Monday, December 10, 2012

HoN Hero Video: Spotlight on Pandamonium

Pandamonium - HoN Hero Video Spotlight



Pandamonium brings forth pandemonium to Newerth!




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Pandamonium was inspired by the Fufu Panda from the Warcraft 3 mini-game Fufu United Ninja All-Stars.

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Heroes of Newerth Patch 2.6.23

 HoN 2.6.23 Changelog



 == General HoN 2.6.23 Changes ==

- Halloween has made its mark on Newerth!
* Pumpkins have grown around the map
* The world sounds much spookier
* The days are more golden, while the nights are even darker... beware!
* Ghosts now haunt the bases
* The Halloween Spirit has infected the lane creeps and powerups
* Frankenkongor is alive! HE'S ALIVE!!! (He also really really likes Pumpkins)
* Wards of Sight and Wards of Revelation now give off a much softer light...
* Keeper of the Forest can create a pumpkin patch
* Kuldra's Sheeptick's chattering teeth are much sharper

- The following have been enabled for tournament rules:
* Hero- Ellonia
* Hero- Riftwalker
* Hero- Bramble
* Hero- Ravenor
* Hero- Prophet
* Hero- Rally
* Item-Icon of the Goddess
* Item-Sacrificial Stone

- Fixed particles following Soulstealer after teleporting
- Fixed losing mana if you were using an "active mana cost" Ability (e.g. Scout's Vanish ) and swapping Steamboots


== Items ==

- Added 5 new items: Lightbrand, Searing Light, Frozen Light, Grimoire of Power, and Dawnbringer

- Lightbrand
* Recipe: Neophytes Book (1000g) + Apprentice's Robe (450g) + Light Brand Recipe (750g) - Total Cost 2200g
* Applies Burning in a 200 radius on attack for 3 seconds which deals 8 Magic Damage per second. Stacks up to 3 times.
* +16 Intelligence
* +3 Mana Regeneration

- Searing Light
* Recipe: Lightbrand (2200g) + Firebrand (2200g) - Total Cost 4400g
* Applies Burning in a 200 radius on attack for 3 seconds which deals 12 Magic Damage per second. Stacks up to 3 times.
* +16 Agility
* +16 Intelligence
* +14% Movement Speed
* +20 Attack Speed
* +5 Mana Regeneration

- Frozen Light
* Recipe: Lightbrand (2200g) + Icebrand (2200g) - Total Cost 4400g
* On attack applies Chilled to target which slows movement speed by 3% per charge for 3.5 seconds if wielded by a melee hero, or 2 seconds if wielded by a ranged hero. Adds one charge per application. Maximum of 3 charges.
* Applies Burning in a 200 radius on attack for 3 seconds which deals 12 Magic Damage per second. Stacks up to 3 times.
* +16 Strength
* +16 Intelligence
* +10 Damage
* +5 Mana Regeneration

- Grimoire of Power
* This book holds the wisdom of the ancients. Within its pages are multiple means to power, by both vice and virtue. Ancient formulas to unlock the secrets of man and demon are encrypted within its pages for those who dare to release it from within the Blessed Orb.
* Recipe: Lightbrand (2200g) + Blessed Orb (2100g) + Grimoire of Power Recipe (700g) - Total Cost 5000g
* Passively increases all damage done by you by 15%. Applies Burning on attack for 3 seconds which deals 40 Magic Damage per second to target and 200 radius around it. Does not stack.
* +10 Strength
* +10 Agility
* +26 Intelligence
* +4 Mana Regeneration

- Dawnbringer
* Recipe: Lightbrand (2200g) + Frostbrand (2200g) + Firebrand (2200g) - Total Cost 6600g
* On attack applies Chilled to target which slows movement speed by 3% percharge for 3.5 seconds if wielded by a melee hero, or 2 seconds if wielded by a ranged hero. Adds one charge per application. Maximum of 3 charges.
* Applies Burning in a 200 radius on attack for 3 seconds which deals 16 Magic Damage per second. Stacks up to 3 times.
* +18 Strength
* +18 Agility
* +18 Intelligence
* +15 Damage
* +16% Movespeed
* +25 Attack Speed
* +6 Mana Regeneration

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

HoN Hero Video: Spotlight on Hellbringer

Hellbringer - HoN Hero Video Spotlight

 



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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Heroes of Newerth Patch 2.6.22

Heroes of Newerth Version 2.6.22



== General ==

- The Player Ladder Returns!
- Mac and Linux clients have been significantly updated!
* Added in-game browser functionality
* HoNTV has been added
* In-Game Guides have been added
* Mac/Linux performance improved greatly (Linux client up to 50% faster, Mac client up to 100% faster)
* The new Updater has been added, including the Repair Tool
* A new type of installer for the Mac client is now being used
* OpenGL Renderer performance has been improved greatly
* Brought OpenGL renderer features in line with DirectX renderer
* Added support for GUI sharpening for OpenGL
* Dropped support for Mac OS X 10.4

- Fixed pre-loading of announcer text, fixing the hitches when they get displayed the first time
- Sound glitches have been fixed
- Fixed memory leak with font loading
- Prevented duplicate loading of skins


== Hero Balance ==

Aluna
- Emerald Lightning: Stun targets decreased from 2/3/3/4 to 1/2/3/4

Deadwood
- Rotten Grasp: Duration rescaled from 1/1.7/2.3/3 to 1.5/2/2.5/3

Draconis
- Dragonflame: Range reduced from 750 to 650
- Dragonflame: Cast Range reduced from 600 to 550
- Blazing Flight: Mana Cost increased from 60 to 60/70/80/90

Glacius
- Glacial Downpour: Damage decreased from 60/100/140 to 55/95/135
- Glacial Downpour: Staff of the Master effect decreased from 100/140/180 to 95/135/175 damage

Gravekeeper
- Zombie Apocolypse: Cooldown decreased from 140/120/100 to 140/100/60

Magebane
- Mana Combustion: Illusions now only deal 33% of the Mana Burn effect

Myrmidon
- Weed Field: Mana Cost decreased from 105/110/115/120 to 100/105/110/115
- Magic Carp: Mana Cost decreased from 100/105/110/115 to 95/100/105/110

The Dark Lady
- Cover of Darkness: Mana Cost increased from 75 to 100/125/150
- Cover of Darkness: Sight Range rescaled from 400 to 500/450/400
- Cover of Darkness: Duration rescaled from 4/6/8 to 4/5/6
- Cover of Darkness: Radius decreased from 1000 to 800 

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