Hello STRIKERS!! Hope your summer is going well!! (Or if you’re in like Australia, hope your winter is going well?)

Today’s update features a couple of quality of life features you’ve been requesting for a while, some new community stuff, and some of your favorite balance adjustments. We even threw in some bugfixes for good measure.

With that, shall we begin fellow strikers?

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• Now displays which team picks first when it’s snake draft!
  • Located in the top left under the current map name

• You can now show off how good you are at Asher before the match starts.

• Go to the Settings and change your name!
  • No cost (Ody/Striker Coins)
  • You can only change it once every 90 days.
    • Don’t change it and then be like “actually I don’t like it” and make a ticket, I’ll be so mad.

• Just a small update to the change we made a bit ago.
  • Increased size and some polish.

• Rotated in
  • Ai.Mi’s App
  • Oni Village
  • Demon Dais
• Rotated out
  • Taiko Temple
  • Atlas’s Lab
  • Inky’s Splash Zone

Thanks to our incredible community, we got a couple new emoticons, titles, and nameplates! We’ll be making ways to get those over the coming days.

• New Community Nameplates

• New Community Emoticons

• New community Titles

We’ve got just a couple adjustments to some Strikers. Nothing big like the last batch where we changed virtually everything though!Atlas has been exploring space and gaining knowledge so you haven’t seen him in a while. He learned how to reduce the cooldown of his Secondary so you might be seeing him more often.

• Cosmic Expanse [SECONDARY]
  • Cooldown :: 22s → 21s

He’s a little stronger now and upgraded his Xeno Cloak so he can go invisible for longer. In general, we are trying to push some power away from his primary and into his other abilities so that Drek’ar won’t be so much of a one trick lizard.

• Base Stats
  • Power :: 90 → 95
• Xeno Cloak [SECONDARY]
  • Duration :: 1.0s → 1.25s
  • Speed Boost :: 50% → 40%
  • Stealth hit amp now has a 0.25s post-stealth grace window

Crystal Volley balls too hard sometimes so we’re turning it down.

• Crystal Volley [SPECIAL]
  • Cooldown :: 20s → 22s

Finii was struggling to find her rabbit footing so we’re moving some of the power from her supportive utility to her own abilities. We’re also letting her hop across the battlefield a little quicker for good measure.

• Base Stats
  • Speed :: 470 → 475
• Triple Take [SECONDARY]
  • Damage per pulse :: 50(+25% Power) → 55(+27.5% Power)
  • Core Knockback :: 1080 (+50% Power) → 1090(+55% Power)
  • Ally Damage Boost :: 30% → 20%

Sick Giga Blasts from like across the map are now cooler and better. You just can’t try and spam it as frequently.

• Giga Blast [SPECIAL]
  • PvP Knockback and Damage :: 220 (+110% Power) → 240 (+120% Power)
  • Core Knockback :: 1390 (+205% Power) → 1400 (+210% Power)
  • Cooldown :: 22s → 23s

Try Juliette goalie! Surely it’s good!

• Flying Phoenix [Secondary]
  • Cooldown :: 16s → 15s

Luna was pretty good in all tiers, especially in higher skill levels. Fewer random across-map rockets now.

• W.H.A.M.M.Y. [PRIMARY]
  • Cooldown :: 6.5s → 7.5s
• Stagger Growth Tier :: 375 → 250

Nao is quite strong in coordinated and high-tier games.

• Proximity Drone [SECONDARY]
  • Cooldown :: 10s → 12s
• Base Speed: 460 → 455

Vyce KOs a lot of people, so let’s see how she likes it now with her lower stagger!!!

• Base Stagger :: 1300 → 1200
• Stagger Growth Tier :: 375 → 300
• Super Nova [SPECIAL]
  • [BUGFIX] Minimum cast time :: 0s → 0.25s
    • Due to how they were implemented, press and hold abilities were subverting the cast-time system that all abilities use and were effectively able to output hits faster than intended. We made a systemic change to normalize these abilities.

His special is pretty special am I right? Okay sorry, now it’s got a 5 second longer cooldown.

• Oni’s Blade [SPECIAL]
  • Cooldown :: 35s → 40s

Very prevalent in coordinated and high-tier play (like Nao), Mako needs a touch to ensure she isn’t domineering.

• Perfect Pitch [PRIMARY]
  • Cooldown :: 7s → 8.5s
  • [BUGFIX] Minimum cast time :: 0s → 0.15s
    • Due to how they were implemented, press and hold abilities were subverting the cast-time system that all abilities use and were effectively able to output hits faster than intended. We made a systemic change to normalize these abilities.
• Drum and Base [SECONDARY]
  • [BUGFIX] Minimum cast time :: 0s → 0.25s
    • See above

• Rotated out:
  • Specialized Training
  • Recovery Drone
  • Among Titans
• Rotated in:
  • Glass Cannon
  • Big Fish
  • Perfect Form

IT’S BACK BUT WEAKER THAN LAST TIME. YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT THIS FORM IS PERFECT. SURELY WE WON’T CHANGE IT EVER AGAIN.

• Normal hit cooldown reduction :: 20% (max 2s) → 15% (Max 1.5s)
• Light hit cooldown reduction :: 6.66% (max 0.66s) → 5% (Max 0.5s)

• Orb Cooldown Reduction (Before max stacks) :: 15% → 17.5%

• Base Size: 5% → 7.5%

• Max stagger increase: 350 → 400

Slick Kicks has been straight up really good for the past 10 years. Let’s try to give other Forward gear some love.

• Speed boost duration 1.5 → 1.25

• Speed per stack :: 0.08% → 0.075%
  • (Max speed :: 12/24% → 11.25/22.5%)

Increasing the duration of burns from Stinger so that quick reapplications of the debuff are weaker. This’ll be particularly noticeable when multiple people take Stinger and try and burn you to death.

• Duration :: 2.5s → 4s (Damage per second effectively reduced from 3% → 2%)
  • Note: Stinger does not prevent stagger regen so this won’t keep you from healing any longer than before.
• Burn :: 7.5% (2.5% for LIGHT hits) → 8% (2.66% for LIGHT hits)

• Secondary Cooldown Increase :: 5% → 2.5%

VV hasn’t really been poppin for a while. With the global stagger increase with the last big patch, VV was effectively healing you less. This should help it be decent again.

• Heal% :: 40% → 45%
• Core Heal% :: 8% → 9%

• Mako Japanese VO is once again Japanese.
• Zentaro Secondary dash will now travel full distance over terrain.
• Modified amount of time before Asher special starts applying hits to reduce leaks during it spawn.
• Rasmus secondary should no longer occasionally fail to cast. (Let us know if it does)
• Multiple awakenings that reduce the base cooldown of an ability should now always stack correctly.
• Fixed a bug where players using controllers could sometimes stop the core in place.
• Player reports now show confirmation of successful report submission.
• Slot swap UI should now be correct for all languages.
• Various small bug fixes.

Welcome Strikers to the patch notes of the May 9th, 2024 Micropatch!
Please remain seated and keep all arms and legs inside the ride as we take you on an exciting journey of map rotations, Striker adjustments, Awakening changes, and the return of Orbs.
That’s right, the orb map is back, so we're bringing the orb awakenings back with it! (Kind of, lol)

Strikes CD is being brought up to match Quick Strikes now that the global CD is gone. Also adding some strength to her Breakthrough to KILL PEOPLE

• Breakthrough [SECONDARY]
  • Strike CD reduction on her side of the field 15% → 20%
  • Knockback and Damage :: 130(+65% Power) → 140(+70% Power)
  • Core Knockback :: 1240(+130% Power) → 1260 (+140% Power)

Atlas has struggled finding his sure ground this year, so now he peers ahead to make his path clear. That's iambic pentameter I just really wanted to do that. But for real, Atlas hasn’t been doing great so far in Season 3 so we’re letting him project a little further into the future.

