Context Surrounding Balance Changes
Our deep dive into the core stats of the game at the end of last year yielded a lot of learnings that we’ll be implementing in 2024. One of the primary things that became clear to us is that many Heroes simply just have more stats than they need to be useful.
This problem quickly compounded on itself as new Heroes (and Hero Refreshes) constantly needed to catch up to what had become the new norm for Hero stats to be considered relevant. This led to a clear distinction between Heroes that “have” the stats needed, and those that don’t.
In the coming months we’ll be doing more large balance passes like the one that happened this week. You won’t see too many fine tuning type adjustments in these initial rounds of changes. Our primary focus will be on removing the bloated stats in Red Skill and Memory Disk Stat Boosts as well as the over inflated scaling values in individual Hero Skills. We strongly feel that this is the most important change to implement first which will then give way for more curated adjustments to Heroes in the future.
These balance passes are essentially done in two phases. Phase one includes adjusting the Stat Boosts from Red Skills and Memory Disks to healiter values. Phase two includes going through all the Hero’s Skills and adjusting them based on the newly updated stats.
With that said, you’ll notice some instances of Skill values being labeled as “increased” in the changes below. In most cases these are not true increases over the previous values but rather increases to scaling values during Phase two of the balance process.
We hope this is a helpful insight into our plans for Hero balance moving forward and we can’t wait to get more changes into your hands during future Patch Seasons. This is intensive work that touches every Skill in the game so we appreciate your patience and feedback along the way to get the game into a healthier state.
Individual Hero Changes
Flik
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Increased Basic Damage
- Increased Skill Power
- Bird Divebomb
- Decreased Initial Damage and Damage Over Time
- Ant Encouragement
- Decreased Shield Amount
- Inventive Ant
- Decreased Armor Amount
- Ready To Harvest
- Decreased initial and max Armor Amounts
- Decreased bonus Shield Amount granted to Ant Encouragement
- Decreased Armor Stat Boost
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Suck It Up
- Decreased Armor Reduction to Studied Enemies
- Decreased Basic Damage Reduction to Studied Enemies
- Decreased Skill Power Reduction to Studied Enemies
- Tiny But Mighty
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self and allies
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self and allies
- Decreased Health granted to self and allies
- Decreased Armor granted to self and allies
- Decreased Reality granted to self and allies
Hopper
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Insect Squish
- Decreased initial and splash damage
- Grasshopper Kick
- Decreased Damage
- Thumper Threat
- Decreased Damage, initial AoE and the follow up kick
- Bug-Eat-Bug
- Decreased Damage
- Let’s Ride!
- Decreased bonus True Damage dealt when Stunning enemies
- Decreased damage dealt to enemies who Basic Attack Hopper
- Decreased bonus initial damage added to Insect Squish
- Decreased Basic Damage Stat Boost
- Decreased Health Stat Boost
- Greed-hopper
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
- Bird Call
- Decreased bonus Damage added when Thumper lands
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
Jake Long
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Increased Skill Power
- Flame Breathing
- Increased Damage
- Bold Challenge
- Increased Dodge Chance
- A Hero’s Strength
- Decreased Basic Damage gain
- Heart of a Dragon
- Increased Shield Amount
- Decreased bonus Basic Damage granted to A Hero’s Strength
- Decreased Basic Damage Stat Boost
- Increased Health Stat Boost
- Invite Only
- Decreased Armor granted to self and allies
- Decreased Reality granted to self and allies
- Scaling Up
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self
Rose
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Rifting Impact
- Decreased Damage
- Nimble Leap
- Decreased Damage
- Valiant Slash
- Decreased Damage
- Decreased Damage Bonus per enemy hit
- Swift as Light
- Decreased Buff Removal on Basic Attacks
- Decreased Decay and Fatigue Stacks added per Buff Removed
- Decreased % Max Health Damage dealt per stack of Decay or Fatigue applied
- Decreased True Damage dealt to enemies when they use a stack of Decay or Fatigue
- Dauntless Journey
- Decreased Hardy stacks gained per Buff Removed
- Decreased Basic Damage and Skill Power gained per stack of Hardy on Rose
- Decreased duration and % of Armor and Reality Increase from using a stack of Hardy
- Decreased Basic Damage Stat Boost
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Increased the bonus True Damage granted to Rifting Impact
- Dream On
- Decreased the % of Basic Damage and Skill Power gained on a KO
- Decreased Armor granted to self and allies
- Decreased Reality granted to self and allies
- Decreased Armor reduction on Shattered enemies
- Decreased Reality reduction on Shattered enemies
- Creature Finders
- Decreased Health granted to self and allies
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self and allies
- Decreased Skill Power to self and allies
Dr. Drakken
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Nano Ticks
- Decreased initial Damage and Bonus Damage if enemies are Silenced
- How Charming
- Increased Energy Removal when Silenced enemies Basic Attack
- Increased the Bonus Damage to Silenced enemies granted to Nano Ticks
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Decreased Basic Damage Stat Boost
- Villain Elimination
- Decreased the Skill Power reduction to Mid Line enemies
- Decreased the Reality reduction to Sapped enemies
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
- Truth Detector
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
- Decreased the Armor reduction to Silenced enemies
- Decreased the Reality reduction to Silenced enemies
Duff Killigan
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Exploding Golf Ball
- Decreased Damage
- Net Score
- Decreased Damage
- Double Clubbed
- Decreased Damage
- Super Grass
- Decreased Heal Amount
- Fore!
