An Update on balancing | Forums

[Haus_Gnom]

So while browsing the forums today, I saw many people discussing new balancing which was shown in a stream yesterday? I obviously missed it, but I would be very grateful if someone could just summarise what kind of balancing happened

Cheers guys!


And Deus Vult of course

[The_Quieter]

If and I stress if the leaked notes are accurate, the summary is that Orochi got a minor nerf, the Peacekeeper's 'grab and stab' move was nerfed hard, and the Warlord had various adjustments that nerfed him, while the Kensei got some buffs.

[Haus_Gnom]

Interesting. Thanks for the info ;D

[CritBull]

Also Nobushi got nerfed with lower HP to 12.5... there is alot more details on nerfs then has been presented here

[ZuivrZilvr]

If and I stress if the leaked notes are accurate, the summary is that Orochi got a minor nerf, the Peacekeeper's 'grab and stab' move was nerfed hard, and the Warlord had various adjustments that nerfed him, while the Kensei got some buffs.

I would call this a fairly inaccurate summary.

Orochi was buffed, not nerfed. The reason why Quieter says this is because the indicator for which side is attacked by Storm Rush comes a bit earlier, but against any player who isnt completely new to facing Orochi this is useless. This is because his stance gives it away much earlier than that. Whereas a parried Storm Rush doesn't cost so much stamina anymore, which is actually a bigger deal than it may seem to some.

Warlord was nerfed the hardest, mostly increasing stamina cost on ultimate defence and headbutts (or setting up the headbutts to be more precise). This nerf was absolutely necessary. Warlord is probably still in a good place though. PK tripple shank indeed nerfed hard.

Kensei light attack was buffed a lot, now it is the most damaging light attack of all heroes. Also buffed health a bit. Nobushi indeed got tiny health nerf as CritBull says.