• Astral Projection [PRIMARY]
  • Damage & Knockback :: 170(+85% Power) → 180 (+90% Power)
  • Core Knockback :: 1320 (+170% Power) → 1340 (+180% Power)
  • Lifetime :: 0.65 → 0.70 (Effective range 450 → 480)

This witch can be quite annoying in some cases because of that beam you know what I mean? So it’s getting a slap to lower its strength.

• Bewitching Beam [PRIMARY]
  • Enemy Slow :: 25% → 20%
  • Enemy shrink :: 40% → 30%
  • Cooldown :: 8.5s → 9s

Juno has developed the taste for human blood and must kill. This will help her do so because we don’t have the bug where Stinger did 90% of enemy Max HP like it did in one of our playtests by accident.

• Friend Fling [PRIMARY]
  • KB & Damage :: 185 (+92% Power) → 200 (+100%Power)
  • Core KB :: 1350 (+185% Power) → 1380 (200% Power)

Small adjustment from the divergent base stats that will stop Kai from really outclassing other forwards.

• Stagger Growth Tier :: 425 → 250
• Base Stagger :: 1200 → 1150

HUGE buff

• Flow State [SECONDARY]
  • Cooldown :: 18s → 17s

HUUUUUUGE buff

• Base Speed :: 450 → 460

• Demon Dais
• Oni Village

• Atlas's Lab
• Ahten City

• Knife's Edge
• Demolitionist
• Timeless Creator

Orbs are back baby and I know you love it. We brought back and adjusted both Orb Dancer and Orb Ponderer. We wanted to “flatten” their strength curve so that compared to the previous iteration they perform better on average but have a lower top-end. We’re also keeping Orb Replicator out to prevent some snowballing with these changes.

• Orb Dancer [Retuned]
• Orb Ponderer [Retuned]
• Catalyst

• Movement/Haste buff :: 70% → 75%

• Core hit amp :: 12% → 13%

• Power scaling per size :: 0.75 → 0.65

• Speed Increase per orb :: 40% → 30%
• Speed increase per orb at max stacks :: 80% → 60%
• Max Stacks :: 10 → 5
• Duration :: 6s → 4.5

• Active cooldowns reduced per orb :: 25% → 15%
• Cooldown reduction per orb at max stacks :: 45% → 30%
• Max stacks :: 10 → 5

• Heal :: 4.5% → 5%
• Duration :: 3s → 4s

We’re trying something new on our pancakes where they take longer to stack but are stronger at max, making them more important to protect but also putting a bigger target on your back!

• Max stacks :: 100 → 150
• Speed per stack :: 0.1 → 0.08 (Max speed 10%/20% → 12%/24%)

• Burn :: 9% → 7.5% (Light Hits: 3% → 2.5%)

• Allied strike power buff :: 20% → 22.5%

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Alright with that patch note stuff outta they way I just wanna drop in for a sec and say I saw some stuff that you all have been posting on the World Wide Web about OS and just wanted to post up a reminder of what’s happening on our end.
While it’s true that, as previously announced, most of the team have moved onto other projects, (which are still open for playtest applications here [forms.gle]btw.) but a couple of us are still working on small quality-of-life stuff for Omega Strikers. For the future, we still want to bring some smaller updates to you all like:

• New seasons
• Recolors as skins for season rewards
• Additional Battlepass Levels
• Community-made emotes, titles, nameplates, etc.

For the next update patch, we’re just going to have some bug fixes and a couple smaller things. All that being said, we’re so stoked that you’ve been sticking with us so far and have been playing OS, enjoying the matches, and giving us feedback on everything we’ve done!! We hope you continue to do so into the future and we’ll see you soon <3

Hey gang, how’s the new season going?? Are ya winnin' son?
You all had some things to say about the new season and we are listening!!
This micropatch is live NOW with a couple of changes you probably will welcome.
Let us BEGIN!~

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We’ve heard your feedback on this one. We’re reverting the "ability cooldown from striking the core" change that came with the Season 3 update. The original goal was to add additional gameplay depth by giving players the opportunity to make more dynamic decisions around what to do with the Core once they have possession. However, it’s become apparent that this new rule has negatively impacted game pacing and promoted some unhealthy play patterns.

• Hitting the CORE with an ability will continue to reset your STRIKE cooldown (once per ability cast).
• Hitting the CORE with strike now reduces your ability cooldowns (Removed)

• We’re aware of the issue of not displaying which team is 1st pick in the draft order.
  • We’re exploring some solutions to see if we can amend this in a future patch.

The weight of the world is proving a little much for Atlas. We're increasing the uptime of his ranged tools to compensate him.

• Astral Projection [PRIMARY]
  • Cooldown :: 9s → 8.5s

Finii was kinda bad, now she will be good?

• Base Stats
  • Speed :: 460 → 470
  • Power :: 90 → 95

Goalie Kai is running circles around the competition, we're bumping his cooldowns a touch to give the rest of the cast some breathing room. As much as Kai probably dislikes that.

• Barrage [PRIMARY]
  • Cooldown :: 11s → 12s
• Giga Blast [SPECIAL]
  • Cooldown :: 20s → 22s

Mako’s struggling to find her footing this patch. With this change she may knock some other players off their footing too, so I guess that makes them even?

• Perfect Pitch [PRIMARY]
  • Projectile Base PvP Damage and Knockback :: 100 (+50% Power) → 105 (+52.5% Power)
    • i.e. Fully charged player hit with no Awakenings :: 310 → 326
  • Projectile Base Core Knockback :: 1180 (+100% Power) → 1190 (+105% Power)
    • i.e. Fully Charged Core hit with no Awakenings :: 1613 → 1632

Reverting this preemptive nerf on Octavia. She did not need it. Sorry Octy.

• Flow State [SECONDARY]
  • Cooldown :: 20s → 18s

X got way too buff way too fast this patch… what’s his diet anyway? We are stepping and hitting him with some immediate action from us.

• Bell Ringer [PRIMARY]
  • Cooldown :: 8s → 10s
• Bull Rush [SECONDARY]
  • PvP Damage and Knockback :: 210 (+105% Power) → 190 (+95% Power)
  • Core Knockback :: 1385 (+202.5% Power) → 1360 (+190% Power)
• X Strike [SPECIAL EMPOWERED STRIKE]
  • Strike Diameter :: 325 → 315

The Colossus was a bit more mighty than we intended.

• Power per 1% Size :: 1 → 0.75

I’m allergic to bees :(

• Normal hit burn :: 10% → 9%
• Light hit burn :: 3.33% → 3%

This remedy wasn’t able to keep up with the damage, we're increasing its healing powers with some new ingredients.

• Missing health heal per second :: 3% → 4.5%

Since we’re removing the strike CD change, we’re reverting the Quick Strike nerf that was affected by it.

• Strike Cooldown Reduction:: 15% → 20%
• Energy gain :: 2 → 1

GOOD DAY STRIKERS!!
We're here with Omega Strikers update 4 POINT 0!!!!!!!
We've got some new things we cooked up for you, ranging from a new friends list, new awakenings, new custom game options, and new gameplay changes to like every striker! (Keep reading for that)
This will also mark the beginning of A NEW SEASON!!!
With all of that out of the way, let us begin.

