December 2025 Balance Update — Details & Release Notes

Note: This balance change is planned to go live by December 16, 2025 11:30 AM UTC

Full details of the changes are as follows:

Astral Demon family

• Family bonus

  • The family bonus now cleanses all ailments instead of one random ailment

    • OLD: 60/85% chance to cleanse a random status ailment from the Hero when receiving Special Skill damage. (For 1/2 members)

    • NEW: 60/85% chance to cleanse all status ailments from the Hero when receiving Special Skill damage. (For 1/2 members)

• Passive Skills

  • New Passive Skill added: Hinder Mana

    • NEW: Reduces the amount of mana increased by Special Skills, Passive Skills, family bonuses and status effects by -80%. The effect applies to all enemies in battle.

  • 'Resist Mana Status Ailments' replaced with 'Resist Negative Mana Effects'

    • OLD: Grants immunity to status ailments and negative stacks that affect mana generation.

    • NEW: Grants immunity to mana reductions, as well as status ailments and negative stacks that affect mana generation.

• Xshahr

  • Health boost increased: 40% -> 45% of damage dealt

  • Damage to random enemy when having boosted health increased: 190% -> 250%

• Paimon

  • Direct damage increased: 440% -> 580%

The Insititute and Forsaken families

• Passive Skills

  • Eldritch Pact

    • Chance to revive as Eldritch Host increased: 5% -> 10% for each 10 Insanity, up to 50% -> 100%

    • Chance to transform when defeated by own Special Skill increased: 50% -> 100%

    • Eldritch Host

      • Attack increased: 1000 -> 1200

      • Defense increased: 1000 -> 1200

      • Direct damage increased: 350% -> 400%

      • Insanity inflicted on the target increased: 30 -> 35

  • Branded by the Old Ones

    • Damage increase per Insanity buffed: 5% -> 6% per each 10 Insanity, up to 50% -> 60%

• Mechanics

  • Fear

    • Defense reduction buffed: -35% -> -40%

    • Damage dealt to random ally increased: 130% -> 160%

    • Affected Heroes: Kadath

• Khatrox

  • Insanity inflicted on enemies increased: 20 -> 25

  • Maximum stored damage increased: 1000 -> 1500

• Prof. Morryster

  • Insanity inflicted on enemies increased: 45 -> 50

  • Defense reduction against Special Skills increased: -34% -> -44%

• Demhalar

  • Insanity inflicted on enemies increased: 30 -> 35

• Kadath

  • Insanity inflicted on the target increased: 50 -> 55

Construct family

• Passive Skill: Minion Core

  • Killer Bot Minion inherited HP increased: 22% -> 27%

Beauty and the Beast family

• Passive Skill: Revival Health Reduction

  • Amount of revival health reduced increased: -50% -> -80%

• Passive Skill: Heal When Status Ailment Expires or Is Cleared

  • Heal amount increased: 10% -> 15%

  • Affects all Legendary Heroes of the family

• The Beast

  • Direct damage for Humility-powered Special Skill increased: 430% -> 460%

• Rose de Flo

  • Required Humility for more powerful Special Skill lowered: 60 -> 50

  • The Special Skill now gives allies Attack Growth

    • If the caster has 50 or more Humility:

      • NEW: Growth: All allies get 150 attack.

    • Otherwise:

      • NEW: Growth: All allies get 100 attack.

Wiglaf

• Damage per defeated ally increased: +25% -> +30%

• Special Skill damage increase buffed: +40% -> +50%

Bonga

• Tokri Minion

  • Inherited HP increased: 27% -> 30%

  • Inherited attack increased: 22% -> 30%

Evelyn

• Direct damage increased: 290% -> 320%

Evelyn (Costume)

• Direct damage increased: 280% -> 310%

Reuben

• Direct damage increased: 310% -> 340%

• Status ailment damage reduction buffed: -75% -> -80%

Hanitra

• Health boost per dodge increased: 425 -> 450 HP

Balur

• Direct damage increased: 530% -> 580%

• Bleed damage increased: 519 -> 612 damage over 3 turns

Leadria

• Spirit of Spring Minion

  • Health boost increased: 100 -> 120 HP

Faeona

• Direct heal increased: 45% -> 46%

• Healing increase buffed: +30% -> +35%

Mechanic updates

• Soul Connection

  • Soul Connection effects are now considered ailments when cast on enemies, and buffs when cast on allies

Late additions

Liora

• Liora's Special Skill was initially configured with fixed damage values of 375% to target and 225% to others. She was not reaching the intended power when fully leveled, so the damage has been changed to scaled from 350-385% and 220-255%

Classic 3* Costume Bonus

• The max costume bonus for Rare Classic Heroes has been increased to +18% attack/+18% defense/+23% health/+5% mana