Sha Lin is a Damage Champion in Paladins, added on November 10, 2016.
Lore
Tales of the legendary adventurer Sha Lin have spread far and wide across the Realm, recounting his heroic exploits and death-defying antics. During his short lifetime, he's already helped topple warlords, recovered long-lost artifacts, and betrayed the infamous Thousand Hands Guild.
He's pierced as many hearts with his magical longbow as he has broken with his silver tongue, but even he has a stake in the current conflict between the Magistrate and the Resistance, standing up to the oppressive Magistrate on behalf of the common folk.
Summary
Sha Lin is a damage champion and an oppressive ranged attacker, who fires high damage arrows, dealing more damage the longer they are charged. The Crippling Arrow allows him to cripple enemies. Rapid Shot allows Sha Lin to fire many arrows in a short burst. Withdraw (which lets him backflip away) and his Ultimate skill, Heat Haze, both grant Sha Lin stealth, making him invisible, making him harder to track down and allowing him to slip away when under fire. However, he is very reliant on his skills and will be easily taken out while on cooldown. Player awareness and anti-stealth effects are also a harsh counter against him.
Skills
Talents
Cards
This is a list with all cards available to Sha Lin:
Name | Image | Description | Cooldown |
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Bullseye | Reduce your active Cooldowns by {10|10}% when you get an Elimination. | ||
Daring Escape | Increase your Movement Speed by {10|10}% for 3s after Rapid Shot ends. | ||
Grounded | Regenerate {60|60} Health every 1s while using Rapid Shot. | ||
Master Archer | Reduce the Cooldown of Rapid Shot by {0.6|0.6}s. | ||
Mirage | Reduce the Cooldown of Withdraw by {0.6|0.6}. | ||
Oasis | Heal for {80|80} after using Withdraw. | ||
Poise | Reduced the Movement Speed penalty while drawing your Longbow by {20|20}%. | ||
Quick Sand | Reduce the Cooldown of Crippling Arrow by {0.6|0.6}s. | ||
Run Like the Wind | Increase your Movement Speed by {7|7}% for 3s after using Withdraw. | ||
Run Them Down | Increase the duration of the Cripple effect applied by Crippling Arrow by {0.1|0.1}s. | ||
Shimmer | Reset the Cooldown of Withdraw after dropping to or below {15|15}% Health. | 15 | |
Skewer | Hitting an enemy with Crippling Arrow reduces the Cooldown of Rapid Shot by {0.6|0.6}s. | ||
Strike True | Hitting an enemy with Crippling Arrow Heals you for {70|70}. | ||
Swagger | Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}. | ||
Wanderlust | Increase your Movement Speed by {3|3}%. | ||
Windwall | Each arrow of Rapid Shot reduces the Movement Speed of any enemy hit by {5|5}% for 2s. |
- Oasis applies its effect after 0.5s from using Withdraw
Pre-Built Loadouts
All of the following cards are in Sha Lin's pre-built loadouts:
Cosmetic Items
These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Sha Lin:
Champion Skin Collections
Default | |||||
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Weapon | Default Long Bow | ||||
Rarity | Common | ||||
Availability | Standard | ||||
Release | May 17th, 2017
(November 10, 2016) | ||||
Cost | Free | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | Free | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Bravado | |||||
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Weapon | Bravado Long Bow | ||||
Rarity | Common | ||||
Availability | Standard | ||||
Release | May 17th, 2017
(November 10, 2016) | ||||
Cost | 30,000 • 160 • • • (Bravado Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | 30,000 • 160 • • • (Bravado Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Burrito Jersey | |||||
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Loading Art | Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | ||||
Availability | Limited | ||||
Release | April 5, 2017 | ||||
Cost | Burrito Collection | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | Burrito Collection | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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In the Bag | |||||
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Loading Art | Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | ||||
Availability | Exclusive | ||||
Release | April 26, 2018 | ||||
Cost | • | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | • | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Crime Fighter | |||||
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Weapon | Crime Fighter Compound | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Exclusive | ||||
Release | November 15, 2017 | ||||
Cost | • • • • Bounty Store • (Crime Fighter Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Vigilante Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | • • • • Bounty Store • (Crime Fighter Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Vigilante Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Guardian | |||||
