Coming from the Closed Technical Test (CTT) Gearbox has learned a lot from analyzing all the play sessions. Yes Phoebe was overpowered but she also had the advantage that her anti-hero, the Battleborn that was designed to counter her play style, wasn’t available in the CTT. Recently i got hold of some footage showcasing the Helix’ of currently announced Battleborn. Instead of diving into making Helix overview videos i started comparing the skill trees to the ones that i already got up on the Battleborn profile pages. I noticed several changes and that some skill trees got tweaked more than others. One noticeable thing was changes Gearbox made to the use of stun in the skill trees. This status effect got moved around or replaced by other status effects like slow or a new one called silence. In this change log new heroes like Toby,ย Deande, Ghalt, Attikus & Galilea are not included as they were not available during the CCT.
*This is not an official Change log some stats might have changed that are not or previously not specified in the helix skill trees. Also as Battleborn is still in development nothing is set in stone, things change on daily basis.
Check out Ambra’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
Ambra’s primary and secondary attack have changed. The primary attack is now the secondary attack and vise versa. Also new is the heat gauge, every primary attack you perform now fills up a heat meter that will add bonus damage to your secondary attack, the scorching strikes.
Sunspots ย will deal damage to enemies at the cost of their own life bar. Also you can now only summon 2 instead of 3 sunspots.
Solar Wind no longer pushes enemies back by default, instead it deals damage. The push back ability can be acquired within the helix.
- LVL1 – LEFT – SUNSPOTTER
Sunspot’s damage buff from +10 Damage to +16% Damage Over 4 Seconds - LVL1 – RIGHT – SEARING WIND
Skill Replaced byย ILLUMINATION, Now Solar Wind does +135 Damage over 3 Seconds - LVL2 – RIGHT – SOOTHING SUNLIGHT
Skill Replaced byย BLESSING OF THE SUN, Sunspot +10 Health Regeneration Per Second is replaced with +50% Health Regeneration Per Second - LVL3 – LEFT – BLOOD DRIVE
+20% Life Steal is lowered toย +15% Life Steal - LVL4 – LEFT – RADIANT GALE
Knock up effect is replaced with a push back effect - LVL4 – RIGHT – RITUAL OF REPULSION
Skill Replaced byย SEARING WIND, Solar Wind Push back effect is replaced with damage buff. Up to +100% Damage depending on your range. Closer is Better - LVL5 – LEFT – CAUTERIZATION
+25 Health Regenerating per second is nowย +60% Movement Speedย when her Flame Shield is active. - LVL5 – RIGHT – FLAME BURST
Flame Shield explodes on expiry buffed fromย +123 Damage to +200 Damage - LVL6 – LEFT – AGILE ANOMALY
Sunspots donยดt instantly get cast now but haveย increased range. +50% Area of Effect Radius - LVL7 – RIGHT – FLAME STAFF
The Extra damage that Ambraโs Scorching Strikes does through the expenditure of Heat is gained as health. +100% Life Steal - LVL8 – LEFT – BASK IN THE LIGHT
Sunspot now get anย +20% Cooldown Time instead of slowing your enemy. - LVL8 – RIGHT – FAN THE FLAMES
Increases the Health of Ambraโs Sunspots. +50% Sunspot Health instead ofย +30% Movement Speed byย consuming Sunspot - LVL10 – LEFT – SHOCKWAVE
Extinction Event now stuns nearby enemies for 2 Seconds instead of pushing them back - LVL10 – Right – World’s End
Extinction Event lost itsย +180 Damage buff
Check out Benedict’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL2- WIND CHILL
Lift off slow effect lowered from 2 seconds to 1 second - LVL3 – READY ROCKETS
Rocket Launcherย -43% Reload time is nowย +30% Reload Speed.
Check out Boldur’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL3 – LEFT – DEFT DEFENSE
Skill now on the Right. Instead of getting his shield up faster Boldur is now able to block more damage and run at full speed while guarding - LVL3 – RIGHT – STUNNING BLOWS
Skill now on the Left. - LVL4 – RIGHT – HEADSPLITTER
Axe Toss now slows enemies instead of stunning them. - LVL5 – RIGHT – BERSERKER RAGE
Rageย health regeneration rate increases from +7 to +14 Health Regeneration per second - LVL6 – RIGHT –ย DEADLIER DASH
Renamed skill toย BOLDURCRASH - LVL7 – RIGHT – NATURAL ENHANCEMENT
Renamed skill toย DWARVEN CONSTITUTION - LVL9 – LEFT – AXE TOSS COOLDOWN
Skill now on the Right. - LVL9 – RIGHT – DEATH AND AXES
Skill now on the Left. - LVL10 –ย BOTHย MASTERIES
Both skills no longer forceย Runes of Power toย always power up Boldur’s axe or shield. The Axe will gainย +2% Damage for every 100 Health. While the shield will notย generate any heat.
