Grover

• Talents
  • Rampant Blooming
    • Initial heal reduced from 425 ➞ 300
    • Heal over time reduced from 275 ➞ 200

• Abilities
  • Throwing Axe
    • Damage is increased based on distance traveled, up to 750 damage. ➞ 700
  • Blossom
    • Passively heal allies around you for 80 every 1s. ➞ 75 every 1s
    • Provide nearby allies a large burst of 650 healing ➞ 600
• New Keywords on Talents
  • Curative
    • Gain 20% Healing Done
  • Remedy
    • Gain 10% Healing and +5% Damage Done
  • Surgery
    • Gain 10% Damage Done

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Grover’s Rampant Blooming talent was not providing the burst Heal.
  • Fixed an issue where Grover’s Rampant Blooming talent could provide significantly more Healing than intended.
  • Fixed an issue where Grover’s Deep Roots talent description was not updated.

• Talents
  • Deep Roots
    • Reworked
    • New: Crippling Throw chains to nearby enemies up to 2 times, causing a Healing aura to manifest around them, Healing nearby allies for 150 every 0.5s for 2.5s.
  • Rampant Blooming
    • Reworked
    • New: Heal for a burst of 500 and an additional 300 over 2s at your location when you finish Vining
• Abilities
  • Throwing Axe
    • Removed midair inaccuracy
  • Blossom
    • Decreased burst Healing 800 ➞ 650
    • Now also applies a Healing over time effect for 300 over 2.5s on hit
    • Grover can now see his own Healing circle radius
  • Crippling Throw
    • Increased damage 400 ➞ 425

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Grover’s Crippling Throw ability with the Deep Roots talent equipped was not respecting Immunity to Crowd Control.
  • Fixed an issue where Grover’s Crippling Throw ability was displaying Root VFX on enemies hit with it while the Deep Roots talent was not equipped.

• Talents
  • Deep Roots
    • CURRENT: Crippling Throw will Root enemies hit and will Chain between nearby enemies up to 3 times.
    • NEW: Hitting an enemy with Crippling Throw will chain a lesser effect to up to 3 nearby enemies, Slowing them for 35% for 2s.

• Abilities
  • Vine
    • Current: Launch a vine from your body and pull yourself to a targeted location or ally.
      • Can no longer target allies.

• Talents
  • Deep Roots
    • Reduced maximum bounces 5 ➞ 3
    • Reduced range 22 ➞ 19
• Abilities
  • Whirlwind
    • Activating Whirlwind will now expend 40% ultimate charge instantly, and then drain the remaining over its duration. Players will retain any remaining ultimate charge if they die, or cancel the ability before it finishes.
    • 100% Ultimate charge is still required for activation.
• Cards
  • Chopper
    • Reduced scaling {100|100} ➞ {50|50}
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed an issue where Crippling Throw with the Deep Roots talent would bounce to other enemies off of an Ethereal target.

• Bug Fixes
  • Updated the Blossom ability short description to display the correct Healing values.

• Abilities
  • Throwing Axe
    • Increased damage over distance travelled now also scales on Shields and Deployables
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Grover’s Blossom VFX would remain in the world when he died until he respawned.
  • Fixed an issue where Vine would attempt to cast if Grover was aiming at Atlas’ Stasis Field.

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where the passive healing from Blossom would still be active while he was Banished.
  • Fixed an issue where the passive healing from Blossom would not affect Players who respawned within the radius in which the passive healing is effective.

• Talents
  • Rampant Blooming
    • Reduced Healing per second 150 ➞ 100
  • Deep Roots
    • Increased bounce distance by 5% (20 units ➞ 22 units)
• Abilities
  • Vine
    • Quality of Life: Players can now hold this ability down, and a UI marker will appear in the world
    • Ability only fires when you target a valid world location
  • Blossom
    • Reduced Healing 900 ➞ 800
    • Increased base range 60 units ➞ 80 units
• Cards
  • Verdant Expanse
    • Reduced radius increase {10|10}% ➞ {4|4}%
  • Perennial
    • Reduced Cooldown reduction {0.5|0.5}s ➞ {0.4|0.4}s
  • Heavenly Agility
    • OLD: Increase the Pull Speed of Vine by {6|6}%
    • NEW: Gain a {100|100} Shield for 3s after using Vine
  • Fatalis
    • OLD: Hitting an enemy with Crippling Throw increases your Movement Speed by {10|10}% for 2s
    • NEW: Hitting an enemy with Crippling Throw reduces the Cooldown of Blossom by {0.6|0.6}s.
• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Seeping Corruption Grover was using some of Soul Briar Grover’s textures instead of the correct textures.
  • Fixed an issue where Seeping Corruption and Soul Briar Grover’s leaves and orb VFX would persist in world instead of cleaning up properly when Grover died to a source that produced a unique death FX on his model.
  • Fixed a description error on Grover’s Fatalis card.
  • Fixed a description error on Grover’s Heavenly Agility card.
  • Fixed an issue where the Soul Briar and Seeping Corruption Grover skins displayed Temp Art instead of their proper Cart Art on the Loading Screen.
  • Fixed an issue where Vine could target enemy Players, fire, and not pull Grover.