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Loading Art | Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Standard | ||||
Release | May 17, 2017 | ||||
Cost | |||||
Voicelines | Vigilante Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | |||||
Voicelines | Vigilante Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Vigilante | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Vigilante Compound | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Standard | ||||
Release | May 17, 2017 | ||||
Cost | 400 • • • (Vigilante Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Vigilante Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | 400 • • • (Vigilante Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Vigilante Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Outlaw | |||||
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Loading Art | Icons | Character Model | |||
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Weapon | Outlaw's Warbow | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Standard | ||||
Release | August 21, 2018 | ||||
Cost | • Bounty Store • • Prime Gaming (Outlaw Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Outlaw Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | • Bounty Store • • Prime Gaming (Outlaw Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Outlaw Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Omega | |||||
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Weapon | Omega Impaler | ||||
Rarity | Epic | ||||
Availability | Exclusive | ||||
Release | February 13, 2019 | ||||
Cost | 800 • • • • • Omega Sha Lin Bundle (400 ) (Omega Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Omega Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | 800 • • • • • Omega Sha Lin Bundle (400 ) (Omega Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Omega Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Golden | |||||
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Weapon | Golden Long Bow | ||||
Rarity | Legendary | ||||
Availability | Mastery | ||||
Release | 3.04 | ||||
Cost | Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
Cost | Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Sha Lin Collection) | ||||
Voicelines | Sha Lin voice lines | ||||
Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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Weapon Skins
Emotes
MVP Poses
Default | ||||
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Rarity | Common | |||
Availability | Standard | |||
Cost | Free | |||
Cost | Free | |||
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Desert Breeze | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Cost | • • | |||
Cost | • • | |||
Character Model | ||||
Burrito GG 2017 | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Limited | |||
Cost | Burrito Collection | |||
Cost | Burrito Collection | |||
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Loose | ||||
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Icon | Character Model | |||
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Rarity | Rare | |||
Availability | Exclusive | |||
Cost | End Times Event: Collect 15 | |||
Cost | End Times Event: Collect 15 | |||
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Trivia
General
- Sha Lin was formerly a member of the Thousand Hands, as was revealed here.
- Sha Lin appears in Corvus' card Magistrate's Might.
- In the line "Du du, du du... du du. Tsk, how does that go again?" (▶️) Sha Lin attempts to sing the song Sandstorm by Darude.
- The line "It is dangerous to go alone." (▶️) is a reference to a line spoken in the original Legend of Zelda.
- Sha Lin's face was reworked on his Default and Bravado Skin on May 17th, 2017. A before and after of his face can be seen here.
Champion Skins
- Bravado
- Bravado is a show of boldness often intended to impress or intimidate.
- Burrito Jersey
- This skin is a promotional item made to promote Burrito eSports.
- In The Bag
- This skin is based on the idea of wearing a paper bag on one's head to hide an ugly appearance.
- Crimefighter / Guardian / Vigilante
- The Crimefighter skin's color scheme may be a reference to Daredevil.
- These skins' death response to Buck "Gah, my back! You broke my back!" (▶️) is a reference to the Batman story Knightfall, in which Batman's back is broken by Bane. The line "You may have broken me once... but not again!" (▶️) also references this.
- These skins' kill taunt against Cassie "You should call yourself Green Sparrow!" (▶️) is a reference to Green Arrow.
- These skins' other kill taunt against Cassie "If your bird was a canary, I think we'd really get along!" (▶️) may be a reference to Black Canary.
- The joke "What should I name my lair? The bow cave? The mirage? Hmm..." (▶️) is a reference to the Batcave. The line "New gadgets for the bow cave!" also references this.
