Massive Paladins update out now (version 1.3)

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop

Following a bit of downtime, a massive update has gone live for Paladins on Switch. Version 1.3 can be accessed starting now.

There’s a ton to today’s update, including new Champion Koga. We have the full rundown of the patch from Hi-Rez Studios below.

Welcome to 1.3!
Koga’s Revenge introduces our latest thrill seeking Champion – Koga. Run up walls, dash between platforms, and throw claws of flame at your enemies. Zhin’s former student has reappeared in the Realm, seeking revenge against the Thousand Hands Guild.
Honestly, this patch is so packed there was no way we could fit all the awesome content in our normal overview. So here are some bullet points:
NEW Champion – Koga, the Lost Hand
NEW Team Deathmatch Map – Abyss
Throne from Abyssal Spire is now a Custom Team Deathmatch Map
Multi-Queue is back!
Yes, that means that Team Deathmatch and Onslaught Queues have been separated 🙂
Battle Pass #2!
25% Faster
100% more unlocks (100+ in total)
1 month longer to complete
Cooler Challenges (and maybe a secret?)
3 Epic Skins
A DRAGON MOUNT
Cosmetic Wheel, so you have more ways to show off after eliminating your opponents
New Ranked Split
You know that thing where you’re making a Loadout, the queue pops, then you get sad because you can’t finish the loadout before the match? Now you can – until all the other players have accepted!
Rise of Furia is ending with 1.3, this is your last chance to unlock Abyssal Lord Drogoz forever!
A DRAGON MOUNT
Have fun in 1.3, Champions.
NEW CHAMPION: KOGA, THE LOST HAND
Once, a nameless street rat challenged the tyrant Zhin. For the boy’s remarkable skills, Zhin granted him a new life in the Thousands Hands Guild, and a new name: Koga. The Guild was Koga’s family and he became their finest ninja. But not all families get along. Jealous lies spread, false evidence was planted, and Zhin’s fury forced Koga to flee. Now the exiled ninja fights for his new family — The Paladins — as he searches for the one who betrayed him.
Overview
Role: Flank
Health: 1900
Koga is our first champion with no cooldowns on his abilities. Instead his abilities cost Energy, a resource that regenerates over time. Energy fills 3 bars on Koga’s screen, each bar representing a single unit of Energy.
Passive: Holding Jump while running into a wall will cause Koga to start climbing it.
Abilities
[WEAPON] SUBMACHINE GUNS
Fires two rounds each dealing 40 damage every 0.06s
[WEAPON] HELLKITE CLAWS
Hurl a fiery slash dealing 600 damage every 0.55s. Only usable while in Dragon Stance.
[ALT-FIRE] SHADOW STEP
Quickly dart forward becoming untargetable for the duration. Consumes 1 unit of energy. Becomes unusable while in Dragon Stance.
[ALT-FIRE] SKEWER
Dash forward slicing anything in your path for 600 damage. Consumes all energy. Only usable while in Dragon Stance.
[ABILITY 1] AGILITY
Move 50% faster for 4s. Consumes 1 unit of energy.
[ABILITY 2] DRAGON STANCE
Unleash your Hellkite Claws. While in this stance you are constantly consuming energy.
[ULTIMATE] CYCLONE STRIKE
Melt into the shadows becoming untargetable and striking anyone within 25 feet of you for 1500 damage per second over 2s. Goes through shields.
Talents
[Default] Adrenaline Junkie: Dealing damage with your Submachine Guns restore energy.
[Level 2] Blood Reaper: Skewer deals up to 400 bonus damage based on the amount of energy it consumed.
[Level 8] Master of Arms: Hits with your Submachine Guns cost no ammo.
[Level 12] Dragon Fangs: Hellkite Claws no longer consume energy, and instead consume 200 health per second.
Cards
Weapon/Armor
Trigger Happy
While firing your SMGs gain increased healing received by 10/20/30/40/50%
Harsh Training
Increase Health by 50/100/150/200/250
Memento
Gain 14/28/42/56/70% Crowd Control and Slow Reduction
Something to Prove
Falling below 50% health grants 10/20/30/40/50% energy. Internal cooldown of 10s
Shadow Step / Skewer
Gale Storm
Kills with Skewer recover 10/20/30/40/50% energy
Guild Tactics
Kills with Skewer heal you for 200/400/600/800/1000 health
Surprise!
Using Shadow Step restores 8/16/24/32/40 ammo
Tenacious
Using Shadow Step heals you for 60/120/180/240/300 health
Agility
Wanted
Gain 4/8/12/16/20 ammo per second while Agility is active.
Trespasser
Gain 10/20/30/40/50% increased jump height while Agility is active.
Wind’s Embrace
Heal 20/40/60/80/100 health per second while Agility is active.
Raw Talent
Increase the speed boost of Agility by 4/8/12/16/20%
Dragon Stance
Criminal Record
Claw attacks gain 5/10/15/20/25% lifesteal
Trained Killer
While in Dragon Stance gain 6/12/18/24/30 ammo per second
Swift Hands
Reduce time to switch weapons by 10/20/30/40/50%
Unyielding
Enemies hit by Claw attacks receive 15/30/45/60/75% less healing for 3s