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  Now displays current game status!
  
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    Online, In Queue, In Game.

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  Filter out some custom games so your ping isn't hella high.

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  Strikers now have different initial speed/power/stagger.
  
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    Each striker is currently on a "tier" of the new base stats, but we these stats will likely branch out in the future.
    
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    On average, strikers recieved an increase to their base stagger to dampen damage-focused playstyles moving into 4.0
    
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    For example, in general, bigger characters will have more power and stagger but will be slower in contrast to smaller characters. These changes are also to help strikers develop their unique themes and sharpen their identities.
    
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    Also, this will serve as another balance lever for us!

We want to reward players for their sickass dribbling and passses while further disincentivize pingponging, so we're changing things up a bit. This new strike/ability adjustment should open up room for some new combos on many strikers while also shaking up "optimal" playstyles for everyone else. You can probably expect cooldown increases to strikers in future patches as we fine tune the game with these new rules.

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  Hitting the CORE with an ability resets your STRIKE cooldown (once per ability cast)
  
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  Hitting the CORE with strike now reduces your ability cooldowns

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  Can now choose starting awakenings, draft type, sets, goals per set, etc.
  
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    How customizable! Go check it out!

Big changes to Ranked are here! We'll be rolling out the new season starting today. The new season will feature all the goodies we mentioned before!
Ranked Rewards:

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  Aqua Cannon goal explosion
  
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    (This isn't a seasonal reward btw, this is a forever thing that you'll unlock once you hit challenger any time in the future.)
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  Top "x" titles
  
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    ex: Top 5, Top 10, Top 25, etc
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  Kazan Recolor
  
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    For anyone who reaches Gold!
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  An emote for reaching plat
  
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  An emote for playing a bunch of games
  
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    25 Ranked Games to be exact

Most rewards will be based on your Season *Peak* rating, but the titles for "Top X%" will be based on your leaderboard position at the end of the season.
We are also working on an external match history webpage for you to track your progress!

Picking teams in ranked is getting a shakeup. We're introducing a couple things to the game that'll change up the whole Striker draft. Snake draft, no mirrors, slot trading. Check it out. These changes will hopefully add more game-to-game variance and add to the dynamics of picking!

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  Snake Draft
  
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    Teams now take turns picking their characters
    
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      Blue team picks 1, red team picks 2, blue team picks 2, red picks 1.
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  No mirrors
  
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    You can't pick the same character as your opponent. Time to learn 3 more characters.
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  Slot trading
  
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    Want your goalie to go first? Trade them!
    
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    You'll be able to trade before the pick-phase for your team.
    
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      Ban and pre-selection phase have been slightly extended to give players time to trade.

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  Rotated in
  
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    Clarion Corp
    
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    Inky's Splash Zone
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  Rotated out
  
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    Atlas's Lab
    
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    Ai.Mi's App

We whipped up a couple cosmetics and some other goodies for your enjoyment! Especially if you're rich. Also our good ole' community sent some emotes our way. Shouts out to them.

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  Gold Kazan (Ranked Reward)

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  Big Spender
  
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    2,000,000 SC
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  New Community Nameplates

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  New Community Emoticons

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  Trading cards, badges, profile wallpapers, and more can be YOURS!!!
  
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    This is kinda unrelated to game cosmetics but I'm putting it here anyway. Fight me.

Like I mentioned above, Strikers are getting changes to their base stats. We've changed pretty much every Striker because of that, so there will be lots of numbers here.
Ai.Mi's been all sass and no swipe for the last few patches - especially at low-mid ranks. She's sharpening her claws now!!

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  Cyber Swipe [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 14s → 13s

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 440
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 125
    
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1400
  Breakthrough
  
  • Buff Strike CD reduction location :: Own goal zone -> Own side of the field
    
  • Buff Strike CD reduction :: 33% -> 15%

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 440
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 90
    
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1400

Shotgun Lizard developed an upgrade to his active camoflauge. We've shifted some of his power towards his secondary to give help him relive his dreams as an assassin when he ambushes his opponents.

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 460
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 90
    
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    Stagger Growth :: 500 → 375
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  Lock and Load [PRIMARY]
  
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    Cooldown :: 8 → 9
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  Xeno Cloak [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Rework: Become invisible and gain 50% Speed for 1s. Using an ability during this
    invisibility will reveal you and make that ability hit 25% harder (12.5% to
    Core).
    
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      The tooltip in-game is wrong for that, don't worry about it. It's right.

In addition to his base stat changes, Dubu is getting his old larger strike size back!

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 435
    
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1500
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  Strike
  
  • 
    Strike Range :: 275 → 285

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 460
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 90
    
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1300
• Bewitching Beam
  
  Ally power buff :: +70% Power -> +70 Power

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 110
    
  • 
    Stagger Growth :: 375 → 250

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 460
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 90

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 110
    
  • 
    Stagger Growth :: 500 → 425
    
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    Stagger :: 1200 → 1300
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  Flying Phoenix [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 18s → 16s

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 90
    
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1400

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 475
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 90

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 90
    
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1100

Luna

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 110

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 440
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 110
    
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    Stagger :: 1200 → 1300
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  Drum and Base [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Haste Granted :: 20% → 25%

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 460
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 90
    
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1100

Flow State just got a lot faster with her base speed increase. We're gonna preemptively give her a tuning so she doesn't run over the competition.

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 475
    
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    Power :: 100 → 75
    
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    Stagger :: 1200 → 1100
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  Flow State [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 18s → 20s

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1300

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Stagger :: 1200 → 1300

In upper tiers of play, Vyce is a real star. Were turning her volume down just a touch.

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 110
    
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    Stagger :: 1200 → 1300
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  Power Chord
  
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    Damage & Knockback modifier for chained hits :: 60% → 50%
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  Thunderstruck [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Stun Duration :: 0.75s → 0.6s

X was sad last patch, but nothing will make him feel better than hitting you harder and more frequently!!

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  Base Stats
  
  • 
    Speed :: 450 → 440
    
  • 
    Power :: 100 → 130
    
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    Stagger :: 1200 → 1250
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  Bell Ringer [PRIMARY]
  
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    Cooldown :: 9s → 8s

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  Base Stats
  
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    Speed :: 450 → 460
    
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    Stagger :: 1200 → 1100

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  Rotated out:
  
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    Spark of Strength
    
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    Spark of Agility
    
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    Spark of Focus
    
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    Spark of Resilience
    
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    Spark of Leadership
    
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    Built Different
    
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    Stagger Swagger
    
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    Fight or Flight
    
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    Glass Cannon
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  Rotated in:
  
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    [NEW] Reptile Remedy
    
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      Gain 350 Stagger and heal 3% missing Stagger per second for 3 seconds whenever you strike the core.
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    [NEW] Might of the Colossus
    
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      Gain 15% Size and 1 Power per 1% bonus Size.
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    [NEW] Rampage
    
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      Gain 5% Size. Whenever you destroy or assist in destroying an enemy barrier, gain 7.5% more size. Lose additional size when KO'd and between sets.
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    Stinger
    
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      Normal hit burn :: 12% Max stagger → 10% Max Stagger
      
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      Light hit burn :: 12% Max Stagger → 3.33% Max Stagger
      
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      No Longer stacks if multiple players apply it to the same target
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    Adrenaline Rush
    
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      Speed granted from takedown :: 100% → 40%
      
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      Cooldown refund on takedown :: 5s → 10s
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    Stacks on Stacks
    
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    Peak Performance
    
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    Bulk Up
    
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    Reverberation

Heavy Impact had quite the impact on the last patch. We're turning down its cooldown refund capabilities to bring it fully in line with other similar awakenings.

