Download Vainglory on Google Play
Download Vainglory in the App Store
Download For Free

Update 3.7: Hero & Item Balance Changes

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Sep 03, 2018

GAMEPLAY BALANCE CHANGES

THE JUNGLE

  • Jungle monsters now take the same reduced damage from abilities as lane minions

    ALL 5V5 Jungle Camps
  • Spawn Time
    • 50s 55s

WEAPON/CRYSTAL GUARDIAN

  • Respawn Time
    • 120s → 135s
  • Orb Buff
    • Now always pass killer with a minimum of 30s duration

BLACKCLAW (CAPTURED)

  • Enrages past 25 minutes
    • Damage Dealt
      • +15%
    • Damage Taken
      • -30%
    • Movespeed
      • +0.4

HEALING TREANT

  • Base Health
    • 600 → 780

BIG JUNGLE BEAR

  • Health
    • 475 + 90 → 600 + 100

STRUCTURES

TURRETS

Developer Comments: These changes are intended to make turrets much more impactful early on when aiding an allied hero while also clearing up rules around when heroes will be targeted by a turret.

  • Armor/Shield Piercing
    • 15% → 50%
  • Now deals consistent damage to lane minions
    • This will slightly change last hit timings
  • Now only attacks enemy heroes that have attacked a nearby allied hero
  • No longer deals bonus damage based on a hero’s max health
  • No longer deals differing ramping damage per hero
  • Generates Heat when attacking enemy heroes up to 2 stacks
    • Heat: Each stack increases the turret’s damage against heroes by 62.5%
    • Indicated by PFX on the turret arm

STRUCTURES (5V5)

ARMORY
  • Now fully regenerates after 3 minutes of being out of combat

OUTER TURRET

  • Damage
    • 160 → 230-290

INNER TURRET

  • Damage
    • 160 → 290-410

ARMORY TURRET

  • Damage
    • 160 → 340-500

VAIN CRYSTAL

  • Halcyon Missile Damage
    • Has a more dynamic firing pattern
    • 25 + 10% → 50 + 15%
  • Rupture Stun Duration
    • 1.2s → 1.5s

STRUCTURES (3V3)

OUTER TURRET

  • Damage
    • 160 → 250

INNER TURRETS

  • Damage
    • 160 → 350

VAIN CRYSTAL TURRETS

  • Damage
    • 160 → 450

EXPERIENCE

Developer Comments:With the potential of some games being snowballed fairly dramatically, these changes aim to help bring games a bit closer if teams are able to take down high value targets.

  • Shared Experience Bonus
    • 160% → 125%
  • Now evenly split among participants
  • Scaling increase per level
    • 8 → 10
  • Trickle Experience
    • 0.6 → 0.8
  • Hero Kill Experience
    • 0 → 6 + 1.2/level +/-45% per level difference (minimum of -90%)
  • Blackclaw (Uncaptured)
    • 15 Each
  • Blackclaw (Captured)
    • 10 Each
  • Ghostwing
    • 10 Each
  • Big Jungle Bear (3V3)
    • 13 → 15
  • Healing Treant (3V3)
    • 27 → 28.5

GOLD

Developer Comments: In a similar vein to the experience changes, these put a bit more emphasis on killing heroes who are racking up kills and assists. Always aim to take out targets who are on long streaks.

KILL/DEATH STREAKS
  • Maximum Bounty
    • 600 → 1000
  • Minimum Bounty
    • 100 → 40
  • Change Per Kill
    • +75 → +100
  • Change Per Assist
    • +15 → +50 split between all assisters
  • Change Per Death
    • -25 → -40
  • Assist Gold
    • 25% → 50%


 

 

 

 

 

 

JUNGLE GOLD (5V5)

  • Jungle Ambient Gold
    • 85% → 60%
  • Weapon Guardian
    • 100 → 80
  • Crystal Guardian
    • 100 → 80
  • Goldoak
    • 160 → 180
  • Big Jungle Bear
    • 55 → 65

GOLD (3V3)
  • Gold/Experience Trickle Start Time (3V3)
    • 25s → 10s

HERO BALANCE CHANGES


ANKA

EVISCERATE

  • Anka will now basic attack the victim she blinks to unless cancelled

DANCE OF BLADES

  • Damage
    • 45/75/105/135/195 → 55/85/115/145/205
  • Crystal Ratio
    • 50% → 45%

