May update
Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early May, bringing balance changes, new cards, a new Premium pass, some UI improvements and some exclusive offers as usual!
This release, like any other, brings some balance changes.
NERF COMPENSATION
As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Greengale Serpents, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.
Common card: 0/0, 10/0, 20/1, 50/2, 120/5
Rare card: 0/0, 15/2, 30/3, 90/7, 190/10
Epic card: 0/0, 15/2, 40/5, 120/10, 250/20
Legendary card: 0/1, 20/5, 50/10, 150/20, 300/50
NEW CARDS
Two new cards are joining the Winterpact faction, one rare structure and one common unit—both with freeze dynamics!
Iceflakes:
On play, freeze itself.
Mana: 2
Str: 3/4/5/6/7
Glacier Palace:
At the start of your turn, randomly freeze the most forward enemy unit
Mana: 4
Str: 4/5/6/7/8
As usual, there will be exclusive packs to quickly get access to some copies of the new cards between May 7th and May 14th.
They will each cost $9.99, and will grant the following:
We have issued quite some Heroes League improvements in April already and are monitoring their impact before pushing up new changes.
That being said, we heard the community’s concerns about the fact that lost matches feel too critical in the Heroes League because they take away too many Hero Crowns.
To make the Hero Crowns fluctuation smaller and solve that problem, we are setting up a maximum penalty of -10 Hero Crowns for a loss, and a minimum gain of 5 Hero Crowns for a win.
NEW PREMIUM PASS
May will be the month where the Premium Pass finally get redesigned and boosted. Its cost is increased to $7.99, but its rewards are now numerous:
This is the total value for the calendar, free and premium respectively (including free rewards within the premium one):
On top of the 6 deck slots that can be unlocked via the Premium Pass, 3 extra deck slots can be bought by all players via some in-game resources (in any order).
When is the update going to be released?
The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The two new cards will be available from May 7th.
(*) Any friends above 100 when the Premium Pass at the end of the month remains in the friend list, but it is no longer possible to add more friends until another Premium Pass gets purchased.
- Balance changes
- New cards
- Heroes League improvements
- New Premium Pass
- Extra deck slots
- FAQ
This release, like any other, brings some balance changes.
- Greengale Serpents’ ability now buff a surrounding friendly dragon instead of any friendly dragon.
- Armed Schemers now cost 6 mana (down from 7) and have 6/7/8/10/12 strength (down from 7/8/10/12/15).
- Swarmcallers now cost 3 mana (down from 4) and have 1/2/2/3/3 strength (down from 2/3/3/5/5)
- Boomstick Officers’ ability now deal 4/5/6/7/8 (up from 3/4/5/6/7) and hits the closest enemy behind instead of a random enemy behind.
NERF COMPENSATION
As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Greengale Serpents, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.
Common card: 0/0, 10/0, 20/1, 50/2, 120/5
Rare card: 0/0, 15/2, 30/3, 90/7, 190/10
Epic card: 0/0, 15/2, 40/5, 120/10, 250/20
Legendary card: 0/1, 20/5, 50/10, 150/20, 300/50
NEW CARDS
Two new cards are joining the Winterpact faction, one rare structure and one common unit—both with freeze dynamics!
Iceflakes:
On play, freeze itself.
Mana: 2
Str: 3/4/5/6/7
Glacier Palace:
At the start of your turn, randomly freeze the most forward enemy unit
Mana: 4
Str: 4/5/6/7/8
As usual, there will be exclusive packs to quickly get access to some copies of the new cards between May 7th and May 14th.
They will each cost $9.99, and will grant the following:
- 10 copies of Iceflakes, 5 fusion stones and 750 coins.
- 5 copies of Glacier Palace, 5 fusion stones and 750 coins.
We have issued quite some Heroes League improvements in April already and are monitoring their impact before pushing up new changes.
That being said, we heard the community’s concerns about the fact that lost matches feel too critical in the Heroes League because they take away too many Hero Crowns.
To make the Hero Crowns fluctuation smaller and solve that problem, we are setting up a maximum penalty of -10 Hero Crowns for a loss, and a minimum gain of 5 Hero Crowns for a win.
NEW PREMIUM PASS
May will be the month where the Premium Pass finally get redesigned and boosted. Its cost is increased to $7.99, but its rewards are now numerous:
- No more ads for the month.
- The coin cap is raised to 700 coins for the month.
- The friend limit is raised to 200 (up from 100) for the month*.
- Six extra deck slots for the month. Any extra deck after the month is over cannot be played, only stored or removed.
- 10% discount on any Brawl matches. The Brawl calculator has been updated to reflect this option.
- Increased daily check-in calendar rewards for the month, as always.
This is the total value for the calendar, free and premium respectively (including free rewards within the premium one):
- Total free rewards: 450 coins, 40 rubies, 7 fusion stones, 4 common cards, 1 rare card, 1 epic card and 1 Heroic book
- Total Premium (including free) rewards: 1,800 coins, 160 rubies, 28 fusion stones, 4 common cards, 5 rare cards, 2 epic cards, 1 legendary card, 1 Heroic book and 1 Mythic book
On top of the 6 deck slots that can be unlocked via the Premium Pass, 3 extra deck slots can be bought by all players via some in-game resources (in any order).
- First deck slot you can permanently purchase will cost 50 rubies
- Second deck slot you can permanently purchase will cost 150 rubies
- Third deck slot you can permanently purchase will cost 250 rubies
When is the update going to be released?
The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The two new cards will be available from May 7th.
(*) Any friends above 100 when the Premium Pass at the end of the month remains in the friend list, but it is no longer possible to add more friends until another Premium Pass gets purchased.