Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms News

Welcome to the Event Augment preview for Liar's Night!

Liar's Night returns on Wednesday, October 1st. The second event of Year 9 introduces a dangerous villain to the roster with the King of Shadows, brings a rework to the first Year 2 champion, Farideh, and features these new and returning Event Augments:

[h2]Liars' Night 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: Early Unlock (New Augment)
  
  Description: The third Champion flex slot will unlock at the start of the second week of the event, instead of the third.
  

• Augment 3: Empowered Rewards (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: Tier 2 and higher event variants award Corrupted Gems in addition to their normal rewards!
  

• Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
  
  Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases the damage of Evil and/or Tiefling Champions!
  

Note: Similar to our rollout in September the spotlight blogs for the two Featured Champions will also be spread out, with The King of Shadow's tomorrow, September 26th, and Farideh's releasing next Friday, October 3rd.

[h2]Augment Feedback[/h2]

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Well met!

The second Tales of the Champions update features the Jewel of the North and the City of Doors across two adventures, six variants, and a new array of exciting rewards!

For the next pair of adventures, join Melf as he endeavors to ensure the safety of the city of Neverwinter, and then help Lae'zel overcome the differences between Githyanki and Githzerai in order to combat an aberrant threat.

Completing the base adventures will unlock Melf (Seat 12) and Lae'zel (Seat 2). Additional rewards this update include the exclusive Prince Brightflame Skin for Melf, created by Luke Gygax!

Are you ready to take on the challenge? Read on to learn more!

[h2]A Royal Welcome[/h3]

Melf visits the city of Neverwinter to assess its defenses, following the return of Sgt. Knox from a harrowing adventure. When danger strikes, Prince Brightflame leads the charge to protect the Jewel of the North.

• Complete Area 50
  
• Rewards: Melf Unlock

[h3]Variant 1: An Arranged Welcome[/h3]
Melf and some precisely positioned friends endeavor to ensure the safety of Neverwinter.

• Melf starts in the formation. He can't be moved or removed.
  
• You may only use Champions that have positional formation abilities.
  
• You may not place Champions with the DPS role next to Melf.
  
• Getting to know Idle Champions: A positional formation ability is an ability that applies to only some Champions in specific slots in a formation.
  
• Complete Area 250
  
• Rewards: 4 Melf Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

[h3]Variant 2: A Mixed Welcome[/h3]
Melf and a diverse set of friends endeavor to ensure the safety of Neverwinter.

Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event.

• Melf starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
  
• Only one Champion of each species can be in the formation at any time. Multispecies Champions count for all of their species. You may use a second elf in addition to Melf.
  
• Increase the quest requirements of non-boss areas by 100%.
  
• Complete area 600
  
• Rewards: Epic Melf Feat: Heroic Legacy (Increases the effect of Melf's Specializations by 80%) and 250 Corrupted Gems

[h3]Variant 3: An Acidic Welcome[/h3]
Melf and friends endeavor to ensure the safety of Neverwinter with some signature acid arrow help.

Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event.

• Melf starts in the formation. He can be moved, but not removed.
  
• You may only use one Champion with the DPS role.
  
• If you add a male DPS Champion to the formation, you may not use any other male Champions (other than Melf).
  
• If you add a female DPS to the formation, you may not use any other female Champions.
  
• A nonbinary DPS allows anyone to be used, and a nonbinary support Champion may always be used.
  
• Acid Bubbles spawn in all non-boss areas. Some bubbles contain additional enemies that must be defeated afterwards. When a bubble is popped (killed), all Champions in the formation take 5% of their maximum health as acid damage. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  
• Complete Area 1200
  
• Rewards: Prince Brightflame Melf Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

[h2]Two Skies[/h3]


Lae'zel of Creche K'liir comes to Sigil for the first time, and it's not going well. The githyanki warrior becomes entangled in a Spelljamming adventure along with Nrakk, a githzerai monk. The unlikely duo must learn to overcome their differences to survive a Mind Flayer threat.

• Complete Area 50
  
• Rewards: Lae'zel Unlock

[h3]Variant 1: For Vengeance[/h3]
Lae'zel and Nrakk overcome their critical differences to stop a mind flayer threat.

• Lae'zel starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  
• After area 50, Champions only deal 1 point of damage with normal attacks that aren't Critical Hits.
  
• Ultimate attacks always deal full damage.
  
• A lesser Gibbering Mouther spawns with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  
• Getting to Know Idle Champions: Some Champions, like Lae'zel, Strongheart, and Catti-brie, have an increased chance to deal high-damage Critical Hits with their attacks.
  
• Complete Area 250
  
• Rewards: 4 Lae'zel Gold Chests and 250 Corrupted Gems

[h3]Variant 2: For Resolve[/h3]
Lae'zel and Nrakk overcome their differences with those that follow and renounce the ways of Gith.

