Arena of Valor (AoV/ROV) Patch Notes August 26 2026: Full Balance Changes
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Arena of Valor (AoV/ROV) Patch Notes August 26 2026: Full Balance Changes

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Hero Balance Changes

Buffed

  • 212 Axe: Enhanced normal attacks now restore 70 (+14/Lv) (+1.5% max HP) when they hit heroes.

  • Divine Light: Base damage raised from 300(+60/Lv)(+0.42MP) to 320(+64/Lv)(+0.45MP).

  • Bloody Kiss: Base damage changed from 250 (+30 * hero level) (+1.5AD) to 300 (+25 * hero level) (+1.75AD).

  • Light Leap (Light Form): Base damage raised from 50 (+10/Lv) (+0.5AD) to 75 (+15/Lv) (+0.75AD).
  • Light Leap (Light Form): Max damage raised from 150 (+30/Lv) (+1.5AD) to 225 (+45/Lv) (+2.25AD).
  • Tearing Slashes (Dark Form): Additional damage raised from 120(+24/Lv) (+0.4 additional AD) to 150(+30/Lv) (+0.5 additional AD).

Nerfed

  • Nemesis: Skill damage lowered from 250(+20/Lv)(+0.48MP) to 235(+17/Lv)(+0.46MP).
  • Sand Burial: Cooldown increased from 9(-0.4/Lv.) seconds to 10(-0.4/Lv.) seconds.

  • Ghostwalk: Base damage lowered from 400 (+200/Lv) (+0.5MP) to 300 (+150/Lv) (+0.45MP).

  • Execution: Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 7 seconds.

  • Ascend: Launch damage changed from 350(+100/Lv)(+0.55MP) to 300(+150/Lv)(+0.5MP).

Adjusted/Reworked

  • Dimensional Force: Normal attacks and skills that hit an enemy build energy. At full energy he enters an enhanced state, restores 20% of lost mana, enhances his next basic skill, and gains 50% movement speed that decays to 10% over 3 seconds.
  • Dimensional Walk: Grants 30% movement speed for 2 seconds and 20% (+4%/Lv.) damage reduction for 2 seconds. His next normal attack within 5 seconds has longer range and deals an extra 400 (+80/Lv.) (+0.7MP) magic damage, slowing the target by 90% for 1 second. Any attack or cast cancels the state.
  • Dimensional Walk (enhanced): Movement speed bonus rises to 60% and decays over 2 seconds. Entering the Void restores HP and grants iron body.
  • Dimensional Cube: Explodes after 1 second for 500 (+100/Lv) (+1.0MP) magic damage, with 50% more damage at the center. He gains 5 energy for each enemy hit. Inside the Dimensional Portal circle the explosion instead times to the portal pull-back.
  • Dimensional Cube: Cooldown changed from 6.5(-0.5/Lv.) seconds to 7(-0.3/Lv.) seconds. The enhanced version has increased range.
  • Dimensional Portal: Slows enemies in range by 30% for 2 seconds and deals magic damage, marking his location and the target. After 2 seconds, marked enemies are pulled to the center and stunned for 0.5 seconds.
  • Dimensional Portal: Casting it refills his energy. A circle that hits nobody refunds 30% of the cooldown. For the next 6 seconds he can press the skill again to teleport to the circle and deal magic damage.

Bug Fixes and Optimization

  • Fixed the in-game announcement avatar for Nakroth: Levi not displaying properly.
  • Fixed players who met the Road of Legend conditions being unable to claim the rewards.
  • Fixed the Taunt button obscuring the active equipment button.
  • Fixed Gildur: Jiji and Billow: Okarun not displaying properly during Krizzix's ultimate.
  • Fixed abnormal recall voice lines on some of Max's skins inside the arena.
  • Fixed the stutter caused by Billow: Okarun's passive on its first trigger on low-end devices.