Paragon’s new hero Drongo detailed and patch v.42.3 notes

Paragon  v.42.3 Patch Notes

MAJOR FEATURES

• Drongo will be available on 8/29
  • Drongo cosmetic content added to the store:
    • Skin: Scavenger Drongo
    • Emote: Yeehaw – Drongo

HEROES

• Hero balance
  • Wukong
    • Base health from 672 to 590
    • Health per level from 68 to 59
    • Base Health regen from 1.14 to 0.98
    • Health regen per level from .13 to 0.10
    • Base basic defense from 25.2 to 22.68
    • Basic defense per level from 3.24 to 2.27
    • Basic attack damage per level from 3.24 to 2.84
    • Attack speed per level from 2.25 to 1.8
    • Cloudwalker
      • Cooldown from 12/11/10/9 to 14/13/12/11
    • Control Aggression
      • Gold bounty from 20/30/40/50 to 10/15/20/25
  • Iggy
    • Base health from 663 to 624
    • Health per level from 67 to 69
    • Base health regen from 1.30 to 1.04
    • Health regen per level from 0.14 to 0.11
    • BLAZE!
      • damage per tick from 13/23/33 to 12/22/31
      • Power scaling per tick from 0.37 to 0.34
  • Kallari
    • Shadow Dance
      • Cooldown from 12/10/8/6 to 14/13/12/11
    • Basic attack base dmg from 59 to 56
    • Basic attack dmg per level from 4 to 3
    • Attack speed per level from 2.7 to 2.5
    • Base Basic Defense from 25 to 20
    • Basic defense per level from 3 to 2.6
    • Shadow Walk
      • Mana cost from 50 to 60
  • Kwang
    • Light of the Heavens
      • Ability defense from 40/60/80/100 to 20/40/60/80
      • Basic defense from 40/60/80/100 to 20/40/60/80
    • Basic defense per level from 3.2 to 2.9
  • Gideon
    • Cosmic Rift
      • Power scaling from 3.03 to 3.55
    • Burden
      • Power scaling from 1.79 to 2.09
    • Black Hole
      • Power scaling from 3.57 to 4.18
  • Wraith
    • Base Attack Time (BAT) from 0.95 to 0.85 (increases attack speed)
    • Base health from 554 to 566
    • Health per level from 57 to 61
    • Base health regen from 0.96 to .94
  • Zinx
    • Kitty Claws
      • Mana cost from 60/70/80/90 to 35/41/47/53
      • Power scaling from .21 to .75
      • Base dmg from 41/64/88/111 to 35/56/77/98
  • Revenant
    • Polish and Bug Fixing
      • Fixed a bug where Revenant wouldn’t automatically reload if his RMB was leveled.

CARDS

NOTE: All updates are based on Level 1 card values, but will affect cards of all levels.

