Shadow Arena News

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Get those Tickets! Event and congratulations to all the winners!


■ 1 graphics card (Geforce RTX 2080 Ti)



■ 1 Seagate Barracuda SSD(1TB)



■ 1 Limited Edition Shadow Arena Merchandise Package (T-shirt & Extended Mousepad)



■ Check winners list for 1 [Event] Hero Skin




■ Check winners list for 1 [Event] Hero Selection Coupon


■ Check winners list for [Event] 10,000 Silver


※ Additional Notice

<Physical Goods (Graphic card, SSD, merchandise) Winner>

- We have sent the link to “Personal Information Collection and Usage Agreement” via in-game mail to all the winners of physical goods. Please check your mailbox and its contents.

- Please complete the “Personal Information Collection and Usage Agreement” form by October 13, 2020 23:59(UTC+9). Your prizes wil be cancelled if you fail to submit the form by this date.

- If you did not receive the mail and would like to request one again, please send a ticket to our customer suppoer by October 13, 2020 23:59 (UTC+9).

- Prizes will be shipped once the Personal Information Collection and Usage Agreement form is submitted and start of shipment will be notified separately.



<[Event] Hero Skin Winner>

- We have sent an in-game mail with a link to a form necessary for sending rewards to all the winners of [Event] Hero Skin. Please make sure to complete the form by October 13, 2020 23:59 (UTC+9). Your prizes wil be cancelled if you fail to submit the form by this date.

- If you did not receive the mail and would like to request one again, please send a ticket to our customer suppoer by October 13, 2020 23:59 (UTC+9).



<All>

- Winner privileges cannot be transferred or given to another individual, and the specified prize cannot be exchanged for monetary value or other prizes.

- In-game rewards ([Even] Hero Skin, [Event] hero Select Coupon, 10,000 Silver) will be sent during maintenance on October 15 (Thu) to your mailbox.

- Participating in the event with inappropriate methods may result in cancellation of event participation, withdrawal of item rewards, and account restrictions from the game.

- If your account is restricted for violating the Terms of Service, you may be disqualified and have any prizes withdrawn even after being selected as a winner.

- If you have any other questions or concerns related to the event, please contact us via [Support].

- Any matters not listed on this page will follow the [Shadow Arena Event Rules].

Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.


Last September 23 (Wed) marked the end of Weekly Tryout that lasted for 3 weeks.

We want to thank all the players who participated and the viewers who stayed to watch the 9 matches of Preliminaries and Finals.


Filling the space left behind by Weekly Tryouts, Regional Cup is also currently open for sign-ups. We have some announcements for the all would-be participants of this tournament so please make sure to check the below details.


1) Please notify beforehand if you have signed up with 2 or more accounts.

As notified in the previous Tournament Rule Changes Notice, if a player is found participating in the tournament with 2 or more accounts,

they will lose their participation privilege, face disqualification, and cancellation of any tournament prizes or rewards.


Therefore, if you have signed up for Regional Cup with 2 or more accounts, please notify [CM]Cloud in official Discord channel or send an inquiry to customer support by October 2, 2020 (Fri) that you have signed up multiple times.
In this case, the account with the highest Solo rank will be counted as your participation.


2) Certain tournament rules have changed.

In order to clarify the tournament rules further, there are some changes to “Behavior/actions that may impact the game such as predesignated Social Actions or in-game chat” category under 『Shadow Arena Competitive Rules』 7. Penalties and Disciplinary Action for Rule Violations - Warning.


The above change will take effect starting from the Regional Cup Preliminaries so please make sure to take note of it.

▶ Check Shadow Arena Competitive Rules


We hope everyone is looking forward to the Regional Cup and if you have not signed up yet or if you are curious for more information, check the [link] here.


Thank you.

Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.



Here are the updates made to Shadow Arena during the maintenance on September 29, 2020 (Tue).

* Patch Size: 243.58 MB (Approx.)



Check out all the details below, and we will see you in the arena!





Due to high number of inquiries, we are adding more explanations regarding Hero Score calculations and Hero Ranking that got added last week.

Hero Score is determined by comparing average number of kills per game and average survival rankings with total played time. This means that your Hero Score will be higher the longer you maintain high average number of kills and rankings.

