2024-03-30

Veiled in Mysterys Whisper

Veiled in Mystery's Whisper Within the halls of the Kara Chess Museum, whispers echo of ancient treasures lost... A wily phantom, adept at shrouding in disguise, has spirited away prized relics of bygone games. The curator, gathering whispers of clues, now beckons with bounteous promises, summoning adventurers from realms afar. Thus, warriors of valour embark upon a journey fraught with challenges, chasing shadows in pursuit of enigmatic lore.
Game Rules
CHANGE
Now, in every game, 10 random $5 chess pieces will be shuffled into the legendary chess pool through which you can recruit. At the beginning of the game, only 5 of them will be revealed, and the rest of the legendary chess pieces will be revealed when a player recruits them for the first time. The player who reveals the legendary chess piece will receive a gold reward ($5 for the first one, decreasing by $1 for each subsequent one)
Note:  Only purchasing chess pieces from the recruitment panel counts as revealing them, while merely appearing on the recruitment panel does not. Note: Unrevealed legendary chess pieces will not be included in the cost of blocking chess pieces.
CHANGE
After an away-home victory, non-permanent chess pieces (mirrors, summons, transformed chess pieces, etc.) deal half damage to the courier (with rounding-up rules unchanged, damage is at least 1 point)
Chess Pieces
NERF
Dark Willow - Cursed Crown
Cooldown increased from 5/4/3 seconds to 8/6/4 seconds.
BUFF
Vengeful Spirit
Armour reduction of the victim increased from -2/3/4 to -2/4/6, and removed mana regen prevention.
NERF
Bloodseeker - Bloodbath
Damage type now changed back to PURE instead of MAGICAL, damage decreased from 200/300/400 to 150/200/300.
NERF
Timbersaw - Death Whirl
Cooldown increased from 6/4/3 secs to 6/5/4 secs.
NERF
Ember Spirit - Sleight of Fist
Additional damage decreased from 100/200/400 to 100/200/300
CHANGE
Storm Spirit - Ball Lightning
Flying speed decreased from 1250/1875/2500 to 1250/1500/1750 (may prevent it from escaping your own chess board), base damage increased from 40/60/100 to 50/75/125.
NERF
Anti-Mage - Mana Break
Damage multiplier decreased from 5/7/10 to 4/6/8..
BUFF
Pangolier - Swashbuckle
Dagger strikes increased from 3/4/5 to 4/5/6.
BUFF
Disruptor - Static Storm
Duration increased from 4/5/8 seconds to 4/6/8 seconds.
Synergies
BUFF
Shaman - Hex
Adjusted from (2) (4) to (3) (6). (3) Shaman: All friendly Shaman chess pieces gain the effect: Transform into a random chess piece of +2 levels after casting an active skill or using an active item. (6) Shaman: Equipped items carried by transformed chess pieces will also transform into random items of +2 levels. Note: Transformed chess pieces' levels will not exceed the current level of the courier. Transformation takes 3 seconds to cast. Note: Hex does not transform non-permanent chess pieces, and they cease to be permanent chess pieces after transformation, lasting 15 to 20 seconds. Note: (3) Shaman does not inherit equipment after transformation.
NERF
Shaman's class trait simplified to
Shaman chess pieces have -20% mana cost for skills. (Previously: Reduce 25% mana cost per transformation).
Items
NEW
New T3 Equipment
Vladmir's Offering <Aura Effect> Allied units in the surrounding area gain the effect: Lifesteal +15%.
REMOVED
Temporarily removed equipment
Summoning Stone (T1), Phase Boots (T2), Arcane Blink (T3).
NERF
Bottle
Initial mana gain reduced from +40 to +30.
NERF
Blink Dagger
Mana restoration on trigger reduced from +30 to +20.
BUFF
Force Staff
Mana restoration on trigger increased from +20 to +30.
NERF
Ring of Basilius
Mana regeneration reduced from +100% to +50%.
CHANGE
Shard
Base attribute replaced with mana regeneration +75% (previously magic damage +20%).
CHANGE
Bullwhip
Added effect: Summons' duration +100% (merged with Summoning Stone). Attack Speed +10%. Chess pieces summoned by the carrier gain: Attack speed + +100%, duration + +100%.
NERF
Maelstrom
Downgraded from T3 to T2. Attack Speed +10%. 20% chance on attack to release a forked lightning, dealing 100 magic damage to up to 3 enemies.
CHANGE
Spell Prism
Now also effective with targeted active items (Rod of Atos, Hand of Midas, Heaven's Halberd, Bloodthorn, God's Rebuke, Abyssal Blade, Scythe of Vyse).
BUFF
Trident
Base attack increased from +50 to +60.
CHANGE
Black King Bar
AI optimisation, now activates when enemies are close to full mana (previously activated after taking damage).
NERF
Lincoln's Sphere
Cooldown increased from 10 seconds to 15 seconds.
BUFF
Butterfly
Duration of active effect increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
NERF
Scythe of the Vyse
Duration reduced from 7 seconds to 6 seconds.
Relics
CHANGE
Relic "Vladmir's Offering" was renamed to "Vampire Fangs" (effect unchanged)
Bug Fixes
FIX
Fixed bug causing Giant‘s Ring life regeneration to not work
FIX
Fixed bug where Grimstroke had mana at the start of the round
FIX
Fixed bug where Guardian Greaves could dispel ally mind control
FIX
Fixed a bug where Heart of the Machine and recruiting chess pieces caused a black screen
FIX
Fixed bug with misaligned end panel styles
FIX
Fixed some description errors
FIX
(Due to the previous Dota 2 Bomb Bug causing the flying animation to be missing) Gold and item drops now have a more prominent lighting effect