''From The Designers, '' For the upcoming March season, aside from the usual hero adjustments, we've also optimized the gameplay of some older heroes such as Layla and Freya. We hope they'll be back with a spring in their step, ready to shine upon the battlefield! We've also optimized 6 lesser-used equipment (Sea Halberd, Necklace of Durance, Twilight Armor, Rose Gold Meteor, Blood Wings and Thunder Belt) and 2 Battle Spells (Aegis and Revitalize) to hopefully make them more viable options in battle. Additionally, for the upcoming Season 28, we will be launching a new Mythic system with a new rank, new Display Logos for Mythic ranks, and optimized the Mythic Points system into the Stars system. Reach 25 and 50 stars in Mythic to get upgraded appearances for Mythic stars. We've also optimized the Placement Match experience and added a new Mythic Rank Exclusive Skin Voting system (avaliable after reaching Mythic rank, vote for 1 out of 6 heroes). Added "Road to Mythic" challenges at Mythic rank that will grant the S28 Profile Namecard Background and Personal Profile Background. Reach Mythical Glory rank to upgrade them. Good luck in the new season! ==I. New Hero== Spear of Glory and King's Calling are Minsitthar's core skills, so we've kept their gameplay the same (with some optimizations) in this revamp. In addition, we've redesigned his Skill 2 and Passive to provide more damage and control to his kit. This redesign focuses on maintaining his roaming role while exploring the possibility of taking the Exp Lane. We've also given Minsitthar a complete makeover. With this revamp, the courageous warrior shall reclaim his rightful glory! A courageous warrior who excels in battle with spear and shield. Passive - Minsitthar's Basic Attacks and skills apply a stack of Mark of the King. Upon reaching 5 stacks, the next attack will detonate all Marks to deal a large amount of damage and stun the target, and restore HP to Minsitthar. Skill 1 - Spear of Glory When pulling back his spear, Minsitthar will pull all enemy heroes in its path to him. Skill 2 - Shield Assault Minsitthar holds up his shield, reducing incoming damage from the front for a period of time. While in this stance, Minsitthar's Basic Attacks will hit all enemies in a rectangular area and have increased Attack Speed. Ultimate - King's Calling Minsitthar's Ultimate now prevents all enemies in its area from using all movement abilities. Summoned Royal Guards can also trigger Minsitthar's equipment effects with their attacks. Slightly increased the cast range. Reduced the effect's duration. }} ==II. Hero Adjustments== The following heroes have been adjusted in this patch: , , , , , and . ====== Joy has impressive durability, but her burst potential is a bit lacking in the mid-to-late game. As such, we're making it harder for her to gain durability while increasing her damage to fit her role as an Assassin. Passive - Removed the shield effect. New Effect: Joy's skills now deal an additional instance of damage each time they hit a non-Minion unit. Skill 2 - SkillName Max Uses: 5 → 4 New Effect: Gain a shield when hitting on beat. Ultimate - SkillName Number of Skill 2 casts required to unlock: 5 → 4 New Effect: Gain Physical & Magic Defense during Ultimate. Damage increase after hitting on beat: 30% → 40% (max damage when hitting all beats is the same) }} ====== While Freya has great sustainability, she plays more or less the same as other heroes that rely on Basic Attacks. So, we're making it easier for her to chain her skill combos, and in some circumstances, indefinitely. We're also improving the feel of Spirit Combo and Leap of Faith, and that of Freya's combos as a whole. Her shield and damage in the early-mid game have been adjusted to keep things balanced. Skill 1 - Skill 1 is no longer enhanced by Sacred Orb nor does it cost any Sacred Orbs. Can move through obstacles more easily. Skill 2 - SkillName Skill casts needed to trigger leaping strike: 3 → 2 Reworked how the cooldown works: Cooldown is no longer triggered after the leaping strike, instead it triggers after not continuing to cast the skill within a certain period. Slightly reduced the foreswing time of the leaping