! To that end, today we are adding City Crawl Prestige to Dota Underlords. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35233241/bf893a4d9ccaada12f3e605a6a2dfc1106e3a826.png When you’ve taken over all of White Spire, you now have the option of Prestiging. When you do this, the whole city gets reset, including all of your Streetfight items. This time completing City Crawl will be rather harder, but the Streetfight items you’ll earn will also be rather stronger (and have spiffy new names, check them out during the fights). To mark the occasion, players who have completed City Crawl at least once get a Prestige seal on their Wanted Poster, as well as a flashy crown for all of your Underlords in-game. And yes, you’ll be able to Prestige multiple times. We’re also taking this opportunity to dress up the Wanted Posters a bit – players who have unlocked the Battle Pass now get some extra flair to show off their Battle Pass level. Take care and see you in White Spire!

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue with the Play Again button on the post match screen not taking you back to the main menu to queue up.
• Fixed a bug with later rounds in some Streetfights where enemy units wouldn't get their star upgrades, leading to those fights finally being at their designed difficulty.
• Further memory optimization to help with low-memory devices.
• Fixed a bug with sharecodes and items. Contraption items will no longer duplicate.
• Improved Underlord textures.
• Fixed an issue with Underlord face morphs on low-memory devices.
• Improved reward popup queuing.
• Improved clock synchronization between client and server during rounds.
• Added a system whereby live game balance to units, alliances, etc. will not affect the balance of existing City Crawl Streetfights and puzzles.

UNDERLORD CHANGES

Hobgen:

• Friendly Fire:
  • Cooldown changed from 15 to 13

HERO CHANGES

Crystal Maiden:

• Attack Rate changed from 0.588 to 0.667
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Frostbite:
  • Duration changed from to 5

Legion Commander:

• Fixed an issue where Legion Commander could still heal from the last hit of a duel.
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Healer:

• Heal Bonus Percent changed from to

Human:

• Mana Gain changed from to

Mage:

• Extra Magic Damage changed from to

Scaled:

• Magic Resistance changed from to

GENERAL

• Fixed a crash on Linux while sorting leaderboard entries.
• Fixed default board spray texture issue.

UNDERLORD CHANGES

Anessix:

• Damage Support - The End of Medicine:
  • Attack damage bonus changed from 35% to % (i.e. the bonus scales per Underlord level to a maximum of the original value of 35%).

Hobgen:

• High Damage Dealer - Implosion:
  • Damage changed from to

HERO CHANGES

Broodmother:

• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to

Drow Ranger:

• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to

Mirana:

• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• Sacred Arrow:
  • Damage changed from to

Nature's Prophet:

• Maximum Mana changed from 100 to 80
• Nature's Call:
  • Mana Cost changed from 100 to 80

Nature's Prophet's Lesser Treant:

• Maximum Health changed from to

Templar Assassin:

• Attack Rate changed from 0.833 to 0.727

Venomancer:

• Maximum Mana changed from 100 to 80
• Plague Ward:
  • Mana Cost changed from 100 to 80

ITEM CHANGES

Armlet of Mordiggian:

• Bonus Attack Damage changed from 90 to 120

Satanic:

• Health percent when Lifesteal activates changed from 30% to 50%
• Activation Cooldown changed from 20 to 15 seconds

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Assassin:

• Critical Bonus changed from to

Savage:

• Bonus damage per attack changed from to

Vigilant:

• Bonus damage on first hit changed from 50 to

Void:

