New Patch 6.2! New Buffs, New Artifacts and A NEW FACTION?!

It is time! The latest patch is rapidly approaching with the expected launch date to be Thursday this week, alongside the new Fusion which you can check out here.

New Faction: Sylvan Watchers

You heard right, the “Wood Elves” have finally arrived, we’ve got a full breakdown of this new Faction in a separate article which you can check out here.

New Buff: Taunt

As some of you may have noticed in game, the Taunting set is no longer called taunting, thanks to this new buff it has been renamed “Provoking” which makes complete sense.

But what is Taunt?

While a Champion is under a Taunt Buff, enemies can ONLY target that Champion. If there are several Champions under a Taunt buff on the same team, enemies can target any of the Taunting Champions.

When using an AOE Attack, only the Champion under the Taunt buff can be targeted but the allies will still be hit by the AOE damage as normal.

The Taunt Debuff does not have priority over Provoke Debuffs, and as such provoked enemies will continue to hit their provoker, regardless of active Taunt Buffs.

The Taunt buff cannot be spread, and it’s duration cannot be increased – It can however, be stolen, removed and have its duration decreased.

New Artifact Set – Defiant!

The upcoming Forge Pass set has been announced! Defiant

Defiant is an improved version of the existing set, Stalwart, but instead of being a 4pc Set, it is a 2pc Set, Meaning you can in theory run it alongside Stalwart too for additional effect!

+10% DEF & -15% Damage Taken from enemy AoE Attacks for every 2 artifacts equipped.

Artifact Set Rebalance: Instinct

This Set now ignores 20% of enemy DEF, instead of 15%.

Halloween Fusion:

As we all know, on Thursday there will be a new Fusion Event for Morrigaine, a speed freak from the Undead Hordes Faction (what a shocker!)

We have a detailed post here where you can read all about our thoughts and Plariums announcement of Morrigaine, but below you can see her skill kit.

New Champions:

Outside of the Champions who are joining the Sylvan Watchers, which you can find here, there are several other Champions being added to the game which we’ll detail below.

We’ll be getting one new Epic and one new Legendary that are part of existing Factions, Lady Annabelle and Michinaki.

Lady Annabelle:

Faction: Banner Lords
Affinity: Spirit
Type: Support
Rarity: Epic

Skills:

A1: Covetous Nails
Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Each hit heals this Champion by 3% of their MAX HP.

A2: Captivator – Cooldown: 4 T urns
Attacks all enemies. Has a 75% chance of placing a [Leech] debuff for 2 turns. Also has a 75% chance of placing a 30% [Decrease SPD] debuff for 2 turns on targets with less than 50% Turn Meter.

A3: Sanguine Exchange – Cooldown: 6 Turns
Swaps HP with a target ally.
If this Champion’s HP is equal to or higher than the target’s after the swap, places a [Revive on Death] buff on the target ally for 2 turns.
If this Champion’s HP is lower than the target’s after the swap, places a [Revive on Death] buff on this Champion for 2 turns.
Also places a 30% [Increase SPD] buff on all allies for 2 turns.

Passive: The Red Lady
Heals this Champion by 50% of their MAX HP whenever an ally or an enemy dies.

Michinaki

Faction: Shadowkin
Affinity: Magic
Type: Defense
Rarity: Legendary

Skills:

A1: Burning Bonds
Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 50% chance of placing a [HP Burn] debuff for 2 turns.

A2: Dire Whorl – Cooldown: 4 Turns
Attacks all enemies. Has a 75% chance of placing a 60% [Decrease DEF] debuff for 2 turns. Also has a 75% chance of placing a 50% [Decrease ATK] debuff for 2 turns on enemies under [Hex] debuffs.

A3: Doubled Degeneracy – Cooldown: 5 Turns
Attacks all enemies 2 times. The first hit removes all debuffs from each target. The second hit places a [Hex] debuff for 2 turns.

Passive: Courser of Curses
Whenever an ally attacks an enemy under a [Hex] debuff, this Champion has a 50% chance to team up and join the ally’s attack.

Aura: 
Increases Ally DEF in all Battles by 30%

Let us know what you think of this massive patch in the comments below!