0.52 - Tyrant's Onslaught | June 14, 2017

New Champion - Zhin, The Tyrant

Weapon [LMB] - Inferno Blade

Within 2 seconds, Hurl burning oil with two quick swings that deal 450 damage and a heavy swing that deals 700 damage.

Secondary Fire [RMB] - Counter

Enter a counter stance for 2s. If you take an enemy hit to the front of your character you negate any effects of the hit and counter attack with a melee strike dealing 700 damage.

Ability 1 [Q] - Billow

Disperse into smoke, become un-targetable and gain +20% movement speed for 2.5s.

Ability 2 [F] - Whirl

Lunge forward while swinging your blade in a deadly arc dealing 400 damage to nearby enemies.

Ultimate [E] - Spite

Launch forward and incapacitate an enemy with a series of vicious melee attacks dealing 2000 damage over 1.5s.

Cards

Legendaries

Guillotine [Default]

[Spite] Spite Now deals 25% of the targets maximum Life with every hit. Also increases your ultimate charge rate by 15%.

Retaliation

[Counter] After Countering an attack you remain in your Counter stance.

Smolder

[Billow] Heal for 60% of your maximum life over the Duration of Billow.

Cards

Dragon Oil

[Armor] Increase your ammo count by 1/2/3/4.

Heartless

[Armor] Kills grant 10/20/30/40% Movement Speed for 4s.

Infamy

[Armor] Increase you maximum health by 50/100/150/200.

Malice

[Armor] Gain 5/10/15/20% Reload Speed.

Footwork

[Counter] Increase your Movement Speed by 10/20/30/40% during Counter.

Master Stance

[Counter] Increase the duration of Counter by 0.25/0.5/0.75/1s.

Perfect Block

[Counter] Successfully Countering an attack will Heal you for 100/200/300/400 health.

Viciousness

[Counter] Successfully Countering an attack will generate 2/4/6/8 ammo.

Embers

[Billow] Activating Billow generates 1/2/3/4 ammo.

Fan the Flames

[Billow] Kills reduce the cooldown of Billow by 25/50/75/100%.

Hideout

[Billow] Increase the duration of Billow by .5/1/1.5/2s.

Up in Smoke

[Billow] Increase the Speed of Billow by 10/20/30/40%.

Blade Dance

[Whirl] Increase the Distance of Whirl by 15/30/45/60%.

Fuel for the Fire

[Whirl] Whirl grants 5/10/15/20% Lifesteal for 2s.

Kindling

[Whirl] Activating Whirl generates 1/2/3/4 ammo.

Wild Fire

[Whirl] Reduce the cooldown of Whirl by 0.5/1/1.5/2s for every enemy hit.

New Game Mode: Onslaught

“We are excited to introduce the Onslaught Game Mode! Play any of your favorite champions or try someone new in this combat focused arena.”
Each kill scores the team 5 points, and controlling the large combat zone in the middle of the arena earns 2 points per second. The first team to 400 points, or the team with the most points after 10 minutes, wins.
Onslaught will currently replace Survival in the Game Mode Rotation

General

Added Legendaries, Loadout cards, & Items to History Page at end of match lobby.
Combat Feedback

Made improvements to our in-combat sound priority, targeted at enhancing the sound of enemies attacking you from behind.
Optimized damage source indicator.
“We are aiming to improve awareness and clarity around damage sources. We've made improvements to the damage indicators on the edges of your screen and the way the game prioritizes sounds from enemies. We will continue to pursue improvements in this area.”

Replaced ‘Flank Kills’ with ‘Killing Blows’.

“We believe killing blows are clearer to understand and just as good a measure of skill for Flanks.”

Reduced the credit bonus from killing blows for flanks from 200% to 130%.
By Default, players will have ‘Show Team Health’ selected in options.
Added Chat commands /ignore and /block players.
Improved visibility of ‘Press K to View Skills’ message.
Updated in game message when it's the final point to win match.
Improved Payload indicator to show how many players and the direction of movement.
Added ability to equip an entire Collection after purchase.
Reduce percent active cooldown cards now work off full cooldown value, rather than cooldown remaining. Fixed bugs with this system that broke cooldown refunds for abilities with charges.
Network optimizations

“Hi-Rez has developed extensive networking optimizations for our other titles that smooth out gameplay and reduce the chances for lag. We are rolling these into the Paladin's code base for OB52.”
Changes based on some pilot testing

The # of very subtle lag events (server missing a tick or two) went down by 99%.

“This would be likely noticeable as a more smooth feel especially in intense fighting”

1. of slight lag events (server missing 3 to 5 ticks) went down by 50%.
2. of big lag events (server missing > 5 ticks) went down by 25%.

General Bug Fixes

Fixed card rarity in Loadout displaying incorrectly.
Fixed Voice Packs showing incorrect message for how to obtain.
Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented healing allies through friendly shields.

Customizations

Champions

Zhin

Greed (Common)

Champion skin
Weapon

Warlord (Uncommon)

Champion skin
Weapon

Nomad (Uncommon)

Champion skin
Weapon

MISC

Voice Pack: Zhin
Emote: Dragon's Breath
Emote: Kindle
MVP: Crouching Tiger

Cassie

Blood Moon

Champion skin
Weapon

Evie

Obsidian

Champion Skin + Weapon

Cosmic

Champion Skin + Weapon

MISC

Emote
MVP
Spray

Mal'Damba

Obsidian

Champion Skin + Weapon

Cosmic

Champion Skin + Weapon

MISC

Emote
MVP
Spray

Willo

Viceroy

Champion skin
Weapon

Ying

Replicant

Champion skin + Voice Pack
Weapon

Quicksilver

Champion skin
Weapon

Chests

Flair Chest

Added

Wish Granted
War Games
3 Wishes
Hot Potato
Ten-Hut!

Weapon Chest

Price reduced from 100 crystals to 80 Crystals

Maps

Test Queue rotation

New Map: Sewers

Design changes and features

Siege Mode Capture points in Overtime will check for ownership and contestation at a faster rate

Map Bug Fixes

Fixed in issue in Brightmarsh where players could see through a pillar.
Fixed a spot in Frog Isle where players could get stuck.
Fixed inconsistencies with gaining bonus jump height next to obstacles.

Champions - Balance/Updates/Fixes

Barik

Cards

Combat Repair

Healing value increased from 50/100/150/200 to 100/150/200/250.

“For a 4 point investment we want Barik to get more value from this card.”

Fernando

Cards

Cavalier

Increased Health bonus from 125/250/375/500 to 150/300/450/600.

“Fernando's health card was lacking compared to equivalent front lines, this should toughen up the Self Appointed Knight.”

Last Stand

Increased Activation Threshold from 50% to 60%.
Increased healing amount from 75/150/225/300 to 100/200/300/400.

“Last stand has the potential to be a very powerful tool, this added boost will put Fernando's sustain in a better spot.”

Grohk

Tempest

Now also heals Grohk for 500 health every 0.5s.

“Too often the Lightning Orc would begin his tempest and get burned down, Grohk will now be able to rely more on his ult in the heat of combat.”

Inara

Earthen Guard

Bonus healing received Increased from 60% to 80%.

Maeve

Nine Lives

Animation Time reduced from 0.7 seconds to 0.4.

“Maeve is a high octane and fluid-combat based champion. The Animation time on Nine lives would often times feel clunky and interrupt your ability rhythm. The ability will now feel more natural and seamless.”