• Percent of target max health as bonus pure damage changed from 5% to 4%

GENERAL

• Made the game much more memory efficient, noticeably decreasing crashes on 2GB iOS devices.
• Fixed opponent selection during a match not being sufficiently random (especially noticeable in Duos).
• Fixed an issue where tilting the camera could, in some circumstances, cause bench units to disappear on mobile.
• Fixed alliance pip displays sometimes being wrong when shifting units around during prepare phase.
• Updated District Complete flow in City Crawl.
• UI performance improvements.
• Improved UX of the progress popup.
• Fixed showing an (invalid string) version of the Has Available Objectives button if there are, in fact, no available objectives.
• Fixed an issue with purchasing on iOS regarding Parental Controls. Added extra logging to support finding and fixing any further issues.
• Fixed unit info panel using the wrong models for Target Buddy and Barricade contraptions if you've equipped a reward for them.
• Fixed Hobgen's, Enno's, and Jull's victory dance reward when wearing skin rewards.
• Fixed "Equip" button sometimes not working on the reward popup.
• Fixed "Invalid" overlapping the Hardcore XP bot difficulty selection in some cases.
• Improved sell/send unit UI region sizing on 4:3 mobile displays. Should prevent it overlapping the board and causing spurious sales.
• Fixed an issue with dragging items displaying wrong UI while a unit is selected.
• Fixed some typos in newspaper headlines.
• Various sound improvements.

UNDERLORD CHANGES

Hobgen:

• Friendly Fire:
  • Explosions do full damage to all cells in the blast area (was: full damage in center cell, half damage in surrounding cells).

HERO CHANGES

Bloodseeker:

• Bloodrage:
  • Bonus Attack Speed changed from 500 to 300
  • Target health at which Bloodseeker reaches maximum bonus Attack Speed changed from to 30

Earth Spirit:

• Geomagnetic Grip:
  • Cooldown changed from to 8

Io:

• Tether:
  • Tethers no longer snap when Io is BROKEN. However, the tether target will not gain any benefit from the tether if the target itself is BROKEN.

Legion Commander:

• Duel:
  • Both Legion Commander and her target cannot receive healing while the Duel is active.

Queen of Pain:

• Assassin blink duration changed from 1.0 to 1.25

Shadow Shaman:

• Maximum Mana changed from 100 to 70
• Mass Serpent Ward:
  • Cooldown changed from 60 to 20
  • Mana Cost changed from 100 to 70
  • Shadow Shaman will try to target an enemy, and position wards, such that all 4 wards can be summoned.

Shadow Shaman's Serpent Ward:

• Maximum Health changed from to

Tusk:

• Walrus PUNCH!:
  • Can still be cast while Tusk is BROKEN

ITEM CHANGES

Aegis of the Immortal:

• Resurrection time changed from 5 to 3
• Is not disabled by BREAK

Kaden's Blade:

• When the carrier is BROKEN, the carrier does its normal attack instead.

Quelling Blade:

• Will not target summons outside of the carrying unit's attack range.

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Primordial:

• Will try to spawn Eidolons up to 2 cells away if nearby cells are occupied.

Void:

• Added 0.5 second cooldown to damage proc. Now the extra pure damage can not proc more frequently than once every 0.5 seconds, regardless of how quickly the unit is attacking.

GENERAL

• Improved sprays. In addition to the keybind, improve the spray button and considerably improve spray animation FX and quality.
• Fix snowperson scaling.
• Further objective fixes.
• Fixed a rare instance where the client could display incorrect information about which unit would be sold if a bench unit needed to be sold to free up room on combat start.

HERO CHANGES

Bloodseeker:

• Bloodrage:
  • Now reads: As Bloodseeker's enemy's health drops, he gains attack speed, up to a maximum of 500 at % health. Whenever Bloodseeker kills a target, he regains 35% of their max health.

Broodmother:

• Spawn Spiderlings:
  • Broodmother now prefers to cast Spawn Spiderlings on her current target.

Dragon Knight:

• Breathe Fire:
  • Cooldown changed from to
  • Duration changed from 6 to 4
  • Mana Cost changed from 100 to 50

Earth Spirit:

• Geomagnetic Grip:
  • Will now cast even if the target is magic immune.

