New

• Armor feedback popups — hits fully absorbed by Armor now show a bronze "0" over the target; damage into immune units shows a new IMMUNE! popup
• Risen Archer — new 2/2 undead creep that Book of the Restless spawns in place of the default creep
• Tidewatch Levy — Varenth decks now get their own 1/1 auto-creep each round (previously nothing spawned)

Improvements

• Auto-creep baseline — Holdfast Pikeman, Dune Sentry, and Melee Creep rebalanced to 1/1
• Self-target effect text — "+1 Armor" / "1 Shield" read directly instead of "Give this unit 1 Shield"; hero-cast spells lead with "Cast on a hero."
• Alexei — signature ability renamed Quill Spray → Twin Fangs with new ability art
• +MANA HUD flash — cards that raise your max mana now show the "+MANA" float after the staging animation lands, not before the card arrives
• Tooltip & ability panel polish — tooltip stays visible on rapid hover-swap; ability panel sizing behaves on narrow viewports
• Deck collection hover — tiles get a clean outline that covers the art and stops above the quantity dots; pointer cursor on hover
• Match HUD sizing — avatar frame enlarged (80→96), name label bigger; resource panel fonts trimmed for fit; PASS button shows pointer cursor
• Numeric keyword values — tooltip Buffs section renders values for granted Retaliate / Cleave / Siege / Regeneration
• Shop polish — upgrade button uses a stronger visual weight; card tooltip auto-hides when the shop opens
• Settings gear — explicit hover/pressed/focus states on the menu icon

Fixes

• Helm of Command — Dominate reachable — equipment on a hero now populates the hero's ability panel, lights the ready-glow, and shows valid targets. Dominate given a 3-round cooldown to match other heavy on-activation abilities
• Tariq — Shepherd's Call arrow — no stray second arrow to the lane center when a creep target is selected
• Book of the Restless — replacement spawn is visibly distinct from the default creep
• Imperial Herald — no longer treated as a lane-spawn creep (it's a legendary)
• Play History — equipment card plays no longer appear twice in the modal
• Board hover during opponent's turn — their ability cards reveal on hover; play-glow still waits for your own turn
• Equipment cooldown tooltip — mana icon now renders in rows that previously displayed plain "Mana" text

Security & Stability

• Reconnect — equipment re-attached — equipment icons re-attach to the wearing hero immediately on reconnect; previously they only reappeared on the next state change