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Welcome to the Dawn of Heroes!

Alright heroes! I hope you're early risers, cause it’s dawn and we got a host of new traits, champions, and mechanics to dive into! So grab your favorite Radiant Item cause I reckon’ it’s time to put the Black Mist to rest and embark on a whole new quest! There’s just so much to uncover with Dawn of Heroes, like all the rewards you can earn with the Reckoning Pass II and Reckoning Pass+ II, all the new mechanics , and who could forget about the new champions and traits. And even after all that writing, and all your reading (you’re very good at it btw), we’ve got more to share! So to help you, these notes will serve as another breakdown, with cosmetics and new stuff at the top, and changed/returning stuff at the bottom.


Let’s venture forth!
Rodger "MinionsRpeople2" Caudill

Mid-Patch Updates

July 28th, Balance Changes


With summer break next week (yes, Devs need breaks too), patch 11.15 will last three weeks concluding August 11th with patch 11.16. Thanks to y’all who played PBE and shared your thoughts, we’re seeing one of the most balanced mid-sets releases. That being said, to ensure a smooth three week patch period during the break, we’re hitting the brakes on some of the overperformers.

Hyper Roll


Because Abomination scales with the stage number, and Hyper Roll has more stages, the Monstrosity was scaling more than intended. So we’re taking the ‘Sigh’ out of ‘Sigh-on’ by making the Monstrosity begin scaling 3 stages later than in Standard.
  • Abomination 3: Stage 3 ⇒ Stage 6
  • Abomination 4: Stage 4 ⇒ Stage 7
  • Abomination 5: Stage 5 ⇒ Stage 8

Champions

  • Hecarim Spirit of Dread Healing: 350 ⇒ 200/225/250
  • Irelia Attack Damage 70 ⇒ 65
  • Irelia Defiant Dance Damage Reduction Cap: 90% ⇒ 80%
  • Sejuani Max Mana Nerf: 0/60 ⇒ 20/80
  • Soraka Max Mana Nerf: 30/70 ⇒ 40/80
  • Miss Fortune Make It Rain Damage: 250/400/750 ⇒ 250/375/700
  • Lucian Attack Damage: 75 ⇒ 70

Items

  • Archangel’s Staff Mana Ratio: 45% ⇒ 40%

Bug Fixes


It’s actually a suspense novel.
  • Tome of Traits: Fixed an issue with Tome of Traits that allowed for more control over the outcomes than intended.

July 22nd, Balance Changes


Abomination and Draconic have proven to be early risers in the Dawn of Heroes, so we’re hitting the snooze button on them to make for a more balanced first weekend of the mid-set.
  • Abomination, The Monstrosity’s Enrage Duration: 5 ⇒ 4 seconds
  • Abomination, The Monstrosity’s Enrage Attack Speed: 200% ⇒ 100%
  • Draconic 3 Average Gold Value: 3.1 ⇒ 2.9g
  • Draconic 5 Average Gold Value: 7g ⇒ 6.75g
Here’s a quick reference sheet with the updated roster for Dawn of Heroes! This beautiful sheet was made by our wonderful friend who goes by the name of Artist!

Artist even made one for the new Radiant Items, which are stronger versions of our regular items that we’ll talk more about later. Thanks Artist!

Little Legends: The Fearless Fellowship

The Fearless Fellowship has arrived!
The Fellowship assembles! No longer hiding in the ground, Ironclad Molediver joined the Fellowship to put their melee skills to the test. Whether it's protecting their loot, their lute, or their friends, Draconic Umbra’s in it to declare what is theirs! With this team of adventurers assembling, Verdant Fuwa knew they’d be safer with the healthful skills of… Fuwa!
Order prevails! Order Molediver knows that they can dig themself out of any situation, but if they stumble, Order Fuwa is sure to have the best oinkment for their remedy. But some things can’t be remedied, like Order Umbra’s obsession with gold. It’s okay though, Order Umbra insists they will donate it all to poros in need… one day.
Maybe Chaos is more your style? Chaos Molediver once tried to go undercover to sabotage the Fellowship. Too bad the Fellowship saw them for the Mole they are. Chaos Umbra claims they only harm those who attempt to steal what’s theirs, but what isn’t theirs? Speaking of harm… I wouldn't talk about bacon around Chaos Fuwa.