Must have completed a Tier 2 Variant in an Event.

• Lae'zel starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  
• You may only use Champions with a Wisdom of 14 or higher, and/or Dexterity of 16 or higher. You may also use Commodore Krux.
  
• A Githyanki and Githzerai join the formation. Champions between them deal no damage due to their bickering.
  
• An Intellect Devourer spawns with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  
• Complete Area 600
  
• Rewards: Epic Lae'zel Feat: Master's Precision (Additively increases the Crit Chance of Lae'zel by 20%) and 250 Corrupted Gems

[h3]Variant 3: For Victory[/h3]
Lae'zel and Nrakk overcome their differences to stop a mind flayer threat by any means necessary.

Must have completed a Tier 3 Variant in an Event.

• Lae'zel starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
  
• You may only use Evil and/or Neutral Champions. You may also use Commodore Krux.
  
• After area 50, Champions only deal 1 point of damage with normal attacks that aren't Critical Hits.
  
• Ultimate attacks always deal full damage.
  
• Enemy speed and damage is increased by 300%.
  
• An armored Mind Flayer Guard spawns with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
  
• Complete Area 1200
  
• Rewards: Knight of the Comet Lae'zel Skin and 250 Corrupted Gems

[h2]Campaign Feedback[/h3]

What do you think about our next batch of Tales of the Champions adventures and rewards?

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Alyndra Alexandria Garanahil Sarrbarand is known by many names: Lorekeeper of Rime Spiro, Kinscribe of Clan Monkeymouse, Daughter of Oblivion, Fate Changer, Knight of Wonder and Captivation...and apologetic offspring of Avren & Sofieus.

Alyndra originally launched on March 11, 2021, as part of Festival of Fools 4. Now, she is the first Champion to receive a rework in a Year 9 Event, with a change to how her Portent works, a new passive ability, I See Some Friends, and a new support ability, Circle of Divination. To learn all about the updates and new abilities, read on!

[h2] Alyndra[/h2]


Patron Eligibility: Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until September 10th, 2028)

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

• Mind Spike(magic) -Alyndra reaches into the mind of a random enemy, dealing damage and slowing the enemy by 50% for 3 seconds.

[h3]Passive Abilities[/h3]

• I See Some Friends - When Alyndra is in the formation, all Champions from the Heroes of the Planes affiliation may be used, even if a Patron, Variant, or other restriction would say otherwise.
  

[h3]Formation Abilities[/h3]

• Circle of Divination - Alyndra increases the damage of adjacent Champions by 100%.
  
• I Have Foreseen This - For each Champion in the formation affected by Portent, Alyndra's Circle of Divination is increased by 100%, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Brows of Judgement - Griff, Alyndra's owl companion, sits on Alyndra's shoulder and judges enemies as they spawn. They have a 25% chance to judge normal enemies as unworthy, and a 100% chance to judge bosses as unworthy. For each unworthy normal enemy that spawns, Circle of Divination is increased by 20%, stacking multiplicatively. If a boss has spawned in the current area, Circle of Divination is increased by an additional 1000%. Griff can judge up to 100 normal enemies per area, and the stacks reset when changing areas.
  

[h3]Specializations[/h3]

• Expansive Vision - Portent now applies to the next 3 Champions to use their ultimate abilities instead of 2, and the effect is increased by 100%.
  
• Extra Judgy - Doubles Griff's chance to judge enemies as unworthy with Brows of Judgement, increases the buff by 100%, and when changing areas, half of the stacks persist.
  
• Heroes of the Planes - If Portent is applied to a Champion under the effect of certain Heroes of the Planes Champions' abilities, those effects are increased in power.
  

[h3]Ultimate Ability[/h3]

• Portent -Alyndra glances into the future. The next two unique Champions to use their ultimate abilities gain the Portent buff for 40 seconds, which increases their base damage by 1000% and reduces their base attack cooldown by 0.5 sec. If an affected Champion uses their ultimate ability again before the Portent buff expires, their Portent buff duration is refreshed.
  

[h3]Equipment[/h3]


[h3]Feats[/h3]

[h2]Uncommon[/h2]

• Selflessness
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
  
• Ominous Learnings
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's Circle of Divination ability by 20%
  
• Harsh Judgement
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's Brows of Judgement ability by 20%
  
• Oracular Adaptation
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's specializations by 20%
  

[h2]Rare[/h2]

• Inspiring Leader
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
  
• Scout Ahead
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's Brows of Judgement ability by 40%
  
• Harrowing Premonitions
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's Circle of Divination ability by 40%
  
• Part the Veil
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's I Have Foreseen This ability by 40%
  
• A Hero By Any Other Name
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's specializations by 40%
  

[h2]Epic[/h2]

• Omnijudicant
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's Brows of Judgement ability by 100%
  Unlockable as an Event Reward
• Pirate Crew
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's specializations by 80%
  
• Discard the Veil
  Increases the effect of Alyndra's I Have Foreseen This ability by 80%
  Available in the Legendkeeper Alyndra Theme Pack

[h2]Alyndra Feedback[/h2]

What do you think about the Alyndra rework? Do you foresee using her in formations to come?