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  CD Refund :: 35% → 30%
  
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  Maximum CD Refund :: 7s → 3s

Dust off these ole' boots, the weather is changing so it's time to try em out again.

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  Haste duration :: 1.5s → 2s

• Cooldown :: 20% -> 15%
  
• Energy :: 1 -> 2

With base stagger going up across the board were preemptively nerfing Siphoning Wand to keep it from going CRAZY.

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  Normal Hit Drain :: 6% → 5%
  
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  Light hit Drain :: 2% → 1.66%

Stagger Swagger is being nerfed on its way out.

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  Bonus Movespeed :: 12% → 10%

Strike Shot is a staple gear in high tiers. We're nudging it down a touch to give the other options some room to breathe.

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  Cooldown :: 8s → 9s

Sometimes Team Player was a bit too gatekeepy about whether your "pass" was truly a pass or just a random redirect. This should make it stop being so stingy.

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  Increased what counts as a pass for close-medium ranges.

What's even more timeless than timeless? Timelessless??

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  Creation Duration :: 65% → 75%

Unstoppable is still struggling to find a home across all tiers of play. We're giving it another nudge on the cooldown to see if it can live up to its dreams.

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  Recharge Time :: 7s → 6.5s

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  Fixed a bug where some creations visuals would disappear if the player had too much creation duration.
  
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  Clarion Corp: Project OBSCURA now correctly slows staggered players inside the zone
  
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  Clarion Corp: Project OBSCURA no longer adds multiple stacks of the intended slow onto staggered players
  
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  Improved consistency of Asher's Special once it is deployed (Some cases still exist where it will leak as the ability spawns)
  
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  Attempted to fix a bug where Recovery Drone and Atlas SPECIAL would revive players without cleansing their staggered state.
  
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  Mako's Primary Projectile now counts as part of her PRIMARY for the purposes of awakenings
  
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  Vyce Secondary now correctly grants her a Hit whenever she would stun a target with the ability
  
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  Reduced cases where Juno Blobbos would pass backwards to other Blobbos
  
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  Strike Shot now correctly has its knockback amped by Missile Propulsion
  
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  Fixed missing voice line from Shogun Asher's MVP celebration

yo gamers
We got a couple things we want to talk about with you all today - namely a small micropatch to tweak some characters that we noticed (or heard from you) needed... tweaking and some info on the SEASON RESET. Make sure you read everything here so you know what's going on. (I know it's a lot and I don't have a cute VTuber bat girl to read it to you, but you gotta read it all!!!)

Anyway, let's kick it off with the Season Reset Info. I posted this on Discord a few weeks ago, but there's been some slight tweaks and extra things, so check it out if you haven't or get a refresher.

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So keep up (or start) YOUR CLIMB.
Now I know what you’re thinking, “BUT AESOP THE LAST RESET WAS KINDA WACK” Well, we took all your feedback and cooked up some new stuff for this reset. Last season reset we identified a couple problems:

• Player ranks were too greatly reset, which felt like it was a waste to climb.
• Hidden rating wasn't maintained, so it took way too long to reclimb to old ranks (and we had a bug that prevented us from fixing that swiftly)
• Players couldn’t access central servers in some places (Particularly NA)
• Duo/Trio limits were rough and created a big rift at higher tiers

For the next season reset, we're going to be implementing the following changes:

• New rank reset parameters (more on this below!)
• Retaining hidden rating (to a degree where you won't have to climb forever just to get where you were last season)
• Making sure players keep Central server access (though since Central server capacity is very limited, we maybe have to raise the entry threshold later on into the season)
• Allowing Duos in all ranks and Trios in challenger
• New rank rewards! (more on this below too!)

As for the reset parameters, simply put, the rank reset will not put you lower than 2 ranks below your season end rank.
For example, ending in Challenger will reset you somewhere to Plat - Diamond, Diamond will reset you to Gold - Plat, Plat to Gold - Silver, etc.
And, like I mentioned previously, you will still retain most of your hidden MMR from last time. So if you're reset to Gold and retained your Diamond hidden MMR, you'll climb quickly.

Also, I mentioned RANKED REWARDS right?! We’ll be handing out some things like:

• Aqua Cannon goal explosion
  • (This isn't a seasonal reward btw, this is a forever thing that you'll unlock once you hit challenger any time in the future.)
• Top "x" titles
  • ex: Top 5, Top 10, Top 20, etc
• A skin recolor! (who it is I shall not say yet, but it’s someone without a skin hehe)
• An emote for reaching plat
• An emote for playing a bunch of games

^ Requirements to unlock these are pretty confirmed BUT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!!!

Most rewards will be based on your Season *Peak* rating, but the titles for "Top X%" will be based on your leaderboard position at the end of the season.

We'll also have monthly exclusive "Title Awards" for those with the top 5 or so most goals, saves, KOs, etc!

*Unfortunately we can't do a new battlepass with the limited resources we have, but we're hoping the rank rewards at least make up for some of that a little bit.

So yea. We're pretty confident that these changes will make a season reset like 1,000,000x better. (You cannot quote me on that)

Also THATS NOT ALL THO We're also trying to explore more minor gameplay changes/updates (not limited to just balance fixes) for a future season!!! Though I can't give you details yet, or if it’s something we can even do still, but stay tuned for that because we're still testing all of it.

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Alright, for those of you that are still with me (Which it better be EVERYONE), here's the deets of the micropatch. Like I mentioned above, it's just a couple small tweaks to a few things!

Asher

• Barrier Beam [PRIMARY]
  • Shield on her side of the field size reduced by 14%

Estelle

• Piercing Shot [PRIMARY]
  • Cooldown :: 9 → 10

Mako

• Ensnare Drums [SPECIAL]
  • Cooldown :: 45s → 40s

Zentaro

• Slashing Strike (STRIKE PASSIVE)
  • Hits until passive activated: 12 → 16

Chronoboost

• Buff/Debuff duration :: 20% → 22.5%

Recovery Drone

• Size 30 → 25%

Spark of Agility:

• Speed per spark 6% → 5%

Spark of Leadership

• Allied Spark Effect Gain: 40% →30%
• Cooldown: 5 → 4
• Stagger: 150 → 125
• Power: 8 → 6
• Speed: 2% → 1%

Spark of Strength

• Power per spark 22 → 20

Unstoppable

• Recharge time :: 7.5 → 7

What's up gang! Like I said in a previous patch, most of the team is still working on super secret stuff.
(If you want to test that super secret stuff, make sure to sign up here: https://forms.gle/PEUXrw7ArEBidhaS8 )


BUT the rest of us are COMMITTED to bringing you the updates that we can!! We love OS just as much as you all <3

That being said, today's update features a couple goodies that you might enjoy. (FINALLY, OCTAVIA SKIN!!! STOP TWEETING AT ME!!!)

So let us begin!!

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  YES you can DM your friends in OS! Had a good teammate and want to play with them again? Add them and shoot em a DM directly in the Omega Strikers client!
  
  • 
    I swear to god if you use this to be toxic I'll send you to your room and take away your iPad time

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  Things look a little different, a little slicker in-game now! Check it out 8)
  
  • 
    Original HUD can still be used via game settings

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  Rotated in :: [REWORKED]Gates of Obscura, Night Market
  
  • 
    Gates of Obscura
    
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      Goal barrier shape changed
      
    • 
      No longer spawns corner portals
      
    • 
      No longer spawns additional portals in overtime
      
    • Here's what it looks like
      
• Rotated out
  
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    Clarion Corp, Ahten City

LIGHT hits now grant "regeneration lockout" for less time than normal hits. (Regeneration lockout meaning the time it takes until you start to regenerate stagger.)
We expect this change to effect a number of strikers, so we'll be keeping an eye on those impacted to make sure no strikers were caught in the cross fire.

