Bug Fixes

• Base
  • Shade of Mephisto [E]
    • Fixed an issue with the display priority for the duration bar of Shade of Mephisto.
• Level 20
  • Unspeakable Horror
    • Fixed an issue that caused Unspeakable Horror to Silence twice.

Bug Fixes

• Level 16
  • Lightning Reaction
    • Fixed an issue that caused Lightning Reaction to activate around Shades of Mephisto when Mephisto has not selected Mimic.

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Spite
    • Bonus duration reduced from 150% to 100%.
• Level 16
  • Lightning Reaction
    • Damage reduced from 138 to 120.

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Spite
    • Spite has been disabled in ARAM.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Unspeakable Horror being temporarily disabled when the target is knocked back.

Bug Fixes

• Difficulty updated from Medium to Hard.
• Fixed an issue that caused Lightning Reaction to not be affected by damage reduction if caused by a Shade of Mephisto's Lightning Nova.

Updates

Base

• Skull Missile [Q]
  • Launch delay reduced from .75 to .625 seconds.
  • Missile speed increased from 17 to 19.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Unyielding Power [Q]
    • Adjusted functionality: Second tier quest reward now grants an additional charge of Skull Missile.
• Level 7
  • Ghastly Armor [E]
    • Armor increased from 20 to 25.
• Level 13
  • Abhorred Skull [Q]
    • Adjusted functionality: Skull Missile deals 40% more damage to Heroes under 50% health.

Developer Comment: Mephisto's Skull Missile talents are underperforming across the board, so we're looking to make the ability slightly more consistent baseline and injecting a little more power into its talents.

Updates

Talents

• Level 4
  • Hateful Mending [Q]
    • Healing increased from 60% to 70% of damage dealt to enemy Heroes.
    • Additional functionality: Enemy Heroes hit by Skull Missile grant 10 Mana.
• Level 16
  • Animosity [W]
    • Maximum Lightning Nova damage increased from 36% to 42%.
• Level 20
  • Unspeakable Horror [R2]
    • Additional functionality: Enemies are also Silenced while they are Rooted.
  • Shade Lord [Active]
    • Cooldown reduced from 40 to 20 seconds.

Developer Comment: We saw some feedback that Unspeakable Horror is a little bit awkward to use since it doesn't Silence players while they are Rooted by Durance of Hate. We agreed and saw an opportunity to do a few other changes while we looked at him.

Updates

Base

• Lightning Nova [W]
  • Damage reduced from 45 to 43.

Talents

• Level 1
  • Furious Spark [W]
    • Damage reduced from 72 to 65.
• Level 13
  • Abhorred Skull [Q]
    • Spell Power bonus increased from 20% to 25%.

Developer Comment: Mephisto is generally performing a little bit too well, particularly when it comes to playing with Furious Spark at Level 1. We're making some small nerfs to him to bring him in line with other casters.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Malicious Intent [E]
    • Number of enemy Heroes required to hit for the Spell Power duration bonus reduced from 20 to 18.
• Level 7
  • Trickery [E]
    • Number of enemy Heroes required to hit to reset the cooldown of Shade of Mephisto reduced from 20 to 18.

Developer Comment: Malicious Intent and Trickery are getting their additional procs slightly less often than we would like, so we're reducing the requirement.

Updates

Talents

• Level 1
  • Malicious Intent [E]
    • Spellpower bonus increased from 20% to 25%.
• Level 16
  • Animosity [W]
    • Bonus duration increased from .5 seconds to 1 second.
    • No longer increases the duration of Lightning Nova as a result of Basic Attacking enemy Heroes.
    • Additional functionality: Increase the maximum bonus damage of Lightning Nova from 30% to 36%.

Developer Comment: Mephisto's talents are in a much better place since our last changes, but Malicious Intent and Animosity were underperforming so we're giving them some buffs.

