New Legion Strength Hero: Shellshock: Guardian of the Sanctuary Stone
Shellshock is a mobile support hero who thrives on initiating small skirmishes with his teammates. He is able to bring allies with him into battle using Rolling Thunder and makes escaping difficult for his enemies.
The young, naive Shellshock is the lone Quantula Guardian of the Sanctuary Stone, a relic of immense power that creates a perfect equilibrium of life and death, darkness and light. Forced to flee his sheltered homeland of The Luminary in order to protect the Sanctuary Stone, Shellshock is constantly bewildered by the bizarre, violent actions of man, beast, and daemon. Even more astonishing, however, is the ongoing discovery of his own tremendous power.
Curling into his shell, Shellshock rolls directly toward his enemy, picking up allies on the way.
Target an enemy unit to roll toward them. Shellshock can pick up {1/2/3/4} ally heroes and {4/6/8/10} small allied units on the way, including Fireflies.
Upon collision with an enemy hero, applies a {1/1.25/1.5/1.75} second Stun and {80/120/160/200} Magic Damage in a small area. Deals an extra {30} Magic Damage for each ally hero and {10} Magic Damage for each small ally unit picked up.
Shellshock's shell generates a viscous fluid that can contain his enemies in a single location. Should they stretch this fluid too far, it will snap, damaging them and any units around them.
Activate to deal {120/180/240} Magic Damage to nearby enemy units and cover them in luminescent slime.Luminous Tether will slowly pull enemies back to their starting position.
If an enemy pulls the tether too far, it will snap, dealing {120/180/240} Magic Damage to them and applying a tapering {80%} Movement Speed Slow. Deals {60/90/120} Magic Damage to enemies by the affected target.
This soft and snuggly snail was made for young Prince Jeraziah by the monks of the Shao Temple to console the homesick lad, and now the incredible power of the Sanctuary Stone has infused it with a life force brimming with love and compassion for her Prince and his Legion. She is more than happy to share a hug, but if anyone tries to harm her friends they will quickly find out her stuffed, enchanted shell can bring a sharp and thunderous punishment.
The Ol' Packsnail has been wandering Newerth for centuries, gathering damaged trinkets, seedlings, and critters to take back to his home in The Luminary so they can benefit from the power of the Sanctuary Stone. As he travels he spreads his salvaged collectibles across the map wherever they are needed to restore the ecosystem's natural balance, and though some may lament his seemingly lackadaisical pace, the Ol' Packsnail knows whenever he arrives, it's just in time.
Now grants {60/120/180 bonus gold} for killing enemy heroes.
Fixed the tooltip to clarify that the Movement Speed Slow is only applied through Salomon's auto-attacks (and not through an ability or other sources of damage).
Community[ | ]
Ranked MMR Ladder[ | ]
MMR Ladder rewards will be given out by April 8th.
The reward will be the Champion of Newerth name color.
HoN Tour Season 4[ | ]
The fourth edition of the official competitive circuit for Heroes of Newerth has finished! With the regular season over, look forward to some off-season content before the epic conclusion at HoN Tour Season 4 World Finals. Head over to www.hontour.com for more information.
Dragon Wars[ | ]
Dragon Wars is a global HoN community event challenging the entire community to achieve goals and handsomely rewarding them when they are completed. Find out more about Dragon Wars here: www.heroesofnewerth.com/dragonwars/en
Dragon Wars lasts until April 19th.
Riptide's Waterfest[ | ]
Join HoN in celebrating this year's Songkran Festival!
Stay tuned on the forums and social media to find out all the details of the event!
Community Event Team[ | ]
Here to bring you HoN-related events with huge prizes!
The following heroes were in dire need of flavor tooltips. Below you can find a list of winners. Those who have won have earned 750 GC per ability and an avatar of their choice for the hero they submitted for.
Songkran Blitz is ready to celebrate the new year by bringing the water festival to everyone in Newerth – and we mean everyone! She's a blur of pure joy and merit-making as she dashes from town to town, cleansing away the bad luck and spreading blessings for a great year. Please join in the celebration and help her fling the pure waters and spirit of renewal across the map! Happy Songkran Newerth!
Songkran Disciple is out to show all of the other Disciples out there (particularly those obsessed with corruption and evil) that now is the perfect time to renew themselves with the cleansing waters of this joyous holiday! Join him in bringing in the purifying tide to wash away the sins and bad luck of the past with water balloons and soaking splashes! Even the most devoted Corrupted Disciples will have a good time!
Even though Athena is a goddess, the constant application of wisdom, courage, and war strategy amidst all these dense mortals can be exhausting. It's time for a vacation! For centuries, she has heard about the joyous celebration of Songkran, and the idea of cleansing away the bad luck and burdens of the previous year sounds like exactly what she needs before diving back into her work of fighting for justice across Newerth. Everyone at the festival had better be prepared, because the goddess of war is on her way with a vast arsenal of water and the ability to summon an entire storm!
In a land that has been forsaken for far too long, Songkran Archer is thrilled and honored to zip around the map on her personal watercraft through the cleansing waters of the Songkran Festival, spreading celebration of the new year. She carries with her a sincere respect for every elder she encounters (especially those who are waaaay elder, like Athena and Hestia) and a high-powered squirtgun that is powerful enough to blast even the most stubborn bad luck back into last year.
While Hestia is traditionally the recipient of the first offerings during celebrations, when she joins the Songkran Festival she is honored to prepare food for the elders and pour water over their hands to show respect. She also helps people clean their houses, for an orderly home and hearth is an excellent way to enter the new year. When that is done and the festival moves into the streets, however, she is more than happy to douse her fellow celebrants with copious amounts of water to help them wash themselves of their sins and bad luck!
Hercules was rightfully wary when Leo the Nemean Lion descended from the heavens with a supposed desire to help the Legion, but after countless battles in which the ferocious beast decimated Hellbourne daemons and helped turn the tide against the forces of corruption, Hercules was more than convinced. He commissioned the elite City of Iron blacksmiths to forge a set of weapons and armor worthy of Leo's bravery and commitment, then presented the new kit himself, honoring his new comrade as a true hero and friend.
Bug Fixes & Optimizations[ | ]
General[ | ]
The "Disable Auto Aggro" now functions properly in non-Practice Mode games.
The "Limit Map Pings" option will now function properly if disabled.
The delay between the max number of pings has been reduced from 2 seconds to 0.35 seconds when the "Limit Map Pings" option is disabled.
Long names no longer get truncated in the Match Stats window.
Clarified the Conscription tooltip to state that King Klout cannot build Conscription charges on a target that has been Transformed within the last 5 seconds.
Previously stated that King Klout cannot build Conscription charges on any target that has been Transformed within the last 5 seconds.