Update V39

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* Patch Notes

**Release Notes - V.39 Update**

## Major Features

* Morigesh has been released!
* The Monolith map has been updated!
	+ Jungle layout update:
		- Jungle flow has been streamlined and improved.
		- Camps have been re-positioned.
		- Amberlink relocated.
	+ Collision has been greatly improved throughout the map.
	+ Prime Guardian and Raptor pathways are more similar.
		- Provides more equal ground near Midlane.
	+ Fog walls have been improved.
	+ Grass is enabled for high settings.
* Hot Rod Howitzer Skin Variations
	+ Founders will recieve both the Orchid and Sanguine Skin Variations for free upon logging in.

## Monolith

* Raptors Update
	+ The Raptor camp no longer reinforces one at a time.
		- Raptor camp will begin respawning four minutes after all Raptors have been destroyed. Only after all Raptors have been destroyed, spawning four minutes later.
		- Raptor melee attacks will now only damage their primary target.
	+ Increased Max Level for from 5 to 15.
	+ Now levels up every 2 minutes, gaining health with each level.
		- Raptors stop leveling after 30 minutes.
	+ Stat Changes
		- Reduced Raptor CP Bounty from 1000 to 800.
		- Reduced Raptor Base Health from 3500 to 1450.
		- Implemented Health Per Level scaling for Raptors, gaining 125 health per level (every 2 minutes).
* Prime Guardian Update
	+ Prime Guardian respawn time reduced from 480 seconds to 420 seconds.
	+ Now levels up every 2 minutes, gaining health with each level.
	+ Increased Max Level from 5 to 15.
	+ Stat Changes
		- Reduced Prime Guardian base health from 12000 to 8625.
		- Implemented Health Per Level scaling for Prime, gaining 325 health per level (every 2 minutes).
* Prime Orb Update
	+ Reduced duration of Prime Buff from 180 seconds to 150 seconds.
	+ Updated Prime Orb buff (See cards).
* River Buff Update
	+ Updated vision rules.
	+ River Buff will now update every 2:00 minutes regardless of whether it had been destroyed previously.

## Cards

* Weekly Card Pack
	+ Micro-Nuke
	+ Reaper's Siphon
	+ Swiftcreek Heart
* Prime Card Rework
	+ Stat Changes
		- The Warlord
			* +27.5 Attack Speed.
		- The Archmagus
			* +30 points of power.
		- The Centurion
			* +250 points of Max Health.
	+ All Prime Cards now have the same Unique Passive effects (below).
		- Restore 3% of your Max Health and 3% of your Max Mana every second if no damage has been taken in the last 6 seconds.
		- Nearby minions have their Max Health doubled.
		- All friendly ranged minions are granted Deathtouch for the next 30 seconds. (Minions with Deathtouch will instantly kill any enemy Minion they attack).
		- Abilities and Basic attacks deal 20% more damage.
* Satori Cloak Update
	+ Satori Cloak no longer shreds armor from Structures.
* Update to Stinger Boost
	+ Bonus damage buff will now activate on ability cast instead of on ability hit.
	+ Stinger boost will no longer trigger on toggled hero abilities (Grim’s Suppression Mode and Narbash’s Song of My People).
	+ Stinger Boost audio no longer plays globally.
* Divine Shield update
	+ Now blocks Prime Guardian's Abilities.
* Ash of the Witch update
	+ Slow can only be applied once every 2 seconds.

## Heroes

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed a bug which caused Heroes to lose animations when jumping or using abilities.

###  **Aurora**

* Hoarfrost
	+ Ice spikes will now correctly show team color.
* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ FX polish for Frozen Simulacrum.
	+ Fixed an issue which caused Aurora to somtimes be launched into the air.
	+ Fixed an issue with Aurora’s ice stairs animation.
		- Ice stairs will now appear correctly.

###  **Lt. Belica**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Updated her salute animation.

###  **Countess**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed glowing blades visual effect after leaving the shadowplane.

