This update brings a new mechanic: Channeled Skills!
Instead of being cast immediately, you must finish a number of rounds to prepare the Skill. Once ready, it can be used on ANY ally's turn, causing the Channeling unit to cast the Skill for free, even if they are a corpse.
An icon appears on a unit, showing the progress of the Channel.
This gives you the freedom to play skills out of order for stronger combos, or prepare for a future turn where you expect to not have enough Crystals!
- Will overwrite any existing Channel or Combat Technique. - All Skill costs are paid at the start of Channeling.
Channeling Slots
Some skills can create empty Channeling Slots on units, which can be used to Channel skills that do not naturally have the keyword. The next non-Channel Skill you cast will be placed into this slot, and Channeled for the specified number of ally rounds.
This allows you to integrate a wide variety of skills into your Channeling setups!
Amplify
Some Channeled Skills can be improved even further by giving them time to Amplify!
If the Channelled Skill is ready to cast, but you did not cast it, the effect is activated each time your round ends. Some Amplify effects improve the card's effect, while others trigger their own effects at the time of Amplification.
For example, Dynamo will continue dealing lightning damage each round that it is Amplified.
When Amplify is triggered by another effect, it will activate even if the Channeled Skill is not ready.
Countering Channel
Because the cost of Channels are paid upfront, the turns where they are activated can be extremely bursty and swingy. While Guarding is an effective option against a team of prepared Channels, you can also use Skills to interfere with the enemy.
Keep an eye out for other mechanics that might do a good job at dealing with Channels!
Enhancing Channel
Strength & Technology offer ways to enhance your Channel skills. This effect is much less common in Arcane & Dexterity.
New Items
Demon Skull - Pandemonium also affects you, but lasts an extra round.
All Channeling Skills
Here's a list of all 95 channeling-related skills in this update. About 60% of them are existing skills adapted into Channel skills, and 30% of them are new.
Other Changes
- Fixed a bug causing multi-hit random-target skills to switch teams mid-attack. - Fixed a bug causing the Spin Orb to spawn in act 1. - Fixed a bug causing the camera to get stuck in a zoomed in position during combat. - Fixed a bug causing turn order issues when summoning in combat. - Fixed a bug where enemies would check their own team for corpses instead of the opposing team when deciding to cast a skill meant to target enemy corpses. - Various skill bugfixes.
A new keyword has been added to skills! Affinity allows you to consume buff and debuff stacks to pay for the Potential cost of a skill. Here's how it works:
Intimidate is a fairly pricey skill, but applies a full-power attack debuff onto an enemy while stripping the power away from most of their buffs. Spending 2 Potential usually means that you'd need to wait to get it back to continue using your strongest skills...
But now that the skill has Enrage Affinity, you can consume up to 2 stacks of the Enrage buff to pay for the cost instead of spending Potential!
Some skills can also have affinity with debuffs, meaning not only do you get to skip the cost, but you also get to cleanse yourself of potentially deadly status effects.
This is a massive power boost compared to casting it normally, and is a great way to turn Battle Modifiers that spam you with debuffs into an advantage!
The exact wording of Affinity is as follows:
- When this Skill spends Potential, stacks of the specified buff or debuff are consumed to reduce the amount of Potential spent.
Here is the first set of affinity cards. Most of them are existing cards that have gained an affinity, along with a couple of new ones. Another set of affinity cards will be coming soon, covering the buffs & debuffs not included in Set 1.
After the first 2 sets of Affinity Skills have been completed, a set of Items & Passives related to Affinity will be added into the pool.
Future Update Preview: Channeling!
A new pair of keywords is coming: Channel and Amplify!
Channel: Instead of activating immediately, you must begin the specified number of rounds to complete the Channeling. Once ready, the Channeled Skill can be used for free, during any Ally's turn.
Amplify If this Channeled skill is ready to cast, and you did not cast it, activate this effect when your team's round ends.
Example:
Dynamo - 2TT
Channel 1 Fully Shock a unit. Amplify: Deal 4 Lightning Damage to all enemies.
Clarity & Quality of Life Improvements!
Quality of Life Improvements
- Skill damage numbers now update based on factors like Attack, Defense, and immunities.
- Damage Over Time on units is now pre-calculated and shown on their health bar.
If the unit will die, the bar turns pink:
Additionally, status effects now have differently colored duration ticks, and a colored arrow, indicating whether they are a Buff or Debuff.