Lich:

• Chain Frost:
  • Bounces changed from to
  • Bounce Range changed from 2 to 3

Lone Druid's Spirit Bear:

• No longer damages opponent at end of round.
• Entangle:
  • No longer stuns. Instead, roots and disarms.

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Savage:

• The Savage alliance bonus now applies to
• Bonus Attack Damage per Attack changed from to

Spirit:

• Spirit units no longer gain mana from damage they deal during a Delta Slam.

Vigilant:

• Whenever an enemy unit casts a spell and is targeted by the Vigilant alliance, the first attack from each unit due to that targeting change does 50% more damage.

This update will roll out to mobile devices as it is approved.

HOTFIXES

• Fixed City Crawl progress being shown incorrectly in the client when switching from one device to another.
• Fixed Jull Tier 5 units challenge. Again.
• Smashed another particle crash into tiny particles.
• Further work avoiding out-of-memory crashes on low-memory mobile devices.
• Fixed missing barrels in a Jull victory animation.
• Fixed Spooky Fog win streak rendering incorrectly.
• Added a keybind for board sprays (default "B").
• Misc UI fixes.

NOTE: Some of these changes have already rolled out over the previous few days.

GENERAL

• Fixed Battle Pass purchase issues.
• Improved client purchase flow, including adding a warning when not signed into Steam.
• Fixed new default map not being loaded.
• Working on out-of-memory crash issues on 2GB iOS devices. These should be much more stable than they were.
• Destroyed a crash involving particle destruction.
• Performance improvements on low-end devices.
• Fixed issues with the Reward popup dialogs.
• Fixed XP rewards from City Crawl not showing properly in the reward popup or animating properly on the bar.
• Fixed an issue with daily challenges using Protopass values.
• Fixed Jull's Tier 5 Units challenge.
• Fixed an issue where Spectate could show up on the Post-Match screen of a bot game.
• Fixed an issue where private matches could not be started if a saved game existed already in that mode.
• Numerous other small sound, skin, and UI improvements.

GAMEPLAY

• Summons give 1/4 kill credit for items like Stonehall Cloak and Stonehall pike as well as for Brawny kills.

HERO CHANGES

Bristleback:

• Armor changed from 10 to 5

ITEM CHANGES

Mango Tree:

• Can no longer equip items.

Stonehall Pike:

• Damage per kill changed from 3 to 4

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Savage:

• Bonus Attack Damage per Attack changed from to

WELCOME TO SEASON ONE

Dota Underlords is coming out of Early Access, and today officially marks the beginning of Season One. With this launch, we've added a ton of content to explore, rewards to earn, a hero / Alliance / item shakeup and more. {STEAM_CLAN_LOC_IMAGE}/35233241/1653c9d49a3a1aa9836448366b41a97ed33bb433.png

City Crawl

Mama Eeb’s death has left a power vacuum in White Spire. Take back the city neighborhood by neighborhood, Underlord by Underlord, in the new City Crawl campaign. Win quick street-fights and complete in-game challenges to unlock Underlord rewards like new outfits and poster art. Complete puzzles and lord over your friends on the Puzzle Leaderboard. {STEAM_CLAN_LOC_IMAGE}/35233241/7f1f1be88780d87776c5e9dd6887d348babb04da.png

Reap the Rewards with the Battle Pass

Season One comes with a full Battle Pass offering over 100 rewards. Play matches and complete challenges to level up your Battle Pass and earn rewards like new boards, map props, wanted poster art, and more. Many rewards can be earned for free, but for full access to all City Crawl content and all 100 rewards on the Battle Pass, players can purchase the Battle Pass for $4.99. The paid Battle Pass is not required to play the game, nor does it provide any gameplay advantage.

Hero / Alliance / Item changes

It's the beginning of a new season, which means that it's time for a roster change. In addition to Heroes, both Alliances and Items are changing. Scrappies and Inventors are leaving, while we're introducing the new Summoner, Vigilant, and Void Alliances. We're also introducing a new type of item that adds an Alliance affiliation to the hero that you equip - Hats. We love hats. For a full breakdown of everything that's changing gameplay-wise, see the full notes below.