MAPS
New Map: Abyss
Abyss is our newest Team Deathmatch Map, inspired by the Rise of Furia event! It contains many of the unique game mechanics introduced during the Abyssal Spire Climb, including Jump Pads and Powerups!
Abyss Powerups
Provides 100% Ultimate Charge to the Champion who picks it up
Spawns at 40 seconds
Respawns every 60 seconds
Two locations on the map
New Map: Throne
The Throne found at the top of the Abyssal Spire has been added as a Custom Team Deathmatch Map. Perfect for those players that want to have smaller matches with their friends!
New Map Rotation
The Team Deathmatch and Onslaught queues now have the following maps in rotation:
Team Deathmatch
Abyss
Snowfall Junction
Trade District
Onslaught
Magistrate’s Archive
Foremans Rise
Primal Court
The Team Deathmatch Practice queue no longer has Magistrate’s Archive or Foreman’s Rise, but it now has Snowfall Junction.

BATTLE PASS #2
Our first Battle Pass of 2018 is coming to an end, and we’re jumping straight into the next one! Battle Pass #2 features more rewards, takes 25% less time to complete, and lasts for an extra month! Check out the new Exclusive content that Koga has brought along with him.
Battle Pass #1 will become unpurchasable with the release of Update 1.3
Players will not be able to unlock any more Battle Pass #1 rewards after 1.3 is released
Battle Pass #2 will be available for purchase with the release of Update 1.3
Scheduled to end in November, 2018.
The Battle Pass allows you to experience Paladins like never before!! Receive instant rewards for purchasing, and unlock over 100 goodies more just by playing and leveling up your Battle Pass. All players start earning Battle Pass #2 experience as soon as Update 1.3 is released, leveling up from 1 to 75.
Battle Pass members will unlock a reward every level, and also unlock the rewards along the free track as well!
The Paladins Battle Pass #2 costs 600 Crystals, and rewards you just for playing. You can unlock up to 150 Crystals in Battle Pass #2, reducing the cost to 450 Crystals for a Mount, three Skins, and dozens more great rewards!
For more details, visit the Battle Pass website.
Instant Unlocks (Exclusive to Battle Pass Purchasers)
Legendary “Crimson Serpent” Mount
Limited “Shogunate” Animated Loading Frame
Limited “Oni Mask” Avatar
50% Boost for the duration of Battle Pass
Battle Pass Experience
Account Experience
Champion Experience
Gold Earned
These unlocks will never be available after Battle Pass 2
Epic Tiered Rewards (Exclusive to Battle Pass Purchasers)
Players will earn an Epic Tier Completion reward every 10 Battle Pass Levels, including two new cosmetic types exclusive to the Battle Pass – 3D Sprays and Animated MVP Poses.
Makoa – Akuma Skin
Unlock at Level 10
New Cosmetic Type: Crystalize 3D Spray
Unlock at Level 20
Dragonfire Animated Spray
Unlocked at Level 30
Cassie – Dragoncaller Skin
Unlocked at Level 40
Ruby Stinger Deathstamp
Unlocked at Level 50
