MOBA Vainglory Receives New Update, Card Crafting Added And More

Vainglory, the MOBA developed by Super Evil Megacorp now available on the App Store in all regions, has recently received a brand new update which introduces several new features to the game as well as enhancements and fixes.

One of the major additions of the new Vainglory update is card crafting. Thanks to this, players will be able to create other cards by using essence, which is obtained by destroying excess cards. The new update also includes six new skins and much more.

Here are the full patch notes for the update.

NEW HERO SKINS
– Shiro Kage Taka Tier I
– Paragon Catherine Tier II & Tier III
– Stormlord Ardan Tier II
– SAWborg Tier II
– Killa-Joule 9000 Tier II
CARD ‘CRAFTING’
-Destroy unwanted cards, breaking them down into their Vainglory “Essence.”
-Use Essence to create the cards you need to finish skin theme tiers!

PING MUTING
-Open the Scoreboard to mute teammates who are spamming pings or behaving unpleasantly.

SCOREBOARD LOOK
– Hero names have been replaced with hero portraits to clean up the scoreboard.
PARTY VS. BOTS
– The party captain can place the team into a BOTS game through a new drop-down menu.

Vainglory is now available for download on the App Store

ADDITIONAL SPECTATOR SLOTS
-There are now four spectator slots in Private matches.
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
– Lane minions spawn at 5 seconds into the match (instead of 10s). The initial last-hit becomes available in lane at 35 seconds into the match.
– Jungle monsters spawn at 20 secs into the match (instead of 30s).
– Taking a Minion Mine increases lane minions’ value by +5% gold instead of +10% gold.

HERO BALANCE CHANGES
Read the detailed breakdown in the in-game News section. Heroes affected:
– Vox
– Taka
– Skaarf
– Petal
– SAW
– Fortress
– Krul
– Ringo
– Koshka

ITEM BALANCE CHANGES
Detailed in the in-game News section. Items affected:
– Using an active item will put all other identical items on cooldown.
– Atlas Pauldron (charges up for .8 secs)
– Fountain of Renewal
– Infusions
– Bonesaw
– Reflex Block
– Stormguard Banner/Warhorn/Contraption
– Flare Guns

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS & BUG FIXES
Basic Attacks
– Major improvements to basic attacks, making them more reliable during lag
– Eradicated issues where Catherine’s stun, SAW’s shank and Glaive’s knock-back would sometimes not trigger (along with other similar issues).
– Heroes will no longer attempt — then fail — to attack during chases (a.k.a. melee stutter).
– Heroes will continue to basic attack even when lagging.
– Heroes with very high attack speed will attack at full speed despite lag.
– Stutter stepping/animation canceling still provides the same skill-based advantages.

Brush Reveal
– Several vision issues in brush have been fixed.

Spawn Stage
Placing a large number of scout traps on the spawn stage no longer prevents it from healing.

Vainglory is now available on the App Store.