KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 31

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Concentration" •

The "Season of Metamorphoses" has ended! Players received the previous seasonal changes warmly, so most will remain in the game. However, the mutation tree will undergo changes again this season—more on that below.

Welcome to Season 31—"Season of Concentration".

This season's main changes affect the mutation altar. There will now be fewer altars on the levels, but players will have more rerolls available (5 by default instead of 3). Additionally, for the duration of the season, we've removed More Altars from the mutation tree and the Curse of Mutation.

Here's how this affects gameplay: Now, during a single run in Despot’s Game, players will generally receive fewer mutations, but the selection of mutations will be much broader due to the increased number of rerolls.

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• Game Mode Balance •

• On average, players will now earn fewer tokens across all modes.
  
• Enemy diversity has increased — players will encounter more varied groups on all dungeon floors.
  

• The Health Bonus in the mutation tree has been increased at all levels:
  
• Level 1: 50 ➔ 80
  
• Level 2: 80 ➔ 100
  
• Level 3: 170 ➔ 200
  

• Mutation Tree Balance •

• Health Bonus and Tolerance have swapped places — Tolerance is now available earlier, while Health Bonus is obtainable later.
  
• The activation chance bonus from Weighted Dice has been increased at the first and second levels:
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: 20% ➔ 25%
     
  2. Level 2: 40% ➔ 45%
     
  
  
• The cost of Tolerance has been reduced at all levels:
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: 30 ➔ 25
     
  2. Level 2: 70 ➔ 60
     
  3. Level 3: 110 ➔ 100
     
  
  

• Classes Balance •

• Stonewall in the tank quest has been replaced with Effective Taunt.
  
• Tricksters Items:
  
  
  
  1. Tier 5: Damage 230 ➔ 210; Health 520 ➔ 500
     
  
  
• Eggheads Balance:
  
  
  
  1. The health of towers at all levels has been reduced:
     
  2. Level 1: 500 ➔ 300
     
  3. Level 2: 750 ➔ 500
     
  4. Level 3: 1250 ➔ 900
     
  
  
• Fighters Items:
  
  
  
  1. Tier 1: Damage 30 ➔ 50
     
  2. Tier 2: Damage 60 ➔ 80
     
  3. Tier 3: Damage 90 ➔ 110
     
  4. Tier 4: Damage 180 ➔ 200
     
  5. Tier 5: Damage 280 ➔ 300
     
  
  

• Mutations Balance •

• The cooldown multiplier for Mass Taunt has been increased: 4 ➔ 5
  

King of the Hill Season 30 Results

WINNERS:

Season 31 starts right now and ends on September 19th at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 30

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Metamorphoses" •

"Season of the Meganewbie" has ended! Meganewbie has forgotten his new abilities, and has become slightly weaker — its behavior and characteristics have reverted to the stats from Season 28.

Welcome to Season 30—"Season of Metamorphoses".

In this season, we are making significant changes to the mutation tree! The usual build order has changed, and the values of some important mutations have been altered. For example, More Altars and Attack Bonus can now be obtained earlier. On the other hand, you'll now need to level up a bit more to acquire Tolerance.

• Game Mode Balances •

• Class Balance •

• Tier 3: Damage 350 ➔ 320
  

• Tier 3: Damage 180 ➔ 160
  
• Tier 4: Damage 280 ➔ 230
  

• Tier 2: Damage 140 ➔ 130
  
• Tier 3: Damage 160 ➔ 150
  
• Tier 4: Damage 220 ➔ 200
  
• Tier 5: Damage 280 ➔ 250
  

• Tier 4: Damage 210 ➔ 200
  
• Tier 5: Damage 240 ➔ 230
  

• Mutations Balance •

• Duration of the Sweet/Sleeping Pill reduced from 5 sec ➔ 3 sec
  
• Cooldown multiplier for Mass Taunt increased from 3 ➔ 4
  
• Radius of Sword Dance reduced from 30 ➔ 20
  
• Powerful Pill/Tranquilizer is weakened: Duration 10 sec ➔ 7 sec, Damage bonus 40 ➔ 30
  
• Thunder Lance: Percentage damage from Mage Lightning reduced from 40% ➔ 30% (50% ➔ 40% in the Arcade)
  