- Decreased bonus Damage on Basic Attacks
- Increased Bonus Damage granted to Exploding Golf Ball
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Decreased Health Stat Boost
- In The Rough
- Decreased the Reality reduction to Stunned enemies
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
- How-To
- Decreased the Basic Damage reduction to Shattered enemies
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
Kim Possible
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Increased Skill Power
- Kim Of All Trades
- Increased Damage on activation 1
- Increased Energy Stolen with activation 1
- Decreased Damage on activation 2
- Increased Slow Duration on activation 2
- Increased Heal Amount on activation 3
- Increased Study Duration on activation 3
- Increased Energy Gain on activation 3
- Get A Grip
- Increased Damage
- What’s The Sitch?
- Increased Damage
- Increased % of Energy Stolen
- Power Study
- Increased Bonus Damage granted to What’s The Sitch?
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Duck Dial
- Increased % Attack Speed gained if her and allies are not Scared for a time
- Increased Basic Damage gained when she blocks a Scare
- Decreased Reality granted to Tank role allies
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
- Sitch Finder
- Increased % of Basic Damage increase she gains after KO’ing a Studied enemy
- Increased number of Basic Attacks she can perform while keeping the Basic Damage increase after KO’ing a Studied enemy
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self and allies
- Decreased Health granted to self and allies
Monkey Fist
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Increased Basic Damage
- Increased Skill Power
- Finishing Blow
- Increased Damage
- A Firm Stance
- Increased Heal Amount
- Increased % of Basic Damage and Skill Power gained
- Increased % of Movement and Attack Speed gained
- A Fighter’s Spirit
- Decreased Basic Damage gained
- Cunning Determination
- Decreased True Damage dealt after using a stack of Hardy
- Increased bonus Damage granted to Finishing Blow
- Decreased Armor Stat Boost
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Hear No Evil
- Decreased Health granted to self and allies
- Decreased Reality granted to self and allies
- Heist Homies
- Decreased Armor reduction on Pierced enemies
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self and allies
Ron Stoppable
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Mystical Monkey Powers
- Decreased Damage
- Naco Chuck
- Decreased Damage
- Decreased Slow Amount
- Rufus Rumble
- Decreased Damage
- Booyah!
- Decreased Basic Damage gained
- Essential Ron-ness
- Decreased bonus Damage on Basic Attacks dealt to enemies below a certain % Max HP threshold
- Decreased the % Max HP threshold to gain the bonus Basic Attack Damage
- Increased Stun Duration
- Decreased Health Stat Boost
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Be Your Best
- Decreased % Damage bonus against Stunned enemies
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self
- Knot A Fan
- Decreased Heal Amount after using Naco Chuck
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
Shego
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Plasma Beam
- Decreased number of times this damages enemies
- Decreased Damage per hit
- Energy Ball
- Decreased Damage
- That’s My Job!
- Decreased Heal Amount
- Evil Intentions
- Increased number of Basic Attacks to apply Shatter
- Evil Sidekick
- Decreased bonus number of times Plasma Beam damages enemies
- Decreased Shield Amount gained when enemies have Shatter applied to them
- Decreased bonus damage granted to Plasma Beam
- Decreased Basic Damage Stat Boost
- Minion Of Mine
- Increased number of Basic Attacks until Shego and Damage Role allies deal bonus Damage
- Decreased Bonus Damage added to Shego and Damage Role allies’ Basic Attacks
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self
- Cloned Companions
- Decreased the Basic Damage gained, per instance and max possible, from removing Energized Buffs
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self and allies
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
Barley Lightfoot
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Heart’s Fire!
- Decreased the % of Damage Barely takes that is converted into Basic Damage and Skill power for the encouraged ally
- Decreased the max Basic Damage and Skill Power that can be granted to the encouraged ally
- Decreased the Max Health granted to the encouraged ally
- Courageous Scuffle
- Decreased Damage
- Onward!
