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A spell-caster/ability-focused champion with Devour Life, in counter-point to Essence Devourer who is a big pile of stats. Like, something that feeds its great magical strength by gobbling up weaker beings. That would be rad.

Something like this:

0 DMG
7 SPD
1 RNG
2 DEF
55 HP

Abilities
Devour Life
+~65 nora worth of abilities, for a unit that clocks in at about 75.

Here would be my hodge-podge picks. Probably broke AF.
Hex 2 +7
Curse 2 +8
Eradicate +12
Death Charged 3 +9
Reconstitute +20
Teleport 3 +14

 

Worldwalker

Description: "What became of the horse? What became of the rider? Did they dwell then in shadow--or beneath the earth? None who live now remember." -Johnns Talkhier, A History of the Elsari, Page 486
Artwork: A man in a long cloak with a hood. He sits at the mouth-like opening to a cave (offset right) at the edge of the ring of light emitted by a dim fire. Discernible in the background, among trees and hills, is a waning crescent moon.

Faction: SP/FW
Race: Human
Class: Rogue

DMG: 10
RNG: 1
SPD: 6
DEF: 1
HP: 49

Base:
Attack: Physical
Death Harvest

U1: Restraining Aura, Change of Plans, Combat Awareness
U2: Magical Attack, Council: Spells, Favor

The idea behind this rune is taken from the literary figure of the exile (or wanderer) of old Anglo-Saxon legend. The implication of the description and his somewhat magic-based skillset is that he is a human survivor of the fall of Elsarin kept alive through the use of magic. He wanders the Peaks because his homeland no longer exists, and he prefers a solitary lifestyle. For flavor reasons I'd limit him to 1x in a bg, but I guess for gameplay reasons he could be normal 2x limit if necessary.

His gameplay revolves around Death Harvest. He basically drifts in and out of combat at short to medium range, generally staying back if possible to accrue value over time. He has light support options available like Restraining Aura and Council/Favor which you can forgo for a more combat-oriented build in CA/Magical Attack. I gave him a few more abilities and higher stats than vulture in FW to make him a bit more of an investment, since Death Harvest could potentially pay off well in the Peaks.

 

OH BABY. I'll wait till the expansion drops tomorrow so I can see what other new toys I have to work with.

 

do u even play

 

No, but I didn't really play when I made Ionization either. The game got stale but I still enjoy creating stuff.

 

Good idea.

 

Serpentine Mass
Race: Beast, Construct | Class: None | Size: Large | Rarity: Exotic | Faction: K'thir Forest
Artwork: An absolutely giant ball of twisted and vicious snakes emerges from the forest of K'thir and enters the Scorched Forest. The snakes, of all colors, contrast greatly with the muted colors of the burnt stumps all around.
Flavor-Text: "A powerful mage and a beloved snake charmer once lived on the outskirts of K'thir. They lived long and happy lives, blessed by the forest. Tragically, they were both cut down by a rampaging demon. With their final breaths, they made a tandem wish for nature's vengeance. Judging from what I have just seen, it seems their wish has been fulfilled at last!" -Sipn, Master Bard of K'thir
Deck Limit: 2
Nora Cost: Expensive

Champion Stats
DMG: 14 | SPD: 6 | RNG: 1-2 | DEF: 1 | HP: 52

Champion Base Abilities
Attack: Physical- This unit makes a Physical attack at its range. This is a basic attack
Arrow Eater- When this unit would take damage from a ranged attack, that damage is prevented, and this champion gets a bonus to DMG equal to 25% of the damage that would have been dealt for 2 turns.
Faithless- This unit has no spell presence.
Cleave- After this champion makes an attack, it then makes an attack against each other adjacent champion as well.

Upgrade Path I
Fury- When this unit makes a successful basic attack, it gains +1 DMG.
Multiattack I- This champion's AP cost for making a basic attack is reduced by 1, to a minimum of 2 AP.
Surge: Beast I- This unit has +1 DMG for every friendly Beast.

Upgrade Path II
Combo Attack: Poison- When this champion makes two successful basic attacks against the same champion in a single turn, that champion becomes Poisoned for 5 turns.
Lethal Poison- When this champion successfully damages a champion with a basic attack, that champion gains a stack of Lethal (If a champion gets 4 stacks, it dies) for 10 turns. This ability cannot effect those with Immunity: Poison. This condition can not be cleansed.
Poison I- When this champion successfully damages a champion with a basic attack, that champion is Poisoned for 3 turns.

 

Ospryan Cannibal
Race: Beast | Class: Brute | Size: Small | Rarity: Uncommon | Faction: K'thir Forest
Artwork: A savage male Ospryan has been tainted with bloodlust. It is hunched over a disemboweled boghopper, eating some indiscernible organ.
Flavor-Text: "Beware entering the deep forest, brothers. Alliances mean nothing to the creatures who now dwell there." -Kartch, Finlord.
Deck Limit: 2
Nora Cost: Mid

Champion Stats
DMG: 10 | SPD: 6 | RNG: 1 | DEF: 0 | HP: 48

Champion Abilities
Berserk Attack 3- This unit makes a close-combat attack at +4 DMG and becomes Berserked (This unit gets -2 DEF) for 2 turns.
Brain Eater- When this champion destroys a champion with a different owner, it gains one of its upgraded abilities.
Exertion 3- This champion loses 8 HP and gains 3 AP. This ability begins on CD.
Flight- This champion is Flying and has two ranks of Sentry.

