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Illuvium: Arena Update 1.17.8

Patch Notes

  • Date PublishedJun 9, 2026
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Balance Adjustments

This update targets several of the meta’s strongest strategies, with nerfs to Fighters, Mystic, Behemoth, and the Taipan line to reduce their overall dominance. At the same time, buffs to Tsunami, Colossus, Rogues, and Water aim to improve composition diversity and bring more underused archetypes into contention.

Illuvials

Mammoth (Mah'mu/Mah'tu/Mam'mut): 
Stage 3 omega's impact is too powerful.

  • Omega damage: 250/300/500 → 250/300/400.

Taipan (Phyri/Phyriox/Scoriox): 
Ranged DPS powerhouse, specially at stage 2 and 3.

  • Attack Damage: 115/140/185→ 115/135/175.

Affinities & Classes

Rogue: 

Higher threshold rogues need a small tune up since last patch.

  • Crit Chance: 6/13/20% → 6/14/21%.

Water: 

Max threshold water is struggling, buffing its max threshold effect.

  • OP gain on omega: 8 → 10.

Fighter: 

The best performing synergy by far. Everything revolving fighter is very strong.

  • Attack Speed: 6/9/12/18% → 5/7/10/16%.

Composites

Tsunami: 

Keeps being one of the worst performing synergies of the latest patch.

  • Energy Refund: 30/35/40% → 35/40/45%.

Colossus:

 Due to its achievement difficulty, Colossus should perform better.

  • Bonus Health: 18/30/40% → 20/30/45%.
  • Thorns: 20/30 → 20/35. (Max threshold thorns are equal to 10% HP).

Mystic:

Mystic keeps dominating in this patch, tuning it down accordingly.

  • Damage AMP and RED:  7/15/25% →7/14/21%.

Behemoth: 

Behemoth is a hard to acquire composite, but its performance is too high for lower thresholds.

  • Max Health Bonus: 10/14/18%→ 8/12/18%.

As always, we’ll continue monitoring gameplay, collecting feedback, and making improvements where needed. Jump in, test out the changes, and let us know what you think.

See you on the battlefield.