Aldous' Mana Costs are too high compared to other Fighters, so we're making some optimizations.
[Skill 1]
Mana Cost: 60-85 >> 45-60
After the last adjustment, we found that Aldous' stack building speed has been significantly improved. But also noticed that players wanted him to be more powerful in the late game, so we buffed him based on feedback. Combined with the Twilight Armor adjustment, we think Aldous should be well balanced now, but we'll continue to monitor his performance.
Skill 1 - Contract Soul Steal
Soul Steal Upper Limit: 500 → 650
Ultimate - Contract Chase Fate
Damage: 400-600 + 10% of target's Max HP → 250-400 + 8% of target's Max HP
To emphasize Aldous' role as Exp Laner, we adjusted his Skill 1 to allow him to gain more Soul Steal stacks from Siege Minions, but lowered the damage increase from each Soul Steal stack to balance things out.
Skill 1 - Contract Soul Steal
Stacks Gained from Siege Minion Kills: 4 → 10
Stacks Gained from Nearby Siege Minion Deaths: 2 → 5
Skill 1 Damage Increase Per Stack: 6 → 5
Slightly reduced Aldous's durability to give his opponents a better chance against him.
Attributes
Base HP: 2718 → 2668
HP Growth: 210 → 190
There was a huge gap between Aldous's damage capabilities in the early and late games, and he could be difficult to counter at full build. In this adjustment, we optimized his Skill 1 so he could gain stacks and hit the target more easily, and the calculation formula of the shield from his Passive to make it less dependent on his enhanced Basic Attacks. On the other hand, we slightly nerfed his Skill 2 and Ultimate so opposing players could counter him more easily.
Passive - Contract Transform
Shield Value: Damage of the triggering Basic Attack
500 + 3 * Soul Steal stack count
Skill 1 - Contract Soul Steal
Optimized the Attack Speed so it can now hit fast-moving enemies more easily.
Extra Soul Steal stack gained upon non-hero enemies' deaths: 1 → 2
Skill 2 - Contract Explosion
Removed the Basic Attack Immunity effect.
Damage Reduction: 50% → 30%
Ultimate - Contract Chase Fate
Slightly reduced the stun duration on hit.
Ultimate - Contract Chase Fate
We've optimized the casting of Aldous' Ultimate, which allows players to use it by simply tapping the hero icon beside the Ultimate button.
We've slightly enhanced Aldous' strength in the early game.
Skill 1 - Contract Soul Steal
Base Damage of Enhanced Basic Attack: 150-400 → 200-450
Aldous is very weak in the early game, but it is difficult for the opponents to deal with him in the late game. Therefore, in this patch, we continue to enhance his early game farming and combat capabilities and nerf him in the late game.
Skill 1 - Contract Soul Steal
Base Damage of Enhanced Basic Attack 130-330 → 150-400
Cooldown: 5-3.5 → 5-4
Extra Damage of Each Stack: 7 → 6
Aldous is relatively weak in the early game, but his enhanced Basic Attack in the late game makes him hard to deal with. Thus, we have reduced the difficulty of farming for him and nerfed his enhanced Basic Attacks.
Skill 1 - Contract Soul Steal
Base Damage of enhanced Basic Attack: 100~300 → 130~330
Damage increase from each stack of Soul Steal: 8 → 7
Others
No Adjustment -> Damage Taken+8%