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Update 1.11 introduces a new assassin hero, party and friend improvements, three new skins, balance changes, bug fixes and better Android support. Let’s check it out …


BLACKFEATHER BACKGROUND & LORE

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Blackfeather is a striking duelist who pierces the hearts of his opponents. When building weapon items, he becomes a powerful assassin. Building crystal and utility items instead unlocks powerful effects for himself and his team. He performs well in the lane where he can focus on accumulating gold early in the match.

Want to know more about Blackfeather? Read his interconnected lore with travel companion and fellow kidnapper, Phinn.

Princess Kidnapped!

Social Climbers

‘No Use Resisting!’

Ruffians!

Love’s Failed Kiss

BLACKFEATHER EARLY-ACCESS PERIOD

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Blackfeather will be unlockable with ICE only for the first 7 days. Afterward, you will be able to unlock Blackfeather with ICE or Glory.

Heartthrob Slot: Heroic Perk Blackfeather's attacks and abilities apply Heartthrob stacks to enemies. Any time stacks are added or refreshed, Blackfeather deals bonus crystal damage for each stack already on the target. Bonus damage: 5-10 (level 1-12) (+18% of crystal power). Max 2 stacks on minions & monsters, 5 stacks on heroes & objectives. Stacks appear as broken hearts around enemies. Instead of energy, Blackfeather uses Focus for his abilities. This is capped at 100 and naturally regenerates 10 per second. Blackfeather also recovers and additional 10 focus for each basic attack he lands.

Feint of Heart Slot: A Blackfeather lunges to his target with a thrust of his sword, then gains 2.2 bonus movement speed for 3s. If the target has full Heartthrob stacks, it deals bonus weapon damage based on target's missing health Overdrive: At max rank, the cooldown for Feint of Heart is reset if the target is killed within 0.5s. Execute damage is capped against non-heroes. This ability triggers basic-attack effects.

On Point Slot: B Blackfeather pierces all enemies in a line, damaging them. Overdrive: At max rank, On Point gains increased range. If this hits at least one enemy hero, Blackfeather also gains a 2s barrier that scales with 5% of his bonus health and recovers 40 focus. The amount of focus recovered is further increased with 2% of his max energy and 50% of his energy regen. Deals reduced damage to minions.

Rose Offensive Slot: C Blackfeather dashes and slashes all enemies along his path. During the dash, Blackfeather is immune to negative effects and has fortified health. This ability has 2 charges. This ability triggers basic-attack effects.

NEW FRIEND FEATURES & MORE

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Fury wanted to play with his friend, MrBurnz. Fury went online, but saw that MrBurnz was in a game. “In a game” was just too vague for Fury to know if he should wait for MrBurnz or play a game on his own.

Have you ever been Fury? On your Friends list, you’ll now be able to see how long each friend has been in their match (plus some more cool details), so you can decide if you want to wait for them, play with another group or YOLOqueue.

If you decide it’s worth hanging out for a few minutes, you can send that friend a “Play Next?” request, giving them a simple “YES/NO” notification in-game that will inform you if they have room in their party, time for another game, etc. That way, it’ll always be worth the wait because you’ll know for sure if your friend will be free to play.

This notification will never interrupt your play; it will simply display as a number in a new button in the lower-right of the screen.

A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION

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Thanks to your awesome feedback, we included a way for guilds to see where they stand in comparison to other guilds. Now, in your guild’s Rewards tab, you’ll be able to see the guilds closest to you in level on the rewards ladder.


CLOUD RAIDER VOX TIER II

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Vox ranks up to captain with Tier II of the Cloud Raider Vox skin.

Read Cloud Raider lore!


SAWBORG TIER III

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In update 1.11, Tier III SAWborg goes after the robots that have been hunting him! Read the end of his lore … or is it the beginning?


DEATH METAL KRUL TIER III

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This is why you play Krul every game. The Pinnacle of Rock and undead warrior, Death Metal Krul’s final skin is the embodiment of zombie power.

Read Death Metal Krul lore.

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There's also a slew of balance changes. Read them in the official update notes.