Relic Arena 1.5 Update
Our mid-season 1.5 update has gone out! You can check out the detailed patch notes here. Read further for an in-depth look.
Say hi to the 3 newest Leaders entering the Arena!
Charles Darwin
Take a banned relic and make it the 5th slot for one of your heroes. The possibilities are endless with Darwin, literally. At 5 you can infinitely level the selected relic past 9 and beyond.
Mary Shelley
Combine two of your units in order to create a Frankenstein's monster unit, which can be equipped with a 5th relic at level 5.
Montezuma II
Sacrifice relics from your bench to gain access to other random relics. Montezuma II starts as an economy Leader, but level 5 allows you to start chasing unique God relics, which cannot be obtained through any other means. They can be leveled a total of 3 times, unlocking game-breaking powers.
We've also rolled out a new feature which allows players to play 3 trial games with each new Leader without needing to unlock. This is part of our initiative to continue to make things more accessible.
9 new Relics have been added! The total pool of unbanned relics per game is unchanged. Banned relics have increased from 16 to 25 to accommodate the new relics. Each game should now feel more fresh and unpredictable.
The videos below will show the Juicy effects of all the new Relics.
Aztec Death Whistle (Standard)
This is a passive relic that will simply lower the magic armor and Toughness of enemies around the caster. The video shows off the Juicy "Whispers of Death". The Gods' judgement comes after the first hero dies. If it is an enemy, their team's magic armor is reduced by 20 for the round . If it is an ally, your team gains 20 magic armor for the rest of the round. This is a solid passive to put on your tank so that he (or the rest of your team) can have more impact with relics.
Basketball (Ultimate)
Basketball is an Ultimate Relic which will literally DUNK on an enemy with Pure damage and a spammable 6s cooldown. If the target dies within 3 seconds, the relic is refreshed and you gain permanent physical armor. The Juicy "And One" will apply the effects of the relic to the enemy's farthest ally as well. This is a great scaling relic that can make one of your heroes extremely tanky.
Hot Sauce (Standard)
Hot Sauce will add a stacking damage over time to each of your attacks, for the cost of some mana. The Juicy "Afterburn" will cause units affected by this debuff to explode in an area for the same amount of damage you dealt to them with Hot Sauce. This is a solid Relic for Rangers, but can also be quite useful for Tanks and Assassins with the right Super upgrades.
Ivan’s Bell (Standard)
Ivan's Bell will apply a Fear to enemies, forcing them to run away. The Juicy "Czar's Toll" will cause these units to take Pure damage based on their movement speed for a duration, siphoning that health to the caster instead.
King Tut’s Bindings (Ultimate)
King Tut's Bindings is an Ultimate Relic that will dramatically slow an enemy and dispel them constantly for a set duration. The Juicy "Tomb Awakened" will cause miniature Cobras to surround the target, that deal damage and steal the target's attack speed.
Lawn Mower (Standard)
Lawn Mower is a passive Relic that will deal damage and mini-stun targets around you every few seconds. The Juicy "Landscaping Crew" will spawn 2 autonomous lawn mowers that will traverse the arena, applying the same effects to enemies they run into. Lawn Mower is best used on melee units and can be very powerful with certain combinations.
Matryoshka Doll (Ultimate)
Matryoshka Doll is an Ultimate Relic that throws a medium doll towards an enemy, exploding for damage and knocking them away. Nested inside are smaller dolls that will deal damage and stun after a delay. The Juicy "Giant Doll" will throw an even bigger Doll that will deal a lot of Pure damage in an area. When it explodes, 2 medium dolls emerge from inside.
Radio Jammer (Standard)
Radio Jammer is the most simple Relic added in this patch. It will simply silence a target and lower their healing. The Juicy "Frequency Hop" will bounce the effects to another enemy hero.
Trampoline (Standard)
Trampoline is a buff that the caster will apply to a nearby ally, forcing them to jump forward, dealing damage and stunning targets where they land. The Juicy "Bounce Chain" will cause them to bounce 2 additional times. This is a great tool to get someone into enemy territory without requiring a mobility relic.
Anime Bundle
Legendary Cleopatra Anime Skin
Anime Announcer Pack (2 versions: Sub and Dub)
Also includes:
- Anime Click Effects
- Anime Emotes (4)
This is the first bundle we've released using regional pricing. Let us know your thoughts on Discord. Regional pricing is something we plan to roll out to all cosmetics going forward starting with the Season 2.0 battlepass in September.
Other new cosmetics
Basketball Stadium arena
Check out the store for the following new cosmetics added:
- Spray Paint (Finisher)
- Rubber Ducky (Click Effect)
- Lord of the Wins (Win Streak)
Daily Challenge Leaderboard
We want to continue to make our single-player content more engaging and that starts with a brand new dedicated Daily Challenge page, which will show information on the current challenge as well as the global and friends-only leaderboard, allowing you to compare results with everyone! Who will use the least amount of gold to complete the challenge?
Let's finish up with some things we plan to do in the future.
Ready Up Button
By far our most requested feature is to add a ready-up button to live matches. Believe it or not, in the original version of this game (Ability Arena), we got the same exact feedback and we actually implemented it. It didn't go very well. In regular lobbies, getting all 8 people to click ready was basically equivalent to experiencing a minor miracle. Having said that, we have some ideas on a cooler way to implement this, so look forward to that in the future. Even if it ends up just being a placebo, you won't be able to say we didn't listen. 😀
Regional pricing
We know our pricing for cosmetics was a little steep for certain regions. We are currently testing our new regional pricing system with the Anime Bundle, so let us know your thoughts on that. Season 2 will have this enabled for all items.
Battlepass and PLUS
For Season 2 we will be combining the Battlepass and PLUS into one, with no price change (aside from the regional pricing of course). We made the mistake of comparing our game with AAA games that have similar systems. We are going back to the drawing board and doing what makes sense for our game based on your feedback.
Make chests feel better
Giving duplicates sucks. We should have known this and we promise to have a better system for Season 2.
Make battlepasses never-ending
It took 5 days for the first person to finish the Season 1 Battlepass. Yes, that person played a ridiculous amount of games in that time, but now they are left with nothing else to unlock. For future seasons we will make sure that after level 60 you will continue to be able to unlock things endlessly.
More Leaders and Relics
The fun part of design! We have many more Leaders and Relics that we need to test so we can continue to add additional depth to our game!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for your continued support! We've had almost 250,000 games played so far!
We have a nice little community now, with some VERY passionate players. We hope we've shown that we are learning from some of our mistakes as we go down this scary road of supporting a live-service PVP game with no outside investors or publishers. We thank you for your patience throughout this process. If you've gotten this far, congrats! Use the following promo code for some free goodies (Promo code: welcomeback). Go to your in-game Armory to claim.
We hope you enjoy the new content!