strike. Airborne Duration: 0.5s → 0.4s Base Damage: 130-230 (+90% Total Physical Attack) → 20-230 (+90% Total Physical Attack) Final Damage: 156-276 (+108% Total Physical Attack) → 26-276 (+108% Total Physical Attack) Shield: 160-260 (+70% Extra Physical Attack) → 60-260 (+70% Extra Physical Attack) }} ====== As a Marksman without Blink, Layla has trouble with survivability. We hope the following changes will allow her to kite enemies more efficiently and increase her skill cap. We've reduced a bit of her damage to balance these buffs. Basic Attack & Skills Greatly reduced backswing time to allow her to move and attack more efficiently. Attribute Physical Attack Growth: 9 → 7.5 Passive - Maximum Damage Increase: 135% → 130% Skill 2 - SkillName Changed the slow effect from mark detonations to a 0.25s AOE stun. Only marks the first target hit. }} ====== With fewer Weaknesses to hit, more players have been enjoying Wanwan, but it also made it harder for her opponents to counter her Ultimate. Therefore, we want to make it easier to escape her Ultimate while not affecting her power. After the changes, the locked target can more easily get out of lock range, and frontline heroes can move to block Wanwan's crossbow attacks to tank the damage. To compensate, we buffed Wanwan's damage, and how much she gains from Movement Speed bonuses in the early and mid game (Wanwan should get extra Movement Speed to take advantage of this). Passive - All Weaknesses Hit Damage: 55-97 → 70-112 Ultimate - SkillName Lock Range: 8.5 → 6 Speed Boost while in the air: 10% Total Movement Speed → 100% Extra Movement Speed }} ====== Badang has become too dominant in this version with the buff to Knockback effects. We've moderately reduced his damage in the early and mid game for balance. Skill 1 - Base Damage: 160-260 → 125-225 Explosion Damage: 120-195 → 100-175 Ultimate - SkillName Base Damage: 80-140 → 60-120 Explosion Damage: 40-70 → 30-60 }} ====== We've slightly increased Esmeralda's damage to make her more competitive compared to other Exp Laners. Basic Attack First Damage: 80% Physical Attack → 100% Physical Attack Second Damage: 100 +55% Magic Power → 100 +75% Magic Power Skill 2 - Cooldown: 5.5-3.5s → 4.5-3.5s }} ====== We want players to be able to use Eudora's skills based on the situation, instead of always starting with Skill 2. Attributes HP Growth: 142.5 → 160.5 Skill 2 - Orb of Lightning bounce's Stun Duration: 0.6s → 0.9s }} ====== We've slightly buffed Lesley's damage because the meta has been favouring Attack Speed Marksmen. Passive - Base Damage:50 → 75 Skill 1 - SkillName Cooldown: 5-3s → 4-2.5s }} ====== We've slightly buffed Paquito's durability in the mid and late game to fit his role as a fighter. Skill 1 - Shield: 150-500 +110% Physical Attack → 150-650 +135% Physical Attack }} ====== Slightly reduced the damage of Fredrinn's Ultimate when not enhanced. Skill 2 - Base Damage: 200-300 → 140-215 Skill 3 - SkillName Base Damage: 300-500 → 210-330 }} ==III. Weekly Free Heroes and New Skins== ===New Skins=== New Epic skin "Keeper of the Winds" will be available on March 27, 2023. Original Price: , 30% off during launch week. "Seraphic Selfie" will be available in the Purify Harmonia event on March 31 (Server Time). April StarLight Skin - "Ancient Warden" will be available on April 1, 2023. "Atomic Pop Miya" will be available on April 5 (Server Time) for . 30% off for the first 21 days. "Yokai Warlock" will be available in Grand Collection on April 10 (Server Time). "Atomic Pop Eudora" will be available on April 12 (Server Time) for . 30% off for the first 21 days. "Moonlit Ninja" will be available in Moonlit Wish on April 15 (Server Time). New Epic skin "Soul Defiler" will be available on April 19, 2023. Original Price: , 30% off during launch week. May StarLight Skin - "Violet Spear" will be available on May 1, 2023. New "Jellyman" skin will be available on May 4, 2023. Original Price: , 30% off during launch week. "Crimson Blast" will be available in Grand Collection on May 6 (Server Time). "Phantom Pirate" and "Fire Pirate" will be available soon with a fully revamped design. "Aries" will be available soon with a fully revamped design. "Taurus" will be available soon with a fully revamped design. ===Fragment Shop Adjustments=== Fragment Shop Adjustments on March 22 (Server Time) : A. Rare Skin Fragment Shop :: Added: "Dark Draconic", "Ruins Scavenger", "Ash Blossom", "Phantom Dancer" and "Darting Star". :: Removed: "Cyber Ops", "Rock and Roll", "Eastern Warrior", "Viscount", and "Gilded King". : B. Hero Fragment Shop :: Added: , , and . :: Removed: , , and ntina. ===Free Heroes=== 03/24/2023 05:01:00 to 03/31/2023 05:00:00 (Server Time) 8 Free Heroes: , , , , , , and . 