🛠️ Hero Updates, Season 2 – TMNT: Mutant Madness Player Help Center

Developer Notes

Balance Objectives

The key balance concerns in the current game are:

There is a bug causing defense to not prevent damage to health.
There is a bug causing root to act as a stun in certain cases.
The Will status is too effective.
The gap in power between the best and worst heroes is too large.

We have a client update coinciding with the release of Season 2 that should hopefully fix the existing issues with root and defense. We anticipate that there will likely need to be some balance changes in Season 3 to adjust to these changes, but we have decided to not make any speculative changes based on them for Season 2 and instead learn from how these mechanics behave over the course of the season.

We are also aware of several stability issues related to Skaarg and stuns, and while fixes are on the way for these issues, they are outside the focus of balance.

The Will status has turned out to be significantly stronger per-point than was expected pre-launch, and it is exacerbating the issues that currently exist with the high rate of skills and fast pace of matches. We are still investigating a longer term solution for skill rate, but for the time being we cut the values for all positive will effects roughly in half. We also increased the value of effects that were dependent on Will per-point to compensate for the increased difficulty of gaining it. Effects which reduce Will have been decreased to a much lesser degree, as they were not causing this type of problem, but we will continue to evaluate them.

In service of making sure every hero has a use, we believe that the power gap between the strongest and weakest heroes is currently too large. Our intent is not to achieve a perfect balance where all heroes are equally useful, but the current state of affairs is in need of improvement. To accomplish this, we targeted several nerfs at over-performing characters, especially those which were not nerfed in the last pass and are not heavily affected by the upcoming bug fixes. We also targeted several buffs at under-performing characters. This is an ongoing objective, and we will be returning to it in future balance passes as well. Details on specific heroes affected by this are below.

How To Read Stats:

All power derived stats are listed here using a base power of 100. That includes damage, health, and defense. You can calculate the actual value for a character of given power by multiplying the value by that hero's power, then dividing by base power, which is 100. For example, if a note here says that a character has 250 health, then that character with 1000 power would have 2500 health.

Updates & Changes

Leonardo	Rallying Charge	Level 2+ Reduced Effect: Give +20 strength for 4 seconds. → Give +10 strength for 3 seconds.

	Leadership	Level 2 Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused will to not be given.

	Got Your Back	Level 1+ Removed Effect: Give +25 armor to allies within range 1. Added Effect: Give +25 armor to allies within range 1 if not stunned or rooted. Level 2 Removed Effect: Give +25 alertness to allies within range 1. Added Effect: Give +33 alertness to allies within range 1 if not stunned or rooted.

	Strike Together	Level 1+ Removed Effect: Give +10 strength to all allies for each ally within range 1 of them. Added Effect: Give +15 strength to all allies that are not disarmed and have another ally within range 1. Level 2 Removed Effect: Give +5 strength for each ally within range 2 of them. Added Effect: Give +25 haste to all allies that are not disarmed and have another ally within range 1.

“We are happy that Leonardo has come into his own since being underrated at launch, but the amount of strength he was outputting by high levels turned out to be a bit too much. We believe that the main culprits were the way Strike Together scaled with multiple allies and the fact that Rallying Charge was both a high damage attack and a strong damage buff. To fix this, we gave Leo’s passives a few off switches that enemies with the right debuffs can press, increased Strike Together’s baseline performance but reduced its overall potential, and reduced the strength from Rallying Charge rather than reduce its damage.”

Donatello

Thorough Analysis

Level 1+
Removed All Effects
Added Effect: Gain +20 alertness. Whenever an enemy within range 2 uses a skill, give +5 alertness and armor for 5 seconds to all allies if above 0 alertness.

Level 2
Added Effect: Give +5 barrier and 10% resistance to stun for 5 seconds.

Integrated Systems

Level 1+
Removed All Effects
Added Effect: After an ally attacks, inflict -1 armor and barrier for 8 seconds to the target if the attacker is at or above 30 armor or barrier.

Level 2
Added Effect: After an ally attacks, give 2 defense to the attacker if the target is under -30 armor or barrier.

“Donatello needed a bit of help to reach the true potential we all know he has. Aside from the defense issue, which is a problem all supports faced, his biggest problem was weak Passive skills, so we gave them a full revamp, and used them to enhance his specialty as an armor and barrier manipulator.”

Splinter

Unyielding Spirit

Level 1+
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where this skill would still work while stunned or silenced.

Level 2
Reduced Effect: After being attacked, gain +8 will for 2 seconds. → After being attacked, gain +4 will for 2 seconds.

Shredder		Health: 200 → 220

	Get Them!	Level 1+ Changed Targeting: Targets highest health enemy → Targets enemy next to most allies Increased Effect: Inflict -30 alertness and haste → Inflict -70 alertness and haste. Level 2 Removed Effect: Inflict -10 extra alertness, haste and will for 10 seconds for each ally at range 1 of the target. Added Effect: Inflict -10 defense and -5 armor and will for 10 seconds for each ally at range 1 of the target.

