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Fixed Moonlight Charge targeter to be consistent across all skins.

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Fixed missing fish fx for Sea Maiden Medusa statues.

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Fixed The Morrigan getting stuck in place if dying while in Jormungandr The World Serpent.

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Fixed a condition where if Tyr's Power Stance takes longer than someone's movement ability, then they'll be knocked up afterward.

Universe Ring Toss

Fixed an issue where the Ring would not bounce to or from certain targets.

EG. this should fix the cases where Loki decoy would absorb the Ring.

Flaming Spear

Fixed an issue where sometimes Ne Zha would fire of an extra basic attack animation based on using Flaming spear.

Armillary Sash

This ability now applies a Stun with no Diminishing Returns.

This means that it should always last the same amount of time, fixing situations where Ne Zha could use Armillary Sash and the target could move out of the way before he reaches the location.

This is consistent with specific other Stun effects that have a scripted animation time, eg. Sobek's Charge Prey.

Fixed an issue where using this ability on gods who were in the process of being knocked-up would also cause Ne Zha to be in the air on reaching that target.

Now Ne Zha will reach the target and deal damage while still on the ground.

Fixed an issue where the Area of effect damage of this ability will sometimes miss targets that are in the air but within the hit area.

Fixed an issue where quickly turning the camera while using this ability would cause the hit area and the FX to be de-synced, leading to situations where the player does not look like they should hit an enemy, but they do.

Note: On researching the solution for this issue we were also able to successfully apply the same fix to Ra and Searing Pain. Now the FX and the damage area for this ability should match up when quickly moving the camera.

Added new FX to this ability to clearly portray the area of effect of damage when Ne Zha reaches a target.

This applies to all skins.

Wind Fire Wheels

Adjusted the bounding area of the UI elements in this ability so that they will no longer have the chance to be hidden behind Ne Zha's passive meter UI.

Fixed an issue where Ne Zha was able to slide passed an enemy instead of correctly latching onto them.

Fixed an issue with the FX for this ability where the last few feet of the targeter were raised in a slope.

This caused perspective issues, making it feel like the ability targeter was longer than intended.

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Updated ability icon art.

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Achilles has recently undergone some large adjustments. His top end performance was limiting god diversity and his Basic Attacks did not visually match his extended range. We were watching him carefully to see how much of an effect these changes had and he ended up dropping heavily. We want to find the proper balance point between his previous strength and his current performance. To do this we are bringing up his overall clear pressure by increasing the ranged power of Shield of Achilles, while giving him more late game tanking potential through his armored passive.

Fixed Achilles not being able to use Ult if he doesn't have the mana for the initial cast.

Gift of the Gods

Protections per level increased from 1.5 to 2.

Shield of Achilles

Increased falloff damage from 70% to 85%.

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Season 6 has progressed with many changes to the Duo Lane, but Ganesh has failed to find a spot in the meta. He is receiving a few different targeted adjustments to help him feel more impactful in a few different ways. The power buff from Turn of Fate is an interesting effect, but the duration being so short made it hard to make use of the buff. Ohm often caused confusion, where players often expected a protections buff to apply to all types of damage, yet Ohm only provided physical protections. Finally, Remove Obstacles is a narrow skill shot, and its damage is being increased to make sure it feels rewarding to hit.

Fix text on final swing – its a full 1s, just has short prefire.

Dragon Call

Decreased Slow on ranged attack from 30% to 20%.

Wild Storm

Increase Cooldown from 7s to 9s.

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In this patch we are adjusting some Guardians who have been sitting low in performance for some time. Athena has been a potent pick in previous seasons, but has been lackluster for Season 6. Rather than further increasing her strengths (looking at you, Confound) we are bringing up her base capabilities of her other abilities. Shield Wall will get more damage on the front, while dealing the same damage overall making it more useful without needing to combine it with Confound. Preemptive Strike will now always slow for its full duration, giving more offensive potential and control early on.

Preemptive Strike

Slow duration increased from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2.0/2.25s to 2.25s.

Shield Wall

Increased Initial Damage from 60/95/130/165/200 to 70/110/150/190/230.

Decreased Explosion damage from 80/150/220/290/360 to 70/135/200/265/330.

