Yamato

Flying Slash

• T2 reduced from +40 Spirit Power to +35
• T3 charges from +2 to +1
• T3 Charge Time increased from 4s to 5s

Flying Slash

• range reduced from 28m to 26m
• T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s
• T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input

Power Slash

• spirit scaling reduced from 2.1 to 1.85

Flying Slash

• cast range reduced from 30m to 28m

General

• Fixed Crimson Slash not being able to hit anything if the player is aimed too high or low

Power Slash

• post cast time reduced from 0.4s to 0.2s
• spirit scaling increased from 1.86s to 2.1

Flying Slash

• range increased from 25m to 30m
• T2 no longer grants +20m Cast Range
• T3 now also grants +15m Cast Range
• T3 increased from +1 Charge to +2

Shadow Transformation

• T1 increased from +5 Weapon Damage to +7

General

• Fixed Crimson Slash not hitting through veils

General

• Fixed Flying Strike triggering heavy melee procs rather than light melee (damage amount was light melee still)

General

• You can now cast Parry directly while channeling Power Slash to fire the Power Slash and parry
• Flying Strike renamed to Flying Slash
• Fixed Flying Slash T3 ally cast stopping too soon before reaching the player

Power Slash

• being held down no longer automatically fires it
• base ability now has +60% Bullet Resist while channeling
• cooldown increased from 10.5s to 12s
• Slash Length reduced from 25m to 22m
• T1 changed from "+60% Bullet Resist while channeling" to "40% Slow for 3s"
• T2 changed from "-2s Cooldown and 40% slow for 3s" to "-4s Cooldown"
• T3 now also grants +8m Range

Flying Slash

• is now light melee damage rather than spirit
• slow increased from -30% to -50%
• cooldown increased from 21s to 36s
• range increased from 20m to 25m
• T1 changed from "25% Slow" to "-18s Cooldown"
• T2 changed from "+20m Cast Range" to "+20m Cast Range and gain +40 Spirit for 6s"
• T3 changed from "Can Grapple to ally heroes and +6 Weapon Damage for 10s" to "Can Grapple to ally heroes. Becomes Charged and grants +2 charges (3s between charges)."

Crimson Slash

• cooldown increased from 15s to 16s
• Fire Rate reduction increased from -18% to -30%
• T1 changed from "-26% Fire Rate" to "On Hit: +30% Melee Damage for 4s"
• T3 increased from -9s Cooldown to -10s
• T3 now also increases spirit scaling (+0.6)

Shadow Transformation

• cooldown increased from 110s to 130s
• Bullet and Spirit Resist reduced from 40% to 30%
• T1 changed from "+14% Fire Rate" to "+5 Weapon Damage"
• T2 now also reduces cooldown by 25s
• T3 increased from +20% Bullet and Spirit Resist to +30%

Power Slash

• T3 bonus damage reduced from +166 to +150
• T3 now also increases spirit power scaling by 0.5

Shadow Transformation

• heal on kill increased from 12% to 15%

General

• Base regen reduced from 2.0 to 1.0

Power Slash

• low charge damage from 40% to 30%
• medium charge damage from 60% to 50%

Crimson Slash

• cooldown increased from 11.5s to 15s
• T3 increased from -5.75s Cooldown to -9s

General

• Alt Fire base damage reduced from 63.36 to 50
• Alt Fire base damage now grows per boon (+0.7)

Crimson Slash

• T2 heal reduced from 8% to 6%

General

• VO remastering pass.

General

• Adjusted volume of Power Slash hit confirm sound to give better feedback to the attacker.
• Update model to show default Yamato body for all effects.

Crimson Slash

• adjusted slash effects height to be better aligned to crosshair.

General

• Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.27 to 0.24

General

• Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.33 to 0.27

Shadow Transformation

• T1 reduced from +20% Fire Rate to +15%

General

• Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.35 to 0.33

Shadow Transformation

• cooldown increased from 85s to 100s

Shadow Transformation

• Bullet and Spirit Resist reduced from 45% to 40%
• T3 increased from 15% to 20% Resist

General

• Flying Strike T3 now also lets you grapple to ally heroes

Shadow Transformation

• cast time reduced from 2s to 1.5s
• no longer has a 0.6s post cast time
• T3 now also increases Resist by 15%

General

• Improved cases where Power Slash would hit enemies behind cover

Shadow Transformation

• no longer heals on cast
• T3 increased from +2s to +3s
• now heals for 15% of your max hp on hero kill

Shadow Transformation

• Bullet and Spirit resist reduced from 50% to 45%
• duration reduced from 5.5s to 5s
• heal reduced from 25% to 20%

Shadow Transformation

• Bullet and Spirit Resist reduced from 60% to 50%
• Heal reduced from 30% to 25%
• duration reduced from 6s to 5.5s

Shadow Transformation

• now affects the grapple time speed
• duration increased from 4s to 6s
• no longer prevents death
• now grants +60% Bullet and Spirit Resist
• now heals for 30% hp (done after the dispel)
• duration now extends by 2s whenever you get a kill in it (for that session)

