🧪 Early Information on ROUND 2 Legendary Season 3 Heroes (Skadi, Baldur) [Part of The Beta Beat V28]

[zephyr1]

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This thread is to provide early insights and discussion on the ROUND 2 Season 3 Heroes.

For information and discussion on Season 3 please see: 📯 Season 3 (Valhalla) – FAQ & Links

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Don’t get too attached

Details from Beta, especially brand-new Beta content, don’t tend to be very reliable for actual release.

It’s incredibly common that features are changed during Beta testing, or sometimes even after testing but before release. That is, after all, the purpose of Beta testing.

So I wouldn’t get too attached to any of this — it’s not unheard of for entire portions of features to be removed or reworked, or for radical changes to functionality to be made.

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ROUND 2 Season 3 Heroes

Skadi – 5* – Ice

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Skadi Beta Info & Stats

Rarity: Legendary/5*

Attack: 696
Defense: 793
HP: 1411

Class: Monk
Realm: Jotunheim
Element: Ice/Blue

Mana Speed: Slow Average

Special Skill: Iceberg Crush

• Deals 170% damage to all enemies.
• The damage is increased by 70% per each dead enemy.
• Stack: All enemies receive 30 Frost damage per each killed enemy or enemy minion at the end of each turn. The maximum size of stack is 10.
• Stack: All enemies get -3% -6% mana generation per each killed enemy or enemy minion. The maximum size of stack is 10.

Baldur – 5* – Fire

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Baldur Beta Info & Stats

Rarity: Legendary/5*

Attack: 807
Defense: 696
HP: 1326

Class: Ranger
Realm: Muspelheim
Element: Red/Fire

Mana Speed: Average

Special Skill: Unbreakable Brawler

• Boosts health of the caster by 1000. If health exceed max HP, it is added as temporary HP. Max temporary HP is 100% of max HP. Boosted health counters max HP reduction.
• All allies resist effects that drain mana direct mana reduction for as long as the caster has boosted health. This effect cannot be dispelled.
• Deals 110% damage to a random enemy each turn for as long as the caster has boosted health. This effect cannot be dispelled.

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For a full list of items currently in beta testing, as well as their related threads, please see:

• 🧪 The Beta Beat (v28) – Updated Springvale, ROUND 2 Season 3 Heroes, Apr/May/June HOTM – Sharing the Big Picture on What's Going on in Beta

[voidstrike]

Baldur looks like he’ll be a good support hero but is there a duration on the boosted health? Just asking since the 2nd and 3rd parts of his special skills are contingent on the caster maintaining boosted health for effect duration.

Skadi seems underwhelming but if there truly is a Telluria surge with minions running rampant I can see where he would shine a bit more (but a cap at 30% - mana generation seems too poor for slow mana speed).

[zephyr1]

@voidstrike

but is there a duration on the boosted health?

Nope, it’s not a status effect. It lasts until sufficient damage is taken to eliminate it.

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@voidstrike

but a cap at 30% - mana generation seems too poor for slow mana speed

Keep in mind that Stacks are permanent effects with no duration.

Skadi will get to the end of Quest/Map Stages, and give all Bosses -30% Mana Generation permanently, unless killed.

[Disposable]

I like all the new DOT coming into the game recently

[voidstrike]

@zephyr1

Keep in mind that Stacks are permanent effects with no duration.

To confirm then, you’re saying stacks can’t be dispelled or am I mixing terminology?

[LordJain]

Love the concepts of those two new heroes. They aren’t soo good bye their own but Baldur has great sinergies with heimdall or minions. Skadi is what Guardian Owl should has been and great against minions.

[Disposable]

@voidstrike

To confirm then, you’re saying stacks can’t be dispelled or am I mixing terminology?

Stonecleave dispells stacks from himself, so other more broad stack dispells could be coming

(edit: removes stacks, not dispells, gotta be careful with the terminology)

[zephyr1]

@voidstrike

To confirm then, you’re saying stacks can’t be dispelled or am I mixing terminology?

Correct, they can’t be dispelled.

Or removed, apparently:

@Adisty

It’s not dispellable with Guardian Chameleon either (dispels ALL dispellable AND non-dispellable buffs and debuffs). Cleared the “immune to dispel” though, and atk down didn’t replace it like other non-dispellable atk buffs. So basically she gets super-charged and stays that way until the fight is over. Finally got a hero (in my roster anyway) worth putting the stockpile of ranger emblems on

[IvyTheTerrible]

@zephyr1

All allies resist effects that drain mana for as long as the caster has boosted health.

SGG has been lax about mana effect interactions recently (Neith sneakily resisting Onatel and the current Onatel vs. Manashield and Poseidon bug - SGG has acknowledged the latter and intends to fix in V28), so I’m curious to know how this is functioning in beta right now.

So does Baldur’s special skill (when he has boosted HP) protect against

• Mana generation ailments like Natalya, Alasie, Telluria, etc.
• Mana cuts like Mitsuko, Guinevere, etc.
• Mana steals like Onatel
• Mana stops like Hel and Proteus
• I don’t know quite how to classify Hansel and Gretel, but given that there’s something possibly untoward going on with their skill and Seshat, it feels like they need their own category
• Merlin’s Mindless Attack

[yelnats_24]

No 4* heroes???

[voidstrike]

Yet.

You also have to remember there were heroes previously in beta not released with first iteration of Valhalla portal and there will probably be more new heroes to come…

…honestly anything to keep SGG distracted from actually working on the hero academy.

[Joroc]

@zephyr1

Skadi will get to the end of Quest/Map Stages, and give all Bosses -30% Mana Generation permanently, unless killed.

They keep all stacks (even on enemies) when they pass a wave?

[bobiscool]

@zephyr1

Skadi will get to the end of Quest/Map Stages, and give all Bosses -30% Mana Generation permanently, unless killed.

wait… AND 300 DOT damage per turn forever? O_O that sounds like a very good auto-play hero.

[Skadi]

I have a nickname in the game “Skadi” and this is my name, and getting Skadi for me will be very cool! This goddess of winter and mountains seems to haunt me for life.

[ProfLoki]

Baldur looks like someone should throw a mistletoe at him. I mean: what can possibly go wrong?

[Dorkus]

Is Skadi’s frost damage the same type as Vela’s water damage? Seems like all ice hero based DoT should be the same type. . . Then make the next red HoTM with innate resistance to this please and thank you!

What is included in Baldur’s resistance to effects that drain mana? Onatel only? Mana cuts (Guin/Li/Mitsuko)? Mindless Attack/Spell Slayer?

[IvyTheTerrible]

This is actually a really good joke that unfortunately likely few will understand.

[CHENZ]

@zephyr1

Deals 170% damage to all enemies.

Kadilen hit 190% damage and fast…
XD
Cry in the eye… Of skadi

[AndreworNIL]

About Skadi stacks. Does it matter who killed the minions? And what about order of usage? Do special need activation before we can get stacks? I mean, imagine we have Dalila and Red Hood as enemies, they summon minions, our Grimble eat them, we get mana boost, enemy have -30% mana generation and 300 dmg per turn. And that is active as long as Skadi is alive.
Also looks very promising against Freya ravens.

[FrenziedEye]

Suddenly gets even more fearful of Rush tourneys without the opposing element