General

• Fixed an issue where his ability could sometimes have an inconsistent hit area

General

• Fixed missing water when entering a match for Default and The Earhtshaker skins.

General

• Poseidon is the final mage on this list receiving some mana adjustments. Tidal Surge and Whirlpool are significant mana drains once they are ranked up. We are reducing the top end giving Poseidon more freedom to cast his higher ranked abilities.

Tidal Surge

• Decreased Mana Cost from 60/70/80/90/100 to 60/65/70/75/80.

Whirlpool

• Decreased Mana Cost from 60/70/80/90/100 to 60/65/70/75/80.

General

• Poseidon's base Physical Protection per level was far below any other mage. We are bringing this up to better match the protections to other Mages.
• Increased Physical Protection per level from 2.2 to 2.6.

General

• Poseidon is getting a nice quality of life buff. Tidal Surge’s hitbox was much shorter in height that the visuals would portray, causing it to go under many gods knockups including his own from Release the Kraken. Tidal Surge has been adjusted to better reflect its height and Release the Kraken's knockup height has been normalized at all ranks, making it feel more consistent in all cases.

Tidal Surge

• Fixed an issue with Tidal Surge's moving deployable which caused its collision height to be shorter than intended.

Release the Kraken

• Normalized the knock-up height of this ability from 300/325/350/375/400 to 375 at all ranks.
• Poseidon should now be able to hit an enemy knocked up by Release the Kraken with Tidal Surge.

General

• Managing Tide is an important aspect for Poseidon, but some abilities had such high costs that they became prohibitive to play around. We are reducing the overall Tide cost of Tidal Surge and Release the Kraken. These two adjustments will give Poseidon players a better handle on their Tide resource and increase his damage during extended engagements.

Tidal Surge

• Decreased Tide cost from 30 to 20.

Release the Kraken!

• Decreased Tide cost from 50 to 30.

General

• Poseidon and his Kraken are getting some consistency improvements that should help him out. Through this season he has been largely pushed out by other mages and he has suffered as a result. In patches past we reduced his movement speed heavily to help players deal with his rotation potential, and that largely hurt his ability to be a strong pick for a team.
• Our first buff is giving him ‘some’ of that Movement Speed back on Trident. Players will need to spend the cooldown and mana to increase their movement around the map, but if they want to rotate, engage, or escape he will have the speed to help him. The second buff is to increase his consistency in a team fight. Release the Kraken can be a powerful burst tool, but the difference between getting someone in the center vs. just the outside radius was large making this ability highly variable in how it helped your team. We are evening the damage between the inner ring and center radius, keeping the burst damage the same but helping it deal more AoE damage to the enemy team.

Trident

• Increased Movement Speed 5/10/15/20/25% to 10/15/20/25/30%.

Release the Kraken!

• Can now be cast inside player made deployables (such as Thor's Tectonic Rift).
• Increased outer ring Damage from 170/195/220/245/270 (+30% of your magical power) to 175/210/245/280/315 (+45% of your magical power)
• Decreased center area Damage from 180/220/260/300/340 (60% of your magical power) to 175/210/245/280/315 (+45% of your magical power)
• Total Damage increased from 350/415/480/545/610 to 350/420/490/560/630.
• Damage is now split evenly between the center area and the outer ring, meaning the center target is still hit for both areas damage but players hit by the outer area will receive more damage than in 4.19.

General

• One of Poseidon's strengths is his ability to move quickly around the map, affecting team fights or rotations heavily and a 5% increase in Tide's Movement Speed will further highlight this strength. Additionally, we made an adjustment to Trident which will allow players to begin firing Basic Attacks immediately after activation without needing to wait for the animation to finish, allowing him to be more reactive when using this ability.

Changing Tides

• Increased Movement Speed bonus from 10% -> 15%.

Trident

• Reduced the pre-fire on this ability so players can immediately fire a basic attack without waiting for Trident's animation to finish.

General

• Poseidon is a character that often wants to maintain high levels of his Tide to be mobile and effective around the map. By reducing both the Tidal Meter and Mana cost of Tidal Surge and Whirlpool, Poseidon players will find themselves often in a slightly better position at key points in the game.

Tidal Surge

• Reduce Mana cost from 70/80/90/100/110 to 60/70/80/90/100.
• Reduced Tidal Meter Cost from 35% to 30%.

Whirlpool

• Reduce Mana cost from 70/80/90/100/110 to 60/70/80/90/100.
• Reduced Tidal Meter Cost from 25% to 20%.

General

• Fixed an issue where he could pull the Fire Elementals out of the Fire Giant Pit.

Release the Kraken!

• Fixed build up sound fx not playing correctly on Dread Beard skin.

Release the Kraken!

• Improved team coloring for Kraken.

Whirlpool

• Fixed Trident debuff icon showing on enemies instead of Whirlpool.

General

• Fixed his water trail fx disappearing when affecting by some abilities.

General

• Legendary skin basic attacks no longer play the hit effect if they miss their target.

General

• Fixed issue in which Diamond skin Poseidon Kraken was not diamond on the victory screen

General

• Updated targeters for Poolseidon

Changing Tides

• Reduced movement speed bonus at max Tide from 20% to 10%.

Trident

• Reduced movement speed bonus from 15/20/25/30/35 to 5/10/15/20/25.

Tidal Surge

• Fixed an issue that would sometimes result in the wave not being visible.

Whirlpool

• Fixed a rare issue that could leave an enemy crippled until death and respawn.

Changing Tides

• Poseidon's Tide meter no longer falls off gradually over time.

Trident

• No longer consumes Tide when cast.

Tidal Surge

• Reduced post-fire time from 0.5s to 0.1s

Trident

• Reduced post-fire time from 0.5s to 0.1s.

Whirlpool

• Reduced post-fire time from 0.5s to 0.3s.

Release the Kraken!

• Reduced post-fire time from 0.5s to 0.3s

Whirlpool

• This ability can now be placed inside of walls and other blocking geometry.

General

• Modified auto-attack animations.

Trident

• Fixed an issue in which Poseidon's Trident was not dealing magic damage to the middle shot.

General

• Poseidon was incorrectly gaining .6 magical protection for each level. That has been removed.

General

• Poseidon's model has undergone modest visual improvements.

Whirlpool

• Fixed an issue where the whirlpool would tick its damage an additional time.
• Reduced pull-in value slightly

Whirlpool

• The FX on this ability have been tweaked to give a better tell to the enemy when the ability is deploying.
• The delay before the pull and damage happens has been increased slightly.

General

• LOD additions

Changing Tides (Passive)

• The additional damage gained from increasing your Tide levels has been reduced from 30% to 20%.

Changing Tides (Passive)

• The rate at which the Tide is reduced automatically over time has been decreased.
• Bonus scaling changed from quadratic to linear - now uniformly scaled based on Tide level (e.g. 50% Tide level now grants 50% of max Tide bonuses)

Tidal Surge

• Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds (all ranks)
• Damage increased by 20 for each rank

Trident

• The percentage of Tide consumed has been reduced from 35% to 15%.

Whirlpool

• The percentage of Tide consumed has been reduced from 35% to 25%.
• Pull-in has been increased slightly

Release the Kraken!

• Increased outer radius base damage from 120/150/180/210/240 to 170/195/220/245/270

Trident

• Updated the ability descriptions to accurately reflect the magical power conversion totals.

Whirlpool

• Base damage has been increased from 10/15/20/25/30 to 15/25/35/45/55 per tick.
• Magical power contribution has been increased from 10% to 15% per tick.