Shadow Transformation

• cooldown reduced from 90s to 85s

General

• Fixed being able to cast an ability while casting Flying Strike
• Fixed Crimson Slash following in the direction of dash instead of cross hair

Shadow Transformation

• T1 changed to +20% Fire Rate
• Cooldown reduced from 106s to 90s

Power Slash

• cooldown increased from 8.5s to 10.5s
• T2 now also reduces cooldown by 2s

Shadow Transformation

• no longer grants you bullet and spirit resist
• duration reduced from 4.5s to 4s

General

• Bullet damage growth reduced from 0.5 to 0.45
• Fixed various issues with Flying Strike pathing

Crimson Slash

• fire rate slow reduced from 30% to 20%

Shadow Transformation

• duration reduced from 5s to 4.5s
• T3 duration increased from +1.5s to +2s
• no longer provides unlimited ammo

General

• Ammo now scales with Spirit Power (0.15)
• Grapple post cast duration reduced from 0.5 to 0.2
• Alt fire now fixed to work with conditional damage sources (point blank, pristine emblem, etc)
• Can now interrupt Power Slash with parry

Power Slash

• damage reduced from 170 to 160

Shadow Transformation

• bullet and spirit resistance reduced from 55% to 40%

General

• Fixed being able to die during Shadow Transformation if hit by Grey Talon's Owl
• Fixed some cases where Flying Strike could get into a stuck state
• Fixed some cases where Crimson Slash would appear to be cast when it wasn't

Power Slash

• max damage time requirement reduced from 1.5s to 1.4s
• collision radius reduced by 8%

Crimson Slash

• radius increased from 12m to 13m

General

• Base melee damage increased by 10%
• Flying Strike T3 now procs after the ability ends, rather than when connecting to the target

General

• Bullet damage growth increased from 0.4 to 0.5

Power Slash

• collision size reduced by 10%

Shadow Transformation

• incoming damage reduction reduced from 70% to 55%
• changed from 70% debuff reduction to the same buff as Unstoppable

General

• Can now cancel Flying Strike

Power Slash

• damage reduced from 175 to 170

Shadow Transformation

• damage and debuff resistance reduced from 80% to 70%
• duration increased from 4.5s to 5s

Shadow Transformation

• now causes you to be unable to die during the buff

Shadow Transformation

• now provides 80% Damage Resistance and 80% Debuff Resistance instead of invulnerability during the post-channel buff
• cooldown reduced from 110s to 100s
• T3 increased from +1s to +1.5s

Power Slash

• T3 bonus damage reduced from +210 to +200

Shadow Transformation

• cooldown increased from 100 to 110

General

• Fixed Power Slash sometimes not being a full charge when channeled fully during the Shadow Transformation

Power Slash

• spirit scaling improved from 1.6 to 2.0
• no longer does a very minor movement on enemies hit

Shadow Transformation

• Shadow Transformation's ability speedup now affects the post-cast durations as well
• Shadow Transformation's ability speedup now improves the visual animations (cosmetic only change)

General

• Shadow Explosion renamed to Shadow Transformation and reworked into a new ability

Shadow Transformation

• no longer has radius impact behavior
• now gives you 4.5s of invulnerability after the initial 2s invulnerable channel period. You transform and refresh your abilities, improving ability speeds by 60% and gaining unlimited ammo. "Ability Speeds" affects Power Slash cast time, Flying Strike flying time, and Crimson Slash cast time.
• cooldown increased from 90s to 100s
• T2 is now +4 m/s during Shadow Form
• T3 is now +1s duration

General

• Shadow Explosion cooldown reduced from 120s to 90s

General

• Shadow Explosion radius increased from 14m to 16m
• Shadow Explosion Fire Rate and Spirit buff duration increased from 15s to 20s
• Shadow Explosion T3 Spirit bonus increased from +10% to +15%
• Shadow Explosion T3 Fire Rate bonus increased from +5% to +10%

Crimson Slash

• cooldown reduced from 13s to 11s

Power Slash

• physics/world collision reduced from 15 to 4 (allowing it to be more easily used near objects)

General

• Flying Strike cooldown reduced from 35 to 20
• Flying Strike T2 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "+20 Cast Range"
• Flying Strike range no longer scales with Spirit
• Shadow Explosion bonus Spirit per victim increased from 10 to 15
• Shadow Explosion bonus Fire Rate per victim increased from 5 to 10
• Shadow Explosion buff duration increased from 8s to 15s

Crimson Slash

• radius increased from 11m to 12m
• fire rate debuff duration increased from 3s to 4s
• T2 changed from "-5s Cooldown" to "10% Max Health heal on hero hit"
• T3 changed from "12% Max Health heal on hero hit" to "-6s Cooldown"

Power Slash

• T1 Bullet Resist increased from 40% to 60%