[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/8f2b624c7653b76e26d68c8d127407512a9df5a3.gif[/img] Despot is about to go on a holiday break, so he decided to take a minute to say "Merry Christmas" to his punies. Don't get misled by the cute Santa hat, though: Horrifying experiments on humans are going nowhere next year. Now, let's see what we have in store for you today. [h1][b]UPDATE 1.9[/b][/h1] In this one, we've added some festive [b]Christmas decor[/b] to cheer you all up while you miserably perish in Despot's dungeon. Xoxo. Also, we added new mutations and traditionally tweaked the balance. [h2][b]• New Mutations •[/b][/h2] [list] [*] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/691b7f41d0fa6b94097bbb4811066c668dcb9285.png[/img] [b]Rat-ify[/b]: Transforms enemies into... rats. Only [b]Mages[/b] can get this mutation. They can transform an enemy into an animal for 5s every 20s for 30 mana, but you need 3 mages to perform a cast. [*] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/b7b83cb2591529fd6b83f6c677d4d888d11c993c.png[/img] [b]Soul Gift[/b]: this is a more powerful version of [b]Final Gift[/b]; it increases a random ally's health by 1000 when one of your teammates dies. [/list] [h3][b]• Reworked Mutations •[/b][/h3] Some mutations underwent significant overhauls. We compiled this list in collaboration with our community on [url=https://discord.gg/XS7S76WJe5]Discord[/url]. Feel free to join us if you'd like to participate in discussions about future updates. [list] [*] [b]Thunder Lance[/b] — there is now a 50% filter for damage [*] [b]Magic Mirror[/b] — chance to silence now, no longer stuns [*] Fighters' [b]Link[/b] can’t kill, it stops working when a unit has 20% of health [*] [b]Magical Blood[/b] — mana blocks damage until it hits 50% of total mana [*] [b]Mass Taunt[/b] — all tanks use it simultaneously and cooldown is shared between all tanks (even if they were stunned or silenced). Cannot be multicasted. [*] [b]Curse of Variety[/b] — items become more pricey, not newbies [/list] [h3][b]• Balance Changes •[/b][/h3] [list] [*] [b]Magical Blood[/b] — damage block multiplayer: x2 ➔ x3 [*] [b]Thunder Lance[/b] — the chance of casting increased: 5 ➔ 20 [*] [b]Curse of Mutation[/b] — item cost increased: 100% ➔ 150% [*] [b]Vampirism[/b] has been slightly nerfed in all modes except [b]Brawl[/b]: 7% ➔ 5% [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/623cd90890f370c2f70f7ffb984629332648a87b.png[/img] Shooters items' damage has been slightly nerfed: [list] [*] Tier 1: 35 ➔ 30 [*] Tier 3: 85 ➔ 80 [*] Tier 4: 120 ➔ 105 [*] Tier 5: 135 ➔ 120 [/list] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/190f8f6852fc76381f698cda9cb5df72a70e4ff7.png[/img] Eggheads items' damage has been buffed: [list] [*] Tier 1: 35 ➔ 40 [*] Tier 2: 53 ➔ 60 [*] Tier 3: 74 ➔ 85 [*] Tier 4: 110 ➔ 125 [*] Tier 5: 170 ➔ 185 [/list] [hr][/hr] [h1][b]King of the Hill Season 20 Results[/b][/h1] [h3][b]WINNERS:[/b][/h3] [table] [tr] [th]1.🥇Lectrice[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]2.🥈Mirrari[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]3.🥉The Wrinkled Dinkler[/td] [/tr] [/table] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/6d3084b1125a631636369b5d0d488724a3e4db10.png[/img] Congrats! Your victory medal has been added to your name on the leaderboard. [h3][b]Season 21 starts right now and ends on January 25th at 16:00 UTC.[/b][/h3] [hr][/hr] Our team wants to wish you all Happy Holidays, folks. You are, as always, a rad community, and we're super blessed to have you by our side. We don't have a photo in Xmas gear, so we just photoshopped some Santa hats into this one: [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/c0d7df7baab540d770e668fe703c686a7b9ae4f3.png[/img] [hr][/hr] Despot's Game is 60% off for the duration of the Steam Winter Sale (until January 4th). Buy it or gift to a friend: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227280/Despots_Game_Dystopian_Battle_Simulator/ [hr][/hr] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/f660a90bac3299894c8b53a6d05c3e87747307c9.gif[/img] [b]Check our new game out: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/][i]Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot[/i][/url].[/b] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348610/Slime_3K_Rise_Against_Despot/ [b]Join our community to share your feedback with the devs and chat with other puny humans like you:[/b] [b][url=https://discord.gg/Qa4HxzZfTX]Discord[/url] [url=https://twitter.com/Despotism_3k]Twitter[/url] [url=https://www.tiktok.com/@despots.games]TikTok[/url] [url=https://www.facebook.com/DespotsGame]Facebook[/url] [url=https://www.instagram.com/despotism3k/]Instagram[/url] [url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DespotsGame/]Reddit[/url][/b] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36660602/3279da5c9093b0a1a442dcdb857e5a1472398e34.png[/img]