Updates

Talent

• Level 1
  • Furious Spark [W]
    • Bonus damage is now dealt every 3rd hit.
    • Damage reduced from 95 to 72.
    • Additional functionality: Now also grants Mephisto 2 Mana when dealing damage with Furious Spark.
  • Malicious Intent [E]
    • Additional functionality: If Mephisto hits enemy Heroes at least 20 times with Basic Abilities while Shade of Mephisto is active, then increase the duration of the Spell Power bonus to 10 seconds after it ends.
• Level 4
  • Spite [Passive]
    • Regeneration Globe duration increased from 125% to 150%.
    • Cooldown reduction increased from .75 seconds to 1 second.
• Level 7
  • Frost Storm [E]
    • No longer Slows enemy Heroes near the Shade of Mephisto.
    • Additional functionality: Enemy Heroes who are hit by Lightning Nova while Shade of Mephisto is active are Slowed by 15% for 1 second.
  • Trickery [E]
    • No longer removes Slows and Roots from Mephisto.
    • Additional functionality: If Mephisto hits enemy Heroes at least 20 times with Basic Abilities while Shade of Mephisto is active, then reset its cooldown.
• Level 13
  • Hysteria [Trait]
    • Additional functionality: Mephisto gains 15% of his maximum Health and Mana when he casts his Heroic Ability.
• Level 16
  • Animosity [W]
    • New functionality: Increase the duration of Lightning Nova by .5 seconds Basic Attacks against enemy Heroes while Lightning Nova is active increase the duration of Lightning Nova by an additional .25 seconds.

Developer Comment: Mephisto's talents have been largely unchanged since his release. While many of them seem to be in a good spot, some talents and talent tiers had some systemic issues that we felt could be improved with some changed functionality. We're not looking to overhaul the Mephisto that you know and love, but we felt that he could use some new builds to play with.

Updates

• Level 4
  • Spite [Passive]
    • Healing Globe duration bonus increased from 100% to 125%
    • Cooldown reduction increased from .5 to .75 seconds

• Level 13
  • Shard of Hate [Passive]
    • Additional Functionality: Now also causes Mephisto's attacks to activate Lord of Hatred, reducing Basic Ability cooldowns by 1 second

Updates

• Abilities

  • Lightning Nova (W)
    • Mana cost reduced from 55 to 50
  • Shade of Mephisto (E)
    • Mana cost reduced from 40 to 35
  • Durance of Hate (R)
    • Cooldown reduced from 60 to 50 seconds
    • Mana cost reduced from 60 to 50

Updates

Abilities

• Durance of Hate (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Malicious Intent (Q)
    • Spell Power reduced from 20% to 15%
• Level 4
  • Hateful Mending (Q)
    • Healing increased from 50% to 60%
  • Static Barrier (W)
    • Shield duration reduced from 7 to 5 seconds
  • Spite (Trait)
    • Bonus globe duration increased from 60% to 100%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue preventing the Static Barrier talent from granting Mephisto shields if damage was dealt to Shields or Protected Heroes.

Updates

Abilities

• Durance of Hate (R)
  • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds

Talents

• Level 1
  • Malicious Intent (Q)
    • Spell Power reduced from 20% to 15%

• Level 4
  • Hateful Mending (Q)
    • Healing increased from 50% to 60%
  • Static Barrier (W)
    • Shield duration reduced from 7 to 5 seconds
  • Spite (Trait)
    • Bonus globe duration increased from 60% to 100%

Releases

Mephisto, Lord of Hatred, has been added to the Nexus and is now available for play! Read on for a brief overview of his Abilities.

Trait

• Lord of Hatred
  • Hitting enemy Heroes with Basic Abilities reduces Mephisto's Basic Ability cooldowns.
  • Skull Missile and Shade of Mephisto grant 1.5 seconds of cooldown reduction per Hero hit, and Lightning Nova grants 0.3 seconds per Hero hit.

• Skull Missile (Q)
  • Conjure a skull that travels in the target direction after 0.75 seconds, dealing 127 damage to enemies hit and Slowing Heroes hit by 25% for 2 seconds.
• Lightning Nova (W)
  • A ring of lightning appears around Mephisto for 2.5 seconds. Enemies within the ring take 48 damage every 0.25 seconds.
  • Each time a cast of Lightning Nova hits a Hero, its damage is increased by 4%, up to 40%.
• Shade of Mephisto (E)
  • Teleport to a location, dealing 78 damage to nearby enemies and leaving behind a Shade of Mephisto at Mephisto's original location. After 2.5 seconds, Mephisto is teleported back to the Shade's location.

• Consume Souls (R)
  • Channel for 2.5 seconds, revealing all enemy Heroes. After the Channel completes, all enemy Heroes take 357 damage and are Slowed by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
• Durance of Hate (R)
  • After 1 second, unleash a wave of evil spirits that Root the first enemy Hero hit for 2 seconds and deal 160 damage to them over the same duration.
  • Durance of Hate spreads outwards from its initial target, Rooting and damaging additional nearby enemy Heroes.