Returning Players

If you participated in the Beta Season of Dota Underlords, welcome back. We can't thank you all enough for playing the game, providing feedback, and helping us to make Underlords better. We have a few gifts for you coming into the new season - a Golden Ricky Statue, a poster title, and both of the Season 0 maps. This and more about what's changing in the switch from Beta is detailed in last week's post. It has been an amazing Beta Season, and we can't wait to get in the game with you all. See you in White Spire!

GENERAL GAMEPLAY CHANGES

Item Rounds

• The choices for each Item Round can be rerolled one time. The 3 choices are blacklisted and will not be possibilities for the reroll.
• In Standard, Item rounds now come at a quicker pace - every 4 rounds instead of every 5 rounds.
  • OLD: Rounds: 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, etc.
  • NEW: Rounds: 1, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, etc.

Ace Effects

• Ace Effects have been removed from the game. This applies to the bonus chance to find an Ace as well as the Ace bonuses themselves. This system is going to be reevaluated and may return in a different form at a later date.
• Ace Tier renamed to Tier 5.

Poison

• Poison healing reduction increased from 10% per stack to 15% per stack.

Beneficial Cells

• Cells that are marked as "beneficial" from an ability (such as Drow Ranger's Precision Aura, a Knight's Alliance bonus, or a tasty Mango) should now be working in all cases.

ROTATION

The following Heroes have been rotated out of the game:

• Alchemist
• Bounty Hunter
• Clockwerk
• Enchantress
• Gyrocopter
• Kunkka
• Sniper
• Timbersaw
• Tinker

The following Heroes have been rotated back into the game (see HERO CHANGES section below for more details):

• Arc Warden
• Magnus
• Luna
• Windranger
• Mirana
• Tidehunter
• Enigma
• Nature's Prophet
• Templar Assassin

The following Alliances have been rotated out of the game:

• Scrappy
• Inventor

The following new Alliances have been added to the game (see ALLIANCE CHANGES section below for more details):

• Summoner
• Vigilant
• Void

The following Items have been rotated out of the game:

• Aeon Disk
• Healing Ward

The following new Items have been added to the game (see ITEM CHANGES section below for more details):

• Armlet of Mordiggian
• Crown of Antlers
• Dragon Lance
• Kaden's Blade
• Leg Breaker's Fedora
• Mango Tree
• Mantle of the Flayed Twins
• Quelling Blade
• Ristul Circlet

UNDERLORD CHANGES

Jull:

• Barrels of Fun:
  • Cooldown changed from 15 to 12

• Happy Hour:
  • Cooldown changed from 10 to 8

Enno:

• Attack Rate changed from 0.833 to 1.429
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• All Out Attack!:
  • Poison Stacks changed from 5 to 2
  • Stun duration changed from 2 to 1.5

HERO CHANGES

Arc Warden:

• Arc Warden rejoins the hero roster!
• Tier changed from 4 to 1
• Alliances changed from Primordial Shaman to Primordial Summoner
• Maximum Mana changed from 0 to 100
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• Tempest Double:
  • Tempest Double no longer copies equipped items and now reads 'Arc Warden creates a copy of himself with the same health he currently has.'
  • Tempest Double copies can also make Tempest Double copies can also make Tempest Double copies can also make Tempest Double copies can also make Tempest Double copies can also make Tempest Double copies can also make Tempest Double copies can also make Tempest Double copies can also make Tempest Double copies...

Axe:

• Tier changed from 1 to 5
• Armor changed from to
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• Removed ability Berserker's Call
• Added ability Counter Helix:
  • When attacked, Axe has a % chance to perform a helix counter attack, dealing pure damage to all enemies within 1 cell.
• Added ability Culling Blade:
  • If Axe's target is below 25% health, he instantly kills them. With his axe.