Little Legends: High Noon Squink Variants

While the Fearless Fellowship are out on adventures and quests, High Noon Squink’s out takin’ bounties.
You wanna know more about these particular Squinks? Well, to start off, it’s hard not gettin’ on High Noon Squink’s bad side... cause every side is bad-to-the-tentacle. Order Squink’s a kind soul, but there’s a reason they have so many boots and spurs. Cactus Squink, well, they’re the sharpest shooter in town. And if you thought that was corny, just wait till ya meet Kernel Squink, cause surely they’ll butter you up before they make ya go POP! Finally, there’s Outlaw Squink, you better stay clear o’ them when the clock tolls, but you should stay clear when it don’t too.

Arenas

Dawn of Heroes has two interactive arenas available in bundles and on their own. See what’s cooking at the Golden Bakery, or kick your feet up at the High Noon Saloon.

New Reckoning Pass II and Reckoning Pass+ II

The Reckoning Pass II works like prior passes; accumulate XP for free rewards. But, for even MORE rewards, you can purchase the Pass+ II for 1295RP. With the Reckoning Pass+ II, you can gain access to personalization features that are only available in this set. This includes: Little Legends, booms, arenas, and more.

And here’s what the Reckoning Pass+ II adventurers can achieve:
  • Emotes: The Kindest Cut, Surprise!!!, Amused and Confused, and more!
  • Booms to celebrate your victories: Jagged Path, Abyssal Chasm, Soul Siphon, Shattered Heart
  • Star Shards to star-up your favorite Little Legends
  • LL Eggs: Fearless Fellowship eggs and more!
  • Arenas: Journey’s Beginning, Desert Path, and Dankest Dungeon
  • Exclusive Little Legends: Order Pengu at one and two stars, and Order Sprite!

All New Bundles!

Reckoning Pass+ II Arena Bundle
  • Reckoning Pass+ II
  • Golden Bakery Arena
2260 $17.99
Heroic Adventurer Bundle
  • Reckoning Pass+ II
  • Golden Bakery Arena
  • Order Fuwa 1-Star
  • Order Molediver 1-Star
  • Order Umbra 1-Star
  • 1 Bonus Fearless Fellowship Egg
4330 $33.99
Fearless Fellowship Bundle
  • Reckoning Pass+ II
  • Golden Bakery Arena
  • 10 Fearless Fellowship Eggs
  • 2 Bonus Fearless Fellowship Eggs
7150 $54.99
Dawn of Heroes Megabundle
  • Reckoning Pass+ II
  • High Noon Saloon Arena
  • Golden Bakery Arena
  • 22 Fearless Fellowship Eggs
  • 4 Bonus Fearless Fellowship Eggs
12950 $99.99

Rise of the Sentinels


The Sentinels are struggling in their fight against Viego. Those LoL players can't handle the Black Mist without us, so it's time to recruit players with a pension for tactics...Teamfight Tactics.

Starting this patch there'll be an infinitely repeating mission that awards Sentinels points for playing games, including games of TFT. And you don't even have to run the Sentinel trait.

Note: Since we're doing this mid-event, the missions are hidden, but the faster rate of progress should be immediately noticeable.
  • NEW MISSION: Play 1 PVP matchmade game of Summoner's Rift, ARAM, Ultimate Spellbook, or Teamfight Tactics (excluding Hyper Roll) to earn 600 Rise of the Sentinels points. This mission can be repeated infinitely. It won't appear in your Missions log.
  • ACTIVATES: With Chapter III of Rise of the Sentinels this week

Ranked

Grandmaster and Challenger Ranked: Let the Race of Heroes Begin!


Just like Festival of Beasts, Grandmaster and Challenger are unlocked immediately, allowing for the true zero-to-hero competition. Challenger and Grandmaster are still limited to the top accounts on each server, but players must have at least 200 LP in Master to reach Grandmaster, and at least 500 LP in Grandmaster to reach Challenger. Good luck gettin’ your name placed right under mine!

Reckoning Ranked Stage II begins this patch!

