Patch 0.52 — Raids Rise | Blood & Nectar Patch Notes

Blood & Nectar Patch Notes

Patch 0.52Raids Rise

June 29 – July 2, 2026

Raid chests go live, the arena gets an hourly leaderboard, and the whole expedition system gets rethemed under one banner. The systems catch up to the roster.

Pushes

Hours in

2,019 pushes · 754 h

Total so far

From the notebook · the thesis

Without loyalty we are nothing.

— kc

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Buffs

Polyphemus

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Adjusted

Cecrops

Sphinx

Arachne

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Artifact Adjustments

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Apple of Discord

Detailed Changes

PPolyphemusAdjusted

His bite was hitting like a wet sponge for a champion this size, so we leaned it into raw AD scaling. In exchange, Devour was closing out fights a touch too early, so the execute window comes down.

QChomp

Damage: 80 (+0.6 AD)⇒100 (+1.0 AD)

EDevour

Execute threshold: 25% HP⇒15% HP

CCecropsRework

His old single-press Q asked nothing of the player. Splitting it into a two-step Sunder-then-Break gives the tank a real decision each turn: chip now, or set up the armor shred.

QLaw of the Land

Now a two-press ability.
First press: single AoE strike⇒Sunder (damage + marks)
Second press: —⇒Armor Break (consumes the mark)

SSphinxRework

The Enigma Gambit finally makes her W matter to her Q. Marking a target now steers whether the next Q leans offensive or defensive, and the offense side rewards you for having stacked Riddle.

WRiddle Mark

Now drives whether the next Q is offense or defense.

QEnigma

Offense scaling: flat⇒+2.5% damage per Riddle stack on the target (no consume)
Shield base: scaled⇒flattened

🍎Apple of DiscordRework

The passive version was a free "your healers deal damage" toggle at full HP, which was too safe. It becomes an active you have to pay for, every round.

Effect

Trigger: Passive (auto at full team HP)⇒Active (arm each round)
Cost: free⇒25% of Max HP per round

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SYSTEMS

Raid Chest Economy

Raid chests are recipe boxes now. Pick 1 of 3, unlock its recipe, get 50 shards. Craft cost flat at 75.

Arena Leaderboard

An hourly PNG ladder (top 10 by wins) posts to any leaderboard channel, plus an on-demand command.

Gorgon's Lair Retheme

Every expedition rethemed to Gorgon's Lair. Party minimum dropped from 5 to 3.

Full Patch Notes

Polyphemus Q buffed to 100 + 1.0 AD.
Cecrops went 2-press (Sunder then Armor Break). Sphinx got the Enigma Gambit. Arachne got the full Weaver rework.
Apple of Discord reworked again, three days after it shipped. Nothing here holds still.