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December 27th, 2024
Idle Champions Spotlight: Eric 
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Eric is the Cavalier of the group of friends trapped in the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons. Known for his sarcasm and frequent cowardice, he's often the butt of jokes. Yet, when danger strikes, Eric's bravery emerges, and he uses his magical shield to protect his friends. Despite his complaints and fears, his loyalty and courage make him an essential part of the group's quest to find their way home.
Eric is a Support, Tanking and Gold Find Champion who reluctantly protects his friends while trapped in a foreign world. He enhances his allies' knockback capabilities while shielding them from ranged and magical attacks. This Cavalier is versatile in how he buffs the formation, all while keeping an eye out for Gold and Corrupted Gems.

For details on this sarcastic Cavalier, read on!

Eric the Cavalier

Eric
NAME
4
SEAT
2.5%
CRIT CHANCE
100%
CRIT DAMAGE
Male (he/him)
GENDER
15
AGE
Neutral Good
ALIGNMENT
25
OVERWHELM
Human
SPECIES
Fighter
CLASS
Support / Tanking / Gold
ROLES
Saturday Morning Squad
AFFILIATION
13
STR
12
DEX
14
CON
11
INT
10
WIS
9
CHA
69
TOT
Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Elminster (until January 1st, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Forceful Bash (melee) - Eric hits the closest enemy with his shield, dealing one hit and knocking them back a short distance.

Specializations A

  • Trait: Cautious - Eric increases the damage of all Champions by 100%, increased by 100% for each column they are in front of him, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Trait: Brave - Eric increases the damage of all Champions by 100%, increased by 100% for each column they are behind him, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Trait: Sarcastic - Eric increases the damage of adjacent Champions by 600%.

Formation Abilities

  • Cavalier's Code - Eric increases the effect of his Trait specialization choice and the party's Gold Find by 20% for each enemy that has spawned in the current area, stacking multiplicatively up to 100 enemies. Boss enemies count as 25 enemies for this ability.
  • Shield of the Cavalier - Eric increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of his max health, and when any Champion in the formation gains temporary health, the amount gained is increased by 100%.
  • Preferred Target - All Ranged and Magic attacking enemies target Eric before any other Champion in the formation.
  • Keep Away - For the first 60 seconds in any area, Eric increases the distance of all knockback effects by 100%.
  • Corrupted Gem Scavenger - Eric can help scavenge up to 5000 additional Corrupted Gems when killing bosses. While this cap is not reached, Eric has a 10% chance of 10 Corrupted Gems each time a boss is defeated. The cap increases by 150 every day.

Specializations B

  • Unassuming Force - Eric increases the damage bonus of his Trait specialization choice by 100% for each Champion in the formation with a total ability score of 78 or less, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Youthful Valor - Eric increases the damage bonus of his Trait specialization choice by 100% for each Champion in the formation with an age of 20 or less, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Treasure Hunters - Eric increases the damage bonus of his Trait specialization choice by 100% for each Champion in the formation with the Gold Find role, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

  • Protective Field (magic) - Eric's shield projects a powerful force field, dealing 1 ultimate hit to all monsters while protecting the Champions from all damage for 10 seconds.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff
SLOT 1
Health Increase
SLOT 2
Buffs Trait: Cautious, Trait: Brave, and Trait: Sarcastic
SLOT 3
Cavalier's Code Buff
SLOT 4
Buffs Unassuming Force, Youthful Valor, and Treasure Hunters
SLOT 5
Ultimate Cooldown
SLOT 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Selflessness
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%.
  • Frugal
    Increases all Gold found by 10%.
  • Tough
    Increases the health of Eric by 15%.
  • Defensive Duelist
    Eric takes 5 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed.
  • Humble Strength
    Increases the effect of Eric's Cavalier's Code ability by 20%.
  • Cowardly Commander
    Increases the base effect of Eric's Trait specializations by 20%.
Rare
  • Inspiring Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
  • Lucky
    Increases all Gold found by 25%.
  • Resilient
    Increases the health of Eric by 30%.
  • Calm Under Pressure
    Eric takes 10 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed.
  • Hidden Potential
    Increases the effect of Eric's Cavalier's Code ability by 40%.
  • Opportunistic Bravado
    Increases the base effect of Eric's Trait specializations by 40%.
  • Misplaced Confidence
    Increases the effect of Unassuming Force, Youthful Valor, and Treasure Hunters abilities by 40%.
Epic
  • Cavalier Approach
    Increases the per column effect of Eric's Trait: Cautious and Trait: Brave specializations by 80%
    Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Friendly Resolve
    Increases the effect of Unassuming Force, Youthful Valor, and Treasure Hunters abilities by 80%.
    Available for 50,000 Gems or in the Stone Golem Eric Theme Pack
  • Scholar
    Increases the Intelligence score of Eric by 2.
    Unlockable as an Event Reward

