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Blades of the Righteous v 1.4 is out!

Hi everyone!

It's time for the new Blades of the Righteous update. The huge focus of this patch was making the battle more appealing and less repetitive. In order to do this, 4 new abilities (2 for support and 2 for action phase) for every non-boss unit have been added. 2 of those are available right after purchasing the unit. Other 2 are unlocked as the unit progresses. This also involved increasing max energy of all units.

Gameplay

  • To make gameplay a bit more interactive: increasing active adventure amount to two
  • Every units turn is split into three phases: move, support, action. The units can use additional abilities during support phase. Action phase is used for attacks / main abilities now.
  • Increased portal spawn frequency by 2 turns for easy, 3 turns for medium, 4 turns for hard difficulty
  • More than 30 new unique battle abilities! In total, units have 88 (repeating) abilities added to them. Each unit has at least 6 abilities when fully levelled now.
  • The current phase is displayed in the right corner of the active unit.
  • Improved tutorial to explain attacking better.
  • You can now use 1-6 keys to activate abilities (instead of clicking on them)
  • Shieldbash cooldown increased by 1 (now 4 instead of 3)
  • Stunning Arrow cooldown increased by 1 (now 4 instead of 3)
  • All stun durations reduced to 1 turn (instead of two) - stun proved to be too strong over the course of the game

Abilities:

  • the abilities synergize with each other, unlocking unit combos that can benefit each other
  • 'Courage': +1 hp for 4 turns
  • 'Stable Position': min dmg = max dmg for two turns
  • 'Mark': mark target for more damage
  • 'Orkish Endurance': restore 2hp, +1hp for 2 more turns
  • 'Rabid Bite': deal 1 damage, apply poison, remove all healing effects
  • 'Scare': apply -1 damage for 2 turns
  • 'Calcium': +1 to all resistances for 2 turns
  • 'Clean Slate': 'Remove ALL effects'
  • 'Poison': 'Poison the Target'
  • 'Honor among Thieves': restore 3 energy, heal 3 hp if there's another rogue or brigand in team
  • 'First Aid' - heal ally for 2 hp, remove bleeding
  • 'Potion' - heal ally for 2 hp, remove remove poison
  • 'Magic Breaker': -2 magic resist, 2 damage(S)
  • 'Piercing Breaker': -2 piercing resist, 2 damage(S)
  • 'Slashing Breaker': -2 slashing resist, 2 damage(S)
  • 'Blunt Breaker': -2 blunt resist, 2 damage(S)
  • 'Cripple':, 2 damage, enemy can't block/dodge next attack
  • 'Recharge': add recharge counter, if unit has 3 counters - restore 15 energy
  • 'Dominate the Weak': 'Deal min. atk damage + 4 damage if target is weakened'
  • 'Feed': deal 2 dmg, restore 2 hp
  • 'Headbutt': deal max damage(Blunt)
  • 'Immobilize': deal 3 magic damage, target can't move next turn (still can cast spells)
  • 'Peacemaker': deal 2 damage(magic), make unit lose 2 hp when he attacks (until next turn)
  • 'Insult to Injury': Deal min. atk damage + 4 damage if target is bleeding
  • 'Vulnerability': -1 to all resistances
  • 'Internal Bleeding': bleed for 1 damage for 4 turns
  • 'Double Assault': attacks twice, each attack deals 60% base damage + all other bonuses
  • 'Holy Fire': deal 2 damage, apply burning (2 dmg x 2 turns)
  • 'Defensive Offence': deal 3 damage, gain +1 resistances for 2 turns
  • 'Explode': deal 3 magic damage, deal 5 more if target is burning
  • 'Amplify Poison' - deal 5 magic damage, increase poison duration and damage by 1 each
  • 'Painful Retribution' - deal 4 damage + 1 damage for every 8 own hp missing
  • 'Bloodbath' - deal 4 damage (Magic) + 2 more damage if target is bleeding
  • 'Damage Weapon' - reduce enemy damage by 2 for the next turn

New abilities distributed by unit:

  • 4 new swordsman abilities: 'Magic Breaker', 'Courage', 'Cripple', 'Stable Stance'
  • 4 new orc abilities: 'Pierce Breaker', 'Mark', 'Dominate the weak', 'Orkish endurance'
  • 4 new wolf abilities: 'Headbutt', 'Feed', 'Rabid bite', 'Dominate the Weak'
  • 4 new bat abilities: 'Slashing Breaker', 'Insult to injury', 'Rabid Bite', 'Scare'
  • 4 new mage abilities: 'Clean Slate', 'Immobilize', 'Peacemaker', 'Poison'
  • 4 new rogue abilities: 'Blunt Breaker', 'Honor among thieves', 'Damage Weapon', 'Insult to injury'
  • 4 new witch abilities: 'Slashing Breaker', 'Immobilize', 'Vulnerability', 'Internal bleeding'
  • 4 new brigand abilities: 'Pierce Breaker', 'Honor among thieves', 'Double assault', 'Potion'
  • 4 new paladin abilities: 'Blunt Breaker', 'Damage Weapon', 'Recharge', 'Holy fire'
  • 4 new skeleton spearman abilities: 'Scare', 'Defensive Offence', 'Calcium', 'Push Back'
  • 4 new skeleton axeman abilities: 'Magic Breaker', 'Double Assault', 'Calcium', 'Scare'
  • 4 new skeleton archer abilities: 'Scare', 'Explode', 'Calcium', 'Amplify Poison'
  • 4 new ghost abilities: 'Amplify Poison', 'Slashing Breaker', 'Immobilize', 'Recharge'
  • 4 new orc archer abilities: 'Explode', 'Orkish endurance', 'Bloodbath', 'Mark'
  • 4 new orc brute abilities: 'Insult to Injury', 'Orkish endurance', 'Potion', 'Painful Retribution'
  • 4 new archer abilities: 'First aid', 'Stable Stance', 'Slashing Breaker', 'Amplify Poison'
  • 4 new viking abilities: 'Magic Breaker', 'Painful Retribution', 'Reenergize', 'Potion'
  • 4 new spartan abilities: 'Headbutt', 'Defensive Offence', 'First Aid', 'Stable Stance'
  • 4 new barbarian abilities: 'Pierce Breaker', 'Damage Weapon', 'Painful Retribution', 'Stable Stance'
  • 4 new angel abilities: 'Clean Slate', 'Peacemaker', 'Reenergize', 'Holy Fire'
  • 4 new Samurai abilities: 'Blunt Breaker', 'Headbutt', 'Potion', 'Mark'
  • Witches withering skill remade: always reduces 30% of target health.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed skeleton archer damage type to piercing, no longer causes game crash when trying to check out its stats

    Here's the video where I try to give better explanation:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT_Fckefp-Y

    I'm sure there ought to be a bug or two around. Let me know if you find something and I'll make sure to fix it ASAP. As usual, any feedback is appreciated.

    I'll continue doing my best to improve the game and I promise if there's something you want to see - you'll see it!

    Cheers,
    Vladimir