However, since the Hero Score is based on averages, unfair point calculations may be made if you have only 1-2 games of high performance and stop playing afterwards. Thus, the Hero Score is deducted as a percentage of the number of games played until 30 games and afterwards, the Hero Score will be based purely on your own average.

In other words, before 30 games your Hero Score is not your actual Hero Score and rather a deducted version of the score based on number of games played.

(For example, if you played 10 games then it’s 10/30 so only 1/3 of your Hero Score is recognized.)

During this period, it may look like your points are increasing exponentially due to increasing ratio the more you play but after 30 games, the score will even out, and it will be based on average number of kills and rankings. Also, your score may be deducted if you have less-than-average number of kills and rankings.

There are, however, bonus points for number of times played after 30 games so as long as you maintain your average kills and rankings your score will always increase.

To summarize, the best way to have high Hero Score is to “maintain high average number of kills, rankings and number of times played”.

This score is calculated from overall average rather than changes in a score so there are no benefits to starting with a bad score and suddenly becoming better. It is based only on the cumulative averages of all the matches during the season.


■ Hero




Explosive Trap (4)
- Added misfire visual effect when Explosive Trap (4) is destroyed by another Hero.









- Increased movement speed after the first hit of basic attack.

- Improved forward attack to be cancelled with movement.

> With this change, forward attack will not be cancelled when holding LMB.

- Decreased Heilang’s basic attack damage by 9.6%.

- Increased all damage except fixed damage by 10 times when hitting Heilang and increased Heilang’s HP by 8 times.

- Enabled dismounting when running fast while mounted on Heilang.

- Fixed an issue where an invisible wall that blocks projectile appears when Heilang is waiting to respawn.

- Fixed an issue where the RMB “Help” command does not work when Heilang defeats the target.

- Fixed an intermittent issue where Heilang does not appear after the respawn time.

- Fixed an issue where Heilang follows the party member when Ba-ri dies in Team mode.

Tiger: Chase! (2)
- Improved Heilang to dash quickly and attack when using Tiger: Chase! (2) while dismounting mid-run.

- Reduced the maximum damage of Level 2 Tiger: Chase! (2) by 20%.

> Before: 2160 → After: 1800

The most important strategy against Ba-ri is to first remove Heilang from the fight. It was very difficult to kill Heilang but Heroes with fixed damage skills were able to do so easily.

This was due the trait of mounts like Heilang and Laytenn where only 10% of the damage was applied due to high DP and the fact that Heilang’s HP was set low. Thus, we removed this damage reducing mount trait but increased its HP to match around 80% of its previous HP. Since the actual HP is increased, Heilang will not be easily defeated with fixed damage skills like Orwen’s Twin Fairy Arrow (3).

To summarize, defeating Heilang with basic attack has gotten easier but harder with fixed damage attacks.


■ Matchmaking System
- Improved matchmaking system.
We fixed the matchmaking algorithm again so that “Bronze” rank users do not match against top tier players. However, Silver tier players who passed the Broze rank or Shade tier players in the middle of placement matches will be matched based on internal skill assessment.

■ Tournament System
- Changed the result screen of tournament match to display rankings based on tournament score.




■ Ancient Weapon
- Fixed an issue where only 10% of damage was applied when hitting Laytenn and Puturum.

> With this change, HP and HP regen has been doubled.

This is a change that goes with Ba-ri & Heilang.

As a result, Laytenn and Puturum’s HP has been reduced to around 1/5 so now you can aim to directly attack Laytenn and Puturm to destory it when you’re in a tight spot.

However, it will take less damage from fixed damage like matchlocks than before.


■ Other Fixes and Improvement
- Added name color changes to bots depending on how much they leveled.

- Fixed typos and inappropriate dialogues of Black Spirit in the tutorial.

- Changed the default chat mode of Deathmatch into Party chat.

- Fixed an issue where the weapon of Goyen's Specter did not show. (Updated)



Thank you.

Greetings, this is Shadow Arena



The maintenance is now finished, and you can now access the game.

Thank you for your patience during the maintenance; we have sent you compensation as a token of our apology for the inconvenience you may have experienced.