• Cursed Mutations Balance •

• Curse of Puniness strengthened: Damage bonus 300 ➔ 400
  
• Damage bonus limit from Curse of Gluttony increased from 100 ➔ 150
  
• Debuff from Cursed Armor is weakened: Damage taken when moving 10% ➔ 5% (15% ➔ 10% in Director's mode)
  
• Debuff from Curse of Might is weakened: Chance to attack yourself 10% ➔ 7% (20% ➔ 15% in Director's mode)
  

King of the Hill Season 29 Results

WINNERS:

Season 30 starts right now and ends on August 29th at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 29

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of the Meganewbie" •

"Season of Newbies" has ended! Now Newbies cost as usual again; their price no longer increases in modes with food.

Welcome to Season 29—"Season of the Meganewbie".

The Meganewbie is now stronger! Its health and damage have increased, and it has acquired a number of useful abilities:

• Newbie Summoning: Every 10 seconds, the Meganewbie summons smaller newbies!
  
• Shockwave: Every 6 seconds, the Meganewbie strikes the ground, creating a powerful shockwave;
  
• Domineering Gaze: There is a 30% chance that the enemy may be stunned when attacked by the Meganewbie.
  

• Game Mode Balances •

• The "Normal" mode has been made more challenging: more enemies will now appear in rooms on all floors, and the economy of the mode has become slightly less generous. This change is mainly aimed at new players – last year, we significantly simplified "Normal" when we released the "Director's Cut" version. We started receiving more complaints that the game was too easy. The challenge is back!
  
• In "Slaughterhouse," the healing volume of the Healers class ability has been reduced at all levels:
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: 40 ➔ 30;
     
  2. Level 2: 60 ➔ 50;
     
  3. Level 3: 90 ➔ 70;
     
  4. Level 4: 130 ➔ 90;
     
  5. Level 5: 190 ➔ 120.
     
• The influx of tokens in "Hunger Games" has been increased again!
  

• Class Balance •

• The damage of shooter items has been reduced:
  
  
  
  1. Tier 1: 30 ➔ 25;
     
  2. Tier 2: 50 ➔ 40;
     
  3. Tier 3: 70 ➔ 55;
     
  4. Tier 4: 105 ➔ 85;
     
  5. Tier 5: 120 ➔ 105.
     
• Damage reduction from ricochets of "Rubber Bullets" increased: 0.5 ➔ 0.4;
  
• The number of shots in "Volley" (the Punisher item ability) reduced: 12 ➔ 10.
  

• Mutation Tree Balance •

1. Level 1: 30 ➔ 15
   
2. Level 2: 40 ➔ 25
   
3. Level 3: 50 ➔ 35
   

King of the Hill Season 28 Results

WINNERS:

Season 29 starts right now and ends on August 8th at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 28

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Newbies" •

"Season of Titans" has ended! All item prices and the Healers' healing bonus return to their original values.

Welcome to Season 28: "Newbie Season".

Now in modes with food, the price of newbies will increase just like in no-food modes—each subsequent newbie will cost 1 token more; price cap – 11. In no-food modes, the price cap price is increased and is 20.

• Mutation Tree Balance •

• Level 1: price 80, value 20 ➔ price 40, value 10
  
• Level 2: price 200, value 40 ➔ price 80, value 30
  

• Prices at levels 5,6,7,8 – 100, 130, 160, 200 ➔ 70, 100, 130, 160
  

• Game Modes Balance •

• Classes Balance •

• The bonus from Transformation (the ability of the Sailor Fuku item) has been reduced: 80% ➔ 70%;
  
• The damage from Fury for Fighters has been reduced: 15 ➔ 12;
  
• The mana cost of Human Projectile has increased: 40 ➔ 50; the radius has been slightly reduced 35 ➔ 30;
  
• The damage of Throwers has been reduced:
  
  
  
  1. Tier 1; damage 70 ➔ 60;
     
  2. Tier 2; damage 140 ➔ 120;
     
  3. Tier 3; damage 160 ➔ 140;
     
  4. Tier 4; damage 220 ➔ 200.
     
• The class ability of Healers has been strengthened at levels 4 and 5:
  
  
  
  1. Level 4: healing amount: 60 ➔ 70;
     
  2. Level 5: healing amount: 80 ➔ 90.
     
• The number of shots in Volley (the ability of the Punisher item) has increased: 8 ➔ 12.

