Paladins Open Beta 42 Patch Notes | January 25th

By Michelle-Louise Janion,

The Keeper of Knowledge

Open Beta 42 Patch Notes | January 25th

Beta Expectations

NEW CHAMPION - Torvald “Runic Sage”

Abilities

[LMB] Gauntlet A channelled beam of runic energy that locks on and deals 50 damage every 0.1s to a single target.

[RMB] Recharge Regenerate 850 Shield Health per second for 2.5s. Channelling on an enemy Shield siphons 2000 Shield Health per second, regenerating your Shield.

[Q] Protection Project a 2000 Health shield onto an ally for 2s.

[E] Hyper Beam Unleash the latent power of your Gauntlet, channelling a blast that applies a massive knockback to all enemies for 2.35s.

[F] Runic Blast Shoot out a short blast that Silences and Disarms enemies for 1.5s.

Cards

Glyph of Health - [Armor] Gain 150/300/450/600 Health.
Glyph of Freedom - [Armor] Reduce the duration of Crowd Control by 6/12/18/24%
Glyph of the Fist - [Weapon] Reduce reload speed by 5/10/15/20%.
Glyph of Siphoning - [Armor] Eliminations grant you 100/200/300/400 Shield.
Conduction - [Recharge] Reduce the cooldown of Recharge by .5/1/1.5/2s.
Eldritch Speed - [Recharge] Gain 8/16/24/32% Movement Speed during Recharge.
Induction - [Recharge] Recharge generates 2/4/6/8 ammo per second.
Vital Grasp - [Recharge] Recharge generates 5/10/15/20% more shield.
Lifegiver - [Protection] Activating Protection heals you for 50/100/150/200.
Winddancer - [Protection] Protection grants 5/10/15/20% Movement Speed to its target for as long as they are shielded.
Timeshaper - [Protection] Reduce the cooldown of Protection by .5/1/1.5/2s.
Hearthwarder - [Protection] Activating Protection grants you 100/200/300/400 Shield.
Infusion - [Runic Blast] Activating Runic Blast heals you for 50/100/150/200
Scribe's Wit - [Runic Blast] Reduce the Cooldown of Runic Blast by 1/2/3/4s.
Rune Torrent - [Runic Blast] Activating Runic Blast grants you 4/8/12/16 ammo.
Arcane Etching - [Runic Blast] Activating Runic Blast grants you 100/200/300/400 Shield.

GENERAL

PVE Mode - Introducing a new PVE Weekly event. This week’s event is called: “Tank it to the Limit”. PVE Encounters are queued from the Casual queue setting. PVE Encounters give full match rewards.
Raised level cap from 500 to 999
Added Mounts tab to Store
Now show item from Radiant chest before it turns into gold.
Sound has received a major mix pass across the board.
Main menu music has been turned down.
Fixed Ying Genie chest to show correct description.
Fixed issue with Supports able to charge their Ultimates while in base.
Fixed Master Collector not showing progression.
Fixed Friends Forever Achievement not progressing.
Fixed the countdown timer continuing while paused.
Fixed Emotes locking input while on mount.
Fixed an issue where projectile range wasn't being calculated properly for range-limited projectiles.
Improved dead zones for gamepads, and added the ability to configure them per stick.
Improved slippery rooftops to force players off.

CUSTOMIZATIONS

Code Green Viktor Collection (Available in Code Green Chest)

Heads

Code Green Cover
Code Green Helmet
Code Green Kepi
Code Green Cpt. Cap

Bodies

Code Green Trooper
Code Green Grenadier
Code Green Bandolier
Code Green Comms

Weapons

Code Green AR-Melee
Code Green AR-LMG
Code Green AR-SK9
Code Green AR-Compact

Sprays

Wolf Pack
Viktory

MVP Poses

Ten-Hut!
Hot Potato

Emote

War Games

Voice Pack

Code Green (Available for direct purchase)

Pip

Weapon: Rooster Brewster

All emotes and poses are now in the Colossal Chest as well as the Radiant Chest.

MAPS

Optimized performance for Stone Keep.
New maps added to the Test Queue. Ice Mines Redo - This map features a test revision of the existing Siege map “Ice Mines”. We are excited to hear your feedback on these revisions.
Stride
Test Map updates: District - Expanded capture point & added short route to capture point. Atrium - Expanded various spaces. Undercity - Fixed an issue where bots would be unable to path.

CHAMPIONS - BALANCE/UPDATES/FIXES

General

Fixed an issue where Support champions could gain ultimate charge before the round has begun.

Items

Aggression - Temporarily removed from the game.
Life Rip - Reduced cost from 400 to 300.
Rejuvenate - Reduced cost from 300 to 200.

Barik

Turret - Fixed a bug where Turret’s damage was not being mitigated by Haven.

Bomb King

General - Fixed an issue where Bomb King could get locked out of firing his Weapon (bomb king swimming bug).
Sticky Bomb - Increased minimum damage from worst case explosion fall off from 15 to 30% of max damage. Increased explosion radius from 9 to 10 units.

Cassie

Scout - Updated description to indicate that this ability grants Cassie CC immunity.

Drogoz

General - Fixed an issue where Drogoz could get locked out of firing his Weapon.

Fernando

General - Improved Fernando's weapon fire under high ping. Improved hit calculations on Fernando's Weapon.

Grover

Crippling Throw - Fixed a bug where this ability was applying twice the usual amount of Diminishing Returns
Cards - Pick up: Fixed a bug where this card was not correctly applying the intended values.

Mal’Damba

Spitting Cobra - Targets stunned by Snake Toss cannot be stunned again by Snake Toss for 3s.

Makoa

General - Improved hit calculations on Makoa's Ancient Rage.
Cards - Fixed an issue where Rampage III was able to stack with other Movement Speed boosts

Pip

Potion Launcher - Increased minimum damage from worst case explosion fall off from 15 to 35%.

Tyra

Auto Rifle - Increased minimum accuracy from 85 to 89%. Increased accuracy lost per shot from 2.8 to 3%.

Viktor

Barrage - Reduced the time it takes for a Barrage strike to hit from 1 to 0.75s.

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Written by Michelle-Louise Janion

I tend to favour the puzzle, RPG, action-adventure and strategy genres. My particular favourites over the years have been Final Fantasy IX, Metal Gear Solid, Civilisation V and The Last of Us. I'm also a sucker for a series: Darksiders, Assassin's Creed, Tomb Raider etc.

I am a bit of a lone gamer as I tend to steer clear of PvP, and only play multiplayer with close friends.