ability index 4
change timeline 12 patches
- Head hit volume increased from 14.85 to 16.
- Torso hit volume increased from 20.2 to 23.
- Regeneration rate increased from 12.5% to 15% per second.
- Line of sight timeout reduced from 5 to 3 seconds.
Developer Comments: Wuyang's empowered healing resource can be limiting when responding to sustained damage. We're increasing its regeneration rate to provide more frequent access to empowered healing.
- Maximum degrees increased from 10 to 15 degrees.
Increasing Guardian Wave's width makes it easier to position the ability to affect multiple allies and enemies.
Bifurcation - Power
- Duration increased to 5s (Up from 4s).
Paindrops - Power
- Empowered shots increased to 3 (Up from 2).
- Damage per extra Orb increased to 30% (Up from 20%).
Aquajet Amplifier - Epic Weapon Hero Item
- Cost reduced to 10000 (Down from 12000).
Tidekeeper's Connector - Epic Weapon Hero Item
- Cost increased to 11000 (Up from 10000).
- Added 10% Ability Power.
- Cooldown reduction every 1s increased to 0.5s (Up from 0.3s).
Wave Lance - Epic Weapon Hero Item
- Cost increased to 12000 (Up from 10000).
- Weapon Power increased to 20% (Up from 10%).
Hydro Mender - Rare Survival Hero Item
- Removed.
Oceanic Ointment - Rare Survival Hero Item
- Cost reduced to 3750 (Down from 4000).
Hydration Break - Epic Survival Hero Item
- New.
- 50 Shields.
- "When you use [Rushing Torrent], place Passive [Restorative Stream] on yourself with 25% reduced healing".
- 9000 Cost.
These changes are aimed at strengthening the options Wuyang has to sustain himself and increasing his underperforming powers.
- Currency from damage and healing increased by 8.33%.
Ebb and Flow – Major Perk
- Replaced with Powerful Current - Guardian Wave is wider and carries enemies into the air.
- Orbs are now visible to Wuyang through walls.
- Now extinguishes the Burning status.
When I saw the animation for Wuyang's wave, I felt like it should do more to enemies, so I wanted to give this effect to it. Also, with all the burning effects being in game right now, there is a need for something to extinguish the flames that is not Suzu.
- Ebb and Flow – Major Perk
- Rewind healing increased from 50% to 100%.
Bifurcation - Power
- New
- "After using an ability, your Active [Restorative Stream] chains to the previous target with 100% healing for 4s. You can place an additional Passive [Restorative Stream]."
Current Confluence - Power
- New
- "+25% [Restorative Stream] Duration. Allies affected by Passive [Restorative Stream] or [Guardian Wave]'s increaed healing effect are healed for 30% of damage you deal."
Flow State - Power
- Reworked from "While [Rushing Torrent] is active, every 50 healing with Active [Restorative Stream] extends the duration of [Rushing Torrent] by 2s" to "While [Rushing Torrent] is active, every 50 damage or 75 healing dealt extends the duration of [Rushing Torrent] by 1s, up to 5s".
Paindrops - Power
- Reworked from "After using [Guardian Wave], Wuyang can shoot 2 additional water orbs for 8s. Each deals 30% damage" to "After you use an ability or Gadget, your next 2 [Water Orbs] shoot 2 additional orbs that each deal 20% damage".
Puddle Stomp - Power
- Healing increased to 75 (Up from 65).
Ripple Sense - Power
- New
- "Empowered [Water Orb] can be steered more freely and has 35% increased explosion radius. Every 5s, your next [Water Orb] will reveal all enemies within 8m on impact for 5s."
Shore Up - Power
- Removed.
Splish Splash - Power
- Reworked from "While [Rushing Torrent] is active, airborne [Quick Melee] activates a 50% short [Guardian Wave] and a splash attack with 60 damage per every second dropped. (15s Cooldown)" to "While [Rushing Torrent] is active, using [Quick Melee] while Airborne creates a short [Guardian Wave] with 75% effectiveness around you. (8s Cooldown)".
Storm Surge - Power
- Removed.
Streamline - Power
- No longer applies to you.
- Added 25% reduced healing to Passive Restorative Stream healing from Streamline.
Tidal Save - Power
- Added "Restores 15% Passive [Restorative Stream] Energy" for each target Guardian Wave hits.
- Healing decreased to 75% (Down from 100%).
Tidekeeper - Power
- Removed.
Undertow - Power
- Now reduces cooldowns of all abilities instead of just Rushing Torrent.