  • Your rank has been "soft" reset down one tier below your current standings. For example, if you are currently in Gold II you will now be in Silver II.
  • If you are very good at this game and currently placed in Master or above, you will be reset to Diamond 4.
  • You will get five provisional matches after the reset, meaning you will not lose any LP for sub-top-four placements in your first five ranked games of the new stage. You’ll also gain some extra LP for finishing top four, so best of luck!
  • Ranked rewards for the first half of Reckoning will be distributed in patch 11.16 for those Shadow Item enthusiasts who made it to Gold or higher.

Hyper Roll Tiers

  • Emote rewards will be earned for players that reach Blue, Purple, and Hyper tier before patch 11.15.
  • Hyper Roll tiers will not be hard reset. Instead, anyone at Blue or higher will go to the bottom of Blue.
  • The rewards for Hyper Roll will come in patch 11.16 alongside the rest of the ranked rewards for the first half of Reckoning.

New Mechanics

Thanks to an incredibly good looking author we already have a deep dive article on the new mechanics, but I’ll add a short summary below for your convenience cause I’m so humble and nice.

Radiant Items


With Shadow Items gone, we have an all new set of extremely powerful items, Radiant Items!
  • Radiant Items are more powerful versions of regular items that should alter your win condition based on the one you choose.
  • Choose one Radiant Item from five choices at the 3-6 Armory. You’ll only get one, so choose wisely!

Divine Blessing


It’s time to bless this mess.
  • The Divine Blessing drops when your Little Legend dips below 40 health.
  • The Divine Blessing grants a high amount of immediate value, offering a combination of the following: items (components), gold (moves everything around me), consumables, Spatula, champions
  • All players will get the same essential content in their Blessing. We are all equally blessed in the eyes of URF.

Tome of Traits


The newest consumable to hit the books, I mean orbs, can allow you to make Viego into a Sentinel or Lucian into a Forgotten. Just imagine where reading can take you? At least to the end of this sentence.
  • The Tome has a chance of dropping from the Divine Blessing, but you may also find some books to “borrow” from PvE encounters. Who knew those Krugs were so literate?
  • The Tome of Traits can be sold to bring up a shop of four emblems to choose from. These emblems can be for any trait, including ones that can’t be built by Spatulas. That’s just the magic of a good book!

Systems

Loot Orbs


Removing the 4 gold low roll start. Adding more variety to high rolls with the addition of the Tome of Traits.
  • Lowered the average number of bonus orbs slightly
  • Increased Small Orbs Average Value: 2.54 ⇒ 3gold
  • Small Orbs containing two 1-cost champs ⇒ three 1-cost champs
  • Small Orbs containing one 2-cost champ ⇒ one 2-cost champ + 1 Gold
  • Small Orbs containing 2 Gold ⇒ 3 Gold
  • Medium Orbs Average Value: 5.72 ⇒ 5.6 gold
  • Medium Orbs now have a chance to contain 3-cost + 2-cost drop
  • Medium Orbs containing Neeko + 2-cost champ ⇒ Neeko + 2-cost champ + 1g
  • Gold Orbs can now drop the Tome of Traits
  • Gold Orbs containing Spatula and Neeko’s Help drop rate lowered slightly
  • Minimum items received is now 10 components + 1 Radiant Item after the 4-7 Raptor Round.

The Armory


We increased the odds of the 4-2 Armory to 100% but pulled back from 5-2 to compensate. The removal of components from 5-2 is our way of saying, “Raptors will be the last place to get components.”
  • 2-2 Armory is now 2 standard components
  • 3-2 is moved to 3-6 and is now 5 Radiant Items
  • 4-2 Armory is now guaranteed, as either 2 components, 3 components, or 3 components + 1 special item.
  • 5-2 Armory is slightly less likely, and will never contain components.
  • 6-2 and 7-2 Armories are unchanged.

