Is that a glitch?

To split or not to split, that is the question.

Our Hacked Orbs introduce a few new consumables that’ll have you hacking the stats of your champions or hacking apart their items—time to pivot! New Hacked Orbs can contain the following in addition to previous Hacked Orb contents (e.g. Tactician HP):

Currently, Anima Squad’s power is tied to their survivability—the longer your starred-up squaddies survive, the more power the trait can provide. We’re adjusting this so the trait snapshots your current star levels at the start of combat; that way even if just one squaddie is left, they’ll still benefit from the stars you’ve poured into the board. With that rather large consistency buff, we’re tuning the trait to lower its power in one-star heavy boards, while the two- and three-star boards will benefit from a stronger and more consistent arsenal throughout the fight. This should not only open up different reroll Anima Squad boards (not just Anima 3 Vayne), but also allow the trait as a deep vertical to scale better into the late game.

Do you even know what A.M.P. stands for? Regardless, it’s going to stand for longer with this HP buff.

A few Cypher adjustments should make the trait less forceable for our high-skill players, while making the Cypher 5 high-roll highs as high as a Cyber City skyscraper.

Adjusting our Exotech weaponry so each weapon is rightfully street-illegal with viable cyber-power fantasies (that aren’t just Zeri go Legolas).

Bruiser verticals are heavily dependent on an Emblem to empower a non-Bruiser as their core carry, and even then, they’re mostly a top four comp. We’re going through and buffing a lot of the roster as the trait’s not bad—hence its success with Emblem builds.

Dr. Mundo has a fun Health-stacking fantasy that’s in need of some medical (balance) attention. We’re increasing his HP and AD ratio (Note: that’ll just make starring him up better, don’t actually build AD) so he can live out his super-tank dream.

Morgana will be doing much more damage, but it will take more time to see her opponent short-circuit into the afterlife.

The streets are in bloom, and so is Zyra with a considerable (and needed) buff that’ll make her a better item holder and potential Build a (Rose)Bud.

Where all our one-costs are getting buffs, our two-cost carries have been winners of the reroll meta.

Twisted Fate is getting a nerf that should also make his build path less dependent on Rageblades.

If you’ve been disappointed with your Gargoyle Stoneplate-stacking Kingpin Braum, just keep reading.

Even after several nerfs, Rengar has continued to reign as the leader of the pride and 3-costs. It’s time to put one cat partially in the bag, to let another claw onto the end-game victory screen with some much-needed buffs—yup, it’s Yuumi.

With Golden Ox (6) in check, we’re able to distribute a bit of the board’s capped power into the still-sad moon lad. Maybe we’ll even catch a smile from an Aphelios carry who wants nothing more than to hold three items.

Our Cho’Gath changes last patch had him land weaker than intended. With a mana buff and a better AP ratio on his HP stacking, expect to see this Boom Bot making a sizable impact.

With safe damage and the ability to throw in tanks throughout the fight, Aurora’s been our best 5-cost for a while, especially at two stars. We’re reducing some of her damage, but we expect she’ll still remain a contender for top 5-cost when played optimally.

A fully itemized Viego empowered by Golden Ox could wipe entire boards, giving Golden Ox flashbacks from Monsters Attack! as he goes down to single-digit HP and then heals to full on his next Omnivamp-fueled cast. A bit less damage and scaling should keep this Golden Ox in the mortal world.

Is that a Chug Bug and a Gragas buff in one patch!? Surely, we ‘bout to get down.

Hall of Mirrors (Black Market) had an interesting interaction with Cyber City that has made it too illegal even for the Black Market.

With Hacks, players have a bit more autonomy over just what components they receive via Hacked Components or additional Anvils. This has made optimized play with Lucky Gloves much more common and, in turn, more powerful.

We’re increasing the later Cyberboss High Score reward breakpoints by 10-20 percent, with the comp and Augment finding success in arcade cabinets across the Convergence!

Small, like 5 Mana.