Nyx Assassin Changelogs


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Version history

Version
Description
  • Increased Impale cooldown from 13 to 14.
  • Increased Burrow Impale cooldown reduction from 6 to 7.
  • Increased Spiked Carapace cooldown from 22/18/14/10 to 25/20/15/10.
  • Increased Burrow cast time from 1 to 1.5.
  • Increased Impale stun duration from 1.27/1.77/2.27/2.77 to 1.6/2.0/2.4/2.8 (air time reduced from 0.52 to 0.5).
  • Reduced Spiked Carapace cooldown from 23/20/17/14 to 22/18/14/10.
  • Burrow
    • Increased Impale cooldown reduction from 4 to 6 (Impale cooldown from 9 to 7).
    • Increased Impale cast range and travel distance bonus from 350 to 525 (Impale cast range and travel distance from 1050 to 1225).
    • Increased Mana Burn cast range bonus from 300 to 450 (Mana Burn cast range from 900 to 1050).
  • Increased Vendetta duration from 25/35/50 to 40/50/60.
Burrow:
While Burrowed, Nyx Assassin is invisible and unable to move/attack, but has 40% damage resistance, and regenerates 1.5% of his health and mana per second. Nyx Assassin`s abilities also have improved properties while burrowed
Cast time: 1
Mana/Health regeneration: 1.5% of max
Incoming Damage Reduction: 40%
Impale cast/travel range increase: 350
Impale cooldown reduction: 4
Mana Burn cast range increase: 300
Spiked Carapace radius: 300
Mana cost: 0
Cooldown: 0
Notes: Spiked Carapace instantly stuns any enemy units within a 300 radius without requiring them to hurt him first. Casting Vendetta causes Burrow to end. Use Unburrow sub-ability to end Burrow.
  • Increased Impale cast range from 500 to 700 (matches its travel distance now).
  • Impale can no longer directly target units, but only target ground now.
  • Spiked Carapace no longer stuns and damages the player`s hero when the player`s summoned units proc it (the summoned units get affected instead).
  • Mana Burn
    • Reduced mana burned from 500% to 350%/400%/450%/500% of the target`s intelligence.
    • Reduced mana cost from 130/120/110/100 to 100 on each level.
  • Spiked Carapace
    • Reduced duration from 2.75 to 2.25.
    • Increased cooldown from 14 to 23/20/17/14.
  • Increased Vendetta damage from 225/375/525 to 250/400/550.
  • Replaced Urna Swarm replaced with Spiked Carapace
Spiked Carapace:
Temporarily enhances the Assassin`s chitinous armor with organic barbs, causing him to prevent and reflect the next player based damage instance and stuns the target. Lasts 4.5 seconds.
Damage reflected: 100%
Carapace duration: 4.5
Stun duration: 0.6/1.2/1.8/2.4
Mana cost: 50
Cooldown: 10
Note: Only triggers on player based damage, on any damage type. Does not prevent status debuffs. Spikes visually grow out of the hero when he is in this state.
  • Reduced Mana Burn cooldown from 35/25/15/5 to 28/20/12/4.
  • Reduced Vendetta cooldown from 90/75/60 to 70/60/50.
  • Increased collision size from 12 to 24.
  • Reduced collision size from 24 to 12.
  • Urna Swarm
    • Reduced maximum allowed Scarabs from 2/4/6/8 to 2/3/4/5.
    • Increased mana cost from 10 on each level to 40/30/20/10.
    • Increased cooldown from 14/11/8/5 to 26/19/12/5.
    • Infestation
      • Increased damage per second from 20 to 40.
      • Increased radius from 275 to 300.
  • Removed from Captain`s Mode.
  • Reduced Impale damage from 80/160/230/300 to 80/140/200/260.
  • Replaced Spiked Carapace with Urna Swarm
  • Urna Swarm:
Raises a Scarab from a corpse. Scarabs have the Infestation ability, which silences enemies within a small radius and applies a damage over time, but also killing the skarab. They also can burrow into the ground, turning invisible to enemies, but also immobile.
Corpse search radius: 600
Max allows Skarabs: 2/4/6/8
Mana cost: 10
Cooldown: 14/11/8/5
Notes: Raises 1 scarab per cast. Skarabs lasts until killed, have 200 health, 6 armor, 450 movement speed, 1400/1400 vision, can`t attack, are spell immune and have the Infestation and Burrow abilities.
Infestation:
Kills the Scarab to silence and damage nearby enemies.
Radius: 275
Damage per second: 20
Duration: 3
Notes: Has no cast time. The scarab dies upon cast.
Burrow:
The Scarab digs into the ground, becoming invisible and immobile.
Vision reduction: 1000/1000
Notes: Has an instant cast time. While burrowed, the Scarab cannot move or use Infestation. Lasts until toggled off.
  • Mana Burn can no longer target non-hero units, since it no longer affects them.
  • Reworked Mana Burn
Old Mana Burn:
Burns a fixed amount of mana and deals damage equal to that amount.
Cast range: 500/575/650/725
Mana burned: 70/120/185/260
Mana burned as damage: 100%
Mana cost: 65/85/100/115
Cooldown: 7
Notes: Effects are delayed by 0.25 seconds.
New Mana Burn:
Burns a amount of mana based on the target`s intelligence and deals damage equal to that amount.
Cast range: 600
Mana burned: 400% of the target`s intelligence
Mana burned as damage: 100%
Mana cost: 90/110/130/150
Cooldown: 35/25/15/5
Notes: Effects are applied instantly.
  • Fixed Impale affecting Juggernaut during Blade Fury.
  • Fixed a bug between Voodoo Restoration and Impale.
  • Recoded Impale:
    • No longer turns hit enemies invulnerable during the air time.
    • No longer requires channeling in order for the spikes to reach max distance.
    • No longer causes hit enemy units to instantly face towards Nyx Assassin.
    • No longer conflicts with Earth Spike, Burrowstrike, Ravage and Impales from other Nyx Assassins.
    • No longer fails to stun and damage enemies when the targeted point was a cliff.
  • Increased Mana Burn cast range from 500 on each level to 500/575/650/725.
  • Vendetta
    • Increased movement speed bonus from 10% on each level to 10%/15%/20%.
    • Increased duration from 20 on each level to 20/35/50
    • Reduced cooldown from 90 on each level to 90/75/60
  • Increased base armor from 0 to 1 (total armor is now 3.66).
  • Reduced Impale cast range from 600 to 500.