Enhanced his durability in teamfights and sustained combat capability.
[Skill 1 - Great Sword Stance]
Cooldown: 10s >> 10-7s
This skill can only be interrupted Suppression during casting.
[Skill 2 - Great Sword Stance]
Cooldown: 4s >> 6-4s
Damage Reduction Duration: 4s >> 3s
Effect Changed: For each enemy hero hit, Lapu-Lapu gains 10% extra Damage Reduction. >> Lapu-Lapu gains 30% Damage Reduction upon hitting an enemy hero, plus 8% for each additional enemy hero hit.
As a Fighter, Lapu-Lapu's Skill 1 and Skill 2 have relatively long cooldowns. We aim to reduce his vulnerable period.
Skill 1 - Justice Blades BUFF
Cooldown: 8-6s >> 6-4.5s
Slightly tuned down Lapu-Lapu's survivability in teamfights with lots of enemies.
Skill 2 (Enhanced) - SkillName SkillName
Damage Reduction Per Hit: 15% → 10%
In most situations, Lapu-Lapu lacked mobility. The slow from his Skill 1 was not enough, so we removed this effect. We greatly enhanced his Bravery Blessing generation during his Ultimate for better mobility.
Passive - Homeland Defender
Skill 1 no longer triggers Passive.
Ultimate - Bravest Fighter
Ultimate and skills used during transformation generate 3 times more Bravery Blessing.
A balanced boost to Lapu-Lapu's overall performance to make him more competitive against other fighters.
Skill 2 - Jungle Warrior
Cooldown: 12-7s → 10-8.5s
Ultimate - Bravest Fighter
Defense Buff: 10-40 → 30-60
Enhance the damage of Lapu-Lapu's Ultimate so he can dish out more damage in teamfights.
Ultimate(Enhanced) - Raging Slash
First Two Attacks' Damage: 300-450 + 140% Physical Attack → 380-580 + 160% Physical Attack
We're infusing more power into Lapu-Lapu's heavy sword to help the Bravest Fighter burst down his enemies in battle.
Ultimate - Bravest Fighter
First Two Attacks' Damage: 280-440 → 300-480
Third Attack's Damage: 420-660 → 450-720
Slightly reduced Lapu-Lapu's damage.
Passive - Homeland Defender
Physical Attack Bonus for enhanced Basic Attacks' Damage: 200% → 150%
Ultimate - Raging Slash
Base Damage of the first 2 attacks: 320-500 → 280-440
We've optimized the last phase of Lapu-Lapu's Ultimate, since its area of effect appeared to be unidentifiable to both sides. Accordingly, we've weakened his survivability and maintained his high damage output, in order to balance out the influence of the former adjustment, which means a bigger challenge for him to enter the battlefield at good timing.
Passive - Homeland Defender
Base Shield: 400 → 250
Ultimate - Raging Slash
Extra Defense: 30-70 → 10-40
Added the hitbox display for the 3rd phase and optimized the skill cast.
We've optimized the skill casting and performance.
Ultimate (Heavy-Sword) - Land Shaker
We've largely increased the distance of each movement.
We've fixed a bug that caused it not to change direction in some occasions.
Others
We've optimized the skill casting and performance of Skill 1 and Passive, all skill icons, and the battle model of "Ancestral Blade".
Slightly enhanced his combat ability in the late game.
Passive - Homeland Defender
Shied Boost of each level-up: 50 → 65
Ultimate - Raging Slash
Physical Attack Bonus of the 3rd attack: 180% → 210%
Hero Feature: The warrior that fights for freedom and has two stances.
Passive - Homeland Defender
Each time Lapu-Lapu deals damage, he gains [Bravery Blessing]. When his [Bravery Blessing] is full, his next Basic Attack or [Justice Blades] will be enhanced, granting Lapu-Lapu a shield that can absorb damage. The enhanced [Basic Attack] will cause him to dash toward the target, dealing Physical Damage. The enhanced [Justice Blades] will slow the target.
Skill 1 (Twin-Blade Stance) - Justice Blades
Lapu-Lapu releases two boomerangs in the designated direction. Each boomerang deals Physical Damage to enemies hit on its way out or back. If the two boomerangs hit the same target, it will only deal part of the damage with the second boomerang. Each target can take damage 4 times at most.
Skill 1 (Heavy-Sword Stance) - Land Shaker
Lapu-Lapu gathers strength with his heavy sword Then Lapu-Lapu slashes with his heavy sword in a designated direction, dealing Physical Damage to enemies hit and stunning them.
Skill 2 (Twin-Blade Stance) - Jungle Warrior
Lapu-Lapu slashes his twin blades and charges in a designated direction, dealing Physical Damage to enemies on the path.
Skill 2 (Heavy-Sword Stance) - Storm Sword
Lapu-Lapu whirls his heavy sword, dealing, Physical Damage to nearby enemies. For each enemy hero hit, he gains a damage reduction.
Ultimate (Twin-Blade Stance) - Bravest Fighter
Lapu-Lapu leaps up in the air, combines his twin blades into one, and lands on the ground, dealing Physical Damage to enemies in the area and slowing them. He then enters the [Heavy Sword Stance).
Ultimate (Heavy-Sword Stance) - Raging Slash
Lapu-Lapu releases three continuous slashes with his heavy sword forward deals Physical Damage. During the slashes Lapu-Lapu is immune to control effects. Right after each slash, he is able to change his direction and slightly move.
Skill 1 - Justice Blades
Basic Damage of heavy sword adjusted from 300 + SkillLevelx50 → 380+ SkillLevelx70
Others
Optimized the display effects of his skills