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

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Faerûn's Savage Frontier has no shortage of dangers, but that hasn't stopped the citizens of Triboar from carving out a living in this picturesque stretch of fertile northern farmland.

This year, however, the people of Triboar are in need of aid. As the Highharvestide Festival approaches, bandits have begun causing trouble for farmers attempting to bring in their harvests, and it's up to the Champions to put an end to it!

Welcome, Champions, to Highharvestide Year 9 and the 8th Anniversary Celebration for Idle Champions!

We are very excited about the next year of events, and we are confident that we will be able to surprise you in the coming months. With the launch of Highharvestide today, our first Featured Champion of Year 9 becomes available: Cazrin Varaith the Human Wizard is the latest Fallbacks Champion to arrive. This new DPS/Support Champion will work quite well with Baldric, Tess, and a couple other upcoming Champions on the horizon.

The second Featured Champion of Highharvestide 9 arrives in one week on Wednesday, September 10. Alyndra Sarrbarand is getting a significant rework to modernize her design, with new and updated abilities. You'll be able to learn more when her Champion Update Blog launches on Friday, September 5.

In the meantime, let's kick off the first event of Year 9 and our latest Anniversary Celebration!

[h3]Featured Champions[/h3]
[h2]Cazrin[/h2]


Cazrin is the ray of sunshine in the party, the eternal optimist, the friendly ear or the shoulder to cry on. She is passionate about magic, knowledge, and learning, always experimenting or testing new theories. Growing up, Cazrin’s family feared and forbade the study of magic because of an ancestress who misused her power, so Cazrin was forced to teach herself and eventually leave her family behind to pursue her dreams. Intelligent but inexperienced, she has embraced a life of adventuring to gather the thrills and experiences that as a child she could only read about in books.
Learn more about Cazrin in her Champion Spotlight.

[h2]Alyndra[/h2]


Alyndra Alexandria Garanahil Sarrbarand is known by many names: Lorekeeper of Rime Spiro, Kinscribe of Clan Monkeymouse, Daughter of Oblivion, Fate Changer, Knight of Wonder and Captivation...and apologetic offspring of Avren & Sofieus.

Learn more about Alyndra in her Champion Spotlight when it launches September 5th.

[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]

• Platinum Benefits: To celebrate the 8th anniversary of Idle Champions, this event's Extra Benefits include Platinum in addition to Scales of Tiamat! You'll get 5 Platinum for every event variant of tier 2 or above that you have completed, and 10 Platinum for each Boon XP you've obtained.
  
• 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.
  
• Boon Enhancements: An additional boon buff at each level increases the effect of Uggie's buff! Isn't she just the cutest little Otyugh!
  
• 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.
  

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

[h2]8th Anniversary Celebration[/h2]

Happy Anniversary, Idle Champions!

We are and will always be eternally grateful to our community for helping us to get this far. Thank you!

For the next week, players will be able to log in and collect daily rewards. Players who unlock at least four of the daily chest rewards during the 8th Anniversary Celebration will unlock Diana (if she hasn't been unlocked yet) along with the Heroic Diana Skin, 3 Gold Diana Chests, and an Epic Feat!

[h2]Feedback[/h2]
Believe it or not, your feedback is important to us! It helps us to shape the future of Idle Champions. But did you know that the best way for us to hear your feedback is for you to join our community on an officially supported platform? Well, now you do!

You can find us here:

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

Cazrin is the ray of sunshine in the party, the eternal optimist, the friendly ear or the shoulder to cry on. She is passionate about magic, knowledge, and learning, always experimenting or testing new theories. Growing up, Cazrin’s family feared and forbade the study of magic because of an ancestress who misused her power, so Cazrin was forced to teach herself and eventually leave her family behind to pursue her dreams. Intelligent but inexperienced, she has embraced a life of adventuring to gather the thrills and experiences that as a child she could only read about in books.

Cazrin is a Support and DPS Champion that collects books as she adventures with the Fallbacks' faithful companion, Uggie. Her Sunny Disposition increases the damage of Champions in her column and the columns in front of her, and she's always ready to protect herself with Mage Armor.

To learn about the Fallbacks DPS champion arriving on September 3rd, read on!

[h2]Cazrin[/h2]


Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until September 3rd, 2028)

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

• Magic Missile(magic) -Cazrin fires 2 magic missiles at random enemies, preferring different targets if possible

[h3]Passive Abilities[/h3]

• Uggie! - Uggie joins the party, starting next to Cazrin unless she's already in the formation next to another Fallbacks Champion. Uggie increases the damage of all non-adjacent Champions by 100%.
  

