StormStriker 1.46.0 Patch Notes (May 22, 2025)

Hello StormStriker players!

We’re excited to introduce the 1.46 update. Here’s what’s new:

Lightning and Teo Join the Battle

• The new character Lightning makes her debut, and Teo returns to the battlefield!

• Please refer to the Balance section below for more details.

Lucy's Skill Swap Added

A new skill swap has been added for Lucy, tailored for a close-range playstyle.

Please refer to the Balance section below for more information.

Overall Balance Direction

Maximus

• Developer Notes

  • We observed that aggressive tank characters like Volf and Shifu are currently more dominant.

  • While Maximus has a clear role, his lower-tier performance showed limited potential.

  • To emphasize his strength as a defensive tank, we've slightly increased the shield value on his core defensive skill.

• Indomitable Shield

  • Guard Amount: 700 → 800

Warmonger

• Developer Notes

  • Titan Splash had high mobility and a short cooldown, which often led to disjointed gameplay, with one team lacking a tank and the other missing a DPS.

  • To address this and encourage more cooperative play, we have increased the cooldown of Titan Splash from 4s to 6s.

  • To compensate for this nerf and strengthen Warmonger’s role as a protective counter-tank, we’ve also improved his shielding ability.

• Flex Harder!

  • Guard Amount: 700 → 800

• Titan Splash

  • Cooldown: 4s → 6s

• Totem Buster

  • Cooldown: 5s → 6s

• Totem Fall

  • Cooldown: 5s → 6s

• Boulder Tackle

  • Damage: 30 / 180 → 60 / 150

Eveleen

• Developer Notes

  • With other tanks receiving buffs, Eveleen’s pick rate has fallen.

  • We're slightly buffing her LMB damage and range, and planning future updates to allow it to hit enemies along the Z-axis as well, instead of only XY.

  • While this update includes only a small adjustment, we’ll continue to monitor her performance and raise her viability to be on par with other tanks in situational pick rates.

• Quantum Cube

  • Damage: 80 → 90

  • Range: 7m → 8m

Bernhardt

• Developer Notes

  • Bernhardt’s sustain fits the bruiser archetype well, but his burst DPS has been exceeding expectations, making it hard for supports to counter him effectively.

  • To address this, we’re slightly reducing his damage output while enhancing his mobility and rage-fueled survivability.

  • With shorter cooldowns on movement skills, we envision Bernhardt as a persistent threat that eventually overwhelms healers through sustained pressure.

• Death Pursuit

  • Damage: 10 / 140 → 10 / 125

• Rampaging Fury

  • Damage: 10 / 100 → 10 / 125

  • Shield: 75 → 100

  • Dash Distance: 4.5m → 6m

• Inferno Strike

  • Damage: 210 → 180

• Blitzkrieg

  • Cooldown: 7s → 6s

• Savage Dash

  • Cooldown: 9s → 7s

Akira

• Developer Notes

  • The swap skill Dimensional Slash has felt underwhelming compared to Decimation, particularly in terms of healing, range, and forward movement.

  • To improve usability, we've increased its projectile speed.

• Wind Blade

  • Projectile Speed: 50m/s → 120m/s

• Dimensional Slash

  • Projectile Speed: 90m/s → 120m/s

Lightning

• Developer Notes

  • Lightning is our third bruisertype character.

  • She grows stronger by stacking basic attacks and was designed to be a beginner-friendly melee character that's easy to play but requires good positioning.

  • We expect her to be a high-floor, low-ceiling character until her swap skill (Limit Break) is activated, at which point her power spikes moderately.

• Base Health

  • 820

• Agility

  • Increases movement speed by 40% while out of combat

• Limit Break

  • Activates upon collecting 4 illusion swords

  • Deals AoE damage: 60

  • Grants a base 100 shield for 3s

  • Grants 100 shield per enemy hit for 3s

  • Empowers all skills except ultimate

• Illusion Slash

  • Base

    • Damage: 60 / 60 / 80

    • Dash Distance: 2.5m

    • Gains illusion sword after 3 successful hits

  • Limit Break

    • Damage: 80 (×4) / 80 (×4) / 100 (×4)

    • Dash Distance: 250

    • Extends Limit Break duration by 2.5s (Max +10s)

• Lightning Acceleration

  • Base

    • Damage: 60

    • Grants 75 shield for 3s

    • Dash Distance: 7.5m

  • Limit Break

    • Damage: 80

    • Grants 100 shield for 3s

    • Dash Distance: 7.5m

  • Cooldown: 2.5s (Max 3 stacks)

• Lightning Drive

  • Base

    • Normal: Damage 60, launches enemies

    • Charged: Damage 60, launches and knocks back enemies (5m)

  • Limit Break

    • Normal: 60 / 20×4, launches enemies

    • Charged: 60 / 20×4, launches and knocks back enemies (5m)

  • Cooldown: 7s

• Shooting Star

  • Base

    • Damage: 180

    • Grants 100 shield for 3s

    • Dash Distance: 5m

  • Limit Break

    • Damage: 180 / 60×4

    • Grants 125 shield for 3s

    • Dash Distance: 5m

  • Cooldown: 7s

• Radiant Dance

  • Base: Damage 120×8

  • Limit Break: Damage 160×8

  • Cooldown: 10s

• Heaven's Lightning

  • Unstoppable during leap

  • Can float for 5 seconds midair

  • Damage: 200

  • Pulls all enemies to Lightning’s front

  • Activates Limit Break upon use

Raki

• Developer Notes

  • Currently, only the 3rd hit of Furry Flurry is heavily favored in damage, so we are redistributing its damage.

  • We’re also slightly increasing the cooldowns of Kitty Step and Kitty Rush due to their high mobility.