- The joke "I need a theme song. Maybe I can license sandstorm!" (▶️) is a reference to the song Sandstorm by Darude.
- The joke "Archer senses tingling!" (▶️) is a reference to Spider-Man.
- The line "Quick! To the arrow car!" (▶️) is a reference to the 1966 Batman TV series.
- The line "Holy bullseye, champions!" (▶️) is a reference to a phrase often heard from Robin in the 1966 Batman TV series.
- The line "I am Justice. I am The Wind. I am The Desert Shadow!" (▶️) is a reference to the iconic Batman phrase "I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!".
- The line "Freedom, justice and the way of the realm!" (▶️) is a reference to an iconic phrase of Superman.
- The line "Great job, super friend!" (▶️) references the Super Friends TV series.
- The line "Great Scott!" (▶️) is likely another Batman reference, from the episode "When The Rat's Away, The Mice Will Play" from the Batman TV show, said by Adam West (Batman)[1]. It could also be a reference to a frequent phrase from Back To The Future.
- Outlaw
- This skin is one of the few to have appeared in an official lore video; it shares this trait with Dragonborn Moji, Aurora Furia, and Guild Skye.
- Despite appearing in an official lore video, this skin, as well as Dragonborn Moji and Aurora Furia may no longer be considered canon, as can be seen here.
- This skin was part of the Dragon's Call event alongside Dragonborn Moji, Aurora Furia, and Overlord Khan.
- Omega
- The line "I am the droid you're looking for." (▶️) is a reference to a line from Star Wars.
- This skin shares its theme with Omega Terminus, Omega Dredge, Omega Zhin, Omega Vivian, Omega Koga, Omega Makoa and Omega Imani.
Videos
Ability Reveal
How to Play
Changelog
- Cards
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- Resets the Cooldown of Withdraw after dropping to or below 15|15% Health. (30s ICD)
- Reduced Internal Cooldown 30s ➞ 15s
Paladins Release Version 3.3.3657.3 (3.03)
- Talents
- Sand Trap
- Increased damage 100 ➞ 300
- Desert Silence
- Increased Silence duration 1.5s ➞ 2s
Paladins Release Version 3.2.3587.5 (March 4, 2020)
- Abilities
- Longbow
- Increased minimum projectile speed when drawing bow 120 ➞ 300
- Reduced base gravity scaling on arrows 3 ➞ 0.8
- Removed gravity scaling from fully drawn arrows
Paladins Release Version 3.1.3487.7 (January 8, 2020)
- Talents
- Recurve
- Increased draw-rate reduction 15% ➞ 25%
- Explosive Arrows
- Renamed to Sand Trap
- OLD: Impaler Arrow now explodes in a 17-unit-radius area on contact, dealing an additional 300 damage and applying a Knockback to enemies hit, but can no longer Stun
- NEW: Crippling Arrow now explodes in a 20-unit-radius area, dealing an additional 100 damage and Crippling all enemies for 1s.
- Desert Shadow
- Renamed to Desert Silence
- OLD: Increase the damage of your first weapon shot or Planted arrow by 25% during Withdraw’s Stealth effect
- NEW: Crippling Arrow now silences enemies
- Reduced base Silence 2s ➞ 1.5s
- Abilities
- Withdraw
- Reduced Cooldown 15 ➞ 12s
- Impaler Arrow
- Renamed to Crippling Arrow
- OLD: The next shot fired from your bow applies a Knockback on hit and Stuns the target for 1s if they hit a wall
- NEW: The next shot fired from your bow applies a Cripple on hit for 2s.
- Planted
- Renamed to Rapid Shot
- OLD: Plant yourself and quickly fire off a barrage of arrows, each dealing 800 damage per arrow
- NEW: Rapidly fire off a barrage of arrows, each dealing 600 damage per arrow.
