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Havilar's twin sister Farideh has always been 'the smart one' and 'the responsible one'—but that's all right, Havilar is definitely 'the tough one,' 'the funny one' and the 'pretty one' (despite being identical twins). Plus, Havilar has a hellhound! Even if it means she's a sort-of-but-not-quite Chosen of Asmodeus, too, not that anyone asked Havi about that. But he should know her glaive is as good as her right hand, and she can slice a devil just as well as an orc, a zombie, or any other villain!

Havilar has received a major rework with a focus on simplifying her design and increasing synergy with Farideh and Mehen.

Read on to learn everything you need to know about the Havilar Champion Update coming on November 12th!

[h2]Havilar[/h2]


Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Elminster (until November 12th, 2028)

[h2]Abilities[/h2]
[h3]Basic Attack[/h3]

• Glaive Thrust(melee) -Havilar cleaves the closest enemy with her Glaive, hitting all nearby enemies.
  

[h3]Formation Abilities[/h3]

• Leadership Summit - Havilar increases the damage of all Champions in the 2 columns behind her by 400%.
  
• Fiendish Resolve - When any Fiend enemies are on-screen, Havilar focuses less on her own attacks and more on buffing her party. Her base attack cooldown is doubled, but the effect of Leadership Summit is increased by 100% for each Fiend that has appeared in the current area, stacking multiplicatively and capping at 25. Fiend bosses count 15 times.
  
• Mot - Havilar gains Mot as her first Imp companion. Havilar's Imps attack random enemies with Fire of Asmodeus every 4.3 seconds. Mot increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 100% for each Tiefling Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  
  • Fire of Asmodeus: Each summoned Imp attacks a random enemy with a fireball, dealing a large amount of area damage.
• Infernal Fortitude - Havilar increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of her max health, and healing effects on all Champions are increased by 25%.
  
• Battlemaster - Champions affected by Havilar's Leadership Summit gain the Control role (if they didn't already have it) and have a 25% chance for enemies they attack to go berserk for 8 seconds. Berserked enemies move 50% faster, attack twice as often, but deal 90% less damage.
  
• Sister, Sister - Increase the effect of Leadership Summit by 500% when Farideh is in the formation. Additionally, whenever Farideh's Hellish Rebuke is triggered, Havilar heals for up to 2.5% of her maximum health. This can trigger at most 400 times in a single area.
  
• Speed Demon - Fiend enemies have a 50% chance of dropping two quest items or counting for two kills when killed.
  

[h2]Specializations[/h2]

• Dembo - Havilar gains Dembo as an Imp companion. Dembo increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 200% and if Mehen is in the formation, he gains 2 additional Grumpy stacks (he doesn't like Dembo).
  
• Olla - Havilar gains Olla as an Imp companion. Olla increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 10% for each unique enemy Havilar has tanked in the current area, stacking multiplicatively and capping at 100. Additionally, when Havilar or either of her Imps attacks an enemy, the enemy is taunted to attack Havilar.
  
• Bosh - Havilar gains Bosh as an Imp companion. Bosh increases the effect of Leadership Summit by 50% for each enemy or boss enrage stack active, stacking multiplicatively up to 100 stacks, and also increases Havilar's maximum health by 50%.
  

[h3]Ultimate Ability[/h3]

• Heroic Sacrifice(magic) -An imp flings itself at a random enemy and explodes in a large area, dealing ultimate damage and granting a bonus to its buff. The imp is resummoned a short time later.

[h2]Equipment[/h2]


[h2]Feats[/h2]

[h3]Uncommon[/h3]

• Selflessness
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%.
  
• Tough
  Increases the health of Havilar by 15%.
  
• Defensive Duelist
  Havilar takes 5 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed.
  
• Infernal Assistance
  Increases the effect of Havilar's specializations by 20%
  

[h3]Rare[/h3]

• Inspiring Leader
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
  
• Resilient
  Increases the health of Havilar by 30%.
  
• Imp Brigade
  Increases the effect of Havilar's Leadership Summit ability by 40%
  
• Infernal Alliance
  Increases the effect of Havilar's specializations by 40%
  
• Impish Glee
  Increases the effect of Havilar's Mot ability by 40%
  
• Abyssal Sensitivity
  Increases the effect of Havilar's Fiendish Resolve ability by 40%
  
• Vajra's Summons
  Increases the Constitution score of Havilar by 1
  
• Calm Under Pressure
  Havilar takes 10 more enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
  

[h3]Epic[/h3]

• Infernal Amity
  Increases the effect of Havilar's specializations by 80%
  Unlockable as an Event Reward
• Bedeviled
  Increases the effect of Havilar's Mot ability by 80%
  Available in the Twice Cursed Havilar Theme Pack
• Glaive Finesse
  Increases the effect of Havilar's Leadership Summit ability by 80%
  
