This update is a really big one! Here is a full list of all the patch notes.
This patch will be going live at 8 PM PST. (In about 3 hours from the posting of this announcement)
Changes
- Teams can now be selected before the match starts in the lobby.
- Greatly increased the range of Phoenix's Fire Breath absorption.
- Nerfed Rain of Fire's damage from 15 to 10 per fireball.
- Buffed Comet's base damage to 90, and it now digs slightly into terrain before exploding.
- Changed Mega Boulder to 6 bounces x 20 damage per bounce.
- Nerfed Mud Blast's initial damage from 30 to 10.
- Removed the sandbox dummy's knockback resistance.
- Buffed Tree of Life's hp from 35 to 50.
- Increased snowflake count for Snowflake Blast from 16 to 20.
- Fissure will now spawn a minimum of 6 Rock Scatter projectiles on its 2nd turn.
- Increased the range of the toxic fumes for mushrooms.
- Storm Titan's thunderstorm now no longer activates immediately after the titan is summoned.
- Branch of Yggdrasil has been replaced by a new spell, Summon Ent, and its effects have been moved and modified into buffs for Full Nature (see Full Book Bonuses section).
- Added new minion spell Vine Bridge to the Ent minion.
- Added a visual effect to Ice Golem's aura.
Fixes
- Fixed wrong radius being used for the cursor after sinking while overgrown.
- Fixed wrong order of operations for if an entity with Substitute set up is hit by a Spore Ball.
- Clams now have a cap of 7 damaging bounces to prevent the infinite bounce bug.
- Arcane damage no longer hurts friendly minions.
- Fixed minion summoning radius being too small when overgrown.
- Fixed wrong radius values being used for most minion spells with a summoning range.
- Fixed lightning rod sinking through entities if on an entity that is mounted on a minion.
- Flying minions no longer lose their collision after not moving for a long time and then moving vertically only.
- Updated visual indicators for Fissure, Whirlpool, and Whale, to match Volcano's indicator.
- Fixed players continuing to move if pressing tab to open chat while still pressing left/right.
- Fixed Arcane Portals still being allowed to spawn on towered players.
- Added missing stun immunity for Rock Golem.
FULL BOOK BONUSES
If you have all spells from a spellbook equipped, you get a new button when joining a match to activate full book bonuses. Activating the bonuses costs 50 HP and gives you various buffs and effects specific to each book.
Arcane
- Arcane Arrows and Arcane Bomb spawn 2 extra arrows.
- Arcane Glyphs spawn an extra outer ring of glyphs.
- Glyph Ball leaves behind a trail of glyphs.
- On activation, you and all your current minions gain the following passive: at the start of your turn, shoot an arcane arrow towards the nearest enemy.
Fire
- The Phoenix's egg form becomes permanently unbreakable.
- Increase the explosion radius of all your explosive fire spells by 50%.
Earth
- Gain permanent Stone Skin (with 2 instead of 5 damage reduction), and replace the Stone Skin spell with Rollout.
- Mud rock projectiles create more terrain.
Water
- Gain permanent Water Skin, and replace the Water Skin spell with Dive.
- Waterball and Water Jet spawn 10 extra droplets.
- Spring Shower spawns 10 extra droplets per turn.
- Whirlpool's height is increased.
Frost
- Gain immunity to being frozen.
- Ice Ring becomes a targetable spell.
- Ice Golem spawns a Frost Imp on death.
- Convert Comet into Mini Comet: drop a small comet that's half the size and damage of Comet, but with a 2turn cooldown and more digging.
Storm
- Lightning Bolt and Lightning Bomb shoot 2 extra bolts.
- All your Chain Lightning projectiles bounce an extra 8 times.
Nature
- Acorns create terrain around where they spawn.
- Overgrowth makes entities even larger.
- On activation, all your existing mushrooms gain the following passive: at the start of your turn, shoot a spore ball towards the nearest enemy.