On September 25th, Honor of Kings will officially start the S37 season, and the new season changes involve canyon mechanics, game experience, and equipment and hero adjustments.
Alex summarized the 10 most important changes in the new season to help everyone adapt to the new version of the S37 season as soon as possible!
1. New qualifying point mechanism
The matchmaking algorithm for the S37 season will be refactored to put players of equal strength in the same matchmaking pool to reduce the occurrence of uneven matchmaking matches.
The qualifying matches of the new season will be changed to a point system, with every 100 qualifying points = 1 star, 100 points will be added for winning a game, and 100 points will be deducted for losing a game.
According to the player's performance, about 100 points will be added to the gold medal and about 40 points will be added to the silver medal, which is equivalent to 2 stars for the gold medal of the winning team and 2 stars for the gold medal of the losing team.
2. Optimize the post-competition scoring mechanism
Since the scoring speed in the new season is linked to the gold and silver medals, the scoring mechanism has also been improved and optimized, and the impact of team contribution behavior on post-match scoring has been improved.
Added evaluation dimensions: Diverted Resource Acquisition, Damage/Vision/Healing/Control Value, Number of Push Towers, Consecutive Kills, and Assist in Pulling Dragons/Pushing Towers.
In other words, in the future, it is not possible to win gold and silver medals by hiding in the back row and mixing assists to protect KDA, the rating will focus more on the player's performance in the game, and making more positive contributions will increase the score.
3. 10 BAN positions in the pinnacle competition
The pinnacle match is changed to 1 BAN slot per person, and both sides are banned at the same time, so you can see the bans of your teammates, but not the bans of your enemies.
Therefore, there may be duplication of BAN people on both sides, for example, the probability of new hero Shadow, Shao Siyuan and Doria on the BAN position is very high, and the probability of BAN dropping 7/8 heroes is generally relatively large.
The 6BAN position in the qualifying match remains unchanged, and the announcement mentions that the 10BAN position will be tested in the pinnacle competition for a period of time, and then consider whether to introduce it into the qualifying competition.
4. Creeps have added a new aggro mechanic
Creep aggro mechanic: When an enemy creep attacks an enemy hero within a certain radius, the creep will immediately shift the target to the attacker.
As shown in the figure below, the original enemy three minions were in front of the attack on our side, and Gongsun Li went up to attack the enemy hero, and the enemy creeps would shift their hatred to attack Gongsun Li.
The creep aggro mechanic has a range of about 400 yards, which is a flash of distance, so be sure to pay special attention to this when laning in the new season, and try not to fight against enemy creep damage.
5. New Hero Shadow: Berserkers from near and far
The new Hero Shadow has two basic attack forms: melee and ranged, with one skill gaining high movement speed and attack speed bonuses, and the other skill continuously outputting and regenerating health.
The ultimate active release grants a 50%/75%/100% HP and movement speed bonus for 4 seconds, and if it is passively released, it will revive after 2 seconds.
The new hero shadow fight against the road recommends a half-meat outfit, and the jungler can choose a half-meat play style if there is a lack of output, and choose a full-meat reloading stream if there is a lack of output according to the situation of his own lineup.
Sixth, auxiliary special attention: the wolf is strengthened, and the shape is adjusted
Running Wolf Support Action Skill: Added a new effect that retains 20% acceleration when attacking an enemy or being attacked by an enemy hero.
In the past, after opening the active skill, the attack or attack acceleration would be directly invalidated, but this change is good news for Guiguzi, Donghuang Taiyi and other group-opening supports.
Shape Zhao Support Action Skill: Reduces the current health by 2% for each damage, and the searchlight wave released by the new effect will remain in the range for 2 seconds.
As shown in the image above, the Action Skill can last for 2 seconds after capturing the enemy's vision in the grass, so be careful to leave this range if you are out of sight in the new season.
7. Special attention to the middle lane: Golden Cicada redo
The new version of the Golden Cicada passive skill can resist hard control every 60~48 seconds, and the attack frequency of the second skill has been increased, and the self-protection and output capabilities have been strengthened.
Skill 3 adds knockback control, enemies hit by the Hoop Spell will bounce back for extra damage, and you can also share the passive resistance hard control with nearby teammates for 5 seconds.
8. Special attention to the jungler: Han Xin mutation
Han Xin's passive fourth basic attack damage is increased and comes with 15% lifesteal, the second skill sweep and the fourth basic attack can be combined into a super sweep, and you can card the vision or squat grass empty A3 times in the future, and then receive a 21A super sweep.
The cost is that the passive attack speed bonus has been adjusted from 50% to 25%-50%, the knockback of one skill has been changed from 0.8 seconds to 0.5 seconds, and the base damage of one/two skills has been reduced and the additional AD bonus has been increased.
The overall change is good for the output stream Hanxin, and the reloading stream Hanxin is still playable, after all, the flesh suits such as Blood Demon's Fury, Overlord Reload, and Angry Dragon Sword and Shield have not been weakened.
9. Special attention to the confrontation road: Lu Bu strengthened
When Lu Bu's first skill is not enchanted, it adds 25% physical penetration, which increases Lu Bu's line clearing speed and the damage of the first knife in the starting hand, and the strength of the line will be improved in the early stage.
The teleportation array is now activated after defeating the Space Spirit, which is equivalent to killing the Space Spirit at 1 minute to use the teleportation array, instead of 2 minutes later.
After clearing the second wave of lines in the new season, the income of directly helping to fight against the spirit of space will be very high, and after taking it, you can directly use the teleportation array to return to the middle lane tower.
10. Shooters pay special attention: Long Yao's combination is strengthened
After Ao Yin activates the four skills, Yao's possession status will not be canceled, allowing Yao to follow Ao Yin all the time to provide him with shields, replenishment control, and passive bonuses to the Aurora Aura.
After Ao Yin opened up, it was easy to cause the auxiliary to be disjointed and "sold", and after this change, Yao became the most suitable auxiliary for Ao Yin, and the performance of this shooting and auxiliary combination in the new season is very worth looking forward to.
The above are the top ten changes that need to be focused on in the new season of S37, if you want to know more about the Honor of Kings strategy, please remember to pay attention! #秋日生活打卡季#