Reduced the burst damage of Melissa with Crit build in the mid-to-late game, but slightly decreased skill downtime.
Attributes - NERF
Movement Speed: 248 >> 240
Skill 2 - Eyes on You! NERF
Damage Transfer Ratio: 60%-80% >> 60% at at all levels
Cooldown: 9-7s >> 9-6s
With our previous adjustments, Melissa was able to deal damage to enemy heroes from afar with bonus attacks against Muddles, simply by attacking without a target. And there's nothing the enemy can do about it.
Skill 2 - Eyes on You!
Only basic attacks that have a target will trigger bonus attacks against Muddles, meaning basic attacks that don't have a target will no longer trigger this effect
Atributes
Physical Attack Growth: 6.6 →
7
Base HP: 2460 →
2288
HP Growth: 148 →
160
Skill 1 - Falling!
Mana Cost: 60-85 → 30-55
As the meta evolves, we decided to revert some of the nerf on Melissa to make her more compatible.
Skill 1 - Falling!
Attack Speed Boost: 35%-75% → 50%-75%
Skill 1 - Falling!
Cooldown: 8.5-7s → 10.5-7s
Skill 2 - Eyes on You!
Cooldown: 6-7s → 9-7s
We're improving Melissa's control over Muddles in teamfights while nerfing her early game harassment.
Skill 1 - Falling!
Cooldown: 7s → 8.5-7s
Cooldown Reduction Per Attack Against Muddles: 1.2s → 1.5s
Skill 2 - Eyes on You!
Cooldown: 1.5s (goes on cooldown after Muddles disappears) → 7-6s (goes on cooldown upon skill cast)
Mana Cost: 75-0 → 60-10
New Effect: Muddles will disappear early when there are no linked enemies.
Removed: The skill goes on cooldown when Muddles disappears
Slightly increased Muddles's movement distance.
Ultimate - Go Away!
Defense Boost When the Skill Is Active: 3 Times → 5 Times
The nerf on the Damage Transfer almost cast our little tailoress entirely out of the meta. We hope these adjustments could make up tor what she's been through in the past few days.
Attributes
Base Physical Attack: 115 → 123
Ultimate - Go Away!
Extra Defense When Ultimate Is Active: 6-10 → 9-15
We're optimizing the casting experience of Melissa's Ultimate while smoothing out her damage spikes against different types of enemies.
Passive - Doll Buster
Extra Damage: 150% → 125%
New Effect: Melissa now also deals increased damage to creeps.
Skill 2 - Eyes on You!
Damage Transfer: 65% → 70%
Mana Cost: 50-0 → 75-0
New Effect: Muddles can novNink summoned units.
The above adiustments are summarized as follows:
Damage Against Linked Heroes: 197.5% → 187.5%
Damage Against Linked Summoned Units: 150% → 187.5%
Damage Against Creeps: 100% → 125%
Damage Against Minions & Unlinked Summoned Units: 150% → 125%
Ultimate - Go Away!
New Effect: Melissa now gains 6-10 Physical & Magic Defense when the skill is active.
New Effect: The field will now nove with Melissa once, when she touches the boundary.
Cooldown: 40-32s → 50-40s
A rebellious girl that runs a tailor shop and solves problems for people. This new Marksman hero also has unique skill descriptions.
Passive - Doll Buster
Melissa deals 150% damage to Minions and Summoned Units.
Skill 1 - Falling!
Melissa slides forward and gains extra Attack Speed for 3s.
She also commands Muddles to move a distance in the same direction and Cuddles to move the field to her destination when the two are on the field.
Skill 2 - Eyes on You!
Melissa throws out Muddles, inflicting damage and slow while linking nearby enemy heroes up to 6s. When there are linked enemies, Melissa will command Giggles to attack Muddles on her each Basic Attack, dealing the same amount of damage to the linked enemies. Linked enemies can break the link by moving out of the range.
Ultimate - Go Away!
Melissa commands Cuddles to release the field of Protection, dealing damage while blocking enemies from entering the field for 4s.
The field will also interrupt the enemy's movement skills. The field will disappear early if Melissa leaves the field.