v0.87 Changelog

Version 0.87 had perhaps the comprehensive series of modifications in the last dozen versions or more. It had many crucial changes, including the balancing of several heroes that used to easily dominate the battlefield. Many other heroes were also altered, such as the Mountain Giant and the Dragonhawk Rider, so that they have a more fun skill repertoire. More importantly, two new heroes were added to the pool: a Knight, whose theme was based on the combination of speed and combat; and the Chaos Peon, a hero taken out in an earlier version due to balance problems, but reintroduced here with almost a full remake, with the theme of tower building! No changes were made to items. A few glitches were fixed.


.87 Changelog

Gameplay:
-added hero Knight (High Elf)
-reintroduced hero Chaos Peon (Demon)
-added small boss drop: a random tome of strength, agility, or intelligence

Fixes:
-fixed Dark Ranger ult continuing on death
-fixed Blazing Dynamo to produce kills properly
-fixed Wind Cloak's damage to continue while Windwalked
-fixed Gargoyle to start out with correct regeneration rate

Balancing:
-Abomination
--Consume: str gain - 2 to 1, dps - 30 to 50, fixed glitch with dps from Epidemic, now also heals for 5/10/15/20/25 hp/second if he consumed a unit with the Epidemic buff
--Putrid Odor: now also causes nearby units infected with Epidemic to become reinfected, refreshing its duration
--Regurgitate (replaced Axe Swing): new ult
-Death Knight
--Soul Beacon (replaced Northrend's Call): new ability*
-Demolitionist
--This for That: is now able to reduce armor of non-structures as well, but does not gain armor from them
-Dragonhawk Rider
--Summon Dragon Hawks (replaced Shackles, is now non-ult): nerfed, given a weak Shackle ability
--Lightning Fury (replaced old Summon Dragon Hawks): new ult
-Druid of the Talon
--Summon Crow: armor upgrade amount - 1 to 2, hp - 450/800/1150/1500/1850 to 400/700/1000/1300/1600
-Earth Revenant
--movespeed: 300 to 295
-Gargoyle
--Stone Form: armor bonus from 4/8/12/16/20 to 3/6/9/12/15, hp regen from 2/4/6/8/10 to 3/6/9/12/15
-Jungle Stalker
--strength: 22 + 3.3/level to 22 + 3.0/level
--Rampage: duration - 8 seconds to 7 seconds
-Master of the Hunt
--agility: 22 + 2.4/level to 20 + 2.2/level
--Ravenous Bite: damage from 65/130/195/260/325 to 50/100/150/200/250
--Power Lunge: dot - 25/40/55/70/85 dps to 20/30/40/50/60 dps
-Mountain Giant
--movespeed: 275 to 285
--War Club: now single swing, +100/175/250/325/400 damage on the next hit
--Earth Slam (replaced Jagged Exterior): now non-ult
--Ring of Fire (replaced old Earth Slam): new ult
-Shadow Lich
--agility: 14 + 1.3/level to 12 + 1.3/level
--intelligence: 23 + 2.7/level to 21 + 2.6/level
--Dark Impact: cooldown - 12 sec to 14 sec
--Death and Decay: % dps - 3/4/5/6/7 to 2/3/4/5/6
-Skink
--movespeed: 310 to 305
--strength: 15 + 1.6/level to 14 + 1.4/level
--Callous Scales (renamed Spiky Golden Scales): blocked damage - 10 to 30, chance to deflect - 10% to 15%
-Tree Goddess
--attack range: 400 to 350
-Troll Beserker
--strength: 14 + 1.7/level to 14 + 1.5/level
--Impaling Spear: cooldown - 9 seconds to 10 seconds
-Zergling
--agility: 27 + 3.0 to 26 + 2.8
--Zerginate: lifesteal - 40/50/60/70% to 30/40/50/60%, cooldown - 90/80/70/60 to 75/75/75/75

Others:
-decreased size of Abomination and Mountain Giant