Hellfire Tactics
Patches (0.4.3b), Stats and Roadmaps
Archdemons
Kovan -> Start with a random 2 Cost Artifact. See one extra choice when choosing an Artifact
Morg -> Enabled again
All Seeing -> Each time you level up, you see a Coven Unit. Every 6 Coven units you buy, gain a World Eater
Rituals
Careless Caltrops -> Every unit takes 1 damage before attacking
Artifacts
Owlbear Traps -> After an enemy Unit attacks, they take 3 damage
Fun Stats
For some fun stats, we've had nearly 3000 games played since launch already! For context we only had 2000 during the 2 weeks of open beta.
We've had 1300+ new players join us!
Eyz has the most wins so far sitting at 83 total, with Gordo coming in a close second with 71
We finally reached Very Positive on Steam! Thanks to the 50 people (as of time at writing) who have reviewed the game so far <3
Whats Next?
I'm at a little bit of a cross roads, so I've posted a poll in our discord (https://discord.gg/DGgrd7byM9) to get your feedback in terms of what large feature you would like to see next. This is obviously outside of the never-ending balance battle for Archdemons, Units etc.
Charity Live Stream with Obsidian Entertainment and Patch 0.4.3 is LIVE!
Come join us for some games and supporting Extra Life Charity! We'll hopefully be running some incentives for donating among other things!
Patch 0.4.3
Blight has been a ... well blight on the new player experience. It has also lead to the dreaded overtuned Mounted/Summon combination that has been cropping up.
In order to improve the situation I have disabled Blight and the Undead clan for now (this includes Archdemons, Rituals and Relics). Whilst it seems drastic, they were not getting a lot of play due to how complex Blight is right now. It will return later once its been reworked to be more streamlined and easier to understand, along with reworking a number of the Undead units.
Units
Shambler -> Unholy Clan (it will now be available in every game)
Natures Wrath -> 7 Cost *Will be keeping an eye on this change
Archdemons
Razcal -> If your Front Row is full and in alphabetical order, they all gain +1 Attack permanently
Morg -> Upgraded Units on your Starting board gain +6/+6
As always the goal this early is to take care of any extreme outliers in terms of balance and comps to ensure that as much as possible is viable.
If you are frustrated with a specific Archdemon or Unit and think it could use some help, head over to the #feedback channel on our discord and let us know so we can prioritize updating them!
Play with the Developer!
You can also watch along at our twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hellfiretactics
Join our Discord for more in-depth discussions with the community and devs!
https://discord.gg/DGgrd7byM9
Hellfire Tactics now available on PC and macOS!
Get a head start with the Recruit Bundle which gives you everything you need to look stylish while destroying your enemies!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2215680/Hellfire_Tactics__Recruit_Bundle/
$1000 Winter Invitational Tournament
Join us for our $1000 Winter Invitational by hitting the rank of Grandmaster (3600+) by December 10th. All Grandmasters will be invited to the tournament to compete for their part of the $1000 Prize Pool.
Launch Week Special
Get Malarky and Fallen One Archdemons for FREE during launch week!
Join our Community
Join the community on our Discord to get the best tips and strategies for new players. There is also Relic giveaways for those who want to unlock other Archdemons early.
Join Discord
Final Beta Week is Now Live!
Join the Beta Today!
The Final Beta week will run from 7th October 9am PST to 16th September 5pm PST.
Just follow these steps on the Hellfire Tactics store page to join in the mayhem!
Beta Rewards
Participate in the Beta to receive exclusive rewards ONLY available through this beta. Any progress will carry over to future Beta events.
Complete the following challenges to unlock these exclusive rewards when the game fully releases:
- Play 5 games to receive 5000 Relics
- Reach Bronze Elite Rank to unlock the player icon "Beta Exclusive"
- Reach Gold Rank to unlock the Bling Boss skin for Bossferatu
- Finish top of the Weekly Winners leaderboard to receive the exclusive "King of the Beta" icon
- Finish top of the Global Rank leaderboard to receive the exclusive "King of the Beta" icon
F8 for Feedback
At anytime when you're playing if you see a bug or want to let us know how OP or Broken something is, hit that F8 button!
If you prefer a more personal touch, you can also join our discord and get to know the growing community.
Join our Discord
Thanks for taking part in this Beta and helping make Hellfire Tactics the best game it can be!
Tournament Patch Live 0.3.10c
This is the final patch before the tournament. There will be no further changes to gameplay balance until after this Beta.
Tournament Client Prep
The client now supports Custom Lobbies and Spectator Mode. This functionality will be toggled for testing and playing games during the Tournament. Outside of that, these will be disabled to keep everyone in the same ranked queue for finding games easier.
We will be doing some stress testing over the next few evenings, so keep an eye out in discord if you want to help us make this better (and maybe get some lobby practice in at the same time :))
** Artifacts **
Health Vial -> 2 Cost
** Archdemons **
Batibat - The first Beast you buy each round cost 1 less Mana
Lars - Bug fixed, back from the bench
** Units **
Knowledge Fiend -> 5 Cost -> At the start of a fight, gain half the stats of the unit in the same slot on the enemy team
Patch 0.3.6
First and foremost, I wanted to say thank you for all the awesome feedback so far! This patch is hopefully a stepping stone to resolving some of the issues that have been brought up!
