August 13, 2026

The number on the card is what the champ does with no items. Then combat uses the Attack, Ability Power, or Health you actually have. Attack champs scale with Attack. Mages scale with Ability Power. Hybrids split the difference. Tank heals and shields grow with Health. Everyone else’s heals and shields use Ability Power the same way damage does. A Rod raises the heal. Stun time and how many bolts you fire stay as written. Those are not stats. Those are the ability.

• Attack champsAbility damage scales with Attack
• MagesAbility damage scales with Ability Power
• HybridsAverage of Attack and Ability Power
• Tank heals & shieldsScale with Health
• Other heals & shieldsHalf of bonus Ability Power⇒Full Ability Power, same as mage damage

You see what the ability does, with the live total in the sentence. Base plus bonus sits underneath. Then the 1 / 2 / 3 numbers, but only for values that grow when you star or when you itemize. A 1-hex splash, a 7-hex line, or below half health stays in the sentence. Hover a stat and you get the same idea: how much is the champ, how much is the item, in that stat’s color. No more mystery meat.

• Ability sentenceLive total, with base + bonus under it
• Star table1 / 2 / 3 for numbers that grow. Flat numbers stay in the sentence.
• Stat hoverOne mashed number⇒Base + bonus, in the stat color

Every champ used to freeze for almost a second after spending the bar. That is right for a giant meteor. That is wrong for Kindle. Cinderfang’s whole job after the buff is to keep swinging, and the freeze ate a quarter of the rage. Each ability has its own pause now: a blink for self-buffs, a bark for shields, a swing for melee, a beat for bolts, and the long freeze for the big map abilities. Mana stays locked for the whole self-buff so you cannot dump two in a row through it.

• After an abilityEveryone froze ~0.87s⇒Depends on the ability
• Mana during a self-buffLocked until it finishes

Husk

He was a smaller Sever: same slash, same mana, less of everything. He now drinks the cut. Sever still slashes. Husk stays alive.

• Hollow DrainSlash the target⇒Slash and heal

Slagguard

He was a second Brim with a shield and nothing else. The plate now burns whoever is standing on it.

• Slag PulseShield only⇒Shield, then scorch adjacent enemies

Spark

She bounced the same way Zinn does. She now fires a line through the target.

• Cinder PierceBouncing bolt⇒A line through the target

Tidepup

He copied Fen’s heal-and-poke. He now heals the hurt ally and speeds that ally up.

• Salt BlessingHeal and poke⇒Heal and attack speed on one ally

Hexbolt

He dashed to the back line and slowed, same as Riptide. He now jumps the weakest enemy and stuns them.

• Hex PounceDash farthest and slow⇒Jump the weakest and stun

Zephyra

She copied Ez’s extra swing on every attack. She now spins once, hits who is next to her, then swings faster.

• Sand WhirlAttack speed and a second target⇒A spin around her, then attack speed

Nightvine

He was a second Ashveil execute. He now cuts and bleeds, and still grows Attack when something dies.

• Night LashExecute below half health⇒Physical hit plus true bleed

Tempestra

She rolled random bolts like Riftbow. She now drops thunder on the densest clump.

• ThunderburstRandom bolts⇒A blast on the densest enemies

Cogmage

He was a smaller Vulcanis meteor. The foundry now fires a ray through the line.

• GearbeamCluster blast⇒A ray through the target line

Maelis

She copied Abyssal’s cluster wave. She now drowns every enemy, heals every ally, and stuns the thickest clump.

• Drowned StarCluster wave and a small stun⇒Board-wide damage, team heal, stun the clump

Umbra

He blinked once, same as Pyrelord. He now keeps blinking to the weakest enemy until someone lives through it.

• Reaping SilenceOne blink, refund on a kill⇒Chain blinks, stop if they live

Mossbeard

The grove already had its own job. Enemies caught in it now also cannot walk.

• Awaken the GroveDamage and ally shields on the clump⇒Same, and those enemies are rooted

Kaeda

The dash through the team already belonged to her. Enemies she passes now also eat a short stun.

• Tempest BladesDash through and swing faster⇒Same, and a stun on everyone passed

Inferna

She was a bigger Vulcanis meteor. The mountain now bursts, keeps burning, and shields her.

• CalderaCluster blast⇒Blast, burn, and a self shield

Leviathan

He copied Voltarr’s shield and two lightning bolts. He now slams the bodies at his feet, stuns them, and makes them hit him.

• Colossus CrashShield, then zap the nearest⇒Shield, slam adjacent, stun and taunt

Voidking

He bit one target, same as Grimmaw. The throne now slams everyone next to him, heals per body, and stuns the weakest.

• Throne FeastBite one and heal⇒Slam adjacent, heal per hit, stun the weakest

Chronarch

He copied Ez’s extra swing. He now stops every enemy for a beat, then fights with more Attack and attack speed.

• Stop the ClockAttack speed and a second target⇒Stun everyone, then a personal fight window

Pixlit

He warded one ally, same as Flare. Father of the Storm now shields every ally, shocks every enemy, and hurries the whole team.

• Storm FatherShield one ally and lash near them⇒Team shield, board shock, team attack speed

Pyrelord

He was on too many first-place boards. The blink is the same. He has less Health, and he hits a bit softer.

