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This week, swing wildly with a weapon deadly to the undead, and pick up a weapon previously only available at PAX Aus! Read on!

New Weapon: Chain Flail
Chain FlailIt looks like the recent Team Bonuses have had the desired effect. From Adana to Zhul’Kari, teams of charged-up Chimeras, powered-up Paladins, and beefed-up Berserkers have been wreaking havoc. It’s been the souped-up Skeletons causing problems in Sword’s Edge, though. So Queen Ysabelle has commissioned their smiths to create a new weapon, a Chain Flail… the scourge of any invaders daring enough to include even a single Undead troop in their forces!

New-ish Weapon: Crimson Insignia
Previously only available from the PAXAUS Gems of War booth, Crimson Insignia is now available to all in the store! The Crimson Insignia is a strong tool for anyone who likes to put a lot of Red Mana on the board.
Now In Chests: Bone Dragon
The fearsome flesh stripping Bone Dragon is now available in chests. Destroy an enemy’s armour and create skulls on the board to level the playing field. Just be careful they don’t get used against you!
Event Item Cost Changes
As we’re giving away more Glory as of late, Glory costs on event items have slightly increased. Accountants everywhere are celebrating!

Balance Changes
It’s a big week for balance, check out everything that’s changed!

Goblin King
Goblin King can now chose the color of the Gems removed to boost his health.

Moloch
Spell damage is now boosted by Mana Drained
Increased Mana cost from 12 to 14

Webspinner
No longer gains Magic at level 7, her Magic has gone from 3 to 2

Venoxia
Reduced the number of Gems she creates from 10 to 9.

Jarl Firehammer
Reduced the number of Gems he creates from 10 to 9.

Celestasia
Reduced the number of Gems she creates from 11 to 9.

Acolyte
No Longer gains Magic at Level 5
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 9 Brown Gems.
Spell now Gives Random Stat, which scale with Magic (base of 0)
No longer gains Magic with spell cast.

Dryad
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 9 Green Gems.
Restore Life now scales off magic.
Spell now Gives Life on top of restoring it.

Siren
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 9 Gems.
Damage now scales off magic.
Base Spell damage reduced from 6 to 1.
Mana Cost reduce from 10 to 9.

Skeleton
No Longer gains Magic at Level 5
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 7 Gems.
Spell now Gives Attack, which scales with magic.

Deep Borer
No longer gains Magic at Levels 5, 8, and 12
Now Gain Magic at Level 15
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 9 Brown Gems.
Now Gains Armor, which scales with magic.
Mana Cost increased from 8 to 9

Goblin Shaman
No longer gains Magic at levels 4 and 7
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 9 Gems.
Now Gives Life to a random ally, which scales with magic.

Serpent
No longer gains Magic at Level 6
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 9 Red Gems.
Now Gains Attack, which scales with magic.

Giant Spider
No longer gains Magic at Level 6
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 8 Purple Gems.
Now Gains Life, which scales with magic.
Mana cost increased from 8 to 9

Bone Dragon
Gem creation no longer scales off Magic. Now creates 8 Gems, Boosted by Armor removed.
Now Gains Armor, which scales with magic

Vampire Lord
Increased his boost ratio

Knight Coronet
Increased his boost ratio

Steam Turret
Mana Cost reduced from 12 to 10
Base spell damage reduce from 5 to 3
Now gains Magic at Levels 3, 5, 13, and 14

PVP IconPVP Rewards Reminder
With the PVP reset comes payouts in Souls for your efforts on the battlefield against other players. Remember, you’ll have until the next event to climb as high as you can and earn yourself some souls. Here’s what you can earn at each rank:

  • * Rank 1: 300 Souls, 2000 Gold, 100 Glory, 3 Iron Keys
  • * Rank 2: 150 Souls, 1500 Gold, 50 Glory
  • * Rank 3: 80 Souls, 1000 Gold, 40 Glory
  • * Rank 4: 60 Souls, 900 Gold, 30 Glory
  • * Rank 5: 50 Souls, 800 Gold, 20 Glory
  • * Rank 6: 40 Souls, 700 Gold, 10 Glory
  • * Rank 7: 35 Souls, 600 Gold, 5 Glory
  • * Rank 8: 30 Souls, 500 Gold
  • * Rank 9: 25 Souls, 400 Gold
  • * Rank 10: 20 Souls, 300 Gold
  • * Rank 11: 16 Souls, 200 Gold
  • * Rank 12: 12 Souls, 100 Gold
  • * Rank 13: 8 Souls, 50 Gold
  • * Rank 14: 4 Souls, 10 Gold
  • * Rank 15: 1 Gold
Weekly Trophies Leaderboard
Here’s who came out on top of Trophies collected for the week!

Hero Name Trophies Earned
TLGS Mario-x 783
zweetluck 681
Yxsy 675
Whooper 629
Jessica 628
pauline 621
Charles 600
Zoot 560
-Mr.Sammy- 560
masacruak 548
wolock 518
Dogmanner 515
Exyro 482
kari 477
JoJoChien 471
Metzger 466
c4x4 460
M3k4ndor 460
outlander 460
Herny S 458
Hero Level Leaderboard
Here’s the leading Heroes in level for this week!

Hero Name Level
esslee 880
Chollyz 861
korsden59 818
Ania 810
Dwaalkameel 799
zqxinran 792
volan35 740
Geran 727
Misu 719
namdal 709
Jikova 700
Jainus 693
Ljy 001 681
Patricia 681
scorpio0402 680
MaHo 672
fromthestar 670
outlander 665
senanet 647
Archenassa 645

Level 1000 Hall of Fame

  • *-Mr.Sammy-
  • *dhjl
  • *techn9neee
  • *Krammaster
  • *Jhhyyg
  • *DSK88
  • *And…. no one else…. yet!

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