Hanabi relied heavily on equipment providing extra Attack Speed, and her late-game damage was underwhelming. Therefore, we aim to balance her performance across different game stages and with different equipment builds.
Attributes BUFF
Physical Attack Growth: 7 >> 10
Ultimate: Following Bloom Damage Decays to: 20% >> 30%
Passive - Ninjutsu Equinox ADJUST
Bounce Damage: First bounce deals 40% of the initial damage; subsequent bounces deal 85% of the previous bounce >> All bounces inherit 30% of the initial damage
Skill 2 - Ninjutsu Soul Scroll NERF
Base Damage: 450-600 >> 350-600
Atributes
Base Physical Attack: 105 →
111
Physical Attack Growth: 8 →
7
Base HP: 2510 →
2260
HP Growth: 110.5 →
128
Hanabi's performance shouldn't vary so much from rank to rank, so we lowered her laning ability in the early and mid game, and increased her self-defense in the late game.
Passive - Ninjutsu Equinox
Bounce Range: 3.5 >> 3
Removed the bounce damage on enemies hidden in the Bush.
Skill 1 - Ninjutsu Petal Barrage
Cooldown: 14-12s >> 15-10s
Passive - Ninjutsu Equinox
Petal Blade bounce damage decay: 75% of previous → 85% of previous
Basic Attack Petal Blade Attack Effects %: 20% → 40% for first hit, then 85% of previous
Skill 1 - Ninjutsu Petal Barrage
Cooldown: 18-16s → 14-12s
We've optimized the flow of Hanabi's gameplay and gave her more leeway to stay in the fight as a basic attack hero. We've also updated her build recommendations.
Marksman with a special bounce mechanic that shines in crowded teamfights.
Passive - Ninjutsu Petal Barrage
All of Hanabi's Basic Attacks and abilities will passively trigger Petal Blades and no longer require a toggle. Meanwhile, all her Basic Attack Petal Blade bounces can trigger Attack Effects.
Skill 1 - Ninjutsu Equinox
Hanabi gains a 5s shield after casting the skill. While the shield is active, she gains Control Immunity, extra Movement Speed and Attack Speed, and converts a percentage of damage she deals into Shield Value.
Skill 2 - Ninjutsu Soul Scroll
This skill now also triggers her passive. Added functionality: Marks targets hit, causing the next Petal Blade bounce to deal full damage on them. Since Hanabi no longer uses Mana on her Basic Attacks, we removed this skill's Mana Regen.
Ultimate - Forbidden Jutsu Higanbana
Higanbana now also triggers her passive. The first hero hit is immobilized, and Higanbana blooms at that location after short delay to deal AOE damage.
Although Hanabi will be revamped soon, we're still making some optimizations to her skill values to make her more competitive in the new season.
Skill 1 - Ninjutsu Petal Barrage
First Bounce's Damage Ratio:50% → 40%
Skill 2 - Ninjutsu Soul Scroll
Cooldown: 12-7s → 8-6s
Base Damage: 400-500 → 450-600
Fixed an issue where the damage was lower than described against enemy heroes.
Fixed an issue where the damage was doubled against summoned objects.
Ultimate - Forbidden Jutsu Higanbana
Base Damage: 400-600 → 600-800
Passive - Ninjutsu Equinox
Conversion Ratio of HP Regen to Shield: 40% → 60%
Shield Limit: 20% → 25% (of Max HP)
Fixed the issue where Hanabi could not be controlled when certain skills broke the Shield.
Others
No Adjustment -> Damage Taken+5%
Attributes
The range of Basic Attack increased from 4.8 → 5
Skill 1 - Ninjutsu Petal Barrage
Adjusted the Mana Cost from [17 + (Skill Levelx3)] → [12 + (Skill Levelx4)]