1.8.66MLBB Patch Notes: Buffs, Nerfs & Balance Changes
MLBB Patch 1.8.66 patch notes: every hero buff, nerf and balance change.
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In this patch, we've improved the Move and Attack control experience. It now feels smoother to Move and Attack with the same DPS. Because it increases the late-game damage of Basic Attack heroes, we have nerfed some equipment and Battle Spells that boost Attack Speed. Meanwhile, we've adjusted the attributes of most Marksmen to match their strength (e.g., higher early-game Attack and lower HP) to bridge their gap during early-game 1v1 fights. We've also made adjustments to some Exp Laners to give them a chance against Fighters with War Axe.
Hero Changes(12)
SA Support/Tank hero who can use portals to roam the battlefield and support his allies. Available on 3/16 (Server Time). Chip is a carefree, genetically enhanced fox from Laboratory 1718. He got his name from his love of snacking on chips while lying on his hovercraft. Chip is a Support/Tank hero. He can utilize his hovercraft to teleport around (and to slack off). His Special Skill allows him to quickly traverse the map, and his Ultimate allows him to gather all his teammates in one spot.
Chip starts eating potato chips when out of combat, regenerating lost HP after finishing a whole bag.
Chip rams his hovercraft into the ground, dealing damage and applying marks on enemy heroes while gaining a shield.
Chip's next Basic Attack will become ranged, hitting all nearby enemies with marks and stunning them.
Chip rushes forward, gaining increased Movement Speed and causing his next Basic Attack to charge at the target, dealing damage and knocking them back.
Chip drops the Main Portal on an enemy hero, and also creates Connecting Portals near allied heroes and behind the allied Base.
Heroes can teleport from Connecting Portals to the Main Portal and gain Burst Movement Speed, or stand on the Main Portal for a period of time to return to the Connecting Portal they came from.
Deals damage to nearby targets after a delay and slows them. Main Portal inherits a portion of Chip's Attributes.
Chip has 4 Beacons on the map.
Chip can stand on a Beacon to enable this skill and then use it to teleport to any other Beacon.
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Equipment Changes(10)
System & Battlefield
Battlefield Adjustments
Limited-Time Map
The 2024 ALLSTAR Theme Map, "Euphora" will be available for a limited time!
We have designed the new event map based on the ALLSTAR music theme and revamped the background music and sound effects accordingly.
We'll also be introducing a revamped Lord in this map!
Attack Speed
In this patch, we have optimized the growth of Attack Speed by removing the Attack Speed Threshold limitation, and now every 1% of Attack Speed will result in an actual Attack Speed gain. With this optimization, the growth of Attack Speed will be smoother instead of abruptly changing after reaching a certain Attack Speed. This also solves the problem of some heroes actually gaining 5.0 Attack Speed at 4.0 Attack Speed in the panel.
Mythic
With all the Marksmen's HP lowered, an early-game Turret dive becomes more likely. We decide to slightly increase ally hero protection from the Gold Lane Outer Turret.
Gold Lane Outer Turret
Damage Reduction for allied heroes when near an Energy Shield: 30% >> 35%
V. Battlefield Adjustments
Controls
a. Close Pursuit: When enabled, the pursuit distance is the shortest distance outside the attack range.
b. Pause Movement at Joystick Center: When enabled, the hero stops moving when the Joystick stays in the center.
c. Active Creeps Filter: When enabled, active Creeps are attacked before inactive Creeps.
d. Attack Activation Distance: Provides options such as Distant, Close, and Fixed Position Based on Range.
Other
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Optimized certain heroes' default Battle Setups to make the Equipment, Emblems, and Battle Spells better match their roles.
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Removed the restriction that the losing team could only have up to 2 gold medals, and now all players will be rated for medals according to the same rules, regardless of whether they win or lose.
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Optimized the Auto Attack filter logic to match that of manual attacks.
Bug Fixes
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Fixed an issue where the description of the distance required to move with Chou's Passive didn't match the actual effect.
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Fixed an issue where Fredrinn's Crystal Energy would be reduced by War Axe's True Damage.
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Fixed an issue where Alucard's enhanced Basic Attack by Passive would not benefit from the Attack Speed Bonus.
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Fixed an issue where Spell Vamp would affect the War Axe's True Damage effect.
VI. System adjustments
Ranked S32
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S31 will end at 23:59:59 on 3/15 (Server Time).
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S32 will start from 02:00:00 on 3/16 (Server Time). Complete Ranked matches to claim rewards including S32 Seasonal Skin: Diggie "Underwood Steward" and S32 Avatar Border "Shuttle Skip".
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You can complete Ranked Challenges in Road to Mythic to upgrade the seasonal skin tag and claim S32 Namecard Background and Profile Background, which will be upgraded after you reach Mythical Glory.
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A new voting event for the next Mythic Rank Skin will begin in S32. Players who have reached Mythic will be able to obtain and vote on the Mythic Rank Skin system.
New Draft Pick
The new Draft Pick mode will be available in the new Season 32 with the following adjustments:
Others
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Updated the Jungle icon.
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Optimized the reading experience for hero backstories.
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Optimized the experience of the birthday settings system.
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Optimized the Claim All feature in the mail system.