BARON

ROCKET LAUNCHER

  • Perk Splash Damage
  • 80% → 65%

CELESTE

HELIOGENESIS

  • Range
      • 7.5/7.5/7.5/7.5/9.5 → 7/7/7/7/9

FORTRESS

TRUTH OF THE TOOTH

  • Speed Boost Strength
    • 3 → 1.8
  • Lifesteal
    • 12/14/16/18/22% → 10/11/12/13/15%

GRUMPJAW

GRUMPY

  • Now also hits things at his ending location

KENSEI

IMMOVABLE MIND

  • Stack Timeout
    • 5s → 2.8s
  • Barrier Duration
    • 1.4s → 0.8s
  • Bonus Damage
    • 20% → 15%

KESTREL

GLIMMERSHOT

  • Energy Cost
    • 60 → 50
  • Armor Pierce
    • 0/3/6/9/15% → 4/8/12/16/20%

KINETIC

STATS

  • Attack Range
    • 6.4 → 6.1

PHINN

POLITE COMPANY

  • Fortified life generated
    • 120/145/170/195/245 → 100/125/150/175/225
  • Health Scaling
    • 6% → 4%
  • Defense Scaling
    • 20% → 15%

REIM

FROSTGUARD

  • Fortified Health Generation
    • Basic Attack
      • 0% (bugged) → 20%
    • Damage Over Time
      • 30% → 20%
    • Winter Spire
      • 35% → 20%

REZA

FIRESTARTER

  • Damage
    • 20-185 → 10-175

SAMUEL

DRIFTING DARK

  • Heal Per Target
      • 4/6/8/10/12 + 12% CR → 2/4/6/8/10 + 10% CR

SAW

SPIN UP

  • Attack Speed Per Stack
      • 18% → 15%

SILVERNAIL

STATS

  • Attack Range
      • 6.4 → 6.2

TONY

TRASH TALK

  • Crystal Ratio
    • 75% → 125%

BADABOOM

  • Weapon Damage
    • 300/500/700 → 250/400/550 + 100% WR + 100% CR
    • Fixed a bug where Tony had no scaling on this ability
  • Knockback Distance
    • 10/12/14 → 12/15/18

VARYA

ANVIL’S HAMMER

  • Reduced damage per consecutive hit
    • 75% → 50%

ITEM BALANCE CHANGES

AEGIS

  • Shield
    • 85 → 90

AFTERSHOCK

  • Max Damage vs. Non-Heroes
    • 400 → 300

BONESAW

  • Weapon Power
    • 15 → 25

METAL JACKET

  • Armor
    • 120 → 130

PULSEWEAVE

  • Total Cost
    • 2000 → 2300

SERPENT MASK

  • Weapon Power
    • 100 → 85

SPELLSWORD

  • Cost
    • 2700 → 2750

TALENTS BALANCE CHANGES

Developer Comments: With the season transition, we will be shaking up the Blitz meta with a slew of talent changes. As talents may reflect a large investment by players, we aim to make as few changes to talents as possible from update to update going forward, and revisit them holistically once in a while.

ANKA

CRIMSON BLADE

  • Damage
    • 100%+25%/lv → 110%+20%/lv

ARDAN

VANGUARDIAN

  • Damage
    • 40%+2%/lv → 20%+1%/lv

HEAVY HITTER

  • Range
    • 2 → 3.5

KNOCKOUT PUNCH

  • Damage
    • 95%+10%/lv → 110%+20%/lv
  • Cooldown
    • 70%-10%/lv → 100%-10%/lv

IDRIS

PATH OF THE SEEKER

  • Crystal Power
    • 20%-1.5%/lv → 40%-1.5%/lv
  • Weapon Power
    • 20%-1.5%/lv → 40%-1.5%/lv

JOULE

BACKUP BUTTON

  • Charge Time
    • 70%-2.5%/lv → 80%-2.5%/lv

KENSEI

ENDLESS PATH

  • Damage
    • 100%+20%/lv → 120%+25%/lv

KRUL

DEAD MAN’S BARRIER

  • Barrier
    • 140%+7.5%/lv → 115%+8.75%/lv
  • Range
    • 1.0 → 0.5

PHINN

PHASTER

  • Fortified Health
    • 110%+2.5%/lv → 100%+1.0%/lv
  • Movement Speed
    • 1.3+0.15/lv → 1.3%+0.20/lv

