King of the Hill SEASON 9 | Balance Patch: "Brawl" Mode, Tier 4 Weapons

We recently added a ranking system to Brawl, and now it's time to tweak a few numbers. So we shook the Mutation Tree a little, fixed some puny humans' abilities, and nerfed a couple of random mutations.



[h3]• Balance Changes •[/h3]

Mutation Tree changes (Brawl):

• Levels 1 and 2 of Wide Selection have had their costs lowered: 10; 15 -> 5; 10;
  
• Armor Bonus cost lowered: 30 -> 20. This mutation now gives more armor at level 1: 10; 20; 40; 80 -> 20; 40; 80 (there are fewer levels now);
  
• Health Bonus now gives more health at levels 1 and 2: 40; 100; -> 60; 120;
  
• Level 1 of Health Multiplier has had its cost lowered: 30 -> 20, and the effect is a little weaker: 50 -> 40. But it's easier to reach Magic Defense Bonus now!
  
• Added the main game mode's attack speed mutation to Brawl.
  

Changes to class abilities and the recently-added tier 4 item abilities:

• Increased the cooldown of Taunt for Tanks: 20 seconds -> 30 seconds;
  
• Buffed the effect of Demoralizing Blow (the special ability of tier 4 Tank weapon, Panzer-Poo): 30% -> 50%;
  
• The Force (the special ability of tier 4 Fencer weapon, Laser Sword): enemy projectiles now should have a higher chance of being deflected: 20% -> 30%;
  
• The chance for Shock Therapy (the special ability of tier 4 Healer weapon, Defibrillator) to trigger has been increased: 20% -> 30%;
  
• Build a Turret (the special ability of tier 4 Egghead weapon, Turret) damage increased: 45 -> 65;
  
• Bonus from Final (uni)Form (the special ability of tier 4 Mage weapon, Sailor Fuku) increased: 50% -> 70%.
  

Changes to random mutations and the Mutation Tree:

• Slightly nerfed Fast Reload in the standard mutations tree: 20; 30; 45; 60 -> 15; 30; 40; 50;
  
• Summon Zombie now requires more mana: 10 -> 45;
  
• Final Gift is less generous – health bonus reduced (only in Brawl): 200 -> 100;
  
• Sticky Blood is a little less sticky now: -40% -> -30%;
  
• Despiritualization now burns less mana: 70 -> 40;
  
• Radius of No Touching significantly reduced: 56 -> 25;
  
• Panic in Brawl now only drops starting on floor 9.
  

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[h3]THE WINNERS:[/h3]


Congratulations, puny humans! Special medals have been added to your nickname on the KotH leaderboards.

[h3]Season 9 starts now and ends on April 13th at 4 pm UTC.[/h3]

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