Carousel Changes

  • Stage 5 Carousel can now sometimes contain Componentless (unbuildable) Emblems
  • Stage 6+ Carousels can now sometimes be all full items
  • Stage 6+ Carousels can now sometimes contain Componentless (unbuildable) Emblems

Champion Count


It’s an odd change. There’s one less 3-cost in the set.
  • 58 total Champions ⇒ 57 total Champions

Hyper Roll

  • 5 sec added to planning timers in the following Stages: 3-1, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3
  • Gold income in Stage 7: 6 gold ⇒ 8 gold
  • Gold income in Stage 8 and onward: 6 gold ⇒ 9 gold
  • 4-1 Armory is likely but not guaranteed and offers either 3 components or 3 components + 1 special item
  • 5-2 Armory is now 5 Radiant Items
  • 6-3 Armory is likely if there is no Armory on 4-1 and has the same offer structure as 4-1
  • Other armories are unchanged

New Champions and Traits

The information below will give you a good idea of the new champions and traits in Dawn of Heroes, but for more information, I recommend heading to one of the sites listed below, my new champions and traits article, or your favorite content creator (hi friends!).

Cannoneers (2/4/6)


Locked and loaded on every fifth shot, Cannoneer champions deal a percent of that shot's damage in an explosion around the target as physical damage. Here’s who’s packing the heat:
  • Senna: Tier 1 Sentinel
  • Tristana: Tier 2 Hellion
  • Miss Fortune: Tier 3 Forgotten
  • Lucian: Tier 4 Sentinel

Sentinel (3/6/9)


At start of combat, the Sentinel with the highest Health gains a shield that grants Attack Speed each time it is applied. When the shield is destroyed or expires, it will pass to the ally with the lowest percent Health. Both the shield and the Attack Speed bonus will increase as you recruit more Sentinels.
  • Olaf: Tier 1 Skirmisher
  • Senna: Tier 1 Cannoneer
  • Irelia: Tier 2 Legionnaire, Skirmisher
  • Pyke: Tier 2 Assassin
  • Rakan: Tier 3 Renewer
  • Galio: Tier 4 Draconic, Knight
  • Lucian: Tier 4 Cannoneer
  • Akshan: Tier 5 Ranger

Inanimate


At the start of combat, Inanimate champions summon Hallowed Mist that seeps through their surrounding 1 hexes for a few seconds, granting all allies within damage reduction from enemies outside of the mist.
  • Gwen: Tier 5 Mystic

Victorious


When a Victorious champion scores a kill, their next attack is empowered to deal 40% of the target's missing Health as bonus magic damage.
  • Garen: Tier 5 Dawnbringer, Knight

Fiddlesticks


Debuting for the first time in TFT, Fiddlesticks replaces Ryze as an Abomination/Mystic, but also extends the Revenant trait tree!
  • Fiddlesticks: Tier 4 Abomination, Mystic, Revenant

Removed

Removed Traits


No witchcraft can rejuvenate these slayed traits.
  • Verdant
  • Dragonslayer
  • God-King
  • Coven

Removed Champions


These champs are so last set. Wish I could say they’d be mist.
  • Warwick
  • Viktor
  • Katarina
  • Trundle
  • Pantheon
  • Mordekaiser
  • Lissandra
  • LeBlanc
  • Morgana
  • Kindred
  • Ryze
  • Taric
  • Darius

Trait Changes

Reworked Traits


The Monstrosity is now less of an Assassin, and more of a beefcake. With Shadow Items gone, Forgotten champions are more likely to remember victorious combats than old set mechanics.
  • Abomination REWORKED: The Monstrosity’s Health and AD increases by 20% each Stage, starting from: Abomination 3: Stage 3, Abomination 4: Stage 4, Abomination 5: Stage 5
  • Ally Deaths Required for the Monstrosity to emerge: 3 ⇒ 2
  • The Monstrosity now deals 150/200/250 magic damage in the area where it stops charging
  • The Monstrosity Enrage Lifesteal: 40% ⇒ 60%
  • The Monstrosity Enrage Lifesteal no longer scales off of AP
  • The Monstrosity EnrageDuration: 3 ⇒ 5 seconds
  • The Monstrosity Armor & MR: 40/65/75 ⇒ 40/50/60
  • The Monstrosity Health: 1000/1600/2200 ⇒ 1000/1400/1800
  • The Monstrosity Attack Damage: 100/140/180 ⇒ 70/80/90
  • The Monstrosity Health Per Star Level: 100/160/220 ⇒ 100/140/180
  • The Monstrosity Attack Damage Per Star Level: 10/14/18 ⇒ 7/8/9
  • Forgotten REWORKED: (2/4/6/8) Forgotten champions gain bonus Attack Damage & Ability Power. Each victorious combat they participate in increases the bonus by 10%, stacking up to 5 times.