RINGO

LONG SHOT

  • Damage
    • 125%+3%/lv → 115%+3%/lv
  • Range
    • 3 → 4

BULLET SPLIT

  • Damage
    • 97.5%+2.5%/lv → 87.5%+2.5%/lv
  • Cooldown
    • 95%-3%/lv → 90%-3%/lv

LORELAI

CLAM UP

  • Bonus Stun Duration
    • 0.33s+0.13/lv → 0.45s+0.2/lv

WONDER WALL

  • Invulnerability Duration
    • 2s+0.75/lv → 2.5s+1/lv

SAW

PIERCING BULLETS

  • Bonus Range
    • 0.9 → 0.5

TONY

MIGHTY BRAWLER

  • Bonus Attack Speed
    • 20%+5%/lv → 10%+2.5%/lv

HAYMAKERS

  • Damage
    • 40%+2.5%/lv → 30%+2.5%/lv

 

Update 3.6: Silvernail The Bounty Hunter

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Aug 05, 2018

Update day is upon us! Fire massive crossbow bolts and set movespeed-impairing tripwires with Silvernail. Swap recommended builds mid-game. Express yourself with one of five new charms. Communicate the things you need to tell your teammates the most using voice chat (available to everyone!). Get three sizzlin’ hot new skins including ‘Summer Party’ Catherine,  ‘Winged’ Ozo and ‘Tribal’ Silvernail. Read on for all the details…


TABLE OF CONTENTS

SILVERNAIL THE BOUNTY HUNTER
PSA: USE YOUR SUMMER KEYS BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR
TRY THE VAINGLORY ALPHA ON MAC OR PC
VOICE COMMUNICATIONS: AVAILABLE TO ALL
COLLECT FIVE NEW CHARMS INCLUDING GOLDEN SORBET
GET THE CONTENT YOU WANT NOW: BUY A SUNLIGHT LEVEL
‘TRIBAL’ SILVERNAIL & ‘WINGED’ OZO
FIND YOUR WAY AROUND & EARN REWARDS: COMPLETE QUESTS
RANK UP TO CREDIBLE THREAT BRONZE FOR CONTENDER KESTREL
EMBEDDED WEB BROWSER IS FINALLY HERE
RECOMMENDED BUILD ENHANCEMENTS
HERO & ITEM BALANCE CHANGES
BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE


SILVERNAIL: THE BOUNTY HUNTER WITH
A POWERFUL CROSSBOW & TRIPWIRES

Take control of Silvernail, a ranged carry who wields a powerful crossbow that fires massive bolts, and tripwires that’ll stop enemies in their tracks.

Silvernail specializes in controlling the battlefield through strategic use of his tripwires to block off entire sections of the map. Once he isolates his target, he uses his giant crossbow to send his foes to the afterlife.

Silvernail is only unlockable with ICE only for the first 14 days. After that, you’ll be able to unlock him with ICE or Glory.


HERO ABILITIES

DOUBLE SHOT (PERK)

Silvernail loads an extra bolt into his crossbow which can be expended to chain a follow-up basic attack, dealing damage. The availability of Double Shot is shown by the white bar underneath his energy.

• Attack speed reduces load time.


STAKE

When Silvernail activates his first ability, he plants a Stake into the ground that can form a tripwire between any other nearby Stakes. This means that Silvernail can create tripwires in all kinds of configurations in order to best suit the battle at a given time.

Enemy heroes that cross through tripwires are briefly slowed, silenced and take damage over time. These tripwires will also block dashes.


CAUSTIC BLESSING

Silvernail’s Caustic Blessing lobs a flask that deals damage in an area and reveals enemies hit for a short period of time.


REBUKE

Silvernail’s ultimate, Rebuke, fires a piercing bolt that deals damage and impales every enemy in its path. Those struck by the bolt are dragged along the path and are stunned if they collide into a wall, structure or tripwire.


SILVERNAIL’S TALENTS

BOLT ACTION

Double Shot (Perk) fires an extra bolt. Rebuke (Ult) has increased range.