- Decreased total Heal over Time Amount
- Increased the total time that the Heal over Time is active
- Increased the % Max HP damage requirement at which Barely triggers his Berserk
- Destiny Awaits
- Decreased the % of Damage taken by Barley converted into Healing for the encouraged ally
- Decreased the Skill Power granted to the encouraged ally
- Decreased Health Stat Boost
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Hard-Won Gift
- Decreased Skill Power gained when completing Quests
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self and allies
- Decreased Reality granted to self and allies
- Magic 101
- Decreased Armor granted to Control Role allies
- Decreased Armor granted to self
Ian Lightfoot
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Voltar Thundasir
- Decreased Damage
- Boom Bastia
- Decreased Damage
- Magnora Gantuan
- Decreased Max Health reduction
- Decreased Basic Damage reduction
- Stronger Magic
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Decreased Reality Stat Boost
- Quest Ho!
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
- Magical Memoir
- Decreased bonus Damage added to Ian’s Reflects
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
Manticore
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Curse Crusher
- Decreased bonus % Damage dealt to favored enemy
- Decreased Damage
- Scorpion Tail Sting
- Decreased Damage
- Fiery Roar
- Decreased Damage
- Decreased Armor reduction to favored enemy
- Ferocious and Fearless
- Decreased Basic Damage gained
- Adventure Seeker
- Decreased bonus Basic Damage granted to Ferocious and Fearless
- Decreased Skill Power Stat Boost
- Decreased Armor Stat Boost
- Luck Dragon
- Decreased total Damage dealt from the Damage over Time applied to enemies when they arrive in battle
- Increased the time it takes for the bonus % Damage to be added to Damage over Time effects
- Decreased the bonus % Damage added to Damage over Time effects
- Decreased Health granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self and allies
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self and allies
- Royal Quest
- Decreased Heal Amount
- Increased Energy Gain
- Decreased Armor granted to self
Mike Wazowski
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Base Stats
- Increased Health
- Sonic Belch
- Decreased Damage
- Canister Toss
- Increased Scare Duration
- On A Roll
- Decreased Damage
- Fight or Fright
- Increased Stun Duration
- Let It Roll
- Decreased the % Max Health Damage dealt to enemies when they are Scared while already being Scared
- Decreased the bonus Damage granted to Sonic Belch
- Decreased Health Stat Boost
- Decreased Armor Stat Boost
- Top Scarer
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
- Peel of Laughter
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
Randall Boggs
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Scream Selection
- Decreased Damage
- Monster Punch
- Decreased Damage
- Increased % Max HP threshold to have a lower cooldown on the counter
- Color Changer
- Decreased Revive Health
- Decreased bonus % Damage dealt to Scared enemies
- Winds of Change
- Increased bonus Damage granted to Scream Selection
- Decreased Basic Damage Stat Boost
- Decreased Health Stat Boost
- Transfiguration Time
- Decreased bonus True Damage added onto Basic Attacks
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
- Decreased Armor granted to self
- Tricks of the Trade
- Decreased Basic Damage granted to self
- Decreased Health granted to self
Sulley & Boo
*Most of this Hero’s Red Skill and Memory Discs Stat Boosts were decreased and their Skills were adjusted to align with healthier values for the game.
- Scaring is Caring
- Decreased Damage
- Healing Laughter
- Decreased Healing
- Toy Tantrum
- Decreased Damage
- Scream Power
- Decreased Skill Power gained per enemy Scared
- Decreased % of Skill Power converted into Armor
- Scream Quota
- Decreased bonus Healing added to Healing Laughter
- Decreased Health Stat Boost
- Decreased Armor Stat Boost
- Wreck and Repair
- Decreased Amount Healed each time Sulley avoids a Disable
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
- Decreased Reality granted to self
- Play Together
- Decreased the % of Healing from Healing Laughter Sulley shares with his allies
- Decreased Skill Power granted to self
Upcoming Hero Balancing Sneak Peak:
Below is a sneak peak of future batches of hero re-balancing we’ll be working on in the near future. We’ve tied them to Patch Seasons to allow you to test them out in a controlled environment in Franchise Trials, so you can see how the changes will affect gameplay.
Balancing efforts are not limited to the below batches; we are still working on grouping up the different franchises affected by last year’s power creep! As stated before, balancing is a constant effort, so there will be continued tweaks and adjustments even after we have done the major balancing efforts.
Patch Season 17:
- Nightmare Before Christmas
- Tron Legacy
- The Emperor’s New Groove
- Coco
- Pirates of the Caribbean
Patch Season 18:
- Hercules
- The Jungle Book
- Hocus Pocus
- The Owl House
Patch Seasons 19-21: TBD
There are over 200 heroes now in DHBM, and we may miss something! Please continue to leave us feedback or suggestions if you run into any issues or major red flags regarding the changes.
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