Balance in the Works!

Many of you don't know that a HUGE balance patch is in the works but there is! There have been countless messages to go over in general discussion, balance forums, competitor forums, tournaments, IMs, and emails which have all been extremely helpful in creating the upcoming patch. Going through all of these sources takes considerable time (and we try to give attention to every source!) to get a good basis of what needs to change, what could change, and what should not change. Even after making this list we want more then theory crafting, we put our changes into extensive testing to make sure we are making proper balance decisions.

For your patience here's a sneak peak of some balance changes expected to come:

Gemini
- Fire and Ice will require both dogs to channel
There have been many complaints of how hard it is to kill Gemini and we agree! This change alone should help remedy much of that. Other areas to be looked at are movespeed and stats transfer.

Midas
- Lion's Pride will have healing reduced
Midas is a hero that many people, including us, would say needs a nerf and most agree that the heal is the biggest problem.

Zephyr
- Reducing the amount zephyr can heal
Zephyr's survivability is a little too high, as evidenced both by our observations of competitive play and community feedback.

Monarch
- Reducing the cast range on Crippling Pollen from 550 to 500
Crippling Pollen started with a higher cast range when compared similar spells. Although only higher by 50 it becomes much easier to snag those heroes trying to attack from 600 range. This slight touch on the spell seems to put it back into place.

Ring of Sorcery
- Slightly increasing the manacost to activate
Typically purchased selfishly this items focus is meant to be a team item (like astrolabe and energizer). Increasing the mana cost will make it less effective for the individual to use.

HotBL
- Expect changes to come! A big thanks to everyone who contributed on the balance forums for this one!
Too effective at all points in the game we're hoping to release a new concept to this item that will keep it's current effectiveness in helping carries farm during the mid game but not make it impossible for other heroes to kill a hero with an early HotBL.



Our expected release date is Jan 27th. Many thanks to all our testers and everyone else who has helped contribute.

2.5.4 Patch Notes - Artesia

Heroes Of Newerth Patch 2.5.4 Changelog

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- The current Free Heroes were changed. The current available list is as follows:
* Soulstealer
* Silhouette
* Defiler
* Tremble
* Andromeda

* Blacksmith
* Pollywog Priest
* Nymphora
* Vindicator

* Gladiator
* Devourer
* Pestilence
* Magmus
* Pebbles
* Rampage



- Added a new Early Access Hero: Artesia
* Added a new Limited Edition Alt Avatar: Arcannis

- Added a new Wildsoul Alt Avatar: Arctic Wildsoul

- Christmas Music has been removed
- Monarch is now pickable in Tournament Mode
- Minor tweaks to Dumpster and Fist of Sol Taunts


NEW Artic Wildsoul Alt Avatar :

UPDATE: There is a new Bubbles Alt Avatar not mentioned in the patch notes, maybe S2 accidentally leaked it. Anyway the alt avatar is apparently Captain America Bubbles.

BardUI++v1.32 - Bard User Interface Mod Collection

BardUI++v1.32 (Compatible with HoN v2.*)

 

DOWNLOAD BARD UI HERE

Features:
SelfUI 

• Disable BardUI++ SelfUI to show the default SelfUI panel or set it to Hidden to hide both.  
• The purple bar is your current experience. When you click that it will close, click it again to open it (will be saved between matches).
• The extra button when the panel is opened is the Fast Share button (aka Monkey Button), clicking this will share the courier with your whole team, click again to un-share with your whole team.
• The Fast Share button will always be on the SelfUI if SelfUI is enabled (highest priority). If you hide the SelfUI it will be shown on the UnitUI portrait.
• Movable and scalable.

open


closed

TeamUI

• Clicking on the panel will select your ally, clicking on the panel while targeting an item or skill works. As well as dropping an item on the panel, this gives the item to your ally.
• Clicking on the skills will close the skills, click again to open them (will be saved between matches).
• Clicking on the small handout on the right side of the panel will open the Side Panel. The tooltips should provide enough information of what these do. The Add Friend button is hidden when somebody is already your friend.
• Each panel is individually movable.

Stumps! Modification

Stumps mod is a Heroes of Newerth modification that allows you to juke easier by replacing trees with Stumps, avoiding annoying miss clicks. The tree replacement is only a visible to yourself, the original trees are still there for other players. You  are the only one that sees Stumps instead of them.

 

Download Link:

Heroes of Newerth Stumps

Stumps mod is in HoN mod file format 

You will also need HonModMan to use this mod

If you don't have the Heroes of Newerth Modification Manager you can download it from the link below:

Hon Modman 1.3.6

Artesia - Hero Teaser and Hero Spotlight

Spotlight: Artesia 

   

Hero Teaser: Artesia

Artesia is a ranged intelligence hero with a very unique play style! She specializes in long range magic damage, so long range in fact that she has a global presence! Artesia is most effective casting from the back lines in a team fight and chasing enemies down, however if played right, Artesia can be lethal even in close quartered combat.

Artesia Abilities Teaser:


Arcane Missile


Dance of Death


Arcane Bolts


Essence Projection