###  **Crunch**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed various visual effects issues.

###  **Feng Mao**

* Conversion Shield
	+ Feng Mao's Conversion Shield animation can now be canceled after the shield is applied.

###  **Gadget**

* Speed Gate
	+ Gadget's Speed Gate now becomes active after .15 seconds once it hits the ground, down from .5 seconds.
* Tesla Dome
	+ Polish and Bug Fixing
		- Will now appear in the Death Recap screen.
		- Will now deal damage to the core and towers.
		- Invisible wards will only be damaged if they are visible.

###  **Gideon**

* Torn Space
	+ Will no longer close immediately if Gideon teleports into a root effect.

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* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed a bug preventing Grim.EXE's Suppression Mode from slowing minions.

###  **Howitzer**

* Slow Grenade
	+ Howitzer's Slow Grenades now become active .1 seconds once they hit the ground, down from .5 seconds.
* Make it Rain
	+ Howitzer post-ultimate directional leap is now more forgiving.

###  **Khaimera**

* Polish and Bug fixing
	+ Improved responsiveness of basic attacks after activating Unleashed

###  **Kwang**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed issue where spark visual effects appear on Kwang's sword when running against walls.
	+ Fixed a bug which caused Kwang's Judgment of the Heavens to turn Prime Guardian invisible.
	+ Fixed a bug causing Kwang's Ultimate to cancel if he teleports into a root effect.

###  **Morigesh**

* Added Dark Heart Skin to in-game store.
* Added Cloud Bringer emote to in-game store.

###  **Murdock**

* Buckshot, Move Along and Static Trap are now Quick Cast
	+ Quick Cast - Instant cast unless button is held down.
* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Improved responsiveness on abilities across the board.
	+ Default Murdock's Blue variant has been tweaked to look less like the original skin.

###  **Muriel**

* Reversal of Fortune
	+ Removed soft cooldown if she is interrupted before acitvation.
	+ Muriel can no longer use Reversal of Fortune while in the air.

###  **Riktor**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed a bug allowing Riktor to cancel his Riplash animation if he pulls an enemy.

###  **Serath**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fix for Serath facial animations during hit reactions.

###  **Sevarog**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed Sevarog's Collosal Blow ability turning all player's screens green.
	+ Sevarog's Hollow Praise emote now has audio.

###  **Sparrow**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed Sparrow's low health vocal effort sound contiously playing after she has been healed.

###  **TwinBlast**

* Polish & Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed cloth clipping while rotating Twinblast.
	+ Updated respawn animation.

UI
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* Daily Login Reward
	+ Changed the day 3 reward from a Silver Chest to 500 Coins.
		- This is to replace the 500 Coins that were previously handed out during through a player’s level progression.
* Minimap Update
	+ The minimap has been updated to match the new Monolith map.
	+ Hero minimap icons have been updated.
		- New icons should be much clearer and easier to read.
* Card Notification Update:
	+ Players can now toggle on/off options for seeing an added item, completed item, and discarded item in their chat window.
* Loot Crate Update
	+ Hot Rod Howtizer Orchid Skin Variation added to Loot Crates.
	+ Hot Rod Howitzer Sanguine Skin Variation added to Loot Crates.
* Polish and Bux fixing
	+ Minion death FX optimization, fixes, and tweaks.
	+ Fixed some hitches in tutorial level when leveling up Gideon’s Cosmic Rift.
	+ Fixed bug that allowed dead players to still see enemies that after their team had lost vision.
	+ The Loot Crate screen is now in 3D.
	+ Minor tweaks to hero zoom.
	+ Characters will no longer experience controller input while Settings menu is open.
	+ Targeting brackets will now appear on stealthed enemy heroes when players have vision of them.

AI
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* Bot update
	+ Bots will attempt to last hit minions now.
	+ Updated bots awareness to towers/tower range.
	+ Player usage of team-comms now has greater influence on bot decisions.
	+ Bot hero selection is now improved.