Closed Alpha 3.6

New retainer

• Merith, the Sovereign Renegade (Bruiser, Skirmisher)
• Duelist's Rhythm (passive) gives her next attack bonus damage after an ability and her next ability healing after an attack
• Rushing Thrust (Q) dashes to an enemy and slashes everyone around them
• Parting Shot (Q recast) dashes back from the target and shoots it, can crit
• Riposte (W) parries all damage and crowd control except from towers, then shoots every parried attacker
• Tempest Charge (E) charges forward, knocking up enemies and shielding her for each retainer or monster hit
• Closing Lunge (E recast) lunges at an airborne enemy from any range and slashes around them

New vessel

• Kurdalgon, Soul of the Forge Master (Tank, CC)
• Tempered Steel (passive) makes enemy retainers crowd controlled near Kurdalgon take bonus max health damage from its attacks
• Hammerfall (R) slams an area, damaging enemies and structures and lowering enemy attack speed
• Hammerfall (R recast) throws Kurdalgon after a hit, stunning enemies where it lands
• Molten Shield (F) grants a shield, armor, magic resist and move speed toward crowd controlled enemy retainers
• Molten Shield explodes when it ends, slowing nearby enemies and healing per enemy retainer hit

Guardians

• Dreamfall Grove bases are guarded by an Ironbound Guardian and a Veiled Guardian
• Deserted Stronghold bases are guarded by an Ironbound Guardian
• Guardians sleep until the first epic monster or lane tower falls and never respawn
• Base structures take greatly reduced damage and regenerate while their Guardians live
• The protection weakens once a Guardian falls
• A Guardian gets stronger when its sibling dies
• Guardians are immune to crowd control and resist burst damage
• Getting hit by a Guardian lowers your damage against it
• The Ironbound Guardian cleaves, charges marked attackers, slams and sends out shockwaves
• The Veiled Guardian calls healing wisps and rains arcane hail, every third hailstone on an attacker
• Guardians bless nearby allied retainers once every 2 minutes
• Ironbound blessing empowers your next attack
• Veiled blessing blocks the next enemy ability
• Killing Sir Kandros or Lady Tessara gives your team Siegebreaker for 75s, piercing part of the Guardian protection
• New shrines next to the Guardians wake up once the enemy Guardian of the same type dies
• Offer Ember Shards at the War Horn Shrine to empower your minions
• Offer Ember Shards at the Deluge Shrine to strike all enemy minions and attackable towers three times

Ranked

• New ranked tiers Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Master
• All ratings reset
• 10 placement games per queue
• Rank changes, promotions and demotions shown after each game
• Profiles show your rank per queue and a best-rank badge

Renown

• Honor up to 3 players after each game in the new Renown tab
• Premade teammates can't be honored
• Renown levels 1 to 10, everyone starts at 5
• Low Renown blocks chat (below 3), pings and starting surrender votes (below 4)
• Publishing build guides needs Renown 5
• Penalties and mass reports lower Renown
• Renown shown on profiles

AFK and leavers

• Players idle for 3 minutes or disconnected for 90 seconds count as absent
• Teams with an absent player can surrender right away with half the votes (/ff)
• Surrendering this way in the first 5 minutes cancels the game
• Cancelled games give no rewards and change no ratings, except a rating loss for the absent player

Penalties

• Being absent or leaving games leads to matchmaking blocks of 2 hours, 1 day and 7 days, then bans
• Abusive chat leads to chat restrictions of 1, 7, 14 and 30 days, then bans
• Penalty levels go down again over time
• Chat-restricted players can still whisper friends and use game setup chat
• You get notified when a player you reported is penalized
• Notifications missed while offline show on your next login

Battle Passes

• Battle Passes added
• Earn Battle Pass Points by playing matches
• Spend points on rewards, stage by stage
• Spending in a stage unlocks the next one
• The Premium Pass unlocks premium rewards
• Pin a pass to the main screen

Shop

• Premium currency renamed to Tether Gems
• Earned currency renamed to Soul Shards
• Featured tab
• Discounts
• Gift items to friends
• Redeem codes in the new Gifts and Codes tab
• Skins bought during champ select can be used right away
• Purchase confirmation names the item and price
• Refunding a Tether Gem purchase that leaves a negative balance blocks matchmaking until it's paid off

Visuals

• New fog of war
• New map color tints on Dreamfall Grove and Deserted Stronghold
• Character outlines drawn outside the model, no longer thicker when zoomed in
• Hover glow no longer wobbles or highlights retainers standing on the hovered object
• Health bars always show a sliver while alive
• Volumetric fog on Low and Medium shadows too, no more blue haze on Low

Interface

• Icons for enemy retainers just off screen
• Offscreen enemy icon toggle and size settings
• Lobby header tabs are now icons
• Tooltips appear after a short hover delay
• Build guide items highlighted in the shop's All Items tab
• Unlocked consumables show in both the main shop and the consumables tab
• Empty gem sockets glow when you can afford a gem
• Pinging runes and shrines shows their cooldown or missing shards
• Dead pylons stay on the minimap with a respawn timer
• Scoreboard shows each player's lane
• Player panel buffs fill from the bottom
• Keybinds show symbols (& instead of Ampersand)
• Lobby ability tooltips show Adaptive Damage
• Default FPS limit 240, picking Unlimited shows a warning
• Profanity filter moved to Interface settings
• Alt+Enter no longer toggles fullscreen

Lobby and matchmaking

• Fastplay lane options solo, duo carry and duo support
• Duo lanes pair one carry with one support
• Team lobbies have a Private checkbox, invites still work
• Friends see a greyed-out join button on private lobbies
• Team lobby quit button cancels the queue first
• Skin selection opens when you lock in
• Game setup countdown ticks during the last 10 seconds
• A sound plays when everyone has locked in
• Name changes apply instantly, no disconnect
• New accounts no longer get disconnected after setup
• Friend list shows the right status and lobby info
• Accented characters work in chat rooms and messages
• Invite list keeps its pending, accepted and declined colors
• A lost lobby connection during a match reconnects in the background
• Tutorial games no longer count toward games played
• No AFK check in the tutorial
• Bots pick items dynamically
• Bots react with human-like delays

Bug fixes

• Jeanne W lifesteal no longer uses an extra charge
• Voltez R orb and explosion stay visible to anyone who saw the cast
• Thrix Q mark only detonates from Thrix's own damage
• Myr E no longer removes Pocket Singularity's stasis
• Vessel swap can't be started with or on a retainer without a vessel
• Orders given during an interaction no longer cancel its effect, such as the rune teleport
• Moves and attacks queued during a cast are no longer dropped
• Charge spell indicators hidden while the spell is unavailable
• Teleporting no longer reveals your starting spot on the minimap
• Minion waves spawn in the correct order
• Fixed long freezes when enemies with permanent buffs come into view or after reconnecting
• Mana displays correctly
• Talents no longer hidden in game setup
• Build guide item sections can be deleted
• Error popups can be closed
• In-game build guide items can be clicked
• Shop "builds into" panel no longer disappears
• Items can't be selected while the shop is closed
• Reworked consumables sell for gold again
• Post-game stats and chat load reliably
• No double header on the post-game screen
• Build guide save prompt no longer blocks the game start
• Mismatched build guides also turn off in blind pick
• Music no longer doubles or restarts on reconnect
• Loading screen scales correctly
• Shrine tooltip correct while on cooldown
• Shield pot visible again, Ward pot no longer explodes