Early Access Patch V0.17

There's nothing Grim about this update!

Patch Notes 9 de abr. de 2024

Introduction

Greetings Champions!

As the dust settles on our momentous Open Beta launch, we thought it'd be Grim to go much longer without another game update!

We're excited to get back into regular game updates and deliver on those big content releases we teased earlier this year in Robbie's PRED Talk. With that said however, V0.17 is a smidge smaller than some of our other updates.

This is because V0.18 will include the highly anticipated 6th item slot as well as a bunch of all-new items and a drastic rebalance of the entire game, to say nothing of all the other significant features it'll release with.

That said however V0.17 does break the binary by bringing not just 0, not just 1, but 2 new targets to shoot at in the form of Grim and his trusty killing machine, .EXE!

Grim.exe isn’t all however! We’ve added the ability to set per-Hero casting options in the game’s settings and have your choices persist between matches, some fantastic new oriental-inspired skins for Countess and Wraith, as well as a sweep of balance improvements and bug fixes.

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A New Hero Appears

Engage kill mode, with Grim.exe!

Grim.exe is a utility caster whose ranged flexibility lends itself to offensive plays and defensive plays alike. Whether you like tearing up the battlefield with powerful precision, or controlling combat with strategic slows and disruptive displacement, Grim.exe has a mode for the job!

Hero Overview

Get up to speed with Grim.exe in our latest Hero Overview video!

Abilities:

Pulsefire [Passive]:

Effect: Grim.exe’s basic attacks are modified to deal Magical Damage.

Grim.exe’s basic attacks and abilities apply Pulsefire to Enemy targets hit for 4s. The next basic attack or ability will burst the Pulsefire and deal 10 (+20% Total Physical Power)(+20% Magical Power) bonus true damage on-hit.

Pulse Cannon [Basic Attack]:

BAT: 1.15 Effect: Ranged basic attack dealing 52 (+90% Bonus Physical Power) physical damage.

Displacement Blast [Primary]:

CD: 12/11/10/9/8 Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 Effect: Fire an empowered shot forward that deals 90/130/170/210/250 (+70% Bonus Physical Power)(+75% Magical Power) magical damage.

In Assault Mode, the shot is Lobbed and displaces Enemies away from the centre of the explosion.

Sentry Mode/Assault Mode [Secondary]:

CD: 0.25 Cost: 0 Effect:

• Sentry Mode: Basic Attacks restore 6/7/8/9/10 mana.
• Assault Mode: Pulse Cannon shots cost 12/14/16/18/20 mana, deal (+15% Total Physical Power)(+20% Magical Power) bonus magical damage on-hit and apply a 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% decaying slow for 0.8s.

Deflector Shield [Alternate]:

CD: 26/23/20/17/14 Cost: 0 Effect: Grim.exe activates a shield for 1s that blocks the next incoming enemy ability. If the shield successfully blocks an enemy ability, Grim.exe restores 20/25/30/35/40% of his missing mana.

G.T.F.O [Ultimate]:

CD: 90/75/60 Cost: 100 Effect: Grim.exe slows himself by 60% and locks onto an enemy hero. After a short channel, a G.T.F.O. (Gyro Targeted Force Orb) is launched. The orb will pass through the world and non-Hero units but can be blocked by enemy heroes. The orb deals 250/450/650 (+120% Bonus Physical Power)(+90% Magical Power) magical damage.

Store News

New Skins

Shogun Wraith

Show your combat prowess with the all new Shogun skin [ UNCOMMON] for Wraith!

Shogun Countess

Soak your katanas in the blood of the fallen, with the new Shogun Countess skin [ RARE]!

Silver Ghost Kwang

Strike like a ghost in the night, with the new Silver Ghost Kwang skin [ COMMON]!

Hot Rod Grim.exe

Do the flame decals on the new Hot Rod Grim.exe [ COMMON] skin make him run faster? No. Do they make him do more damage? Also no. But do they make him look significantly more awesome? Absolutely.

New Bundles

Shogun Wraith Bundle

What good is it to topple a dynasty so stylishly if you don’t have a cool new spray to disrespect your opponents with afterwards?

Bundle Contents:- Wraith (Hero)- Shogun Wraith Skin- Shogun Wraith Spray (Exclusive)

Shogun Countess Bundle

Break more than just the spirit of your foes. Break their hearts too.

Bundle Contents:- Countess (Hero)- Shogun Countess Skin- Shogun Countess Spray (Exclusive)

Hot Rod Grim.exe Bundle

You can’t put flame stickers on a robot you don’t have. Pick up the new Grim.exe Hero alongside the new Hot Rod skin in this mini-bundle!

