Update 1.3 (Vox): What you need to know

Today’s update is massive. I tried to make a post with snippets of commentary for each change and, well, it was almost as long as SEMC’s original post. So here’s the even quicker, dirtier version:

Major Additions

• Vox drops today for ICE, Saturday for Glory. Click here for the hero spotlight.
• Spectator Mode for private matches with 2 spectators.
• Profile page revamp with more focus on skill tier. Adds bronze, silver, and gold indicators for each tier.
• Honor or report players post match with a thumbs up or down.
• Added Pot of Gold and Level Juice to practice mode for easier build testing.
• Position Declaration (What I called Role Clarification).

Gameplay Changes

• Instantly use consumables when item slots are full.
• When behind in level your team will earn experience faster, while earning slower when ahead in level.
• Attack animations will no longer go below base speeds; attack cooldowns can still dip down below base speeds.

Hero Changes

Koshka

• Nerfed.
• Heroic perk no longer adds any defenses.
• Twirly Death reworked to scale with crystal ratio better (than the basic attack buff).
• Base armor and shield increased to compensate for reworking of heroic perk.

Krul

• Buffed.
• Heroic perk charge time cut in half to 1.5s.
• Dead Man’s Rush will now proc basic attack effects like Aftershock; cooldown acceration and barrier from crystal ratio improved.
• Spectral Smite base damage increased while per stack damage will have a slower ramp up.
• Improved per level increases of armor, shield, and health.

Adagio

• WP build nerfed; support/healer build buffed in late game.
• Gift of Fire’s heal over time (hot) duration stays at 3s at all levels; hot ratio improved while burst heal slightly reworked to give greatr bonuses from crystal and not skill level.
• WP at level 12 dramatically reduced.
• Attack speed at level 12 dramatically reduced.* At level 12, attack speed will be 100%. Does not state if level 1 will still be 100% as well, thus giving Adagio no attack speed increases for leveling.

Petal

• WP build nerfed.
• Attack speed reduced at level 12.

Celeste

• Buffed.
• Heliogenesis’s crystal ratio improved for intial sun and for super nova.
• Solar Storm no longer collides with lane minions, non-objective jungle creeps, and shouldn’t collide with enemies behind her; travel speed reduced.

Skaarf

• Buffed.
• Dragon’s Breath no longer silences your items.

Taka

• Bug fix/buffed.
• Fixed a bug where crits sometimes wouldn’t trigger properly.

Item Changes

Shiversteel

• Slow duration from ranged attacks cut in half to 0.4s.

Extra

• Performance improvements for iOS and Android.
• Android user can now purchase ICE.
• Fixed bug where Kraken had too little health in practice mode.
• Vox bug discovered, but this is most likely a part of SEMC’s April Fool’s hoax with Update 1.4.

One interesting tidbit: we finally found out how distance is measured (in meters). For all the nitty gritty details of the update be sure to check out the full SEMC post here.