ORDS – Balance / Changes

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Valendor

Goblin Lord

• Goblin Warrior:
  • No longer grants experience

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Stone Guardian

• Living Fragment:
  • HP: 120,000 → 80,000

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King of the Underworld

• Now deals 33% less damage from all abilities
• Burn tick (while minions are alive):
  • 2 seconds instead of 1

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Orc Warlord

• Totems:
  • Damage: 5% → 4% HP
  • Pulse interval: 2s instead of 1s
• Energy range now depends on the Lord, not the totems
  • Totems convert spell power (should be destroyed)

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Cave Ogre

• 87% resistance to ranged weapons
• 65% resistance to melee (from 50%)

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Swamp Beast

• Swamp Drone:
  • Smaller model (easier melee combat)
  • Slightly increased base resistance

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Black Troll

• HP: 25,000,000 → 45,000,000
• Melee damage increased by 56%
• Reduced reflect spell spam
  • Other abilities increased by 125%

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Ancient Guardian

• Drain fragments:
  • Healing: 2% → 1% HP
• During fragment phase:
  • 33% less damage dealt
• Final breath:
  • 37% less damage
• HP:
  • 500,000,000 → 375,000,000

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Jarkendar Underground

Spider Queen

• Poison:
  • 80% → 12% HP

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Karanthul

• Charge phase range:
  • 1000 → 700

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Ancient Chieftain

• Damage reduced by 22%
• Max minions:
  • 6 → 4

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Grove Guardian

• Significantly reduced reflect damage
• HP:
  • 25,000,000 → 45,000,000
• No summons:
  • significantly better loot

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Ancient Underground Guardian

• Summoned mages:
  • Cast every 4s instead of 2s
  • Deal 5% HP instead of 8%
• The more mages alive, the more spells are cast
• Visual effects optimized
• Increased reaction window during ritual
• Distance penalty (>2000 range):
  • 95% → 75% HP

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Bloody Map

Bloody Beast

• Increased HP
• Increased weapon resistances

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Dragon Call

• Destruction waves:
  • 20% → 31% HP

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Blood Avatar

• Fixed spawn at 21:00
• Rage phase (33% HP):
  • 15% less damage
• Added regeneration mechanic:
  • 45,000,000 HP every 15 seconds

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Ohnum

• Statue phase (phase 1):
  • Healing: 5% → 3%
  • Max statues: 5 → 4
• Final phase:
  • Healing: 10% → 6%

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Lord Rethan

• Regeneration:
  • every 35s instead of 25s
• HP:
  • 498,750,000 → 798,750,000
• Spinning Sword:
  • 27% less damage
• Slash:
  • Cast less frequently
• Rage phase:
  • +50% damage instead of 75%

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Demonic Queen

• Improved projectile timing
• Fully charged ability:
  • 71% → 61% HP
• Healing:
  • +12% effectiveness
• Effects refresh more reliably (e.g. in mines)

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Varrag Ruushk

• Position changed (Xavius Island – in front of tent)
• Summons improved
• Summon damage:
  • -1%
• Summon healing:
  • -0.5%

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Corrupted Troll

• Rage phase (25% HP):
  • Ticks: 5 → 6
  • Damage: 7% → 6% max HP

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Vethar

• Reflect mechanics:
  • Reduced by 66% (less RNG, more control)
• Increased critical damage (can be mitigated by blocking)
• Final phase:
  • Healing: 3% → 2% per second for 2 seconds
  • Global resistance: +3%
  • Charged attack every 35s:
    • 46% → 39% HP
• Blood Mages:
  • Fixed spell usage
  • Spawn: 5s instead of 10s
  • Damage: -58%
  • Split between max 3 players

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Black Rose Fortress

• Hot Zone expanded to entire fortress
• Removed spots allowing mechanic bypass

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Lord Drops

• All Lord loot has been completely redesigned from scratch
• All Lords are now significantly more rewarding
• Most Lords:
  • have increased resistance to ranged weapons
  • especially when mechanics are being bypassed
• Lords without summons:
  • are currently the most efficient targets
• Loot system improved:
  • less item spam
  • more meaningful rewards

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Other

• Fixed Notice Board task assignment in Valendor

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Potions

• Healing Power:
  • now works 50% more effectively on all base maps
  • (excluding Ruhmar)

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Drop

• Drop system has been reworked
• Drop calculation has most likely been significantly improved
  • Loot distribution between player groups should now be noticeably more efficient