Update V44.6

## **Release Notes - V.44.6 Update**

v.44.6 is out now, bringing you the release of the latest Hero, Terra, alongside of our holiday event, Winterfest.

## MAJOR FEATURES

* Terra released!
	+ Store Content:
		- Gryphon Knight Terra Skin
		- Headswoman Emote
* Winterfest has begun! Stay frosty until Jan. 8.
	+ Monolith Map and Main Menu screens have received a snowy makeover.
	+ Enjoy a 3-part Winterfest themed short story starring your favorite little drummer ogre, Narbash.
	+ Weekly Quests
		- Earn a guaranteed Winterfest Chest (see content below) after completing games 1, 7 and 15 each week.
		- Rewards for completing 20 games each week:
			* Week 1: Northern Mystic Morigesh Skin
			* Week 2: Frozen Hearth Aurora Skin
			* Week 3: Frost King Revenant Skin
			* Week 4: Golden Key
				+ Note: the 3 above skins will also be available for individual purchase in the store during their respective quest week as well as in Week 4.
		- For the first time ever, you’ll be able to track your event quest progress in the updated Play tab and Post-Match screen.
	+ Winterfest Chests
		- Can contain one of the following 12 items:
			* Everfrost Kwang Skin
			* Everfrost Lt. Belica Skin
			* Everfrost Serath Skin
			* Northern Mystic Morigesh Banner
			* Frozen Hearth Aurora Banner
			* Frost King Revenant Banner
			* Sword Sculpture Aurora Emote
			* Old Saint Riktor (2016 Winterfest Skin)
			* Jingle Bombs Iggy & Scorch (2016 Winterfest Skin)
			* Peppermint Kallari (2016 Winterfest Skin)
			* Ugly Sweater Gadget (2016 Winterfest Skin)
			* Yuletide Feng Mao (2016 Winterfest Skin)
		- Guaranteed no duplicates!
			* If you earn 12 chests by playing at least 15 games each week of Winterfest, then you’re guaranteed to earn all 12 items listed above.
			* If you earn a Winterfest Chest after already owning all 12 items (if you had previously owned a 2016 Winterfest Skin for example) then that chest will grant a 10-Win XP Boost.
	+ Winterfest Mega Bundle
		- Available only in the final week (1/2/18 - 1/9/18) of Winterfest
		- Contains all of the following at a discounted price:
			* 3 Winterfest skins:
				+ Northern Mystic Morigesh Skin
				+ Frozen Hearth Aurora Skin
				+ Frost King Revenant Skin
			* 6 Winterfest skin variations exclusively found in this bundle (previewable in the Collections tab at the start of Winterfest):
				+ Onyx Northern Mystic Morigesh
				+ Emerald Northern Mystic Morigesh
				+ Earthen Frozen Hearth Aurora
				+ Jade Frozen Hearth Aurora
				+ Sanguine Frost King Revenant
				+ Gunmetal Frost King Revenant

## HEROES

###  **Aurora**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Minor visual improvements to the Ultra Glacial Empress skin variation.
	+ Minor visual improvements to Frozen Simulacrum’s icy statue.

###  **Countess**

* Shadow Slip
	+ No longer executes jungle minions (intended to execute lane minions only).
* General Balance
	+ Base Health increased from 520 to 566
	+ Base Health Regen increased from .87 to .94
	+ Health per level increased from 53 to 59.3
	+ Health Regen per level increased from 0.9 to 1

###  **Howitzer**

* R2000 Missile
	+ Range increased from 1750 to 1950.
* Make it Rain
	+ Damage increased from 410/556/702 to 445/638/831.
	+ Scaling increased from 5.22 to 6.89.

###  **Iggy & Scorch**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed an issue where Iggy & Scorch couldn’t lifesteal off his basic attacks.
	+ Minor visual improvements to So Sleepy emote, Mecha Terror skin, and Onyx Phoenix skin variation.

###  **Kallari**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ The target of Death Sentence will now hear a more obvious audio cue alert.
	+ Minor visual improvements to the Red Death skin.

###  **Kwang**

* Light of the Heavens
	+ Defense buff duration decreased from 5s to 3s
* Fury of the Heavens
	+ Damage decreased from 234/328/421 to 205/287/369
	+ Scaling decreased from 3.34 to 2.93

###  **Lt. Belica**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed an issue where textures could be missing from Belica’s guns on her Challenger skin.