CAUSTIC BOUNTY

Caustic Blessing (B) throws two additional flasks.


TRI-WIRE

Stake (A) forms a tripwire triangle around target location.


PSA: USE YOUR SUMMER KEYS BEFORE THEY DISAPPEAR

Summer season is coming to a close which means that soon, Summer Keys will disappear from your Player Inventory. Remember, you’ll need to collect 10 Summer Keys to open the uber rare Rainbow Tabby Skaarf Chest.

GET SUMMER KEYS IN UPCOMING EVENTS

Close to getting 10 Summer Keys? Keep an eye out for upcoming events with Summer Keys as rewards; participate so you can get ‘Rainbow Tabby’ Skaarf!

Have extra summer keys? EXCHANGE THEM FOR ICE!

Toward the end of Summer Season you’ll have a chance to exchange your Summer Keys for 150 ICE EACH. If you don’t think you’ll accumulate 10 keys before Summer ends, make sure to exchange them! This option will no longer be available when Fall Season begins.


VAINGLORY GOES CROSS PLATFORM:
TRY THE ALPHA ON MAC OR Windows NOW

Give it a try, get your Windows and Mac gamer friends to give it a try and tell us what you think! We’ll be releasing frequent updates in the coming weeks and months. As we said before, this is still a very early alpha and we know there will be issues. But we really value your feedback, so please see use the links below to see how you can get involved!

Click HERE to get started.


GIVE VOICE CHAT A TRY NOW!

Sometimes, you need more than in-game pings to help communicate the things you need to tell your teammates the most. Starting in Update 3.6, Vainglory’s in-game voice chat will be available for parties!

Voice chat will be available to any pre-made parties.


GET YOUR HANDS ON FIVE COLLECTABLE CHARMS

Golden Sorbet, Heart, Broken Heart, Halo Smiley and Shaka have been added! Express yourself with any of these five new charms:

Look for individual Charms in chests and in the Market. When unlocked, Charms can be found in your Player Inventory.

Note: Golden Sorbet will only be obtainable via special boxes and from special events.


BUY SUNLIGHT LEVELS: GET THE CONTENT YOU WANT NOW

Are you a Battle Pass holder who needs some extra help completing your sprint to ‘Rainbow Bengal’ Skaarf  before the end of Summer Season? Buy a Sunlight Level! To purchase Sunlight Levels, tap on your user profile, then on the SEASON tab. Once on the season screen, you’ll see a button to purchase levels.


‘WINGED’ OZO AND ‘TRIBAL’ SILVERNAIL



DIVE INTO THE FIGHT WITH ‘SUMMER PARTY’ CATHERINE

Soak up some rays of sunshine with a ‘Summer’ Party Catherine skin! This Special Edition Skin will be available in three different variants; here’s how to get your favorite version:

  • ‘Summer’ Party Catherine (Red Suit)
    • At launch:
      • In a special box
      • The All Box
      • Not initially available for direct purchase
  • ‘Surf’s Up’ Catherine (Blue & White Suit)
    • At launch:
      • In a special box
      • In the All Box
      • For Direct Purchase
  • ‘Beach Patrol’ Catherine (Grey & Orange)

NEW PLAYER QUESTS: DISCOVER WHAT VAINGLORY HAS TO OFFER & EARN REWARDS BY COMPLETING QUESTS

Are you a new player or less than level 10? A ton of new player quests are coming in 3.6. These quests are designed to show you the ropes; to guide you through the early-game experience. Complete them to improve your knowledge of the game and to earn rewards.


RANK UP. GET REWARDED. HIT CREDIBLE THREAT BRONZE DURING SUMMER SEASON TO UNLOCK ‘CONTENDER’ KESTREL

Here’s another opportunity to earn an exclusive skin just by playing ranked matches during Summer season:

– Climb to Credible Threat Bronze anytime during Summer season
to get a FREE ‘Contender’ Kestrel skin
– Once you hit Credible Threat Bronze, you qualify for the skin, even
if you drop in rank
– This custom Kestrel skin will be included in your end-of-season rewards
– It doesn’t matter whether you hit Credible Threat Bronze in 3V3 or 5V5; both count!

That’s all there is to it. Start climbing in ranked to make sure you secure an exclusive Kestrel skin!


