Balance changes
We have released a series of balance changes designed to enhance your Runner experience and keep races fresh and fair! Read more about them here:
General
Animal Abilities
“We have improved the system surrounding direct attack Abilities. Now we can enhance how they work and align them more with how we have envisioned them.”
- Animals will never actively attack friendlies if they can help it. But they will attack opponents, and if a friendly is in the way, they will also be affected by it.
Traps
“As with Animal Abilities, with the improved new systems we are updating the existing Traps to be more consistent with this new way of setting Traps that came with the Freeze Spike.”
- All Traps will now be armed based on conditions, rather than a fixed set of time.
- Conditions: Colliding with terrain, landing on the ground, slowing down, etc.
Animals
Bear
“Bear wasn’t fast enough, so we’re making him faster.”
Ability
- Speed Boost: 25 m/s → 27 m/s
Cat
“Cat is stealthy, but not very fast. Not anymore!”
Ability
- Dash: 50 m/s → 52 m/s
- Speed: +10% → +12.5%
Bunny
“Bunny is pretty good in high ranks but doesn’t do as well in the lower ones. We’re improving her base stats to help this.”
Stats
- Top Speed: 16.65 m/s → 16.83 m/s
- Climbing: 7.21 m/s → 7.34 m/s
Lion
“Lion is still too good. We’re bringing him down.”
Stats
- Top Speed: 18.7 m/s → 18.35 m/s
- Acceleration: 0-15 m/s in 1.55s → 0-15 m/s in 1.57s
Passive
- Speed Burst: 4.5 m/s → 4 m/s
Hippo
“Hippo is getting a small boost in her ability to catch up to other Runners while her Ability is active.”
Ability
- Speed Boost: 15 m/s → 18 m/s
Powerups
Slow Grenade
“Slow Grenade is getting a bump in its duration of Slow.”
- Slow Duration: 2.5s → 3.0s
Hexa Shield
“Hexa Shield is still dominating. So we’re adding in a new function to it, to make it a bit more punishing if used incorrectly.”
- [NEW] Acceleration: -50%
Bear Trap
“Bear Trap is updated to the new way of activating Traps.”
- Activation: After 0.33 seconds → When landing on the ground
Punch Box
“Punch Box is updated to the new way of activating Traps.”
- Activation: After 0.33 seconds → When landing on the ground
- Ability Charge: 50 → 40
Hover Bomb
“Hover Bomb is updated to the new way of activating Traps.”
- Activation: After 0.33 seconds → When stopping
- Lifetime: 3.0s → 3.5s
Slow Storm
“Slow Storm is getting a boost to its Slow.”
- Slow: 50% → 65%
Slow Gate
“Slow Gate is gonna make you slower for longer.”
- Slow Duration: 2.5s → 3.0s
Elektro Shock
“Elektro Shock is still trailing behind, even with its previous buffs. We’re making it a bit stronger once again.”
- Hit Box Radius: 3.7 m → 4.0 m
- Kill Timer: 1.5s → 1.7s
Vortex Grasp
“Vortex Grasp is strong. Too strong. So we’re bringing it back a bit.”
- Hit Box: 13 m → 12 m
- Force: 20 m/s → 18 m/s