Closed Alpha 8 - 12/13/24 Patch #2

✦AI summary1w

Closed Alpha 8 Patch #2 focuses on balancing several gods with significant nerfs to Aphrodite, Cupid, and Yemoja, while buffing Bellona, Neith, and Pele, alongside several item stat corrections.

▲Buffs21

Baron SamediHysteria:Fixed a bug where enemies at max Hysteria dealt less damage to everyone; now it only affects damage dealt to Baron Samedi.

Bellona

Bludgeon:Slam damage scaling normalized to 70% Strength across all ranks.60/62.5/65/67.5/70% STR→70% STR %
Scourge:Cooldown reduced, allowing for more frequent use of the ability.17/16/15/14/13s→14/13.5/13/12.5/12s s
Eagle’s Rally:Increased damage scaling from Strength.50% STR→60% STR %

Medusa

Acid Spray:Pre-fire reduced to better align with the animation, making the ability feel more responsive.
Lacerate:Fixed an issue where knockup immunity was missing during firing.Missing→Added

Neith

Broken Weave:Added Strength scaling to the attack speed gained per stack.0%→2% STR %
Unravel:Increased base damage across all ranks.70/110/150/190/230→75/120/165/210/255
Unravel:Cooldown reduced to a flat 12s for all ranks.14/13.5/13/12.5/12s→12s s

Pele

Everlasting Flame:Increased duration of the ability.4s→6s s
Pyroclast:Cooldown now decreases as the ability levels up.15s→15/14.5/14/13.5/13s s
Eruption:Increased the height of the knockup by 25%.100%→125% %

Celestial Beam:Slight increase to Intelligence scaling.100% INT→105% INT %
Solar Blessing:Increased Intelligence scaling per tick.25% INT→30% INT %

Thor

Mjolnir’s Attunement:Increased base damage and Strength scaling.50/90/130/170/210 + 30% STR→50/95/140/185/230 + 35% STR
Berserker Barrage:Increased base damage and Strength scaling.45/65/85/105/125 + 60% STR→50/70/90/110/130 + 70% STR

Hide of the Nemean LionIncreased health to fix a stat loss issue during T2 upgrade.200→350

Hussar’s WingIncreased health to fix a stat loss issue during T2 upgrade.200→250

Mystical MailIncreased health to fix a stat loss issue during T2 upgrade.350→400

Ruinous Ankh

Increased physical protection.30→40
Increased magical protection.30→40

▼Nerfs21

Aphrodite
- Kiss:Stun duration decreased, reducing her ability to peel or lock down targets.1s→0.8s s
- Lovebirds:Base healing per tick reduced across most ranks.10/17/24/31/38→10/15/20/25/30
- Lovebirds:Reduced the amount of healing Aphrodite receives from her own ability based on Intelligence.10% INT→7.5% INT %
- Undying Love:Increased cooldown of the ultimate, making it available less frequently.90s→100s s
Baron Samedi
- Consign Spirits:Base healing values decreased across all ranks.30/60/90/120/150→30/55/80/105/130
- Consign Spirits:Reduced the percentage of missing health healed.2.5%→2% %
Chaac
- Torrent:Increased cooldowns, particularly at higher ranks.10/9/8/7/6s→10/9.5/9/8.5/8s s
- Rain Dance:Reduced both base healing and Intelligence scaling.10/15/20/25/30 + 5% INT→8/13/18/23/28 + 4% INT
Cupid
- Share the Love:Decreased base healing and Intelligence scaling.20/40/60/80/100 + 10% INT→20/35/50/65/80 + 7.5% INT
- Fields of Love:Decreased base healing and Intelligence scaling on the ultimate.60/100/140/180/220 + 30% INT→60/95/130/165/200 + 20% INT
Medusa
- Viper Shot:Reduced base damage and scaling from both Strength and Intelligence.20/25/30/35/40 + 8% STR + 10% INT→15/20/25/30/35 + 6% STR + 8% INT
- Petrify:Reduced damage scaling from Strength and Intelligence.80% STR + 90% INT→65% STR + 85% INT %
Nu WaClay Soldiers:Clay Soldiers no longer trigger item effects, reducing her ability to stack item-based damage.Yes→No
RaDivine Light:Cooldown now starts higher and decreases with rank.12s→14/13.5/13/12.5/12s s
Thor
- Warrior’s Madness:Thunderstruck no longer triggers item effects.Yes→No
- Tectonic Rift:Decreased stun duration across most ranks.1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5/1.6s→1.2/1.25/1.3/1.35/1.4s s
YemojaMending Waters:Reduced base shield health and the percentage of max health added to the shield.30/60/90/120/150 + 3% Max Health→30/55/80/105/130 + 2% Max Health
Prophetic Cloak
- Decreased physical protection.30→25
- Decreased magical protection.30→25
- Decreased cooldown rate.15→10
Ruinous AnkhRemoved health from the item.Added→Removed

✚Bug fixes3

General
- Fixed an issue where minions were not showing on the Conquest mini-map.
- Fixed an issue where the Penetration stat was displaying twice in Brawler's Ruin.
- Fixed an issue where the Caestus Passive was incorrectly granting Intelligence.

◆Other changes2

Nu WaClay Soldiers:Fixed a missing string table entry for Soldier Health.Missing→Fixed
RaDivine Light:Shifted damage from base values to higher Intelligence scaling.30/70/100/130/160 + 45% INT→25/60/85/110/135 + 55% INT