EMBEDDED WEB BROWSER IS FINALLY HERE

Get the information you need without ever having to leave the app. Big plans are in the works for embedded web view including the addition of a dedicated ITEMS tab. That’s right, soon you’ll be able to read up on items and strategize about builds while you’re in queue.


RECOMMENDED BUILD ENHANCEMENTS

Try the new-and-improved recommended build: See progress on recommended builds, choose which items in the build to work on and switch builds mid match.


HERO & ITEM BALANCE CHANGES

Balance changes are now published as a separate article. You can see those changes HERE!


BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

  • Glaive’s Afterburn joystick auto target preference now prefers enemies instead of his facing direction
  • Quick Messages:
    • Removed: “Take the Objective”
    • Added: “Sorry, my bad” and “Don’t give up!”

 

Update 3.6 Hero & Item Balance Changes

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Aug 03, 2018

GAMEPLAY BALANCE CHANGES

SEE JUNGLE SPAWN TIMES ON YOUR MINIMAP 

Rotate through the jungle like a boss by keeping an eye on your minimap’s jungle spawn timers. These timers will display for any scouted jungle camps. (Yes, that includes any explored enemy camps!)

  • Now displays timers for all scouted jungle camps

HEALING TREANT CAMP

  • Damage
    • 36 + 9 → 44 + 11

ORB GUARDIANS

  • Damage
    • 40 + 10 → 48 + 14

CAPTAIN MINION

  • Range
    • 6.56.2

SMALL JUNGLE BEAR

  • Damage
    • 18 + 7 → 22 + 9

BIG JUNGLE BEAR

  • Damage
    • 27 + 8 → 33 + 11

HERO BALANCE CHANGES


ADAGIO

AGENT OF WRATH

  • Damage
    • 20/40/60/80/120 → 30/50/70/90/130

ANKA

MIRAGE

  • Cooldown
    • 60/45/30 → 60/50/40

CATHERINE

MERCILESS PURSUIT

  • Cooldown
      • 14/13/12/11/10 → 16/15/14/13/12

CELESTE

HELIOGENESIS

  • Supernova Damage
      • 130/185/240/295/350 → 100/155/210/265/320

FORTRESS

LAW OF THE CLAW

  • Damage
      • 70/115/160/205/250 → 70/100/130/160/190

GRACE

DIVINE INTERVENTION

  • Cooldown
      • 60/45/30 → 60/50/40

GRUMPJAW

LIVING ARMOR

  • Damage Reduction
      • 6% → 7%

GWEN

SKEDADDLE

  • Speed Boost
      • Flat → Decaying
  • Speed Boost Amount
    • 1.2/1.4/1.6/1.8/2.2 → 2.5/2.8/3.1/3.4/4.0
  • Speed Boost Duration
      • 1.5s → 2.2

ACES HIGH

  • Range
      • 18 → 12
  • Radius
      • 0.3 → 0.6

KENSEI

KENSHO

  • Cooldown
    • 16/14.5/13/11.5/8.5 → 14/12/10/8/6

LANCE

GYTHIAN WALL

  • Passive Damage Reduction
      • 8/10/12/14/18% → 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%
      • Crystal Ratio
        • 20% → 12.5%
  • Active Damage Reduction
      • 40/44/48/52/56% → 40/45/50/55/60%
      • Crystal Ratio
        • 20% → 15%

PHINN

POLITE COMPANY

  • Fortified life generated
    • 140/170/200/230/290 → 120/145/170/195/245

REIM

CHILL WINDS

  • Root Duration
    • 0.6/0.8/1.0/1.2/1.4 → 0.9/1.0/1.1/1.2/1.4

RONA

STATS

  • Attack Speed
      • 100-113% → 100-122%

BERSERKERS’ FURY

  • Damage
      • 80% → 85%

FOESPLITTER

  • Weapon Ratio
      • 80% → 85%

RED MIST

  • Weapon Ratio
      • 160% → 170%

TONY

COME AT ME

  • Now scales properly with hero level

JAWBREAKER

  • Damage
      • 10/40/70/100/13010/20/30/40/50
  • Weapon Ratio
      • 40%60%
  • Stun duration
      • 0.6s0.4/0.4/0.4/0.4/0.6s