Check out Caldarius’ย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL 2 – RIGHT – ZEALOUS FRENZY
The energy blade attack speed by activating Gravitic Burst is increased fromย +15% Attack Speed toย +20% Attack Speed for 5 seconds - LVL4 – LEFT – FLASH BARRAGE
The 3ย Flashbangs now do less damage from 56 to 53 damage - LVL7 – LEFT – ADAPTIVE HARMONICS
Caldarius’ shield recharge delay buff is replaced with +18% Energy Blade attack damage - LVL10 – RIGHT – AERIAL BARRAGE
Now drops a frag on lift off instead of firing one before final decent.
Check out ISIC’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL1 – RIGHT – CRUSHIN’ THOSE SHIELDS ! ๐
Plasma Dash bonus damageย to shields when Overcharged gets buffed from +50% to +60% Bonus Damage to Shields - LVL2 – RIGHT – THIS MIGHT STING !
Rotating Wards now only condense into plasmaย charges when using overcharge. Damage lowered from 141 to 131 Damage per Charge - LVL3 – LEFT – OUTTA MY WAY ! ๐
Skill got replaced byย NOT DYINโTODAY ! ๐ย +240 Maximum Shield Strength instead of having a push back effect on your Plasma Dash. - LVL10 – LEFT – SHIELDS UP ! ๐
Activating Omega Strike deploys Energy Aegis to block inbound damage from in front. Energy Shieldย went up from +1000 to +2000 Damage Blocking
Check out Marquis’ย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL4 – LEFT – TIME KILLER
Enemies inside a Temporal Distortion bubble take more damage over time. From +28 to 45 Damage Per Second. - LVL7 – LEFT – BULLET BANKER
Skill got replaced by AUTOLOADER, Bindlebane’s Reload & Attack speed are buffed instead of having an bigger magazine size. - LVL8 – LEFT – WINDFALL
Predatory Strikeย areas of effect damage is altered from +30 Damage toย +360 Damage Over 6 Seconds. - LVL10 – LEFT – BINDLEBLAST(S)
Both Bindleblasts got a slight damage reduction -33% Damage Per Shot
Check out Mellka’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL2 – LEFT – PARTING GIFT
Spikes area of effect got a slight debuff instead of dealingย +22 Damage Per Second it now doesย +20 Damage Per Second over 5 Seconds. - LVL2 – RIGHT – GONE IN A FLASH
Skill got replaced with LIFT OFF!, Mellka now won’t cloak when using Spike. Spikeย now has en increased height. - LVL3 – LEFT – THRILL OF THE HUNT
Got moved to LVL8. New skill is AIR STALL;ย Mellkaโs off-hand melee attack deals increased damage and propels her backwards. - LVL4 – LEFT – BLADE EJECTION
Claw Lungeย additional damage is lowered from +58 to +50 Damage - LVL5 – RIGHT – COMBAT RHYTHM
Killing an enemy afflicted with Venom grants a stack of increased health. Stacksย got boosted fromย +10% to +30% Maximum Health per Stack. - LVL6 – RIGHT – DESPERATE LUNGE
Extra Claw Lunge dash distance is replaced withย reducedย Cooldown Time - LVL7 – LEFT – POWER SPIKE
Mellka’s Venom upgrade got lowered from +128 to +100 Damage - LVL7 – RIGHT – SECOND WIND
Spike Cooldown depended on Mellka’s health is gone down from a maximum ofย -50% to -40% Cooldown time. - LVL8 – RIGHT – AIR STALL
Got replaced byย THRILL OF THE HUNT. - LVL9 – Right – FINISHING BLOW
Claw Lunge deals increased damage is lowered from +29 to +21 Damage - LVL10 – LEFT – BLADE STORM
Skill got upgraded with a new ability.ย Blade Launcherโs blades now also home in an envenomated enemies instead of just bouncing of the environment.