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  Regeneration lockout from LIGHT hits: 2.375s → 1.625s

Ai.Mi enjoyers have worked their way back to above the top of the win rates.

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  FIREWALL SENTRY [SPECIAL]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 30s → 35s

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  BARRIER BEAM (PRIMARY)
  
  • 
    The Core should no longer go through Asher's Primary Shield (I think for real this time) ive written this 90 times dude. yeah but this time I did the fix xdd. Unironically I actually think its fixed. I applied the same fix to the special and it worked too well and I had to pull it out cause it let you insta farm max energy and I was worried about performance. Cause they just hit between each other insanely fast. Truly made unstoppable force vs immovable object xdd

The Steadfast Protector has fallen out of favor for a bit, this'll open up more opportunities for his teammates to LIVE.

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  CELESTIAL INTERVENTION [SPECIAL]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 50s → 45s

Drek is sleeper OP and his mains are winning hella much.

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  LOCK AND LOAD [PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown 7.5s → 8s

Forward Dubu is a menace. Kill him.

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  Stagger Growth Tier :: 600 → 500

Finii is kinda on the struggle bus recently.

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  BIG FINISH [SPECIAL]
  
  • 
    Cast range :: 700 → 750

Last patch we hit Jules with a couple nerfs and she is still performing a touch below expectations.

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  Fiery Fist [Primary]
  
  • 
    Cooldown 8 → 7.5

Stepping on them blobbos was hurtin.

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  STRIKE WITH FRIENDS [PASSIVE]
  
  • 
    Blobbo PvP Damage & Knockback :: 165 (+82.5% Power) → 150 (+75% Power)
    
    • 
      Core Knockback unchanged

Kazan's ban rate was through the ROOFS. We get it, we're bringing him back into the house of the roof he broke. (Does that make sense? Does anyone even read these? Hello?)

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  CARRIED AWAY / MADDENING DESCENT [OPEN SECONDARY SPECIAL COMBO]
  
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    Cooldown :: 15 → 16
    
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    PvP Damage & Knockback :: 230 (+115% Power) → 215 (+107.5% Power)
    
  • 
    Core Knockback 1395 (+207.5% Power) → 1387.5 (+203.75% Power)
    
  • 
    Base hitbox size :: 420 → 350
    
  • 
    [BUGFIX] Now scales properly with size.
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  THE SLIP [CLOSED SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 10 → 11

Fixing a bug affecting her most popular Goalie gear is a buff to her, so we thought we'd shout it out up here instead of the Bugfix section.

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  B.O.O.S.T. [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    [BUGFIX] Should now correctly have cooldown reduced by eject button on all casts originating on your side of the field.

Nao was proving to be notably powerful at higher tiers of play where her healing is best utilized. We're taking out some of the power from her SPECIAL as well as providing more counterplay options against her.

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  Stagger growth Tier :: 250 → 125
  
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  LIFELINE [SPECIAL]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 40s → 45s
    
  • 
    % Missing Health Healed :: 50% → 40%
    
  • 
    Range :: 1600 → 1500
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  PROXIMITY DRONE [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Disarm Time :: 0.6 → 0.5

Forward Rasmus wasn't really doing much in the brawl department, so we're touching that up a bit for him. Hope he notices and gives me a raise.

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  WHIPLASH [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    PvP Damage & Knockback :: 140 (+70% Power) → 150 (+75% Power)
    
  • 
    Core Knockback :: 1260(+140% Power) → 1280 (+150% Power)
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  DEATH TOUCH [SPECIAL]
  
  • 
    PvP Damage :: 200 (+100% Power) → 230(+115% Power)
    
  • 
    Core Knockback :: 1350(+400% Power) → 1395 (+400% Power)
    
  • 
    PvP Knockback unchanged

Rune was struggling at higher tiers where players were often blocking his pillars before they could spawn. Generally we like this kind of counterplay, but the interaction felt a bit too one-sided. We've lined up his Pillars LIGHT hit damage with their knockback to add some more OOMPH to those fizzles.

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  UNSTABLE ANOMALY [PRIMARY]
  
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    PvP Damage :: 150 (+75% Power) → 187.5 (+93.75% Power)
    
  • 
    Knockback unchanged
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  SHADOW SWAP [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    PvP Damage :: 150 (+75% Power) → 187.5 (+93.75% Power)
    
  • 
    Knockback unchanged

Similar to Luna, this is a bugfix buff we're calling out here instead of making you read all the bugfixes (which you should anyway).

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  POWER CHORD [PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    [BUGFIX] Now properly chains to nearby enemies if it initially hits the Core.

FINALLY OCTAVIA IS GETTING DRESSED UP!!! AND ANOTHER ASHER SKIN HOLY HELL LOOK AT THAT
Also Dubu got a new partner on the force in Ludwig and Vyce is becoming an Oni of your dreams.

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  NEW SKINS!!!
  
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    Ludwig Dubu
    
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    Dream Octavia
    
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    Dream Vyce
    
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    Shogun Asher
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  New Nameplates
  
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    Ludwig Break Time
    
  • 
    You Know Rayditz Had To Do It To 'Em
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  New Emotes
  
  • 
    A handful of community made emotes! (More to come!)

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  ROTATED OUT
  
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    Super Surge
    
  • 
    Big Fish
    
  • 
    Peak Performance
    
  • 
    Reverberation
    
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    Egoist
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  ROTATED IN
  
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    Spark of Leadership
    
  • 
    [NEW] Recovery Drone
    
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      Gain 30% size. The first time each set you would be KO'd, prevent it.
  • 
    [NEW] Explosive Entrance
    
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      DASH range, BLINK range, and HASTE effects increased 70%. Your IMPACT abilities hit 12.5% harder (2.5% on Core).
  • 
    [NEW] Siege Machine
    
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      PROJECTILES gain 30% travel or cast range. CREATIONS gain 30% duration and hit 15% harder
      (3% to Core).
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    [REWORK] Unstoppable
    
    • 
      Gain a shield that protects you from 100% of the damage and 100% knockback from the first hit
      you take. This shield recharges at the start of each round and after 7.5s of not getting hit.

We're happy with the direction of the changes for CtL and Chronoboost, but they're a bit weaker than we'd like. We're giving them some love. A lil smooch for Valentine's Day.

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  Buff & Debuff Duration :: +40% → +45%

We're happy with the direction of the changes for CtL and Chronoboost, but they're a bit weaker than we'd like. We're giving them some love. A lil smooch for Valentine's Day.

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  Movement ability boost :: +70% → +75%

EB was exceptionally strong on Strikers that made good use of it!

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  Secondary Cooldown Reduction :: 30% → 15%

From the early data we scoped out from the last patch we noticed the initial implementation of Spark of Leadership was stronk.

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  Ally Effect share 50% → 40%

Core hogs were pigging out on the VV healing. We're hoping this will pull VV back in line.

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  Healing from core hits :: 10% → 8%

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  Vyce SPECIAL VFX is now always displayed.
  
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  Mako's basic strikes no longer count as normal hits for the purposes of Awakenings / Energy generation.
  
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  Mako's SPECIAL hitbox should now properly trigger in the right location.
  