TRASH TALK

  • Damage
      • 30/45/60/75/9050/90/130/170/210

VARYA

CHAIN LIGHTNING

  • Secondary Target Crystal Ratio
    • 30% → 35%

ANVIL’S HAMMER

  • Cooldown
    • 120/105/90 → 90/75/60

VOX

PULSE

  • Bonus Resonance Damage
    • 5/30/55/80/130 → 10/30/50/70/110

TALENTS BALANCE CHANGES

ARDAN

VANGUARDIAN

  • Barrier Modifier
    • 150%120%
  • Barrier Modifier per level
    • 7.5%5%

VOX

DEEP DASH

  • Bonus Attack Speed
    • 10%25%

SOUND BARRIER

  • Base Barrier Ratio
    • 15%10%

 

Update 3.5 (Anka): Eviscerate Enemies with the Elusive Assassin

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Jul 09, 2018

More polish. An elusive assassin. Pings! Oh the adorable new Minion and Kraken pings. Check out each of Update 3.5’s offerings below…


TABLE OF CONTENTS

ANKA: AN ELLUSIVE & BURSTY ASSASSIN
COLLECT ‘EM ALL: GET YO’ KRAKEN & MINION PINGS
RANK UP TO CREDIBLE THREAT BRONZE FOR AN EXCLUSIVE SKIN
POST-MATCH SAVE & SHARE BUTTON
DODGE PENALTY SCREEN UPDATED
HERO & ITEM BALANCE CHANGES
BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE


ANKA: AN ELUSIVE AND BURSTY ASSASSIN  

Tiptoe around the Halcyon Fold and Sovereign’s Rise with Anka, a crafty new assassin who’s as squishy as bubble wrap, but can deal massive damage in the blink of an eye.

Initiate your attack with Anka’s A, Shimmer Blade, to throw a dagger in a selected direction. Once your blade makes contact with its target, tap again to blink to your victim then hit ’em with her B, Dance of Blades, to deal even more damage.

For Anka’s next trick, activate her Ultimate ability, Mirage, to dash in a targeted direction and split off into three clones that deal damage to enemies they pass through. During this dash, Anka is invulnerable.

Anka is unlockable with ICE only for the first seven days. After the first seven days, you’ll be able to unlock her with ICE or Glory.


HERO ABILITIES

GYTHIAN PROMISE (PERK)

After a short cooldown, Anka’s next basic attack on an enemy hero becomes Execute Strike, dealing bonus crystal damage equal to a percentage of the target’s missing health. Additionally, Anka fully refreshes Execute Strike and Shimmer Blade upon getting a hero kill or assist.


SHIMMER BLADE

Anka throws a dagger in the target direction, dealing damage to the first enemy hit. When the dagger hits an enemy, Anka can reactivate the ability within a short duration to blink next to the victim.


DANCE OF BLADES

Anka throws five knives in a cone, dealing damage to all enemies the knives pass through. Each additional knife after the first deals damage equal to [ExtraHitModifier] of the initial damage.


MIRAGE

Anka dashes in the target direction as she splits off three clones, becoming invulnerable during the dash and dealing damage to enemies she and the clones dash through. Her clones dash back to her momentarily afterwards, dealing damage to all enemies in their way.


ANKA’S TALENTS

GALE BLADE

Bonus movespeed on reactivating Shimmer Blade (A) is increased and lasts longer.

 


 

GYTHIAN TEMPEST

Gythian Promise (Perk) refreshes all abilities on hero kill/assist. Anka passively gains crystal power.


 

CRIMSON BLADE

Shimmer Blade (A) has greatly increased range, lower cooldown and increased damage.

 


 

COLLECT ‘EM ALL: GET THE NEW KRAKEN & MINION PINGS

They’re adorable. They’re collectable. They’re here! Communicate with style while you kick ass with Kraken and Minion pings. Each set contains five unique pings to show off. Individual pings from both sets have a chance to drop in your Spoils of War (look for them in the Market, too!). You must collect the entire set to use them in game. 

Want to see which pings you own? Tap on your Player Inventory from the home screen, then on your pings.


