A Tigron's Tale Update Notes

New Champion: Tiberius, The Weapons Master

Lore

His is a tale of charm and daring -- heroic feats backed by deadly prowess. A traveler of the Realm looking for worthy foes to test his mettle, sharpening his skills and weapons alike. Adored by the people, feared in battle -- Tiberius, The Weapons-Master, knows no equal!

Born of the Tigron, Tiberius is the pinnacle of their values. A dashing legend -- bold, brash, and relentless -- anointed by an ancient blade, destined for battles that are nothing short of legendary.

With Chakrams, forged by the weapon-smiths of his ancestors; and a sword, forged from the heavens themselves -- an ancient artifact capable of banishing unspeakable evils from this world -- he is ready for any threat! Tiberius is exhilarated by the opportunity to match blades with a worthy foe. Snarling, he charges headlong into the fray, unleashing an unrelenting storm of steel, claw, and fang. En garde!

Overview

[Role]

• Damage

[Health]

• 2200

[Weapon] Bladed Chakrams

Tiberius slings Bladed Chakrams from his hand every 0.7s, dealing 650 damage each, and bouncing off floors and wells up to two times. Chakrams stop on players and shields

[Alt-Fire] Heavy Blade

Throw your Heavy Blade in a straight line, Piercing through Shields and enemies. Deals 800 damage and reduces the Movement Speed of enemies hit by 50% for 2s.
Heavy Blade lodges itself into any environment it collides with. Tiberius may reactivate the ability to recall the blade back to him once it is lodged in the environment

[Alt-Fire] Recall

Recall your Heavy Blade back to your hand, passing through all players and collision, dealing 500 damage to any players hit.

[Ability 1] Crouching Tigron

Tiberius crouches back, then launches himself forward through the air.

[Ability 2] Combat Trance

Channel your energy, gaining increased attack and movement speed for 4s.30% Movement Speed IncreaseReduces Bladed Chakram refire to 0.5s

[Ultimate] Blade Dance

Flourish your Heavy Blade and access to use Striking Tigron and Whirling Blades up to 5 times for 15s. All other abilities are disabled during Blade Dance. Can be cancelled after 1s

[Ultimate - Primary Fire] Striking Tigron

Instantly dash forward, passing through all enemies and dealing 750 damage. Can be fired in any direction.

[Ultimate - Alt-Fire] Whirling Blades

Launch upward into the air, whirling your blade around you and block all incoming damage. Upon landing, deal 1,000 to all enemies in an area around you.

Talents

[Default] Predatory Instincts

• Your Chakrams bounce 2 more times.

[Level 2] Tigron's Fury

• Your Heavy Blade can be reactivated to explode for 800 damage in a 25-unit area.

[Level 8] Vicious Assault

• Crouching Tigron now deals 700 damage upon landing.

Cards

Weapon/Armor

• Beast-Slayer
  • Gain a {50|50}-Health Shield for 3s after falling to or below 50%

• Flying Chakrams
  • Increased your maximum Ammo by {1|1}.

• Bragging Rights
  • Heal for {25|25} for each Chakram hit.

• Charisma
  • Increased your maximum Health by {50|50}

Heavy Blade

• The Champion
  • Reduce the Cooldown of Crouching Tigron by {0.4|0.4}s for each enemy hit by Heavy Blade.

• Imbued with Purpose
  • Reduce the cooldown of Heavy Blade by {0.6|0.6}s

• Making the Cut
  • Reduce the Cooldown of Heavy Blade by {0.8|0.8}s for each enemy hit on its return.

• Instrument of Fate
  • Reduce the Cooldown of Combat Trance by {0.4|0.4}s for each enemy hit by Heavy Blade.

Combat Trance

• Honed Sense
  • Generated {0.8|0.8}% Ultimate charge every 1s while Comat Trance is active.

• Primal Haste
  • Combat Trance grants a {40|40} shield for 4s.

• Test of Strength
  • Heal for {50|50} every 1s while Combat Trance is active

• Crowd-Pleaser
  • Activating Combat Trance grants {1|1} ammo.

Crouching Tigron

• Pouncing Tigron
  • Increase the distance traveled of Crouching Tigron by {8|8}%

• Rising Stardom
  • Gain a {75|75} health shield when you activate Crouching Tigron

• Alley-Cat
  • Reduce the Cooldown of Crouching Tigron by {0.6|0.6}s.

• World-Traveler
  • Reset the Cooldown of Crouching Tigron after falling to or below {15|15}% Health.

Skins

Beast Slayer Tiberius

• Unlocked with 200 Crystals or 60,000 Gold

Nightstalker Tiberius

• Unlocked through Season Pass 2019 - 2020

Golden Tiberius

• Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50 as Tiberius

Battle Pass - Community

Champions - together, we are strong! We’re launching the new Community Battle Pass, with major format changes and the long-awaited Fernando Announcer pack.

