Nimue Balance Patch (Patch #7) - Ver. 1.13.369 / REV 136513 - 20 February 2019

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Improvements

• Performance improvements for aura spells to make spell detection more accurate and improve combat performance
• Improved visual feedback for all sword skills - impacts now include a brief white glow for improved visibility
• Improved audio effects for various combat abilities
• [Android/iOS] Optimized audio load settings to improve audio stability for mobile devices

Balance Changes

General Balance Changes

• Base Max Hitpoints: 1000 → 1200 (bonus HP from melee weapons remains unchanged)
  • This increases the general Hitpoint pool by 20%
• Base Max Energy: 100 → 120
  • This increases the general Energy pool by 20%
• Base Movement Speed: 4.8 m/s → 5.5 m/s
• In-Combat Duration: 30s → 20s
• Cap for Auto Attack Max Damage Increase: 200% → 300%

Arcane Staffs

• Frazzle (all Arcane Staffs)
  • Damage Taken Increased: 40% → 30%
• Time Freeze (Great Arcane Staff)
  • The freeze can't be cleansed anymore
  • Duration: 3.5s → 3s

Axes

• Rending Strike (all Axes)
  • Energy Cost: 3 → 2
  • Healing Reduction per stack: 7% → 5%
  • Hit Delay: 0.4s → 0.2s
  • Standtime: 0.4s → 0.3s
• Rending Swing (all Axes)
  • Hit Delay: 0.2s → 0.3s
  • Energy Cost: 2 → 3
  • Healing Reduction per stack: 7% → 5%
• Deadly Chop (all Axes)
  • Damage: 174.04 → 152.00
• Adrenaline Boost (all Axes)
  • Movement Speed Increase: 40% → 50%
  • Damage Increase: 20% → 25%
• Removed the ability Battle Frenzy (all Axes)
• Added the new ability: Battle Rush
  • Charge toward a target (ally or enemy). Enemy Healing Received is reduced 20% for 4s in a 5m radius. Ally Healing Received is increased by 20% for 4s in a 5m radius.

Bows

• Enchanted Quiver (Bow)
  • Auto Attack Damage Increase per stack: 25% → 35%
• Explosive Arrows (Bow)
  • Capped the number of potential triggered effects at 25: each Rain of Arrows hit can now activate up to 5 Explosive Arrows, each of which can hit up to 5 targets
• Magic Arrow (Warbow)
  • Projectile Speed: 15.33 m/s → 16.08 m/s

Cursed Staffs

• Cursed Sickle (all Cursed Staffs)
  • The ability is reworked to a skillshot with a boomerang-like trajectory.
  • Cooldown: 3.5s → 5s
  • Hit Delay: 0.5s → 0.2s
  • Standtime: 0.3s → 0.4s
  • Range: 21m → 16m

Daggers

• Sunder Armor (all Daggers)
  • Hit Delay: 0.2s → 0.1s
  • Standtime: 0.4s → 0.2s
• Slit Throat (Dagger Pair)
  • Damage: 430.74 → 443.05
• Lunging Stabs (Bloodletter)
  • Damage for targets below 40%: 306.63 → 330.00

Fire Staffs

• Replaced the spell Fire Bomb (Q-Slot)
• Added new spell Burning Field (Q-Slot)
  • Sets the ground in a 3m radius for 4s on Fire. Dealing magic damage on ignition and additional damage for enemies inside the area. This is a ranged spell, which you can cast on the ground.
  • Cooldown: 0s → 4s

Hammers

• Power Geyser (all Hammers)
  • Hit Delay: 0.6s → 0.5s
• Grasp of the Undead (Tomb Hammer)
  • Reworked the ability: A giant Undead Hand comes out of the ground, hitting enemies in a 2.5m radius. Dealing 110 physical damage and stunning for 2.9s.
  • Cooldown: 15s → 14s
  • Hit Delay: 0.4s → 0.5s

Holy Staffs

• Desperate Prayer (Holy Staff)
  • Max Heal Value: 177.69 → 200.00
  • Cooldown: 20s → 15s
• Salvation (Fallen Staff)
  • Radius: 6m → 5.5m
• Celestial Sphere (Redemption Staff)
  • Max Number of Jumps: 14 → 10
  • Heal per Jump: 51.5 → 80.00

