Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator News

Tremble before me, humans! I bring you monstrous new mutations. And a Christmas tree.


[h3]• New Mutations—Including Community Ones! •[/h3]
In this update, we added the player-created mutations that won the Community Mutation Contest:

• Impostor by The real GOW - The Trickster who currently has the most health teleports behind the farthest enemy and disguises themself as an enemy unit. Their first attack deals 100% increased damage.
  
• Newbie's Luck by Knifehunter - When you enter a new room, Newbies have a 20% chance to find 5 food or a 5% chance per Newbie to find a common item.
  
• Faster Than Bullets by spudiiman - Get 15 or 5 tokens at the end of a level if you manage to win all the fights in 40 sec. or 100 sec. accordingly. Mutations will take effect on the next level after you get them. (❗The name of this mutation was changed; the description was adapted to the game during the implementation process.❗)

We also added 8 other mutations! We hope they'll be jumping off points for your new strategies:

• Tentaclephobia - Summoning tentacles inflicts Fear on a random enemy for 2s;
  
• Guard - A random Fencer gets +40 damage for each Newbie on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Cult Leader - A random Cultist gets +30 armor for each Fighter on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Guardian of the Order - A random Mage gets +10% armor for each Tank on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Serum of Strength - A random Tank gets +5% attack speed for each Egghead on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Thrower Talisman - A random Healer gets +10% magic damage for each Thrower on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Healer Talisman - A random Thrower gets +5% magic damage for each Healer on your team at the start of a fight;
  
• Retaliation - Fighters get +5% attack for each ally with less than 50% health;
  
• Compensation - units of a random class get +50 armor for each ally with less than 20% health.
  

[h3]• Other Changes •[/h3]

• Added a new button that lets you reroll the stock in any \"shop\";
  
• Changed some values in the \"secret mechanic\". No details here, since it's secret! But these changes will definitely be felt by those competing to be King of the Hill;
  
• Updated the in-game wiki - you'll now find information on \"buttons\" in there... and a little about the dev team too ;)
  
• Starting next season, players who place first in their group in King of the Hill will skip a league as they move up (if possible);
  
• We re-reworked the top-tier Shooter item. Its ability has 8 shots again, but now they only deal 50% damage;
  
• And finally, we put up holiday decorations! Bye 2022. Be nice to us, 2023!

[h3]• Balance Changes (Random Mutations) •[/h3]


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[h3]THE WINNERS:[/h3]


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Season 5 starts now and ends on January 19th at 4 pm UTC.

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This is a relatively small but important update! Some might not notice a difference, but for others, this will change everything.

[h3]• Updated Title Screen •[/h3]



We’ve improved the title screen, so every puny human can now read the latest update details upon entering the game. Well, we technically applied this change before this update came out, but we never told you. So yeah.


[h3]• Balance Changes •[/h3]

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• The reflected damage from Spiky Armor is no longer reduced by the attacker’s armor. This relates to both mutations and Thorny’s abilities. The Shooters shall suffer!
  
• Made the bosses on level 4 and level 8 tougher. In the name of pain!
  
• Decreased the item attack bonus for the Trickster class by 30%; decreased the health bonus by 20%. They got too big for their boots.
  
• Increased the weapon health bonus for the Healer class. Because why not?
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Weapon Name

  
  

  Before

  
  

  Now

  
  

  
  

  
  

  First Aid Kit

  
  

  30

  
  

  50

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Crash Cart

  
  

  70

  
  

  90

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Plague Mask

  
  

  130

  
  

  180

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Defibrillator

  
  

  210

  
  

  360

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Halo

  
  

  310

  
  

  450

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
• Armor buff and debuff effects became stronger for the Eggheads tower class:
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Eggheads tower class

  
  

  Before

  
  

  Now

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Armor buff/debuff effect

  
  

  10, 15, 20%

  
  

  20, 25, 30%

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
• Exploding mini bombs and Throwers class banana bombs now deal 70% instead of 50% damage.
  
• The Punisher’s volley now fires 6 shots instead of 8. He got a bit too arrogant.
  
• Changed the mutations dropped in level 1. There are more “fun” ones now.
  
  
• Changes in the mutation tree:
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Mutation: Topochlorians

  
  

  Before

  
  

  Now

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Costs

  
  

  15, 25, 35, 45, 60, 80, 110, 140

  
  

  15, 25, 35, 45, 70, 100, 160, 200

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Values

  
  

  40, 80, 130, 190, 280, 380, 480, 600

  
  

  40, 80, 140, 220, 320, 440, 570, 700

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Mutation: Health Multiplier

  
  

  Before

  
  

  Now

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Costs

  
  

  10, 20, 30, 50, 110, 150, 180, 200

  
  

  10, 20, 30, 50, 100, 130, 160, 200

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Bonuses

  
  

  50, 100, 200, 400, 550, 700, 800, 900

  
  

  50, 100, 200, 400, 600, 750, 900, 1000

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Mutation: Tolerance

  
  

  Before

  
  

  Now

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Costs

  
  

  20, 60, 120

  
  

  20, 60, 100

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Mutation: Health Bonus

  
  

  Before

  
  

  Now

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Bonuses

  
  

  200, 400

  
  

  200, 500

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
• Changes in random (and quest) mutations:
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Mutation: Impenetrability

  
  

  Before

  
  

  Now

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Mana Costs

  
  

  20

  
  

  40

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Cooldown

  
  

  20

  
  

  25

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Value

  
  

  999

  
  

  9999

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Mutation Name

  
  

  Changes

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Attack Speed Bonus

  
  

  30% -> 25%

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Attack Bonus

  
  

  30% -> 25%

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Health Bonus

  
  

  30% -> 35%

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Critical Strike

  
  

  Probability: 15% -> 10%

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Bash

  
  

  Probability: 8% -> 10%

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Shocking Content

  
  

  Duration: 2 sec. -> 1 sec.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Second Chance

  
  

  Probability: 35% -> 40%

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Thrill of Battle

  
  

  Health: 30 -> 20

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Feint

  
  

  Damage: 300 -> 250

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Reinforcement

  
  

  Probability: 25% -> 35%
  (For shooters: 7% -> 10%)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Rigt in the Heart

  
  

  Health: -25% -> -20%

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Powerful Pill

  
  

  Damage: 40 -> 50

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Most Dexterous

  
  

  Chance of Evasion: 8% -> 5%

  
  

  
  

  
  

  NanoMineSweeper

  
  

  Damage: 150 -> 100
  Now drops for all classes and not for one random class

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The Last Word

  
  

  Armor: 100 -> 150
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Dash

  
  

  Damage: 400 -> 300

  
  

  
  

  
  

  What a Spark!

  
  

  Total Damage: 320 -> 640

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Strike a Light

  
  

  Total Damage: 500 -> 700

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Rain of Bullets

  
  

  The basic frequency of falling bullets has doubled(!)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Napalm

  
  

  Total Damage: 420 -> 600

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Defensive Magic

  
  

  The mutation is now available to the Eggheads class

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
• You can no longer meet more than one Smirch (a monster that looks like a trash can) at a time in the room on levels 1 and 2.
  
• Most changes from the main mode have been moved to Brawl. However, Defensive Magic has actually been weakened: 100 armor -> 70 armor.

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[h3]THE WINNERS:[/h3]


Congratulations, puny humans! Special medals have been added to your nickname on the KotH leaderboards.

[h3]Season 4 starts now and ends on December 21st at 4 pm UTC.[/h3]

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