 

RANK UP. GET REWARDED. HIT CREDIBLE THREAT BRONZE
DURING SUMMER SEASON TO GET AN EXCLUSIVE SKIN

Here’s another opportunity to earn an exclusive skin just by playing ranked matches during Summer season:

– Climb to Credible Threat Bronze anytime during Summer season
to get a FREE unannounced Kestrel skin
– Once you hit Credible Threat Bronze, you qualify for the skin, even
if you drop in rank
– This custom Kestrel skin will be included in your end-of-season rewards
– It doesn’t matter whether you hit Credible Threat Bronze in 3V3 or 5V5; both count!

That’s all there is to it. Start climbing in ranked to make sure you secure an exclusive Kestrel skin!


SAVE AND SHARE YOUR BEST MATCHES WITH FRIENDS

Seamlessly share your best matches by tapping on a new end-of-match Share Button. Tap this button to take post-match screenshots, then share them with your friends using your favorite social platform.


ADDING MORE COATS OF POLISH THROUGHOUT

  • Hero names are now visible on tiles in the Ranked draft lobby
  • Check out Anka’s gorgeous new splash art on the home screen
  • The tutorial now has a completion screen.

DODGE PENALTY POPUP UPDATED FOR VISUAL CLARITY

Guilty of dodging a match? Enjoy a newly designed popup screen that tells you exactly how many Rank Points you’ve lost. Finish what you started!


HERO & ITEM BALANCE CHANGES

Balance changes are now published as a separate article, which will be highlighted in the TODAY IN VAINGLORY popup and the NEWS section of the app.


BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

  • Fixed a bug:
    • With Grumpjaw’s Grumpy on joystick controls
    • Where Kinetic was considered a melee hero
    • Where Kinetic’s Tracer Shots buff icon was displaying incorrectly
    • Where Rook’s Decree triggered off non-heroes
    • Where Pulseweave’s slow was incorrectly calculated
  • Added a setting to toggle camera lock and camera zoom buttons
  • Added Healing Flask icons to the spectator HUD which display their cooldown

 

Update 3.5 Hero & Item Balance Changes

  • Vainglory
  • |
  • Jul 06, 2018

Parity. That’s what junglers can expect in Update 3.5, as each camp now spawns at the exact same time and respawns two minutes after they’ve been cleared. Outside of big changes to the jungle, check out balance to Churnwalker, Kensei and more! Read on for all the details …


GAMEPLAY BALANCE CHANGES

DOUBLE MINION CAMP

  • Spawn Time
    • 65 → 50
  • Respawn Time
    • 90 → 120

ARMORIES

  • Respawn Time
    • 210 → 270

WEAPON/CRYSTAL ORB CAMPS

  • Spawn Time
    • 55 → 50
  • Respawn Time
    • 150 → 120

HEALING TREANT CAMP

  • Spawn Time
    • 65 → 50
  • Respawn Time
    • 90 → 120
  • Healing Treant Experience
    • 14 → 9
  • Small Minion Experience
    • 11 → 6

GOLD OAK CAMP

  • Spawn Time
    • 65 → 50
  • Respawn Time
    • 90 → 120

VISION

  • Hero Vision Range
    • 12 14

HERO BALANCE CHANGES


ADAGIO

GIFT OF FIRE

  • Fire Damage Per Second
    • 20/30/40/50/70 →  10/20/30/40/60
  • Crystal Ratio
    • 20% →  25%
  • Health Ratio
    • 12% →  9%

ALPHA

STATS

  • Health
    • 761-2438 →  761-2537
  • Attack Speed
    • 100%-122% →  100-136.3%

BAPTISTE

FEARSOME SHADE

  • Cooldown
      • 100/85/70 →  80/65/50

BARON

ROCKET LAUNCHER

  • Splash Damage
      • 50% →  80%

PORCUPINE MORTAR

  • Energy Cost
        • 60/65/70/75/80 →  60/60/60/60/60

BLACKFEATHER

ON POINT

  • Weapon Ratio
      • 100% →  120%

CHURNWALKER

FUTILITY OF LIFE

  • Chain Healing
      • 15% →  20%

HOOK & CHAIN

  • Cooldown
      • 4/4/4/4/3 →  4/3.5/3/2.5/2
  • Damage Per Second
      • 1/1/1/1/2% →  1/1/1/1/3%

