Last day of 14.18 reveals before the rundown this weekend. Today we have a new hero augment for Shen!

During development, Shen’s spell was quite different and he summoned a single pillar that split apart. As a tank, we adjusted this because it was too inconsistent and often felt like a 4 cost. So the animation had to be scrapped.

But this was a good chance to reuse that animation and turn him into a carry! Now if you want to run him in Vertical Bastion, you can get him to pump out some decent damage. There’s some pretty wacky builds when you get artifacts involved as well. Proud of the team for this one, as it was a great way to utilize something we already had and repurpose it to deliver some player value. That’s what game dev is often about!

I know some folks who aren’t fans of hero augments are probably nervous reading this, but it’s available on 3-2 only and should feel pretty fair since the damage is split. We’re making sure it doesn’t launch in an OP state, as the last thing we need right now is another S tier hero augment.

Ok there ya go. Just one more reveal from me today. Patch rundown on Sunday. It’s a 30 slide deck so…will be a doozy!

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