April 2025 Balance Update — Details & Release Notes ⚖

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Note: This balance change is planned go live by 2025-04-24T10:00:00Z

Full details of the changes are as follows:

Passive Skill updates

New Passive: Empowered Resist Mana Reduction

  • Grants a Hero resistance against mana reductions. The Hero also gains 450 boosted health and 5% mana each time they resist.
  • Added for various Heroes of the Beowulf family, replacing the earlier non-Empowered version of the Passive Skill
    • Legendary
      • Beowulf
      • Modthryth
      • Grendel
    • Epic
      • Aeschere
    • Rare
      • Unferth

Family bonus updates

Astral Dwarf family

  • New family bonus effect: chance to resist mana reductions, and gain mana on each resist
  • Affected Heroes
    • Salniss
    • Maegwyn
    • Pluth
    • Quari
    • Vard
    • Ixinn

Faun and Villain families

  • The members of these families now also do extra damage to Mega Minions, in addition to Minions
  • Affected Heroes
    • Legendary
      • Peregrine
      • Tamlin
      • Verity
      • Araminta
      • Ysabel
      • Gideon
      • Bramble
      • Isidore
      • Ascian
      • Yolanda
      • Maud
      • Dark Lord
      • Dark Lord (Costume)
      • Toxicandra
      • Crystalis
      • Asterius
      • Isrod
      • Karnov
    • Epic
      • Myrtle
      • Ingolf
      • Sanngrior
    • Rare
      • Saskia
      • Edd
      • Skrekok

Mechanic updates

Corrosive effects buffed

  • Further increased the extra damage Corrosive effects deal against Minions and Mega Minions
  • Affected Heroes:
    • Legendary
      • Aethslegaur
      • Andvari
      • Asterius
      • Atlanteia
      • Atlanteia (Costume)
      • Bragi
      • Crystalis
      • Dagr
      • Dark Lord
      • Dark Lord (Costume)
      • Domiventus
      • Domiventus (Costume)
      • Dularfulr
      • Ferrus
      • Gandr
      • Gwynn
      • Hreidmarr
      • Jabberwock (Costume)
      • Persa
      • Persa (Costume)
      • Ott
      • Regin
      • Rumpelstiltskin (Costume)
      • Scoria
      • Skarn
      • Tenebrae
    • Epic
      • Fjalar
      • Ingolf
    • Rare
      • Helgi

Aether Power changes

Glass Grimm

  • Aether Power changed: Attack Up → Rage

Glass Kiril

  • Aether Power changed: Ailment Immunity → Defense Up

Glass Melendor

  • Aether Power changed: Ailment Immunity → Special Armor

Toon Azar

  • Aether Power changed: Dodge → Rage

Class Talent updates

Ranger

  • The Superior and Master Talent extra effects of this Class (Bleed damage and a defense reduction, respectively) now activate on any bypass of defensive buffs. Previously, the extra effects were applied only if the bypass was activated through the Talent.

Costume Bonus updates for Legendary Heroes

Sun and Moon families

  • Costume bonus increased
    • OLD: +32% attack/ +32% defense/ +35% health/+5% mana generation
    • NEW: +41% attack/ +41% defense/ +42% health/+5% mana generation

Defenders and Nightmares of Atlantis families

  • Costume bonus increased
    • OLD: +19% attack/ +19% defense/ +23% health/+5% mana generation
    • NEW: +28% attack/ +28% defense/ +28% health/+5% mana generation

Hero Special Skill buffs

Pepperbleu

  • The Special Skill now deals direct damage
    • NEW: Deals 400% damage to the target.

Högne

  • Frostfall Strike damage increased: max 2000 → 2200
  • Increased the amount of max health reduced: 600 → 700 HP

Aeron

  • Heal over time increased: 1015 → 1150 HP over 5 turns

Aeron (Costume)

  • Direct heal increased: 45% → 47%

Anzogh

  • Direct damage increased: 250% → 280%
  • Heal per damage dealt increased: 30% → 35%

Malosi

  • Direct damage increased: 350% → 400%

Frosth

  • Frost Sprite Minion
    • Inherited HP increased: 15% → 18%

Turgruk

  • Direct damage increased: 450% → 480%

Zarga

  • Direct damage increased: 435% → 465%
  • Chance of inflicting Bleed damage increased: 50% → 55%
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