Blood & Nectar Patch Notes
Patch 0.50Ariadne, the Needle
June 24–27, 2026
Four takes in four days, same as Daedalus. Mark-based snowball, then combo points, then "the Needle", then momentum-as-combo. She was the hardest to pin down because I could see her too clearly.
8
Pushes on Ariadne
4
Full takes
From the notebook · Ariadne
she fires her needle to an opponent of her choice. she needs to bleed them out. and as she pulls back the needle the same needle damaged everyone in her path including her tank.
— kc
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Adjusted
Detailed Changes
AAriadneReworkFour takes to land it. The final version makes her Momentum literally BE her combo, so there is no second resource to track. Bleed her target with a twice-per-turn Q, bank Momentum, then spend it all on Shred.
PRed Thread
- Combo: separate combo points (cap 5)⇒Momentum IS the combo — 20 Momentum = 1 stack (cap 5)
QNeedle Strike
- Damage: 40 (+0.3 AD), banks 1 combo⇒40 (+0.3 AD) + Bleed, +20 Momentum
- Casts: once⇒twice per turn
WReweave
- Effect: reset Q⇒twice/turn: reset Q on self, or swap places with an ally
EShred
- Effect: spend all points for a hit + cleanse⇒at 20+ Momentum, spend ALL → that many Bleed stacks (20 each, cap 5) + a burst per stack
Full Patch Notes
- Ariadne v1: a mark-based snowball kit.
- v2: a combo-point kit. Then "the Needle". Then a momentum-as-combo redesign: two Qs and a single repeatable Shred.
- The recoil sends her backwards into danger. Physics makes the choice for her.