[h1]Hello Stormbounders! [/h1] A new version of Stormbound is coming early August, bringing new cards, balance changes and some exclusive offers! [u][olist] [*] Balance changes [*] New cards [*] UI/UX and Quality of Life [*] FAQ[/olist][/u] [h2]BALANCE CHANGES[/h2] This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes. [list] [*] Earthfathers’ strength is now 6/7/8/10/12 (up from 5/6/7/9/11) and their ability grants 4/4/4/5/5 (up from 3/3/3/4/4). [*] Lich Summoners’ strength is now 4/5/5/6/7 (up from 3/4/4/5/6). [*] Frontline Engineers’ strength is now 3/4/5/5/6 (up from 2/3/4/5/6). [*] Xuri, Lord of Life‘s ability now grants 1/2/3/4/5 strength (changed from 3/4/5/6/7 strength). [*] Forgotten Souls‘ movement is now 0 (down from 1). [/list] [b]Nerf Compensation[/b] As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Xuri and Forgotten Souls, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level. [h2]NEW CARDS[/h2] Two new cards are coming in August: a new rare Shadowfen Raven Ancient, and a new rare Neutral Knight Elder whose true appearance will be revealed when the card comes out! [h3]Anointed Saviors [/h3] [list] [*] KINGDOM: Shadowfen [*] RARITY: Epic [*] UNIT TYPE: Raven Ancient [*] MANA: 5 [*] MOVEMENT: 1 [*] STRENGTH: 4/5/6/7/8 [*] ABILITY: Before moving, convert a random surrounding enemy unit with 3/4/5/6/7 or less strength, then teleport that unit to a random tile bordering your base [/list] [h3]Retired Commanders[/h3] [list] [*] KINGDOM: Neutral [*] RARITY: Rare [*] UNIT TYPE: Knight Elder [*] MANA: 5 [*] MOVEMENT: 1 [*] STRENGTH: 5/6/7/8/9 [*] ABILITY: After surviving damage, spawn a 2/3/4/5/6 strength Knight bordering each friendly Knights [/list] As usual, there will be $9.99* exclusive packs for every new card. The Retired Commanders pack, as well as the Anointed Saviors pack, will include 5 and 3 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones. Friendly reminder: it is possible to buy more than one exclusive pack each. [h2]NEW BRAWLS[/h2] Similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them. Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards). [h2]UI/UX AND QUALITY OF LIFE[/h2] [u][olist] [*] Level Up ready Sort with additional cards glow in both Collection and Edit deck screens [*] Ranked button and Ranking visualization in Main Menu tweaks [*] New Loading Screen that will tell players the basic rule of improving in Stormbound [*] Minor Animation tweaks on Main Menu [*] VS screen and avatar in-game widget tweaks [/olist][/u] [h2]FAQ[/h2] When is the update going to be released? The balance changes will be released with the season reset as usual, on August 1st. The 2 new cards as well as new brawls and Client changes will be introduced later in August. Retired Commanders' 2D art will be released during their time of release. ------------------- Feel free to drop by our [url=https://discord.gg/stormbound]Discord server[/url] to discuss the content of the upcoming update with us, the devs, and the community! [h3]Happy Stormbounding![/h3]