EpicDuel Azrael Viceregent Battlepass Preview on Artix Entertainment

Battlepass Progress

The Azrael's Viceregent Battlepass is in-progress and *should* be ready for release next week, barring any complications. I'm always cautious of calling an update in advance as that has a way of jinxing things, but I'll do my best to deliver! Plus, worst case scenario, stragglers have a few extra days to complete the current Battlepass (there's always at least one person who complains when the Battlepass that's been live for 4 months finally changes over).

Seasonal Rares Leaving!

When Azrael's Viceregent Battlepass goes live, the off-season seasonal rares will leave until mid-Summer! Your hours remaining to collect them all are dwindling, so act fast!

Balance Changes

This is part 1 of a larger balance update. This batch will focus on general skills, cores, and bots. Next week, we will focus on class skill balance.

Field medic UA: Buff from +18 HP per lvl to +35 HP per lvl to match normal Field Medic
Jack Frost bot: Removed 20% dmg to energy on initial hit
Wolf’s Fury: Removed the 30% health condition; 20% Critical Chance; 30% Lifesteal; 30% Energy Conversion
Saevusssax Annihilation: Removes Armor for 1 turn, Sidearm for 2 turns, Auxiliary for 3 turns, 0 EP cost
Tremor Blast: Duration increased from 2 turns to 4 turns
Hatchling Rush: Damage increased from 85% to 100; Heal debuff 20%
Absorption: 25% to 20% conversion on incoming bot attacks
Minor Absorption: 20% to 15% conversion on incoming bot attacks
Crimson Offering: 80 HP cost to 100 HP; Reduce 300 EP gain to 280 EP
Minor Crimson offering: 250 EP gained to 230 EP
Infernal offering: 80HP cost to 100 HP; 280 EP total net gain; 93 EP per tick

NPC Speech

We've made an update to NPC speech. NPCs will no longer run out of dialog and fall silent. Also, special speech interactions like low-HP, blocks, and critical hits were completely broken and ignored, possibly for many years. This functionally has been restored. Additionally, non-standard bosses like Legendary Acatriel can now have dialog!