Nature Staffs

• Rejuvenation (all Nature Staffs)
  • Heal per tick: 7.75 → 7.9
• Revitalize (all Nature Staffs)
  • Instant Heal: 57.59 → 75.00
  • Removed the Heal Over Time effect, instead it now instantly restores 15 energy of the target
  • Cooldown: 7s → 10s
  • Energy Cost: 9 → 10
• Circle of Life (Nature Staff)
  • Zero Charge Heal: 56.62 → 91.00
  • One Charge Heal: 90.60 → 114.00
  • Two Charge Heal: 135.89 → 148.00
  • Three Charge Heal: 192.52 → 193.00
• Ruthless Nature (Blight Staff)
  • Cooldown: 30s → 25s
  • Heal per Tick: 29.50 → 33.00
  • Energy Cost: 18 → 15

Quarterstaffs

• Separator (Quarterstaff)
  • Cooldown: 20s → 15s
  • Energy Cost: 17 → 13
• Hurricane (Iron-Clad Staff)
  • Doesn't knock mobs away anymore
  • It interrupts Mob spell casts instead
  • Damage per tick: 23.20 → 32.00
  • Cooldown 100 IP: 23.8s → 36s
  • Cooldown 1700 IP: 19s → 20s
• Overpower (Double Bladed Staff)
  • The ability was renamed to Crescent Slash
  • Reworked the animation, it is now a jump with a fixed duration
  • Cast Range: 11m → 15m
  • Standtime: 0s → 0.3s
  • Damage: 69.64 → 80.00
  • Radius: 5m → 6m

Spears

• Inner Focus (all Spears)
  • Movement Speed Increase per stack: 6% → 8%
  • Buff Duration: 5s → 6s
• Reckless Charge (one handed Spear)
  • Range: 11m → 13m

Swords

• Heroic Strike (all Sword)
  • Heroic Charge now also gives a 10% Attack Speed Bonus per stack
  • Standtime: 0.4s → 0.3s
• Heroic Cleave (all Swords)
  • Reworked the ability:
    • Deals physical damage to all enemies in a 6m radius around you.
    • Creates one Heroic Charge if you hit at least one enemy.
    • Creates two Heroic Charges if you hit three enemies or more.
    • Each Heroic Charge increases your move and attack speed by 10% for 6s. (stacks up to 3 times)
    • Hit delay: 0.4s → 0.3s
    • Standtime: 0.3s → 0.2s
    • Radius 4m → 6m
    • Energy cost: 3 → 3.5
• Iron Will (all Swords)
  • While the buff is active the caster becomes now immune to purges
  • Activating this ability doesn't give an extra Heroic Charge stack anymore
  • Resistance Increase: 25% → 35%
  • Duration: 5s → 4s
• Mighty Blow (Broadsword)
  • The ability now jumps towards the target.
  • Range: 3m → 10m
  • Hitdelay: 0.4s → 0.3s
  • Standtime: 1s → 0.8s
  • Damage: 267.84 → 276.00
  • Resistance Increase: 0.36 → 0.24
  • Energy Cost: 14 → 11
• Spinning Blades (Dual Swords)
  • Max Hitpoint Damage: 5% → 8%
• Soulless Stream (Galatine Pair)
  • Max Hitpoint Reduction: 10% → 6%

Armors

• Purging Shield (Mage Robe)
  • Cooldown: 60s → 45s
  • Duration: 6s → 5s
  • Energy Cost: 12 → 10
• Life Steal Aura (Hellion Jacket)
  • Now also increases Healing Received by 10%
  • Duration: 10s → 8s
• Windwall (Knight Armor)
  • Cooldown: 40s → 30s
• Force Shield (Judicator Armor)
  • Resistance Increase Factor: 0.35 → 0.32

