With update 8.40.0, we’re reworking the Impulse and Zeal Artifact Sets, as well as rebalancing Champions and much more! 

We’ve got four new Champions joining the fight for Teleria, including two Mythical Champions in The Calamitus and Toshiro the Bloody, a Legendary High Elf called Wallmaster Othorion, and the first Sacred Order Champion with Faction Unity skills, Falmond Mournsword! Jump in-game now to check them all out, and read their unique lore via the Champion Lore button. 

You can see the full breakdown of Update 8.40.0 below:

Impulse and Zeal Set Rework

We’ve changed how the Live Arena-exclusive Impulse and Zeal Artifact Sets work, turning them into 2-piece Sets while adjusting their Set Bonuses accordingly. 

Impulse will now offer a 12% increase to the wearer’s Speed, as well as a 12% chance to reduce a random skill’s cooldown by 1 turn. 

Zeal now grants its wearer a 20% increase to C. DMG, as well as a gradual increase to damage depending on how much HP the wearer has. At 100% HP, the wearer’s damage increases by 12%, and at 1% HP the damage increases by 0.12%. It’s 3% for every 25% HP the wearer has.

Champion rebalance

Queen Eva

[Skill 1 – Cauterize]

- Skill changed

Old version: Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 50% chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff for 2 turns.

New version: Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 70% chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff and a [Block Buffs] debuff for 2 turns. Has an extra 15% chance of inflicting a critical hit.

- Damage multiplier increased.

[Skill 2 – Ancient Curse]

- Skill changed

Old version: Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Enemies killed by this skill cannot be revived.

New version: Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Ignores 50% of the target's DEF. Has an extra 15% chance of inflicting a critical hit. 

Enemies killed by this skill cannot be revived.

- Damage multiplier increased.

[Skill 3 – Energy Drain]

- Damage multiplier increased.

[Ascended skill 3 – Energy Drain]

- Damage multiplier increased.

Minaya

[Skill 2 – Mending Ways]

- Skill changed

Old version: Attacks 1 enemy. Heals this Champion and the ally with the lowest HP by 10,000 HP. Has a 75% chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff on all enemies for 2 turns.

New version: Attacks 1 enemy. Heals this Champion and the ally with the lowest HP by 30% of this Champion's MAX HP. Has a 75% chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff and a [Leech] debuff on all enemies for 2 turns.

These debuffs cannot be resisted if Khoronar is on the same team.

[Skill 3 – Beauty's Allure]

- Skill changed

Old version: Heals all allies by 40% of their MAX HP. Places a [Block Debuffs] buff for 2 turns on Champions under [Increase DEF] buffs.

If a Champion is fully healed by this Skill, also places a [Shield] buff on them for 2 turns equal to 25% of the Champion's HP.

New version: Heals all allies by 40% of their MAX HP. Places a [Block Debuffs] buff on all allies for 2 turns.

If a Champion is fully healed by this skill, also places a [Shield] buff on them for 2 turns equal to 25% of the Champion's HP.

[Skill 4 – Lover's Sacrifice [P]]

- Skill changed

Old version: Fills the Turn Meters of all allies by 20% when this Champion is killed. Revives this Champion with 75% HP when killed if Khoronar is on the same team.

New version: Fills the Turn Meters of all allies by 20% and heals them by 20% of this Champion's MAX HP when this Champion is killed. 

Revives this Champion with 75% HP when killed if Khoronar is on the same team.

Other improvements and fixes

Improvements:

- Bambus Fourleaf will now place a [Sleep] debuff on himself with any of his active skills even if he is already under 10 debuffs.

Fixes:

- Fixed a bug that caused an error when players tried to find an opponent in Live Arena.

- Fixed a visual bug that caused the [Hex] debuff to appear to be placed first by Kuldath’s Stoke the Flames skill.

- Fixed a bug that caused Clan members’ fight results to be duplicated when participating in the Hydra Clash.

- Fixed a visual bug that caused Alaz the Sunbearer to remain standing when killed in the Doom Tower.

- Fixed a bug that caused Borgoth’s Easy Prey [P] skill to activate when attacked by Miscreated Monster’s Lightning Storm skill.

- Fixed a visual bug that caused a Mirror Copy of Sun Wukong to appear with a [Block Passive Skills] debuff when fighting Astranyx the Dark Fae.

- Fixed a bug that caused the Polymorph Blessing to apply the [Sheep] debuff when the attacking enemy placed a [Block Revive] debuff.

- Fixed a bug that caused Lonatharil’s  Flicker Barrier skill to place a [Shield] buff before attacking Borgoth.

- Fixed a bug that caused Wight Queen Ankora’s Queen Consort [P] skill to not increase the Turn Meter when activated.

- Fixed a bug that caused Wight King Narses to attack the Hydra twice with his Desecration Blast skill, even when the Hydra lacked [Shield] or [Strengthen] buffs.

- Fixed a bug that caused  Wight King Narses’ Spirits, Claim You skill to grant 2 Extra Turns instead of 1.

- Fixed a bug that caused Harima’s Celestial Awe skill to activate twice after killing Ultimate Deathknight and another enemy using the Purgative Punishment skill.

- Fixed a bug that caused Wight King Narses and Karnage the Anarch not to place [Block Revive] debuffs while being under [Enfeeble] debuffs.

- Fixed a bug that caused Fyna, Blade of Aravia to not place [Increase C. RATE] buffs on her allies with the Exalted Lineage skill when there were more than 3 High Elves on the team.

- Fixed a bug that caused a game crash while experiencing network problems in Live Arena.

- Fixed a bug that caused Harrier’s Skillful Partner [P] skill to ignore 30% of the target's DEF instead of 50%.

- Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash after Tuhanarak used her Radiant Suffering skill to spread the [Pain Link] debuff placed by Gizmak the Terrible’s Ungodly Fury skill to all Hydra Heads. 

- Fixed a bug that caused Togron the Conjoined’s Fill Your Bellies [P] skill to increase the MAX HP of Astranyx the Dark Fae when cloned as a Mirror Copy.

- Fixed a bug that caused some Clan Quests to show as ‘Available’ when already claimed by another player.

- Fixed a bug that caused certain effects (such as healing, increasing Turn Meter, etc.) to count twice in some Quests and Challenges.

- Fixed a bug that caused the pop-up when tapping on the Primal Quartz in the Portal to display incorrectly.

- Fixed a bug that caused Hydra Missions in Progress Missions, such as “Deal 2,000,000 damage to the Hydra in 1 attempt (min. difficulty: Normal)”, to not be completed when damage exceeding 2,000,000,000 was dealt to the Hydra.

- Fixed a bug that caused healing from the [Leech] debuff to not count towards the “Heal 100 times in Campaign Battles (includes Lifesteal, Leech, Continuous Heal, etc.)” and “Heal 100 times in Dungeon Battles (includes Lifesteal, Leech, Continuous Heal, etc.)” Weekly Challenges in the Forge Pass.

- Fixed a bug that caused only non-Ascended Gear to be counted toward the "Ascend 2 Accessories" and "Ascend 2 Artifacts" Progress Missions.

- Fixed a bug that caused a non-existent Mission to need to be completed in order to complete Part 1 of the Arbiter Progress Missions.

- Fixed a bug that rendered Progress Mission Parts unable to be completed despite the final Mission being finished.

- Fixed a bug that caused equipping Accessories to count toward the “Equip 4 Ascended Artifacts” Progress Mission.

- Fixed a bug that caused equipping Accessories to count toward the “Equip 2 Mythical Artifacts” Progress Mission.