We noticed that Carmilla's Skill had too much variance in the number of hits it could land. To address this, we've increased its circling speed and the number of Crimson Flowers to make the skill's performance more consistent. To balance the overall power of the adjusted Skill 1, we've reduced the effect of each individual hit.
We've also optimized Carmilla's Passive and Skill 2 to help her adapt to more team compositions and combat scenarios.
We hope these adjustments will make Carmilla a more viable pick.
Passive - Vampire Pact ADJUST
Cooldown on the Same Hero: 5s >> 3s. Now you can stack effects even in 1v1 combat.
Skill 1 - Crimson Flower ADJUST
Number of Crimson Flowers: 2 >> 3
Removed the circling speed increase mechanic. Flowers now circle at the increased speed default.
Damage: 100-200 + 50% Magic Power >> 65-130 + 30% Magic Power
Slow Effect: 10% >> 6%, Cap: 50% >> 30%
HP Regen: 75-150 + 35% Magic Power >> 45-90 + 21% Magic Power
Skill 2 - Bloodbath BUFF
The Movement Speed now decays more slowly and will only start decaying after 2.5s.
Carmilla's enemy can escape easily despite being linked by her Ultimate, so we increased its slow effect.
Increased base Defense to match the adjustments to defensive equipment.
Attributes
Physical Defense Growth: 4.4 →
7.4
Magic Defense Growth: 2.5 →
4
Ultimate Curse of Blood
Slow Effect on Linked Enemies: 15% →
30%
Others
Adjusted the sizes of Carmilla's Crimson Flower skill and her Basic Attacks so that Crimson Flower will always hit when basic attacks can.
We want Carmilla and her allies to have more time to pull off cool combos once she has immobilized a target with her Ultimate, but also want enemies to have time to react and possibly counter.
Ultimate - SkillName SkillName
Cooldown: 48-40s → 60-44s
Immobilizing Time: 0.4s → 0.8s
Slow Effect while casting: 30% → 50%
Carmilla's Ultimate currently provides too much utility to her team, so we are making it easier for her enemies to break links.
Ultimate - Curse of Blood
Cooldown: 40-30s → 48-40s
Slow Effect while casting: 40% → 30%
Links' Slow Effect: 60% → 15%
We wanted to improve the positioning of Carmilla's Ultimate by implementing these changes that allow both allies and enemies to better predict the skill. Besides this, we've also improved her early game support power as well as synergy with Cecilion.
Attributes
Stolen Defense: 6-12 → 7-11
Ultimate - Curse of Blood
Skill Revamp: Carmilla will now toss the Curse of Blood in a direction and form a large field that slows enemies caught within it. Enemies that remain in the field after a while will be immobilized and chained together, slowing and revealing them.
Damage: 275-525 +160% Magic Power → 450-750 +130% Magic Power
Linked Damage Ratio: 70% → 50%
Linked Control Ratio: 70% → 100%
Special Partner Skill - Vermeil Shadow
Cooldown: 20s → 45s
Base Shield: 220-500 → 520-800
Her sustainability in the early and late game has been increased.
Passive - Vampire Pact
Base HP Regen: 50-150 → 75-150
Magic Power Bonus: 25% → 35%
As a support with special skill effects, Carmilla has relatively strong solo abilities but offers fewer team benefits than other supports. As a result, she can only give an unsatisfactory gaming experience despite her high win rate. Therefore, we decided to further enhance her mobility and teamwork ability at the cost of a certain proportion of damage output and survivability. We'll be paying close attention to her performance and considering possible subsequent adjustments.
Passive - Vampire Pact
Defense stolen from enemies: 10-20 → 6.4-12
Skill 1 - Crimson Flower
Base Damage: 100-250 → 100-200
Base HP Regen: 60-150 → 50-150
Slow Effect: 30% → 10% (capped at 5 stacks)
Skill 2 - Bloodbath
Max Movement Speed Increase: 60% → 70%
Decay Time of Bloodbath Energy Accumulation from full to zero: 1.5s → 2s
Duration of Bloodbath Energy Accumulation: 4s → 4.5s
Ulimate - Curse of Blood
Max Slow Effect: 90% → 80%
Ratio of transmitted Damage and Control among targets with the Curse of Blood: 50% → 70%
Other
Optimized recommended Builds.
The casting of Carmilla's Ultimate makes it difficult for her to hit an enemy quicker than the opponent, and its transmittable damage cannot be maximized after Skill 2 is used. Therefore, we've adjusted the casting of her Ultimate based on player feedback. In addition, we've also adjusted her skill cast ranges to strengthen her power in melee combat.
Skill 2 - Bloodbath
Cast Range reduced by 50%
Ultimate - Curse of Blood
Cast Range reduced by 10%
Direction: Manual → Auto-aim
Special Skill - Vermeil Shadow
Cooldown: 45s → 20s
Damage and Shield: 400 + 40xLV → 200 + 20xLV
Slow Effect: 60% → 30%
Being able to constantly harass her opponent with a high movement speed makes Carmilla hard to deal with. After careful consideration, we decided to remove the movement speed boost provided by her skill 1, Crimson Flower, and improve her durability in return.
Skill 1 - Crimson Flower
Removed the Movement SPD Boost.
HP restored on each hit increased from 50-125 to 60-150.
Ultimate - Curse of Blood
Slightly increased the range.
Skill 1 - Crimson Flower
Basic Damage decreased by 20.
HP Regen decreased by 10.
Mana Cost decreased by 10 at all levels.
Skill 2 - Bloodbath
Stunning Time decreased from 0.75s to 0.6s.
Ultimate - Curse of Blood
The passed damage decreased from 70% to 50%.
Other
If Cecilion and Carmilla are in a team and they are close to each other, Cecilion can use "Moonlit Waltz" to transform Carmilla into a Vermeil Shadow attaching to him. Carmilla can use any one of her skills to land on the battlefield, providing shield for self, refreshing the CD of non-Ultimate skills, dealing damage to enemies and slowing them.
Now if Carmilla and Cecilion are in the same team, Carmilla can purchase the new equipment item "Broken Heart" from the Shop. If Carmilla owns this item, Cecilion can't use "Moonlit Waltz" during the match.