New Season has kicked off !

S9 End of Season Balancing Update[drodo.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com]

● The last of the season (31/10) will be the off season break to award the execellent players. Games played on the day does not affect Rankings. New season S10 Ghost starts from 01/11!
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Synergies Update
● Dwarf - Take Aim(2): Ranged attacks deal 5% increased damage for every 2 square from the target
● Ogre - Iron Fist(2): 20% bonus per stack and 10 maximum stacks instead of 25% bonus and 8 stacks
● Knight - Divine Protection(2)(4)(6): Armor bonus 20 instead of 25 when the shield activates
● Beast - Power of the Wild(6): +25 damage per stack instead of 20
● Undead - Horror(6): Armor reduction 6 instead of 4

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Pieces Update
● New decorations of diretide
● Enchantress' HP from 400/800/1500 to 400/800/1400, Magic resistance from 0 to 10
● Furion's HP from 500/1000/1900 to 500/1000/1750
● Slark's attack interval from 0.9 to 0.85
● Terrorblade Metamorphosis' attack speed bonus from 40/50/60 to 30/40/50
● Treant Protector's HP from 750/1500/2800 to 750/1500/2650
● Meepo's HP from 750/1500/2250 to 700/1400/2100
● Storm Spirit BallLightning's damage per 100 distance from 25/40/80 to 30/50/90
● Earth Spirit Rolling Stone's damage from 300/400/600 to 250/350/550
● Windrunner Shackle shot's stun duration from 0.5 to 1 if failed and 2/3/5 to 2.5/3.5/5 if succeeded
● Medusa gets split shot: Damage -50% and splits into 2/3/4 shots
● Medusa's attack damage from 75 to 65
● Lone Druid's HP from 800/1600/3000 to 800/1600/2800
● Elder Titan's HP from 1100/2200/3800 to 1000/2000/3500

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Items Update
● Diffusal Blade: Deals additional 50 pure damage to illusions and hexxed pieces instead of burning mana
● Hand of Midas: Can hold 2x piece level gold instead of 1x
● Manta Style: CD 20s instead of 30s
● Blink Dagger: CD 20s instead of 15s
● Vanguard: Blocks 40/80 instead of 35/70
● Moonshard: Attack speed bonus 120 instead of 100
● Linkin's sphere: CD 5s instead of 10s
● Daedalus: 3.5x crit instead of 4x
● Assault Cuirass: Attack damage +/-15 instead of +/-10
● Scythe Of Vyse: Transforms an enemy piece of the highest level into a harmless animal instead of a random one
● Heart of Tarrasque: +50% HP instead of 30%
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● Fix bugs

● fix bugs

● fix bugs

Planetfall from the High Mountain (Part II)[drodo.oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com]

The one we know as the Elder Titan was a great innovator, one who studied at the forge of creation. In honing his skills, he shattered something that could never be repaired, only thrown aside. He fell into his own broken world, a shattered soul himself. There he dwelt among the jagged shards and fissured planes, along with other lost fragments that had sifted down through the cracks in the early universe. And this is why the world we know resembles an isle of castaways, survivors of a wreck now long forgotten. Forgotten, that is, by all but the One who blames himself. He spends his time forever seeking a way to accomplish the repairs, that he might rejoin the parts of his broken soul, that we and the world alike might all be mended. This is the One we know as Elder Titan from the lores of the Taurens.

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Chess Piece Updates
● New Chess Piece: Elder Titan($5 Tauren God Druid)
Ability - Earth Splitter: Sends forth a jagged crack in front of Elder Titan. After 3 seconds, the crack implodes, stunning while dealing damage to each enemy based on their maximum life. Half of the damage dealt is Magical damage, while the other half is Physical damage.
● Reworked Bounty Hunter's Shuriken Toss:
Shuriken Toss: Hurls a deadly shuriken at the enemy of the lowest health, dealing damage and mini-stunning the target. A lesser shuriken then bounces to the second lowest-health enemy and deals damage that is 1 rank lower.
● Legion Commander now benefits Press The Attack bonus damage from Loot Rounds. Decreased bonus damage per stack from 10/20/40 to 10/20/30. Promoted Legion Commander now inherits the highest Press The Attck bonus damage stacks from the minor pieces, instead of adding them together.
● Mars is no longer in defense stance and is able to atttack as other chess pieces do. Bulwark now has a knock-back effect.
Bulwark: Mars wields his massive shield to block a portion of each physical attack when hit from the front or sides. Periodically, Mars smashes and knocks back enemies in 3-grid range in front of him with his shield, dealing physical damage.
● Increased Tusk's base attack cooldown from 1.2 to 1.3 sec.
● Decreased Timbersaw's Whirling Death cooldown from 6/5/4 to 6/4/3 sec.
● Decreased Nature's Prophet Nature's Call Treant base armor from 5 to 4.
● Balanced Meepo's base health from 750/1500/2400 to 750/1500/2250.
● Improved Visage's Familiar base attack cooldown from 1.4 to 1.3 sec, base mana regeneration from 0/5/10 to 5/10/20.
● Least Wins Prize of the Month: Dark Willow has been temporarili removed from the game. She will be back after balancing and rework.

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Synergy Updates
● Added (4) Tauren's Totem of the Clan:
(2) Taurens: Summons a Scarecrow Totem at the start of the battle. (Changed the name of Taunt Totem)
(4) Taurens: Summons a Woodpecker Totem and a Horn Totem at the start of the battle.
Woodpecker Totem: Whenever an enemy chess piece casts ability, Woodpecker Totem has 50% chance to silence the caster for 6 sec and deal 500 magical damage.
Horn Totem: Whenever an enemy chess piece attacks, Horn Totem has 10% to disarms the aggressor for 3 sec and deal 250 physical damage.
● Balanced Elves' Evasion:
(3) Elves: All friendly elves have +20% evasion.
(6) Elves: All allies have +25% evasion. (up from 20%)
(9) Elves: All allies have +20% evasion. Any successful dodge creates an illusion of the chess piece. (previously only evasions under (9) Elves' 20% chance creates illusion)
● Tome of Knowledge now grants the bonus XP with rounding up to the nearest integer. (from rounding down)
● Tome of Knowledge and Heart of the Machine can now be obtained in Loot Rounds.

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Gameplay Optimization
● Fog of War: Dynamic Fog of War now covers chessboards that you are now currently spectating to reduce graphic resource usage and potentially mitigate lagging issues in postgames.
● Dismiss Optimization: Added a Dismiss button in Chess Piece List panel to quickly Dismissed selected group of pieces.
● Chess Piece AI Optimization: Path is now calculated in 3-grid segments instead of one single way to mitigate the problem of passing by an enemy without having a battle.
● Loot Rounds Updates: Tome of Knowledge and Heart of the Machine can now be obtained in Loot Rounds. Legion Commander also benefits from Lott Round victories with Press The Attack. Loot Rounds do not break your winning streak or losing streak as before.