- You no longer need to abandon enemies & allies when you are out of space in your party and don't want to Butcher. You can instead Devour them to increase your Max HP for the rest of the run.
- A new tutorial compendium has been added, with info about all game mechanics.
- You can now forcibly increase your maximum difficulty in the upgrade shop.
- The health barrier on Elite & Boss enemies that causes them to immediately retaliate with Pandemonium if they have not used Pandemonium yet is now visible on their HP bar.
- There are now additional options for displaying enemy resistances.
- You can now enable Free Demonform in the Preferences menu.
- You can now choose a custom starting ally in the Preferences menu.
- Many tooltips have been changed to a new system, allowing them to follow the cursor and more reliably prevent them from going offscreen.
- Ally and Enemy camera movement can now be toggled independently.
Gameplay Changes
- Summoning allies now only costs a half crystal instead of a full one.
- The "Anarchy" Malice modifier has been changed.
Old: Summoning allies is no longer free during the first round of combat. New: Summoning allies costs a full crystal instead of half.
- Enemies no longer spawn unrestricted in all locations. You can see what areas a unit will appear in by inspecting them.
- A variety of underwhelming units have had their skill loadouts refreshed.
New Skills
New Starting Perks
- Some new Haven Influence options are available to unlock in the upgrade shop.
- Perception now offers a Rare item instead of a Common item.
New Awakening Option
The 'Devil In The Details' Update is AVAILABLE NOW!
Malice & Greed's 'Devil In The Details' Update is here!
This update is focused around reducing the amount of brain melting caused by the game, while adding more strategic payoffs that don't require a Ph.D.
Major Changes
- Buffs and Debuffs have been reduced in complexity to more appropriately fit the current scope of game mechanics.
- The "Resist" status against damage has been removed from the game. As a result, a large number of units have had their immunities and health values changed.
- Hits against weaknesses now also bypass Defense.
- Enemy damage in Pandemonium no longer counts as always hitting a Weakness, but their skills still become Efficient. The Pandemonium malice modifier no longer allows enemies to enter Pandemonium on the first round.
- Elite Battles now spawn 2 units instead of 4, but they are much more powerful.
- Common Battles now usually spawn fewer units, but they are more powerful.
Debuffs
Bleed - When Bleed is applied to you, and when its duration is progressed, lose HP equal to the amount of Bleed on you. (Note: Bleed is how HP Loss instead of Physical Damage.)
Sick - When you would gain 5 or more HP, lose 1 stack of Sick instead. Does not affect Revives
Decay - When you lose HP, you also lose 1/3 that amount of Max HP per stack of Decay on you.
Burn - When Burn's duration is progressed, you take 1 Fire Damage for each stack of ANY debuff on you. Not affected by Attack or Defense.
Freeze - When you start a round while Frozen with at least 1 full Crystal, turn a full Crystal into a Fading crystal. Then, your Freeze is reduced by 1.
Shock - When you start a round with 3 Shock, you deal 10 Lightning Damage to yourself, and lose a Crystal. Then, all Shock on you is removed. (Note: This damage comes from the shocked unit. It will be affected by their Attack and Defense, and can gain effects like Lifesteal, Cull, and Hunt.)
Maim - When you use a skill, lose HP equal to the amount of Maim on you.
Trauma - Decreases Attack by 1 per stack.
Expose - Decreases Defense by 1 per stack.
Buffs
Haste - When another Buff is applied to you, if it isn't fully stacked, apply another stack of it and lose 1 Haste.
Lust - When you deal damage, give it Lifesteal. Then, your Lust is reduced by 1.
Thorns - When an enemy uses a skill on you, they lose HP equal to the amount of Thorns on you.
Invigorate - When Invigorate is applied to you, and when its duration is progressed, gain HP & Max HP equal to the amount of Invigorate on you.
Focus - When your damage hits an immunity, bypass it and lose 1 Focus.
Zombie - Allows your corpse to use skills, as if you were alive. - 2 Stacks: Generate a Fading Crystal when your round starts. - 3 Stacks: Generate a full Crystal instead.
Protect - When you would be affected by an enemy Skill, if the amount of Protect on you is at least as high as the Skill's Crystal cost, prevent its effect on you. Then, you lose all Protect.
Enlighten - Reduces potential requirements by 1 per stack.
Enrage - Increases Attack by 1 per stack.
Brace - Increases Defense by 1 Per Stack.
Malice Modifiers
- Difficulty settings now have their own dedicated interface.