Bundle Contents:- Grim.exe(Hero)- Hot Rod Grim.exe Skin

Per Hero Cast Options

We’re pleased to share new customisation settings for each Hero, meaning you can now set unique Cast Options between Default/Normal/Quick/Instant on a per-Hero basis in the Gameplay Settings menu.

These settings are persistent, remembered by the game between matches, but can only currently be changed while you're playing that Hero.

Controller Cast Option Changes

We’ve changed the default setting for casting on controllers from “Quick” to a new variant of the "Normal" setting. But what exactly is normal in today’s society, and what are the other options available in the in-game settings? Let’s break it down.

Default = Same as Normal, but with a few tweaks that match the default options used by keyboard and mouse players on PC. Normal = Press to show Targeting Indicators, click to confirm. Quick = Hold to Show Targeting Indicators; release to confirm. Instant = Skips targeting Indicators and immediately confirms on press.

You can change these settings at any time in the settings menu.

Gameplay Balance Changes

Cleanse CC Immunity Window:

• Cleanse CC Immunity Window on-use increased from 0.25s to 0.35s.

Hero Balance Changes

Argus

Argus is still proving to dominate the battlefield with his early-game pressure and how hard he scales throughout a match. Once again we’re reducing the potency of his Dread Nova ability to reduce the strength of his early trade patterns, especially in Support positions.

General:- Health decreased from 620 to 605. Dread Nova [Primary]:- Damage decreased 80/105/130/155/180 to 70/95/120/145/170.- Mana cost increased from 60/65/70/75/80 to 80. Synaptic Obliterator [Ultimate]:- Magical Power Scaling decreased from 30% to 25%.

Drongo

Drongo’s ability to blow up a target once he unlocks his Ultimate is too consistent due to his overall damage output,

Shrapnel Cannon [Ultimate]:- Damage decreased from 200/310/420 to 185/300/415.

Gideon

Gideon’s Black Hole ability has received a quality of life improvement aimed at increasing its fluidity and reducing frustration,

Black Hole [Ultimate]:- [QoL] Now commits its Cooldown and activates its effects immediately when used.

Grux

Grux's ability to run down his foes from minute one makes him a menace in the Offlane.

General:- Health decreased from 640 to 630. Bloodlust [Passive]:- Damage decreased from 5 (+3 per level) to 3 (+3 per level). Smash & Grab [Primary]- Cooldown decreased from 22/21/20/19/18 to 18/17/16/15/14.

Iggy

Iggy is struggling to bring the heat compared to many other Mages,

Molotov [Alternate]:- Magical Power Scaling increased from 45% to 50%.

Kwang

After the previous rounds of balance,

General:- Physical Armor decreased from 32 to 30.- Physical Armor Growth decreased from 4.8 to 4.5.

Lt. Belica

Given how strongly she scales into the late-game,

General:- Attack Speed decreased from 130 to 125. Void Bomb [Alternate]:- Damage decreased from 75/120/165/210/255 to 75/115/155/195/235. Neural Disruptor [Ultimate]:- Magical Power Scaling decreased from 65% to 60%.

Muriel

Muriel’s Consecrated Ground is receiving some extra love at Rank 1,

Consecrated Ground [Secondary]:- Shield increased from 100/145/190/235/280 to 110/155/200/245/290.

Revenant

Revenant’s immobility and fragility leaves him exceptionally vulnerable to the majority of Heroes,

General:- Movement Speed increased from 650 to 655.- Physical Power Growth increased from 2.4 to 3.

Item Balance Changes

Obelisk

Obelisk’s Magical Penetration contributes to excessive burst damage scenarios and is thus seeing a reduction.

• Magical Penetration decreased from 8 to 6.

Raiment

Raiment’s potency as a sustain item offers too much durability,

• Regenerator Damage Regenerated decreased from 10% to 8%.

Time Flux Band

Same as Obelisk: Less Pen’; less abnormal burst.

• Magical Penetration decreased from 8 to 6.

Timewarp

With the reduction in Cost seen in the last balance pass further opening the item up to Supports,

• Timewarp Base Mana Regen decreased from 150% to 125%.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Morigesh would not correctly Heal when using her Swarm on a close-range Target.
• Fixed a bug where Kwang could fall under the Orb Prime pit ledges when using his Ultimate.
• Fixed a bug where Grux’s Warlord skin’s channel trail VFX could sometimes play incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug where Feng Mao’s Earth Shatter SFX could stop mid-way.
• Fixed a bug where Feng Mao’s Stun animation could fail to play.
• Fixed a bug where players could become soft-locked if they left the fountain with the Crest Screen active.
• Fixed a bug that caused ability inputs to become unresponsive after cancelling abilities that are quick cast on Controller.

That's everything this time Champions, what do you think?

Let us know your feedback over on our Discord server or the Predecessor Subreddit.

Until next time!

Kari Lead Community Manager @ Omeda Studios