Aldous/History

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## Patch Notes 1.8.08

"To emphasize Aldous' role as Exp Laner, we adjusted his Skill 1 to allow him to gain more Soul Steal stacks from Siege Minions, but lowered the damage increase from each Soul Steal stack to balance things out."

* Skill 1 ADJUST ~
	+ BUFF ↑ Stacks Gained from Siege Minion Kills: 4 → 10
	+ BUFF ↑ Stacks Gained from Nearby Siege Minion Deaths: 2 → 5
	+ NERF ↓ Skill 1 Damage Increase Per Stack: 6 → 5

## Patch Notes 1.6.10

"There was a huge gap between Aldous's damage capabilities in the early and late games, and he could be difficult to counter at full build. In this adjustment, we optimized his  Skill 1 so he could gain stacks and hit the target more easily, and the calculation formula of the shield from his  Passive to make it less dependent on his enhanced Basic Attacks. On the other hand, we slightly nerfed his  Skill 2 and  Ultimate so opposing players could counter him more easily."

* Passive ADJUST ~
	+ ADJUST ~ Shield Value: Damage of the triggering Basic Attack 500 → 3 \* Soul Steal stack count
* Skill 1 BUFF ↑
	+ BUFF ↑ Optimized the Attack Speed so it can now hit fast-moving enemies more easily.
	+ BUFF ↑ Extra Soul Steal stack gained upon non-hero enemies' deaths: 1 → 2
* Skill 2 NERF ↓
	+ REMOVED - Removed the Basic Attack Immunity effect.
	+ NERF ↓ Damage Reduction: 50% → 30%
* Ultimate NERF ↓
	+ NERF ↓ Slightly reduced the stun duration on hit.

## Patch Notes 1.5.46

"We've optimized the casting of Aldous'  Ultimate, which allows players to use it by simply tapping the hero icon beside the  Ultimate button"

## Patch Notes 1.5.32

"We've slightly enhanced Aldous' strength in the early game."

* Skill 1 BUFF ↑
	+ BUFF ↑ Base Damage of Enhanced Basic Attack: 150-400 → 200-450

## Patch Notes 1.5.24

"Aldous is very weak in the early game, but it is difficult for the oppents to dead with him in the late game. Therefore, in this patch, we continue to enhance his early-game farming and combat capabilities and nerf him in the late game."

* Skill 1 ADJUST ~
	+ BUFF ↑ Base Damage of Enhanced Basic Attack: 130-330 → 150-400
	+ ADJUST ~ Cooldown: 5-3,5s → 4s
	+ NERF ↓ Extra Damage of Each Stack: 7 → 6

## Patch Notes 1.5.08

"Aldous is relatively weak in the early game, but his enhanced Basic Attack in the late game makes him hard to deal with. Thus, we have reduced the difficulty of farming for him and nerfed his enhanced Basic Attacks."

* Skill 1 ADJUST ~
	+ BUFF ↑ Base Damage of enhanced Basic Attack: 100~300 → 130~330
	+ NERF ↓ Damage increase from each stack of Soul Steal: 8 → 7

## Patch Notes 1.4.94

* ADJUST ~ Adjusted label specialty - Push/Burst to Burst/Support.

## Patch Notes 1.3.52

* Contract: Soul Steal
	+ BUFF ↑ Adjusted added damage from each layer of Contract: Life Steal Contract: Life Steal to 7 from 8.

## Patch Notes 1.3.44

* Attribute
	+ NERF ↓ Adjusted Basic Physical Defense to 21 from 24.
* Contract: Soul Steal
	+ FIX Fixed a problem where the basic attack can't be used to the target who is in the special state.

## Patch Notes 1.2.98

* Contract: Chase Fate
	+ ADDED + Improved the control. Now shows the avatar of the hero of whom Aldous gains visibility.

## Patch Notes 1.2.88

* BUFF ↑ Increased attack growth by 1 point.

## Patch Notes 1.2.86

* Contract: Chase Fate
	+ FIX Resolved an issue where activating this skill causes Angela to be visible despite using Heartguard.
* Contract: Life Steal Contract: Life Steal
	+ BUFF ↑ Increased base damage to 100-300 from 90-240.
* Contract: Explosion
	+ BUFF ↑ Adjusted damage reduction to 50% from 30%.
* FIX Improved skill icons and in-game battle effects.

## Patch Notes 1.2.78

* Changed hero's name from Aulrad to Aldous.
* Contract: Life Steal Contract: Life Steal
	+ FIX Fixed an issue where activating this skill grants two stacks, rather than one.
	+ FIX Fixed a problem where using  Endless Battle occasionally causes incorrect stacking.
	+ BUFF ↑ Increased damage of Life Steal from 20 to 25 points per stack.
	+ NERF ↓ The attack bonus on minions or monsters now only takes effect with basic damage.
	+ FIX Fixed a problem where extra damage is inflicted upon enemy turrets.
* Contract: Explosion
	+ FIX Fixed an issue where the damage reduction effect did not work. Fixed.
* Contract: Chase Fate
	+ NERF ↓ Extra damage is now 10% of the enemy unit's total HP and no longer enjoys bonus physical damage.
* Contract: Transform
	+ NERF ↓ Set shield's maximum value to not exceed 50% of Aldous' total HP.

**Red Mantle**
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## Concept Art

Legends from the Land of Dawn say that the Western Desert's Minoan Kingdom possess a mysterious labyrinth. In the maze is a statue of giant minotaur, which the people consider to be the mecca of the Minoan Kingdom. Some say that there is a group of contractors who guard the entire maze, somewhere inside which, lies the Twillight Orb. It is also what led to the downfall of the kingdom, because, with the fortune powers from the Twillight Orb, the Kingdom produced a lot of precious jades, which brought the Minoan people great wealth. Very quickly, though, the entire kingdom was lost in the intoxicating allure of gold and riches. Even many of the contractors.

The Minotaurs tasked with guarding the sacred maze became corrupted, abandoning their duty. Only one stayed―Aldous, who never forgot his duty and continued to protect the Minoan Labyrinth. Until one day, a god came from the heavens to punish these lands for their corrupted constitution. The powers of light and dark decimated the entire Minoan Kingdom, which even Aldous could not escape. The two streams dark and light energy surged into his body; Aldous thought he was about to die. However, the two streams of energy collided, causing great changes to his body.

His skin grew long-black scales that could resist most attacks and monstrously large arms that could easily strike fear into people's hearts. When Aldous awoke from his daze, he found the people of his kingdom all gone and the mysterious Maze was now sealed by some unknown force. The remaining Minotaurs decided that Aldous would stay to defend the maze, while the others travel across the Land of Dawn to find answers. News of a mysterious force sealing the Minoan Maze spread quickly to the Abyssal Kingdom. To gather this strange energy, Selena decided to bring her Abyssal Demons with her to the entrance of the Minoan Maze. Meanwhile, Asterion, the strongest of the Minotaur heard the Twilight Orb's call and needed to return as he knew what he had to do, but Aldous wouldn't let him in, as he had fled away once.