For Honor

IMPROVEMENTS

GRYPHON Side Dodge Attacks (Soul Cleaver)

Side Dodge Attacks are now 14 damage (down from 16)
Side Dodge Attacks can no longer be delayed in side dodges; they will now always happen at 300ms (previously delayable until 500ms)

Dev Comments: This should make Side Dodge Attacks more predictable, as well as making it impossible to delay to dodge on most mix-ups, while still being a good dodge that leads to finishers.

Veteran's Kick and Slash

Kick Follow-up damage has been reduced to 24 (down from 28)

Gryphon's Shove

Gryphon's Shove is now a Dodge Forward + Guard Break input
Gryphon's Shove no longer chains after a miss
Gryphon's Shove now costs 15 stamina (up from 12)
Gryphon's Shove no longer pauses Stamina Regeneration

Dev Comments: The previous Back + Guard Break input of 600ms was unreactable for most players outside of high-level play. This meant that Gryphon's Shove was problematic (for different reasons) in both casual and high-level play. By making Gryphon's Shove a 500ms Dodge Forward Melee, combined with the additional minimum of 300ms spent in the Forward Dodge, the move becomes predictable for most players, while also being unreactable to players at all levels of play. Gryphon's Shove should now function as a mix-up and opener that is less frustrating to face. Draconite Mist (Tier 2 Feat)

Draconite Mist now heals for 15 (down from 20)
AoE range of Draconite Mist's healing effect reduced to 8 meters (down from 11)

Draconite Bolt (Tier 3 Feat)

Draconite Bolt now heals for 15 (down from 20)
AoE range of Draconite Bolt's healing effect reduced to 8 meters (down from 11)
Draconite Bolt damage reduced to 20 (down from 30)
Cast time of Draconite Bolt increased to 600ms (up from 400ms)

BUG FIXES

CUSTOMIZATION

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the female Gladiator “Chimera Poeta' helm have the wrong model

PATCH NOTES 2.27.0 – FOR HONOR

PS4: 1.7Gb, Xbox One: 2.1 Gb, PC: 2.1 Gb

IMPROVEMENTS

BREACH

Improvement: Decreased Pikemen Health to 37 (from 46)
Improvement: Decreased Pikemen Damage to 8 (from 10)
Improvement: Decreased Fortifier Health to 80 (from 120)
Improvement: Decreased Fortifier Side Heavy Damage to 24 (from 40)
Improvement: Decreased Guardian Health to 520 (from 600)
Improvement: Decreased Commander Health to 855 (from 950)
Improvement: Decreased Commander Top Heavy Unblockable Damage to 48 (from 60)

Dev Comments: Following the Core Combat Update from last year we now revised the health and damage values from all different NPCs in Breach. The previous values no longer fell in line with the damage output from Heroes. We know that Pikemen were a source of frustration for many and with their new health values, most Heroes with a Light-Heavy combo will be able to dispatch them quicker with less stamina consumption.

USER INTERFACE

Improved the Dominion scoring widget:
The 1000 points mark is now visible on the gauge to make the Breaking threshold easier to see at a glance
A lock will appear on a team’s gauge when they reached over 1000 hard points as Breaking cannot be reverted anymore

Dev Comments While the previous scoring widget was functional, we wanted to make it easier for players to quickly grasp how close teams are to Breaking, and whether or not a rally is possible by taking a capture zone. Even if these are fairly known rules to most players, we hope it will make the widget more comfortable to use, as well as clarify how the scoring works for newer players.

CUSTOMIZATION

Weapon Set for Wu Lin heroes presented during the Y5S1 Warrior’s Den stream have been added as loot drops

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Crosshair to never disappear from screen during matches
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused Revenge to stack with other damage buffs

FIGHTERS

Lawbringer

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Lawbringer's weapon to be misplaced and appear to be hovering when performing a light attack as part of the Swift Justice Combo

Tiandi

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Tiandi's Dragon and Tiger dodge animations to be mixed after performing them many times

Shaolin

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Shaolin's Sun Kick Smash animation to stutter after changing Guard direction

Black Prior

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Black Prior to be missing Unblockable effect on the shield during their Hawk's Charge
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Black Prior to have Superior Block effect on their sword

FEATS

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Shaolin's Blink feat to be allowed to block an attack as the feat is being activated

UNDER INTERFACE

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the selection box in Gear parts to become duplicated when scrolling through items
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Win Loss ratio value to be different when comparing the old profile with the new one

AUDIO

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused most of Year 1 DLC and Legacy heroes to not have any "Grunts" noise when dodging
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused some Voice lines and grunts from attacks to be cut off early when connecting with opponent

CUSTOMIZATION

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Gryphon’s “Rabid Wolf” elite outfit patterns and symbols to not be displayed
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Berserker's Asmundar helmet to have physics effect on the front metal part
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Zhanhu's Yushi Dafu armor chest to have physics effect on the shin parts
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Asgard's Favor mythic outfit Electric Storm idle effect audio to loop instead of playing normally
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Viking Elbow execution camera to not follow character properly
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Gryphon symbols and paint patterns to be misaligned with the cape
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Gryphon to be missing Legacy Crusader 1 and Legacy Crusader 2 color swatches
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Warden’s Gabrielle's Zenith set to have stretched texture on the right hand
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Jiang Jun's Lu Junyi Chest cape's trims and upper torso cloth to not be affected by the material or colour
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Gryphon's Night Bloom Elite Outfit to be missing from the Customization Menu
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the Female Kensei's Shigehide helm to not apply materials
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the female variant of the Steinunn to not apply the color on the chest piece