6 Extra Starlight Member Heroes: , , , , and . 03/31/2023 05:01:00 to 04/07/2023 05:00:00 (Server Time) 8 Free Heroes: , , , , , , and . 6 Extra Starlight Member Heroes: , , , , and . 04/07/2023 05:01:00 to 04/14/2023 05:00:00 (Server Time) 8 Free Heroes: , , , , , , and . 6 Extra Starlight Member Heroes: , , , , and . 04/14/2023 05:01:00 to 04/21/2023 05:00:00 (Server Time) 8 Free Heroes: , , , , , , and . 6 Extra Starlight Member Heroes: , , , , and . 04/21/2023 05:01:00 to 04/28/2023 05:00:00 (Server Time) 8 Free Heroes: , , , , , , and . 6 Extra Starlight Member Heroes: , , , , and . 04/28/2023 05:01:00 to 05/05/2023 05:00:00 (Server Time) 8 Free Heroes: , , , , , , and . 6 Extra Starlight Member Heroes: , , , , and . 05/05/2023 05:01:00 to 05/12/2023 05:00:00 (Server Time) 8 Free Heroes: , , , , , , and . 6 Extra Starlight Member Heroes: , , , , and . 05/12/2023 05:01:00 to 05/19/2023 05:00:00 (Server Time) 8 Free Heroes: , ntina, , , , , and . 6 Extra Starlight Member Heroes: , , , , and . ===StarLight Shop Update=== The following will be removed from the Shop on 4/30 23:59 (Server Time): "Dragon Queen", "The Insentient", "Go Ballistic", "Combat Maiden", "Street Punk", "Street Blow", "Azure Sentry", "Simian Curse", "Siren Priestess", and "Pirate Parrot". The following will be added on 5/1 00:00: "Bunny Babe", "Dragon Hunter", "Eastern Warrior", "Apocalypse", "Searing Maw", "Teen Pop", "Special Force", "Dreadful Clown", "Peony Bloom", and "Stargazer". ==IV. Battlefield Adjustments== ===New Map=== The brand-new map "Harmonia" is available free for a limited-time! Featuring a new design, with new models, effects, and more. And the "Harmonia" Lord is stepping into the fray, too. Check it out! [Lord] (↑) The Enhanced Lord can now use Turret Clash against all turrets it encounters after the 12-minute mark, instead of only the first one. ===Equipment=== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ===Battle Spells=== We've adjusted Aegis and Revitalize to more clearly differentiate them from Vengeance. Heroes of different roles should now have more viable choices for defensive Battle Spells. ======== ======== ===Role Adjustments=== As the meta evolves, certain heroes have gone through a lot of changes compared to their original playstyle and abilities. Therefore, we decided to update their roles to better fit their playstyle. : Grock: Tank → Tank/Fighter : Johnson: Tank → Tank/Support : Carmilla: Support → Support/Tank : Kaja: Fighter/Support → Support/Fighter : Ruby: Fighter/Tank → Fighter : Fredrinn: Tank/Fighter → Fighter/Tank : Paquito: Fighter → Fighter/Assassin : Yin: Fighter → Fighter/Assassin : Benedetta: Assassin → Assassin/Fighter : Harley: Mage/Assassin → Assassin/Mage ===Lane Position Adjustments=== Silvanna: Exp Lane/Jungling → Exp Lane/Roaming Cyclops: Mid Lane → Mid Lane/Jungling Removed Jungling classification from the following heroes: Lapu-Lapu, Argus, Selena, Masha, Popol and Kupa. ==V. New Functions & Events== ===Ranked Mode=== 1. Season 27 will end on 03/24/2023 at 23:59:59 (Server Time). 2. Season 28 will start on 03/25/2023 at 02:00:00 (Server Time). Play Ranked to get rewards, including Lapu-Lapu's S28 skin "Son of the Wild" and S28 Avatar Border "Fearless Armor". Complete rank tasks during the season to upgrade the skin's tag. ===S28 First Recharge Event=== 1. Recharge to claim the S28 First Recharge Avatar Border for free! 2. Recharge any amount to purchase the S28 First Recharge Exclusive Elite Skin Khufra "Iron Hook" only for after discount! 