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Grover’s Pick Up card did not function.

• Bug Fixes
  • Crippling Throw is now properly reduced by Resilience.

• Abilities
  • Crippling Throw
    • Cripple Duration Decreased by 2s ➞ 1s

• Talents
  • Rampant Blooming
    • Healing allies with Blossom will heal them for an additional 160 ➞ 150 Health per second for 4s ➞ 3s
• Cards
  • Chopper
    • Hitting an enemy with Crippling Throw heals you for {50|50} ➞ {100|100}
  • Gentle Breeze
    • Allies gain {8|8}% ➞ {5|5}% Movement Speed for 4s after being healed by Blossom

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Golden Grover used the Default Skin when selected/equipped

• Abilities
  • Blossom
    • Blossom range increased by 50%

• Talents
  • Efflorescence removed
  • Deep Roots now unlocked at Champion Mastery Level 8

• Cards
  • Force of Nature – NEW: Dropping below 50% health grants a {150|150} health shield for 3s.

• The Hunt Bug Fixes
  • Verdant Expanse now correctly increases Blossom’s radius.

• Bug Fixes
  • Efflorescence now properly doubles the passive healing from Blossom on Grover without the need to die first

• Vine
  • Fixed a crash condition with Grover’s Vine Ability

• Abilities
  • Blossom
    • Reduced Cooldown from 12s ➞ 10s
• Talents
  • Deep Roots
    • NEW EFFECT: Crippling Throw now roots for 1s and bounces between enemies

• Grover Champion price reduced from 200 Crystals / 30,000 Gold to 100 Crystals / 15,000 Gold

• Abilities
  • Blossom
    • No longer requires Line of Sight
• Talents
  • Ferocity
    • Updated description to accurately communicate bonus damage.
• Bug Fixes
  • Ferocity
    • Updated description to accurately communicate bonus damage.

• Talent
  • Efflorescence
    • Fixed a bug where this Talent was providing a larger radius increase tan intended.
  • Blossom
    • Fixed an issue where Blossom was not playing sounds.
  • Vine
    • No longer loses accuracy while jumping.
• Health
  • Decreased health from 2500 to 2300
• Cards
  • Chop Down
    • Reduce the Cooldown of Crippling Throw by {.5|.5}s ➞ {0.6|0.6}s .
  • Gentle Breeze
    • Allies gain {8|8}% Movement Speed for 2s ➞ 4s after being healed by Blossom.
  • Heavenly Agility
    • After using Vine gain {20|20}% increased Air Control for 4s.
    • NEW EFFECT: Increase the Pull Speed of Vine by {6|6}%.
  • Unstoppable
    • Gain {5|5}% ➞ {6|6}% damage reduction for 2s ➞ 4s after using Blossom.
• Bug Fixes
  • Efflorescence (Talent)
    • Fixed a bug where this Talent was providing a larger radius increase than intended.
  • Blossom (Ability)
    • Fixed an issue where Blossom was not playing sounds.
  • Vine (Ability)
    • No longer loses accuracy while jumping.

• Fixed a typo in the description of Efflorescence.
• Throwing Axe
  • Damage reduced from 330 to 300
• Legendary
  • Efflorescence
    • Passive healing radius is no longer scalable with level.
    • Now increases passive healing radius by 50%.

• Health reduced from 2700 to 2500.
• Blossom
  • Heal on use reduced from 1000 to 900.
• Whirlwind
  • Duration reduced from 5s to 4s.
• Cards
  • Heavenly Agility
    • [Vine] After using Vine gain {10|10}% increased Air Control for 4s.
    • Maximum rank Air Control increased from 40% to 100%.
• Legendary Cards
  • Deep Roots
    • [Crippling Throw] Crippling Throw now also roots and deals {8.5|.5}% more damage.
    • Root duration reduced from 1.5s to 1.2s
    • Now also increases the damage of Crippling Throw.
  • Efflorescence
    • New
    • [Blossom] Increase the passive healing and area of Blossom by {85|5}%.