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  Mako's PRIMARY no longer travels in an incorrect direction when cast at the last second.
  
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  Juno's Blobbo's hits should now properly be attributed to the abilities that spawned them for the purposes of awakenings.
  
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  Eject button now correctly grants reduces the cooldown for all SECONDARIES cast on your side of the field.
  
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  Core hit sounds are no longer significantly louder on some Clarion Corp map variants.
  
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  Evading will now prevent damage from Project OBSCURA pools on Clarion Corp.
  
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  Fight or Flight speed boost will now correctly activate on allied hits.
  
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  Spark of Leadership no longer grants your teammates an additional SPARK for their awakenings and the ability to share their SPARK effects.
  
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  Adjusted how Team Player determines if the hit was a pass. On average, it will be less strict on close passes, but stricter on far passes.
  
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  Games will now only surrender if at least one person on the team starts a surrender vote, even if all players on that team are detected as inactive.
  
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  Fixed a bug that would result in Zentaro dashing in place under various circumstances
  
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  Dubu's SPECIAL no longer interrupts his SECONDARY
  
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  Dubu's SPECIAL no longer blocks players who are ELUSIVE
  
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  Nao PRIMARY tooltip adjusted to reflect actual cooldown
  
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  Drek'ar should no longer briefly lose his stealth if he casts his SECONDARY right after casting another ability
  
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  Players should (hopefully) no longer bounce off the hole in Ai.Mi's App in rare circumstances
  
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  Various other small bug fixes

Hey gang! We're back with another micropatch for ya!!
Despite most of the team working on a super secret new project, we're gonna keep the balance changes coming.
Today's patch features a couple of rather "large" changes to awakenings and maps, so, for now, let us begin!!

We heard a lot of feedback from you all about the map pool, and we decided to increase the active pool from 5 maps to 7 maps. We know it can be a little annoying playing the same maps over and over - which could be even worse if your favorite map isn't even in the rotation! We're hoping this change makes things a little more SPICY for ya.
Rotated in

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  Oni Village
  
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  Atlas's Lab

No funny blurb here, Estelle was just a little weak!

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  PIERCING SHOT [PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 10 → 9
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  CRYSTAL THORNS [SPECIAL]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 22 → 20

Finii now gets a little bit more time to aim her core in the right direction!

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  BIG FINISH [SPECIAL]
  
  • 
    Duration :: 2.25s → 2.5s

Juliette has stood atop the field for a while and has been pretty strong always. We're tuning her down just a touch to give her foes a fighting chance.

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  FIERY FIST [PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 7s → 8s
    
  • 
    PvP damage and knockback :: 155 (+77.5% Power) → 145 (+72.5% Power)
    
  • 
    Core knockback :: 1290 (+155% Power) → 1270 (+145% Power)

Kazan was kinda cooking too much as a goalie.

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  CROOKED LEVERAGE [CLOSED PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 8.5s → 9.5s

Mako with a coordinated team goes real crazy. Too crazy, one might say.

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  DRUM AND BASE [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Haste Granted :: 30% → 20%
    
  • 
    Size Granted :: 30% → 20%

Nao can use her ability more, but it's a little weaker against enemies and cores.

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  Proximity Drone [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 12 → 10
    
  • 
    PvP damage and knockback :: 110 (+55% Power) → 100 (+50% Power)
    
  • 
    Core knockback :: 1200 (+110% Power) → 1180 (+100% Power)

We hit Rune with a Core KB nerf a bit ago, and he's still struggling to find his footing. We're pulling some of that back.

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  UNSTABLE ANOMALY [PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    Core Knockback :: 1175 (+170% Power) → 1275 (+185% Power)
    
  • 
    PvP knockback & damage unchanged
  
  
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  SHADOW SWAP [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Pillar Core Knockback :: 1175 (+170% Power) → 1275 (+185% Power)
    
  • 
    PvP knockback & damage unchanged

"You should nerf it by 2 seconds so I have something in common with Bell Ringer: We're both 10s"

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  BELL RINGER [PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown 8 → 9

Despite the Manatees pitching a buff to Zentaro's primary, we think these changes will more appropriately help him out.

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  ONI'S BLADE [SPECIAL]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 40 → 35
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  IAI RUSH [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown 18 → 16

We are reevaluating our awakening balance methodology and, as a result, we've got a ton of changes in this section. Since these changes are pretty fresh and different, we'll be keeping a close eye on how these changes pan out and are ready to follow up if needed!
At a mere 25% size, the size awakenings felt a lil' puny atm. We think that the size options may have been unfairly nerfed, just because they were generally good picks as opposed to being more specialized. We're gonna beef em up a bit.

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  Size :: 25% → 30%

Buff/debuff duration has proven to be a very powerful stat on strikers that really utilize it well. So much so that the strikers who use it best have seen their performances with and without their star awakenings diverge more than we'd like. This patch will see a big hit to Cast to Last and Chronoboost to try and remedy this. This is a relatively large change, so we'll be keeping an eye on CTL and Chronoboost users.

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  Buff & Debuff Duration :: 60% → 40%
  
• 
  Creation Duration :: 35% → 40%

See above!

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  Buff & Debuff Duration :: 30% → 20%

People were demolishing more than just barriers with this awakening. They'll have to get a permit if they want to keep it up.

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  Cooldown refund :: 6s → 3s

Similar to the size awakenings, Extra Special may have been nerfed a bit too much because of its general usefulness, so we're putting more of a smile onto the happy star's face.

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  Special cooldown reduction :: 25% → 30%

I still think this should be called Fight and Flight

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  Speed boost :: 15% → 17.5%

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  Power per stack :: 6 → 5

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  Power granted :: 40 → 30

Not many people picked it but PP was sleeper OP. We saw it tho. We saw it.

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  Size :: 35 → 30
  
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  Power 30 → 25

Similar to the size awakenings and Extra Special, we think the "extra ability charge" awakenings were nerfed a bit too much because of their general utility. We're bringing em back to where they should be. Hopefully.

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  Hit Reduction :: 10% → 5%

We're making Quick Strikes quick again!

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  Strike cooldown Reduction :: 15% → 20%

Rapid Fire was generally just always good. I know I took it whenever I could, just because I like it.

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  Primary cooldown reduction :: 40% → 33%

Similar to the size awakenings, Extra Special, and Primetime, we think the "extra ability charge" awakenings were nerfed a bit too much because of their general utility. We're bringing em back to where they should be. Hopefully.

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  Cooldown Increased by :: 7.5% → 5%

Hey gang!

So let me start this out with a quick note: Sonii was pretty clumsy the other day and accidentally flew into some power lines on the way to the office, so we won't have a video for you all while she recovers... NONETHELESS, we've got a quick Micropatch for you all today with a couple little tweaks for your favorite characters. Not a HUGE change list, but we're tweaking a couple characters and awakenings so you'll want to check it out ANYWAY!!

Okay. Let us begin!

The buff lady needs a buff because recently the buff lady was not so buff.

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  BREAKTHROUGH [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 17s → 15s

We hit this brat with some damage nerfs a couple patches ago, so now she's a little weak. She'll get some correction in terms of a buff in a different aspect.

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  TRIPLE TAKE [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cast range :: 850 → 900

Juno strong. All around. Strong. Blob goal. This help.

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  BLOB BOUNCE [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 9s → 11s

Following his mini-rework type beat, we observed he landed pretty much where we wanted, but his numbers looked strong, most notably at higher skill levels. He was also giga brawling a lot.

