Equivalent to Stunned, but the target wakes up if hit with anything that does damage
New Items
Skidmark’s Armband: projectiles travel more quickly
Ballistic’s Glove: 60 AP, projectiles travel more quickly
Builds from Skidmark’s Armband and 2 Capes
Shard: 40 mana
Noble Shard: 80 mana
Vital Shard: 160 mana
Taser: your next autoattack after activation interrupts channels
Regent’s Scepter: 0.25x attack speed, autoattacks interrupt channels while active
Builds from a Taser and an SMG
Dauntless’ Helm: health and mana bonus that stacks with time
Cape Changes
Shadow Stalker
Tranquilizer Dart status effect changed from Stunned to Asleep
Tranquilizer Dart sleep duration raised from 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2s to 1/2/3/4/5s
Tranquilizer Dart cooldown raised from 5 to 15
Tranquilizer Dart now levels up properly
“Shadow State” renamed to “Strike from the Shadows“
Strike from the Shadows attack speed buff changed from 1x to 0.5/0.75/1/1.25/1.5x
Strike from the Shadows now levels up properly
Strike from the Shadows has a new visual effect
Item Changes
Acid cost lowered from 1750g to 1500g
Lung’s Claw now displays an aura on use
Flechette’s Arbalest armor penetration lowered from 30 to 15
Flechette’s Arbalest: new icon
Flechette’s Arbalest is one of the best sources of attack speed in the game and a decent source of crit as well; having it be the best armor penetration item in the game on top of all this is overkill. Now you buy Flechette’s Arbalest as an all-purpose item and Shadow Stalker’s Crossbow or Jack Slash’s Knife if you really need armor penetration specifically.
Shadow Stalker’s Crossbow armor penetration raised from 15 to 30
Shadow Stalker’s Crossbow: new icon
Now tied with Jack Slash’s Knife as the best source of armor pen in the game.
Jack Slash’s Knife armor penetration raised from 15 to 30
Jack Slash’s Knife: new icon
Now tied with Shadow Stalker’s Crossbow as the best source of armor pen in the game.
Burnscar’s Dress attack speed lowered from 0.5x to 0.25x
Burnscar’s Dress damage over time bonus raised from 120% to 135%
These changes should emphasize Burnscar’s Dress’ niche as a damage over time booster, rather than simply being the go-to item for any AP Carry that needs to build attack speed.
Velocity’s Costume attack speed raised from 0.25x to 0.5x
Velocity’s Costume cost raised from 2500g to 3000g
These changes make Velocity’s Costume the ultimate attack speed item for heroes that don’t need the crit and armor pen from Flechette’s. Since this item offers no other advantages than attack speed, making it the best attack speed item in the game will help keep it competitive.
Dauntless’ Armor now builds from Dauntless’ Helm and a Shard
UI Changes
Changed color of store progression tree arrows – they should be easier to see now
Miscellaneous Changes
Stackable items now retain their stacks when upgraded to a higher tier item
Bug Fixes
Bonesaw’s Dress now correctly prevents deaths
Fixed bug where Burnscar could not jump to an enlarged Crawler after using Pyrokinesis
Fountain healing / damage is now based on where the center of a hero is instead of registering if any part of the hitbox is touching the fountain. This means Crawler will no longer take damage from a tiny part of his hitbox clipping into the enemy fountain.
Gang’s fountain now correctly extends all the way to the door of the bank