• Throwing Axe
  • Prefire reduced from 0.3s to 0.2s.
  • Postfire reduced from 0.8s to 0.7s.
  • Damage reduced from 400 to 330.
• Whirlwind
  • Fixed a bug where Whirlwind could heal deployable shields.

• General
  • Maximum health reduced from 3000 to 2700.
• Whirlwind
  • No longer hits stealthed targets.
• Cards
  • Over Growth
    • Will no longer go on cooldown when Vine is already available.

• Blossom
  • No longer heals deployables.
• Vine
  • Fixed Grover moving slower than walking speed if using Vine with a controller.
• Legendary Cards
  • Ferocity
    • Increased Damage Scaling modifier from 30% to 60%.

• Throwing Axe
  • Increased Projectile Speed from 230 to 350.
  • Reduced Damage Scaling Value from 200% bonus to 150% bonus.
  • Damage scaling max range reduced from 300 to 250.
• Crippling Throw
  • Increased damage of Crippling Throw from 300 to 400.
  • Increased Projectile Speed from 230 to 350.
• Whirlwind
• Ultimate now grants CC immunity.
• Fixed a bug where Whirlwind could not be cancelled.

• Cards
  • Force of Nature
    • Increased slow limit from 40/50/60/70% to 50/60/70/80% of base movement speed.

• Legendary Cards
  • Deep Roots
    • Fixed a bug where the minimum duration of the root was 1s instead of 0.5s.

• Cards
  • Pick Up
    • Reworked.
    • Hitting an enemy with Crippling Throw reduces the cooldown of Vine by 1/2/3/4s.
  • Over Growth
    • Reworked.
    • Dropping below 15/30/45/60% of your max health will reduce the Cooldown of Vine by 100%.
• Legendary Cards
  • Deep Roots
    • [Crippling Throw] Crippling throw now also Roots.
  • Ferocity
    • [Weapon] Increase your damage scaling over distance by 30%.
  • Rampant Blooming
    • [Blossom] Healing allies with Blossom will heal them for an additional 160 Health per second for 4s.

• Crippling Throw
  • Fixed a bug where this ability was applying twice the usual amount of Diminishing Returns.
• Cards
  • Pick Up
    • Fixed a bug where this card was not correctly applying the intended values.

• General
  • Increased Health from 2700 to 3000.
• Throwing Axe
  • Increased base damage from 350 to 400.
  • The damage scaling over distance has been adjusted to end at the same damage at max range.

• Throwing Axe
  • Increased base damage from 300 to 350.
  • Throwing Axe combo damage over distance has been adjusted to match the new base.

• General
  • Reduced Health from 2900 to 2700.
• Throwing Axe
  • Description updated to reflect that the increased damage over range is Bonus Damage.

• Throwing Axe
  • Fixed an issue where Grover's Throwing Axe was dealing bonus damage to shields.

• General
  • Increased Health from 2750 to 2900.
  • Reduced the size of Grover by 8%.
• Whirlwind
  • Now plays an associated voice line when activated.
• Cards
  • Verdant Expanse
    • Fixed an issue where the range increase would not apply to Blossom's passive healing.

• General
  • Reduced Grover's size by 15%.
  • Adjusted Grover's axe throw to be closer to the center to avoid issues throwing around corners.