King of the Hill Season 27 Results

WINNERS:

Season 28 starts right now and ends on July 18th at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 27

• Introducing: SEASONAL MUTATIONS •

Introducing our first thematic season—Season of Titans

All Tier 5 items now cost 100 tokens more. The stats of these items are also significantly boosted, primarily focusing on damage and health. The only exception is Halo (Tier 5 Healers' item). It doesn't grant additional damage to puny humans, but the Level 5 of the Healers class ability is significantly enhanced.

• Game Modes Balance •

• Damage: 15 ➔ 20;
  
• Health: 1300 ➔ 1400.
  

• Zombies summoned by the Summon Zombie and Raise Dead mutations are now significantly weaker;
  
• Raise Dead can now drop starting from the 2nd level;
  
• Health Bonus in the Mutation Tree has been buffed: 30, 60, 150 ➔ 50, 80, 170;
  
• The cost of ORAORAORA in the Mutation Tree has been reduced: 60 ➔ 40;
  
• The cost of the second level of Thrill of Battle has been reduced from 50 ➔ 40.
  

• Mutations Balance •

• Blood Magic: attack speed bonus: 20% ➔ 15%;
  
• Thorn Armor is no longer available to Cultists;
  
• ORAORAORA: mana cost increased: 16 ➔ 25;
  
• Mass Taunt: cooldown modifier: 4 ➔ 3;
  
• Healthy Fat is now unavailable to Fighters;
  
• Speed Magic: duration: 20 sec. ➔ 30 sec.;
  
• Mage Gene: damage bonus: 50 ➔ 75;
  
• Sword Dance: radius increased: 20 ➔ 30;
  
• Soul Gift: health bonus reduced: 700 ➔ 500.
  

• Classes Balance •

• Tier 1: damage 60 ➔ 70;
  
• Tier 2: damage 120 ➔ 140;
  
• Tier 3: damage 140 ➔ 160;
  
• Tier 4: damage 200 ➔ 220.
  

King of the Hill Season 26 Results

WINNERS:

Season 27 starts right now and ends on June 20th th at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 26

• Game Modes Balance •

• Spatial Reasoning no longer appears in Sprint;
  
• The number of tokens earned in Sprint has been slightly increased to compensate for the removal of Spatial Reasoning.
  

• The cost of Fast Towers in the mutation tree has been reduced at both levels: level 1 — 20 tokens ➔ 10 tokens; level 2 — 30 tokens ➔ 20 tokens;
  
• Fury in the mutation tree has been replaced with ORAORAORA;
  
• Now ORAORAORA can only be obtained through the mutation tree;
  
• Fury can now be obtained at mutation altars starting from level 2;
  
• Rat-ify can now be obtained starting from level 10 (this change applies only to Battle).
  

• Quests Balance •

• Abyss (Newbies quest) — token reward increased: 20 tokens ➔ 30 tokens;
  
• Moon Hermit's quest (Mages quest) — token reward increased: 30 tokens ➔ 35 tokens.
  

• Mutations Balance •

• Evasion is now available to Smarties;
  
• Speed Magic: attack speed bonus reduced — 10% ➔ 6%;
  
• The cost of Armor Bonus level 2 in the mutation tree has been reduced: 50 tokens ➔ 30 tokens;
  
• Regeneration in the mutation tree has been strengthened, and its cost reduced: level 1 — 10% ➔ 15%, cost 70 ➔ 50; level 2 — 20% ➔ 30%, cost 80 ➔ 70;
  
• Heavy Bullets now drop from level 6 in most modes and from level 5 in Sprint;
  
• Damage from Explosive Magic reduced: 100 ➔ 80;
  
• Shield of Dark Forces: armor bonus increased from 125 ➔ 150.
  

• Classes Balance •

• Dark Mantle (tier 1): damage 50 ➔ 55;
  
• Spirit Mask (tier 2): damage 90 ➔ 100;
  
• Candle Skull (tier 3): damage 130 ➔ 140;
  
• Cursed Contract (tier 4): damage 180 ➔ 190;
  
• RR (tier 5): damage 220 ➔ 240.
  

• Level 2: damage 250 ➔ 200;
  
• Level 3: damage 500 ➔ 350.
  