We Want YOUR Feedback

How do you feel about Eric and the Saturday Morning Squad so far? Join our community and let us know what you think!

December 26th, 2024
Idle Champions: Fortune's Wheel 9 & T5 Blessings 
Posted in Idle Champions.

The Champions have finally rescued R04M and learned the truth -- or have they?

In the latest Turn of Fortune's Wheel adventures, the Champions will find themselves on a path that takes them back to familiar territory, where they will discover who their allies are and who the true villain is!

Note: You will need to have completed the previous two Turn of Fortune's Wheel adventures, The Lost Modron and Realm of Enchanted Mysteries, in order to access these new adventures.

Campaign: Turn of Fortune's Wheel

Full Circle

Travel back to Sigil as the puzzle pieces start to fall into place.

Variant: Fully Aligned

Travel back to Sigil as the alignment puzzle pieces start to fall into place.
  • R04M joins the formation. He doesn't do much other than get in the way.
  • You may not have two Champions in the formation with the exact same base alignment.
  • Complete Area 1150

Return to Fortune's Wheel

Search Fortune's Wheel and the Platinum Rooms to find Shemeshka!

Variant: Four Corners

Search Fortune's Wheel and the Platinum Rooms while evading hordes of Modrons!
  • You may only use Lawful Good, Chaotic Good, Lawful Evil, and/or Chaotic Evil Champions.
  • In each non-boss area, there is a 25% chance that 5 Modrons spawn before the first wave. The number of Modrons spawned increases by 5 for every 50 areas completed, capped at 50 Modrons. They drop no gold nor count towards quest progress.
  • While any Modron enemy is alive, non-Modron enemies can't take damage.
  • Complete Area 1200

Turn of Fortune's Wheel Tier 5 Blessings

  • Gehenna's Heights - Local: Increase the damage of all Champions in bench seats of 7 or higher by 100%
  • Depths of Limbo - Local: Increase the damage of all Champions for each Champion with a CON score of 14 or lower by 100% (additive)
  • The Mercy of Hades - Local: Monsters killed in their first second after spawning have a 10% chance to count for an additional quest progress.
  • The Infinite Power of the Abyss - Global: Increase the damage of all Champions by 10% for each completed event tier, stacking additively.

We Want YOUR Feedback

Our Planescape journey is almost complete. Are you excited for the finale next month? How do you feel about the story so far?

Your feedback is important to us, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

December 6th, 2024
2024 Champion Spotlight: Stoki  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Stami Gackle was a fun-loving and reckless youth, but she fled her home when this carefree nature invited tragic loss into her life. She found shelter in Waterdeep with the monks of the Order of the Even-Handed, who gave her a new name and trained her in their ways. Now a capable adventurer, Stoki approaches problems with intense focus and careful consideration, having earned a reputation for being uncommonly stoic. However, Stoki's patient demeanor belies a warrior's ferocity, as she unleashes a rapid flurry of masterful blows to any foe who refuses to back down.
Stoki has received a significant rework along with a new niche focused on Champions who attack quickly. To support her kit, we are updating the Champion Search starting today as builds roll out to allow players to search by Champions based on their base attack cooldown. Let's talk about all things Stoki!

