Below is what changed and what it means for your games. The full notes are on Moonton's 2.2.16 patch notes page, and earlier patches are on the official patch notes list.
Masha is now a Berserker
Masha keeps her three HP bars, but her role changes. The designers want her to fight for long stretches instead of only split-pushing.
- Her skill damage leaves a Wound on an enemy. Hitting that enemy again with a Basic Attack from the Wound's direction breaks it and puts her into a Feral state.
- In Feral, her next three Basic Attacks become wide claw strikes, and she gains a large boost to Resilience, Attack Speed and Movement Speed.
- Skill 2 is a dash that ends in a wide claw strike, and its cooldown resets each time she loses a life.
- Her Ultimate charges at a hero, stuns them and knocks nearby enemies back.
What it means: Masha now rewards positioning around her target, not just raw damage.
Bruno is easier to control
Bruno is still a Marksman who kicks Powerballs, but most of the changes make him smoother to play.
- Skill 1: Powerballs land farther as his Movement Speed rises, never land across walls and stay on the ground for 3s instead of 2s. Casting no longer interrupts Basic Attacks. Base damage drops from 100-225 to 75-150.
- Skill 2: this slide is now for chasing or escaping. It no longer deals damage. Its cooldown goes from 7s to 9-7s, and its Mana cost from 60 to 90.
- Ultimate: the first target hit gets a short stun and a large slow, and is knocked back to Bruno's max range. Cast range goes from 5.6 to 6, and both damage numbers are lower.
Heroes that got stronger
The notes call out Aulus, Argus, Aldous and Lukas as the main buffs.
- Aulus: Base Attack Speed rises from 0.88 to 1. Skill damage now gives him 2s of Enhanced Basic Attacks (up to 4s) that heal him. The first cast of Skill 2 stuns for 0.3s.
- Argus: he starts with 30% Crit Chance, and his crits trigger an extra Demonic Slash. Skill 2 now stuns. Ultimate base damage doubles from 150-300 to 300-600. Base Movement Speed rises from 240 to 260.
- Aldous: the Skill 1 stack cap rises from 650 to 1000, and he now gains 5 stacks when the attack hits a hero. His Passive shield now comes on the next Basic Attack every 8s.
- Lukas: he gains more Resolve from attacks (2 to 3.5) and stronger Skill 1 and Skill 2 damage, to help him in the Exp Lane.
- Smaller buffs: Kalea, Cici, Alpha, Kagura, Edith, Karina, Kaja and Classic Akai.
Heroes that got weaker or were reworked
- Odette: her Ultimate no longer has a second cast. She can now move freely at a slightly lower speed while channelling it.
- Sun: this is a targeted change to roaming Sun. His Doppelgangers deal less damage and take more, and skill cooldowns are shorter.
- Marcel: early damage and cast frequency go down. His Ultimate can now freeze skills that target a location, such as Eudora's Ultimate.
- Other nerfs: Melissa (Skill 1 Attack Speed and duration), Miya (single-target damage, plus a Split Arrow bug fix), Hanabi (repeated bounces on one target deal 30% less), Yi Sun-shin (Skill 1 cooldown 12-7s to 12-9s), Paquito, Classic Zilong and Kadita's base Movement Speed.
The map and economy
- Base Gold from the Horned Lizard, Fire Beetle and Lava Golem drops by 13%.
- The gold gap needed for comeback bounty drops from 2,000 to 1,500.
- The yearly map change started on 28 September (server time), with four features:
- Revealing Wisps: they show hidden enemies.
- Healing Turtle: killing the Turtle now spawns an allied Turtle that pushes a lane, instead of giving a shield.
- Golden Turret: a destroyed turret shares much more gold.
- Flying Cloud: it gets new art.
- Enhanced Basic Attacks from a hero's own skills can now hit turrets.
- The "Lowest HP" targeting option becomes "Lowest Effective HP", which also looks at Penetration and Defense.
System and mode changes
- Ranked: S41 ended on 15 September and S42 started on 16 September. The S42 seasonal skin is Popol and Kupa "Flamehide Thane".
- New unlock levels: VS A.I. & Custom needs Elite rank, Magic Chess needs Lv.12 and 1 VS 1 needs Lv.25.
- New: a Multiplayer Training Camp, a Namecard revamp, Super Likes with a Like Shop, a Claim All button for achievements, and Auction House sale reminders.
- Brawl got its own damage tweaks for about 30 heroes.