FLICKER

MOONCLOAK

  • Cooldown
      • 160/140/120 →  120/100/80

GRACE

RETRIBUTION

  • Weapon Ratio
      • 10% →  5%
  • Base Damage
      • 10-142 →  10-98

BENEDICTION

  • Weapon Ratio
      • 0% (Was Bugged) → 15%

GRUMPJAW

LIVING ARMOR

  • Damage Reduction
    • 5% →  6%

JOULE

ROCKET LEAP

  • Cooldown
      • 22/20/18/16/12 →  20/18/16/14/10

KENSEI

IMMOVABLE MIND

  • Weapon Ratio
    • 0.022% →  0.018%

LOTUS STRIKE

  • Damage
    • 55/55/55/55/65% →  50/50/50/50/60%

KESTREL

ACTIVE CAMO

  • Trap only triggers upon direct damage

KOSHKA

POUNCY FUN

  • Cooldown
      • 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 →  6/6/6/6/5

LANCE

PARTISAN’S TECHNIQUE

  • Stamina Generation Per Second
    • 15 →  20

GYTHIAN WALL

  • Stamina Cost
    • 40 →  30

LYRA

IMPERIAL SIGIL

  • Health Ratio
    • 12% →  9%

MALENE

LIGHT RIBBONS

  • Cooldown
    • 14/13/12/11/10 →  16/15/14/13/12

SHADOW TENDRILS

  • Cooldown
    • 8/7.5/7/6.5/6 →  10/9.5/9/8.5/8

ROYAL AMNESTY

  • Cooldown
    • 15/14/13/12/11 →  17/16/15/14/13

OZO

BANGARANG

  • Dash Speed
    • 16 →  20
  • End Delay
    • 0.5s0.3s

PETAL

BRAMBLEBOOM SEEDS

  • Pet Health Crystal Ratio
    • 50% →  65%

REIM

VALKYRIE

  • Cooldown
    • 80/65/50 →  60/50/40

REZA

FIRESTARTER

  • Crystal Ratio
    • 115% →  110%

RONA

INTO THE FRAY

  • Rupture Damage (Minions)
    • 40/70/100/130/220 + 100% CP  → 50% of Rupture Damage

RED MIST

  • Cooldown
    • 8 →  6
  • Damage Per Second
    • 225/325/425 →  250/350/450
  • Fortified Life Generation Per Second
    • 60/90/120 →  60/100/140

SAMUEL

DRIFTING DARK

  • Cooldown
    • 23/23/23/23/23 →  26/26/26/26/26

SKYE

STATS

  • Health
    • 668-2060 →  708-2100

TAKA

X-RETSU

  • Weapon Ratio
    • 100% →  120%

VOX

SONIC ZOOM

  • Cooldown
    • 6/5.5/5/4.5/4 →  7/6.5/6/5.5/5
  • Damage
    • 50/50/50/50/60% →  60/60/60/60/70%

ITEM BALANCE CHANGES

BOOK OF EULOGIES

  • Melee Healing
      • 60 → 65

CAPACITOR PLATE

  • Healing Amplification
    • 20% → 15%

COAT OF PLATES

  • Price
    • 550 → 500

EVE OF HARVEST

  • Crystal Power
    • 55 → 70

KINETIC SHIELD

  • Price
      • 550 → 500

LIGHT ARMOR

  • Armor
    • 30 → 35
  • Price
    • 250 → 300

LIGHT SHIELD

  • Shield
    • 30 → 35
  • Price
    • 250 → 300

LUCKY STRIKE

  • Critical Chance
    • 20% → 25%
  • Critical Damage
    • 8% 5%


  • POISONED SHIV

    • Attack Damage
        • 40 → 30

PULSEWEAVE

  • Base Slow Strength
    • 25% → 20%
  • Slow Health Scaling
    • 0.015% → 0.01%

SPELLFIRE

  • Burn Damage
    • 8-30 → 5-20

TORNADO TRIGGER

  • Attack Speed
    • 40%30%
  • Critical Damage
    • 05%

TALENTS BALANCE CHANGES

KESTREL

ACTIVE RELOAD

  • Base Damage
    • 110%80%
  • Bonus Damage Per Level
    • 10%7%

 


 

KINETIC

MAX KINETIC

  • Base Damage
    • 100%30%
  • Cooldown Modifier
    • 50%150%

PLASMA OVERDRIVE

  • Base Damage
    • 50%60%

TONY

HAYMAKER

  • Bonus Damage
    • 62.5%40%