Battle Frost | February 25, 2015[]

New God: Bellona - Goddess of War[]

Master of War (Passive)[]

Upon giving or receiving hits from basic attacks, Bellona gains +5 protections and +6% movement speed for 5s. (max 5 stacks).

Shield Bash[]

Bellona dashes forward and bashes with her shield, dealing 80/120/160/200/240 +40% of her Physical Power as damage and slowing enemies 30% for 2s. Bellona gains 1 stack of block for each enemy god hit. Block absorbs all damage from a single basic attack and reflects 30% of the damage in an area around her. Bellona then makes basic attacks with sword and shield until out of combat, and every 3 successful basic attacks she gains another stack of block (max 3).

Cost: 60 mana.
Cooldown: 15 seconds.

Bludgeon[]

Bellona summons a Hammer and spins, hitting every enemy around her for 30/60/90/120/150 +25% of her Physical Power, and then smashing forward in an overhand attack dealing 70/130/190/250/310 +60% of her Physical Power as Damage. Each enemy god hit in the spin increases the damage of the overhand attack by +30%. Bellona now makes basic attacks with her Hammer until out of combat. Every Hammer attack hits all enemies in melee range.

Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 mana.
Cooldown: 10 seconds.

Scourge[]

Bellona summons a Scourge, dealing 60/100/140/180/220 +50% of her Physical Power as damage to all enemies in a line. Enemies hit are Disarmed for 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3s, and cannot make basic attacks. Bellona now makes basic attacks with a Scourge until out of combat, which has extended range (+4) and every third attack heals Bellona 30/50/70/90/110.

Cost: 70/75/80/85/90 mana.
Cooldown: 18 seconds.

Eagle's Rally[]

Bellona plants a Roman flag, granting 15/20/25/30/35 protections and increased physical power by 10/20/30/40/50 to allied gods for 6/8/10/12/14s. Enemies directly under where the flag is placed take 100/200/300/400/500 +50% of her Physical Power as damage and are stunned for 1s.

Cost: 100 mana.
Cooldown: 75/70/65/60/55 seconds.

View the Developer Insight to learn more about Bellona's design and development process.

New God Skins[]

Battle Maiden Bellona	La Roca Hercules	Daisy Despair Scylla	Golden/Legendary/Diamond Awilix

Ymir New Model[]

This new model updates Ymir's Standard, TwitchYmir, Nuclear Winter, Golden, Legendary, and Diamond skins.

New Voice Packs[]

New Emotes[]

Ymir Dance!

Updated God Cards[]

Standard Ymir

New God Rotation[]

Misc[]

Match invite art has been updated.
Match invites will no longer block the user from browsing after accepting.
Gamma screen now closes when a match invite appears.
Booster tooltip over player icon now shows remaining time.
Clicking GODS button on top bar now always redirects to the god page.
Updated League requirement description to be more clear.
A separate HOME button has been re-added to the end of match lobby.
Single match god rentals have been removed.
Tutorials have had UI updates.
Back button has been added for GODS page.
Fixed more cases of the Home screen images showing while in match.
Fixed clan tags not showing on scoreboard in PvP matches.
Fixed the Scoreboard not being accessible during match after server is offline.
Fixed black areas shown when using special emotes that zoom out the camera.
Fixed typo on Profile tooltip.
Fixed the God Lore tab not initially showing scroll bar.
Fixed being able to simultaneously scroll Friends list and chat.
Fixed highlighting issues at the Loadouts Page when purchasing Wards and Icons.
Fixed parties not being able to switch queues after encountering queue join errors.
Chat has new tabs system.
Made skin tooltip cards larger.
Fixed Stun Indicators for players showing up as flashing through terrain.
Fixed ability information cut off at GODS page.
Fixed if you are in game with DND off. It would say DND in buddy list and vise versa.

Items[]

Bluestone Pendant[]

Disabled for purchase in Assault.

Heartward Amulet[]

Added to MP5 in store filter.
Added to Physical Protection filter.

Hydra's Lament & Hydra's Star[]

Fixed both old and new passives being applied to targets. Ouch.

Odysseus' Bow[]

Will no longer count cleaving basic attacks as bonus hits.

Shield of Regrowth[]

Fixed speed bonus not working with Nemesis Retribution healing.

Sovereignty[]

Added to HP5 in store filter.
Added to Magical Protection filter.

The Crusher[]

Disabled for purchase in Joust.

Gods - Balance/Updates/Fixes[]

“As we are still fresh on the heels of Season 2's release, there won't be significant balance adjustments this patch. We want to give time for the previous changes to settle, and players to try out new builds and strategies.”