Hello StormStriker players!
We’re excited to introduce the 1.46 update. Here’s what’s new:
Lightning and Teo Join the Battle
- The new character Lightning makes her debut, and Teo returns to the battlefield!
- Please refer to the Balance section below for more details.
Lucy's Skill Swap Added
A new skill swap has been added for Lucy, tailored for a close-range playstyle.
Please refer to the Balance section below for more information.
Overall Balance Direction
Maximus
- Developer Notes
- We observed that aggressive tank characters like Volf and Shifu are currently more dominant.
- While Maximus has a clear role, his lower-tier performance showed limited potential.
- To emphasize his strength as a defensive tank, we've slightly increased the shield value on his core defensive skill.
Warmonger
- Developer Notes
- Titan Splash had high mobility and a short cooldown, which often led to disjointed gameplay, with one team lacking a tank and the other missing a DPS.
- To address this and encourage more cooperative play, we have increased the cooldown of Titan Splash from 4s to 6s.
- To compensate for this nerf and strengthen Warmonger’s role as a protective counter-tank, we’ve also improved his shielding ability.
Eveleen
- Developer Notes
- With other tanks receiving buffs, Eveleen’s pick rate has fallen.
- We're slightly buffing her LMB damage and range, and planning future updates to allow it to hit enemies along the Z-axis as well, instead of only XY.
- While this update includes only a small adjustment, we’ll continue to monitor her performance and raise her viability to be on par with other tanks in situational pick rates.
Bernhardt
- Developer Notes
- Bernhardt’s sustain fits the bruiser archetype well, but his burst DPS has been exceeding expectations, making it hard for supports to counter him effectively.
- To address this, we’re slightly reducing his damage output while enhancing his mobility and rage-fueled survivability.
- With shorter cooldowns on movement skills, we envision Bernhardt as a persistent threat that eventually overwhelms healers through sustained pressure.
Akira
- Developer Notes
- The swap skill Dimensional Slash has felt underwhelming compared to Decimation, particularly in terms of healing, range, and forward movement.
- To improve usability, we've increased its projectile speed.
Lightning
- Developer Notes
- Lightning is our third bruisertype character.
- She grows stronger by stacking basic attacks and was designed to be a beginner-friendly melee character that's easy to play but requires good positioning.
- We expect her to be a high-floor, low-ceiling character until her swap skill (Limit Break) is activated, at which point her power spikes moderately.
Raki
- Developer Notes
- Currently, only the 3rd hit of Furry Flurry is heavily favored in damage, so we are redistributing its damage.
- We’re also slightly increasing the cooldowns of Kitty Step and Kitty Rush due to their high mobility.
- Additionally, we’re reviewing ways to buff her ultimate, which is currently too easily countered. (E.g., making the first 3 hits unstoppable + adding visual cues.)
Rei
- Frost Blade
- EX gauge charge amount reduced by 30%
Al-Manat
- Developer Notes
- Al-Manat has been underperforming compared to other assassins, with a low pick rate.
- We are monitoring her closely and have made slight buffs to improve Execution usability and Death Vortex damage.
Lucy
- Developer Notes
- Vermilion Void was regenerating EX Gauge beyond intended levels when hitting multiple enemies. This has now been reverted to its original value.
- Two new swap skills, Bloody Claw and Bloody Hunt, have been added for close-range Lucy.
- Another swap skill tailored for close-combat Lucy is in development.
- Following Rei’s RMB buff, Lucy’s performance has dropped again. We're planning to improve her overall quality-of-life.
Teo
- Developer Notes
- Teo returns as a long-range runner-shooter.
- With his unique “aimbot-like” gameplay, we hope to see Teo players dash around and bait melee characters with style.
Electra
- Developer Notes
- We've identified a significant loss of healing due to missed LMB hits, so we've increased Path of Pleasure's projectile speed slightly.
- Compared to Narae and Chloe, Electra’s overall value felt lower, so multiple minor buffs have been applied.
- A new defensive swap skill is in development to compensate for her lack of survivability, which we hope will improve her viability.
Chloe
- Developer Notes
- To make Chloe more exciting to play, we’ve significantly reduced the cooldown of Zoom Zoom, Horo Car!
- We hope that this change, along with a shorter cooldown for Tag! Freeze!, will offer more flexible swap skill options—especially helpful for newer players, making her easier to pick up but still rewarding.
Sabio
- Developer Notes
- Sabio has been underperforming in the mid-tier range.
- We're applying slight buffs across his kit to raise his performance and will continue monitoring him.
System Changes
- 4-Player and 5-Player Party Matchmaking Disabled
- Once regular matchmaking is available, parties of 4 or 5 will not be supported in matchmaking queues.
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