IX. Game Modes
Magic Chess v436.1
From the Designers
We've noticed that in the 4th Anniversary patch, the lineups carried by 4-Gold and 5-Gold heroes are too powerful and easy to build, leaving 3-Gold heroes no chance to carry. But we want to give them more time in combat. That's why we're requiring more Exp for the Capacity upgrade and giving low-cost lineups more time to grow, and there will be two new Runes for low-cost lineups. We've also received feedback about Tharz's Ultimate, and these adjustments will keep him balanced. Meanwhile, Commanders were experiencing sudden deaths late in the game and felt unsafe even at 30 HP. To fix this, we've adjusted the scaling of Commander damage to make it more evenly distributed to reduce late-game deaths.
As for Magic Crystals, sometimes none of the three options could match the selected lineup. To make this less of an issue, we've changed the randomization rules: Now, at least one of the random Magic Crystals will be related to your highest active Synergy.
As for the heroes, we've adjusted the skills of Masha and Leomord. Masha now has Lifesteal and Leomord can deal splash damage with Basic Attacks. Hopefully, they can have more moments to shine as 4-Gold heroes.
Match-related Adjustments
Gold Required to Level Up:
To Lv.6: 16 >> 18
To Lv.7: 28 >> 32
To Lv.8: 40 >> 48
Commander Damage Adjustments
Adjusted Commander damage scaling by increasing their base damage and reducing the increased damage from each surviving hero.
Magic Crystal Adjustments
Now, at least one of the random Magic Crystals will be related to your highest active Synergy (either that Synergy or your hero's other Synergy).
Hero Adjustments
Selena
Max Mana: 100 >> 75
Skill Damage: 3350/5000/10000 >> 2560/3850/7700
Atlas
Enemies Attack Speed Reduced: 3.5%/5%/8% >> 2%/4%/6%
Base HP: 3780 >> 3402
Minsitthar
Total Physical Damage Bonus: 200%/300%/600% >> 260%/350%/720%
Leomord Skill Adjusted
After the skill is cast, enter the Mounted state, increasing Physical and dealing AOE damage with his Basic Attacks.
Masha Skill Adjusted
When an HP bar is depleted, she gains extra stackable Lifesteal.
Attributes and Skill stats have also been adjusted accordingly.
Estes
Skill Damage: 860/1300/2600 >> 950/1400/2800
Miya
Extra Attack Speed: 3% >> 3%/4%/5%
Split Arrows: 2/3/3 >> 2/2/2
Synergy Adjustments
Cadia Riverlands
Max Stacks when with 3/6 Cadia Riverlands heroes: 3/6 >> 6/6
Elementalist
Mana Regen: 50%/60% >> 55%/65%
Equipment Adjustments
Aegis
Grants a Shield equal to 12% >> 15% of Max HP to itself and allies within 2 tiles to the left and right for 25s.
[Quartermaster] Aegis
Grants a Shield equal to 25% >> 30% of Max HP to itself and allies within 2 tiles to the left and right for 25s.
Commander Adjustments
Saki
Blessing Flower: Saki summons a Blessing Flower onto the Chessboard.
After 12s of battle, the Blessing Flower blooms to grant nearby allies a Shield equal to 25% >> 18% of their Max HP.
Yuki
Absolute Loyalty: The chosen hero will self-sacrifice, distributing 45/55/65 >> 60/70/80 Mana equally to up to 8 allied heroes nearby.
Devil's Might
Adjusted the skill bonus to reduce unexpected attribute stacking.
Layla
Mana Blocked!: Prevent enemy heroes from gaining Mana for 7s >> 8s.
Remy
Windfall: Remy gains 2/3/3/4 >> 2/2/3/4 bonus Gold.
Rune Adjustments
Ravage of War
Quartermasters have a 40% >> 80% chance to get 1 Gold and a 2% chance to get Equipment Chests from killing heroes.
The Loner's Way
Lone heroes get a Shield equal to 25% >> 30% of their Max HP when the battle begins.
Shadow Spur
Assassin Synergy grants 50% >> 40% Dodge when it reaches max stacks.
Elite Team [New]
Allied heroes that cost no more than 3 Gold gain extra Attack Speed after the battle begins.
Tight Budget [New]
Shop refresh cost is reduced by 1 Gold, but the refresh chance is also reduced by 1 level.
Brawling Beats v258.1
New mode Brawling Beats will be available from 04/06/2024
Mode Guide:
Brawling Beats pits you against other teams, and the goal? Fight for the Heart of the Planet Fragments in the center of the battlefield and collect as many as possible to win!
As long as your team has enough Heart of the Planet Fragments, you will trigger the Victory Countdown, so the key is to keep the lead!
There will be Beats Time every minute. Simply follow the beats to earn powerful bonuses. Play to the beats and dance your way to victory in this battle of rhythm and strategy!
Brawl v252.1
Some heroes farm much faster from Minion kills, creating an unfair mid-game hero level advantage.
We hope to reduce the mid-game level gap between heroes while maintaining the overall pace of leveling in the game.
Due to the reduced Regen for all heroes, the effects of Runes are now too weak.
Runes' AoE Regen Effect: 10% >> 20% of Max HP (5% >> 10% of Max HP after all heroes' Regen is reduced by 50%.)
Overdrive v218.1
Overdrive returns and will be available regularly each week. Have fun with fast-paced combat!
Mirror v348.1
Mirror returns and will be available regularly each week. Have fun with fast-paced combat!
Domination
Domination will be temporarily removed from the regular mode list. Until we meet again!
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The text of this patch is adapted from Liquipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Patch 1.8.66 FAQ
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The previous update was Patch 1.8.56b, available on its own patch notes page linked in the related resources below.