Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - v1.4.1 Update

✦AI summary1mo

v1.4.1 introduces key rebinding, cliff highlights, and significant balance adjustments for Necrons, Tyranids, Space Marines, and Orks, alongside various stability fixes.

▲Buffs11

ImmortalsReduced cost by 25% to make them a more viable alternative to Necron Warriors.100%→75% %
Canoptek SpydersFabricator Claw Array:Now come with Fabricator Claw Array by default, making vehicle builds more viable.Upgrade→Default
Triarch StalkerTargeting Relay:Targeting Relay now also affects vehicles, improving synergy for the Necron vehicle lineup.Non-vehicles→Vehicles
Necron General
- Dimensional Corridor:Reduced cost of Dimensional Corridor from 40 to 30 influence.40→30 influence
- Dimensional Stability:Dimensional Stability now reduces the cost of Dimensional Corridor further to 20 influence.30→20 influence
Tyranid WarriorsIncreased group size from 2 to 3 to make Warrior builds more viable.2→3 units
MalanthropesToxic Miasma:Reduced Toxic Miasma cooldown from 10 to 5.10→5 turns
Space Marines
- Fortress Upgrades:Fortress Expansion, Advanced Redoubts, and Fortress Supreme now increase resources from features by 25%.0%→25% %
- Deploy Fortress of Redemption:Fortress upgrades now reduce the cooldown of Deploy Fortress of Redemption by 1.X→X-1 turns
OrksScavenger:Increased Scavenger ore per kill from 2 to 3 to boost Ork economy.2→3 ore
Big MekReduced cost by 33% and changed resource requirements to ore and energy.100%→67% %

▼Nerfs13

Tomb Blades
- Increased cost by 33% to balance their power.100%→133% %
- Shield Vanes:Shield Vanes upgrade moved to tier 6 to prevent early removal of their low resilience downside.2→6
Tyranid Warriors
- Increased cost from 40 to 60.40→60 resource
- Research moved from tier 1 to tier 2.1→2
Malanthropes
- Reduced hitpoints from 16 to 12 to prevent them from tanking too many overwatch shots.16→12 HP
- Grasping Tail:Increased Grasping Tail cooldown from 1 to 3.1→3 turns
- Malanthropes can no longer consume tiles in enemy cities.Yes→No
Spore Mines
- Spore Mines no longer provide experience when they explode.Yes→No
- Spore Mines are no longer reclaimable.Yes→No
Noctilith CrownHalved attacks from 6 to 3 to bring damage in line with Imperial Bastion.6→3 attacks
LictorsAdditional Weapon:Lictors now require the Flesh Hooks upgrade to receive the additional weapon.None→Flesh Hooks
General
- Invulnerable damage reduction:Invulnerable damage reduction no longer stacks.Stacks→No stack
- Items:Items now go on a 1 turn cooldown when assigned to a new hero.0→1 turn

✚Bug fixes1

GeneralFixed sporadic unit state crashes and crashes when destroying cities or using Jokaero Digital Weapons.

◆Other changes8

Big MekChanged upkeep from food to energy to better match the unit's role.Food/Ore→Energy
Noctilith CrownChanged cost to half ore and half energy with energy upkeep.Ore→Ore/Energy
Void Shield GeneratorChanged cost to half ore and half energy with energy upkeep.Ore→Ore/Energy
LictorsChameleonic Skin:Chameleonic Skin now allows overwatch with melee weapons instead of increasing ranged damage reduction.Ranged DR→Melee Overwatch
General
- Added the ability to rebind controls through a new Controls tab in settings.→Added
- Added video setting to show cliff highlights.→Added
- Fear:Fear changed from damage reduction to accuracy reduction for more consistent results across weapons.-50% melee damage→-33% melee accuracy %
- Stealth:Stealth now only works if the unit has actions remaining.Passive→Action-based