Helmets

• Ice Block (Cleric Cowl)
  • Cooldown: 60s → 40s
• Inner Corruption (Cultist Cowl)
  • Cooldown: 50s → 30s
• Meditation (Assassin Hood)
  • Channel Duration: 2s → 3s
  • Max Cooldown Reduction: 10s → 15s
• Growing Rage (Royal Hood)
  • Damage Increase per stack: 10% → 8%
• Stoneskin (now available on all Plate Helmets)
  • Removed the damage and healing penalty. It is now a straight resistance increase
  • Resistance Increase: 60% → 50%
• Emergency Heal (Now only available on Guardian Helmets)
  • Reworked the ability:
  • Instantly heals 10% of your max health and removes any damage over time effects.
  • Cooldown: 60s → 40s
  • Instant Heal: 5% → 10%
• Electric Discharge (Judicator Helmet)
  • Cooldown: 60s → 45s
  • You can now keep moving during the activation of this skill

Shoes

• Vengeful Sprint (Hellion Boots)
  • Damage Increase per stack: 5% → 4%
• Defensive Sprint
  • Removed from Graveguard Boots
  • Added new ability Battle Frenzy instead:
    • Increases your movement speed by 80% and makes you immune to any movement-impairing effects for 5s. Does not make you immune to forced movement effects like knockbacks.

Passives

• Efficiency (Cloth Armors)
  • Energy Cost Reduction: 8% → 12%
• Efficiency (Cloth Helmets & Shoes)
  • Energy Cost Reduction: 3.5% → 6%

Offhands

• Normal Shields:
  • Crowd Control Resistance Factor: 0.36 → 0.60
• Mistcaller:
  • Cooldown Reduction: 15% → 14% (on 1700 IP)
• Leering Cane:
  • Cooldown Reduction: 0% → 6% (on 1700 IP)
• Eye of Secrets:
  • Max Energy Factor: 0.4 → 0.5
• Muisak:
  • Now increases Damage and Healing significantly, but also increases energy costs.
  • Bonus Damage: 20% (on 1700 IP)
  • Bonus Healing: 20% (on 1700 IP)
  • Energy Cost Increase: 25% (on 1700 IP)
• Taproot
  • Max Health Factor: 0.5 → 0.42

Capes

• Heretic Cape
  • Root Duration: 4s → 6s
• Keeper Cape
  • Health Threshold for activation: 60% → 70%
  • Cooldown: 100s → 80s (on 1300 IP)
• Lymhurst Cape
  • Cooldown: 120s → 130s (on 1300 IP)
• Martlock Cape
  • Cooldown: 140s → 160s (on 1300 IP)
  • Bonus Defense: 66.66% → 50%
• Thetford Cape
  • Damage (80.44 → 92.00)
• Undead Cape
  • Health Threshold for activation: 20% → 25%

Mounts

• Ox:
  • Base Speed: 35% → 40%
• Pest Lizard:
  • Base Speed: 120% → 110%
• Morgana Nightmare / Spectral Bonehorse:
  • Gallop Bonus: 125% → 123%
• Direwolf Mounts (includes special mounts with the same stats)
  • Gallop Bonus: 140% → 130%
• Spectral Bat / Husky:
  • Gallop Bonus: 140% → 132%
• Moabird Mounts:
  • Gallop Bonus: 135% → 127%
• Cougar Mounts:
  • Gallop Bonus: 130% → 125%
• Rageclaw:
  • Gallop Bonus: 145% → 132%
• Husky Sled:
  • Gallop Bonus: 125% → 123%

Fixes

• Spell and buff fixes:
  • The Hellgate buff can no longer be purged
  • Fixed an issue where Empowering Beam buff stacks would drop briefly - they should now be more stable for the duration of the spell
  • Battle Frenzy is no longer resistant to silencing
  • Fixed an issue where Tackle and Reckless Charge could be resisted by the target after the initial hit
  • Fixed an issue where the displacement effect of Reckless Charge was incorrectly resisted
  • Mortal Agony now reveals stealthed characters as intended
  • Field of Death now reveals invisible characters under Mark of Sacrifice as intended
  • Battle Frenzy no longer offers immunity to Wind Wall
  • Royal Banner now increases normal attack speed and reduces cooldowns as intended
• Improved tooltips for various abilities, clarifying spell behavior and/or adding missing information
• Corrected jump and roll animations for male characters - offhand weapons now stay attached to hand
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Silver costs in the crafting UI was not displayed correctly
• Regional production bonus UI now displays only valid items
• Additional minor graphical, UI, animation, texture, terrain, audio, and localization fixes