	Bladed Armor	Level 1+ Removed Effect: After being attacked at range 1, if above armor 0, deal 2 physical damage to the attacker. Added Effect: When attacking or after being attacked at range 1, deal 2 physical damage if above 10 armor. Level 2+ Removed Effect: Inflict 2 extra damage over 4 seconds if at or above 30 armor. Added Effect: When attacking or after being attacked at range 1, inflict 2 damage over 4 seconds if above 10 armor.

	Foot Clan Usurper	Level 1+ Removed All Effects Added Effect: At the start of combat, inflict -10 armor and barrier for 30 seconds to all enemies. Level 2 Added Effect: Inflict -10 alertness and will for 30 seconds.

“Shredder was not measuring up to his reputation as the leader of the Foot Clan and all-around Bad Dude. Rather than just making Shredder try to compete with pure damage Brawlers like Casey, we’ve primarily enhanced his Trickster skills to give him a different strong point. We buffed Get Them! and redesigned Foot Clan Usurper into a unique team-wide debuff skill which acts as a dark inversion of Splinter’s Ninja Master skill. We also bumped up his health a bit and made his Bladed Armor affect his attacks as well.”

April

What a Scoop!

Level 1+
Changed Targeting: Can no longer target self.
Reduced Effect: Give +30 will for 8 seconds → Give +15 will for 8 seconds.
Added Effect: Give 75% resistance to silence for 8 seconds.

Level 2
Reduced Effect: Gain +30 will for 8 seconds → Gain +15 will for 8 seconds.
Added Effect: Gain and give +15 extra will to targets under -10 will.

Power of the Press

Level 1+
Reduced Effect: Give +20 will to all allies within range 2 if not stunned or silenced. → Give +12 will to all allies within range 2 if not stunned or silenced.

Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where this skill would still work while stunned or silenced.

Krang	Visorbeam	Level 1+ Reduced Damage: 50 → 33 Level 2+ Added Effect: Inflict -25 strength for 3 seconds. Level 3 Removed Effect: Gain +20 will for 6 seconds for each target hit. Added Effect: Inflict -25 will for 3 seconds.

	Android Body	Level 2 Increased Effect: Gain +0.5 extra armor and barrier per will → Gain +1 extra armor and barrier per will.

	Genius Warlord	Level 1+ Reduced Effect: Gain +40 will if over 40% health → Gain +20 will if over 30% health. Level 2 Increased Effect: Gain +40 focus if over 40% health. → Gain +40 focus if over 30% health.

“Due to being a late-game character, Krang was not targeted by the Season 1 changes which reduced the damage of tanks, especially their area of effect damage. We are correcting that here by replacing some of his damage with debuffs, in addition to the heavy impact of the game-wide changes to Will.”

Rocksteady

Attack Range: 2 → 1

Casey Jones	Goongala	Level 1+ Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Casey would not gain strength or lose alertness. Reduced Effect: Gain +70 strength and receive -70 alertness for 8 seconds. → Gain +50 strength and receive -70 alertness for 5 seconds.

	Hole In Two	Level 1+ Reduced Effect: Gain +100 armor for 2 seconds. → Gain +60 armor for 2 seconds.

	Vigilante Fury	Level 1+ Reduced Effect: Gain +5 strength for 10 seconds. → Gain +3 strength for 10 seconds. Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where this skill would still work while under 0 will.

“Casey’s update last season was a bit too effective. We are scaling back the armor from Hole In Two, and reducing the rate at which he gains strength from Vigilante Fury. The bugfix to Goongala means that Casey can pump out a lot more damage a lot sooner, so overall we expect the new Casey to hit harder in the medium term but not build up quite so far.”

Baxter

Field Research

Level 1+
Reduced Effect: Gain +2 focus for 30 seconds → Gain +1 focus for 10 seconds
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where this skill would still work while stunned.

Level 2+
Reduced Effect: Gain +3 extra focus for 30 seconds → Gain +2 extra focus for 10 seconds

Lord of the Flies

Level 1+
Added Effect: Inflict -20 strength to all enemies taking damage over time.

Level 2
Increased Effect: Inflict -20 haste → Inflict -50 haste

Super Irma

Antimagnet Beam

Level 1+
Moved Effect from Level 2 and Increased: Inflict disarm for 2 seconds.
Level 2
Added Effect: Inflict -50 strength and/or focus for 6 seconds to targets over 50 for each respective status.

Tokka

Attack: 8 → 6

Rahzar

Howl

Level 1+
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where the first level of this skill did not give haste.
Increased Effect: Give +20 haste for 10 seconds → Give +40 haste for 10 seconds.

Dregg

Brain Drain

Level 2+
Reduced Effect: Gain +40 will for 8 seconds → Gain +20 will for 8 seconds

Galactic Conqueror

Level 1+
Increased Effect: Give +0.25 strength and focus per will → Give +0.4 strength and focus per will
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where this skill would still work while stunned or silenced.

Level 2
Reduced Effect: Gain +30 will for 10 seconds → Gain +15 will for 10 seconds

Napoleon	Snap Strike	Level 2 Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that prevented Snap Strike from inflicting extra damage and stun.

