May 13 (Thu) Update Details

Greeting, this is Shadow Arena.

Here are the updates made to Shadow Arena during the maintenance on May 13 (Thu).
* Patch Size: Approx. 131.26 MB

Check out the details below, and we will see you in the Arena!

■ Major Bug Fixes

- Fixed an issue where players staying behind a wall or separated far away from the party leader while on standby would cause them to not be transformed into a Black Spirit and not launched out with party members.
- Fixed an issue with AI players where they would not attack and only use Roll.
- Fixed an issue where AI players would use skills that were on cooldown.
- Fixed an issue where AI players would not use HP Potions.
- Fixed an issue where AI players would prioritize attacking human players first.

■ Party Invite Feature

- The Party Invite feature has been activated.
> Party Invites are only available for players on your friends list.
- For Duo Party, another player will be automatically matched as party member if the party leader presses the “Game Start” button.
> AI players cannot be added as a second party member for Duo Party.

■ Hero

| Black Spirit Skills
- The effects and cooldowns of the Black Spirit skills have been changed as follows:

- Fixed an issue where using ‘Taunt’ and sitting down would cause monsters to move abnormally.

[Dev Note]

As the Black Spirit skills were being relatively underused, we’ve comprehensively re-balanced them to increase their effectiveness. With these changes, we hope to see more diverse strategies that adapt around different hero combinations or tactics.

| Gate Breaker (Q)
- Fixed the typo for max damage in the skill description.

| Thunder Viper (E)
- Increased Herawen's movement speed while using the skill by 50%.

| Kamasylve Tree (R)
- Improved the visual effect of Kamasylve Tree’s range to be easier to differentiate from an opponent’s tree.

[Dev Note]
While Herawen was in a slightly weak state, we felt her healing was up to par, so we slightly increased her movement speed while using Thunder Viper to buff her attack and debuff capabilities to compensate.

| Thunderbolt Arrow (RMB)

- Decreased the animation time before Orwen begins changing her shot by 0.21 sec.
- Orwen can now fire her arrow immediately without charging her shot gauge if you do not hold down RMB after using the skill. (0.2 sec decrease)

| Arrow Storm (E)

- Changed the maximum number of hits listed in the skill description from 5 to 2.

[Dev Note]
Today’s update improves the animation of Thunderbolt Arrow, which was previously somewhat lackluster and hard to control.

| Thunder Breaker (Q)
- Thunder Breaker (Q) will now apply a Super Armor effect right after the skill is used for 0.12 sec.
- Super Armor will now apply to the entire skill animation when the skill is used while the Golden Gate (R) buff is active.

[Dev Note]
We’ve added a short frame of Super Armor to Thunder Breaker to allow more skillful gameplay that fits with Badal's concept as a higher difficulty hero.

While this might mean he is more difficult to play, it also allows you to time an opponent’s attack to counter them or just ignore their crowd control debuff. We’ve also added Super Armor to the entire skill animation when the Golden Gate buff is active to make it easier for you to counter or block enemy skills.

| Iron Pulverizer (RMB)
- Changed the additional attack’s crowd control debuff to Floating.
> Before: Knockdown 0.5 sec → Now: Floating 0.8 sec

[Dev Note]
In order to make Goyen’s heavy combos play out more smoothly, we’ve increased the debuff time of Iron Pulverizer’s additional hit and changed its debuff to Floating, which also fits better with the upward attack animation of the skill.

| Patience Stance - Sacred Barrier (Q)
- Improved the visual indicator of Sacred Barrier's range to better distinguish whether the skill is casted by an ally or foe.
| Patience Stance - Breath of Elion (E)
- Changed the skill’s buff message to now display the HP recovery over time and attack/movement speed separately.

| Patience Stance - Judgment of Light (R)
- Changed the skill’s buff message to now display the HP recovery over time and instant HP recovery separately.

- Increased the damage of his basic attacks by 16.7%.
- Increased his basic attack’s projectile hitbox size and explosion area of effect by 50%.

| Earth Alchemy Stone (RMB)
- Improved the visual effect of the summoned rock to better distinguish whether the skill is casted by an ally or foe.

| Forbidden Alchemy (R)
- Added the following items that will have a very small chance of appearing when the skill is used. (Chance of obtaining 1 of the following items: Approx. 0.45%)
1) Hand of Salvation
2) Boss Defense Gear
> Muskan’s Shoes, Urugon’s Shoes, Leebur’s Gloves, Bheg’s Gloves, Giath’s Helmet, Griffon’s Helmet, Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor
3) Red Dragon’s Offering

| Heilang (RMB)
- Improved the visual effect of Heilang's buff to better distinguish whether the skill is casted by an ally or foe.

| Heilang’s Territory (R)
- Improved the skill’s visual effect so that it does not block the player’s perspective.

| Older Brother! (RMB)
- Improved the visual effect of Black Spirit to better distinguish whether the skill is casted by an ally or foe.

| Laytenn! (R)
- Improved the visual effect of Laytenn to better distinguish whether the skill is casted by an ally or foe.

| Contaminated Sacrifice (E)
- Improved the visual effect of Shamanic Stick and Skeleton Wolf to better distinguish whether the skill is casted by an ally or foe.

| Frightening Crow (R)
- Fixed a typo for the max damage described in the skill description.

| Wheel of Fortune (E)
- Increased the skill’s cast animation time by 0.11 seconds.
- Increased max damage of the skill by 22%.

| Garden of Roses (R)
- Improved the visual range indicator of Garden of Roses to better distinguish whether the skill is casted by an ally or foe.