Waveshatter - Power
- New
- "[Guardian Wave] can crit at close ranges and gains up to 150% more width and 75% more effectiveness based on time spent travelling downwards."
Reservoir Refresher - Rare Hero Weapon Item
- Removed.
Tidefill Basin - Rare Hero Weapon Item
- Removed 15% Max Ammo.
- Added 5% Attack Speed.
Tidekeeper's Connector - Epic Hero Weapon Item
- New
- 10% Weapon Power
- 50% Guardian Wave Increased Healing Effect Duration
- "Every 1s while using Active [Restorative Stream] reduces [Guardian Wave]'s cooldown by 0.3s for every attached ally."
- 10000 Cost.
Aquajet Amplifier - Epic Hero Weapon Item
- Cost increased to 12000 (Up from 10000).
- Removed 25% Active Restorative Stream Healing Power.
- Added "Using Active [Restorative Stream] on ally heals Wuyang for 50% of healing."
Wave Lance - Epic Hero Weapon Item
- Reworked to Item (from Power).
- Reworked from "Non-empowered Primary Fire shoots straight and gains 150% increased projectile speed" to "[Water Orb] gain 150% increased projectile speed when released".
- Added 10% Weapon Power.
- Added 10000 Cost.
Water College Hat - Rare Hero Ability Item
- Removed Passive Restorative Stream Duration.
- Added 5% Cooldown Reduction.
- Cost reduced to 4500 (Down from 5000).
Wuxing Waveriders - Epic Hero Ability Item
- Weapon Power reduced to 5% (Down from 10%).
- Travels upwards faster.
- No longer cancels Rushing Torrent upon landing.
Hydro Mender - Rare Hero Survival Item
- Cost reduced to 4000 (Down from 9000).
- Rarity reduced to Rare (Down from Epic)
- Reworked from "Restore 2% of your Shield every second. While [Rushing Torrent] is active, restore additional 10%" to "While [Rushing Torrent] is active, restore 20% of your Shields every second".
Oceanic Ointment - Rare Hero Survival Item
- Cost reduced to 4000 (Down from 10000).
- Rarity reduced to Rare (Down from Epic).
- Added 25 Health.
- Category changed to Survival (from Weapon).
- Reworked from "Empowered Orb's splash can remove burn and give 10% of its splash damage as temporary Overhealth to all allies, up to 100" to "Empowered [Water Orb] and Guardian Wave can remove Burn".
Aerial Surf - Epic Hero Survival Item
- New
- 50 Shields
- 15% Ability Power
- "After using an ability or Gadget, your next jump gains 75% jump height. This bonus is doubled while [Rushing Torrent] is not active."
Torrential Transistor - Epic Hero Survival Item
- Cost reduced to 9000 (Down from 10000).
- Added 20% Ultimate Cost Reduction
- Removed "While Wuyang has Shield, gain 15% increased Ultimate Charge."
- Overhealth now scales with Ability Power.
We're improving his more damage oriented Guardian Wave builds, his Active Restorative Stream builds, and solidifying the niches of his other powers while nerfing Streamline to allow Wuyang's other powers to shine.
- Fixed an issue where armor's damage reduction was being applied twice to Xuanwu Staff orbs.
Paindrops - Power
- Bonus Orb Damage decreased to 30% (Down from 40%).
Splish Splash - Power
- Cooldown reduced to 10s (Down from 15s).
The burst damage of Paindrops has been an outlier, so we're shaving off a bit of damage here.
- Passive [Restoration Stream] Duration bonus reduced from 50% to 25%.
- Overhealth per second reduced from 10 to 5.
- Max Overhealth decreased from 30 to 15.
- Cost increased from 4000 to 5000.
Water College Hat is a little too efficient for its cost, causing it to be mandatory for many Wuyang builds. We're adjusting it to give value more in line with its cost.
- Duration reduced from 4 to 3.5 seconds.
Wave Lance - Power
- Non-empowered Primary Fire projectile speed increased to 150% (Up from 100%).
Shore Up - Power
- Active Restorative Stream self healing increased to 100% (Up from 75%).
We're buffing some underutilized powers to help bring them in more line with Wuyang's other options.
- Wuyang can charge up Guardian Wave, empowering its size, damage, healing, and knockback.
Wuyang's Guardian Wave has been properly adjusted to show just how washed the enemy team is.
Restorative Stream
- Passive healing reduced from 25 to 20.
- Beam healing increased from 50 to 55.
Wuyang continues to have high healing alongside strong survivability and damage output. Reducing his passive healing lowers his overall sustain while preserving his healing when actively using Beam.
