Rune Knights News

BALANCE
MODS
Health Regeneration mod per level scaling reduced from .25 to .1 per level.

SKILLS
Siphon Strike has been replaced with Enduring Strike

Enduring Strike - Strike with your weapon for 150% primary weapon damage. On hit, gain Enduring, increasing Health Regeneration by 200% for 2 seconds.

Mana Cost: 100
Stamina Cost: 100
Cooldown: 2 seconds

TALENTS
Vampiric Potion: Buff renamed Vampire.

MISC
New loading screen :)

[h2]TALENTS[/h2]
[h3]Alcaeus[/h3]

• New T1 Talent - Alert: You have +20% to All Resistances. This bonus is lost for 4 seconds after being hit by an enemy.
  
• Relentless removed.
  
• Swapped Bloodfury and Phase Roll positions.
  

[h2]SKILLS[/h2]
Bloodthief Skill Rework

• Gain 5 stacks of Bloodthief. Damaging hits consume 1 stack to steal life from the target. 1% of damage dealt is collected in a pool that holds up to 50% of your maximum health and heals you over 5 seconds.
  
• Cooldown reduced from 15 to 2 seconds.
  
• Mana cost reduced from 125 to 100.
  
• Dev Note: Bloodthief granted by Vampiric Potion is unaffected by this change.
  

[h2]ITEMS[/h2]

• Viscera Rework: Melee hits grant 1 stack of Vivacity, granting 3 Health Regeneration per stack for 5 seconds. Max 10 stacks. Increases the rate of healing over time from lifesteal effects by 10%.
  

[h2]MODS[/h2]

• Attack Speed mod per level scaling reduced from .5% to .2% per level.
  
• Attack Speed mod base increased from 0% to 1%.
  
• Attack Speed passives reduced from 2.5% to 1.5% per point.
  

[h2]IMPROVED[/h2]

• Updated the description of Exerted Strikes: "Melee hits gain additional base weapon damage equal to 5% of your current Stamina."
  
• Exerted Strikes now displays an estimated effect on Physical Power. This calculation does not update live and assumes Stamina is full.
  

[h2]FIXED[/h2]

• Potential fixes for raid bosses not becoming invulnerable as intended.
  

New 1H Sword and Axe Skill - Reave: Slice upwards through the target, dealing 150% primary weapon damage, tearing apart their defenses and causing them to take 20% more damage from all sources for 2 seconds. This effect does not stack in any way. Can interrupt current action.


[h2]Archives Exterior[/h2]
Boss damage increase in phase 2 increased from 15% to 20%.

[h2]SKILLS[/h2]
Flurry

• Cooldown reduced from 6 to 3 seconds.
  
• Stamina cost increased from 75 to 150.
  

[h2]TALENTS[/h2]
All 1H Melee and 2H Melee passives have been changed to a new, broader "Melee" version that applies to both.

[h3]Alcaeus[/h3]
New Talent - Exerted Strikes: Melee hits gain flat damage equal to 5% of your current stamina.

Invigorating Potion: Your potions increase Stamina Regeneration by 50 and Stamina Regeneration cannot be halted for 4 seconds. Duration increased to 6 seconds if Health is full.

Fists of Ruin removed. Its effects will return in a new form.

[h3]Zabaoth[/h3]
Critical Strike Chance passive changed to Critical Strike Damage.

Unstoppable Rework

• Become immune to hitstun. Gain 10% Bonus Damage for each 100 Max Health.
  
• Renamed to Hulking.
  

Heavy Hitter

• Max Health increased by 30%, up from 25%.
  
• Damage portion removed.
  
• Renamed to Sturdy.
  

[h3]Orias[/h3]
Menace has been split into the following talents:

• Adamantine: All damage received is reduced by 20%. Threat generation increased by 75%.
  
• Powerful Build: Gain 50% of Max Stamina as Max Health. Threat generation increased by 75%.
  

Shatterwall removed. Its effects will return in a new form.


Added some checks for valid talent allocations.

[h2]Raid Wing Unlocked: Akashic Archives - Archives Exterior[/h2]

Players who have completed Act 2 on Commander difficulty will find a new tab available on the world map titled RAIDS. Raid content is balanced for 4-player endgame parties and does not scale down for smaller parties or solo play. Once combat has started, new allies will no longer be able to join. All equipment drops within the raid are Enhanced +3 items. 5 new Legendaries are available exclusively from this fight, and all legendaries not exclusive to other bosses can drop from this fight as well, and are guaranteed to be +3. The RK Discord can be used to help find and coordinate parties.




After being resurrected, you now become invulnerable for 2 seconds.


[h2]Dragonfire Rework[/h2]

• Burn base damage increased from 10% to 100% Spell Damage per second
  
• Burn damage scaling increased from 10% to 20% Spell Damage per second.
  
• Burn duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
  
• Cooldown reduced from 4 seconds to 1 second.
  
• Range reduced from 1000 to 700.
  
• Burn area is now affected by Cataclysmic Casting.
  
• Significant networking optimizations.
  

[h2]Siphon Strike[/h2]

• Mana cost increased from 100 to 150
  
• Now heals for 10% of max health instantly, and 15% of max health over 5 seconds, down from 30% instantly.
  

• Fixed Summoner enemy's projectile not being blocked by the force field from Weapons Training.
  
• Fixed Ice Storm sometimes not spawning at the correct location
  

The upcoming Raid, The Akashic Archives, will be released one wing at a time. Each wing will include 1 major boss fight, each with its own exclusive legendary item rewards. The Akashic Archives also aims to bring a much higher quality of level and enemy design to Rune Knights.

The first wing of The Akashic Archives is Archives Exterior, and will pit your party against the Archive Guards. Defeat the Archive Guards to gain access to Archives Interior (to be released at a later date). Archives Exterior offers engaging scenery and combat, and minimal exploration elements (read: there's nothing to explore here). Exploration elements will be featured beginning in Archives Interior.

Archives Exterior will be released this Saturday, April 10th, and will be launched alongside a price increase to $15. This price reflects the significant amount of breadth, depth, and stability that Rune Knights has gained since the initial launch into Early Access, and will help support the new standard for enemy and level design set by The Akashic Archives, which will be brought to all existing areas of the game over time.