Each skin in this Battle Pass was concepted and voted upon by you, the community, from our Community Skin Contest over 8 months ago. Take a look inside how the team brought @arty_SNAPS, @ilustra_dart, and @Alexis_Pflaum concepts to life HERE.

The Wild West Battle Pass will become unpurchasable with the release of Patch 1 – A Tigron’s Tale. The Community Battle Pass will be available for purchase with the release of A Tigron’s Tale, and is scheduled to end in March.

Receive instant rewards for purchasing, and unlock over 100 more goodies just by playing and leveling up your Battle Pass. All players start earning Community Battle Pass experience as soon as the patch is live. Battle Pass purchasers unlock premium rewards every level, along with the free track rewards.

The Community Battle Pass costs 600 Crystals, and rewards you just for playing. You can now unlock up to 450 Crystals through the Battle Pass Free Track, and an additional 150 through the Premium Track, making the Battle Pass FREE once completed. Level up with newly-reworked challenges, daily quests, and unlock up to 8 Epic Champion skins!

Dive in to this awesome Battle Pass with the Battle Passport, a quick purchase that not only unlocks the new Battle Pass itself but the next 30 Battle Pass Levels so you can start playing with the Ska’drin Ash, Wukong Talus, and Soul Briar Grover right away!The Battle Passport costs 1500 Crystals, saving you over 1000 Crystals!

Battle Pass Format Changes

Battle Pass Track

• Battle Pass Plus has been removed.
• Reduced total Battle Pass levels 100 ➡️ 80.
• The Free and Premium Tracks now both extend to level 80.
• Each Battle Pass level now takes the same amount of experience to complete.
  • *Total experience remains the same

• Added 450 Crystals into the Free Track.
  • *Daily Login has been removed

Challenges

• All 50 challenges now unlock immediately upon login, for all players.
• Each individual challenge now awards 150,000 Battle Pass Experience, instead of being bundled into Tiers.
• Title rewards are now granted at 25 and 50 total challenge completions
  • 25/50 Challenges Completed
    • Limited title, Local Hero

• 50/50 Challenges Completed
  • Limited title(s) - Mr. Realmwide / Ms. Realmwide

Daily Quests

• Easy daily quests now always award 50,000 Battle Pass Experience, regardless of current Tier.
• Hard daily quests now always award 100,000 Battle Pass Experience, regardless of current Tier.

Battle Pass Content

Instant Unlocks (Exclusive to Battle Pass Purchasers):

• Ska’drin Ash
• Concepted by @ilustra_dart
• Hopeful Days Animated Spray
• Mischievous Animated Avatar
• 50% Experience and Gold Boost

Level 10 - Wukong Talus

Concepted by @arty_SNAPS

Level 30 - Soul Briar Grover

Concepted by @Alexis_Pflaum

Level 40 - Dark Monarch Lian

Concepted by @Alexis_Pflaum

Alternative Skin Line

Level 50 - Scorned Ash

Level 60 - Monkey King Talus

Level 70 - Seeping Corruption Grover

Level 80 - Death Goddess Lian

Other Battle Pass Exclusive Unlocks

• Fernando Announcer Pack
• Loading Frame
• Pool Shark Death Stamp
• Sprays
• Avatars

General

Give all players emote/spray wheel slots by default

• Spray Slots 2, 3, and 4 are now unlocked by default and no longer need to be purchased
• Emote Slots 2, 3, and 4 are now unlocked by default and no longer need to be purchased

Voice Packs

• Voice Packs are now unlocked by default and no longer need to be purchased

End of Match Lobby Updates

• Players will land on the Most Valuable Players screen when a match finishes.

Daily Login

• The Daily Login system has been removed.
• Players will now earn the 450 Crystals they would be able to receive for 60 straight daily logins throughout the Battle Pass Free Track. An additional 150 crystals can be earned through the Premium Track, meaning players that complete the entire Premium Battle Pass will earn enough currency to purchase the next one.

Developer Credits

• You can now see the current and past members of the Paladins team in the escape menu!

Gameplay & System Updates

Third-Person

• Removed the ability to toggle Third-Person on.

VGS 2.0

• Paladins is revamping its Voice Guided System (VGS) to a new structure that aims to allow the player quick access to important information while keeping the ability to communicate robustly with their teammates in a variety of situations
• Keybinds have changed
• Joke, Taunt, and Laugh have moved to the Cosmetic wheel
  • Cosmetic wheel is now toggle by default

• There are now three new VGS options
  • Default view: a radial-text hybrid that displays the VGS system in a visual wheel with each option's keybind visible
  • Radial view: a radial menu that can be navigated with your mouse or your gamepad movement to select the option you desire
  • Text view: a view similar to the current implementation of VGS but retaining the updated keybinds in line with the other two views

Siege Cart Update

• You will now see an in-world indicator of the cart's area of influence, making it easier to determine whether or not you are able to push or defend the objective.

