1.46.0 Patch Notes (May 22, 2025)

Hello StormStriker players!
We’re excited to introduce the 1.46 update. Here’s what’s new:

Lightning and Teo Join the Battle

• The new character Lightning makes her debut, and Teo returns to the battlefield!
• Please refer to the Balance section below for more details.

Lucy's Skill Swap Added

A new skill swap has been added for Lucy, tailored for a close-range playstyle.
Please refer to the Balance section below for more information.

Overall Balance Direction

Maximus

• Developer Notes
  • We observed that aggressive tank characters like Volf and Shifu are currently more dominant.
  • While Maximus has a clear role, his lower-tier performance showed limited potential.
  • To emphasize his strength as a defensive tank, we've slightly increased the shield value on his core defensive skill.

• Indomitable Shield
  • Guard Amount: 700 → 800

Warmonger

• Developer Notes
  • Titan Splash had high mobility and a short cooldown, which often led to disjointed gameplay, with one team lacking a tank and the other missing a DPS.
  • To address this and encourage more cooperative play, we have increased the cooldown of Titan Splash from 4s to 6s.
  • To compensate for this nerf and strengthen Warmonger’s role as a protective counter-tank, we’ve also improved his shielding ability.

• Flex Harder!
  • Guard Amount: 700 → 800

• Titan Splash
  • Cooldown: 4s → 6s

• Totem Buster
  • Cooldown: 5s → 6s

• Totem Fall
  • Cooldown: 5s → 6s

• Boulder Tackle
  • Damage: 30 / 180 → 60 / 150

Eveleen

• Developer Notes
  • With other tanks receiving buffs, Eveleen’s pick rate has fallen.
  • We're slightly buffing her LMB damage and range, and planning future updates to allow it to hit enemies along the Z-axis as well, instead of only XY.
  • While this update includes only a small adjustment, we’ll continue to monitor her performance and raise her viability to be on par with other tanks in situational pick rates.

• Quantum Cube
  • Damage: 80 → 90
  • Range: 7m → 8m

Bernhardt

• Developer Notes
  • Bernhardt’s sustain fits the bruiser archetype well, but his burst DPS has been exceeding expectations, making it hard for supports to counter him effectively.
  • To address this, we’re slightly reducing his damage output while enhancing his mobility and rage-fueled survivability.
  • With shorter cooldowns on movement skills, we envision Bernhardt as a persistent threat that eventually overwhelms healers through sustained pressure.

• Death Pursuit
  • Damage: 10 / 140 → 10 / 125

• Rampaging Fury
  • Damage: 10 / 100 → 10 / 125
  • Shield: 75 → 100
  • Dash Distance: 4.5m → 6m

• Inferno Strike
  • Damage: 210 → 180

• Blitzkrieg
  • Cooldown: 7s → 6s

• Savage Dash
  • Cooldown: 9s → 7s

Akira

• Developer Notes
  • The swap skill Dimensional Slash has felt underwhelming compared to Decimation, particularly in terms of healing, range, and forward movement.
  • To improve usability, we've increased its projectile speed.

• Wind Blade
  • Projectile Speed: 50m/s → 120m/s

• Dimensional Slash
  • Projectile Speed: 90m/s → 120m/s

Lightning

• Developer Notes
  • Lightning is our third bruisertype character.
  • She grows stronger by stacking basic attacks and was designed to be a beginner-friendly melee character that's easy to play but requires good positioning.
  • We expect her to be a high-floor, low-ceiling character until her swap skill (Limit Break) is activated, at which point her power spikes moderately.

• Base Health
  • 820

• Agility
  • Increases movement speed by 40% while out of combat

• Limit Break
  • Activates upon collecting 4 illusion swords
  • Deals AoE damage: 60
  • Grants a base 100 shield for 3s
  • Grants 100 shield per enemy hit for 3s
  • Empowers all skills except ultimate

• Illusion Slash
  • Base
    • Damage: 60 / 60 / 80
    • Dash Distance: 2.5m
    • Gains illusion sword after 3 successful hits

  • Limit Break
    • Damage: 80 (×4) / 80 (×4) / 100 (×4)
    • Dash Distance: 250
    • Extends Limit Break duration by 2.5s (Max +10s)

  
  
• Lightning Acceleration
  • Base
    • Damage: 60
    • Grants 75 shield for 3s
    • Dash Distance: 7.5m

  • Limit Break
    • Damage: 80
    • Grants 100 shield for 3s
    • Dash Distance: 7.5m

  • Cooldown: 2.5s (Max 3 stacks)
    
  
  
• Lightning Drive
  • Base
    • Normal: Damage 60, launches enemies
    • Charged: Damage 60, launches and knocks back enemies (5m)

  • Limit Break
    • Normal: 60 / 20×4, launches enemies
    • Charged: 60 / 20×4, launches and knocks back enemies (5m)

  • Cooldown: 7s
    
  
  
• Shooting Star
  • Base
    • Damage: 180
    • Grants 100 shield for 3s
    • Dash Distance: 5m

  • Limit Break
    • Damage: 180 / 60×4
    • Grants 125 shield for 3s
    • Dash Distance: 5m

  • Cooldown: 7s
    
  
  
• Radiant Dance
  • Base
    • Damage: 120×8

  • Limit Break
    • Damage 160×8

  • Cooldown: 10s
    
  
  
• Heaven's Lightning
  • Unstoppable during leap
  • Can float for 5 seconds midair
  • Damage: 200
  • Pulls all enemies to Lightning’s front
  • Activates Limit Break upon use

Raki

• Developer Notes
  • Currently, only the 3rd hit of Furry Flurry is heavily favored in damage, so we are redistributing its damage.
  • We’re also slightly increasing the cooldowns of Kitty Step and Kitty Rush due to their high mobility.
  • Additionally, we’re reviewing ways to buff her ultimate, which is currently too easily countered. (E.g., making the first 3 hits unstoppable + adding visual cues.)