3. Recharge a total of 3 days to purchase a Rename Card (7-Day). Only for after discount! ===ALLSTAR=== The ALLSTAR event is here for a limited-time with the best deals of the year! : From April 5 - May 28, ALLSTAR exclusive skin Miya "Atomic Pop Miya" and its Custom Action Bundle will be added to the Shop. 30% off for the first 21 days! : From April 12 - May 28, ALLSTAR exclusive skin Eudora "Atomic Pop Eudora" and its Custom Action Bundle will be added to the Shop. 30% off for the first 21 days! : From April 15 - May 8, the Moonlit Wish Draw event will be available. Participate in the draw and you'll have the chance to obtain the new ALLSTAR exclusive skin : Hanabi "Moonlit Ninja" as well as STUN, M-World, and Guinevere "Psion of Tomorrow" skins for a limited-time! Spend ALLSTAR Promo Diamonds to draw from 4/20 - 4/25. Don't miss out! : From April 15 - April 19, purchase Mega Draw Bundles (including Moonlit Wish Token + Lucky Number) for a chance to win daily, and a chance to win a jackpot. Start buying early for the best chance to win! : From April 15 - April 23, log in daily during the event to win free rewards. : Complete daily and consecutive Recharge Tasks to earn rewards, including up to 5 Moonlit Wish Tokens, ALLSTAR exclusive Emote, Magic Wheel Potions, and loads more! : From April 20 - April 25, enjoy a shop-wide Mega Sale with up to 50% off. Spend ALLSTAR Promo Diamonds to buy skins for as little as ! ===ALLSTAR Free Rewards=== Four permanent skins, permanent hero choice, limited-time resources, Diamonds and more, all FREE and waiting to be claimed! You don't want to miss this! : From March 22 - 31, join Rafaela's Livestream event to claim a free ALLSTAR exclusive Emote! : From March 31 - April 30, join the Purify Harmonia event to claim a new ALLSTAR permanent skin, Spawn Effect, Avatar Border and more for free! : From March 31 - April 30, join the Last Encore event to claim a permanent event-exclusive skin of your choosing! : From April 1 - 25, join the ALLSTAR Login Gifts event to claim the new ALLSTAR Graffiti, Recall Effect, Draw Token, Elite skin and more for free! : From April 5 - 20, join the ALLSTAR Festival event to claim free ALLSTAR Promo Diamonds. Spend them in place of Diamonds! : From April 21 - 30, join the ALLSTAR Hero Academy event to claim one of five free permanent heroes! : On top of all that, there's Nostalgia, All Heroes Free Access, ALLSTAR reward exchange, and loads more reward-packed events coming soon! ===MLBB X Transformers=== MLBB X Transformers: March 22 - April 30 : 1. MLBB X Transformers draw event: MLBB X Transformers skins Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Soundwave & Ravage, Grimlock and Starscream available for a limited time! : 2. Transformers: Scratchcard Event :: 1) Event is held from March 22 - 28. Transformers Scratchcard will offer Transformers Passes at a discount! :: 2) Gain a free scratchcard attempt with each purchase, with guaranteed Transformers-related resources! ===Superheroes Assemble!=== The Dawning Stars series exclusive skins and resources will return for a limited-time from 5/9 - 6/2 (Bruno "Firebolt", Lancelot "Swordmaster", Chou "Thunderfist", Vale "Blizzard Storm", and Esmeralda "The Foreseer")! A permanent prize is guaranteed in the first 10 draws. Enjoy 50% off on your first 1X draw each day and 10% off for every 10X Draw. Vote for your favourite Dawning Stars series skin from 4/24 00:00 - 5/13 to get discounted in the Event Shop during the draw event! More Premium Supply events coming from 5/13 - 5/15 and 5/27 - 5/29. Get draw tokens at a discount! ===Weekly Diamond Pass=== Added the Savings Box feature: After purchasing/subscribing to the Weekly Diamond Pass, if you logged in on a particular day but forgot to claim your Weekly Diamond Pass rewards, they will be available the following day in your Savings Box (located on the Weekly Diamond Pass page). These can be claimed at any time, so don't worry about rewards you forgot to claim! ===StarLight Lucky Chest=== 1. From 4/1 00:00:00 - 4/30 23:59:00, spend to participate in the draw for a chance to get a StarLight Card or Premium StarLight Card! 2. Added new "StarLight Last Light" Killing Notification to the StarLight Shop. ===Astral Star=== 1. Starting 4/1 00:00 (Server Time), purchase Premium StarLight Membership to get the exclusive name Astral Star that will be valid during April StarLight. 