• Connoisseur of Fancy Things
  Increases the Charisma score of Havilar by 2
  
• Heavily Armored
  Increases the health of Havilar's by 60%
  
• Prodigal Leader
  Increases the damage of all champions by 50%
  
• Raven Mirror
  Havilar takes 20 more Enemies attacking to get Overwhelmed
  
• Half-Elf Glitch
  Havilar also counts as a Half-Elf
  Increases the effect of Havilar's Battlemaster ability by 20% for each Half-Elf Champion in the formation
  
• Yaun-ti Glitch
  Havilar also counts as a Yuan-ti
  Increases the effect of Havilar's Leadership Summit by 20% per unique species in the formation
  
• As Good As Her Right Hand
  Increases the chance for enemies to go berserk from Havilar's Battlemaster ability by 100%
  

[h2]Havilar Feedback[/h2]
So... what do you think? Are you excited to see what you can do with Havilar in your formations? We'd like to know what you think!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

• The Official Idle Champions Discord.
• The Official Idle Champions Subreddit.
  
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The party descends into an infamous crypt filled with the tombs of local heroes to pay homage to their deeds during the Feast of the Moon. Unfortunately, the dead are restless, rising from their slumber as undead and gathering deep in the crypt for some unknown nefarious purpose...

Fight your way through the risen heroes of yore as your party descends into the dark depths of The Crypt of Legends. Seek out whatever is responsible for this undead uprising, and put an end to it for good!

Feast of the Moon has returned, and with it, a new Evil Magic-User Champion in the form of Skylla the Warlock, whom you may remember from the League of Malevolence and the Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign!

The second Featured Champion for Feast of the Moon 9 is Havilar, the Battlemaster Fighter and twin sister of Farideh. Players will be able to learn more about the Havilar Champion Update when the blog goes live on Thursday, November 6.

Learn more about today's update below...


[h2]Featured Champions[/h2]
[h3]Skylla[/h3]


The evil magic user Skylla borrows her terrible power from none other than the infamous Arch-hag and Mother of Witches, Baba Yaga. An ally of convenience, Skylla lives only for the pursuit of power and acclaim, seeing even her fellow members of the League of Malevolence as tools to be used and discarded when it suits her needs. Skylla confounds her foes with magical trickery, wielding the unpredictable chaos of the Feywild to hypnotize and incapacitate those who stand between her and her goals.

Learn more about Skylla in her Champion Spotlight.

[h3]Havilar[/h3]


Havilar's twin sister Farideh has always been 'the smart one' and 'the responsible one'—but that's all right, Havilar is definitely 'the tough one,' 'the funny one' and the 'pretty one' (despite being identical twins). Plus, Havilar has a hellhound! Even if it means she's a sort-of-but-not-quite Chosen of Asmodeus, too, not that anyone asked Havi about that. But he should know her glaive is as good as her right hand, and she can slice a devil just as well as an orc, a zombie, or any other villain!

Learn more about Havilar when her blog post goes live on Thursday, November 6th.

[h2]Flex Champions[/h2]
Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during
events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event.
This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the
event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired.
This event's Flex Slot pool includes:



[h2]Event Augments[/h2]

• Golden Weekly Offers: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.
  
  
• Auto-Blacksmith: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots, if they don't already have better.
  
  
• Worth Waiting For: Completing tier 2+ variants for the reworked Champion and Champions in the flex slots unlocked with Time Gate Pieces or Boon Levels awards double Chests.
  
  
• Boon Enhancements: An additional boon buff at each level increases the damage of your formation for each Debuff or Control Champion in it, stacking additively.
  

You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

[h2]Event Feedback[/h2]

What do you think about Feast of the Moon 9? What about Skylla? We want to know what you think!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

• The Official Idle Champions Discord.
• The Official Idle Champions Subreddit.
  
• Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Bluesky, or Instagram.

The evil magic user Skylla borrows her terrible power from none other than the infamous Arch-hag and Mother of Witches, Baba Yaga. An ally of convenience, Skylla lives only for the pursuit of power and acclaim, seeing even her fellow members of the League of Malevolence as tools to be used and discarded when it suits her needs. Skylla confounds her foes with magical trickery, wielding the unpredictable chaos of the Feywild to hypnotize and incapacitate those who stand between her and her goals.

Skylla is a Support and Debuff Champion who channels the power of Baba Yaga to empower the allies in front of her. She debuffs enemies with Faerie Fire, with her power growing stronger as these marked foes fall. For a unique twist, she has a specialization that switches her allies' ability scores around.

