[EN] Arena 2.42 [Tournament Version] file

Relative to version 2.41:

Avatar of Death:

• Initiative Increase:
  • Previously: 1000 + 0.05 per level + 0.05 per SP
  • Now: 1000 + 10 per level + 10 per SP
  • Correction Example at Level 16:
    • Previously: 1000 + 0.8 + 0.8 ≈ 1002
    • Now: 1000 + 160 + 160 ≈ 1320
  • Note: Correction of an error from the beginning of the Arena when initiative was expressed in thousands.

Necropolis Leadership:

• Slight Nerf:
  • Was: +1/2/3 Attack and Defense for each level of mastery
  • Now: +1/2/3 Attack and 4/8/12% creatures from necromancy

General Changes:

• Unit Specialists: Fixed bonus of +6/6 Attack/Defense for their favorite creatures (previously +1/1 for every 2 hero levels).
• Reduction of Additional Creatures:
  • Haven:
    • Ellaine: 89 → 40 Additional Peasants
    • Alaric: 29 → 0 Additional Archers
    • Laszlo: 23 → 0 Additional Swordsmen
  • Inferno: Grawl: 23 → 10 Additional Cerbers
  • Necropolis: Orson: 47 → 0 Additional Zombies
  • Sylvan:
    • Gilraen: 13 → 0 Additional Dancers
    • Ossir: -2 → 0 Additional Hunters
  • Dungeon:
    • Vayshan: 25 → 10 Additional Scouts
    • Ylaya: 12 → 5 Additional Furies
    • Kythra: 16 → 5 Additional Minotaurs
  • Academy: Havez: 70 → 30 Additional Gremlins
  • Fortress:
    • Karli: 33 → 15 Additional Harpooners
    • Ingvar: 57 → 0 Additional Guards
    • Ebba: 11 → 5 Additional Bears
  • Stronghold:
    • Haggash: 32 → 0 Additional Centaurs
    • Telsek: 25 → 5 Additional Warriors

Heroes:

• Not Starting With Specific Skills:
  • Razzak - Defense
  • Raelag - Defense
  • Wulfstan - Logistics
  • Kythra - Leadership
• Master of Lightning: Stuns 1 target (previously 2 targets) due to desynchronization issues.
• Fire Resistance: 30% → 40% reduction in Fire Magic Damage.
• Protection: 15% → 20% reduction in magic damage.
• Arcane Training: 20% → 15% spell cost reduction.
• Mana Regeneration: 15 → 30 mana points at the start of the battle.
• Arcane Brilliance: +2 Spell Power, retains current effect +30 mana points at the start.
• Bloodsucker: 3 or 4 attack → 2 attack for each killed enemy unit.
• Fire Elemental: Shot amount reduction to 8.
• Hero Specialization in Fireball: +1 SP every 4 levels → +1 SP every 3 levels.
• New Skill: Harbinger of Fear: Lowers enemy units' morale by 2. Available for Haven, Inferno, Dungeon, Necropolis, Academy.
• Rework of the Right Path: One Spell Merchant → Two Spell Merchants, Single spell cost: 6000 - 10,000 gold.
• The Fountain Changes: Offers purchase of 4 random spells of levels 1-3, one from each magic. Approval cost: 6000 gold.
• The Obelisk: Offers a free choice between +2 Knowledge and +2 Spell Power.

Castle Changes:Haven:

• Guardian Angel: Restores more health points: 1500 → 2100.
• Retaliation: Consumes less Battle Readiness: 0.5 → 0.33.
• Godric: Reduces Light Magic spell cost by 2 mana.

Inferno:

• Hellfire Damage Formula: 10 + SP * 14 → 10 + SP * 10.
• Burning Fires Damage: 1.5x → 2x.
• Seductive Succubus: Unit power reduction: 680 → 420, seduction over 30% weaker.

Necropolis:

• Bone Resistance: 20% → 30% damage reduction.
• Lord of the Dead: Skill removed from the Enlightenment tree, added to the Leadership tree with +20% creatures from necromancy.
• Frozen Bones: 10% → 20% retaliatory damage.
• Rotting Zombie: Weakening Aura lowers enemy morale by 2, attack and defense by 3.

Sylvan:

• White Unicorn: Child of Light now receives positive effects only from own hero and units.
• Elf Luck: +100% damage → +80% damage.
• Savage Treant: -1 speed.
• Wind Dancer, War Dancer, Grand Hunter: -100 Initiative.
• Mystic Archer: +100 Initiative.
  

Dungeon:

• Shadow Mistress: -1 speed.
• Yrbeth: New specialization, activates the Dark Ritual skill twice (if she has it, three times).
• Lethos: No longer paired with Dungeon - Necropolis.

Academy:

• Zehir: Loses the bonus to Spell Power of summoned creatures.

Fortress:

• Ingvar Specialization Change: In addition to stat bonuses, receives +1 HP for T1 units.
• Factional Skill Chance Changes:
  • Defense: 15% → 13%
  • Luck: 8% → 6%
  • Magic Talent: 2% → 6%
• Economical Runes: 0.4 x knowledge → 0.3 x knowledge (mana points recovered for using a rune).
• Powerful Runes: 2x cost → 3x cost.
  

Stronghold:

• Pao Kai:
  • Attack: 20 → 22
  • Defense: 19 → 21
  • Damage: 20-25 → 22-27
  • Initiative: 1000 → 1100
  • +5% recovered HP from special skill
• Venomous Wyvern: Initiative: 1100 → 1050

Artifact Changes:

• Sandro's Cloak: 0 Spell Power → 2 Spell Power.
• Sar Issus' Staff: 2 Knowledge → 1 Knowledge, 0 Spell Power → 2 Spell Power.

Magic Changes:

• Hypnosis Duration: 0.15/0.15/0.20/0.25 * SP → 0.02/0.06/0.12/0.2 * SP.
• Blindness Duration: 0.15/0.15/0.20/0.25 * SP → 0.05/0.1/0.15/0.25 * SP

Corrections:

• Resurrection Runes: Corrected from indicating 40% resurrection to 30%. (was mistake in description)

Other:

• All changes in picture version: [Changelog 2.4]
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