- Players can now move while firing this ability
- Reduced Cooldown 18s ➞ 15s
- Decreased number of shots 7 ➞ 5
- Decreased duration 2.3s ➞ 1.8s
- Decreased damage per shot 800 ➞ 600
- Reduce your Movement Speed by 20% while this ability is active
- Cards
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- Reduced Cooldown reduction {1|1}s ➞ {0.6|0.6}s
- OLD: Reduce your damage taken by {5|5}% while using Planted
- NEW: Hitting an enemy with an arrow fired during Rapid Shot applies a {5|5}% Slow for 2s
- Reduced Cooldown reduction {1|1}s ➞ {0.6|0.6}s
- OLD: Increase your Movement Speed by {10|10}% for 4s after hitting an enemy with Impaler Arrow
- NEW: Increase the duration of Crippling Arrow’s effect by {0.1|0.1}s
- Reduced Cooldown reduction {1|1}s ➞ {0.6|0.6}s
- Reduced Movement Speed {5|5}% ➞ {3|3}%
Paladins Release Version 2.11.3416.8 (November 6, 2019)
- Fixed an issue where Players could sometimes not hear Sha Lin’s withdraw audio cue.
Paladins Release Version 2.8.3275.5 (July 17, 2019)
- Bug Fixes
- Reticle now blooms when jumping.
- Fixed an issue where Explosive Arrows would slow Sha Lin after they hit.
Paladins Release Version 2.4.3113.12 (March 27, 2019)
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed Sha Lin audio getting stuck on when using Impaler Arrow
Paladins Release Version 2.1.3013.12 (January 16, 2019)
- Talents
- Shifting Sands removed
- Cards
- Quick Sand – NEW: Reduced Impaler Arrow’s cooldown by {0.6|0.6}s
- Poise – NEW: Reduced the movement speed penalty while drawing your Long Bow by {20|20}%
- Skewer – NEW: Successful hits with Impaler Arrow reduce the cooldown of planted by {1|1}s
- The Hunt Bug Fixes
- The knockback from Impaler Arrow’s explosion no longer ignores CC immunity.
Paladins Beta Version 0.68.2559 (March 28, 2018)
- Skewer (Card)
- Reveals to Self Only.
- Cards
- Oasis
- After using Withdraw heal for {50|50} ➡ {80|80}.
- Poise
- Gain {10|10}% ➡ {14|14}% Crowd Control Reduction.
- Quick Sand
- [Impaler Arrow] Reduce the cooldown of Impaler Arrow by {5|5}% ➡ {6|6}%.
- Shimmer
- Gain {10|10}% damage reduction during Withdraw's stealth.
- NEW EFFECT: Dropping below {15|15}% health resets the cooldown of Withdraw.
- Strike True
- Heal for {50|50} ➡ {70|70} when striking an enemy with Impaler arrow.
Paladins Beta Version 0.66.2496 (February 21, 2018)
- Withdraw
- No longer leaves an “illusion” of Sha Lin.
- Heat Haze
- Firing during Heat Haze no longer leaves “illusions” of Sha Lin and Instead reveals him for 0.5s.
Paladins Beta Version 0.64.2312 (December 18, 2017)
- Cards
- Poise
- [Armor] Gain {5|5}% Crowd Control Reduction.
- Maximum rank Crowd Control reduction increased from 20% to 50%.
- Run Them Down
- [Impaler Arrow] Gain {5|5}% Movement Speed for 4s after hitting.
- Impaler Arrow
- Updated description to correctly indicate the duration.
- Windwall
- [Planted] Gain {2.5|2.5}% Damage Reduction during Planted.
- Damage Reduction per rank increased from 3% to 5%.
- Legendary Cards
- Explosive Arrows
- New.
- [Impaler Arrow] Impaler Arrow now explodes on contact for an additional {255|15} damage and knocks back all enemies in the radius, but can no longer stun.