• Level 3: 95 ➔ 100;
  
• Level 4: 130 ➔ 140;
  
• Level 5: 170 ➔ 190.
  

• Crossbow (tier 2): damage 60 ➔ 50;
  
• Sucker Gun (tier 3): damage 80 ➔ 70;
  
• Plasma Gun (tier 4): damage 115 ➔ 105.
  

• Enemies Balance •

• Health of Thorny nerfed from 6300 to 5800; the percentage of reflected damage reduced from 15% to 10%.
  

King of the Hill Season 25 Results

WINNERS:

Season 26 starts right now and ends on May 30th at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 25

UPDATE 1.9.8

• Game Modes Balance •

• Kaleds and Drones on the first floors have become stronger. Hopefully, the Catbots won't feel so lonely now.
  
• Adjusted the economy in "Hunger Games": now, completing all rooms on all floors yields more tokens.
  
• The economy in the "Sprint" mode without food has also been tweaked: the number of tokens awarded for completing rooms has been increased on all floors.
  
• Defeating the Despot in all modes now grants more experience—as it should for defeating the final boss.
  
• We've slightly rebalanced the mutation tree in "Brawl": some class abilities now cost less, while others cost more; we also nerfed the Fencers' vampirism.
  

• Classes Balance •

• Nerfed high-tier throwing items. Lately, this class has been performing slightly better than we'd like:
  
  
  
  1. Shurikens (Tier 3 throwables): damage 140 ➔ 120;
     
  2. Tuna (Tier 4 throwables): damage 230 ➔ 200; health 200 ➔ 180;
     
  3. Ordinary Bomb (Tier 5 throwables): damage 330 ➔ 280; health 250 ➔ 220.
     
  
  
• Buffed the Healers class ability at all levels and slightly nerfed the Tier 5 ability:
  
  
  
  1. Level 1: 45 ➔ 50;
     
  2. Level 2: 60 ➔ 70;
     
  3. Level 3: 80 ➔ 95;
     
  4. Level 4: 110 ➔ 130;
     
  5. Level 5: 150 ➔ 170;
     
  6. Death Deferred (Tier 5 medic ability): 6 sec ➔ 8 sec.
     
  
  
• Buffed Tanks' items and class ability:
  
  
  
  1. Tower Shield (Tier 1 tanks): damage 15 ➔ 20;
     
  2. Periodic Table (Tier 2 tanks): damage 25 ➔ 30;
     
  3. Sanuzzi Fridge (Tier 3 tanks): damage 60 ➔ 75;
     
  4. Panzer-Poo (Tier 4 tanks): damage 120 ➔ 140;
     
  5. Excellent Coffin (Tier 5 tanks): damage 145 ➔ 160;
     
  6. Third-level Tanks' Taunt now lasts longer: 8 sec. ➔ 6 sec.
     
  
  

• Mutations Balance •

• Snake Agility and Evasion are not available to Eggheads anymore;
  
• Hypochondria's trigger chance increased: 25% ➔ 35%;
  
• Super Punch's mana cost reduced: 30 ➔ 20;
  
• Stun's duration increased: 1.5 sec ➔ 2 sec;
  
• Fencers' Vampirism nerfed: 5% ➔ 3%;
  

King of the Hill Season 24 Results

WINNERS:

Season 25 starts right now and ends on May 2nd at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 24

UPDATE 1.9.7

• Changes to the 'Brawl' Mode •

• Game Modes Balance •

• Classes Balance •

• Boomfish: Cooldown: 10 sec ➔ 20 sec;
  
• Plasma Gun: Base damage: 105 ➔ 115;
  
• Bananabomb: Damage multiplier: 0.9 ➔ 1.2;
  
• Death Deferred (Т5 Healers' ability): Duration: 12 sec ➔ 8 sec;
  
• Pain Lover (Т4 Tricksters' ability) now grants bonus attack speed instead of damage;
  
• Railgun (Т4 Shooters' ability) now deals 240 ➔ 280 additional damage.
  

• Mutations Balance •

• Stonewall: Armor bonus: 60 ➔ 120;
  
• Impenetrability is now unavailable to the Fighters class;
  
• Mutation Altar reroll with the active Curse of Mutation mutation now costs less: 5 tokens ➔ 3 tokens;
  
• Newbie's Luck in modes without food now grants ONLY bonus to item discovery, but the chance to discover them has been increased: 1% ➔ 2%.
  

