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September 5th

Champion Update: Alyndra

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, alyndra, heroes of the planes, festival of fools.

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!

Alyndra

name

seat

2.5%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Female

gender

168

age

Neutral

alignment

overwhelm

Elf (High)

species

Wizard / Cleric

class

Support / Control

roles

Heroes of the Planes

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

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

Abilities

Basic Attack

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

Passive Abilities

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.

Formation Abilities

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.

Specializations

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.

Ultimate Ability

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.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff

slot 1

I Have Foreseen This Buff

slot 2

Circle of Divination Buff

slot 3

Buffs all Specializations

slot 4

Brows of Judgement Buff

slot 5

Ultimate Cooldown

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

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%

Rare

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%

Epic

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

Alyndra Feedback

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:

The Official Idle Champions Discord.
The Official Idle Champions Subreddit.
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September 3rd

Idle Champions: Highharvestide 9

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle, champions, event, new content, update, cazrin, alyndra, highharvestide.

Faerûn's

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!

Featured Champions

Cazrin

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.

Alyndra

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

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:

D'hani

seat 1

Stoki

seat 4

Certainty Dran

seat 5

Pwent

seat 5

Egbert

seat 7

Corazón

seat 8

Torogar

seat 10

Wulfgar

seat 10

Bobby

seat 12

Event Augments

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

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.

8th Anniversary Celebration

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!

Feedback

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.

March 12th, 2021

Idle Champion Spotlight: Alyndra Sarrbarand

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle, champions, spotlight, festival of fools, Alyndra, Silver and Steel, Heroes of the Planes.

"I Have Foreseen This Moment..." the serene elf said evaluating the infinite possibilities of all possible futures."Remember my friends, you are blessed."

Alyndra Sarrbarand joins her companions Avren, Penelope, Freely, and Briv Steelmarrow from D&D Beyond's Silver & Steel & Beyond Heroes, and now Heroes of the Planes, and is delighted to meet the aquaintance of her new companions on the Idle Champions roster, with Festival of Fools 4.

Working with Jen to bring Alyndra to Idle Champions was an absolute delight to capture the essence of Alyndra and bring the most authentic representation of her to Idle Champions. She is accompanied by her two familiars, Griff and Grant, the Baby Blue Dragon. We are deeply touched that Jen would think of us to honor Grant's legacy and we are privileged to work with her and the Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation.

It's time for the latest Idle Champion Spotlight.

I. Lorekeeper of Rime Spiro, Kinscribe of Clan Monkeymouse

Alyndra is a Support Champion whose powerful portents increase the damage of those adjacent to her. Her companion Griff judges their enemies, further increasing the damage they take due to her portents. When you want to add Alyndra to your formation, you can swap her with Asharra (Slot 6).

II. Alyndra's Stats

Race: Elf	Alignment: True Neutral
Class: Wizard/Cleric	Gender: Female
Age: 168	Affiliation: Heroes of the Planes

STR: 8	DEX: 14	CON: 14
INT: 18	WIS: 14	CHA: 11

Role: Support

Eligible for Patrons: Vajra Safahr, Strahd von Zarovich

Slot: 6, (Asharra)

III. Alyndra's Design

We were thrilled to work with Jen Kretchmer, a producer, writer, actor, streamer and disability advocate. You may recognize her from Beyond Heroes, Silver & Steel, and forthcoming Heroes of the Planes, and we are thrilled to announce that not only is Alyndra joining Idle Champions, but Jen Kretchmer will be playing her as a member of the cast of Idle Champions Presents: A Fool's Errand.

A Divination Wizard, Alyndra buffs adjacent Champions with her Portent ability guiding their attacks and increasing their damage. This ability is heightened when the adjacent Champion is one of Alyndra's adventuring companions of the Heroes of the Planes affiliation. Griff, Alyndra's very judgy owl familiar, is never far from her side and marks unworthy enemies for her when she's unsure if it's a cultural misunderstanding. Her equipment is made up of wonderful ties to her past and future, and the close relationship she shares with her adventuring companions, and of course, Logic and Reason, her sword and spellbook-mace, respectively.

IV. Alyndra's Abilities

Basic Attack

Mind Spike â€” Alyndra reaches into the mind of a random enemy, dealing damage and slowing the enemy by 50% for 3 seconds.

Formation Abilities

Portent â€” Every 30 seconds, Alyndra randomly chooses (up to) two adjacent Champions and peers into their futures, helping guide their attacks and increasing their damage by 100%.

Heroes of the Planes â€” If Portent is applied to a Champion under the effect of certain Heroes of the Planes Champions' abilities, those effects are increased in power:
- Avren â€” Mirror Image effects on the Portented Champion +100%.
- Freely â€” Unlucky For Them +100% for each Portented Champion affected by Luck of Yondalla(stacking multiplicatively).
- Penelope â€” Chwinga Mask: Tools for the Job Charm +100% for each Portented Champion affected by Chwinga Mask (stacking multiplicatively).
- Orkira â€” Orkira will be receiving his Heroes of the Planes buff in a later update.
- Briv â€” Briv will be receiving his Heroes of the Planes affiliation and buff in a later update.

Brows of Judgement â€” 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 living unworthy normal enemy, Portent's base buff is increased by 100%, stacking additively. Each living boss increases Portent's base buff by 400%. Unworthy enemies have an overlay that counts as a debuff for the purposes of Alyndra's ultimate but has no other effect.

Specializations

Expansive Vision â€” Portent now applies to 3 random adjacent Champions instead of 2.

Extra Judgy â€” Double Griff's chance to judge enemies as unworthy with Brows of Judgement, and increases the buff by 100% as well.

Ultimate Ability

I Have Foreseen This â€” Alyndra slips into a trance and foresees the death of all the formation's enemies. For the next 30 seconds, all enemies (regardless of whether or not they spawn after the Ultimate starts) take extra damage equal to the total Portent buff being given (cumulatively).

V. Alyndra's Epic Equipment

Slot 1: Global DPS	Slot 2: Global DPS	Slot 3: Portent
Slot 4: Heroes of the Planes	Slot 5: Brows of Judgement	Slot 6: Ultimate Cooldown

VI. Conclusion

We are delighted Alyndra is joining her companions on the Idle Champions roster and we are excited to see how well she fits into the meta. If you have feedback, let us know in a Community Q&A or Champion feedback post on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!