As the summer solstice rolls around, so does a new CTG update! Basically, this patch focuses on adjusting the power level of both underused classes and lower level classes for them to have a greater impact on the game and feel less clunky.
Class Adjustment Highlights!
Mutant
This pesky class’ endurance has been substantially reduced, and its alternate form has received several changes! It now wields a The Rotted Fork instead of a Ghastly Glaive, and wears Crimson Armor into battle. Although it is more frail than before, it can regenerate faster! Be cautious when approaching this agile monster.
Black Mage
After being a demon for its lifetime, the mage has finally decided to repent and change its ways… mostly. Its weapon is now an SItem, being changed from a Demon Scythe to a short-range shadow tendril, as well as receiving an ability rework in the form of a tiered system. Although it may seem less scary, be careful; the mage still packs quite a punch.
Furthermore, you can check out more of the changes in the latest CTG update below! Some of these adjustments have been present in the game for the past week or two, while the rest are brand new and/or adjusted ones, take a look!
Changelog
Classes
Archer
- Weapon usetime has been increased from 25 -> 28, which slightly reduces the mana-based firerate.
Ninja
- Increased defense by 1.
- Also, the movement speed nerf from the Post-League update has been reverted.
Beast
- Bullet velocity increased by 0.03.
- Also, weapon usetime has been decreased from 48 -> 44, which increases the firerate.
Gladiator
- Health decreased from 140 -> 130.
Tank
- Event items now do regular damage.
- Also, increased the mana flail’s attack speed.
Black Mage
- Movement speed increased by 7%.
- Mana has been increased from 26 -> 32 for the new weapon.
- Also, damage has been increased from 36 -> 39 for the new weapon.
- Furthermore, the Demon Scythe has been replaced by a close-range SItem; a shadowflame tendril that can pierce multiple targets and can slightly ricochet off walls. It is fired in a burst of two, with a third shot being slightly delayed.
- Finally, the ability has been reworked: instead of receiving buffs from kills over a twelve second period, kills are now stored as a four-tier system that you can choose when to activate. Upon usage, the ability tier is reverted back to zero.
– Altered Buffs –
Tier 0 – Mana cost lowered from 14 -> 12, +1 mana, +1 damage.
Tier 1 – Mana cost lowered from 14 -> 12, +4 mana, +4 damage, +4% movement speed.
Tier 2 – Mana cost lowered from 14 -> 12, +10 mana, +6 damage, +2 defense, Well Fed buff.
Tier 3 – Mana cost lowered from 14 -> 12, +16 mana, +9 damage, +2 defense, Exquisitely Stuffed buff.
Psychic
- Movement speed decreased by 1%.
- Also, defense has been cut in half to properly scale its endurance to the Post-League metagame.
Miner
- Damage reduction lowered by 7%.
- Movement speed increased by 10%.
- Also, range has been slightly decreased to allow for better arc shots.
- Furthermore, firerate has been increased and is now consistent rather than a small burst.
- Finally, the interval upon when it receives bombs has been lowered from 20s -> 15s.
Fish
- Mana lowered from 21 -> 20.
- Also, weapon has been usetime increased from 7 -> 8.
- Finally, Projectile velocity has been decreased from 18.4 -> 16.
Flame Bunny
- Defense decreased from 10 -> 8.
- Also, boomerang velocity has been increased by 0.6, which also increases its range.
- Furthermore, boomerang usetime has been decreased from 34 -> 28, which increases its attack speed.
- Finally, the ability debuffs have been changed: now inflicting Withered Armor + Honey Frostburn, and self-inflicts Broken Armor. Cooldown has been lowered from 35s -> 28s, and the startup delay by 0.2s.
Tiki Priest
- Shrine attack speed increased by two ticks.
- Shrine attack damage was also increased from 30 -> 33.
- Furthermore, it now heals 2HP/hit to Mutant and Clown rather than 4HP/hit.
- Finally, shrines now decay in 40 seconds instead of 80. However, the ability cooldown is no longer increased based on the amount of Tiki Priests present on your team, so another shrine can be placed down as soon as the other decays.
Tree
- Ability radius lowered by 1 block.
- Ability duration lowered from 4s -> 3s.
- Also, the ability cooldown has been lowered from 27s -> 18s.
- Furthermore, pickaxes and rapid-fire event items no longer trigger the Hook Cancel.
- Finally, ornaments replaced by an SItem mana-bananarang to shift it from a defensive weapon to an offensive one.
Mutant
- Bleeding Debuff has been added on both forms.
- Also, Endurance Buff has been removed from both forms.
- Finally, Regeneration Form has received several changes:
- Frozen Turtle Shell has been removed.
- Movement speed has been increased by 4%.
- Ghastly Glaive has been replaced by The Rotted Fork.
- Palladium Armor has been replaced by Crimson Armor.
- Charm of Myths has been replaced by Philosopher’s Stone.
- Now receives Rapid Healing + Regeneration + 3 Defense on-hit for 5 seconds.
– Addendum –
As The Rotted Fork’s base damage is low and cannot be increased a lot, it inflicts several debuffs for half a second that increase the total damage to 29, which has been lowered from Ghastly Glaive’s 34. This does not ignore defense, as the weapon’s base damage is still taken into account, and the debuff damage is consistent. Flask of Fire, Sharpened, and Shark Tooth Necklace been added to account for Beast’s Slimer and Tiki’s Shrines.
Bug Fixes
- Psychic’s ability range is now properly displayed.
- Also, Clown’s swap no longer has delayed audio at the end.
A peculiar contestant called the Jungle Man was scheduled to return, but they showed up late and were rejected from the roster. Don’t worry though! They still plan on showing up to the games eventually, so keep an eye out for them during testing hosts. You may even find them in a a future CTG update, stay tuned!
