Player Expansion Preview (Protectorate Non-Champions)

Have you also taken a look at what I suggested? Perhaps something there will tickle your fancy.

 

Ok --

KF gets Sacrifice-lite and spot shatter.

FS gets some more contest relics and spot disruption.

IS gets a KB tool and another form of global destealth.

ST gets stealth defense and a theme equip.

Expectations --

KF's anti-equip probably becomes auto-include, because that is a unique and powerful role, the relic is strong outside of that circumstance, and KF doesn't already have that. Fairy Circle sees use in more aggressive strategies and as a way to generate value in bigger army environments.

People mess around with the FS relics, but they don't find any immediate spots.

IS KB relic gets incorporated into decks that want to use KB, and might see some play as a stall-breaker or power-turn relic by relocating behind enemies to move them forward. Other relic has no immediate home.

ST equip obviously goes into Monks, and provides some more (and quite thematic) durability for their front line. The other relic may see some use as spot-destealth around fonts -- unlikely to be used right now because of meta-game environment sparse on stealth, but could potentially find space if the meta-game shifts.

 

I like your fairy-only version. Fairies have far fewer champs that can abuse reinforce.

 

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I love Xirones idea with Deception but IF illusion relics dont work then here is my idea:

Moon Pearl
Nora: ?
HP: from 15 to 20
This relic has Starshine, Magic Acolyte, Confuse Attacker and one of these two options: Portal Blast(so when confuse attacker triggers it pushes champs where it lands which would make your champs move thus triggering Starshine) or Psychic Magnetism (so when its attacked it relocates from confuse attacker and pulls 2 spaces towards it thanks to PM)

*With Confuse Attacker this relic lasts a bit longer and it does not compete as a contesting relic like Kaleidoscope Mirror and because Starshine needs to stay in play in order to be effective i added Magic Acolyte for survivability.
*Because Starshine grants majestic(melee cc) then it makes sense to have this relic with Psychic Magnetism, it closes the gap for your melees
*Portal Blast pushing your guys may seem as a bad idea but in theory it would trigger Starshine and i kind of like negative sideeffects, makes it feel more balanced if its hard to master

 

Doesnt Relocate Self start on CD?

 

I guess, but that would make the relic so unplayable that I ignored the possibility.

 

If that's the case, then yes, I misunderstood

 

In my opinion Mondo Satori is slightly undercosted if the monk clause procs. (This is assuming scrapper still gives evasive 3 and reflexes 3)

 

Yeah, the relic is meant to teleport next to a friendly or opposing equipped champion, within range, and shatter said equip. The relic can only move when an equipped champion is near. I honestly don't think it will be highly mobile after its first initial movement. Input on the rune, good or bad, is appreciated!

Oh yeah, the original version of the relic was to have Teleport: Equip, Enchant: Magic and Curse: Equip. Curse: Equip permanently give an opposing positive equip some negative attributes like Debilitated/Crippled/Weakened so that the opponent wants to shatter his/her own equip. That was a new ability, though, and so it got Shatter instead. If Sok could make a new ability, Curse: Equip would be an acceptable alternative.

Curse: Equip could be something like "Target equipped champion is Debilitated and Crippled until the champion's equipment is removed from play."

Would something like that be better in your eyes than Shatter?

That's fair, I suppose. In most scenarios you won't be generating any nora, especially if it is fairy-only. I see it more as an option for substituting a near-death champion for a damaging relic while being almost nora-neutral. Currently, a 70 nora champion is removed from play for 0 nora and a relic is dropped in its place. The downside is that you can only beneficially drop it when you have a champion near death. Another downside is that you are permanently deciding not to take advantage of KF's healing for that champ. It is kind of like Sacrifice but instead of gaining nora you get a relic instead. It is a situational rune that is situationally powerful.

 

A relic that teleports around granting MA3 and DSM3 can create a lot damage output if the equipped champion is sturdy. Enchant is probably the real problem here. It should have a CD of 2 maybe or cost nora like Elven Trading Post.

 

Enchant: Magic has a CD of 4, I believe.

 

The relics seem a lot more interesting than the champions, which seemed a bit... safe.

Would hate to see the usual preview overreaction take away from that.

 

Well considering theres 32 monks in ST alone, some of which include Redfist, Bluefist, Kento, Chilling Scale, and a huge load of runes with NKD (which would be so difficult to kill with NKD and scrapper), I wouldn't say it's perfect.

Side Note: I do know that the number includes the ranged monks it won't work on, but I couldn't be bothered doing a precise add up when I'm simply trying to get my point across that monks are not exactly rare so that clause would be very easy to proc.

 

Yes, the ability does, but the enchantment lasts. I talking about having a temporary enchantment or one that has a nora cost.

 

The enchantment wears off as soon as you unequip (I believe re-equipment also causes it) it.

 

Yes, I get that. But if I have an equip on for 8 rounds, that's a lot of potential damage output. It should have a CD or nora cost.

 

does ice watch have any defense?

since catalysts value is entirely related to how survivable it is I doubt it'll be an amazing include at 20 hp 0 def

the monk equip seems good, I like defensive equips that still provide their defense even if they are shattered even if only for a round. that said I haven't played monks enough to comment on whether this will help the theme to any serious degree.