Rushing Torrent
- Movement speed boost reduced from 50% to 40%.
Wuyang’s movement burst from Rushing Torrent allows for quick repositioning but can be difficult to punish due to how high the speed bonus is over its duration. Slightly reducing the boost lessens how elusive he becomes throughout the ability.
Paindrops - Power
- After using [Guardian Wave], Wuyang can shoot 2 additional water orbs for 8s. Each deals 40% damage.
Undertow - Power
- For each Primary fire hit, gain 5% healing resource and reduce [Rushing Torrent] cooldown by 1.0s
Wave Lance - Power
- Non-empowered Primary Fire shoots straight and gains 100% increased projectile speed.
Flow State - Power
- While [Rushing Torrent] is active, every 50 healing with Active [Restorative Stream] extends the duration of [Rushing Torrent] by 2s.
Shore Up - Power
- Using Active [Restorative Stream] on ally heals Wuyang for 75% of healing.
Tidekepper - Power
- Every 1s during Active [Restorative Stream] reduces [Guardian Wave] cooldown by 1.5s.
Puddle Stomp - Power
- While [Rushing Torrent] is active, landing from a jump heals all allies within 6m for 65 for every 1s spent falling.
Splish Splash - Power
- While [Rushing Torrent] is active, airborne [Quick Melee] activates a 50% short [Guardian Wave] and a splash attack with 60 damage per every second dropped. (15s cooldown)
Streamline - Power
- While [Rushing Torrent] is activated, place Passive [Restorative Stream] on all allies within line of sight.
Ebb and Flow - Power
- [Guardian Wave] rewinds to its starting location with 50% damage.
Storm Surge - Power
- [Guardian Wave] creates a second wave that splashes to targets within 6m around Wuyang.
Tidal Save - Power
- [Guardian Wave] heals allies with Passive [Restorative Stream] for an extra 100% over 4s.
Oscillation Orb - Legendary Hero Item
- 10% Weapon Power
- Empowered Orb can be steered more freely
- Cost: 4,000
Tidefill Basin - Legendary Hero Item
- 25 Shields
- 15% Max Ammo
- While [Rushing Torrent] is active, gain 3 Ammo and 5% Healing Resource every 1s.
- Cost: 4,500
Oceanic Ointment - Legendary Hero Item
- 35% Empowered Orb Splash Radius
- Empowered Orb's splash can remove burn and give 50% of its splash damage as temporary Overhealth to all allies, up to 100.
- Count: 9,000
Metal College Module - Legendary Hero Item
- 15% Weapon Power
- While using [Rushing Torrent], gain 35% Attack Speed.
- Cost: 11,000
Aquajet Amplifier - Legendary Hero Item
- 10% Weapon Power
- 25% Active [Restorative Stream] Healing Power
- 25% [Restorative Stream] Healing Range
- Cost: 10,000
Water College Hat - Legendary Hero Item
- 25 Shields
- 50% Passive [Restorative Stream] Duration
- Passive [Restoration Stream] also gives 10 Overhealth per second, up to 30 ability power.
- Cost: 4,000
Wuxing Waveriders - Legendary Hero Item
- 10% Weapon Power
- 10 Ability Power
- While [Rushing Torrent] is active, float upward. Jump to cancel or press crouch to get lower.
- Cost: 9,000
Ye Family Visor - Legendary Hero Item
- 15% Ability Power
- 50% [Guardian Wave] increased healing effect duration
- Enemies hit by [Guardian Wave] are revealed for 5s.
- Cost: 10,000
Hydrocache
- 25 Shields
- 10% Weapon Power
- 25% [Restorative Stream] Max Resource
- Cost: 5,500
Reservoir Refresher - Legendary Hero Item
- 25 Shields
- 10% Ability Power
- For each target hit by [Guardian Wave], gain 10% Healing Resource.
- Cost: 5,000
Hydro Mender - Legendary Hero Item
- 25 Shields
- Restore 2% of your shield every second.
- While [Rushing Torrent] is active, restore an additional 10% every second.
- Cost: 9,000
Waterfall Westsuit - Legendary Hero Item
- 25 shields
- 10% Cooldown Reduction
- For each target hit by [Guardian Wave], Wuyang gains 20 Overhealth, up to 80 ability power.
- Cost: 11,000
Torrential Transistor
- 50 shields
- [Tidal Blast] gives allies within 12m of the target 50 temporary Overhealth every 1s.
- While Wuyang has shield, gain 15% increased Ultimate Charge.
- Cost: 10,000