[h3]Formation Abilities[/h3]

• Library of Lore - Whenever a boss is defeated for the first time in an adventure, it drops a Book that Cazrin collects. Subsequent kills of the same boss have a 10% chance of dropping an additional Book. The maximum number of Books that can be collected during a single adventure is the highest area reached divided by 5, rounded down. Cazrin keeps track of both the number of Books she has collected in the current adventure, as well as the size of her Library, which is the number of Books she has collected across all adventures. Cazrin's damage is increased by 10% for each book in her Library, stacking additively. Each time her Library reaches a new order of magnitude, the base buff is multiplicatively increased by 100%.
  
• Sunny Disposition - Cazrin increases the damage of all Champions in her column (including herself) and the columns in front of her by 100%.
  
• Unctuous Uggie - Uggie's buff is increased by 400% when Cazrin is in the formation.
  
• Mage Armor - The first time anyone in the formation takes damage in each area, Cazrin casts Mage Armor on herself. Champions affected by Mage Armor decrease the damage they take by 25%.
  
• In Search of Knowledge - Cazrin's attacks and abilities gain additional effects based on the number of Books that she has collected in the current adventure.
  
  • 10+ Books: Cazrin fires an additional Magic Missile with her base attack.
    
  • 40+ Books: Increase the effect of Sunny Disposition by 5% for each Book she has collected in the current adventure, stacking multiplicatively.
    
  • 80+ Books: Cazrin fires an additional Magic Missile with her base attack.
    
  • 120+ Books: When triggered, Mage Armor is now cast on all Champions in the formation instead of just Cazrin.
    
  • 160+ Books: Increase the effect of Unctuous Uggie by 1% for each Book Cazrin has collected in the current adventure, stacking additively.
    
  • 200+ Books: Support Champions affected by Mage Armor have a 40% chance to deal an additional 5 seconds of BUD damage with each normal attack hit.
    
  • 240+ Books: Mage Armor's damage prevention is increased to 50%.
    
  • 300+ Books: For each Tanking Champion affected by Mage Armor, the effect of Sunny Disposition is increased by 400%, stacking multiplicatively.

[h3]Specializations A[/h3]

• Self Taught - Cazrin increases the damage bonus of Sunny Disposition by 100% for each Fallbacks Champion and/or Champions with a Melee and/or Ranged base attack in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Ancestor's Shadow - Cazrin increases the damage bonus of Sunny Disposition by 100% for each Fallbacks Champion and/or Good Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Lost in the Library - Whenever a boss drops a Book, Cazrin collects 3 Books. The maximum number of Books she can collect during this adventure is tripled, but In Search of Knowledge's per Book damage boost to Sunny Disposition is reduced from 5% to 1.65%.
  

[h3]Specializations B[/h3]

• Signature Smell - When Uggie is with Cazrin, each damage increase that Uggie! would normally apply to other members of the formation instead applies to Cazrin herself, stacking multiplicatively.
  
• Smell Mastery - When Uggie is with Cazrin, In Search of Knowledge's per-Book bonus for Sunny Disposition is increased by 100%.
  

[h3]Ultimate Ability[/h3]

• Fallback Fireball(magic) -Cazrin attacks all enemies with her version of a fireball.
  

[h3]Equipment[/h3]


[h2]Feats[/h2]

[h3]Uncommon[/h3]

• Selflessness
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
  
• Adept
  Increases the damage of Cazrin by 30%
  
• Bright Side
  Increases the effect of Cazrin's Sunny Disposition ability by 20%
  
• Cazrin Person
  Increases the effect of Cazrin's Unctuous Uggie ability by 20%
  

[h3]Rare[/h3]

• Inspiring Leader
  Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
  
• Elementalist
  Increases the damage of Cazrin by 60%
  
• Friend to Books
  Increases the effect of Cazrin's Library of Lore ability by 40%
  
• Optimistic Outlook
  Increases the effect of Cazrin's Sunny Disposition ability by 40%
  
• Cazrin Friend
  Increases the effect of Cazrin's Unctuous Uggie ability by 40%
  
• Dangerous Magic
  Increases the effect of Cazrin's Self Taught and Ancestor's Shadow specialization choices by 40%.
  

[h3]Epic[/h3]

• Rapid Analysis
  Increases the effect of Cazrin's Library of Lore ability by 80%
  Unlockable as an Event Reward
• Forbidden Magic
  Increases the effect of Cazrin's Self Taught and Ancestor's Shadow specialization choices by 80%.
  Available in the Mythic Cazrin Theme Pack
• Heavy Lifter
  Increases the Strength score of Cazrin by 2
  Unlockable as an Event Reward

[h2]Cazrin Feedback[/h2]
What do you think? Will you build a Cazrin-focused formation?

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.
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