Shadowblade, Animated Avatar
Unlocked at Level 60
Fernando – Surf Roaming Emote
Unlocked at Level 70
Mal’Damba – Shadow Lord Skin
Unlocked at Level 75
Additional Unlocks! (Exclusive to Battle Pass Purchasers)
You unlock content every level you advance in the Battle Pass #2!
Switch DLC bundles for Crystals
Feudal Chests
Unlock multiple Feudal Chests throughout Battle Pass #2
Contents
Kunoichi, Epic Skye Skin
Oni, Epic Talus Skin
Ronin, Epic Ash Skin
Inferno, Epic Ash Emote
Chrome, Rare Skye Skin
A Better Tomorrow, Rare Talus MVP Pose
Aftermath, Rare Ash MVP Pose
Superior, Rare Skye MVP Pose
Ash Voice Pack
Skye Voice Pack
Talus Voice Pack
Rare MVP Poses
Ash, Battle Hardened
Talus, Trickster
NEW Cosmetic Type: Animated MVP Pose
Koga, Strike Pose
Red Assassin Spray
Legendary Emote
Zhin, Sulk
Legendary Dance Emote
Kinessa, Clocking
25% Bonus Boost
The more you play the faster you unlock. Boost your boost by up to 25%!
150 Crystals
Earn back crystals to use on other awesome content.
200,000 Gold
Earn additional Gold throughout the Battle Pass.
Battle Pass Team Boosters
Boost your team so they, and you, earn 20% more Battle Pass Experience at the end of a match.
Frontline Battle Chest
Unlock Skins and Voice Packs for Frontline Champions.
Support Battle Chest
Unlock Skins and Voice Packs for Support Champions.
Flank Battle Chest
Unlock Skins and Voice Packs for Flank Champions.
Damage Battle Chest
Unlock Skins and Voice Packs for Damage Champions.
Free Unlocks
Players who do not purchase the Battle Pass are still able to collect free rewards such as Gold and Diamond chests while leveling up (Battle Pass members will receive both!) If you decide to purchase the Battle Pass later, you will retroactively receive all the rewards up to your current Battle Pass Level.
The Lost Hand Avatar
Community Avatars
Diamond Chest
Gold Chest
Blue Assassin Spray
100,000 Gold
Legendary Title Challenges
Unlock all 7 Tiers to unlock the Legendary Title “The Ninja”
FeyRazzle Announcer Pack
The Sexiest Voice on Twitch is now available as an Announcer in Paladins!
Battle Pass Team Boosters
Boost your team so they, and you, earn 20% more Battle Pass Experience at the end of a match.
Frontline Battle Chest
Unlock Skins and Voice Packs for Frontline Champions.
Support Battle Chest
Unlock Skins and Voice Packs for Support Champions.
Flank Battle Chest
Unlock Skins and Voice Packs for Flank Champions.
Damage Battle Chest
Unlock Skins and Voice Packs for Damage Champions.
Challenges
Walk Koga’s path and complete 7 Tiers of Challenges. Each tier completed will earn you Battle Pass Experience to help you unlock your Epic Rewards even faster. Complete all 7 Tiers to unlock the Legendary Title, “The Ninja”…and maybe something more!
Challenge Tiers
Tier 1: Humble Beginnings
Tier 2: A Shinobi’s Code
Tier 3: The Art of Ninjutsu
Tier 4: The Silent Night
Tier 5: Journey of a Thousand Sins
Tier 6: Deadly Blade
Tier 7: Demon of the Thousand Hands