Upgrade Path I
Consume- Target owned adjacent champion is destroyed and this champion is healed for the amount equal to the destroyed champion's current HP. CD: 2, AP: 1
Logistics: Life Siphon- When you have deployed 3 champions that share a race with it from the runedock, this ability is removed and this champion permanently gains Life Siphon.
Life Siphon- When this unit attacks and deals damage to a champion, it vampiric heals HP equal to half the damage dealt.

Upgrade Path II
Precision- This champion's attacks cannot miss.

 

this thread is a great idea. release the expansion please, its the 18th.

 

Name: Boghopper Band

Rarity: rare at Max

Race: Boghopper

Class: Bard

Stats: DMG: 12 SPD:6 DEF: 0 HP: 40 RNG: 3-6 (may be too expensive, perhaps 4-5)

Base abilities
Attack: Sonic
Dissipate
Inspire
Battle Hymn

Path 1:
Boost
Soothing serenade
Cleanse

Path 2:
Sonic surge
Sonic aura (rank 3)
Sustain: Regen 2

The idea of this champ is to solve the main weakness of hoppers - low stats. It does this through inspire and boost.

Battle hymn also gives some powerturn potential (although may be too strong with stampede).

Mostly a support champ that has some ways to deal damage even after uses of inspire.

I'd want cost around 70 perhaps?

 

As a note, it is intended that this champion does not have a basic attack. The only way it can attack is with Berserk Attack which lowers its DEF with each use.

 

I believe this was @Xirone or @Gorebucket who came up with the idea of this guy, but couldn't find their post so here's my take on it:

Name:
Rarity: rare or below
Race: treefolk Class: brute
Flavour: I'm glad to know when I fall my ashes will fuel kthir

Stats: DMG: 8 Speed: 5 DEF: 1 HP: 45 RNG: 1

Base abilities:
Attack physical
Death Nova: fire (rank 2)
Transfer Life (rank 1)
Vulnerability: Fire

Upgrade Path 1:
Inspire
Perseverance
Grace of the dead (rank 2)

Upgrade Path 2:
Weighty
Short lived (rank 2)
Lethargic

Nora cost: Very low

This is meant to be a cheap ajd expendable champ for the delim theme, it buffs a few allies, heals a bit, perhaps is a target for flame siphon and then you sac it (hopefully hurting some enemies).

 

placeholder for a UD champ with enemy relocation and fire synergy. The idea is to get more out of trail fire wall.

Upgrade paths to choose pull (hook + fascinate) or push (slam, explosive attack + repulsion)

maybe an Architect of Fire. Race is not important as fire does not really rely on race synergism, so maybe a general ability as motivate.

 

Race: undead, skeleton, vampyre

 

Aurora Seeker
Race: Elf
Class: Paladin
Nora Cost: 74
Damage: 10
Speed: 7
Range: 1
Defense: 1
HP: 46

Abilities
Attack: Physical (2 Nora)
Lightseeker (8 Nora)
Illuminating Burst (Aurora Banner Ability) (4 Nora)

Upgrade 1: Initiative 1 (Base), Initiative 2 (+3), Reinforcement 2 (10)
Upgrade 2: Blinding (Base), Solar Flare (+2), Dazzling (+9)

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Serpentor Vehemence
Nora Cost: 74
Damage: 12
Range: 1
Speed: 6
Defense: 2
HP: 52

Abilities
Attack Fire (+2)
Unstoppable (+3)
Unequippable (-5)
Cull (+8)
Throw Javelin (+5)

Upgrade 1: Regen 1 (-2), Regen 2 (Base), Regen 3(+2) BORING
Upgrade 2: Scrapper (+1), Multiattack 1 (Base), Punish (-2)

 

G'hern Gravity Core

Faction: Shattered Peaks
Race: G'hern/Elemental
2x2

Artwork: A massive G'hern with crystals growing from its body. The ground is shattering around it.
Flavor Text: He ate his enemies, his army of Moga, other G'herns army of Mogas, other Ghern, rocks, ores and mountains. We will lose our people, resources and land if not stopped.

Abilities

Attack: Physical
Consume
Destabilizing Luminesence
Planar Bound

Upgrade Path 1:

Gravity Well
Seism
Tectonic Pulse

Upgrade Path 2:

Nora Gem
Overseer: Moga (Rank 3)
Reflection (Rank 3)

 

Look at bone guard infantry. Tell me that's not a vampyre skeleton.

One complaint I've heard about some themes is that they lack units with this or that role. Simply creating combo races could give players more options without having to design specific runes necessarily. Simply adding another race to some runes might be enough to unshoebox them. And it's fun to make hybrid decks between two themes. Adds more variety. Combo race units help facilitate those hybrid builds.

 

@Sokolov please remove revel of misery from draco-lich and give him regen or some other useful ability. revel sucks and makes him suck. also buff lichling and the hexer lich and increase their cost.