Patch Notes: Version 1.8 (9/26/2020)

Welcome to the patch notes of version 1.8 of War of Champions, which was released on Saturday, September 26, 2020.

## Version 1.8

### Character Reworks

* **Vinvuri**
	+ Passive Trait - *Buried in Ice*
		- ~~While standing near a turret, Vinvuri gains Strength V and Slowness V for 2 seconds.~~
		- [New Effect] When Vinvuri stuns a player with one of her abilities, she also inflicts them with Weakness X and Mining Fatigue X.
	+ Primary Weapon - *Crystallizer*
		- Bow enchanted with Power 2.
		- [New Effect] Comes with Crystals which can be purchased in Vinvuri's trait shop. Crystals are arrows that apply Slowness X for 1 second.

### Balance Changes

This week, balance changes have a primary focus: the Marksman class. Marksman are extremely powerful when placed in the right team comp, but almost all of them tend to fall off late game due to power enchantment levels not being strong enough. We're making changes so that the base damage of Marksman weapons is 8 hearts, meaning a bow with Power II enchantment. Some Marksman may have more powerful bows than others, as was prior.

Another change we're making to Marksman is adding arrows to their trait shop. All Marksman will have the ability to purchase arrows from their trait shop at a greatly reduced price. We're talking 16 arrows for 3 nuggets. Other characters with bows will also be getting this treatment. Along with this, Marksman skins will now have the ability to change the visuals of arrows by adding colors to them! Without further ado, here are the specific changes we are making:

* **Asmera**
	+ *Holy Smite* now enchanted with Power 1.
* **Cassiplatt**
	+ Can now purchase 16 Arrows in her trait shop for 3 nuggets.
* **Chimeran**
	+ Can now purchase 16 Arrows in his trait shop for 3 nuggets.
* **Iglaard**
	+ *Ice Tipped* no longer costs normal Arrows and can only be purchased in bundles of 16.
	+ *Ice Tipped* cool down cost decreased from 16 nuggets to 6 nuggets.
	+ *Frostbolt* now enchanted with Power 1.
* **Laneera**
	+ *Coilfang* now enchanted with Power 3.
	+ Poison Tipped Arrows cool down cost decreased from 10 nuggets to 3 nuggets.
* **Magnolia**
	+ *Holy Light* Power enchantment level increased from 1 to 2.
	+ *Spectral Arrows* cool down cost decreased from 10 to 3.
* **Vinvuri**
	+ 16 *Crystals* can now be purchased in her trait shop for 6 nuggets.
* **Xerce**
	+ *Malice Shot* Power enchantment level increased from 2 to 4.
	+ *Skull of the Wither* armor decreased from +5 to +4.
* **Xol**
	+ *Demonic Infusion* arrows cool down cost decreased from 10 to 3.
	+ *Corrupted Pit* Instant Damage level increased from 1 to 2.

### Other Changes

* Teleportation pads can now only be used by those on the same team as the pad.

### New Skins

#### Celestials

Bow before your celestial guardians with these brand new skins, including an ultimate tier skin!

* **Celestial Magnolia**
	+ Epic, 64 Emeralds
	+ New potion colors!
	+ New arrow colors!
* **Celestial Bizzarazz**
	+ Epic, 64 Emeralds
	+ New potions colors!
* **Celestial Zambivona**
	+ Ultimate, 128 Emeralds
	+ New trait shop appearance!
	+ New selection notification!
	+ New in game notifications!

Bizzarazz will be the first character to receive more than one skin. You might be thinking, why do this before all characters have gotten their own skin? The reasoning for this is that certain characters are easier to make skins for than others. A dragon is much easier to work off of to make skins for compared to a girl with a cross bow, etc.

## Version 1.8.1 [Hotfix]

### Balance Changes

* **Xerce**
	+ Can now purchase 16 arrows in his trait shop for 3 nuggets.

### Bugfixes

* Gold team players could not select Zambivona due to the pressure plate being broken.
* Players using a Celestial skin did not have their tag removed after completing a game.