[Dev Note]
We wanted to magnify feeling of weight carried by Ataraxia’s Kriegsmesser, so we’ve greatly increased Wheel of Fortune’s damage, and added a slight cast delay to make it more dynamic but a bit riskier to use.

| Fire-rang (RMB)
- Improved the visual effect of her boomerang to better distinguish whether the skill is casted by an ally or foe.

| Burning Hula Hoop (R)
- Fixed an issue where Burning Hula Hoop’s sound effect would not disappear when Durgeff was caught by an opponent’s grab while using the skill.

■ Contents

| Blackstar Fragment

- Areas with higher spawn rates of Blackstar Fragments have been removed. Instead, they now spawn as described below.
> Game start - 1 min into the match: Approximately 25 fragments will spawn near the outskirts of the Dark Fog.
> 3 min - 4 min into the match: Approximately 20 fragments will spawn near the outskirts of the Dark Fog.
> 6 min - 7 min into the match: Approximately 15 fragments will spawn near the outskirts of the Dark Fog.
> 9 min - 10 min into the match: Approximately 10 fragments will spawn near the outskirts of the Dark Fog.

- Blackstar Fragments will now no longer disappear in the Dark Fog.
- Changed the mechanism of obtaining Blackstar Fragments as follows.
> (Before): Obtained as soon as the player went near a fragment.
→ (Now): If the player goes near a fragment, a gauge will start filling up, and the player will obtain the fragment after approximately 3.5 sec.

[Dev Note]
Up until now, we believe Blackstar Fragments were difficult for players to tactically play around since they were rather counterintuitive. As a result, we’ve changed Blackstar Fragments to be easily spotted near the outskirts of the Dark Fog and disappear once the Dark Fog covers them. We hope these changes make Blackstar Fragments into something that simply acts as a stable way to increase the strength of the entire team, rather than be a high-risk, high-reward element like the Shadow Lords.
| Shop

- Added a new item.

- Changed effects and prices of certain items as follows.

| Meteorites

- Changed the damages of each Meteorite as follws.

[Dev Note]

As you may know, all existing meteorites, including the Black Meteorite that was added last week, only inflict fixed damage.

The fixed damage system was comparatively advantageous to heroes with high default HP or equipped with items that buff HP, and disadvantageous otherwise. This meant players focused on equipping HP buff items and bypassed most of the meteorite damage, leading to somewhat unexciting matches. To combat this problem, we’ve changed the damage to reduce a certain percentage of HP instead.
▶[Go to the May 6 (Thu) Update Details]

■ Tree Spirit

- Added a new NPC called the ‘Tree Spirit’ that recovers the HP of heroes.
- Tree Spirits are summoned in 20 random spots at the start of match.
- If a hero goes near within a 5m radius around the Tree Spirit, the Tree Spirit will instantly recover 5000 HP of all nearby heroes.
- After it has recovered the heroes’ HP, it will sit down and be deactivated for 30 sec. Afterward, it will stand up and be reactivated.
- If a Tree Spirit covered by the Dark Fog, it will disappear.
- When the Light of Ascension appears, all Tree Spirits will disappear, and only one Tree Spirit will reappear in a certain spot near the Light.

[Dev’s note]
Following last week’s update, which reduced the HP recovery of from HP Potions, we’ve added a new NPC called the Tree Spirit that restores HP.
You can use these Tree Spirits to save HP Potions or instantly recover HP and change the tide of a fight. Additionally, a Tree Spirit will appear outside the Light of Ascension during the Ascension stage, potentially assisting the team that fails to seize the Light.

■ Monster

| Shadow Troll
- Decreased the number of Shadow Trolls that appear as follows:
> (Before): 20 at 1 min into the match, approx. 10 at 4 min, approx. 5 at 7 min
→ (Now): 16 at 1 min into the match, approx. 8 at 4 min, approx. 4 at 7 min
- Changed the location of some Shadow Trolls that are spawned at 1 min into the match.

- Changed Shadow Trolls as follows.

- Decreased the Shadow Archer’s (a ranged, normal monster at Phase 3) animation time before attacking by 1 sec and increased the animation speed by 20%.

| Stoneback Crab

- Changed the buffs obtained by defeating Mountain Stoneback Crabs and Steppe Stoneback Crabs to be displayed as follows.
1) Defeat Mountain Stoneback Crab: Stoneback Crab’s Shell (Party DP +60)
2) Defeat Steppe Stoneback Crab: Stoneback Crab's Claw: (Party AP+30)
> These buffs will disappear if a hero dies while the buff is active.

■ Other Fixed and Improvements

- Improved the visual effect of Light of Ascension so that it does not block the player’s perspective.
- Fixed the details for the Stoneback Crabs and Blackstar Fragments in the guide at the bottom of the Create Party (Trio) screen to match the actual effects.

■ Official Website Fixes and Improvements

- Improved the alignment of the search box for Tablet PCs

Thank you.