Paladins latest champion Mal’Damba joins the beta

Hi-Rez Studios has just released beta patch 35 for Paladins which also brings a new champion called Mal’Damba.

This new addition to the Paladins roster loves to through cobras and can also heal allies over time. His Q skills is an AOE heels for allies while at the same time gives damage to enemies. His ultimate is a giant snake which fears all enemy Champions for 2s and causes them to take 20% additional damage from all sources for the duration.

A new tutorial mode has been added to the game and the payload game mode has received some tweaks.

Paladins beta 35 patch notes

New Champion: Mal’Damba, Wekono’s Chosen

• Weapon [LMB] – Spitting Cobra
  • Fires as glob of venom every .55s dealing 450 damage to a single target.
  • Bonus Damage: Reloading throws the cobra dealing up to 550 based on how much ammo is missing and stunning enemies for 1s.
• Secondary Fire [RMB] – Mending Spirits
  • Summon a spirit to enchant an ally healing 280 Health every second for 5 seconds.
• Ability [Q] – Gourd
  • Toss a gourd full of venom that heals allies for 200 Health every second and damages enemies for 100 Damage every second.
• Ability [F] – Slither
  • Quickly slither forward, becoming untargetable for the duration.
• Ultimate [E] – Dread Serpent
  • Fire a dark vessel that explodes when it lands, fearing all enemy Champions for 2s and causing them to take 20% additional damage from all sources for the duration.
• Cards
  • Incorporeal
    • Gain 50/100/150/200 Health.
  • Feed the Spirits
    • Reduce all active cooldowns by 10/20/30/40% when getting an elimination.
  • Snake Pit
    • Gain 5/10/15/20% Reload Speed.
  • Sustenance
    • Receive 5/10/15/20% more healing when below 50% Health.
  • Eerie Presence
    • Reduce the cooldown of Mending Spirits by .5/1/1.5/2s if you miss.
  • Ritual Magic
    • Heal for 15/30/45/60 Health every second Mending Spirits is active on an ally.
  • Swift Spirits
    • Mending Spirits grants 7/14/21/28% Movement Speed to allies.
  • Possession
    • Gain 4/8/12/16% Damage Reduction every second Mending Spirits is active on an ally.
  • Many Gourds
    • Reduce the Cooldown of Gourd by .5/1/1.5/2s.
  • Venomous Gourd
    • Gourd generates 1/2/3/4 ammo.
  • Lighter Gourd
    • Gourd gains 10/20/30/40% projectile speed.
  • Pungent Gourd
    • Gain vision on enemies for .5/1/1.5/2s after hitting them with Gourd.
  • Liminal Passage
    • Increase the distance Slither travels by 10/20/30/40%.
  • Fleeting
    • Reduce the Cooldown of Slither by .5/1/1.5/2s.
  • Spirit’s Touch
    • Activating Slither heals you for 50/100/150/200
  • Otherworldly
    • Gain 10/20/30/40% Movement Speed for 2s after Slither ends.

GENERAL

• Added a Tutorial for new players to learn the game.
• Improved Custom match support
• Players can now purchase cards for gold during the Loadout import process
• Improved jitters near payload
• Net code improvements (smoother movement corrections)
• Fixed an issue where champions’ voices would react to getting healed when they were already at full health.
• Players can now copy decks from the leaderboard
• Fixed a bug where longer chat messages would get cut off
• Addressed an issue where the overtime bar would get stuck on
• Extend Payload round begin phase for attackers from 30s to 50s (Defenders can still leave their base at 10s).
  • Fixed a bug with round 2 of Payload where both teams lose 5 seconds from their preparation time due to the slow motion effect at the end of round 1.
• Party members have a slightly different tint in-game
• Sources of healing, such as Ying illusions, now have a + icon above them
• Added crystal icons to the loading screen to signify that players are still loading.
• Added an audio notification during overtime.
• Added Cyrillic font to the game
• Fixed a number of crash conditions.
• Additional VFX performance updates for low end machines.
• New emotes are now available.
• Players may now only play mastered champions in the Competitive queue.

UI

• Locked champions now are desaturated and have a lock frame.
• Champions that are not able to be selected now have a strikethrough presentation.
• Updated champion mastery frame art.

Addional changes to champion balance can be found in the full patch notes.