• Furry Flurry
  • Hit 1: Outer: 80 / Center: 140 → Outer: 80 / Center: 160
  • Hit 2: Outer: 80 / Center: 140 → Outer: 80 / Center: 160
  • Hit 3: Outer: 180 / Center: 320 → Outer: 180 / Center: 280

• Kitty Step
  • Cooldown: 2.5s → 3s

• Kitty Rush (JellyyShot)
  • Cooldown: 2.5s → 3s

Rei

• Frost Blade
  • EX gauge charge amount reduced by 30%

• Biting Hailstorm
  • EX gauge charge amount reduced by 30%

• Arctic Incantation
  • EX gauge charge amount reduced by 20%

Al-Manat

• Developer Notes
  • Al-Manat has been underperforming compared to other assassins, with a low pick rate.
  • We are monitoring her closely and have made slight buffs to improve Execution usability and Death Vortex damage.

• Execution
  • Hitbox size: x = 250 / y = 125 → x = 300 / y = 175

• Death Vortex
  • Damage: 660 (10 hits) → 700 (10 hits)
  • Cooldown: 7s → 6s

Lucy

• Developer Notes
  • Vermilion Void was regenerating EX Gauge beyond intended levels when hitting multiple enemies. This has now been reverted to its original value.
  • Two new swap skills, Bloody Claw and Bloody Hunt, have been added for close-range Lucy.
  • Another swap skill tailored for close-combat Lucy is in development.
  • Following Rei’s RMB buff, Lucy’s performance has dropped again. We're planning to improve her overall quality-of-life.

• Bloody Claw
  • Damage: 54 (3 hits)
  • Added as LMB swap skill

• Bloody Hunt
  • Damage: 110
  • Cooldown: 0.5s
  • Dash Distance: 7.5m
  • Health Cost: 140
  • Recovers 100 HP (or shield) per hit (5 ticks)
  • Added as RMB or E swap skill

• Scarlet Banish
  • Now available as RMB or E swap skill

• Scarlet Hook
  • Temporarily Hidden Due to a Bug

• Vermilion Void
  • Now available as RMB or E swap skill
  • EX Gauge Recovery: 120 → 80

Teo

• Developer Notes
  • Teo returns as a long-range runner-shooter.
  • With his unique “aimbot-like” gameplay, we hope to see Teo players dash around and bait melee characters with style.

• Pulse Rifle
  • Damage per shot: 22

• Combat Mode: Assault Rifle
  • Damage per shot: 24

• Combat Mode: Battle Rifle
  • Damage per shot: 60

• Napalm Grenade (Flaming)
  • Damage: 50 + 525 over 35 ticks
  • Cooldown: 7s

• Pulse Mine
  • Damage: 200
  • Cooldown: 14s

• Reload
  
• Tactical Maneuver
  • Movement speed increase: 60%
  • Cooldown: 1s

• Code Zero: Sniper Mode
  • Damage by Distance: 200 / 240 / 320

• Note: For those who have been playing Taeo for a long time, adjustments to the alternate skill slots may be necessary. Please press the reset button in the skill window once.
  

Electra

• Developer Notes
  • We've identified a significant loss of healing due to missed LMB hits, so we've increased Path of Pleasure's projectile speed slightly.
  • Compared to Narae and Chloe, Electra’s overall value felt lower, so multiple minor buffs have been applied.
  • A new defensive swap skill is in development to compensate for her lack of survivability, which we hope will improve her viability.

• Path of Pleasure
  • Projectile Speed: 144m/s → 160m/s

• Path of Corruption
  • Heal per second: 120 → 240
  • Duration: 2s → 1s
  • Cooldown: 9s → 7s
  • Area of Effect:
  • x = 16m → 19m
  • y = 7m → 5.6m
  • z = 3m (0m ~ 3m) → 4.5m (–1.5m ~ 3m)

• Encroaching Thorns
  • Damage: 100 → 150
  • Cooldown: 9s → 7s

• Land of Delight
  • Cooldown: 9s → 7s

• Enchanting Grace
  • Cooldown: 3s → 2.5s

Chloe

• Developer Notes
  • To make Chloe more exciting to play, we’ve significantly reduced the cooldown of Zoom Zoom, Horo Car!
  • We hope that this change, along with a shorter cooldown for Tag! Freeze!, will offer more flexible swap skill options—especially helpful for newer players, making her easier to pick up but still rewarding.

• Zoom Zoom, Horo Car!
  • Cooldown: 9s → 4.5s

• Tag! Freeze!
  • Cooldown: 15s → 12s

• Chloe’s bomb-carrying voice line volume has been increased.
  • When Chloe is holding a bomb, she shouts more loudly in excitement.
  • This change should help players better recognize and react to an incoming Chloe from a distance.

Sabio

• Developer Notes
  • Sabio has been underperforming in the mid-tier range.
  • We're applying slight buffs across his kit to raise his performance and will continue monitoring him.

• Golden Spear of Kukulkan
  • Damage by range: 50 / 40 / 30 → 70 / 50 / 30

• Guardian Automata of Kukulkan
  • Heal per second: 40 → 60
  • Additional healing: 20 → 10
  • EX gauge charge amount reduced by 50%

• Let’s Breakdance!
  • Cooldown: 9s → 6s
  • Cast Time: 2s → 1.2s

System Changes

• 4-Player and 5-Player Party Matchmaking Disabled
  • Once regular matchmaking is available, parties of 4 or 5 will not be supported in matchmaking queues.

• Spectator Slots in Custom Games Increased
  • The number of spectators allowed in Custom Games has been increased to 10.