Misc
Unit Level and naming consistency
Units are now referred to by their "Cost".
e.g. Level 1 Unit -> 2 Cost Unit, Level 6 Unit -> 7 Cost Unit
To keep the number consistent, all Artifacts have also been changed to reflect the new Cost required.
e.g. Level 1 Artifact -> 2 Cost Artifact, Level 6 Artifact-> 7 Cost Artifact
If you see somewhere in the game text that does not accurately reflect this, please DM me/F8 it/Drop it in #feedback
Creature naming
Creatures and anything affiliated with the Creature tags have been renamed to Beasts to avoid confusion.
New Font for fallback characters
Thanks to him for showing me how hollow Archdemon profiles look without a properly rendered name. There is now a fallback font to display international characters which are not supported by the games primary font. If you have any issues with this or characters in your name not rendering properly let me know! I've also tightened up the display of the text so it will clip instead of overflowing.
Archdemons
Silver Beak - > All your units gain +1/+1 for each Unit you have from a different Clan
Cthonk -> Each round two Random Slots are Linked
(this can include duplicates of your default links)
Rattiness -> Now banned when Ratticans are banned
Rituals
Deal with the Devil -> Level 5 -> Gain a random 7 cost Unit. Take 5 damage (cannot kill you)
Artifacts
Fortunate Blade -> When a Unit kills an enemy Unit it gains +4/+4 for the rest of the fight
Health Vial -> Your Hero gains 1 health every round
Shadow Blade -> 5 Cost -> When an Assassin attacks, it gains attack equal to the targets health
Units
Boozt -> At the Start of a fight Linked Greeners get +2/+1 permanently
Notch -> Now Small
Known Issues
Training Dummy - Text says 6 cost, when it should say 7 cost
Sacrifice Ritual - Heals for 1 less health than it should
Beta 2 Week is Now Live!
Join the Beta Today!
Beta 2 will run from 26th August 9am PST to 4th September 9pm PST.
Just follow these steps on the Hellfire Tactics store page to join in the mayhem!
Beta Rewards
Participate in the Beta to receive exclusive rewards ONLY available through this beta. Any progress will carry over to future Beta events.
Complete the following challenges to unlock these exclusive rewards when the game fully releases:
- Play 5 games to receive 5000 Relics
- Reach Bronze Elite Rank to unlock the player icon "Beta Exclusive"
- Reach Gold Rank to unlock the Bling Boss skin for Bossferatu
- Finish top of the Weekly Winners leaderboard to receive the exclusive "King of the Beta" icon
- Finish top of the Global Rank leaderboard to receive the exclusive "King of the Beta" icon
F8 for Feedback
At anytime when you're playing if you see a bug or want to let us know how OP or Broken something is, hit that F8 button!
If you prefer a more personal touch, you can also join our discord and get to know the growing community.
Join our Discord
Thanks for taking part in this Beta and helping make Hellfire Tactics the best game it can be!
Beta 0.2.5 is now Live!
Beta 0.2.5 is here!
Unsurprisingly Magical units got a bit of a nerf to bring them back into line. We'll be keeping an eye on the Mana Guardian and other strong units to see if they are overperforming even with the nerfs. Here's the full list of changes:
New Artifact
Swarm Tactics
Level 5 Artifact
When a Rattican attacks, it gains the attack of all other friendly Ratticans for that attack only
Unit Changes
Mana Guardian
Was: Gain +2/+2 permanently whenever you buy a Magical Unit
Now: Gain +1/+1 permanently whenever you buy a Magical Unit
Deepleech
Level 3 -> 4
Was: At the start of a fight, gain the highest attack and health from any linked units
Now: At the start of a fight, gain half of the highest attack and health from any linked units
Serpentina
Was: Give Linked Units +5 Attack for every 3 Rituals cast
Now: Give Linked Units +5 Attack for every 5 Rituals cast
Anemanot
1/1 -> 1/2
Was: Whenever I start a fight on a slot I have not been on before, I gain +1/+1 permanently
Now: Whenever I start a fight on a slot I have not been on before, I gain +1 attack permanently
Shade
No longer Magical
Artifact Changes
Forgotten Mercenaries
Cut for now
Arcane Offering
Was: Level 1
Now: Level 2
Thats it! We hope you're enjoying the beta so far, and as always if you want to let us know why Ratticans are the best clan in the game and deserve even more OP treasures, jump into our discord at https://discord.gg/DGgrd7byM9 or send us a tweet @JWaffleGames
Beta 1 Weekend is Now Live!
Join the Beta Today!
Beta 1 will run from 22nd July 12pm PST to 24th July 5pm PST.
Just follow these steps on the Hellfire Tactics store page to join in the mayhem!
Beta Rewards
Participate in the Beta to receive exclusive rewards ONLY available through this beta. Any progress will carry over to future Beta events.
Complete the following challenges to unlock these exclusive rewards when the game fully releases:
- Play 5 games to receive 5000 Relics
- Reach Bronze Elite Rank to unlock the player icon "Beta Exclusive"
- Reach Gold Rank to unlock the Bling Boss skin for Bossferatu
- Finish top of the Weekly Winners leaderboard to receive the exclusive "King of the Beta" icon
- Finish top of the Global Rank leaderboard to receive the exclusive "King of the Beta" icon
F8 for Feedback
At anytime when you're playing if you see a bug or want to let us know how OP or Broken something is, hit that F8 button!
If you prefer a more personal touch, you can also join our discord and get to know the growing community.
Join our Discord
Thanks for taking part in this Beta and helping make Hellfire Tactics the best game it can be!