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December 2025 Balance Update — Details & Release Notes

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December 2025 Balance Update

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