MMR gain and loss will now be adjusted accordingly if there is a high Rank/MMR disparity between your own Rank/MMR and either the highest or lowest player Rank/MMR on your own team.
5-queue teams can no longer be matched with opposing teams that contain more than 1 solo queue player.
Therefore, the only options that 5-queue teams can be matched with are:
5-queue
4-queue + solo queue player
3-queue + 2-queue
2-queue + 2-queue + solo queue player
Leaver Strike System[ | ]
The Leaver Strike System will have significantly harsher punishments for leavers.
Strike 1: A warning is issued to the Player in the form of a popup window.
Strike 2: Player is unable to use matchmaking for 4 hours (up from 1 hour)
Strike 3: Player is unable to use matchmaking for 4 hours
Strike 4 and Above: Player is unable to use matchmaking for 24 hours (up from 10 hours)
After 10 days without leaving a match, one strike is removed from the player's account.
User Interface[ | ]
In the appropriate UI windows, the "Yes/Accept" button is now on the left side, while the "No/Reject" button is now on the right side.
Report-A-Player (RAP)[ | ]
Submitting a report now requires a minimum of 1 character.
Prevents empty reports from occurring and reduces the number of false reports submitted.
General[ | ]
Concede Votes
Now requires 4 votes at the 15 minute mark (instead of the 25 minute mark) to pass the vote.
Now requires only 3 votes at the 30 minute mark to pass the vote.
Pauses
Time before enemy team can Unpause the game decreased from 60 seconds to 45 seconds.
Maximum pause time per pause instance decreased from 10 minutes to 5 minutes.
Max number of pause instances per team decreased from 3 to 2.
Gold Changes
Melee Lane Creep Gold Bounty increased from 38-44 to 45-55.
Ranged Lane Creep Gold Bounty increased from 38-47 to 45-55.
Upgraded Lane Creep Gold Bounty decreased from 17-25 to 15-25.
Experience Changes
Assist Experience Penalty increased from 0/0/10/30/50% to 0/0/20/40/60% for 1/2/3/4/5 real ally heroes within the Experience Proximity of the target.
Unshared Experience bounty (worth 12 * the Killed Hero's level) when killing an enemy hero has been removed.
The PBT Feedback Form at the end of a PBT match has been changed to ask the user 4 different questions!
Thank you for filling out these forms in advance! They truly help us more accurately gauge community reception to changes.
For this patch, we will be gathering feedback specifically for Pestilence & Tempest. Please play them and fill out the PBT Feedback Form to let us know how you feel about those heroes!
Only the following heroes will have their PBT version in the PBT game mode:
Chipper
Myrmidon
Nymphora
Parallax
Pestilence
Predator
Tempest
The following heroes will no longer be available in PBT:
Note that Rally, Scout and Thunderbringer will be reverted back to their Regular Mode forms, so they will not have these Staff of the Master effects present in PBT until their PBT forms have been restored at a later date.
Myrmidon
Forced Evolution
Staff of the Master effects:
Can be toggled to permanently maintain this form.
Now Cleaves for 50% of your Attack Damage while in this form.
Magic Damage increased to 250/300/350 + 25% of the target's Current Health.
For 3 seconds after impact, can now be activated again to quickly leap to the target.
Thunderbringer
Staff of the Master effects:
Increases the Cast Range of Chain Lightning and Blast of Lightning by 150.
Increases your Attack Range by 150.
Chain Lightning and Blast of Lightning now also grants 1000 radius Clearvision and 700 radius Reveal around the target location for 5 seconds after being cast.
Mechanical Changes (PBT Only)[ | ]
Gold for hero kills is reduced by a percentage for each additional real ally hero that acts as an Assister past the second real ally hero.
Real ally Hero means a non-Heropet, non-Mimic, non-illusion hero.
Examples:
1 real Ally Heroes who participated in the Enemy Hero Kill (i.e. just yourself) = 0% Gold Penalty
2 real Ally Heroeswho participated in the Enemy Hero Kill (i.e. yourself and 1 other ally hero Assister) = 0% Gold Penalty
3 real Ally Heroes who participated in the Enemy Hero Kill (i.e. yourself and 2 other ally hero Assisters) = 20% Gold Penalty
4 real Ally Heroes who participated in the Enemy Hero Kill (i.e. yourself and 3 other ally hero Assisters) = 40% Gold Penalty
5 real Ally Heroes who participated in the Enemy Hero Kill (i.e. yourself and 4 other ally hero Assisters) = 60% Gold Penalty
You can recognize Punk Polly's pieces at a glance -- if an adorable frog is in there somewhere, it's Polly's. She's certain that by covering all of Newerth with the goofy googly eyes, slappy tongues and gorgeous green, she'll bring so much joy to the streets that no one will want to fight anymore. That fact that any rival gangs (and maybe a few Punks) would want to slash her precious froggies is completely baffling to her, and just further proof that they need more cutie patootie frogs in their lives.
Punk Repulsor is the tastemaker for this pack of wild artists, constantly searching for inspirations that will bring about the next hot flavor of graffiti for her crew. Drifting down streets and alleys in her tag chariot, she slashes any pieces she deems unworthy of Newerth's glorious canvas -- even if they came from a Punk -- and highlights the masterpieces worth preserving. The Punks are naturally drawn to her electrifying energy, and when she spots a rival artist with potential to become a Punk, she uses her magnetic personality to draw them close for a private chat. Depending on how that goes, her recruits either join the Punks of Newerth or end up a beautiful splatter on the wall.
New Punks of Newerth TP Effect
Tag the map end-to-end with the epic Punks of Newerth TP Effect!
The prevailing theory among those who dwell in the Frost Fields is that death by hypothermia is somewhat peaceful: you're freezing, then you feel an overwhelming sense of warmth and sleepiness, then you simply fade away. The major flaw with this assumption is that everyone who completes the process is dead and cannot confirm or refute the details. The Soulchiller of the Frost Fields is more than happy to perpetuate this belief, for when her freezing victims see her beautiful form approaching with her playful, mischievous snowflake fairies, they think she brings rescue with her. In truth, her lovely visage conceals an elemental daemon who freezes the exterior of her victims so she can drain their essence at her leisure. Her prey may look like they've simply frozen to death -- perhaps even peacefully -- but inside they are screaming in agony as she slowly extracts their soul.
Bug Fixes & Optimizations[ | ]
General[ | ]
Disconnecting from the Chat Server no longer kicks you out of the picking screen.
Shining Rays (Illuminate, daytime) will no longer display its visual effects for the enemy team if Solstice is stealthed & the enemy team does not Reveal Solstice.
Decimate
Precision
to 600 