Adjusted Traits


With traits becoming more difficult (or easier) to hit at different breaking points, we have to make sure that each trait tier feels as powerful as it is difficult to achieve. For example, Nightbringer 8 is now incredibly hard to hit, requiring what are now componentless emblems, while also losing out on Darius. To match the difficulty of achieving Nightbringer 8, we’re making it feel like a true high-roll moment by almost doubling its power! TLDR, Nightbringer 8 should feel like a first, but trying to hit it might end up too hard to achieve.
  • Assassin Critical Strike Chance: 10/30/60 ⇒ 20/40/75%
  • Assassin Critical Strike Damage: 25/55/90 ⇒ 30/50/70%
  • Brawler 6 added, Health: 400/1000/1600
  • Dawnbringer Max Health Heal: 30/60/90/130% ⇒ 30/55/80/120%
  • Dawnbringer Healing Ticks: 10/20/25/30 ⇒ 10/15/20/25
  • Dawnbringer damage amp per proc: 12% ⇒ 10%
  • Draconic Average Value of 3 trait eggs: 3.25g ⇒ 3.14g
  • Draconic Average Value of 5 trait golden eggs: 9.25g ⇒ 7g
  • Hellion is now (2/4/6/8), Attack Speed changed to: 5/30/75/150%
  • Ironclad Armor: 35/85/170 ⇒ 30/70/125
  • Mystic 5 added, Magic Resist: 40/100/200 ⇒ 40/80/150/250
  • Nightbringer Shield max Health scaling: 30/60/90/140 ⇒ 30/60/100/250
  • Nightbringer Bonus Damage: 20/30/40/50% ⇒> 20/30/40/80%
  • Ranger 6 added, Attack Speed: 75/180/400
  • Redeemed AP/Armor/MR: 30/55/95 ⇒ 20/35/75
  • Revenant 5 added, Revive with 10/25/45/70% Health, taking and dealing 25% more damage upon revival
  • Skirmisher Shield Max Health Scaling: 25/45/75% ⇒ 20/40/100%
  • Skirmisher bonus Attack Damage each second: 3/6/12 ⇒ 3/5/15
  • Spellweaver Starting Ability Power: 25/55/85% ⇒ 25/55/100%
  • Spellweaver Ability Power per Stack: 2/5/8 ⇒ 2/5/10

Champion Changes

Tier 1


Radiant Items and the multiplicative tankiness they provide make super tanks (Garen, Hecarim, Leona, etc.) impossible to kill. This hurts the viability of front-to-back comps and takes too much time out of URF’s day. Expect to see nerfs for many of our tanks below.
  • Aatrox Armor and Magic Resist: 30 ⇒ 35
  • Leona Mana nerf: 0/60 ⇒ 0/80
  • Leona Solar Barrier Damage Reduction: 30/60/250 ⇒ 30/50/200

Tier 2


Beat it like a dead horse, or a pop song. Same diff. Alright MinionsRpeople2, simmer down.
  • Hecarim Max Mana nerf: 40/90 ⇒ 75/125
  • Hecarim Spirit of Dread Damage: 250/350/500 ⇒ 200/400/600
  • Hecarim Spirit of Dread Healing: 250/350/500 ⇒ 350/350/350
  • Sejuani is now a Brawler in addition to her other traits (Nightbringer, Brawler, Cavalier). \
  • Sejuani Fury of the North bonus Armor and Magic Resistance: 100/150/300 ⇒ 80/125/250
  • Syndra Health: 550 ⇒ 600
  • Syndra’s grabbed units with Force of Will are now untargetable
  • Syndra Force of Will Damage: 300/400/600 ⇒ 250/350/600
  • Varus Health: 550 ⇒ 600

