Next Version

This is a list of planned changes for the next version of Twilight.

General

• Energy is now a team wide resource
  • Maximum energy is now 150% of your average team hero level
• Ethereal status now increases magical effects by 25%, down from 67%
  • Related spells have been adjusted upwards accordingly
• [Bugfix] Attunement perk now works within the first 60 seconds of gameplay

Commands

• New HCL option 'P' reverts energy to the previous personal energy system

Battlefields

Kedge's Landing

• Moontears
  • Now display how far along the process of charging is
  • Can no longer be traded or dropped (except on death)
  • Holding a moontear now increases damage taken, increasing over time
  • Dying while holding a moontear awards no bounty or crystal and a quicker revive time
  • Units picking up a moontear will be instantly killed

Heroes

• Hero starting attributes and gains per level have been adjusted to be closer to even across all heroes.

New Hero Attributes

Hero	Starting Strength	Strength per level	Starting Agility	Agility per level	Starting Intelligence	Intelligence per level
Arcane Archer	15	1.6	17	1.35	21	2.5
Blazing Priest	22	2.35	13	1.2 (+0.2)	18	1.8 (+0.2)
Time Cleric	20	1.95	16	1.75	19	1.85
Arboreal Crusader	15 (+1)	1.55	17	1.9 (-0.1)	20 (+2)	2.1 (-0.1)
Dread Shaman	15	1.65	18	1.7 (+0.25)	19	2 (+0.25)
Scarab	23	2.25	12 (-2)	1.05	18	2 (+0.15)
Soul Binder	19	2.3	13	1.7	21	1.6
Glacial Tyrant	25	2.8	12 (+3)	0.9	15	1.5 (+0.15)
Acid Reaver	22	2.5 (-0.1)	15	1.5 (-0.1)	15	1.4 (-0.1)
Divine Wizard	18	1.35	12 (-2)	1.3 (+0.2)	23 (+4)	2.7 (+0.5)
Colossus	26 (+1)	2.7	10	1.1 (+0.2)	16 (+2)	1.4 (+0.4)
Crest Witch	15	1.5 (-0.1)	19	1.8	20 (-1)	2.15
Icespinner	19 (+4)	1.7 (+0.2)	14	1.2	20	2.4 (+0.1)
Ascendant	20 (+1)	2	16 (+1)	1.35	17	1.45
Defiler	15	1.55	17	1.5	21 (+2)	2.35 (+0.35)
Emberwraith	20	2.55	15	1.2	18	1.8
Forlorn Martyr	19	1.9	18	1.7	20	2.15
Blackguard	22	2.3	14	1.45	17	1.6 (-0.25)
Fire Knight	18	2.35	20 (-3)	1.95	16	1.3
Wretched Chef	23	2.55	15 (+3)	1.3 (+0.4)	14	1.3 (+0.05)
Aeromancess	14	1.45	17	1.7 (+0.15)	23 (+4)	2.2 (+0.35)
Mystic Swashbuckler	21	1.85	23	2.15	14	1.5
Elder Treant	22	2.55	13	1.1	17	1.6
Master of the Hunt	19 (-1)	2	20 (-2)	2.1	14	1.2
Behemoth	23	2.55	17 (+3)	1.4 (+0.25)	13 (+2)	1.2 (+0.2)
Incarnation	18	2 (+0.3)	10	0.8	24	2.4 (+0.1)
Sorrow Liege	23	2.5	15	1.4 (-0.1)	15	1.5
High Oracle	16	1.55	17	1.6	21	2.2
Stormweaver	17	1.7 (+0.15)	16	1.4 (+0.15)	19	2.2 (+0.4)
Rune Knight	22	2.45	11	1.25	19 (+2)	1.8
Infiltrator	16	1.8	20	2.2	17	1.65
Tactician	20	2	19	2.05	14	1.4
Arcane Mistress	16	1.55	14 (-3)	1.35	24	2.45
Grim Hag	14	1.25	22	2.1	17	1.9
Putrid Eidolon	18 (+2)	1.65	14	1.4	22 (+3)	2.3 (+0.3)
Nephilim	19	1.95	22	2.3	15	1.55
Scarlet Maiden	18	1.9 (+0.2)	19	2.1 (+0.1)	16	1.5
Crimson Squall	20	1.95	20	1.95	20	1.95

• Most damage dealing spells have been altered. The table below list the difference in their maximum damage potential without items. These numbers include damage changes resulting from the above attribute changes.

