General

• The god with 4 ultimates. A nickname affectionately given to He Bo’s powerful kit. Even with high pro performance for most of the season, he tends to coast under the radar for casual players. He Bo is a riskier Mage with an all-in play style who flexes well into the Jungle. We are taking down his damage as well as his utility to make sure there is room for more mages in the meta.

Water Cannon

• Decreased Damage from 70/120/170/220/270 to 60/110/160/210/260

Atlas of the Yellow River

• Decreased Slow from 25/30/35/40/45% to 20/25/30/35/40%
• Decreased Movement Speed Buff from 25/30/35/40/45% to 20/25/30/35/40%

General

• The Sydney Shredder and He Bro skins have been re-enabled. Fixed an issue where some of their abilities had no hit box.

General

• He Bo has risen the tides of the SPL, showing himself to be a staple of the competitive scene and high level ranked. Atlas of the Yellow River provides a large movement speed swing while Water Cannon brings consistent and high damage, allowing him to threaten kills easily. We are reducing both of these aspects, requiring He Bo to commit more and put himself more at risk to make similar plays.

Water Cannon

• Decreased damage from 70/125/180/235/290 to 70/120/170/220/270.

Atlas of the Yellow River

• Decreased Movement Speed and Slow from 30/35/40/45/50% to 25/30/35/40/45%.

General

• The God of the Yellow RIver has risen to a new level in Season 5. Having a very high damage ability with very low cooldown has allowed him to push lanes faster than anyone else, and deliver unrivaled burst damage. He Bo tends to see a large drop in performance at the highest levels of play so a slight shift is being introduced. His base HP is being increased at the earliest stages in the game, while his HP per level and Water Cannon damage are being nerfed.
• Increase Base HP from 365 to 400.
• Decrease HP per level from 68 to 67.

Water Cannon

• Decreased damage from 90/140/190/240/290 to 70/125/180/235/290.

General

• Starting since Season 5, He Bo has surged in popularity and performance. His ability to rotate and aggress quickly with Atlas of the Yellow River and damage heavily with his Water Spout and Water Cannon combo. We are bringing down how often he can use his Atlas to give more chances to catch out He Bo and his team, while reducing the damage his primary form of Crowd Control can deal.

Atlas of the Yellow River

• Increased cooldown from 10s to 12s.

Waterspout

• Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 85% to 75%.

General

• Increased Movement Speed from 350 to 355.

General

• An Ability's Post-Fire time is how long a God needs to wait after casting 1 skill before they can cast another. Water Cannon had a very long Post-Fire that long exceeded the animation length, resulting in He Bo looking like he could take another action but being unable to. We have now synced the Post-Fire to the animation, allowing He Bo to feel more fluid as he chains abilities together.

Water Cannon

• Decreased Post-Fire time to match animation.
• The time from when Water Cannon is cast to when He Bo can cast another Ability has been cut in half.

General

• He Bo's low cooldowns define him as a mage. Waterspout's reduced mana costs will allow him to better fit this specialty.

Waterspout

• Mana cost reduce from 70/80/90/100/110 to 65/70/75/80/85.

General

• Now, water can flow or it can crash.

Atlas of the Yellow River

• Increased slow debuff from 20/25/30/35/40% to 30/35/40/45/50%.
• Increased speed buff from 20/25/30/35/40% to 30/35/40/45/50%.

Atlas of the Yellow River

• He Bo and his allies are now immune to Slow effects while on the River.

General

• Fixed Denton showing off to the right on He Bro and Sydney Shredder during Defeat.

Steady Flow

• Updated tooltip to be more general.

Water Cannon

• Base damage reduced from 90/145/200/255/310 to 90/140/190/240/290.
• This ability no longer slows when it knocks up enemies.

Atlas of the Yellow River

• No longer able to jump over part of the scroll.

General

• Cascade Skin now properly has CC Immune glow.

Steady Flow

• Magical Power bonus reduced from 7% to 5% per stack.

Steady Flow

• Corrected a tooltip error with his magic power percentage.

Crushing Wave

• Fixed an issue where sometimes damage wasn’t being dealt.

Atlas of the Yellow River

• Recovery time reduced from 0.26 to 0.1.

Waterspout

• Recovery time reduced from 0.4 to 0.1.

Steady Flow

• Reduced Magical Power buff per stack from 10% to 7%.

Water Cannon

• Reduced magical power scaling from 90% to 80%.

Waterspout

• Animation has changed.
• This ability can now be placed inside of walls.

General

• Modified Default Voice Recordings.
• Removed the two water spout animations during recall to avoid confusing players.

General

• FX have been improved for looks and performance.

Steady Flow (Passive)

• The amount of magical power increased after using an ability has been increased from 5% to 10%.

General

• The starting health has been increased from 340 to 365.
• The health gained per level has been increased from 64 to 68.

Flood Waters

• The flood waters now give allies the movement speed increase as well as himself.

Flood Waters

• Speed buff/debuff is 20/25/30/35/40%.

Waterspout

• Slow by 25% for 2s at all ranks.

Waterspout

• Magical power contribution has been reduced:
• Old - 100%
• New - 85%

Crushing Wave

• This no longer ignores deployables / obstructions.

Crushing Wave

• Aegis now cancels the ultimate and also consumes the cooldown.
• This no longer goes through deployable walls.

Water Cannon

• FX changed to better indicate the length of the attack.

Steady Flow (Passive)

• Magical power increase for each ability used has been reduced from 10% to 5%.

Water Cannon

• Base damage reduced from 100/160/220/280/340 to 90/145/200/255/310.
• Decreased the magical power contribution from 100% to 90%.

Waterspout

• Reduced the amount of time He Bo is rooted while firing this ability to give him more mobility.

Crushing Wave

• Base damage reduced from 400/480/560/640/720 to 370/450/530/610/690.
• Decreased the magical power contribution from 130% to 115%.

Water Cannon

• Increased the base damage per rank from 80/130/180/230/280 to 100/160/220/280/340.