Check out Miko’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL5 – LEFT – TOXIC TRANSFUSION
Miko’s ability to steal health by using Molecular Mycology got lowered fromย +20% to +15% Life Steal - LVL10 – RIGHT – VICIOUS STRAIN
Fungus Among Us damage over time got debuffed fromย +78 to +30 Damage Per Second
Check out Montana’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL3 – LEFT – PUMPED UP
Montana’s maximum health increases from +250 to +360 health - LVL3 – RIGHT – GATLING GREASE
Minigun spinup time got removed skill got increased from -30% to -100% Spinup Time - LVL4 – RIGHT – FIRESTORM
Hailstormโs bullets did +24 Damage Per Second they now doย +48 Damage Over 2 Seconds - LVL6 – LEFT – SWOLE SHIELD
Montana’s maximum shield strength is increased from +195 to +240ย Maximum Shield Strength
Check out Orendi’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL5 – LEFT – PROGNOSTICATION
Not really a change just looking at the skill from a different angle. If Gnosis still does 8 seconds cooldown to Shadowfire Pillar than with this -4 Seconds cooldown you still get the -12 cooldown. - LVL7 – RIGHT – ESSENCE THEFT
Orendi’s skills did +20% Life Steal, now they do +15% Life Steal. So a slight decrease.
Check out Oscar Mike’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL1 – RIGHT – SNEAK ATTACK
Deactivating the Stealth Generatorย boosted your damage withย +20% now with +16% Bonus Damage - LVL2 – RIGHT – NADES ON NADES
Each of theย 5 Child grenades didย 20% damage now they do 40% damage on detonation with a maximum of +100% Damage - LVL5 – LEFT – HOLLOW-POINT ROUND
Tactical Rounds penetrated enemy shields with +25% now do +60% Shield Penetration. - LVL7 – LEFT – AGILITY TRAINING
The increases base movement speed got lowered from +9% to +8% Base Movement Speed
Check out Phoebe’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL1 – RIGHT – PREPARATION
Enemies hit by Blade Rush are now marked and will be silenced instead of stunned by the last strike of Phoebe’s primary melee combo. - LVL2 – LEFT – GATECRASHER
Skill got replaced byย SHIELD RESONATORS.ย Phasegate’s damagingย electric storm got removed for an shield recharge trigger. - LVL3 – LEFT – SHIELD STABILIZERS
Phoebe’s maximum shield strength got increased from +195 to +240 Shield Strength with +105 Shield Recharge per Second. - LVL4 – LEFT – UNINTENDED INNOVATION
Blade Rush exploding bladesย travel slower - LVL4 – RIGHT – RADDOPPIO
Skill got an make over, no more cooldown forย Blade Rush. Butย True Strike will provideย +30% Damage Reduction for 3 Seconds - LVL5 – RIGHT – REPRISE
Phoebe’s second True Strike now deals increased +40% Damage - LVL7 – LEFT – EFFICIENT RESONATOR
Skill got replaced for CORE OVERLOAD. The previousย +105 Shield recharge rate per Second got added in LVL3 Skillย SHIELD STABILIZERS. CORE OVERLOAD grants +15% Skill Damage - LVL9 – RIGHT – REFINED TECHNIQUE
Blade Rush did up toย +30% Damageย the further they traveled this now isย Up to +100% Damage
Check out Rath’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL1 – LEFT – PHASING BLADES
Skill got replaced by SLOWING STRIKE. Crossblade no longer goes through enemies instead it slows enemies on impact. - LVL2 – RIGHT – PARABOLIC BLADE
Skill got replaced by ANGERโS ECHO. Crossblade will still travel back but deals half the damage. - LVL4 – RIGHT – CATALYTIC FLASH
Catalytic Smash no longer blinds enemies but will silence them when hit. - LVL7 – LEFT – EVASIVE MANEUVERS
When Rath’s shield breaks his movement speed is increased from 4 to 6 seconds - LVL9 – LEFT – SOFTENED TARGET
Theย Crossblade buff from Catalytic Smash got slightly reduced from +35% to +25% Damage
Check out Reyna’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL1 – RIGHT – PRIORITY PLASMA
Level 1 Right skill moved down to Level 2 on the left and vise versa - LVL4 – LEFT – VITAL PROTOCOL
Shield Booster’s health regeneration is lowered from +290 to +250 Health, but now is added when Shield Booster is appliedย instead of onย breakingย orย expiring. - LVL4 – RIGHT – VENGEANCE PROTOCOL
Shield Booster explosion damage is lowered from +232 to +200 Damage,ย but now is triggered when Shield Booster is applied instead of on breaking or expiring. - LVL6 – LEFT – VIGILANCE
Increased Shield Booster overshield lowered from a shocking +113 to +112ย Overshield - LVL8 – RIGHT – DOGPILER
Damage on marked enemies by Priority Target is increased from +15% to +16% Extra Damage
Check out Thorn’sย profile pageย for the fully updated helix
- LVL5 – LEFT – HEXTENSION
Curse now also deals +10% Damage