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  CROOKED LEVERAGE [CLOSED PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 7.5s → 8.5s
    
  • 
    PvP damage :: 110 (+55% Power) → 100 (+50% Power)
    
    • 
      Knockback values unchanged
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  THE SLIP/POP-UP[CLOSED SECONDARY SPECIAL COMBO]
  
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    PvP damage and knockback :: 120 (+60% Power) → 110 (+55% Power)
    
  • 
    Core knockback :: 1220 (+120% Power) → 1200 (+110% Power)

Luna is pretty strong and manages to get goals or KOs from fishing for frequent across-map B.O.O.S.Ts.

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  B.O.O.S.T. [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 12s → 15s

Makos were using Drum and Base as an instant era-like buff which was pretty strong (and in this community manager's opinion, CRINGE). We're adjusting that to change the behavior but buffing her primary to compensate.

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  DRUM AND BASE [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Size and Haste linger after cast :: 1.5s → 0.5s
    
    • 
      Duration while channeling unchanged
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  PERFECT PITCH [PRIMARY]
  
  • 
    Minimum hold duration for projectile :: 0.25s → 0.15s
    
  • 
    Projectile range increased slightly at all points in the cast
    
    • 
      Minimum range :: 258.75 → 270
      
    • 
      Maximum range :: 1310 → 1367

Rune was STRONG. We made him LESS STRONG. But it might've been a little too LESS STRONG. This should help balance him out a touch.

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  SHADOW STEP [SECONDARY]
  
  • 
    Cooldown :: 12 → 10

He's strong, but not that popular (based on Pick rate. In the world, he's definitely stupid popular I mean look at him.) This nerf will help bring him back to a nice even state.
BELL RINGER [PRIMARY]

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  PvP damage and knockback :: 200 (+100% Power) → 190 (+95% Power)
  
• 
  Core knockback :: 1380 (+200% Power) → 1360 (+190% Power)

BULL RUSH [SECONDARY]

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  PvP damage and knockback :: 220 (+110% Power) → 210 (+105% Power)
  
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  Core knockback :: 1390 (+205% Power) → 1385 (+202.5% Power)

I wanted Rapid Fire again. What are you gonna do about it, punk?

• ROTATED OUT: Perfect Form
  
• ROTATED IN: Rapid Fire

Demolitionist was just straight up pretty strong.

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  Cooldown refund :: 8s → 6s

Wake up babe new Slick Kicks 2 just dropped.

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  Speed boost duration :: 1.5s → 1.75s

Reverberation wasn't at its peak performance, now it is. Hopefully.

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  Cooldown Rate per 100 Stagger :: 1.15 → 1.25

Specialized Training? More like Unspecialized Training. Hey Siri what's the opposite of specialized

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  Special PvP hit modifier :: +50% → +40%
  
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  Special Core hit modifier :: +10% → +8%

Stag Swag was too strong at higher elos, but too weak at lower elos.

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  Base speed :: 10% → 12%
  
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  Heal per second at low health :: 200 → 150

Hello dear friends! Welcome to patch 3.2 of your favorite game, Omega Strikers! Today, we've got a plethora of new things headed your way to your favorite game Omega Strikers! Additions to your favorite game Omega Strikers include a thunderous new Oni that goes my the name Mako, a new drum n baseball themed map, new events, and more!

This isn't the last patch either - we've got a couple more things cooking up that we'll be shipping to you in your favorite game Omega Strikers, so keep an eye out for that.
So, without further ado, let us begin today's patch notes of your favorite game Omega Strikers.

Somebody started playing drums on a baseball field and thus Taiko Temple was born! ...At least I think that's the lore? (It probably isn't, guess you'll have to partake in the Oni event). Smash the core and enemies into the drums for some extra bounce, then round the bases after your home run.

• Rotated Out: Night Market, Atlas's Lab
  
• Rotated In: Taiko Temple, Ai.Mi's App

Maps' Chance to Roll: All existing maps have an equal chance to roll in Ranked play. In normal and quick play, Taiko Temple will have a heightened percentage for the first weekend of the patch.

Continued improvements to custom games! We want to make it even easier for you to join up some customs with the homies, so now we have a custom game browser!

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  Create a Custom Lobby
  
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    Public/Private room
    
  • 
    Lobby Size
    
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    Spectators enabled/disabled
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  Browse Custom Lobbies
  
  • 
    Search by Lobby name/ owner
    
  • 
    Filter by game mode / lobby size / map etc.

Dreams and Nightmares. Nameplates. Titles. Emotes. You pick.

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  New Skins!
  
  • 
    Alpharad Rune
    
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    Dream Era
    
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    Nightmare Era
    
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    Nightmare Vyce
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  New Nameplates!
  
  • 
    Creator Nameplates
    
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      Alpharad
      
    • 
      IKeepIt Taco... again
      
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      Mang0
      
    • 
      Nyanners
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    Pro Team Nameplates
    
    • 
      One for each canon team!

We're finally getting the band back together! Mako is the final piece of the puzzle for the Oni twins - and for your team comp! She's got plenty of tools to defend the net or hit a home run by using her trusty bats and Taiko drums to beat down enemies, amp up allies, and snare the Core. So if you're up against Mako, be sure to bring some ear plugs, it's gonna get loud!!

Watch her Character Trailer here!

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  RHYTHM STRIKE / MAJOR BEAT(STRIKE PASSIVE)
  
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    Knock the Core in a direction with a LIGHT hit.
    Every hit, gain a Beat. At 8 Beats, this Strike will be empowered with a larger size, more Core knockback, and it can hit enemy Strikers.
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  DRUM AND BASE [SECONDARY]
  
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    Push-and-hold this ability for up to 4s to push away enemies and BUFF all allies, granting 30% HASTE and 30% Size while drumming and for 1.5s after. Upon releasing the ability, emit a LIGHT shockwave that blasts enemies away from you.
    Gain a Beat upon using this ability and another every 1s it's held.
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  PERFECT PITCH [PRIMARY]
  
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    Push-and-hold to wind up a huge swing. On release, swing the bat for a LIGHT hit. After .25ss the swing will also connect with a drum, launching it forward as a PROJECTILE. Charge up to 1.25s for a stronger swing.
    The wind up can be held for 2.5s.
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  ENSARE DRUMS [SPECIAL]
  
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    Launch your drums towards enemies as a PROJECTILE. On hitting an enemy CREATE a trap that will let targets enter but will knock them back when they attempt to escape.

Ai.Mi was racking up the dubs at elite tiers while eating Ls at lower ranks. We're hoping this change evens her out for everyone.

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  FIREWALL SENTRY [SPECIAL]
  
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    Cooldown :: 35s → 30s
    
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    PvP Damage & Knockback :: 125 (+62.5% Power) → 115 (+57.5% Power)
    
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    Core Knockback unchanged

Call us the exterminators because we're DESTROYING these Asher bugs. For good measure, we're giving her a few extra changes to get her back on her feet.

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  BARRIER BEAM [PRIMARY]
  
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    Barrier duration now scales with creation duration
    
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    Note: Barriers on enemy's side of the field still break after 1 hit
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  BREAKTHROUGH [SECONDARY]
  
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    Cooldown :: 18s → 17s
    
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    [BUGFIX] Adjusted her dash hitbox to hopefully prevent cases where she is unable to buffer her dash→ strike combo
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  PATHSPLITTER [SPECIAL]
  
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    [BUGFIX] Now hits all overlapping enemies when transforming to prevent cores from sneaking through

Dubu was often becoming a ghost from getting knocked out so often... maybe that's what inspired DuBoo?

