HOTFIX 16

Small Hotfix live (reload the app once to install) Follow-up to the Shadow Mastery incident: Void Shoulders / Ambush / Aftermath were also fighting dirty. Non-Shadow kits were getting free doubles from Shadow Echo, Ambush could multi-hit into deletes, and Dazed barely paid off. This cleans that up into one big burst → sustain. 

What was broken

• Shadow Echo (Void Shoulders) doubled every Legendary proc while equipped — Inferno, Shatter, Lightning, Bleed, etc. — not just Shadow effects. That’s why non-Shadow builds were reporting an insane DPS jump from one pair of shoulders
• Ambush could stack Overload × Shadow Echo × Arcane Echo into ×4–×8 bursts (one-shot deletes), or miss entirely on the same attack that applied Stun (felt “random”)
• Aftermath Dazed only buffed the white strike for a while, and the bonus was only +28%
• Stats panel showed 70% Shadow / Frost using Burn’s apply cap — real Stun/Freeze chance caps at 30%

Fixes

• Shadow Echo only echoes real Shadow procs (Nightfall / Shadowstep). Ambush & Void Strike get ×1.35 damage instead of multi-hit
• Ambush = one crit-scaled burst per Stun (scales with Crit Damage like Shatter). Fires on the same attack that lands Stun. No more echo/Overload multi-Ambush
• Aftermath Dazed = +50% damage taken for 3 turns (strikes, Ambush, DoTs — the sustain window after the burst)
• Shadow / Frost mastery UI now shows the real 30% Stun / Freeze caps

How Shadow should feel now

• Lock (Stun) → one chunky Ambush → Aftermath Dazed amp + DoTs while they’re locked / dazed
• Void Shoulders helps Shadow kits; it should not carry Fire/Lightning/Bleed anymore

Lightning retune (was overnerfed)

• Shock tick base 3.5 → 3.8 (pre-nerf was 4)
• Shock proc bonus/stack 3.0% → 3.25% (pre-nerf 3.5%)
• Shock surge cap 6 → 7 (pre-nerf 8)
• Lightning proc damage scale 0.55 → 0.60 (pre-nerf 0.64)
• Stormheart/stack 2.0% → 2.2%; Voltaic Touch 4% → 4.5% (pre-nerf 2.5% / 5%)
• Lightning apply cap stays 70%

Score was overweighting drop depth — so a slightly deeper piece with worse quality and lower affixes could still show a higher Score and get labeled UPGRADE. That made Affix Changes say “everything goes down” while the card said upgrade. Fixed: better stats should win.What changed

• Score is now mostly power / affix strength vs a reference roll at that depth — not “who dropped deeper”
• UPGRADE / DOWNGRADE on loot compare follows that — a deeper weak roll should read as a downgrade when every affix is red

Small backend update live (reload once) I toughened up the cloud save backend so it can handle a lot more players without melting — same progress, lighter sync. Please poke around after you reload (depth, inventory, Arena kits). If anything looks off, write me please.