RAID Shadow Legends 8.40 - All New Balance Changes

The Update 8.40 highlights for RAID: Shadow Legends released today and with them we received information about some balance changes both to artifacts and Champions that will be coming in the new update.

In this article we’ll go over all of the changes, although there aren’t that much, to help you familiarize yourself with the new update.

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Artifact Balance Changes

This update will touch upon two already existing artifact sets - Impulse and Zeal.

Both sets currently give their effects when you have four pieces of them equipped, however, with the new update their set effects will now activate with only 2 pieces of each set, albeit they will also suffer a reduction in their numbers.

You can see the full changes below:

 

Impulse

• OLD: Impulse (4) - SPD +12%, 30% chance to reduce a random Skill cooldown by 1 turn.
• NEW: Impulse (2) - SPD +12%, 12% chance to reduce a random Skill cooldown by 1 turn.

 

Zeal

• OLD: Zeal (4) - C. DMG +25%, +7.5% damage for every 25% HP this Champion has.
• NEW: Zeal (2) - C. DMG +20%, +3% damage for every 25% HP this Champion has.

Champion Balance Changes

For Champions in this update, only two Champions will see changes to their kit, those champions are - Minaya and Queen Eva.

Below you can see all of the new balance changes coming to these two legendary Champions.

Minaya

A2

Mending Ways

• OLD: Attacks 1 enemy. Heals this Champion and the ally with the lowest HP by 10,000 HP. Has a 75% chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff on all enemies for 2 turns.
• NEW: Attacks 1 enemy. Heals this Champion and the ally with the lowest HP by 30% of this Champion's MAX HP. Has a 75% chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff and a [Leech] debuff on all enemies for 2 turns.
  • These debuffs cannot be resisted if Khoronar is on the same team.

A3

Beauty's Allure

• OLD: Heals all allies by 40% of their MAX HP. Places a [Block Debuffs] buff for 2 turns on Champions under [Increase DEF] buffs.
  • If a Champion is fully healed by this Skill, also places a [Shield] buff on them for 2 turns equal to 25% of the Champion’s HP.
• NEW: Heals all allies by 40% of their MAX HP. Places a [Block Debuffs] buff on all allies for 2 turns.
  
  • If a Champion is fully healed by this Skill, also places a [Shield] buff on them for 2 turns equal to 25% of the Champion’s HP.

Passive

Lover's Sacrifice

• OLD: Fills the Turn Meters of all allies by 20% when this Champion is killed. Revives this Champion with 75% HP when killed if Khoronar is on the same team.
• NEW: Fills the Turn Meters of all allies by 20% and heals them by 20% of this Champion's MAX HP when this Champion is killed. Revives this Champion with 75% HP when killed if Khoronar is on the same team.

Queen Eva

A1

Cauterize

• OLD: Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 50% chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff for 2 turns.
• NEW: Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 70% chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff and a [Block Buff] debuff for 2 turns.
  • Has an extra 15% of inflicting a critical hit
  • Damage multiplier increased.

A2

Ancient Curse

• OLD: Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Enemies killed by this skill cannot be revived.
• NEW: Attacks 1 enemy 2 times.
  • Ignores 50% of the target's DEF.
  • Has an extra 15% chance of inflicting a critical hit.
  • Enemies killed by this skill cannot be revived.
  • Damage multiplier increased

A3

Energy Drain

• NEW: Damage multiplier increased.

Summary

All in all, the balance changes seem interesting and we can't wait to see how the changes to both the Zeal and Impulse set will affect some champions and teams.

The buffs for both Minaya and Queen Eva are rightfully deserved, especially Queen Eva as she was doing pretty poorly before this. It is interesting to see if these Champions will see more play with their new buffs and if they will find their places somewhere in the meta.

That is all for the balance changes for Update 8.40. We'll keep you updated with any new information, so keep your eyes peeled for that.

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