	Leapfrog	Level 2 Increased Effect: Gain +20 haste for 5 seconds → Gain +50 haste for 5 seconds.

	Crack the Whip	Level 2 Increased Effect: Inflict -30 defense → Inflict -40 defense. Reduced Effect: Inflict -30 will for 6 seconds → Inflict -15 will for 5 seconds. Level 3 Removed Effect: Gain +20 will for 5 seconds for each enemy hit. Added Effect: Gain +25 haste for 5 seconds for each enemy hit. Visual Fix: Updated the skill description to specify that the skill still inflicts disarm at this level.

	Thunderous Lashes	Level 1+ Removed All Effects Added Effect: When attacking, inflict -4 defense. After attacking, gain 4 defense if the target is at 0 defense. Level 2 Added Effect: When attacking, inflict -2 defense to enemies within range 1 of the target.

	Bully Whip	Level 1+ Removed All Effects Added Effect: When attacking, inflict -5 alertness for 4 seconds if the target is stunned, disarmed, rooted, or slowed and deal 4 extra damage to targets at or under 0 armor. Level 2 Added Effect: When attacking, inflict -5 will for 4 seconds if the target is stunned, disarmed, rooted, or slowed.

“Napoleon was suffering from a combination of an awkward skillset and an anti-defense identity, which was pointless in the context of a game where defense didn’t work. The new Napoleon is still an anti-defense specialist, but his skills are now refined to focus on applying debuffs via attacks and gaining more attacks with haste.”

Genghis

Heavy Chop

Level 1
Added Effect: Inflict -10 armor for 20 seconds if not disarmed.

Level 2+
Removed Effect: Inflict -30 armor for 20 seconds if not disarmed.
Added Effect: Inflict -20 extra armor to targets above 10 armor.
Visual Fix: Updated the skill description to specify that the skill deals physical damage.

Axe Spin

Level 1+
Reduced Damage: 40 → 30
Moved Effect from Level 3: Gain 15 defense for each enemy hit.

Level 2
Bug Fix: Fixed issue where this level of the skill was inflicting slow when it unlocks at level 3.

“Like Krang, Genghis is a tank who was mostly untouched by the Season 1 changes to tanks. He has not been as disruptive, however, so the changes here are much smaller.”

Zak

Extradimensional Moves

Level 1+
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where this skill would still work while stunned, rooted, or slowed.

Granitor	Stone Stance	Level 1+ Added Effect: Receive -50 haste for 6 seconds.

	Rock-it Launcher	Level 1+ Reduced Damage: 40 → 20 Level 2+ Removed Effect: Deal 15 extra damage to targets under 15 armor. Added Effect: Inflict -20 defense.

	Stone Skin	Level 2 Removed Effect: Gain +30 armor if above 50% health. Added Effect: Gain +0.25 strength per armor.

	Loyalty to Krang	Level 1+ Removed All Effects Added Effect: Give +30 armor and barrier to other allies at or above 20 will if not stunned or rooted. Level 2 Added Effect: Give 30% resistance to stun to other allies at or above 20 will if not stunned or rooted. After being KO'd, give 30 defense to all allies at or above 20 will.

“Granitor was unreleased outside of a 3* available to beta players, but he was causing a lot of issues to players in the campaign. Much like Krang he was a tank who did a lot of area damage and gained bonuses to Will. We have reduced his damage and redesigned his Loyalty to Krang ability to give bonuses to other high-Will characters rather than having Granitor gain Will himself. With these changes we expect that we will be able to make Granitor available again in the near future.”

Mondo Gecko

Skateboard Smash

Level 2
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue that caused this upgrade level to be impossible to unlock.

Mona Lisa	Volatile Mix	Level 2+ Reduced Effect: Give +30 haste and will for 8 seconds → Give +60 haste and +10 will for 4 seconds. Level 3 Removed Effect: Give +30 extra haste to targets under 0 haste and +30 extra will to targets under 0 will. Added Effect: Give 15 extra defense to targets that are stunned, rooted, slowed, or taking damage over time.

	Expanded Studies	Level 1+ Increased Damage: 3 → 5 Level 2 Increased Effect: Gain +15 haste for each other ally above 20 haste. → Gain +25 haste for each other ally above 25 haste. Removed Effect: Gain +15 will for each other ally above 20 will. Added Effect: Gain +10 strength and focus for each other ally above 10 strength or focus.

	Fortifying Recipe	Level 1+ Removed All Effects Added Effect: At the start of combat, give 12 defense and 30% resistance to stun, root, and slow to all allies for 12 seconds. Level 2 Added Effect: Give +12 armor and barrier for 12 seconds.

“We’ve mixed up some new changes to Mona Lisa’s kit. Expanded Studies now provides more damage, which should help emphasize her secondary Blaster role. Her revamped Fortifying Recipe is much simpler and more consistent, while still providing her signature status resistances. The new Mona Lisa has less reliance on Will but is stronger in other areas.”

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