This week, we added a new feature to allow Holy Monk to capture bosses. We continue enhancing Heroes, NPCs, and Companions, and improving optimization and fixing bugs.

Major Updates

Now Holy Monk can upgrade 1 Spirit Pact card to capture Boss in the Event of “Corvus Kingdom”! Remember that you will need to get the “Gold Jade Bar” from the Dead King in a previous event “An ask from the Dead King” to enable this choice.

Optimization

Performance

• Unify image loading to enhance loading performance
• Clean up assets and Cache relic image to reduce memory consumption
• Preload card and status effects for combat for better loading speed

UI Improvement

• Show tooltip when using a consumable to improve the usability

Enhancement and Balancing

Game Logic

• Change event of Corvus Kingdom to allow 1 Spirit Pact card to capture Boss NPC.
• Preach: cannot preach for duplicated NPC

Wukong

• Starting HP: 70 HP -> 75 HP
• Little Monkeys: deal 2 base damage -> 3 base damage.
• Tiger Inside: only Wukong cards counts -> all cards
• Igniting Strike: applies 1 burning -> 2 burning
• Fishing the Moon: Before next turn, gain 1 Evasion when receiving HP damage.
• Secret Power: Loss 2 HP, gain 2 energy -> Loss 3 HP, gain 1 energy and draw 2 cards
• Conserve Strength: 5 block -> 7 block; upgraded: 8 block -> 11 block
• Expose Weakness: Applies Vulnerable -> applies Weak, and does not require HP damage.
• Like a fortress: Uncommon -> Common, 18 block -> 16 block.
• Last Resort: Energy cost 1-> 0.
• Break the Soul: Move card from discard pile back to hand ->gain block equal to 3 times of target's burning count.
• Ashen Hair: Energy cost 2->1

White Dragon

• Starting HP: 75 HP -> 70 HP
• Angry Dragon: Add wet and freezing requirement
• Dragon Shout: now 1 of 6 cards available to choose in the initial event
• Swift Thrust: 8 damage -> 14 damage, applies 2 Weak; Energy cost 1->2

Holy Monk

• Avici: Add “Exhaust” keyword. Uncommon -> Rare.
• Fearless: energy cost 1->0
• Absorb Strength: energy cost 1->2. Damage 6->16.
• Sinful: applies to all teammates -> applies to only Holy Monk.
• Absorb Life: Add “Retain” keyword. Absorb Current HP -> Absorb Max HP
• Sermon: now causes the target to lose 5% HP each turn.
• Double Down: Add “Exhaust” keyword. Energy cost 2->1; Upgraded version: Energy cost -1 -> Add “Retain” keywords.
• The Good Within: Add “Retain” keyword. Energy Cost 2->1

Neutral Card

• Magic Shield: Add “Retain” and “Exhaust” keywords.
• Divine Beads: 3 Curse or 3 Bless -> 5 Curse or 5 Bless
• Regret: Add “Exhaust” keyword

NPC

• Fire Spider: Angry will be triggered by any HP damage, not only Attack damage.
• Yellow Phantom: Add WindShield to AI when he is a minion.
• Master Zenith: MAX HP: 80-80 -> 75-80
• Black Hurricane:
• Base damage 9 -> 8
• MAX HP: 90-100 -> 85->95
• Skeleton Queen: Needs only 1 soul essence to revive all bone piles
• Spider Queen:
• Spider form lasts 4 turns -> 5 turns.
• Spider offspring count 2 -> 3
• Son of Fire:
• Max HP: 220-210 -> 220-230
• increase Block of Necrofire Shield
• The Centipede Monarch: Eye count 7 -> 8 (Trial level 18: eye count 10->12)
• Voodoo Elder: base damage 30->25
• Voodoo Witch: base damage 30->27
• Voodoo Worm: Max HP 200->150
• Rodent Duchess:
• Increase Rodent Duchess's escape requirement to 10.
• Demonic Siren: AOE -> single target.
• Carp King: summons 1 guardian -> 2 guardians

Companion

• Vanquisher of Evil:
• Passive: when an ally is defeated, gain 1 strength -> gain 1 energy and draw 1 card.
• Sword Breaker: Applies 1 rupture -> applies 1 cursed
• Shadow Fairy: now heal 4/7/10 HP to the team after each combat.
• Haunting Beauty: Beautiful Kisses: remove “Exhaust” keywords
• Dark Unicorn:
• Passive skill: team immune to bleeding.
• Lunar Eclipse: energy cost =0, applies 1 Blind to all enemies.
• Soul Ritual: available at level 2.
• Soul Transfer: Energy cost 2->1
• Soul Absorption: absorb 6% -> 8%
• Breeze the Apprentice: Holy Spell: Add “Retain” keyword.
• Pine Fairy: The Winter Lady: Add “Retain” keyword. Applies 2 Freezing.

Relics

• Fortification scroll: now gives invincibility at start of turn
• Tiger Vest: now gives Block at start of turn
• Miracle silk wrap: gain 2 block for each teammate -> 3 block

Consumables

• No balance patch.

Bug Fixes

Game logic bug fixes

• Only track journal when create new story or load a story to improve the accuracy of statistics
• Fix a bug where the second time you use “Resurrection” Card will trigger a crash
• Fix a bug when wolf cub is using Need Milk on wolf mother and they are both on the player's side
• Fix a few buffs and debuffs that should be cleaned up but weren't
• Fix a few companion cards that do not get learned correctly by Dragon Princess
• Fix a bug when Confused is applied to a Shape Shifting card and the Energy cost will become random
• Fix a bug when Confused is applied to a Spirit Shifting card and the Energy cost will become random
• Fix a bug when Crystal Dice is applied to a Spirit Shifting card and the Energy cost will become random
• Fix a bug that Demonic Parasol triggers Nine Headed Phoenix's poisons
• Fix a bug that Forgotten exhausts companion curse cards
• Fix a bug when shapeshifting an attack card will stop leveraging strength from dealing damage

Localization and text bug fixes

• Achievement description bug fix
• Card description bug fixes and adjustments
• Fix some English typos

Other Bug Fixes

• Fix highlight effects for status UI
• Fix couple of Card Icons
• Fix some status card background
• Fix some assets
• Fix Step by Step animation