• DEATH
  • Awaken the Emeric
    • Increased the cost from 4 VIT / 6 INT to 4 VIT / 8 INT.
    • Increased the rate at which minions with Drain Life lose health from 3% Max Health to 5% Max Health per second.
    • Increased structure damage against Toxic Horde minions, they’ll now be killed in one attack.
    • Increased volume of card activation and the range at which it can be heard.
    • Fixed an issue where minions would path directly to core after being converted while between objectives.
  • Guard Piercer
    • Reduced basic armor penetration from 22 to 16.
  • Invader Mage
    • Reduced ability armor penetration from 12 to 10.
  • Lord Volstok
    • Renamed ability from ‘Experienced’ to ‘Dark Price’.
  • Nameless Curse
    • Increased damage per second from 50 to 60.
    • Reduced duration from 18 seconds to 16 seconds.
  • Numbing Rogue
    • Fixed an issue where the debuff aura would sometimes be lost on death.
  • Shadow Dancer
    • Increased cost from 3 VIT / 6 INT to 4 VIT / 7 INT.
    • Reduced duration from 15 seconds to 10 seconds.
    • Increased Power from 14 to 18.
  • Swamp Stalker
    • Reduced isolated basic damage bonus from 35 to 30.
  • Vampiric Blade
    • Adjusted cost from 9 AGI / 4 VIT to 7 AGI / 6 VIT.
• KNOWLEDGE
  • Corrosive Walker
    • Fixed an issue which would cause card functionality to break occasionally.
  • Cryo-Agent
    • Reduced internal cooldown from 10 seconds to 4 seconds.
  • Echelon Soldier
    • Reduced fade time from 2 seconds to 1.5 seconds.
  • Generator
    • Reduced cost from 1500 gold to 1200 gold.
    • Reduced mana regen per second from 100 to 75.
  • Rejuvenator
    • Now has 2 charges.
    • Increased cost from 200 gold to 300 gold.
  • Sleeper Agent
    • Fixed an issue where it could be used to target enemies in the Shadowplane without vision of them.
  • Supply Sergeant
    • Fixed an issue which would cause card functionality to break occasionally.
  • Wetware Virus
    • Increased flat damage reduction from 30 to 50.
    • Increased attack speed slow from -30 to -50.
• ORDER
  • Brilliant Fortification
    • Increased duration from 6 seconds to 7 seconds.
    • Reduced cost from 1000 Gold / 4 INT to 1000 Gold / 3 INT
  • Domain of Stillness
    • Fixed an issue which would cause card functionality to break occasionally.
  • Gates of Salvation
    • Increased heal from 225 to 275.
    • Reduced base cooldown from 45 seconds to 35 seconds.
    • Increased the elevated effect frequency increase per attribute point from 2% to 4%.
  • Godmother Vigilant
    • Reduced base Max Health bonus from 15% to 10%.
    • Reduced Max Health from 565 to 240.
    • Now grants 190 Max Mana.
  • Knight of Ashur
    • Increased base basic damage from 25 to 30.
    • Increased the elevated effect basic damage per attribute point from 1.5 to 2.5.
  • Mallenks Grace
    • Increased % Max Health shield granted from 15% to 25%.
    • Reduced mana cost from 100 to 75.
  • Mallenks Prayer
    • Fixed an issue which would cause card functionality to break occasionally.
  • Mallenks Tribute
    • Reduced maximum shield value from 20% Max Health to 15% Max Health.
    • No longer grants attack speed.
    • Now grants 290 Max Health.
  • Radiant Healer
    • Tooltip has been updated for consistency.
  • Yomi Guardian
    • Reduced cost from 3 DEX / 9 VIT to 3 DEX / 7 VIT.
    • Increased damage block from 50 to 70.
    • Reduced Basic Armor from 36 to 24.
    • Reduced Max Health from 300 to 240.
    • Fixed an issue which would cause card functionality to break occasionally.
  • Yomi Scepter
    • Now displays the pink ‘Revealed’ eye above players heads while debuffed.
    • No longer affects enemy minions, will only apply to Heroes.
• GROWTH
  • Battle Shepherd
    • Increased minion health regen aura from 10 to 55.
    • Renamed ability from ‘Minion Leader Aura’ to ‘Split Pusher’.
  • Exoskeleton
    • Reduced flat damage block from 8 to 6.
  • Flame of Zechin
    • Increased cost from 2000 Gold to 3000 Gold.
    • Reduced base damage from 500 to 400.
    • Reduced damage per activation from 150 to 100.
    • Increased cooldown from 45 seconds to 60 seconds.
    • Increased mana cost from 25 to 50.
  • Growth Totem
    • Increased Power gained per minute from .8 to 1.0
    • Increased Max Health gained per minute from 15 to 20.
  • Pack Leader
    • Affected minions now have 150 increased movement speed when chasing a marked target.
    • Reduced duration from 30 seconds to 15 seconds.
    • Increased cast range from 800 to 1200.
  • Spry-Kin
    • Reduced cost from 2 VIT / 5 INT to 2 VIT / 4 INT.
    • Reduced cooldown from 120 seconds to 65 seconds.
    • Reduced percentage gained on activation from 60% missing health and mana to 50% missing health and mana.
  • Thundercleaver
    • Fixed an issue which would cause card active functionality to break occasionally.
  • Vengeful Mire
    • No longer remove you from the Shadowplane on activation.
    • Fixed an issue which would cause card functionality to break occasionally.
• CHAOS
  • Deathcrawler
    • Reduced attack speed reduction from 65 to 50.
    • Reduced critical damage bonus from 300% to 250%.
    • Now has visual FX while active.
  • Nukeblood Mutant
    • Increased movement speed per stack from 15 to 20.
    • Increased attack speed per stack from 4 to 5.
  • Tireless Reaper
    • No longer remove you from the Shadowplane on activation.
  • Thorned Yomi
    • Cooldown now displays properly.
  • Unstable Cyborg
    • No longer remove you from the Shadowplane on activation.
    • Fixed an issue which would cause card functionality to break occasionally.

GEMS

NOTE: All updates are based on PVP normalized gem values, but will affect gems of all rolls.

• Multishot
  • Reduced damage of additional projectiles from 80% to 60%.
• Polish and Bug Fixing
  • Fixed a bug that made it possible to lose the ability to equip or unequip cards after selecting other cards while unequipping.