Bristleback:

• Tier changed from 4 to 2
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• Quill Spray:
  • Base damage changed from to
  • Quill stack damage changed from to

Broodmother:

• Removed ability Spin Web
• Added ability Spawn Spiderlings:
  • Broodmother injects her young into an enemy unit, dealing damage. If the target is killed spiderlings will hatch. Spiderlings are untargetable units that deal low damage and have 1 health.

Crystal Maiden:

• Tier changed from 2 to 1
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Frostbite:
  • Duration changed from to

Disruptor:

• Tier changed from Ace to 4
• Maximum Health changed from to

Dragon Knight:

• Tier changed from 4 to 5
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to

Drow Ranger:

• Alliances changed from Heartless Hunter to Heartless Vigilant Hunter

Enigma:

• Enigma rejoins the hero roster!
• Tier changed from Ace to 3
• Alliances changed from Primordial Shaman to Void Primordial
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• Midnight Pulse:
  • Enigma will always target the enemy with the highest Maximum Health
  • Additionally slows enemies in the affected are by 80%
  • Max Health Damage Percent per Second changed from to
  • Duration changed from 10 to
  • Radius changed from to 1 (Midnight Pulse now always covers a 3x3 area)

Faceless Void:

• Alliances changed from Primordial Assassin to Void Assassin

Lone Druid:

• Alliances changed from Savage Druid to Savage Druid Summoner

Luna:

• Luna rejoins the hero roster!
• Alliances changed from Elusive Knight to Vigilant Knight

Lycan:

• Alliances changed from Human Savage Hunter to Human Savage Summoner
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• Shapeshift:
  • Once again summons two wolves to fight for Lycan.
  • Health percentage gain upon transformation changed from % to %
  • Critical strike percentage gain upon transformation changed from % to %
  Savage Wolf:
  • Alliances changed from Savage Hunter to Savage

Magnus:

• Magnus rejoins the hero roster!
• Tier changed from 2 to 1
• Alliances changed from Shaman Brute to Savage Druid
• Maximum Health changed from to

Medusa:

• Split Shot:
  • Extra Shots changed from to 2

Mirana:

• Mirana rejoins the hero roster!
• Alliances changed from Elusive Hunter to Vigilant Hunter

Nature's Prophet:

• Nature's Prophet rejoins the hero roster!
• Alliances changed from Druid Shaman to Druid Summoner
• Removed ability Wrath of Nature
• Readded ability Nature's Call:
  • Mana Cost changed from 50 to 100
• Lesser Treant:
  • Maximum Health changed from to

Necrophos:

• Alliances changed from Heartless Healer to Heartless Warlock Healer
• Death Pulse:
  • Heal amount changed from to

Sand King:

• Tier changed from 4 to 5
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Burrowstrike:
  • Damage changed from to
  • Stun Duration changed from 2 to 2.5

Shadow Shaman:

• Tier changed from 1 to 3
• Alliances changed from Troll Druid to Troll Summoner
• Maximum Mana changed from 70 to 100
• Maximum Health changed from to
• Removed ability Hex
• Added ability Mass Serpent Ward:
  • Shadow Shaman traps an enemy unit by summoning up to 4 Serpent Wards.
  Serpent Ward:
  • Maximum Health
  • Attack Damage Minimum
  • Attack Damage Maximum
  • Attack Rate 1.4
  • Magic Resist 50

Snapfire:

• Alliances changed from Dragon Inventor to Brawny Dragon

Templar Assassin:

• Templar Assassin rejoins the hero roster!
• Alliances changed from Elusive Assassin to Vigilant Void Assassin

Tidehunter:

• Tidehunter rejoins the hero roster!