King of the Hill Season 23 Results

WINNERS:

Season 24 starts right now and ends on April 11 at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 23

UPDATE 1.9.6

• New Animations •

• Mutations Balance •

• We've changed how the Curse of Mutation works. You can still pick two mutations at the altar, but changing the assortment of mutators is now a paid feature and costs 5 tokens;
  
• Some mutations can no longer affect summoned creatures: Rat-ify, Last Word, Final Gift, Soul Gift, Final Aid;
  
• Mass Taunt has been slightly nerfed: cooldown: 3 sec ➔ 4 sec; the duration has been halved, now always half of the regular taunt duration;
  
• Guardian of the Order buffed: previously, Mages received +15% armor for each Tank in the team, now they receive +30%;
  
• Thunder Lance has been nerfed: now it deals 50% damage ➔ 40% damage from the Mages class ability.
  

• Class Abilities Balance •

• Death Deferred buffed: duration: 10 sec ➔ 12 sec;
  
• Helicopter Kick's radius slightly increased: 25 ➔ 35;
  
• Fish Slap now deals all intended poison damage faster: 10 sec ➔ 5 sec;
  
• The bonus to Final (uni)Form's stats increased: 70% ➔ 80%;
  
• Shock Therapy's chance increased: 15% ➔ 25%;
  
• Baby Tentacle's damage increased: 222 ➔ 260;
  
• Demoralizing Blow's damage debuff increased: 35% ➔ 50%.
  

• Game Modes Balance •

• In the first two levels of the "Hunger Games" mode, the number of tokens received has been slightly reduced;
  
• We've made changes to the mutation tree in "Brawl": Magic Defence Bonus and Fast Reload have swapped places—now you can upgrade magic resistance much earlier;
  
• Last Word in "Brawl" now drops starting from level 4;
  
• Impostor in "Brawl" now drops from starting level 5;
  
• NanoMineSweeper in "Brawl" now drops starting from level 4.
  

King of the Hill Season 22 Results

WINNERS:

Season 23 starts right now and ends on March 15th at 16:00 UTC.

KING OF THE HILL: SEASON 22

PATCH 1.9.4

• Mutations Balance •

• Rat-ify: cooldown: 20 ➔ 15; duration: 5 ➔ 8
  
• Soul Gift: additional health: 1000 ➔ 700; now available from Floor 9 to Floor 12 (from Floor 5 to Floor 7 in «Sprint»)
  
• Mass Taunt: duration multiplier: 0.5 ➔ 1
  
• Snake Agility: activation chance: 35 ➔ 25
  

• Class Abilities Balance •

• Death Deferred (Healers tier 5): duration: 5 ➔ 10
  
• Beast of Darkness (Fencers t5): characteristics bonus: 100% ➔ 150%
  
• Bananabomb (Throwers t5): damage multiplier: 0.7 ➔ 0.9
  
• Helicopter Kick (Tricksters t5): damage multiplier: 1.5 ➔ 2; radius: 15 ➔ 25
  
• Fish Slap (Throwers t4): damage: 400 ➔ 600
  
• Demoralizing Blow (Tanks t4): chance: 30 ➔ 40
  
• Railgun (Shooters t4): deals additional damage every 5 ➔ 3 attacks
  
• Black Swan (Fighters t4): deals 50% ➔ 75% damage, gets 200% ➔ 150% incoming damage
  
• Pain Lover (Tricksters t4): gets 10% ➔ 15% damage buff with every attack, cap: 130% ➔ 150%
  

• Game Modes Balance •

• Mutation tree health buffs have been nerfed in Brawl:
  
  
  
  
  1. Health Bonus: 60/120/250 ➔ 30/60/150
     
  2. Health Multiplier: 40%/100%/150%/200% ➔ 25%/50%/100%/150%
     
  
  
• In Sprint, only these buttons can drop on Floor 2: Mass Heal, Reroll, Resurrector
  
• In Hunger Games, you gain ≈ (approximately) 20% tokens at every stage
  

King of the Hill Season 21 Results

WINNERS:

Season 22 starts right now and ends on February 15th at 16:00 UTC.