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Cerberus can be a powerhouse in most modes, but in Conquest he has struggled to be a successful frontline bruiser and guardian. We are increasing the reward Cerberus receives for aggressively devouring god's souls as well as making it easier to wolf em down. In addition, we are giving him access to his ultimate more often during the early stages of the game, while making it match the frequency of other AoE teamfight ultimates in the late game.

Soul Expulsion

Decreased Health of Soul from 95/130/165/200/235 to 60/100/140/180/220.

Increased Heal per God from 30/50/70/90/110 to 40/65/90/115/140.

Stygian Torment

Decreased Cooldown from 115/110/105/100/95s to 100s.

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Cu Chulainn recently got some love with bug fixes. We have watched his overall performance and he has improved; which is great! However, he has struggled to compete with other Warriors and has fallen out of favor across the board. The bug fixing improvements are awesome, but we feel he needs one more adjustment to really put him at the right spot. Increased scaling on Barbed Spear promotes his mid and late game fighting potential without increasing his already strong early game. Olympians pathnotes.png

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Increased scaling from 45% to 55%.

Northern Lights

Fixed an issue where she was healing with this ability for more than intended.

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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%.

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Horus & Set has been out for some time now and have undergone fixes from their release. Everyone has been having a blast with them and have been discussing their balance state on all channels. While most feel they are balanced, or have concerns about what they can do in skilled hands, we feel they could use slight buffs in key areas to ensure they feel good to play while not over buffing them. Horus specifically struggles from very high cooldowns in the early game, limiting his ability to help his carry in a reliable way. We want to alleviate this while not boosting his late game lockdown, so we are lowering the cooldown early but having it scale to the same amount. We are excited to see how Horus will shake up the competitive scene and their tactics in the weeks to come!

Updraft

Decreased Cooldown to 18/17/16/15/14 to 16/16/15/15/14.

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The World Serpent has continued to make a big impression in SMITE. His high damage and pressure has pushed him to be a powerful threat, becoming a common pick at the competitive level and seeing success across the board. Our recent changes focused on ensuring his unique aspects felt threatening, so in this patch we are focused on bringing his overall pressure down. Consuming Bellow provides heavy burst that is difficult to deal with up through the mid game. We are lowering the base damage to give enemies a chance to fight back against the damage.

Consuming Bellow

Decreased Bonus Base Damage from 20/30/40/50/60 to 20/25/30/35/40.

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Khepri is another guardian who has been strong, but has struggled in the recent Season. We want Khepri to focus on contributing more over the course of a fight more often, rather than relying on Scarab's Blessing too heavily. Rising Dawn will deal slightly more base damage, while Solar Flare will allow Khepri to bring some crowd control more often.

Rising Dawn

Increased Damage per tick from 10/13/16/19/22 to 10/14/18/22/26.

Solar Flare

Decreased Cooldown from 16s to 14s.

Scarab's Blessing

Updated ability text to state it does not revive executed targets.

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Set is similar to Horus, underperforming in key aspects with a community concern on them being over buffed. For Set, we feel his damage and mobility are appropriate when players have invested the time to learning his mechanics. We are increase focused on his Passive and Ultimate, and ensuring players have a smooth experience with both. Relentless is difficult to maintain, even during an active fight, while his Ultimate locked him out of abilities for a significant amount of time, more than his animation conveyed. These combinations can feel restrictive and limiting when Set is all about unleashing his rage. These changes should better represent this feeling and make his gameplay smoother.

Fixed Set's Spawn T-posing under his pedestal when previewing the Wave Emote.

Fixed Set Sandstorm going on cooldown if interrupted before dashing.

Relentless

Increased duration from 4s to 5s.

Fixed a description error with this listed it lasted for 3 seconds. It was actually lasting for 4s.

Kingslayer

Decreased prefire time from 0.8s to 0.33s.

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Ymir is the last, but certainly not the least, Guardian on this list. The Frost Giant is struggling to bring the level of control needed to compete with other guardians. Frost Breath has a significant cooldown, limiting his access to reliable control. We are lowering the cooldown, allowing him to freeze the opposition and shatter through the front lines.

Frost Breath

Reduced cooldown from 18 to 16s.