Patch Notes 53: Glorious Warrior

Patch 53 is going live on our servers on March 7, 2017, and in addition to adjustments to various classes, it is also bringing back the League of Levelers!

Balancing

Slayer

• Eviscerate
  • Increases the chance to crit by 50%
  • Increased skill damage by 10%
  • Skill animation adjusted

• Measured Slice
  • Increases the chance to crit by 10%
  • Increased skill damage by 10%
  • Skill animation adjusted

• Knockdown Strike
  • Increased PvE damage by 20%
  • New Glyph: Glyph of Grounding. Reduces damage by 50% when you are attacked while this skill is charging.
  • Can be used faster as a chained skill following Distant Blade.

• Backstab
  • Reduced cooldown from 25 to 22 seconds
  • Improved positioning of the character after use
  • If it isn't possible to teleport behind the target, there is no cooldown for the skill

• Triumphant Shout
  • Skill and glyphs removed, and the skill Tenacity added

• Overhand Strike
  • Adjusted damage and levels at which the skill can be learned. Levels: 4, 12, 20, 28, 36, 44, 52
  • Removed effect of knocking down opponents
  • Can now be cast faster as a chained skill following Distant Blade (3rd hit) or Fury Strike
  • Skill animation adjusted

• Heart Thrust
  • Increased PvE damage by 10%

• Startling Kick
  • No collision detection while the skill is being cast

• Tenacity
  • Added effect of Triumphant Shout so that MP does not reduce for several seconds
  • Replenishes 300/600/900 MP

• Overpower
  • Animation during the casting time can now be canceled earlier so that the next skill can be cast faster
  • New Glyph: Brilliant Overpower. Reduces MP cost by 33.

• Backstep
  • The skill is now influenced by attack speed
  • The duration of invincibility when dodging has been minimally increased

• Thunder Strike
  • Increased PvE damage by 15%
  • PvP damage increased by 9.5%
  • Glyph: Slick Thunder Strike. Cost reduced by 1 point each time

• Fiery Rage
  • Berserker can now move while casting this skill

• Triumphant Shout
  • Skill removed
  • Effects added in Tenacity

• Tenacity
  • Receives effect and glyphs of Triumphant Shout
  • Replenishes 300/600/900 MP

• Cyclone
  • Skill now draws opponents towards you
  • Glyph: Empowered Cyclone: Increased overcharge damage from 12 to 24%
  • Skill animation adjusted

• Vampiric Blow
  • Adjusted damage ratio to HP:
    • HP 100%-90%: x1
    • HP 80%-70%: x1.2
    • HP 60%-50%: x1.4
    • HP 40%-30%: x1.6
    • HP 20%-10%: x1.8

  • Reduced the time the Berserker is stuck in the animation of this skill
  • Passive effect that increases the chance to crit when HP is below 50%.
  • Glyph: Empowered Vampiric Blow. Cost reduced from 5 to 4 points
  • Deals 20% more damage as a chained skill after Lethal Strike
• Lethal Strike
  • Adjusted damage ratio to HP:
    • HP 90%-80%: x1.1
    • HP 70%-60%: x1.3
    • HP 50%-40%: x1.5
    • HP 30%-20%: x1.7
    • HP 10%-0%: x2

  • Passive effect that increases the chance to crit when HP is below 50%.
  • Glyph: Slick Lethal Strike. Cost reduced from 6 to 5 points
• Bloodlust
  • Grants the effect of Flurry of Blows for 10 seconds
  • New passive skill: Road Rage
  • Can be learned at level 65
  • Doubles the critical hit values of Vampiric Blow and Lethal Strike when you are below 50% HP.

• General
  • PvP defense reduced
  • Balance reduced by 20%

• Burst Fire
  • Casting speed increased by 20%.

• Time Bomb
  • Glyph: Empowered Time Bomb: Cost reduced from 5 to 4 points

• Balder's Vengeance
  • Increased PvE damage by 100%
  • Glyph: Empowered Vengeance. Cost reduced by 1 point each time

• HB
  • New Glyph: Glyph of Carving. Healing effect is removed and the Crit Factor is doubled for 1 second

• Recall
  • Reduced cooldown by 5 seconds

• Resurrection
  • Option added to increase the casting speed with noctenium infusions

• Thrall of Protection
  • Summon adjusted: Thrall appears next to the player instead of on him

• Warding Totem
  • Skill adjusted so the effect of the shield no longer overrides the effect of Kaia's Priest's Shield

• Grim Strike
  • Increased PvE damage by 10%

• Whipsaw
  • New Glyph: Glyph of the Pump. Uses 1.5% of the total HP, but increases skill damage by 30%

• Pendulum Strike
  • Increased PvE damage by 10%
  • Noctenium infusion effect removed

• Soul Reversal
  • Can be used on BAMs to teleport behind them

• Shadow Reaping
  • Cooldown reduced from 2 minutes 30 seconds to 2 minutes

Other Changes

• The following message is displaying during battleground matching:
  • To ensure a fair contest, on entering the battleground, all positive effects from items (e.g. Refined Noctenium Infusion, meals, Nostrum, Bravery Potion, Blessing of Arun) and skills will be removed.

• Changed various quest texts

Regional Changes

Adventurer's Equipment Box

Contents of the boxes adapted to the current equipment:

• Imperator Gear
• Lachelith's Jewelry Set
• Enchantment Scrolls for tier 10 equipment.

You will find more details on this box and the League of Levelers in a separate event announcement.