Skill relative damage changes

Hero	Skill	At level 5	At level 30
Arboreal Crusader	Gale	+31%	+15%
Soul Binder	Incinerate	0%	-13%
Glacial Tyrant	Arctic Cataclysm	-13%	-22%
Acid Reaver	Caustic Breath	0%	-8%
Divine Wizard	Holy Strike	13%	+48%
Colossus	Rockslide	+38%	-4%
Crest Witch	Rogue Wave	5%	1%
Icespinner	Frost Spire	0%	2%
Ascendant	Terra Smash	2%	-21%
Defiler	Pestilence	+17%	-24%
Emberwraith	Pyroclasm	+46%	-9%
Forlorn Martyr	Whirl	0%	0%
Blackguard	Shadowclap	+42%	9%
Fire Knight	Inferno	+27%	10%
Fire Knight	Pheonix Strike	10%	2%
Stormweaver	Lightning Tether	2%	8%
Stormweaver	Snowblast	2%	6%
Aeromancess	Tempest	13%	11%
Rune Knight	Siphon Glyph	+18%	5%
Rune Knight	Hazard Slash	+32%	10%
Tactician	Blast Arrow	+25%	+34%
Tactician	Neutralize	+81%	+54%
Grim Hag	Blade Rain	0%	0%
Putrid Eidolon	Wilting	+28%	+16%
Wretched Chef	Slice	+55%	+18%
Aeromancess	Hold Person	5%	13%
Blazing Priest	Chasten	-17%	-15%
Mystic Swashbuckler	Demoralizing Blow	+29%	+25%
Soul Binder	Soulstrike	-17%	-32%
Time Cleric	Echoing Strike	0%	9%
Time Cleric	Degeneration	+16%	-23%
Colossus	Smash	-41%	-28%
Elder Treant	Grasping Tree	4%	5%
Icespinner	Ice Lance	0%	2%
Master of the Hunt	Lunge	-10%	-21%
Scarab	Smite	1%	-20%
Behemoth	Maw of Death	-12%	-14%
Emberwraith	Cinderfury	+21%	4%
Incarnation	Rend Soul	0%	1%
Sorrow Liege	Mortal Strike	+27%	-16%
Glacial Tyrant	Shatter	-32%	-26%
Arcane Mistress	Necrotic Shot	+93%	+34%
Arcane Mistress	Infernal Binding	+67%	+19%
Putrid Eidolon	Entangling Seed	+41%	+29%
Blackguard	Doom Hammer	+31%	1%

Elven Battalion

Aeromancess

• Tempest cooldown reduced to 15 seconds from 16

Divine Wizard

• Holy Strike's cooldown increase per level has been reduced
• [Bugfix] Empower's Blessing talent didn't function

Mystic Swashbuckler

• Demoralizing Blow
  • Damage reduction increased
  • Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds from 12

Soul Binder

• [Bugfix] Soulstrike when cast by the hero would only deal its base damage

United Creeps

Icespinner

• Ice Lance cooldown reduced to 15 from 17

Grim Brigade

Defiler

• Pestilence
  • Is now considered single target damage against heroes
  • Cooldown now decreases with level
  • Base cooldown increased to 10 seconds from 9

Emberwraith

• Pyroclasm
  • Cooldown now decreases with level
  • Base cooldown reduced to 20 seconds from 26
  • Mana cost increased
• Cinderfury cooldown increased to 15 seconds from 14

Incarnation

• [Bugfix] Dark Altar will no longer provide healing when the hero is dead
• [Bugfix] Gravebind's Expose talent was functioning on units around the hero instead of the target

Putrid Eidolon

• Wilting cooldown reduced to 15 seconds from 19
• Entangling Seed cooldown reduced to 20 seconds from 22

Mercenaries

Wretched Chef

• Slice's cooldown now decreases with level

Units

United Creeps

• [Bugfix] Furblog's Growl upgrade no longer affects heroes

Items

Equipment

• All Armor pieces and Gloves now give either health or strength
• Angelstone has been renamed to Sacred Writ and is now an Offhand
• Robe of Resistance's armor has been reduced
• Leather Armor's armor and attack speed now scale normally
• Adjudicator's Coif's experience bonus reduced to 20% from 50%
• Felskin Gauntlents' active effect has been replaced with passively causing attacks to increase magic damage taken
• New Orb: Runebreaker
• New Armor: Dragonsteel Cuirass