There are 9 difficulty milestones:
Normal Difficulty (0 Malice)
Brutal Difficulty (1 Malice)
Ruthless Difficulty (4 Malice)
Devious Difficulty (8 Malice)
Sinister Difficulty (12 Malice)
Malicious Difficulty (16 Malice)
Apocalypse Difficulty (20 Malice)
Godslayer Difficulty (25 Malice)
Oblivion Difficulty (30 Malice)
Warbands (Changed) Allies lose an extra Crystal when their damage is negated.
Warbands+ (Now has Warbands' old effect) Enemies gain 1 Defense.
Synthesis (New) Whenever you lose permanent Max HP, the amount lost is increased by 2.
Synthesis+ (New) Whenever you gain permanent Max HP, the amount is reduced by 2.
Harvest+ (New) When you reroll a Skill, the cost of further rerolls is doubled, instead of increasing by 1.
Interfaces
- Demonic Skills have now been integrated into the current battle menu.
- You can now adjust game brightness.
- The Inspection interface has been improved.
- The Skill Mastery interface has been improved.
Combat Techniques
Guard's Combat Technique upgrades have been redesigned.
Reinforce Increases Guard effectiveness by 20% ( 50% -> 70%)
Safeguard When a Guarding ally with more than 1 HP takes lethal damage, they survive on 1 HP.
Fast Guard Allies no longer stop Guarding after using a Skill.
New Skills
yes i know i need to stop adding arcane skills more non-arcane skills coming during the next weeks
Skill Changes
The following skills have been changed:
Other Changes
- Some of the dankest battle modifiers have been toned down in difficulty, however..
- The Spin Fragment cost of rerolling battle modifiers has been drastically increased. Old Cost: 1 per Battle Mod New Cost: 2 + (Battle Mods * 2)
- Some skill interactions have been cleaned up to more reliably benefit the player. For example: Lethality's damage boost now only triggers when an ally damages an enemy, rather than when they damage any unit.
- Elon, & Bill now generate 7 Crystals per round instead of 8. The 'Onslaught' Malice Modifier that adds 1 crystal to the enemy team brings them back to the maximum of 8. Previously, it did nothing, as they were already at the maximum by default.
- Some battles have new backgrounds.
- Hovering on a unit will now show Base Max HP before modifications.
- The default Battle Speed has been reduced to make it easier to keep track of the battle.
- "Torment" Haven Influence now offers 1 of 2 boss items, instead of giving a random one.
- Added "Rod of the Krill Son"
[Upcoming] Buff Overhaul, Major Balance Changes
This update is not yet live - Details are subject to change, and the full update will likely contain additional content and changes.
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Major Balance Changes
- Buffs and Debuffs are being reduced in complexity to more appropriately fit the current scope of combat mechanics. As a result, a large number of skills have been rebalanced or redesigned. Additionally, a large number of skills have had their wording changed to be more clear.
- The "Resist" status against damage has been removed from the game. As a result, a large number of units have had their immunities and health values changed.
- Hits against weaknesses now also bypass Defense.
Debuffs
Bleed - When Bleed is applied to you, and when its duration is progressed, lose HP equal to the amount of Bleed on you. (Note: Bleed is how HP Loss instead of Physical Damage.)
Sick - When you would gain 5 or more HP, lose 1 stack of Sick instead. Does not affect Revives
Decay - When you lose HP, you also lose 1/3 that amount of Max HP per stack of Decay on you.
Burn - When Burn's duration is progressed, you take 1 Fire Damage for each stack of ANY debuff on you. Not affected by Attack or Defense.
Freeze - When you start a round while Frozen with at least 1 full Crystal, turn a full Crystal into a Fading crystal. Then, your Freeze is reduced by 1.
Shock - When you start a round with 3 Shock, you deal 10 Lightning Damage to yourself, and lose a Crystal. Then, all Shock on you is removed. (Note: This damage comes from the shocked unit. It will be affected by their Attack and Defense, and can gain Lifesteal from Lust.)
Maim - When you use a skill, lose HP equal to the amount of Maim on you.
Trauma - Decreases Attack by 1 per stack.
Expose - Decreases Defense by 1 per stack.
Buffs
Haste - When another Buff is applied to you, if it isn't fully stacked, apply another stack of it and lose 1 Haste.
Lust - When you deal damage, give it Lifesteal. Then, your Lust is reduced by 1.
Thorns - When an enemy uses a skill on you, they lose HP equal to the amount of Thorns on you.
