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The Frostwarden Saga — Xbalanque, Curios, and More!

[p]New God: Xbalanque — Hidden Jaguar Sun[/p]
  • [p]Passive – Dead of Night: Stack up by damaging enemy gods to power your build.[/p]
  • [p]Branching Bola (1): Empower basics; on hit, the bola splits for extra poke.[/p]
  • [p]Poison Darts (2): 15-dart cone that poisons and slows.[/p]
  • [p]Rising Jaguar (3): Momentum dash into an aerial, CC-immune barrage—bonus damage to poisoned foes.[/p]
  • [p]Ultimate – Darkest of Nights: Shrouds enemies in darkness; you gain range, projectile speed, AS, and MS. Leaving the darkness applies a decaying slow.[/p]
  • [p]Aspect of the Night Stalker (releases Sept 26): Branching Bola fires become limited charges, Poison Darts ramp faster, and the ultimate resets Darts for burst-heavy play.[/p]
[p]New Saga: The Frostwarden Saga Artemis
Purchase the Saga to instantly unlock Artemis Frostwarden – Whitefrost Sentry and chase a trove of themed rewards with Wandering Market Coins, including:[/p]
  • [p]Recall skins, ward skin (Frost Boar Tusky), kill effects, card, title[/p]
  • [p]Multi-Prism variants for Whitefrost Sentry, Winter’s Champion, and Arctic Monarch skins[/p]
  • [p]Additional recall skins and kill effects in Black Ice / Ember Herald / Neon Mirage / Astral Empress lines[/p]
[p]Wandering Market Pages[/p]
  • [p]Feline Fashion: Instantly get Awilix – Feline Fashion, plus chic colorways, a ward, and a Reaping Pumpkin.[/p]
  • [p]SmiteKart: Instantly get Apollo – SmiteKart (Ward) and collect additional SmiteKart wards, a Clumzy Birthday Badge, Racer title, and a Reaping Pumpkin.[/p]
[p]Cross-Gen Skin[/p]
  • [p]Hou Yi – Gleaming Archer[/p]
[p]New Systems & Mode Updates (Winback-Friendly)[/p]
  • [p]Curio Slot (All Modes): A dedicated, mode-specific active that doesn’t eat your normal inventory. Auto-granted, easy to rebind, and can temporarily disable if you want a third Active.[/p]
  • [p]Conquest Vision Overhaul:[/p]
    • [p]Cyclops Camp now drops Cyclops Eye (curio pickup): 50% Curio cooldown refund + 10% Health/Mana.[/p]
    • [p]Mode Curios for vision:[/p]
      • [p]Bifrost Shard (default): place a ward (7.2m, 90s).[/p]
      • [p]Heimdallr’s Sight: 4 pulses of reveal (8.8m).[/p]
      • [p]Gjallarflare: long-range flare + detonate to reveal a wide area.[/p]
  • [p]Arena Curio – Battle Cry: Earn stacks on kills/deaths, cash in for a short, powerful stat surge.[/p]
  • [p]Assault Curio – Meditation moved to the Curio slot (future patch adds a 0g option to relocate it).[/p]
[p]Items[/p]
  • [p]NEW – Riptalon: AS, lifesteal, and basic power with conditional damage spikes above/below 50% HP—perfect for aggressive boxing.[/p]
  • [p]NEW – Warding Chalice: 400g, two refillable charges for longer-lasting vision (120s).[/p]
  • [p]Fixes/Tuning: Scepter of Dominion boss stasis fix, Void Shield description fix, Sanguine Lash damage nerf.[/p]
[p]Balance Highlights[/p]
  • [p]Buffs: Anhur (Desert Fury), Hecate (damage + ult CD), Jormungandr tankiness, Yemoja scaling.[/p]
  • [p]Nerfs/Adjustments: Hua Mulan mobility & ult arrows, Nemesis (Slice and Dice, Retribution; Aspect repositioning), Tsukuyomi (Kusarigama), Sun Wukong Aspect CD.[/p]
  • [p]Fixes: The Morrigan no longer stuns structures; Fenrir Aspect of Loyalty buffs and tooltip notes.[/p]
[p]Why jump back in now?[/p]
  • [p]A new god with a unique darkness mechanic to master.[/p]
  • [p]A streamlined vision system and Curio slot that makes macro play more interesting from match one.[/p]
  • [p]A content-rich Saga with instant unlocks and tons of cosmetics to chase at your own pace.[/p]
  • [p]A fresh meta from item and god updates—perfect time to return, relearn, and rise.[/p]
[p]See you in the Frostwarden Saga. Claim your Curio, light up the map, and hunt the night.[/p]