- Shifting Sands
- [Planted] Killing an enemy resets the Cooldown of Planted and Planted deals {8.5|.5}% more damage.
- Now also increases the damage of Planted.
Paladins Beta Version 0.62.2219.2 (November 2, 2017)
- Cards
- Run Like the Wind
- Movement Speed reduced from 10/20/30/40% to 7/14/21/28%.
- Legendary Cards
- Desert Shadow
- Additional stealth time reduced from 3s to 2s.
Paladins Beta Version 0.60.2150 (October 4, 2017)
- General
- Fixed Sha Lin able to emote while holding his primary fire.
Paladins Beta Version 0.58.2083 (September 7, 2017)
- Withdraw
- No longer goes on cooldown until Sha Lin exits stealth.
- Legendary Cards
- Desert Shadow
- Only grants increased damage to shots fired during stealth.
Paladins Beta Version 0.56.2014 (August 9, 2017)
- Long Bow
- Reduced the amount Sha Lin is slowed while drawing his bow from 30% to 10%.
Paladins Beta Version 0.55.1992.3 (July 26, 2017)
- Impaler Arrow
- Fixed an issue that caused the knockback and stun of this ability to work inconsistently.
Paladins Beta Version 0.54.1958.1 (July 12, 2017)
- Planted
- Description updated to mention that Planted acts as a weapon attack.
- Legendary Cards
- Desert Shadow
- Also grants 30% damage to shots that break stealth.
- Shifting Sands
- Reworked.
- Reset the Cooldown of Planted when you kill an enemy.
Paladins Beta Version 0.52.1903 (June 14, 2017)
- General
- Increased volume (slightly) for Vigilante Sha Lin Voice pack.
Paladins Beta Version 0.49.1796.2 (May 3, 2017)
- General
- Fixed animation clipping when using emotes in lobby.
Paladins Beta Version 0.48.1768.1 (April 19, 2017)
- Planted
- Increased the time it takes planted to start firing from 0.4 to 0.6s.
Paladins Beta Version 0.47.1740 (April 5, 2017)
- Impaler Arrow
- Updated description to correctly show Direct damage.
- Planted
- Updated description to correctly show Direct damage.
Paladins Beta Version 0.44.1634 (February 22, 2017)
- Legendary Cards
- Desert Shadow
- [Withdraw] Increase the Stealth duration of Withdraw by 3s.
- Recurve
- [Weapon] Draw your bow 15% faster.
- Shifting Sands
- [Heat Haze] Gain 100% Lifesteal during Heat Haze.
Paladins Beta Version 0.43.1585 (February 8, 2017)
- Long Bow
- Fixed an issue where Sha Lin's bow would not get interrupted when pulled back, upon getting disarmed.
- Planted
- Fixed an issue where Sha Lin's animations would get stuck in the planted state during killcam and spectate.
Paladins Beta Version 0.41.1526.1 (January 16, 2017)
- Impaler Arrow
- Fixed issue with immediately being able to draw another Impaler arrow after initial activation.
Paladins Beta Version 0.40.1478.3 (December 20, 2016)
- General
- Fixed an issue where some visual effects were persisting after using abilities before mounting.
- Impaler Arrow
- Added first person camera visual effects when target is stunned.
Paladins Beta Version 0.39.1450.2 (December 7, 2016)
- Cards
- Grounded
- Fixed an issue where this card was healing for 13% less than intended at all ranks.
Paladins Beta Version 0.38.1420 (November 21, 2016)
- Cards
- Bullseye
- Fixed an issue where this card was not working at times.
- Oasis
- Fixed an issue where this card was not working at times.
- Quick Sand
- Fixed an issue where this card was not working at times.
- Run Like the Wind
- Fixed an issue where this card was not working at times.
Paladins Beta Version 0.37.1400 (November 10, 2016)
- Sha Lin has been added to the game.
Removed skills
Removed talents
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