Map Distribution

• Increased the appearance rate of Timber Mill
• Increased the appearance rate of Ice Mines
• Decreased the appearance rate of Fish Market

New Player Experience Updates

• Account Level Quest
  • Players who reach level 5 will receive a new account-level quest to build a loadout. Completing this quest will award 50 crystals.
  • Players who already have an account at or above level 5 will automatically receive this quest upon login.

• New Default Loadouts
  • All Champions now have 3 default loadouts tailored to different playstyles
  • Players can now change their default loadouts, treating them as if they are normal loadout slots.
    • Deleting default loadouts that have been modified will reset them to their default state.

• Made the purchase items in-game notification more apparent.

Deserter

• We have made slight modifications to make the deserter penalty more forgiving in some circumstances

Season Pass - Extended through 2020

The Season Pass has now been extended through 2020! Owners of the Season Pass will now get incredible content for every new Champion as they are released in 2020:

• Season Pass Limited Rare Skin
• All Talents Instantly Unlocked
• Additional Uncommon Skin
• Emote
• MVP Pose

• New purchasers will be able to unlock that same content for all the Champions that were released in 2019:
• Imani
• Atlas
• Io
• Raum

You’ll instantly score three cosmetics only available in the Season Pass: The Limited Legionnaire Viktor skin, Legionnaire Warhorse Mount, and an Avatar, along with the Limited skins that were released with each champion from 2019.Plus, you’ll get 1500 Crystals to unlock the newest Battle Pass, a favorite Skin, or 3d Spray!

Content only obtainable from the Season Pass

Legionnaire Viktor

Legionnaire War Horse Mount

Fire and Ice Avatar

Snowdrift Imani

Last Hope Atlas

Starfall Io

Abyssal Lord Raum

Customizations

We are now introducing account accessories for direct purchase. Items from previous Events and Battle Passes will not be included, unless they have been released for at least 1 year.

To purchase these items, simply select Profile on the Home Page, then select the accessory type you would like to purchase.Music Packs

• 400 Crystals
  • Rise of Furia

Avatars

• 200 Crystals (Animated Avatars)
  • Shadowblade
  • Nom Nom

• 100 Crystals (Static Avatars)
  • Flametongue
  • Oni Mask
  • The Lost Hand
  • Synth

Sprays

• 300 Crystals (3D Sprays)
  • Crystalize
  • Light Show

• 200 Crystals (Animated Sprays)
  • Slayer
  • Gear Up
  • Death Stare

• 50 Crystals (Static Sprays)
  • Blue Assassin Spray
  • Red Assassin Spray
  • Death Stamps

• 200 Crystals
  • Tombstone
  • Ruby Stinger

Announcer Packs

• 10,000 Gold
  • Feyrazzle
  • Golden Skins

Golden Barik

• Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50 as Barik

Chests

Mythological Treasures - NEW

Available January 22nd

Price

• 400 Crystals

Contents:

• Skins
  • Steel Forged Androxus
  • Goddess Lian
  • Divine Seris
  • Buckules Buck
  • Exarch Jenos

• Mount
  • Sacred Wolf

Outlaw's Spoils - NEW

Available February 19th

Price

• 300 Crystals

Contents:

• Skins
  • Outlaw Sha Lin
  • Triggerman Buck
  • Infiltrator Strix
  • Star Silver Kinessa
  • Night Bane Cassie
  • Kunoichi Skye
  • Xeno-Buster Ash
  • Omega Koga

Season 3 - A Shattered Realm

Season 3 Ranked Rewards

• Play 100 Games
  • Limited Title

• Play 200 Ranked matches
  • Sweet Shop Evie

• Reach Gold 5 or higher
  • Season 3 Loading Frame, awarded at the end of Season 3

• Players that reach Grandmaster during Season 3 will instantly receive the limited title - Season 3 Grandmaster.

Split 1 - Rage against the Abyss

Split Rewards

• Play 15 Ranked matches
  • Gold Chest

• Play 50 Ranked matches
  • Ice Box, Avatar

Format Changes

• All players have been soft-reset for Season 3.
• Each ranked split is now across 2 patches, or around 4 months.

Ranked Map Rotation

• Each split, maps will either be in the active or reserved map pool. Reserved maps will not appear while playing ranked during that split. Each new split will see some maps rotated between the active and reserved pools. For Season 3, Ice Mines and Timber Mill will be rotating into the active map pool, while Fish Market and Warders Gate will be rotating out.

Active Maps

• Bazaar
• Ascension Peak
• Jaguar Falls
• Brightmarsh
• Serpent Beach
• Splitstone Quarry
• Frog Isle
• +Ice Mines
• +Timber Mill

Reserved Maps

• Frozen Guard
• Shattered Desert
• -Fish Market
• -Warder's Gate

*All maps now have an equal chance to be played

Season 2 Loading Frames

Players who reached at least Gold during Season 2 will receive a Loading Frame based on their highest rank achieved:

• Gold
• Platinum
• Diamond
• Master
• Grandmaster

For the SUPER long list of balance changes please check out our separate blog here:

https://paladins.com/news/a-tigrons-tale-update-notes