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  Stagger growth :: 500 → 600
  
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  SOMERASSAULT [SECONDARY]
  
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    Cooldown :: 20s → 19s

THE BIGGEST MOST IMPACTFUL CHANGE OF OMEGA STRIKERS HISTORY. FINII'S ABILITY IS NAMED CORRECTLY.

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  DOUBLE TAKE → TRIPLE TAKE [SECONDARY]

Kazan has proven to be frustrating for others to face off against, even when he's not finding much success on the field. We are shifting his playstyle away from being an attrition brawler and more towards a mix of core-control/brawler depending on his form. This is a pretty hefty change, so we'll be watching him closely and keeping an ear out for feedback and will be counting on you all to help us steer him in the right direction if you aren't feeling these changes.TL;DR : Kazan's closed umbrella form is being adjusted to be better at core controlling (and worse at brawling) while his open form is being tuned to be better at knocking people out. We also hit him with a couple quality of life changes.

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  CROOKED LEVERAGE [CLOSED PRIMARY]
  
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    Hit type :: Normal → Light (<- this is important)
    
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    PvP damage :: 140 (+70% Power) → 110 (+55% Power)
    
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    PvP knockback (if staggered) :: 170 (+85% Power) → 250 (+125% Power)
    
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    Core knockback Unchanged
    
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    Cooldown :: 11s → 7.5s
    
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    Channel time :: 0.2 → 0.125
    
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    Linger time :: 0.5 → 0.35
    
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      This will reduce the duration that Kazan is stuck after a missed PRIMARY
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  THE SLIP/POP-UP [CLOSED SECONDARY SPECIAL COMBO]
  
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    Hit type :: Normal → Light (<- this is important)
    
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    PvP damage & knockback :: 140 (+70% Power) → 120 (+60% Power)
    
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    Core knockback :: 1260 (+140% Power) → 1220 (+120% Power)
    
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    Cooldown :: 11s → 10s
    
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    Hitbox size :: 350 → 475
    
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    [BUGFIX] Super Surge no longer amplifies Pop-Up's damage.
    
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    [BUGFIX] No longer instantly warps to the maximum range of dash if dash attack special is triggered while in terrain.
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  TOP SPIN [OPEN PRIMARY]
  
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    PvP damage & knockback :: 170 (+85% Power) → 220 (110% Power)
    
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    Core knockback :: 1320 (+170% Power) → 1390 (205% Power)
    
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    Push effect prior to final hit :: Reduced by 60%
    
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    Improved ability to capture core during the spin.
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  CARRIED AWAY / MADDENING DESCENT [OPEN SECONDARY SPECIAL COMBO]
  
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    PvP damage & knockback :: 200 (+100% Power) → 230 (+115% Power)
    
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    Core Knockback :: 1380 (+200% Power) → 1395 (+207.5% Power)
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  POP/RETRACT [SPECIAL]
  
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    Cooldown :: 3s → 1.5s

Nao's power went to the moon with our last set of (back-to-back) changes. These should bring her back to earth. Sell sell sell!

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  Stagger growth :: 450 → 250
  
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  Proximity Drone ::
  
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    Cooldown :: 10 → 12
    
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    PvP Damage and Knockback :: 140 (+70% Power) → 110 (+55% Power)
    
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    Core Knockback :: 1260 (+140% Power) → 1200 (+110% Power)
    
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    Disarm Time :: 0.8 →0.6

For real please stop banning Rune!! He's nerfed again, you can play him!!

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  UNSTABLE ANOMALY [PRIMARY]
  
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    Cooldown :: 7.5 → 8
    
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    Core Knockback :: 1405(+212% Power) → 1175(+170% Power)
    
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    PvP Values unchanged
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  SECONDARY
  
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    Core Knockback :: 1405(+212% Power) → 1175(+170% Power)
    
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    [BUGFIX] PvP damage reduced to match PRIMARY :: 250 (+125% Power) → 200 (+100% Power)
    
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    PvP Knockback unchanged

We buffed X a few patches ago and he was once again giving it to us. This is a light touch to make sure he doesn't continue to over perform!

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  BULL RUSH [SECONDARY]
  
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    Cooldown :: 13 → 15

Somebody picked up ALL THE ORBS and now they're gone again what the heck! We've taken out Orb awakenings while we wait for them to respawn, so try your hand at this brand-new batch of supportive awakenings! Titans will soon walk among us, so you can find new ways to lead your team to victory with all the giants walking around the field with this rotation.P.S. We've also DEMOLISHED some PANCAKES!!

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  Lose 30% Size and gain 15% Speed. Your teammates gain 15% Size.

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  Strikes hit the core 20% harder when aiming towards an ally. If that ally strikes the core within 1.5 seconds they will hit the core 20 % harder, if they strike towards an ally they can transfer this effect.

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  SPARK - Your Allies gain 50% of your SPARK effects. Gain 5 Cooldown Rate, 150 Stagger, 8 Power, and
  2% Speed.

Big Fish? More like... Medium Fish? This should bring this awakening to more of like an Above Average Fish but Not Quite Huge Fish.

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  Size increase :: 25% → 30%

Glass cannon had too much time out of combat while it wasn't in the rotation. We'll reset its stacks to keep things fair.

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  Power per stack :: 8 → 6
  
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  Speed per stack :: 4 → 3
  
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  Max stacks :: 4 → 6
  
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  Time until fully charged :: 10s → 15s

Heavy impact is a bit of an outlier in terms cooldown reduction so we're going to bring it into alignment with the other cooldown reducers.

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  Maximum cooldown reduced :: 14s → 7s

With all his stagger buddies gone, this is no longer what Peak Performance looks like... Hopefully this change piques your interests and returns him to his former glory.

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  Speed conversion per 100 Stagger :: 0.5% → 0.6%

Primetime has had a long fall from grace, and after giving others a chance to shine, it's coming back for its time slot.

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  Hit power Reduction:: 15% → 10%
  
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  Core Hit power reduction :: 3% → 2%

Siphoning wand was too good on some Strikers and not good enough on everyone else. We're retuning it to be more in line with other awakenings by treating light hits and normal hits differently. We are giving it a small buff to make up for overall nerf it'll be taking.

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  Normal hit drain :: 5% → 6%
  
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  Light hit drain :: 5% → 2%
  
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  Heal amount :: 100% → 150% of damage dealt

Oh, you want two abilities? Ha ha ha, sure. (Monkey's paw curls.) Twin Drive now lets you cast abilities twice, but it'll have a longer cooldown.

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  (Bug fix) Fixed a bug where Twin Drives cooldown reduction wasn't applying
  
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  Cooldown Modifier:: -5% → +7.5%
  
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    That's a nerf btw. Twin Drive makes your cooldowns 7.5% longer.

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  Demolitionist no longer triggers multiple times per barrier.
  
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  The hole in the center of Ai.Mi's app will now correctly KO Strikers
  
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  Gates of Obscura no longer causes players to jitter around the map when dashing or getting knocked back.
  
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  Knockback resist is no longer granted in the enemy goal arc.
  
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  Drek'ar now correctly plays SFX when entering stealth.
  
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  Rapid Fire now correctly works on abilities with more than one charge.
  
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  Magnetized Soles tool-tip correctly reflects buffed duration of 1.5 seconds
  
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  Fixed missing VOs for Octavia, Vyce, Spirit Warden Zentaro, Magician Rasmus, and Pop King Kai
  
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  Adjusted Nao's MVP screen to use the correct camera angle.
  
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  Fixed tooltip for Nao's primary recast.
  
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  Various minor bugfixes.

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