  • Additionally, we’re reviewing ways to buff her ultimate, which is currently too easily countered. (E.g., making the first 3 hits unstoppable + adding visual cues.)

• Furry Flurry

  • Hit 1: Outer: 80 / Center: 140 → Outer: 80 / Center: 160

  • Hit 2: Outer: 80 / Center: 140 → Outer: 80 / Center: 160

  • Hit 3: Outer: 180 / Center: 320 → Outer: 180 / Center: 280

• Kitty Step

  • Cooldown: 2.5s → 3s

• Kitty Rush

  • Cooldown: 2.5s → 3s

Al-Manat

• Developer Notes

  • Al-Manat has been underperforming compared to other assassins, with a low pick rate.

  • We are monitoring her closely and have made slight buffs to improve Execution usability and Death Vortex damage.

• Execution (Execution)

  • Hitbox size: x = 250 / y = 125 → x = 300 / y = 175

• Death Vortex (DeathVortex)

  • Damage: 660 (10 hits) → 700 (10 hits)

  • Cooldown: 7s → 6s

Rei

• Frost Blade

  • EX gauge charge amount reduced by 30%

• Biting Hailstorm

  • EX gauge charge amount reduced by 30%

• Arctic Incantation

  • EX gauge charge amount reduced by 20%

Lucy

• Developer Notes

  • Vermilion Void was regenerating EX Gauge beyond intended levels when hitting multiple enemies. This has now been reverted to its original value.

  • Two new swap skills, Bloody Claw and Bloody Hunt, have been added for close-range Lucy.

  • Another swap skill tailored for close-combat Lucy is in development.

  • Following Rei’s RMB buff, Lucy’s performance has dropped again. We're planning to improve her overall quality-of-life.

• Bloody Claw

  • Damage: 54 (3 hits)

  • Added as LMB swap skill

• Bloody Hunt

  • Damage: 110

  • Cooldown: 0.5s

  • Dash Distance: 7.5m

  • Health Cost: 140

  • Recovers 100 HP (or shield) per hit (5 ticks)

  • Added as RMB or E swap skill

• Scarlet Banish

  • Now available as RMB or E swap skill

• Scarlet Hook

  • Now available as RMB or E swap skill

• Vermilion Void

  • Now available as RMB or E swap skill

  • EX Gauge Recovery: 120 → 80

Teo

• Developer Notes

  • Teo returns as a long-range runner-shooter.

  • With his unique “aimbot-like” gameplay, we hope to see Teo players dash around and bait melee characters with style.

• Pulse Rifle

  • Damage per shot: 22

• Combat Mode: Assault Rifle

  • Damage per shot: 24

• Combat Mode: Battle Rifle

  • Damage per shot: 60

• Napalm Grenade (Flaming)

  • Damage: 50 + 525 over 35 ticks

  • Cooldown: 7s

• Pulse Mine

  • Damage: 200

  • Cooldown: 14s

• Reload

• Tactical Maneuver

  • Movement speed increase: 60%

  • Cooldown: 1s

• Code Zero: Sniper Mode

  • Damage: 200 / 240 / 320

• Note: For those who have been playing Taeo for a long time, adjustments to the alternate skill slots may be necessary. Please press the reset button in the skill window once.

Electra

• Developer Notes

  • We've identified a significant loss of healing due to missed LMB hits, so we've increased Path of Pleasure's projectile speed slightly.

  • Compared to Narae and Chloe, Electra’s overall value felt lower, so multiple minor buffs have been applied.

  • A new defensive swap skill is in development to compensate for her lack of survivability, which we hope will improve her viability.

• Path of Pleasure

  • Projectile Speed: 144m/s → 160m/s

• Path of Corruption

  • Heal per second: 120 → 240

  • Duration: 2s → 1s

  • Cooldown: 9s → 7s

  • Area of Effect:

    • x = 16m → 19m

    • y = 7m → 5.6m

    • z = 3m (0m ~ 3m) → 4.5m (–1.5m ~ 3m)

• Encroaching Thorns

  • Damage: 100 → 150

  • Cooldown: 9s → 7s

• Land of Delight

  • Cooldown: 9s → 7s

• Enchanting Grace

  • Cooldown: 3s → 2.5s

Chloe

• Developer Notes

  • To make Chloe more exciting to play, we’ve significantly reduced the cooldown of Zoom Zoom, Horo Car!

  • We hope that this change, along with a shorter cooldown for Tag! Freeze!, will offer more flexible swap skill options—especially helpful for newer players, making her easier to pick up but still rewarding.

• Zoom Zoom, Horo Car!

  • Cooldown: 9s → 4.5s

• Tag! Freeze!

  • Cooldown: 15s → 12s

• Chloe’s bomb-carrying voice line volume has been increased.

  • When Chloe is holding a bomb, she shouts more loudly in excitement.

  • This change should help players better recognize and react to an incoming Chloe from a distance.

Sabio

• Developer Notes

  • Sabio has been underperforming in the mid-tier range.

  • We're applying slight buffs across his kit to raise his performance and will continue monitoring him.

• Golden Spear of Kukulkan

  • Damage by range: 50 / 40 / 30 → 70 / 50 / 30

• Guardian Automata of Kukulkan

  • Heal per second: 40 → 60

  • Additional healing: 20 → 10

• Let’s Breakdance!

  • Cooldown: 9s → 6s

  • Cast Time: 2s → 1.2s

  • EX gauge charge amount reduced by 50%

System Changes

• 4-Player and 5-Player Party Matchmaking Disabled

  • Once regular matchmaking is available, parties of 4 or 5 will not be supported in matchmaking queues.

• Spectator Slots in Custom Games Increased

  • The number of spectators allowed in Custom Games has been increased to 10.