• Axe
  • Removed from the game.
• *NEW* Throwing Axe
  • Hurl your axe, dealing more damage the farther it travels up to 1200.
  • Does not have ammo and has no reload.
• Axe Throw
  • Removed from the game.
• *NEW* Crippling Throw
  • Throw an axe dealing 300 damage and crippling affected enemies for 2s.
• Nature's Demise
  • Removed from the game.
• *NEW* Blossom
  • Passively Heal nearby allies for 80 health a second. Activate this ability to heal nearby allies instantly for 1000.
• Vine
  • No longer vines to enemies but instead can vine to allies.
• Whirlwind
  • Rapidly heal nearby allies for 2500 health per second for 5s.
• Cards
  • *NEW* Chop Down
    • [Crippling Throw] Reduce the Cooldown of Crippling Throw by .5/1/1.5/2s.
  • Harvest
    • Reworked to Force of Nature.
    • [Armor] You cannot be slowed below 40/50/60/70%.
  • Deeply Rooted
    • Reworked to Perennial
    • [Blossom] Reduce the Cooldown of Blossom by .5/1/1.5/2s.
  • Against the Grain
    • Reworked to Gentle Breeze
    • [Blossom] Allies gain 8/16/24/32% Movement Speed for 2s after being healed by Blossom.
  • Fatalis
    • Reworked.
    • [Crippling Throw] Hitting an enemy with Crippling Throw increases your Movement Speed by 10/20/30/40%.
  • Vine Grasp
    • Reworked.
    • [Vine] Increase the range of Vine by 10/20/30/40%.
  • Nature's Quickness
    • Reworked.
    • [Vine] Gain 8/16/24/32% Movement Speed for 2s after using Vine.
  • Over Growth
    • Reworked.
    • [Vine] Reduce the Cooldown of Vine by .5/1/1.5/2s.
  • Rebound
    • Reworked.
    • [Armor] Receive 5/10/15/20% increased healing below 50% health.
  • Adrenaline
    • Reworked.
    • [Weapon] Eliminations reduce all active cooldowns by 10/20/30/40%.
  • Crippling Throw
    • Reworked.
    • [Weapon] Reduce the cooldown of Crippling Throw by .5/1/1.5/2s.
  • Unstoppable
    • Reworked.
    • [Blossom] Gain 5/10/15/20% damage reduction for 2s after using Blossom.
  • Verdant Expanse
    • Reworked.
    • [Blossom] Increase the radius of Blossom by 10/20/30/40%.
  • Pick Up
    • Reworked.
    • [Crippling Throw] Increase the duration of Crippling Throw's Cripple by 10/20/30/40%.
  • Chopper
    • Reworked.
    • [Crippling Throw] Hitting an enemy with Crippling Throw heals you for 50/100/150/200.
  • Heavenly Agility
    • Reworked.
    • [Vine] After using Vine gain 10/20/30/40% increased Air Control.

• Cards
  • Barkskin
    • Reworked.
    • [Armor] Increase your base maximum Health by 75/150/225/300.
  • Nature's Quickness
    • Reworked.
    • [Vine] Hits with your axe reduce the cooldown of Vine by .5/1/1.5/2s.
  • Over Growth
    • Reworked.
    • [Vine] Hitting an enemy with Vine reduces their healing by 15/30/45/60% for 2s.
  • Heavenly Agility
    • Reworked.
    • [Vine] Move 10/20/30/40% faster for 2s after Vine ends.

• Axe
  • Damage reduced from 850 ➞ 650.
• Axe Throw
  • Damage reduced from 600 ➞ 500.

• General
  • Champion values were changed across the board.
• Cards
  • Forest Expansion
    • Reworked.
    • Renamed to Deeply Rooted.
    • Gain {20/40/60/80}% Knockback reduction during Nature's Demise.
  • Journey
    • Reworked.
    • Renamed to Against the Grain.
    • Gain {3/6/9/12}% Damage Reduction during Nature's Demise.

• General
  • Fixed Autumn leaves not showing correct color.
  • Reduced Health from 3100 ➞ 2750.
• Axe
  • Increased attack speed from 1.3s ➞ 1.0s.
  • Increased damage from 400 ➞ 450.
• Axe Throw
  • Increased range from 150 ➞ 300.
  • Increased damage from 400 ➞ 450.
• Nature's Demise
  • Reduced Cooldown from 10s ➞ 8s.
  • Nature's Demise now reveals the closest enemy to Grover rather than the enemy champion with the lowest current Health.
• Whirlwind
  • Increased damage from 230 ➞ 300.

• General
  • Increased movement speed from 365 ➞ 380.
• Nature's Demise
  • Reduced Cooldown from 15 ➞ 10s.
• Vine
  • Now slows enemies by 10% for 2s.
• Cards
  • Vine Grasp
    • Reworked.
    • Increases the effect of Vine's slow by {5/10/15/20}%.

• Bonus Damage
  • Hitting a target with Vine marks them for 3s. Hitting a marked target with your melee attacks deals 25% more damage. Weapon attacks do not consume the mark.
  • Axe Throw deals up to 100% more damage based on distance it traveled.
• General
  • Reduced Movement Speed from 385 ➞ 365.
• Cards
  • Fatalis
    • Hitting an enemy with Axe Throw increases your movement speed by {10/20/30/40}% for 2s.
  • Pick Up
    • The cooldown of Axe Throw is reduced by {25/50/75/100}% when you get a kill.
  • Heavenly Agility
    • Movespeed reduced from {15/30/45/60}% ➞ {5/10/15/20}%.
    • No longer increase healing taken.

