Thank you for joining the Fangs Early Access—this is the second hotfix summary for December 2022. The Hidden Leaf Games team will continue to deliver incremental patches while working behind the scenes on substantial improvements to the game. For more news and live updates, please hop over to our Discord server!

12/15

⬩ Ranked is now restricted to Solo/Duo only. This feature is available Friday-Sunday from 10 AM to 7 PM (PST.)

⬩ Players can now hover over Shard Buffs to learn about what they do; locate this information over the players' icons at the top of the screen.

⬩ Optimized the game to improve its performance; players should experience fewer stutters and lag spikes.

⬩ Fixed a bug where players were getting thrown out of the queue if someone didn't accept a match.

⬩ Fixed a bug where Soul Cores were not accurately distributed after a match.

⬩ Fixed a bug where new players didn't see their Banner when joining a party.

⬩ Fixed a bug where Surrendering would trigger a persistent noise until restarting the client.

⬩ Fixed some clarity issues with Wylde's skills.

⬩ Fixed some Wylde-related bugs where he wasn't generating Ammo properly.

Balance Updates

⬥ Brim (LMB): 50 → 45 damage.

AUGMENTS

⬥ Wylde's Spitshine (LMB): 8 → 4% Lifesteal per LMB hit, stacking up to 6 times.

⬥ Ace of Shields (LMB): 110 → 100 Shield for 4 seconds.

⬥ Dustmetal Cloak (Space): 100 → 90 Shield for 1 second.

⬥ Guard Grease (RMB): Shield duration 3 → 2s.

⬥ Shardback Carapace (Passive): 66 → 50 Armor based on missing HP.

⬥ Storm Shot (LMB): Base attack speed 5 → 10%.

AUGMENTS

⬥ Storm Shardstring (LMB): 5 → 6% attack speed per stack.

⬥ Base HP increased back to 1000.

12/16

⬩ Fixed a bug where players could damage opponents in the spawn area.

⬩ Fixed a bug where sometimes players would get stuck after Surrendering.

⬩ Fixed a bug where the Augment Wylde's Spitshine stacked Lifesteal infinitely.

⬩ Added FPS caps to improve performance.

⬩ Performance improvements for the Embersong and Stormheart maps.

12/20

Balance Hotfix: Please note that these changes are designed to address critical balance issues from our dataset and community feedback. Major balance updates are reflected in our patch notes every two weeks.

⬩ Max HP: 700 → 625 Max HP.

⬩ Outland Bandolier (Ultimate): 100 → 50 Heal.

⬩ Guard Grease (RMB): 75% → 55% RMB and RMB proc as Shield.

⬩ Sageborn Claws (LMB): 4 → 3 Max HP per enemy hit.

⬩ Poison Spores (Shift): 25 → 18 Damage over 3 seconds.

⬩ Omen of the Emperor (Ultimate): 25 → 20 Max HP per enemy hit.

⬩ Craterthorns (E): 100 → 75 Damage on Boulder pickup.

⬩ Max HP: 1200 → 1000 Max HP.

⬩ Squire (LMB): 60 → 50 Heal per 3rd LMB.

AUGMENTS

⬩ Holy Brazier (E): 0.9 → 0.75s Shield uptime.

Please keep your eyes peeled on our Discord and website for more summaries of our hotfixes; we will continue to patch the game frequently while working on our bigger goals for early access and beyond. Click here to check our Development Roadmap if you haven’t already. Thank you for all your support, feedback, and bug reports—see you in the game!