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# The Sly Messenger | June 2, 2015

## New God: Ratatoskr - The Sly Messenger

###  Acorn of Yggdrasil (Passive)

Ratatoskr spawns with a powerful acorn from the World Tree in his inventory. He can upgrade this acorn through the item store from anywhere on the map to strengthen himself and enhance his abilities.
###  Dart

Ratatoskr dashes in the target direction, dealing 70/100/130/160/190 (+40% of your Physical Power) damage to all enemies along the way. If Ratatoskr strikes an enemy god he has not struck with Dart in the last 10s, the cooldown is reset.
###  Flurry of Acorns

Ratatoskr spins, shooting 12 acorns out in a circle around Ratatoskr that freeze in air briefly then return to wherever Ratatoskr is currently, dealing 10/14/18/22/26 (+15% of your Physical Power) damage on the way out and the way back.
###  Acorn Blast

Ratatoskr shoots a blast of four acorns forward in a cone, each dealing 30/40/50/60/70 (+25% of your Physical Power) damage.
###  Through the Cosmos

Ratatoskr charges briefly then leaps from the ground to a branch above his head. He then jumps to a new branch twice more. On the third branch, Ratatoskr chooses a landing locating where he strikes down dealing 250/330/410/490/570 (+100% of your Physical Power) damage.
## Acorns of Yggdrasil

###  Magic Acorn

“*Ratatoskr spawns with this acorn in his inventory. It can be upgraded but cannot be sold.*”

* +5 Physical Power.

###  Blue Acorn

* +30 Physical Power.
* Passive - Flurry of Acorns now slows all targets hit for 30% for 2s.

###  Yellow Acorn

* +30 Physical Power.
* Passive - Flurry of Acorns now deals 20% additional damage.

###  Sapphire Acorn

* +50 Physical Power, +15 Physical Penetration.
* Passive - Acorn Blast now sticks to targets as tiny adorable grenades of doom, blowing up after 2s. Acorns will pause at max range and explode if no targets are hit rather than disappearing.

###  Emerald Acorn

* +50 Physical Power, +15 Physical Penetration.
* Passive - Acorn Blast now heals Ratatoskr.

###  Topaz Acorn

* +50 Physical Power, +25% Cooldown Reduction.
* Passive - Dart now stuns targets that are struck twice.

###  Opal Acorn

* +50 Physical Power, +25% Cooldown Reduction.
* Passive - Dart now shoots up to 6 lightning bolts to nearby targets while you are dashing. These lightning bolts proc in-hand effects.

**View the Developer Insight to learn more about Ratatoskr's design and development process.**

## New Voice Packs

* Ratatoskr
* Beach Babe Aphrodite
* Hunkules Hercules
* Crikeydile Sobek
* G.I.Zhong Zhong Kui

## New Emotes

* Ah Puch Wave and Clap
* Ratatoskr Wave and Clap

## New Ward Skins and Player Icons

* Sharky Icon

UI
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* Visual updates have been made to the following screens.

* League Screen
* Profile Screen
* Gods Screen

* Now defaults to a new icon view that allows more gods to be seen.
* Added option ‘Use God Cards’ at the Gods tab.

* Notifications

* Added Achievements tab.

* Match Lobby

* The pedestals and god models in the match lobby are no longer hidden behind the UI once you have selected a god.

* When viewing Top Achievements in Profile/Stats, mousing over tooltips show larger art for the Achievement.
* Added Personal Honor to Profile Page in the Player information square.
* Added scroll wheel support when browsing chests.
* Added proper redirects when viewing exclusive skins.
* Added final art for some Achievements with missing icons.
* Clicking Profile tab while on the Profile Page will return you to viewing your information if previously searched for another player on Profile screen.
* Fixed icon animation issues when using ALT-TAB and Fullscreen.
* Fixed sometimes not being able to see Top Achievements for searched players.
* Fixed targeting options not correctly turning off.
* Fixed Season Ticket Twitch stream audio persisting after closing pop up.
* Fixed not being able to interact with Twitch controls in Season Ticket pop up.
* Fixed every time you click the social tab, the clan status is sent to clan tab chat.
* Fixed issues with Daily Reward UI not displaying correct information.
* Changes to Mastery Player Icons:

* You will now only keep the most recent.
* They will be auto equipped on acquisition.
* On first login after release, your most recent Mastery Icon will be equipped.

## Misc

* Clan Quests now scale with the size of your clan to make sure the difficulty of completion matches how many players you have in your clan. The scaling is adjusted and locked in when the Clan Quest is received.
* Added icon on Arena minimap for when the Friendly/Enemy Siege Tower appears.
* Fixed buff camps sometimes getting stuck around corners.
* Conquest Tutorial - Allies and Minions now appear with you when pushing the Titan.
* Joust - Fixed Buff holders not respawning in the center.
* Fixed gods showing underneath pedestals in the match lobby.
* Fixed not earning No Scope Accolade during Xbalanque Ultimate.
* Fixed Achievement “Clan Together” being acquired with non-clan members.