Invigorate - When Invigorate is applied to you, and when its duration is progressed, gain HP & Max HP equal to the amount of Invigorate on you.
Focus - When your damage hits an immunity, bypass it and lose 1 Focus.
Zombie - Allows your corpse to use skills, as if you were alive. - 2 Stacks: Generate a Fading Crystal when your round starts. - 3 Stacks: Generate a full Crystal instead.
Protect - When you would be affected by an enemy Skill, if the amount of Protect on you is at least as high as the Skill's Crystal cost, prevent its effect on you. Then, you lose all Protect.
Enlighten - Reduces potential requirements by 1 per stack.
Enrage - Increases Attack by 1 per stack.
Brace - Increases Defense by 1 Per Stack.
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February 4th Content Update!
New Items
Dead Dove (Rare) When the protagonist or an ally with Technology Essence spends Potential, Protect them.
Power Drill (Rare) When a battle starts, Potentiate all allies, and they lose 1 Defense.
Indestructible Fridge (Common) The ally that ends your round automatically Guards.
Pink Egg (Common) When a battle starts, Potentiate the protagonist.
Blue Egg (Common) When a battle starts, Enlighten the protagonist.
Cosmic Egg (Combination) When a battle starts, Potentiate and Enlighten the protagonist, and reduce the potential requirements of their skills by 1. Obtained automatically when you have both the Pink Egg & Blue Egg
New Skills
Buffed Skills
First Aid: Healing increased from 8 to 10.
Transfusion: Now also removes 1 stack of debuffs on healed allies.
Needle Jab: Damage up from 4 to 5.
Lag / Crash Fix
A large lag spike involving a recent change to legendary items is now fixed.
If you found the game crashing or hanging when entering an event at seemingly random points during a run, this has been resolved.
The "Streamline" Update (New Game Mode)
Normal Runs & Advanced Runs
The game as it has existed up until now featured an open, nonlinear map. This version of the game is now known as Advanced Mode.
The old mode has not been changed in this update, and functions just like you remember it, it has just been rebranded as Advanced Mode.
New Default Map Style
There is a new default map style: Branching paths. This will feel comfortable to anyone familiar with popular deckbuilders like Slay the Spire or Monster Train. This offers a much more focused experience during a run, and a much clearer presentation of your options, and what they mean.
in Advanced mode, you were able to back out of events and choose to accept them at a later time, or leave them as bait for emergency bosses. In the new mode, you can instead choose to Meditate & leave at events, which will progress Spin once, and allow you to choose 1 of any Potential to gain.
This new map layout allows you to see the entirety of your current act in advance, while Advanced Mode's open map retains a fog of war on unexplored locations.
The Grand, The Hearse, and Tough Tactics are placed in specific unmissable locations on the new map, one per area. When you reach one of them, it becomes available to revisit for the rest of the run. The Hearse and Tough Tactics still have limited stock that refills as Spin progresses, however your first visit of The Hearse no longer consumes a use (or you can Meditate instead of claiming your free swap).
Emergency Bosses do not spawn directly onto the map on the branching path system. Instead, they will take over The Hearse, The Grand, or Tough Tactics, at random. Defeating the boss will allow you to regain access to the event that was taken over. Emergency bosses do not have battle modifiers on this version of the map, but they have a permanent +1 Attack +1 Defense.
Improvements will continue to be made to this system as it develops further.
Mantras are limited to Advanced Mode, as most of their abilities relate to map manipulation that would have no effect on the new mode.
New Technology Awakening
Balance Changes
- The Fatality and Lethality awakenings now increase in power every round.
- The Extraction awakening is no longer limited by rounds.
- Crimson Dawn now wipes all buffs on all enemies, instead of only the target.
- Memento Mori now does 9 HP Loss, 9 Arcane Damage, and Cull 9, instead of 7/7/7.
- Violate no longer spends Arcane when used, and no longer inflicts Decay.
- Absolute Zero has been reduced from 6 Dex to 5.
- Frozen Flame now inflicts Full Freeze instead of Freeze & Burn, and deals Fire Damage instead of Ice Damage.
-Double Claw now has Hunt, and costs 1 Dex to cast.
- The Saboteur unit has been re-added with a new skill set.
- The item Bottled Lightning no longer transfers shock stacks from you to the enemy. It now increases Lightning Damage dealt by allies by the amount of Shock stacks on them. (You can Fossilize Shredder and/or Ride the Lightning at a sacrifice event to make this go crazy)