MONOLITH

• Jungle Bot refinements: – Overall goal for refinements is keeping the Jungler in the field more & increasing how often they help push lanes
  • Jungle Bots will push lane after successful gank instead of retreating back to jungle
  • Raised Gold recall requirements by 1000 to keep them in the field more often
  • Mid game, Jungle Bots will help push lanes mid game unless friendly white camps have >=4 minions
  • Removed gold spent qualification from attack Green camp objective
  • Removed spending & enemy distance requirements from stealing Gold camp
  • Jungle bots will no longer clear a 1-minion white camp mid game
• Aim Assist – fixed an issue where the aim assist was happening on targets that weren’t visible to the enemy.

UI AND GAME SYSTEMS

• Economy and Progression Updates
  • Lowered the prices of Mastery Ranks 1 – 4 across all heroes:
    • Rank 1: 25,000 Reputation or 25 Coins
    • Rank 2: 75,000 Reputation or 75 Coins
    • Rank 3: 150,000 Reputation or 150 Coins
    • Rank 4: 250,000 Reputation or 250 Coins
  • Added Mastery Tokens. These tokens can be claimed for a Mastery Rank for any hero and any rank. They can be found in various reward systems.
  • Refunded all ranks purchased between Rank 1 and 4 with a free Mastery Token.
  • Added a Mastery Token to the Week 1 September Mega Vault track.
  • Increased the chance to get the Reputation Reward for a Daily Quest.
  • Removed all card level restrictions from finding them in chests. Now all cards can be found in any chest at any level.
  • Increased the Loot Crate substitution reward (when all Common items are owned) to 500,000 Reputation (from 100,000).
  • You can now purchase a Mega Vault Key during the final week of the month.
  • The first week in the September Monthly Mega Vault now has a Mastery Token as the 60-Star reward (replacing the normal Diamond Chest).
  • Changed the account level at which PvP is unlocked from 5 to 3.
• Scoreboard Updates
  • Reorganized the layout for better readability and comparability.
  • Added team totals
  • Added Total Gold. Total Gold is only visible on yourself until the match is over.
  • Local Player now stands out better and is always on the top.
  • Time text is now accurate when the scoreboard shows at the end.
  • Enemy heroes that were not visible at the end of a match are now shown as visible with their values updated when the match ends.
  • Improved Post Match scoreboard readability
  • Bot difficulty is now represented with text and not stars
• Deck Builder
  • Reorganized the layout so that it’s tab-based rather than a wizard. This allows you to take any step at any time.
  • You can now see gems and cards in your deck at any step.
  • Players can now click on summary cards to deselect them from deck.
  • Selected cards in your deck now stand out as much brighter.
  • Gem Selection UI generally updated for a cleaner flow.
  • Cards are now smaller on PC.
  • Scrolling is now much faster.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where sometimes your decks would create a copy rather than save the existing deck.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed several layout issues related to different safe zone settings on PS4.
• Cards and Gems UI
  • Cards now clearly state if they are Active or Passive.
  • Cards are now dimmed on the HUD when you don’t have enough mana to cast them.
  • Toggle State cards now dim/lighten based on if they’re currently active or not.
  • Searching for gems and cards now searches the description text.
  • Sorting should now always function as expected.
  • Scrolling is now much faster.
  • Gems are now more compressed in the screen.
  • Sort button is now a dropdown on PC.
  • Updated the art on Black Ice Routine and Rejuvenator.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed mana regen value formatting when showing level up delta.
  • Bug Fix: Gems should no longer vanish when hovered in certain conditions.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where PS4 controllers could not use the search field.
• Card Shop
  • Added Stats panel to the Card Shop, showing the current value of all stats.
  • Displayed gold cost now correctly updates on Cultivate cards.
  • Added a special display for when you attempt to play a card that you cannot afford.
  • Bug Fix: Gems no longer show duplicates after swapping decks or rejoining a match.
  • Bug Fix: “Points Available” on attributes will now be translated.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a rare crash that could occur with attribute tooltips.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Lifesteal was not showing correctly on major attribute points.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where you could end up in an odd state while quickly selecting slots and cards.
• Misc
  • Restored Time Played and Total Stars to the stats panel.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a layout issue with Mastery Rank 99. No, nobody hit it yet.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a rare crash on the Daily Login Screen
  • Bug Fix: Fixed several instances of using a controller hotkey on a dialog and the screen behind it accepted the input.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a rare crash that could occur if we failed to download client settings.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a display issue where the Home Screen animations did not include Mastery Stars.