• HealthLower
• AttackLower

Ironchoir

Same hymn. Less Health. He was the four-gold body on too many Feywild firsts.

• HealthLower

Galeheart

Same lightning. Less Health. She was the four-gold body on too many mage firsts.

• HealthLower

The start of the game is supposed to be tight. Five gold every round from the first fight meant you could finish a board before anyone had items. That is a lot of game with nothing to buy toward. Income now ramps up, then sits at 5.

• After 1-25 gold⇒2 gold
• After 1-35 gold⇒2 gold
• After 1-45 gold⇒3 gold
• After 2-15 gold⇒4 gold
• Every round after that5 gold
• Win a player fight+1 gold next round

The first extra-pick is supposed to be mostly Gold. Ours was stuffed with bronze, so we had been hiding Gold-sized power on bronze cards. That was a mess. The first pick is mostly Gold now. Later shops find more 4-costs. Golden stones are rarer. Crests are still how you emblem.

• First extra-pick mixLots of bronze⇒Mostly Gold
• Shops at 7 / 8 / 9More 4-costs later
• Golden stones5% of parts from stage 2⇒2%

Bronze should be smaller than silver. Silver smaller than gold. Prismatic is the spike. A few prismatic cards were still winning way too much. Titan’s Bulwark waits until 8 rounds (same wait as War Trophies) and keeps the big Health pack. Apex Predator is 18 Attack / 14 Ability Power / 10% attack speed. Endless Legion’s extra units cost 160 Health. Killing Edge came down with Apex so the two Attack cards do not drift apart.

• ExtrasBronze < silver < gold < prismatic, for real
• Titan's Bulwark unlock4 rounds⇒8 rounds (big Health pack kept)
• Apex PredatorWinning too much⇒18 Attack / 14 Ability Power / 10% attack speed
• Endless Legion Health tax-160 Health for +2 team size
• Killing EdgeTrimmed with Apex so the Attack cards stay paired

Traits do their thing again. We are not blanking tooltips to chase a graph. The tooltip is one number you can see at a glance, or two when the second number is the whole point (shield and how often, rage and life steal).

• Trait combatBonuses back on the tooltip
• Trait tooltipsA wall of words⇒One (sometimes two) numbers

Sentinel

Two Sentinels were still winning about one game in four. Cutting the champions barely moved it. The 2-break now pulses every 5 seconds instead of feeling like a second life bar. Bigger Sentinel still pulses faster. That is the point of going bigger.

• Sentinel (2) pulseFaster⇒Every 5s
• Sentinel (4 / 5 / 6)Still every 3.5s

Hover a champion, press E, they sell. You do not have to click them first. If your fingers already do this, they can stop being sad.

• SellE sells whoever you are hovering

Cards you own shine. A card that is one copy from a star flashes gold so you can see it from across the rail. Hover a trait, and shop cards with that trait light up. Rerolls pop all five new faces at once, instead of fading them in like a slideshow.

• Almost a starGold flash on cards one copy away
• Trait hoverMatching shop cards light up
• ShinesTravel off both edges. Owned cards read brighter.

When a fight starts, leftover units sit by role instead of dumping into whatever space was free. Range preview paints the caster’s space too. On a phone the board looks sharper, and you can pinch to zoom. Dragging your legend does not steal the camera when you are zoomed in.

• Auto placeSits by role when a fight starts
• Range previewCaster space is highlighted
• Phone cameraSharper board + pinch to zoom
• Legend dragDoes not steal zoomed-in pan

The combine card on the right was getting cut off. Item slots on the equip preview are square, and the recipes stay on the tray where they belong. Stacking bonuses print as +AP (or the real stat), not a round meter you had to decode. Extra-pick cards shrink on a sideways phone so they fit.

• Combine cardNo longer gets cut off
• Equip previewSquare slots. Recipes stay on the tray.
• Stacking bonusesA round meter⇒+AP / the real stat

Starting a new game gives up leftover live seats instead of dumping you into some other match that was still ticking. A leftover game is a game you can rejoin, not a clock bug. The settings text no longer promises a rejoin after you give up.

• New gameGives up leftover live seats first
• Leftover gameA session you can rejoin
• Give up textDoes not promise a rejoin

Husk

He is holding the cleaver. He is about 15% smaller so he does not dwarf the other 1-costs. The shop picture is the splash you already know.

• Held itemThe cleaver
• Size on the board~15% smaller
• Shop pictureFrom the splash

Sever

Sever idles, walks, and attacks looking like himself. He read tiny as a 1-cost machine, so he is about 10% bigger. Everyone else went the other way and shrank 10%, so the board can breathe.

• On the boardIdle, walk, and attack
• Sever size~10% bigger
• Everyone else~10% smaller

One wake, diffs, legal hints, and one live game per account. Do not call get_state. wait_for_phase plus act is the path. Home shows Rejoin if a seat is still alive. Starting vs-bots gives up a leftover practice seat.

• LoopOne wake, diffs, legal hints, one live game

• WalkingWalk cycles keep looping from space to space
• Health barsStay upright when units turn
• Incoming portalHost champs no longer hitch. Visitors face the host.
• Travel facingChamps no longer turn away, then back, into the portal
• Fight startA turn-around, not a snap
• ScoreboardYour row is readable
• Leftover itemsOld leftover item ids no longer crash the ticker