Venomancer:

• Alliances changed from Savage Warlock Scaled to Scaled Summoner
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
• Removed ability Venomous Gale
• Added ability Poison Sting:
  • PASSIVE: Each attack applies a stack of Poison to the target.
• Readded ability Plague Ward: Plague Ward:
  • Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
  • Attack Damage Maximum changed from to
  • Added ability Poison Sting:
    • PASSIVE: Each attack applies a stack of Poison to the target.

Viper:

• Corrosive Skin:
  • Instead of dealing damage over time, Corrosive Skin now applies a stack of Poison to Viper's attacker.

Void Spirit:

• Tier changed from Ace to 4
• Alliances changed from Spirit Warlock to Void Spirit

Weaver:

• Tier changed from 2 to 1
• Alliances changed from Scrappy Insect Hunter to Insect Hunter
• Attack Damage Minimum changed from to
• Attack Damage Maximum changed from to

Windranger:

• Windranger rejoins the hero roster!
• Alliances changed from Elusive Hunter to Vigilant Hunter

ITEM CHANGES

New Item Category: HATS

Hats are items that add an additional Alliance to the equipped unit. Big-Time Contract

• Renamed to Ogre Cap.
• Tier 1 hat item.
• Equipped hero is Blood-Bound.

Armlet of Mordiggian:

• Tier 2 offensive item.
• +90 Attack Damage. +10 Armor. Equipped hero loses 100 health per second.

Barricade:

• Tier changed from 3 to 2
• Barricade:
  • Maximum Health changed from to

Crown of Antlers:

• Tier 3 hat item.
• Equipped hero is a Hunter.

Dragon Lance:

• Tier 2 offensive item.
• RANGED ONLY. +20 Attack Damage. Equipped hero has unlimited range.

Hand of Midas:

• Tier changed from 2 to 3

Kaden's Blade:

• Tier 4 offensive item.
• Instead of their normal damage, equipped hero's attacks deal 7% of the target's Max Health as Pure Damage.

Leg Breaker's Fedora:

• Tier 3 hat item.
• Equipped hero is a Brute.

Mango Tree:

• Tier 3 contraption item.
• At the start of combat and every 2.0 seconds afterwards, the Mango Tree throws a mango up to 2 cells away. Any unit that touches a mango eats it to gain 50 mana and 100 health.
• Mango Tree
  • Maximum Health 1000
  • Armor 0

Mantle of the Flayed Twins:

• Tier 2 hat item.
• Equipped hero is a Deadeye.

Quelling Blade:

• Tier 2 offensive item.
• +25 Attack Damage. Equipped hero will prefer to attack summoned units. Attacks against summoned units crit for 200% damage.

Ristul Circlet:

• Tier 3 hat item.
• Equipped hero is a Demon.

Target Buddy:

• Tier changed from 3 to 2
• Armor changed from 10 to 5
• Maximum Health changed from 1500 to 1200

ALLIANCE CHANGES

Blood-Bound:

• OLD: When a Blood-Bound unit dies, it gives +125% Attack Damage, in addition to any existing Blood-Bound bonus it has, to a random friendly Blood-Bound unit.
• NEW: When a Blood-Bound unit dies, all Blood-Bound units gain +125 Attack Damage.

Brawny:

• Summoned units now count as 0.25 of a kill for the purposes of the Brawny maximum health bonus.

Deadeye:

• Unit requirement changed from to .

Healer:

• Unit requirement changed from to .
• Healing % Increase changed from % to %.

Knight:

• Physical and Magic damage reduction changed from % to %

Savage:

• OLD: Allied Savage units gain + Attack Damage each time they land an attack on an enemy or cast a damaging spell.
• NEW: gain + Attack Damage each time they land an attack.

Summoner:

• Unit requirement
• Allied summoned units gain +% damage.

Vigilant:

• Unit requirement
• Whenever an enemy unit casts a spell, target that enemy if it is within their range.

Void:

• Unit requirement
• All allied heroes have a 40% chance to deal an additional 5% of the target's Max Health as Pure Damage.