Maintenance Compensation Details

- Who is Eligible: Accounts created before the maintenance

- Compensation: 1,000 silver

- Expiration Date: October 6, 2020 (Tue) 23:59



* Note

- If you do not receive the compensation enclosed in the in-game mail before the expiration date, the compensation will expire and no longer be receivable.



Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.



We will be performing maintenance on September 29 (Tue) and there will be no maintenance on October 1 (Thu).



During this maintenance you will be unable to access the game service.



Please refer below for more details.



■ Maintenance Schedule ■ Game Maintenance Impact

- Unable to access the game



■ Reason

- Update, fixes, and improvements to certain content



* Additional Notices

- If you used the Name Change Coupon after maintenance on September 24, 2020 (Thu), the change will be applied after maintenance on September 29,2020 (Tue).

- Event rewards for participating in “[Event] Answer the Survey & Get 10,000 Silver!” and “[Event] Share this Shadow Arena Video & Spread the Word!” before September 28, 2020 (Mon) 23: 59 (UTC+9) will be sent out during maintenance on September 29,2020 (Tue).

> After this week, participating in these events before every Wednesday 23:59 (UTC+9) will be rewarded during every Thursday maintenance just like before.

- Event rewards for final beta event ([Event] Let's Play Shadow Arena!) that were sent out every Thursday maintenance will sent out during maintenance on September 28,2020 (Tue).

> After this week, the rewards will be sent out every Thursday maintenance just like before.

- The maintenance times are subject to change, extension, and/or early completion. Any changes will be provided as an update on this page.

- Once the maintenance begins, you will be automatically disconnected from the game, even if you are waiting in-queue or in a match.

We apologize for the inconvenience and we thank you for your patience and understanding.

Reach Top 3 in Hero Rankings to get bragging rights and awesome skin as a bonus!


■ Event Period

September 24, 2020(Thu) after maintenance ~ October 8,2020 (Thu) before maintenance


■ Event Details

① Reach Top 3 in Hero Rankings during the event period with Hero of your choice.
② You will receive a skin for a Hero that you used to reach Top 3 Hero Rankings.

* Hero Rankings can be checked from [Arena board] in official website or from [Record] - [Rank] > [Hero] menu in-game.

Tip Which Hero fits me the best out of all 16 unique Heroes in Shadow Arena? Check [Heroes of Shadow Arena] to make your pick!
* Hero Rankings at the end of the event period will be counted.
* Event rewards may be duplicated.

> For example, if you reach Top 2 as Haru and Top 3 as Jordine Ducas, you will receive rewards for both Heroes.


■ Event Reward Skin List


[Event][Jordine Ducas] Dragon Knight

[Event][Yeonhwa] Apricot General

[Event][Ahon Kirus] Tragic Chief

[Event][Gerhard Shultz] God of the Arena

[Event][Haru] Moonlit Lovers

[Event][Herawen] Keeper of Secrets

[Event][Orwen] Champion of Lephria

[Event][Goyen] Phantom of the Battlefield

[Event][Badal the Golden] Hero of the People

[Event][Venslar] Holy Knight

[Event][Tagahl] Dragon Hunter

[Event][Lahn] Fiery Dragon Scale

[Event][Gorgath] Self-Proclaimed Archmage

[Event][Igrid] Priestess of Ynix

[Event][Sura] Blades of Protection

[Event][Ba-ri & Heilang] Dance of Mourning

* You cannot receive a skin again if you already own one. Choosing or exchanging event rewards are not allowed and we recommend participating in the event with a Hero without any of the skins above.
* You can check the appearance of the skin in the in-game shop.


※ Additional Notice
- Rewards will be sent out to your mailbox within 2 weeks after the event ends.
- Pearl Abyss reserves the right to change/cancel the event depending on mitigating circumstances. If changes are made, they can be found on this event page.
- If your account is restricted for violating the Terms of Service, you may be disqualified and have any prizes withdrawn even after being selected as a winner.
- If you have any other questions or concerns related to the event, please contact us via [Support].
- Any matters not listed on this page will follow the [Shadow Arena Event Rules].