2. The Astral Star name color is an exclusive Premium StarLight Member privilege, and is displayed in the game where names are shown. ==VI. System Adjustments== ===MMR Function Optimization=== 1. Bonuses and Protection that affect Hero Power are now shown more clearly on the post-game screen. 2. The best title obtained each season is now recorded on your Favorite Heroes page. 3. Adjusted the minimum score required to enter each level's leaderboard, as well as the amount of points gained at each rank. ===Ranked Mode Adjustments=== 1. Optimized the Mythic Points system to the Stars system and added a new rank, Mythical Honor, at 25 stars. 2. Added "Road to Mythic" challenges at Mythic rank. Complete them to get the S28 exclusive Profile Namecard Background and Personal Profile Background, and unlock upgraded versions of them at Mythical Glory rank. 3. Every season, you can get 10 Mythic Coins by winning 10 Ranked matches after reaching Mythic rank. Collect 40 Mythic Coins to exchange for the Mythic Exclusive Skin coming later. 4. Reach 25 and 50 stars in Mythic to get upgraded appearances for Mythic stars. 5. Optimized the Placement Match experience. The stars you earn during placements will be applied after you complete your Placement Matches. 6. Optimized Mythic rank matchmaking. ===Recharge Event Rule Adjustments=== After the version update, buying/subscribing to/renewing Weekly Diamond Passes or subscribing to/renewing Weekly Ticket Passes/Monthly Ticket Passes will all count toward Recharge Events and grant the following task progress: : Weekly Diamond Pass/Weekly Diamond Pass Subscription: Progress +100 : Ticket Monthly Subscription: Progress +150 : Ticket Weekly Subscription: Progress +50 ===Other=== Changed the Flag Change Card cooldown period to 3 months. Flag Change Cards will also be available for 70% off. ==VII. Bug Fixes and Optimizations== 1. Optimized game Terms and their descriptions in the Tutorial. 2. Optimized the display for the Disarm and Blink Disabled markers shown during combat. They've been relocated from above a hero's head to beneath their HP bar. 3. Fixed an issue where some menus would cause crashes. 4. Fixed an issue where Lolita's Enhanced Basic Attacks would end when it's not used (also fixed on the Official Server). 5. Fixed an issue where Gloo would remain on Hayabusa after he used his Ultimate. 6. Fixed an issue where Gloo would remain on Wanwan after she used her Ultimate. 7. Fixed an issue where the animation of the knockback on Chou's Ultimate didn't fully match its control duration. 8. Fixed an issue where Odette's enhanced Basic Attacks couldn't trigger Attack Effects. 9. Fixed an inaccuracy with the damage of the second part of Lapu-Lapu's enhanced Ultimate. 10. Fixed an issue where the damage of Wanwan's Ultimate didn't properly scale with level. 11. Fixed an issue where the blocked damage of Badang's Skill 2 didn't properly scale with level. 12. Fixed an issue where the description and numbers on Argus' Ultimate's status icon weren't displayed correctly. 13. Fixed an inaccuracy with the damage description of Edith's Skill 2. 14. Fixed an inaccuracy with the description of Lapu-Lapu's passive. 15. Fixed an inaccuracy with the cooldown description of Xavier's Skill 2. 16. Fixed an inaccuracy with the movement speed description of Pharsa's Skill 4. 17. Fixed an issue where the movement speed of Hylos' Ultimate didn't increase with the skill level. 18. Fixed an issue where Hilda's Basic Attacks did not match the effects. 19. Fixed an issue with Johnson's Skill 1 description where the stated Physical Attack bonus was slightly off. 20. Optimized the visual effects when control immunity triggers. 21. Fixed an issue where Turret Protection takes effect after a long delay when allied minions die within the enemy turret's range. 22. Fixed an issue where Tigreal's passive was not correctly blocking additional damage triggered by Basic Attacks. 23. Fixed an issue with Windtalker not getting the correct cooldown reduction from Basic Attacks. 24. Fixed an issue where players would rarely lose sound in matches.