• General
  • Added improvements to the Axe Throw wind up sound.
• Vine
  • Fixed an issue where Grover was able to fly across the map.
  • Fixed an issue where the camera would lock during flight.
  • Added improvements to sound when attaching to a surface or enemy player.
• Whirlwind
  • Raised volume on Grover's voice when casting.

Cards

• Journey
  • Changed Health per second from {120/140/160/180} ➞ {50/100/150/200}.
• Rebound
  • Reduced Cooldown Reduction from {25/40/55/70}% ➞ {15/30/45/60}%.

• General
  • Health reduced from 3600 ➞ 3100.
  • Fixed an issue where Grover would not animate his attack after using an ability.
  • Addressed an issue where Grover would not spin during his ultimate.

Cards

• *NEW* Heavenly Agility - Specialty
  • [Nature's Demise] When you activate Nature's Demise all allies within 55 units gain 60% Movement Speed and 25% increased healing.
• *NEW* Barkskin
  • [Whirlwind] Heal for {10/20/30/40}% of the damage dealt to enemy champions during Whirlwind.
• *NEW* Vine Grasp
  • [Vine] Hitting a target directly with Vine slows them for {10/20/30/40}% for 2s.
• Fatalis
  • Movement Speed bonus reduced from 30% ➞ 15%.

• Briars & Blossoms
  • Reworked to Nature's Demise.
  • When activated, Grover gets 30% movement speed for 5s and reveals the lowest enemy champion within 100 units only to him for the duration.

Cards

• *NEW* Pick Up - Specialty
  • [Axe Throw] Axe Throw deals 100 more damage. Hitting a target with your weapon within 5s of them being struck with Axe Throw lowers the Cooldown of Axe Throw by {2/4/6/8}s.
• *NEW* Chopper
  • [Axe Throw] Your axe throw heals you for {10/20/30/40}% of the damage dealt.
• *NEW* Unstoppable
  • [Nature's Demise] During Nature's Demise you gain {20/40/60/80}% Crowd Control Reduction.
• Over Growth
  • Reworked.
  • [Nature's Demise] During nature's demise you gain {5/10/15/20}% lifesteal against your target.
• Nature's Quickness
  • Reworked.
  • [Nature's Demise] Hitting the target of your Nature's Demise with your weapon reduces the cooldown of Vine by {.5/1/1.5/2}s.
• Verdant Expanse
  • Reworked.
  • [Nature's Demise] Increase the range of Nature's Demise by {10/20/30/40%}.
• Germinate
  • Removed from the game.
• Gust of Wind
  • Removed from the game.

• Vine
  • Increased projectile speed from 400 to 600 units per second.

Cards

• Removed from the game:
  • Consequential, Battle Focus
• Fatalis
  • Now a Specialty card.
  • You attack 10/20/30/40% faster. Also, gain 30% Movement Speed for 1s on successful weapon hit. Does not stack.
• Germinate
  • Now a Specialty card
  • Increased healing from 50/100/150/200 to 100/200/300/400.

• Axe
  • Increased damage from 350 ➞ 400

Cards

• Battle Focus
  • Reduced Attack speed from {8/16/24/32}% ➞ {4/8/12/16}%.
• Splinter
  • Removed from the game.

• Axe
  • Increased damage from 275 ➞ 350.

Cards

• Battle Focus
  • Increased the attack speed per rank from 5% ➞ 8%.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 8%.
• Consequential
  • Increased the damage bonus per rank from 2% ➞ 5%.
  • Rank 1 now starts at 5%.

• General
  • Axe melee no longer goes through shields.
• Axe Throw
  • Reduced damage from 450 to 400.
• Vine
  • Reduced the travel speed of Grover on a successful Vine by 33%.
  • Your vine will not go on cooldown if you miss.
  • Reduced the range of Vine from 110 to 95.
• Whirlwind
  • Reduced damage from 2800 to 2300 over 3s.

Cards

• Rebound
  • Reduced Cooldown reduction from 25/50/75/100 to 25/40/55/70%.

• General
  • Increased Movement Speed from 335 ➞ 385.
• Axe Throw
  • Reduced damage from 500 ➞ 450.

Cards

• The following cards have received new art
  • Harvest, Verdant Expanse.

• General
  • Increased base Movement Speed from 320 ➞ 335.
  • Grover's size has been reduced slightly in order to fix some issues where he would get stuck and improve the visual presentation when Grover is close to you.
• Axe
  • Increased damage from 200 ➞ 275.
• Whirlwind
  • Whirlwind may now be cancelled early by re-activating it.
  • Fixed an issue where Whirlwind was not hitting targets that were slightly below Grover.

• Grover was added to the game.