GENERAL
Rise of Furia Ending
The Rise of Furia Event will be coming to an end in 1.3, which means players have until the release of 1.3 to purchase the limited event bundles!
Rise of Furia Event game mode will no longer be playable in 1.3
Rise of Furia Event Bundles, and Event Store Items will no longer be available in 1.3
Bundles
Abyssal Lord Drogoz Bundle (Abyssal Lord Drogoz is Limited and will never available again)
Demonette Maeve Bundle
Archangel Tyra Bundle
Fallen Androxus Bundle
Event Store
Unimpressed, Khan Roaming Emote
Spooky, Seris Roaming Emote
Break Dance, Makoa Roaming Emote
Corrupter, Animated Avatar
Death Stare, Animated Spray
Rise of Furia, Music Pack
Players who have enough unspent Abyssal Shards and Furia’s Blessing will receive unowned Event Store items at a 1:1 cost.
Players that own all Event Store Items and 1,000+ Abyssal Shards will receive a Diamond Chest.
Season Pass
Battle Pass Refunds
Players who purchased the Season Pass after purchasing Battle Pass #1 will be refunded 500 crystals.
All players who purchase the Season Pass after 1.3 will receive Crystals equal to the cost of all Battle Passes owned
Battle Pass 1 Refund: 500 Crystals
Battle Pass 2 Refund: 600 Crystals
Players who purchase the Season Pass after 1.3 releases will still receive the Limited Unlocks from Battle Pass 1. This is now the only way to obtain this content, and once the 2018 Season Pass leaves in early 2019, these items will never be available again.
Mecha Prowler Mount
Full Metal, Animated Loading Frame
Terminating, Animated Avatar
Queues
Deathmatch and Onslaught Game Modes have been separated into their own Queues.
Players now queue for either Ranked, or Quick Play.
Quick Play is a Multiple Queue System containing the following Game Modes
Siege
Team Deathmatch
Onslaught
Players can enable or disable any of the Game Mode options inside the Quick Play Settings menu.
Main Menu
New Login Screen
New Landing Page Scenery
New Battle Pass Menu
Cosmetic Wheel
1.3 brings a new Cosmetic Wheel feature, so you can can use multiple Sprays and Emotes in game! Players can equip up to 4 total Sprays and 4 total Emotes.
The Cosmetic Wheel can be accessed by Selecting <G> on PC, or <LEFT D-PAD> on Console, replacing Weapon Inspect. Players can still use their binds for Sprays, which will play the last selected on the Cosmetic Wheel.
Weapon Inspect
Now access from the Cosmetic Wheel.
Mount
Players can now mount early inside their Spawn Room with the Cosmetic Wheel.
Emotes
There are 4 Emote Slots. Emote Slots are per Champion. These are set and purchased in each Champion’s customization menu.
Sprays
There are 4 Spray Slots. Spray Slots are Global and carry across all Champions. These are set and ourchased on the Loadout menu in your Profile
Spray Slots
Spray Slot 2: 50,000 Gold
Spray Slot 3: 100,000 Gold
Spray Slot 4: 150,000 Gold
Emote Slots
Emote Slot 2: 50,000 Gold
Emote Slot 3: 100,000 Gold
Emote Slot 4: 150,000 Gold
NEW Splash Art
Cassie
Blood Moon
Nightbane
Northern Watch
Evie
Trouble Maker
Kinessa
Cutthroat
Makoa
Plushy
Cuddly
Pip
Default
Sulfur
Ying
Genie
Champion Prices
Inara Champion price reduced from 300 Crystals / 60,000 Gold to 200 Crystals / 30,000 Gold
Willo Champion price reduced from 300 Crystals / 60,000 Gold to 200 Crystals / 30,000 Gold
Barik Champion price reduced from 200 Crystals / 30,000 Gold to 100 Crystals / 15,000 Gold
Grover Champion price reduced from 200 Crystals / 30,000 Gold to 100 Crystals / 15,000 Gold
Miscellaneous
When a Match Queue pops, players can still browse through menus after accepting. Players will not be pulled into Champion select until all players have accepted.
Updated Auto Purchase Items list for players and bots to pick more widely used Items.