To learn about our latest warlock, read on...

[h3]Skylla[/h3]
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Elminster (until November 5th, 2028)

[h3]Abilities[/h3]
[h3]Basic Attack[/h3]

• Eldritch Staff(melee/magic) -Skylla attacks a random enemy with her staff for 1 hit, and zaps another random enemy for 1 hit.
  

[h3]Formation Abilities[/h3]

• Whispers of Baba Yaga - Skylla increases the damage of all Champions in the column in front of her by 100% for each Champion affected by this ability, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Faerie Fire - When Skylla attacks an enemy but doesn't defeat it, she casts Faerie Fire on it. Champions deal 200% additional damage to enemies affected by Faerie Fire.
  
• Fae's Flicker - Whenever an enemy that is debuffed by Faerie Fire is defeated, Skylla gains a Shimmer stack. Skylla increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 100% for each Shimmer stack she has, stacking additively. Shimmer stacks persist for the entire adventure and reset when you complete it.
  

[h3]Specializations A[/h3]

• Witch's Switch - Other Champions in the party have their ability scores switched: STR with CHA, DEX with INT, and CON with WIS. The effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga is increased by 100% each time the difference between the switched scores is 5 or more, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• League of Malevolence - Skylla increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 100% for each evil Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Withering Ward - Increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 33% for each debuff that has been applied to an enemy in the current area, stacking multiplicatively and capping at 50.
  

[h3]Specializations B[/h3]

• Green Fire - Skylla's Faerie Fire remains green, but increases the effect of the debuff by 100%.
  
• Blue Fire - Skylla's Faerie Fire turns blue. Champions attacking enemies affected by Faerie Fire have a 40% additional chance to deal a critical hit.
  
• Violet Fire - Skylla gains the Breaker role and her Faerie Fire turns violet. Enemies affected by Faerie Fire lose an additional armor or segmented health piece when they are attacked and at least 1 segment was broken.
  

[h3]Ultimate Attack[/h3]

• Hypnotic Pattern(magic) -Skylla creates a twisting pattern of colors above the enemies for 15 seconds. All enemies take 5 seconds of BUD-based damage when hit by any Champion for the duration. Additionally, all enemies, including any that spawn, are Stunned for the duration or until they take damage, whichever is shorter.
  

[h3]Equipment[/h3]



[h3]Feats[/h3]

[h3]Uncommon[/h3]

• Selflessness
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
  
• Flickering Fire
  Increases the effect of Skylla's Faerie Fire ability by 20%
  
• Hag's Apprentice
  Increases the effect of Skylla's Fae's Flicker ability by 20%
  
• Toil
  Increases the effect of Skylla's first set of specializations by 20%
  

[h3]Rare[/h3]

• Inspiring Leader
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
  
• Dissonant Whispers
  Increases the effect of Skylla's Whispers of Baba Yaga ability by 40%
  
• Focused Fire
  Increases the effect of Skylla's Faerie Fire ability by 40%
  
• Hag's Disciple
  Increases the effect of Skylla's Fae's Flicker ability by 40%
  
• Trouble
  Increases the effect of Skylla's first set of specializations by 40%
  

[h3]Epic[/h3]

• Whispers of the Grave
  Increases the effect of Skylla's Whispers of Baba Yaga ability by 80%
  Available in the Action Figure Skylla Theme Pack
• Hag's Pride
  Increases the effect of Skylla's Fae's Flicker ability by 80%
  Unlockable as an Event Reward

[h3]Skylla Feedback[/h3]
Another evil Champion has arrived! What do you think? Will you find a use for Skylla?

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially supported platform:

• The Official Idle Champions Discord.
• The Official Idle Champions Subreddit.
  
• Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Bluesky, or Instagram.

Welcome to the Event Augment preview for Feast of the Moon!

Feast of the Moon returns on Wednesday, November 5th. The third event of Year 9 introduces a follower of the Arch-hag Baba Yaga Skylla, brings a rework to Farideh's sister, Havilar, and features these returning Event Augments:

[h2]Feast of the Moon 9 Event Augments[/h2]

• Augment 1: Golden Weekly Offers (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.
  

• Augment 2: Auto-Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!
  

• Augment 3: Worth Waiting For (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: Completing tier 2+ variants for the reworked Champion and Champions in the flex slots unlocked with Time Gate Pieces or Boon Levels awards double Chests.
  

• Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases the damage of your formation for each Debuff or Control Champion in it, stacking additively.
  
  

[h2]Augment Feedback[/h2]

What do you think?

Tell us about your experiences with Augments in Idle Champions. The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

• The Official Idle Champions Discord.
• The Official Idle Champions Subreddit.
  
• Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Bluesky, or Instagram.