Season 3.5 hero balance changes

A new hero balance update is coming with the season 3.5 release patch, impacting a number of characters in small but hopefully significant ways. Let's dive right into the changes.

Adam Warlock

• Ult charge cost decreased (5000 → 4700).
• Karmic Revival now also grants bonus health equal to 70% max health for five seconds.
• Cosmic Cluster now reduces Avatar Life Stream recharge time by 0.3 seconds.

Black Panther

• Spirit Rend cooldown increased (8s → 10s).

Cloak & Dagger

• Ult charge cost increased (4000 → 4300).

Doctor Strange

• Daggers of Denak ammo charges increased (8 → 10).
• Cloak of Levitation cooldown decreased (15s → 12s).

Groot

• Vine Strike range increased (20m → 22m).
Flora Colossus effect range increased (20m → 24m).

Iron Fist

• Jeet Kune Do's fifth strike damage increased (50 → 55).
• Yat Jee Chung Kuen percentage damage increased (2.1% → 2.7%).
• Harmony Recovery bonus health decay delay increased (1s → 2s).
• K'un-Lun Kick's first strike damage increased (30 → 35).

Magneto

• Metal Bulwark and Iron Bulwark shield health decreased (300 → 250).

Mantis

• Healing Flower heal over time decreased (12.5/s → 10/s).
• Life Energy Blast ammo charges decreased (20 → 15).
• Soul Resurgence excess healing to bonus health conversion increased (0.7 → 1).

Spider-Man

• Spectacular Spin damage per second increased (150 → 170).

Star-Lord

• Stellar Shift now grants 25 bonus health which decays after three seconds.

Thor

• Awakening Rune now grants 1 Thorforce upon expiry.
• Lightning Realm now grounds enemies leaving its area of effect, preventing the use of aerial movement ability for two seconds.

Wolverine

• Ult charge cost increased (2800 → 3400).
• Lifesteal from Phoenix Warrior no longer contributes to ult charge.

New team-up Duality Dance grants Luna Snow Light & Shadow Karma: When she uses this ability, she links to nearby enemies. Any damage she deals to linked enemies is converted into healing for Luna.

New team-up Vibrant Vitality grants Mantis a 10% seasonal healing increase (regardless of whether the team-up is active in the match). Groot gains the Wild Wall ability: Groot can unleash a Wild Wall which, while in Flora Colossus state, restores health to nearby allies. Loki gains the Deific Blessing ability: Loki's Regeneration Domains also grant allies a damage boost.

Atlas Bond has been removed. Iron Fist instead joins the Chilling Assault team-up.

Guardian Revival has been removed.

Blade joins Lunar Force, gaining the New Moon ability: Blade can create a zone of invisiblity to heal over time, and choose to dash toward a nearby enemy from the zone.

Star-Lord now joins the Rocket Network, gaining the ability to deploy a teleporter which he can port to at any time.