Stoki


Stoki
NAME
4
SEAT
2.5%
CRIT CHANCE
100%
CRIT DAMAGE
Female
GENDER
45
AGE
Lawful Neutral
ALIGNMENT
5
OVERWHELM
Gnome
SPECIES
Monk
CLASS
Support / Gold
ROLES
None
AFFILIATION
11
STR
18
DEX
15
CON
13
INT
17
WIS
12
CHA
86
TOT
Patron Eligibility: Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until December 11, 2027)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Flurry of Blows (melee) - Stoki leaps out and attacks random enemies with her fists.

Formation Abilities

  • Focused Strike - When Stoki attacks, she gains a Focus Point for each enemy she hits. She increases the damage of all Champions with a base attack cooldown of 4.0s or faster by 10% for each Focus Point she has, stacking multiplicatively. Focus Points cap at 100 and are reduced by 50% (rounded down) when changing areas.
  • Golden Palm - Enemies that have been attacked by Stoki at any point in the current area drop 100% more gold when killed for each Focus Point she has, stacking additively.
  • Building Focus - Stoki keeps track of the total Focus Point she has gained in the current adventure. If Stoki's Focus Points are capped for a given area, she still counts new ones towards this ability. Upon reaching certain milestones, the following effects activate:

    - 100 Focus Points: Encouragement - Champions adjacent to Stoki have their base attack cooldowns lowered by 0.5s.
    - 1000 Focus Points: Flurry of Blows - For every 1000 levels Stoki has, she attacks an additional target with each attack. She prefers to attack different targets but will attack the same target multiple times if she has already attacked everyone.
    - 5000 Focus Points: Leadership - Champions adjacent to Stoki have a 0.45% chance to reset their base attack cooldown after attacking for each Focus Point she currently has. Caps at 90%.
    - 12500 Focus Points: Overflow - When Stoki attacks an enemy that she already attacked, there is a 20% chance the enemy will be stunned for 3 seconds.
    - 25000 Focus Points: Explosion - If Stoki hits the same enemy two or more times with the same base attack, power radiates from the enemy, dealing 5 seconds worth of BUD damage to itself and all other nearby enemies. Triggers with each extra hit.
  • Frenzied Friends - Stoki additively increases the Focus Points cap of Focused Strike by 10 for each Champion in the formation whose base attack cooldown is 4.0s or lower.

Specializations

  • All Out Assault - Stoki tracks the number of attacks her allies have performed in the past 10 seconds and increases the effect of Focused Strike by 15% for each one, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Bend It Like Birdsong - Stoki counts the number of Champions in the formation with a DEX score of 16 or higher. For each such Champion, her base attack cooldown is decreased by 0.1 seconds, stacking additively, and the effect of Focused Strike is increased by 100%, stacking multiplicatively.
  • A Little Bit Faster Now - Stoki reduces the base attack cooldown of all Champions with a default base attack cooldown of 6.0 seconds or higher to 4.0 seconds so that they qualify for Frenzied Friends. Their damage is increased by 100% for every 0.1 seconds their base attack cooldown is reduced by this ability, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

  • Quivering Palm (melee) - Stoki leaps out and attacks five random enemies with extremely powerful palm thrusts. Over the next 10 seconds, all affected enemies take massive damage over time.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff
SLOT 1
Global DPS Buff
SLOT 2
Golden Palm Buff
SLOT 3
Focused Strike Buff
SLOT 4
BuffsStoki's All Out Assault, Bend It Like Birdsong, and A Little Bit Faster Now specializations
SLOT 5
Ultimate Cooldown
SLOT 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Selflessness
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%.
  • Frugal
    Increases all Gold found by 10%.
  • Palm Thrust
    Increases the effect of Stoki's Focused Strike ability by 20%.
  • Touch of Silver
    Increases the effect of Stoki's Golden Palm ability by 20%.
Rare
  • Inspiring Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
  • Lucky
    Increases all Gold found by 25%.
  • Dragon Fist
    Increases the effect of Stoki's Focused Strike ability by 40%.
  • Grasp of Gold
    Increases the effect of Stoki's Golden Palm ability by 40%.
  • Monastic Discipline
    Increases the effect of Stoki's All Out Assault, Bend It Like Birdsong, and A Little Bit Faster Now specializations by 40%
Epic
  • Lightning Palm
    Increases the attack cooldown reduction of Stoki's Building Focus - Encouragement ability to 1 second.
    Unlockable as an Event Reward
  • Mastery of the Self
    Increases the effect of Stoki's All Out Assault, Bend It Like Birdsong, and A Little Bit Faster Now specializations by 80%
    Available for 50,000 Gems or in the Sharran Stoki Theme Pack
  • Entertainer
    Increases the Charisma score of Stoki by 2.
    Unlockable as an Event Reward

