Cyber City is a resource-rich techno metropolis thanks to the benevolent hackers injecting the streets with econ from orbs and hacked Augments. Honestly, it's a bit much, so we're cutting down on the overall gold that you'll be getting from Hacks to make sure games don't feel too resource-inflated, a phenomenon that allows going fast level 9 into a capped out 4- and 5-cost board to be too common.

We're rebalancing Exotech's items to be equal in power, indexing further in buffs than nerfs. This should make the trait more consistent and varied, allowing for more angles to use Varus or Naafiri as your carry with stronger Holobows and Hyperfangs!

Golden Ox has been looking more like Bronze Ox with how deep players have been running the trait. It's currently almost never worth going past (2), so we're giving the trait a significant buff at (4) and even bigger at (6).

We're adjusting Nitro to make tempo Nitro (just leaving your Nitro units at two-star to fast 8/9) worse, while buffing reroll Nitro. Reaching T-Hex and powering up your Robot should be easier if you're able to three-star your board, but the Robot will be worse if you aren't able to get enough scrap in the tank.

Helping our underperforming 1-costs be worth the gold, whether as an item-holder or a reroll carry!

Hyperfangs buff and a Naafiri buff! Gone is the patch of the cat—the patch of the dog is now upon us!

We're adjusting Twisted Fate to bridge that gap between his standard form, which is folding too easily, and his Kingpin form, which has been clearing big blinds like they're nothing.

While a valuable unit due to his traits, Jarvan IV hasn't been able to slay much more than his trait tooltip.

Knife-cat's been the clear winner of 3-cost reroll. It's time this kitty gets his claws trimmed.

Now that giant health ball Tibbers is in check, we can heat up Annie's ability with some more damage!

Cho'Gath was previously reliant on the 70% bonus to HP he was getting for Bruiser (6) which was contributing even more as his ability (which grants HP and size) ramped up. This was quite fun in Bruiser (6) comps, but it made him unplayable in other comps. We're removing this interaction, so we can buff non-Bruiser vertical Cho'Gath in the hopes he sees more than one build option.

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Our Silver Champion Augments have released a bit on the weak side, but a buff here and a double Poppy buff there, and everything should be right with the world—err at least Cyber City's Champion Augments.

We ‘bout to get down with these Chug Bug buffs!

Our Prismatic circlets landed weaker than intended for a Prismatic Augment. We're giving some of them an item component in power, plus upgrading the champion they grant to make them worth the pick.

Small, like the size of this section.

As with standard, Double Up has landed with more resources than necessary, resulting in too many wins being determined through three-star 4-cost boards (or 5-costs). Much of this is due to the same inflation of Hacks affecting all of Cyber City, but some of it is the free Gift Armories, so we're reducing the amount of gold PvE rounds give to balance things out and keep Double Up feeling like a team game!

They aren't bugs, they're Hacks!!! Oh, wait, these ones were actually bugs…