The Newest Paragon Update v39 Keeps the Game Fresh and Exciting

Paragon Update v39 Patch Notes

Just one week after Epic Games released update v38.5, another update, v39 for Paragon will be released tomorrow! This update brings with it a new hero, loads of various game fixes, visual upgrades to Monolith and a jungle revamp. These changes are keeping this popular new MOBA fresh and exciting!

In the latest hero reveal trailer Monolith looked a bit different, and now we know why! Epic Games brought a bunch of new visual updates to the map, which players will get to enjoy for themselves tomorrow when this newest update launches. On top of the various game fixes and improvements to Monolith, there are also some welcomed changes to the jungle which improve overall visuals, as well as functionality. Oh, and of course, let’s not forget that the newest hero, Morigesh will arrive as well! Paragon is currently in open beta for both the PlayStation 4 and the PC.

Check out the full patch notes for the v39 update below:

Major Features

Morigesh has been released!
The Monolith map has been updated!
Jungle layout update:
- Jungle flow has been streamlined and improved.
- Camps have been re-positioned.
- Amberlink relocated .
- Collision has been greatly improved throughout the map.
- Prime Guardian and Raptor pathways are more similar.
  - Provides more equal ground near Midlane.
- Fog walls have been improved.
- Grass is enabled for high settings.

Monolith Update

Raptors Update
- The Raptor camp no longer reinforces one at a time.
  - Raptor camp will begin respawning four minutes after all Raptors have been destroyed. Only after all Raptors have been destroyed, spawning four minutes later.
  - Raptor melee attacks will now only damage their primary target.
- Increased Max Level for from 5 to 15.
- Now levels up every 2 minutes, gaining health with each level.
  - Raptors stop leveling after 30 minutes.
- Stat Changes
  - Reduced Raptor CP Bounty from 1000 to 800.
  - Reduced Raptor Base Health from 3500 to 1450.
  - Implemented Health Per Level scaling for Raptors, gaining 125 health per level (every 2 minutes).
Prime Guardian Update
- Prime Guardian respawn time reduced from 480 seconds to 420 seconds.
- Now levels up every 2 minutes, gaining health with each level.
- Increased Max Level from 5 to 15.
- Stat Changes
  - Reduced Prime Guardian base health from 12000 to 8625.
  - Implemented Health Per Level scaling for Prime, gaining 325 health per level (every 2 minutes).
Prime Orb Update
- Reduced duration of Prime Buff from 180 seconds to 150 seconds.
- Updated Prime Orb buff (See cards).
River Buff Update
- Updated vision rules.
- River Buff will now update every 2:00 minutes regardless of whether it had been destroyed previously.

Cards

Weekly Card Pack
- Micro-Nuke
- Reaper’s Key
- Swiftcreek Heart
Prime Card Rework
- Stat Changes
  - The Warlord
    - +27.5 Attack Speed.
  - The Archmagus
    - +30 points of power.
  - The Centurion
    - +250 points of Max Health.
- All Prime Cards now have the same Unique Passive effects (below).
  - Restore 3% of your Max Health and 3% of your Max Mana every second if no damage has been taken in the last 6 seconds.
  - Nearby minions have their Max Health doubled.
  - All friendly ranged minions are granted Deathtouch for the next 60 seconds. (Minions with Deathtouch will instantly kill any enemy Minion they attack).
  - Abilities and Basic attacks deal 20% more damage.
Satori Cloak Update
- Satori Cloak no longer shreds armor from Structures.
Update to Stinger Boost
- Bonus damage buff will now activate on ability cast instead of on ability hit.
- Stinger boost will no longer trigger on toggled hero abilities (Grim’s Suppression Mode and Narbash’s Song of My People).
- Stinger Boost audio no longer plays globally.
Divine Shield update
- Now blocks Prime Guardian’s Abilities.
Ash of the Witch update
- Slow can only be applied once every 2 seconds.

Heroes

Polish and Bug Fixing
- Fixed a bug which caused Heroes to lose animations when jumping or using abilities.

