0.14 | February 11, 2016

New Champion - Grover, The Wild

Weapon - Axe

A large axe that deals damage in short melee range.

Secondary Fire - Axe Throw

Grover throws his Axe dealing 500 damage and Crippling the first target hit for 1.5s. Cooldown 10s.

Ability 1 - Briars & Blossoms

Alternating Auras that provide different benefits. Grover can re-activate this ability to change between Briars that deals damage to enemies, and Blossoms that heals allies. Cooldown 2s.

Ability 2 - Vine

Grover throws a vine, latching onto the first surface or target it touches, and then pulls himself towards it. Removes Crowd Control effects on use. Cooldown 13s.

Ultimate - Whirlwind

Grover spins violently in circles, dealing 2800 damage over 4s to nearby enemies.

General

The way cards are selected and equipped in match has been reworked. Players will now select all 5 cards in the Match Lobby after selecting their champion and load into the match with all 5 equipped. All cards now have 4 ranks associated with them, and must be ranked up each time you level up to increase their strength.
The Match Lobby UI has been reworked to include the new card system and has been visually updated.
Various improvements have been made to the compensation for lag as it relates to projectiles.
Beacon

Added silhouette for friendly beacon that will always be visible in world.
Fixed an issue where visual effects were not playing when the Beacon was destroyed.

Siege Gates

Reduced second Gate Health by 50%.

Fixed an issue where the Scoreboard was not working if you were changing the default keybinding.
The death camera will cycle to an active Siege Engine if no other players are alive, rather than looking at the vault door.
Added 'Play Again' option to the End of Match Lobby, allowing players to re-queue after a match without needing to go back to the Main Menu. Party leaders will need to queue up the group.
Fixed an issue where players were getting stuck behind attacker spawn points in Payload.

Champions - Balance/Updates/Fixes

General

Ultimates will no longer be charged from damage you take, meaning ultimates now charge only from damage you deal.
The charge rate from damage dealt has been increased and is now specific to each Champion.

Barik

Rifle

Reduced the radius of the projectile from 2 → 1.5ft.
Reduced damage from 360 → 340.

Turret

Reduced projectile speed from 325 → 260 ft/s.
Fixed ally Turrets blocking friendly fire.

Barricade

Reduced duration from 6 → 5s.

Dome Shield

'Dome Shield' now spawns in front of Barik.
While summoning 'Dome Shield', Barik cannot move.

Buck

Net Shot

Increased projectile speed from 240 → 260.
Increased projectile size from 0.9 → 2.5ft.

Heroic Leap

Buck now has full air control when airborne from 'Heroic Leap'.

Imprisonment

This ability can now be cancelled to bring 'Imprisonment' back down after it has been raised.
Buck is now immune to Crowd Control while 'Imprisonment' is active.

Cassie

Disengage

This ability can now be cancelled before the shot is fired.

Scout

Fixed issue where 'Scout' would not show enemies in the grass.

Evie

Ice Staff

Increased Projectile Speed from 175 → 190 ft/s.

Ice Storm

Reduced damage from 150 → 40 per hit.
Increased Slow from 50 → 65%.
Now applies a Cripple, preventing the use of movement abilities.
Reduced range from 140 → 100.

Fernando

Lance

Increased heat regen rate from 25 → 100/s. This means it will take the Lance 1s to fully cool down after a 0.5s delay, making it faster than the base Overheat penalty, encouraging players to pause briefly to let their weapon cool off.

Shield

Reduced duration from 10 → 8s.

Immortal

Now also prevents Fernando and all nearby allies from being afflicted by Damage Over Time effects for the duration of 'Immortal'.

Grohk

Lightning Staff

Increased heat regen rate from 30 → 75/s. This means it will take the 'Lightning Staff' 1s to fully cool down after a 0.5s delay, making it faster than the base overheat penalty encouraging players to pause briefly to let their Weapon cool off.

Chain Lightning

No longer incurs a higher heat cost than normal weapon fire.
No longer deals full damage to the first target. The first target now takes a diminished amount.
Increased the amount of damage secondary targets take from 35% → 50% of Weapon damage.
Fixed third-person animations appearing twitchy when firing.

Tempest

Increased proc rate from once every 0.3s → once every0.6s.
Increased damage from 210 → 450.
Grohk is now immune to Crowd Control while 'Tempest' is active.

Ruckus

Minigun

Now no longer deals full damage at max range. The Minigun has a range of 100 ft, but will deal full damage to targets who are within 70 ft.

Dual Fire

Now reduces accuracy by 10% while firing.
Fixed third person animations appearing twitchy when firing.

Hover

Increased flight speed and acceleration of 'Hover' by 50%.

Skye

Wrist Crossbow

Reduced damage from 115 → 90

Poison Bolts

Increased damage per stack of Poison from 90 → 150.
No longer consumes additional ammo over the normal Weapon fire.
No longer deals direct damage. Poison Bolts now simply applies the Poison to the target.

Time Bomb

Now Poisons targets dealing 1200 damage over 3s rather than directly.
Reduced delay before exploding from 3 → 2.5s.
Renamed to 'Toxic Time Bomb'.
'Time Bomb' now applies through deployed Shields

Cards - Balance/Updates/Fixes

Neutral Cards

General

Neutral Cards have been added to the game that every champion will have access to. These are a base set of cards that fit all general counter situations and allow players to quickly identify what counters the enemy players are equipped with.
Neutral Cards cannot be earned or looted through chests.

Resilience

[Armor] Reduce Crowd Control by {30/45/60/75}%.

Sterilize

[Armor] Reduce the duration of Damage Over Time effects on you by {15/20/25/30}%.

Shelter

[Armor] After being hit for more than 15% of your max HP, you cannot be hit again for more than 15% of your max HP for 3s. {50/40/30/20}s CD.

Juggernaut - Reworked

[Armor] You take {4/6/8/10} less damage per hit.

Exit Strategy

[Armor] Exit combat 3s faster, and regenerate an additional {2/4/6/8}% of your max Health each second.

Nimble

[Armor] +{10/15/20/25}% Movement Speed.

Cauterize

[Weapon] Your Weapon shots reduce your target's healing by {35/50/65/80}% for 3s.

Hamstring

[Weapon] Your Weapon attacks slow enemies by {15/20/25/30}% for 2s.

Bulldozer

[Weapon] Deal +{150/200/250/300}% damage to deployables.

Thunderstruck

[Weapon] Hitting a stealth target with your Weapon reveals it for {2/3/4/5}s.

Chronos - Reworked

[Armor] Reduce the Cooldown of your abilities by {10/15/20/25}%.

Morale Boost

[Armor] Increase the rate at which you charge your ultimate by {10/15/20/25}%.

Big Game

[Weapon] Weapon shots deal bonus damage equal to {6/8/10/12}% of your target's maximum Health.

Wrecker

[Weapon] Your Weapon attacks deal {100/150/200/250}% increased damage to Shields.

Rarity Changes

General

The card rarities have been reworked to fit specific functions more cleanly, with the goal to increase clarity in understanding what an enemy player is capable of when looking at their cards. We have not documented all rarity changes here, check the vault for any specific changes.

Common

These are defensive cards that include counters to the three primary damage methods and Crowd Control.

Uncommon

These are cards centered around movement and healing.

Rare

These are cards focused on countering champion specializations like Shields and Pets.

Epic

These are ability modification cards that focus on champion enhancement.

Legendary

These are damage and Health oriented cards.