## Items

###  Shielded Teleport

* Fixed an issue where Janus Portal could cause Shielded Teleport to not use cooldown.

###  Soul Reaver

* Fixed the Passive not always applying to the maximum target with Nu Wa Fire Shards.

## Gods - Balance/Updates/Fixes

###  Ah Muzen Cab

* Stinger

* Fixed Solid Hornet skin playing Standard voice when retrieving Stinger.

###  Ah Puch

“*Ah Puch's poke with Fleeting Breath at the start of the game is seeing a reduction, along with less duration on Empty the Crypts. While his performance overall is in line with other mages, he was succeeding slightly too well at zoning out enemy players.*”

* General

* Fixed glowing fx persisting after death.

* Undead Surge

* Addressed the ability not properly going on cooldown sometimes.
* Fixed heal not correctly being applied, but still played fx.

* Fleeting Breath

* Damage reduced from 32/34/36/38/40 to 25/28/31/34/37 per tick.

* Empty the Crypts

* Duration reduced from 8 to 6s.

###  Anhur

* Desert Fury

* Fixed ground targeter only highlighting the first target.

###  Anubis

* Sorrow

* Removed reference to Resolve, an old mechanic.
* Now applies 30% Crowd Control Reduction and abides by the 40% cap.

###  Ao Kuang

* King's Sword

* Fixed 2 energy charges being consumed when out of Mana and using King of the Eastern Seas.

* Water Illusion

* Fixed the ground target highlight range being too short.

###  Arachne

* Web

* Fixed Web fx disappearing too early.

###  Athena

* Preemptive Strike

* Fixed the ground target highlighting enemies behind the first target.
* Fixed block fx not playing if hit with Basic Attacks twice in a row.

###  Awilix

“*Awilix, like Kali, will now have protections against Knockups, Slows, and Roots while Gravity Surge is active. This helps her stay in the fight even if she missed a pull on a jumping target.*”

* Gravity Surge

* Grants immunity to knock up, root, and slows.
* Duration increased to 6s.

###  Bacchus

* General

* Fixed jump (spacebar) animation appearing twitchy on land.

###  Bakasura

* General

* Can no longer emote during Regurgitate with the Death Machine and Feaster Bunny skins.

###  Cabrakan

* Refraction Shield

* Fixed a Mana and Cooldown cancel issue.

###  Cupid

* Heart Bomb

* Fixed ability instantly exploding on the Titan.

###  Freya

“*Freya is seeing an increase to her base Protections and scaling to be a bit more survivable. Thank Odin's ravens.*”

* General

* Increased Base Physical Protection from 13 to 14.
* HP per level increased from 77 to 80.
* Base ground speed increased from 370 to 375.
* Increased Magical Protection scaling per level from 0 to 0.9.

###  Isis

* Dispel Magic

* Fixed Crowd Control immunity removing Magical Protection debuff.

###  Medusa

* Acid Spray

* Fixed inaccuracies with cone targeter.

* Lacerate

* Fixed the ground target highlighting enemies behind the first target.

###  Nemesis

“*Scales of Fate has had some cleanups to make the amount of Power Nemesis receives more accurate and reliable.*”

* Scales of Fate

* Nemesis now gains the flat value of the power she steals now, rather than percentage of her existing power. In addition, enemies now appropriately only lose item power.

###  Nu Wa

* Mysterious Fog

* Fixed the description not displaying the correct damage over time.

###  Odin

* General

* Fixed 3 Achievements: Final Form; Cleanup Crew; and Kaboom! not being granted when using Lunge + Raven Shout together.

* Ring of Spears

* Fixed ranks 2 and 3 not granted Root immunity.

###  Osiris

“*The Broken God of the Afterlife is getting some tweaks to his base and scaling defenses to put him better in line with the Basic Attack-centric god that he is.*”

* General

* HP gain per level increased from 80 to 85.
* HP5 gain per level increased to from .7 to .8.
* Base Physical Protection increased from 15 to 17.

###  Rama

* Astral Strike

* Fixed the Piercing sound fx not playing.

###  Thanatos

* Harvester of Souls

* Fixed an issue where the heal was granted for the previously killed target instead of the last.

###  Ullr

“*Because it's a different weapon. For glory!*”

* Wield Axes (Wield Bow)

* Switching stances now removes Disarm.

###  Xbalanque

* General

* Fixed some Shinobalanque sound fx heard on Standard skins.

###  Zeus

* General

* Fixed lightning bolt in lobby misbehaving.

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