Tier 3


With Draconic 5 being easier to hit (thanks Galio!), we’re shipping nerfs to champions that were already strong before the trait was this easy to play.
  • Ashe Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 60
  • Ashe Mana nerf: 50/90 ⇒ 50/100
  • Ashe Enchanted Arrow Damage: 300/450/750 ⇒ 300/450/650
  • Ashe is no longer Verdant
  • Lulu Attack Speed: 0.6 ⇒ 0.7
  • Nunu Mana Adjustment: 0/75 ⇒ 30/90
  • Zyra Grasping Roots Damage: 200/350/650 ⇒ 200/300/575
  • Zyra Grasping Roots Stun Duration: 2/2.5/3 ⇒ 1.5/2/2.5 sec

Tier 4

  • Aphelios Attack Damage: 75 ⇒ 65
  • Aphelios Max Mana nerf: 0/90 ⇒ 0/150
  • Aphelios Dark Vigil Attack Damage Scaling: 140/150/180% ⇒ 350/375/475%
  • Aphelios Dark Vigil Base Damage: 125/150/300 ⇒ 150/200/400
  • Aphelios Dark Vigil Number of Targets: 4/4/8 ⇒ 5/5/10
  • Diana Health: 650 ⇒ 750
  • Diana Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 75
  • Diana Attack Speed: 0.65 ⇒ 0.7
  • Diana Mana buff: 80/160 ⇒ 70/140
  • Diana Moonfall Damage: 250/350/1500 ⇒ 300/450/2000
  • Diana is no longer a Dragonslayer (*looks at buffs above* she still slayin’ tho)
  • Jax Health: 900 ⇒ 1000
  • Karma Soulflare Damage: 225/280/700 ⇒ 210/260/700
  • Vel'koz Health: 650 ⇒ 700

Tier 5

  • Garen God-King ⇒ Victorious
  • Garen Mana nerf: 40/100 ⇒ 100/180
  • Garen God-Lion's Justice max Health percentage Damage: 20/25/200% ⇒ 25/30/200%
  • Garen God-Lion's Justice Shield Max Health Percent: 35/45/200% ⇒ 40/55/200%
  • Garen God-Lion's Justice Shield Duration: 4 ⇒ 5 seconds
  • Heimerdinger Upgrade!!! Damage: 500/650/7777 ⇒ 450/600/3333
  • Kayle Ascension 1 True Damage: 90/100/1000% ⇒ 80/90/1000%
  • Kayle is no longer Verdant
  • Teemo Starting Mana buff: 0/60 ⇒ 30/60
  • Teemo’s doppelhellion can now trigger Cruel’s passive. It’s a cruel, cruel, world.

Items

With Shadow items gone we swapped around some of the Emblems because it was more fun. Cause who doesn’t want to see Olaf as a Hellion/Cavalier?
  • Hellion Emblem can now be made with a Bow and Spatula (previously Legionnaire Emblem)
  • Cavalier Emblem can now be made with a Vest and Spatula (previously Ironclad Emblem)
  • Chalice of Power Ability Power: 25 ⇒ 30
  • Dragon’s Claw REWORKED: Grants 200 bonus Magic Resist (including components). On being hit by magic or true damage from an Ability, launch a fireball at the Ability's caster that deals magic damage equal to 30% of their max Health (1 second cooldown).
  • Hand of Justice REWORKED: The holder gains both of the following: +10 AD and +10 AP and Attacks/Abilities heal for 10% of the damage dealt. At the start of each planning phase, one of these buffs is increased to 40(%).
  • Infinity Edge ADDED EFFECT: Now also grants +10% Critical Strike Damage
  • Titan’s Resolve REWORKED: Stacks are now granted on attack rather than on crit. Attack Damage and Ability Power per Stack: 3 ⇒ 2
  • Trap Claw renamed to Banshee’s Claw
  • Banshee’s Claw REWORKED: When combat begins, the holder and all allies within 1 hex(es) in the same row gain a shield that blocks the first enemy Ability. No longer Unique
  • Zeke’s Herald Attack Speed: 25% ⇒ 30%

Bug Fixes

  • They got the jump on me: Assassins will now properly jump slightly before other units move
  • Tastes like fear: Teemo’s doppelhellion can now trigger the Cruel trait
  • Not quite resolute: Fixed an issue where Titan’s Resolve could lose its stacks or stop stacking mid combat
  • Sobriety test: Gragas’s Drunken Rage no longer ignores Banshee’s Claw
  • Now I’m angry: Sejuani’s Fury of the North now properly deals damage to targets that are CC immune


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