###  **Morigesh**

* Swarm
	+ Cooldown increased from 8s at all levels to 11/10/9/8s
	+ Movespeed bonus decreased from 40% at all levels to 28/32/36/40%
	+ Fixed an issue where the movespeed bonus was not being applied correctly.

###  **Murdock**

* Shots Fired
	+ Cooldown increased from 5/4/3/2s to 8/6/4/2s
* Long Arm of the Law
	+ Damage decreased from 176/263/351 to 176/246/316
	+ Scaling decreased from 3.13 to 2.51
* General Balance
	+ Basic Attack damage per level decreased from 4.8 to 4.4
* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed an issue where textures could appear missing on low graphics settings

###  **Phase**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed visual issues that could occur with the Panda Power skin.

###  **Rampage**

* Boulder Throw
	+ Cooldown increased from 10s to 14s
* General Balance
	+ Base health from 733 to 713
	+ Base health regen from 1.22 to 1.2

###  **Revenant**

* Scar
	+ Cooldown increased from 6s to 8s
	+ Mana cost increased from 50 to 65
	+ Slow magnitude adjusted from 10% at all levels to 7/8/9/10%
* Reckoning
	+ Bonus bounty decreased from 1000/1500/2000 to 600/950/1300

###  **Sevarog**

* Siphon
	+ Damage decreased from 105/135/164/193 to 82/111/140/170
	+ Mana cost increased from 15 to 25
* General Balance
	+ Base Health decreased from 702 to 678
	+ Base Health Regen decreased from 1.17 to 1.13

###  **Shinbi**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Shinbi no longer receives a camera shake when she hits a target with Circle Rhythm.

###  **Sparrow**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Minor animation improvements to the Hold My Ale emote.

###  **Steel**

* Shield Bash
	+ Damage decreased from 111/158/205/252 to 111/152/193/234
	+ Scaling decreased from 1.67 to 1.46
* Ablative Armor
	+ Recharge duration increased from 6/5/4/3s to 8/7/6/5s

###  **Terra**

* Carve (Basic Attack)
* Counter Guard
	+ Terra raises her shield, guarding for a brief moment. If Terra takes damage while she is guarding the damage is deflected and turned into a shield for a duration. The size of the shield is determined by a percentage of unmitigated damage that was deflected.
* Ruthless Assault
	+ Terra spins striking all enemies around her before finishing the spin with an additional forward slash.
* Deafening Command
	+ Terra slams her axe into her shield creating a shockwave that deals damage and applies a stun to all enemies in a radius around her.
* Unstoppable Force
	+ Terra’s helmet smashes down granting her a shield and immunity to crowd control for a duration.

###  **Wraith**

* General Balance
	+ Base Basic Attack damage per level increased from 3.1 to 4.2
	+ Attack Speed per level increased from 1.5 to 2

###  **Wukong**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Minor visual improvements to Infernal Wukong skin.

###  **Zinx**

* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Fixed a bug where damage from Kitty Claws was not scaling with power consistently.

### All Heroes

* Upon release of free look, the camera transition has been improved to be more smooth and less jarring.

## CARDS & GEMS

### CARDS

* Deathcrawler
	+ Reduced attack speed penalty from 50 to 30
	+ Reduced critical hit bonus damage from 250% to 200%
* Spry-Kin
	+ Fix for not being able to target Allies if they were not visible to Enemies.
* Wetware Virus
	+ Now correctly targets enemies who are revealed in the Shadowplane.

### GEMS

* Spell Shield
	+ Now correctly blocks Card abilities.

UI
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* Play Tab Updates
	+ The visual layout has been changed and improved.
	+ CO-OP VS AI and VS AI have been merged into a single play mode option that allows you to choose between human or bot allies.
	+ Special Event quest progress will now be tracked on the Play tab (as well as on the Post-Match screen).
	+ Boost information now also appears above the Play button (when you have one or more boosts the number of boosts you have is also displayed).
* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Various clarity and visual improvements made to the draft lobby.

## MONOLITH

* A section of the wall above river buffs will now glow the color of the buff that is spawned below it.
* Polish and Bug Fixing
	+ Orb Prime buff visual effects added to new minions.
	+ Fixed an issue causing ranged minion attack audio to sometimes not play.
	+ Made map ping sound right channel only.

## LOOT CRATE

* Added:
	+ Legendary
		- Crimson Future King Wukong
		- Pearl Future King Wukong
	+ Epic
		- Ivory Double Agent TwinBlast
		- Crimson Double Agent TwinBlast
	+ Common
		- Candy Default Terra
		- Jungle Default Terra