We Want YOUR Feedback

How do you feel about this update to the first Event Champion? Will you have a use for Stoki? Let us know!

Your participation and feedback are invaluable, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

December 4th, 2024
Idle Champions: Simril 8  
Posted in Idle Champions.

    Simril is ruined! Someone or something has been pillaging all the food stores of Luskan, leaving very little leftover for the feast of Simril, let alone the long, cold winter to follow. Your party has been hired to hunt down this ruiner-of-holidays and recover the stolen sustenance.
It is time to celebrate Faerûn's winter solstice once again, this time with the next companion character from Baldur's Gate 3 coming to Idle Champions along with a stunning rework of the first Event Champion we ever released!

Halsin the Archdruid has arrived all the way from the Emerald Grove. Our first Featured Champion is a devout follower of Silvanus who thrives in good-aligned formations. Halsin can be unlocked during Simril from December 4th through 25th.

The second Featured Champion is Stami "Stoki" Gackle, and she has received a significant reworked to focus on Champions who attack quickly. The 2024 Champion Spotlight for Stoki arrives on Friday, December 6th and the reworked Stoki will become available in Simril starting on Wednesday, December 11th.

For details on Simril 8 - and to learn about our Winterfest Celebration - read on!

Featured Champions

Halsin

Halsin, the esteemed Archdruid of the Emerald Grove, is a wise and powerful elf dedicated to the protection and preservation of nature. After being captured by goblins allied with the Absolute, he escaped and now fights to protect his grove and its inhabitants from this encroaching evil. He channels his deep connection to the natural world to aid his allies in their quests.


Learn more about Halsin in his Champion Spotlight.

Stoki

Stami Gackle was a fun-loving and reckless youth, but she fled her home when this carefree nature invited tragic loss into her life. She found shelter in Waterdeep with the monks of the Order of the Even-Handed, who gave her a new name and trained her in their ways. Now a capable adventurer, Stoki approaches problems with intense focus and careful consideration, having earned a reputation for being uncommonly stoic. However, Stoki's patient demeanor belies a warrior's ferocity as she unleashes a rapid flurry of masterful blows to any foe who refuses to back down.


Learn more about Stoki's Rebalance when her Champion Spotlight goes live on Friday, December 6th.

Flex Champions

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:
Regis
SEAT 2
Talin
SEAT 2
Dhadius
SEAT 5
Krull
SEAT 6
Shadowheart
SEAT 6
Lucius
SEAT 7
Warduke
SEAT 8
Yorven
SEAT 10
Warden
SEAT 11

Event Augments

  • Refreshing Boons: Event boons obtained during this event last for 21 days and don't expire when the event ends. Obtaining another boon at any point during the event refreshes this timer. If your boon persists into the next event, it will stack with that event's boon until it expires. However, it will not unlock the supporter slot.
  • Boon Enhancements: An additional boon buff at each level increases gems dropped from bosses.

    Buff Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4
    Gem Drops 20% 40% 70% 100%

  • 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. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!
  • Worth the Wait: Rebalanced Champion Stoki releases at the start of week two of this event. Completing her tier 2+ variants awards double chests!
You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

Winterfest Celebration

It's finally time for our Winterfest Celebration! Players will be able to unlock daily curated rewards along with exciting participation rewards that include the new Potent Gale Skin and the Chosen of Mystra Feat for everyone's favorite Waterdhavian Wizard, Gale Dekarios. Winterfest comes to a close next Wednesday, December 11th.

Player Feedback

We want to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions! What do you think about Halsin? Are you excited to learn more about the changes to Stoki? Your participation and feedback are invaluable, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms: