Arena Gauntlet - Balance Patch Notes 1.8.0.c

Arena Patch Notes 1.8.0.c

Introduction

This patch focuses on fixing various bugs as well as making augment adjustments to ensure a more balanced gameplay experience.

Balance Changes

Augments

• Primeval Force: Attack Speed bonus reduced from 20% → 10%.

• Veil Piercer:

  • Maximum stacks reduced from 20 → 10.

  • Truesight activation delay reduced from 12s → 10s.

• Crimson Vow: Activation threshold softened from 60% max health → 65% max health.

• LifeWell: Max health healing increased from 2% → 3%.

• Guardian's Greed:

  • Resistances reduced from 20 → 10.

  • Shield based on resistances increased from 30% → 70%.

• Emberheart: Omega Power stat reduced from 20 → 10.

• Counter Shock:

  • Energy Cost Damage reduced from 100% → 75%.

    • Energy Resist given reduced from 30 → 10.

• Titan Boon: Bonus Health reduced from 600 → 500.

• Vengeful Mantle: Physical Resistance reduced from 30 → 10.

• Empyrean Core: Bonus now applies to 2 closest allies, instead of holder and 2 closest allies.

• Mindstorm: Energy regeneration for the first 5 seconds reduced from 10 → 5.

• Arcane Accelerator: Omega Power Gain over time reduced from 20 → 10.

• SpellWeaver Aegis:

  • Max % HP shield reduced from 20% → 15%.

    • Omega Power reduced from 20 → 10.

• Infurion:

  • Energy gain on start is reduced from 20 → 10.

  • Attack speed bonus every 2 omegas reduced from 20% → 10%.

• Blazewrath: Removed attack speed bonus stat.

• Aethersteal: Omega Power stolen reduced from 10 → 5.

Legendary Augments

• Blightfire: Now also grants +500 HP and +30 resistances.

• Critical Buffer:

  • Now also grants 1 OP when the holder receives an attack.

  • Max Stacks increased from 40 → 100.

• Eclipse Catalyst:

  • Reduced buffs for Omega Power and Attack Damage from 50% → 25%.

  • Reduced debuffs for Attack Speed and Resistances from 50 → 25%.

• Evasive Veiling:

  • Trigger threshold HP reduced from 40% → 25%.

  • Bonus Attack Speed increased from 40% → 75%.

• Final Abounding:

  • OP reduced from 30 → 25.

  • Crit Chance reduced from 30% → 25%.

• Leviathan's Fury: Max Health Pure Damage increased from 5% → 6%.

• Omnisource Surge: OP gain reduced from 50 → 30.

• Paradox Will: Trigger changed from 10 attacks → 9 attacks.

• Power’s Ascent: Activation Delay reduced from 30s → 25s.

• Velthrax: Piercing reduced from 70% → 50%.

• Voidcleaver: Reduced damage penalty from 60% less damage → 45%.

• Titan’s Redoubt: Resistance reduced from 70 → 60.

• Spatial Disruptor: Activation interval decreased from every 5s → every 4s.

• Reactive Transference:

  • Cooldown increased from 0.5s → 1s.

  • AD conversion changed from 50% AD/5s → 25% AD/5s.

• Time’s Respite: Shield based on energy cost decreased from 600% → 500%.

• Stellar Onslaught: Pure damage bonus as % of Omega Power increased from 20% → 50%.

Composite Synergies

• Dust: 

  • Blind Duration reduced from 1/1.5/2.5s → 1/1.5/2s.

  • Empowered Attack Damage increased from 70/100/150 → 100/150/200.

  • Resistance Debuff: Decreased from 10/15/20 → 10/12/15.

• Invoker:

  • Now, Caster also benefits from the Omega Power bonus.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where players could face the same opponent multiple times in a row when more than two players were alive.

• Resolved a bug that allowed players to deploy more units than their drone level permitted.

• Fixed a bug causing synergy emblems to disappear during Illuvial Ascension.

• Leviathan will now correctly default to selecting the highest-level Illuvial.

• Addressed an error causing the Team Planner to return a 502 and become unresponsive.

Please let us know your feedback as we continue to fine-tune Gauntlet!