RANKED RESET: SPLIT 2
Split 1 of Season 2 is coming to an end in 1.3, which means Split 2 is starting up!
Soft Matchmaking Rating Reset
New Qualifying Matches
Leaderboard Wipe
New Split Rewards
Reward for playing 25 games: Vox Announcer Pack
Reward for finishing your placement matches: Gold Chest
Leaderboard Crystals
Players who end Split 1 at the Top of the Individual Champion or Grandmasters Leaderboards will receive Crystals. You still have a little time to reach the top!
Overall Grandmasters Leaderboard
1st
Crystals: 2500
2nd
Crystals: 1500
3rd
Crystals: 800
4th– 10th
Crystals: 400
11th-100th
Crystals: 200
Individual Champion Leaderboards
1st Place
Crystals: 400
2nd Place
Crystals: 200
3rd Place
Crystals: 100

CUSTOMIZATIONS
Battle Pass
Battle Pass #2
600 Crystals
Battle Pass Experience Bundle
35 Crystals
Announcer Packs
We’ve added new Announcer packs for 25,000 Gold Each:
ESLA Announcer
German Announcer
French Announcer
PTBR Announcer
Russian Announcer
Koga
Exile
200 Crystals / 60,000 Gold
Golden
Unlocked by reaching Mastery Level 50

CHAMPIONS

Buck
Shotgun
Reduced first shell reload time 0.7s ➡️ 0.4s
Increased Post Reload Time 0.17 ➡️ 0.47
Ensnare
Damage bonus on targets hit now last 2s, regardless of slow duration.
Cards
Rapid Sustain
Reduced Increased Healing {10|10}% ➡️ {5|5}%
Deep Breath
Reduced Damage Reduction scaling {8|8}% ➡️ {6|6}%
Reduced Length 3s ➡️ 2s

Drogoz
Talents
Fusillade
Reduced bonus damage from 35% ➡️ 25%
Reign of Terror
No longer increases the damage of Salvo
Now reduces the Cooldown of Salvo by 5s
NEW DESC: “Salvo now activates instantly, always fires 6 shots, and has its cooldown reduced by 5s.”

Furia
Talents
Cherish
Reduced bonus healing 50% ➡️ 25%

BUG FIXES
Champions
Bomb King
Grumpy Bomb no longer deals 3x damage to Shields.
Drogoz
Updated Booster Audio whicher was quieter than intended to enemy players.
Furia
Fixed an issue where Furia’s Wrings of Wrath Projectiles were sometimes tracking and moving through walls.
Fixed an issue where Solar Blessing could sometimes heal shields.
Fixed an issue where Pyre Strike would not display on Low Particle Settings.
Updated Furia’s German Lore
Kinessa
Kinessa’s scope overlay now properly shows 6 bullets instead of 5.
Khan
Fixed an issue where Khans Unimpressed Emote would freeze before it began clapping.
Mal’Damba
Updated Mending Spirits Hit Registration Audio which was quieter than intended.
Skye
Updated Surprise Attack description to better convey function.
Strix
Updated Footsteps Audio which was louder than intended to enemy players.
Maps
Addressed a problem in Team Deathmatch where on initial spawn, teammates would sometimes not spawn near each other.
Ascension Peak
Improved collision around center pillars
Foreman’s Rise (Custom Team Deathmatch)
Improved spawn points to improve gameplay flow and prevent spawn camping.
Frog Isle
Fixed a collision bug where players could partly clip into a pillar.
Improved general Collision around the map.
Jaguar Head
Improved general Collision around the map.
Magistrate’s Archive (Custom Team Deathmatch)
Improved spawn points to improve gameplay flow and prevent spawn camping.
Shooting Range
Fixed collision bugs where players could clip into walls.
Snowfall Junction
Removed clutter to improve performance and collision.
Trade District
Modified spawn points to improve gameplay flow.
General
Disabled ‘Ratings’ Tab in profile
Fixed multiple animations on various characters not properly scaling camera animation when the associated animation was sped up (for instance, reload animation while Deft Hands is equipped).
Fixed gamepad keybind prompts showing up in weird orders.
Fixed an issue where some shots on the server were occasionally using different accuracy values on the server, causing some hits to be denied.
Turned off Beta Player Achievement.
Fixed an issue where the Ranked progress bar was stuck in place.
Fixed an issue where enemy mount footstep audio was too quiet compared to other game sounds.
Fixed an issue where text for the Report Window did not wrap in the text box.
Fixed Master Collector Award to now say ‘Talents’ instead of ‘Cards’.
Console only
[Switch] Fixed issue with B button not backing out of Battle Pass purchase window.

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