Aurora

Hoarfrost
- Ice spikes will now correctly show team color.
Polish & Bug Fixing
- FX polish for Frozen Simulacrum.
- Fixed an issue which caused Aurora to somtimes be launched into the air.
- Fixed an issue with Aurora’s ice stairs animation.
  - Ice stairs will now appear correctly.

Belica

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Updated her salute animation.

Countess

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fixed glowing blades visual effect after leaving the shadowplane.

Crunch

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fixed various visual effects issues.

Feng Mao

Conversion Shield
- Feng Mao’s Conversion Shield animation can now be canceled after the shield is applied.

Gadget

Speed Gate
- Gadget’s Speed Gate now becomes active after .15 seconds once it hits the ground, down from .5 seconds.
Tesla Dome
- Polish and Bug Fixing
  - Will now appear in the Death Recap screen.
  - Will now deal damage to the core and towers.
  - Invisible wards will only be damaged if they are visible.

Gideon

Torn Space
- Will no longer close immediately if Gideon teleports into a root effect.

Grim.EXE

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fixed a bug preventing Grim.EXE’s Suppression Mode from slowing minions.

Howitzer

Slow Grenade
- Howitzer’s Slow Grenades now become active .1 seconds once they hit the ground, down from .5 seconds.
Make it Rain
- Howitzer post-ultimate directional leap is now more forgiving.

Khaimera

Polish and Bug fixing
- Improved responsiveness of basic attacks after activating Unleashed

Kwang

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fixed issue where spark visual effects appear on Kwang’s sword when running against walls.
- Fixed a bug which caused Kwang’s Judgment of the Heavens to turn Prime Guardian invisible.
- Fixed a bug causing Kwang’s Ultimate to cancel if he teleports into a root effect.

Morigesh

Added Dark Heart Skin to in-game store.
Added Cloud Bringer emote to in-game store.

Murdock

Buckshot, Move Along and Static Trap are now Quick Cast
- Quick Cast – Instant cast unless button is held down.
Polish & Bug Fixing
- Improved responsiveness on abilities across the board.
- Default Murdock’s Blue variant has been tweaked to look less like the original skin.

Muriel

Reversal of Fortune
- Removed soft cooldown if she is interrupted before acitvation.
- Muriel can no longer use Reversal of Fortune while in the air.

Riktor

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fixed a bug allowing Riktor to cancel his Riplash animation if he pulls an enemy.

Serath

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fix for Serath facial animations during hit reactions.

Sevarog

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fixed Sevarog’s Collosal Blow ability turning all player’s screens green.
- Sevarog’s Hollow Praise emote now has audio.

Sparrow

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fixed Sparrow’s low health vocal effort sound contiously playing after she has been healed.

Twinblast

Polish & Bug Fixing
- Fixed cloth clipping while rotating Twinblast.
- Updated respawn animation.

UI

Daily Login Reward
- Changed the day 3 reward from a Silver Chest to 500 Coins.
  - This is to replace the 500 Coins that were previously handed out during through a player’s level progression.
Minimap Update
- The minimap has been updated to match the new Monolith map.
- Hero minimap icons have been updated.
  - New icons should be much clearer and easier to read.
Card Notification Update:
- Players can now toggle on/off options for seeing an added item, completed item, and discarded item in their chat window.
Polish and Bux fixing
- Minion death FX optimization, fixes, and tweaks.
- Fixed some hitches in tutorial level when leveling up Gideon’s Cosmic Rift.
- Fixed bug that allowed dead players to still see enemies that after their team had lost vision.
- The Loot Crate screen is now in 3D.
- Minor tweaks to hero zoom.
- Characters will no longer experience controller input while Settings menu is open.
- Targeting brackets will now appear on stealthed enemy heroes when players have vision of them.

AI

Bot update
- Bots will attempt to last hit minions now.
- Updated bots awareness to towers/tower range.
- Player usage of team-comms now has greater influence on bot decisions.
- Bot hero selection is now improved.

SOURCE

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