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January 1st

Idle Champions: Wintershield 8

Tags: idle, champions, event, new content, update, eric, mehen, wintershield.

It's considered lucky to possess and examine a map on Wintershield, so put on your most durable boots and head out into the streets of Waterdeep to claim one for yourself!

Wintershield 8 runs from January 1–22 and introduces Eric the Cavalier, whom some of you may recognize from the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon. Our first Featured Champion, Eric is a Support, Tanking, and Gold Find Champion with knockback capabilities. Eric can be unlocked starting today.

Our second Featured Champion is none other than Verthisathurgiesh Mehen, dragonborn mercenary and adoptive father of twin tiefling daughters. Mehen is the latest Champion to receive a significant rework, and he will become available to unlock starting next week on January 8.

For more details on Wintershield, read on!

Featured Champions

Eric the Cavalier

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.

Learn more about Eric in his Champion Spotlight.

Verthisathurgiesh Mehen

Mehen is a tall, powerful dragonborn with dull-ocher scales and a blunt attitude. With strong opinions on the right course of action, he is just as comfortable yelling orders on the battlefield as he is fiercely protecting his daughters. Despite a life thrown into turmoil after being exiled from his clan and attempting to raise twin tieflings, Farideh & Havilar, Mehen remains resilient in his sense of self and his abilities with a falchion.

Learn more about Mehen when his spotlight goes live on January 3rd!

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:

Artemis

SEAT 3

Baeloth

SEAT 4

Viconia

SEAT 5

Gazrick

SEAT 7

Barrowin

SEAT 10

Imoen

SEAT 11

Rust

SEAT 11

Nerys

SEAT 12

Wyll

SEAT 12

Môrgaen

SEAT 9

Event Augments

Augment 1: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
Description: The power of most event boon buffs is increased by up to eight times.

Buff	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Global DPS	100% > 200%	300% > 900%	500% > 2500%	900% > 7200%
Gold Find	100% > 200%	200% > 600%	300% > 1500%	400% > 3200%
Health	50% > 100%	100% > 300%	200% > 1000%	300% > 2400%
Click Damage	60s > 120s	150s > 450s	300s > 1500s	600s > 4800s
Game Speed	1.25 (no change)	1.75 (no change)	2.25 (no change)	2.75 (no change)

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

Augment 3: Improved Weekly Offers (New Augment)
Description: Weekly Offers will be of at least "Rare" (blue) rarity during this event, with even better odds of the higher rarities.

Augment 4: Worth The Wait (Returning Augment)
Description: Rebalanced Champion Mehen will unlock at the start of week two of this event, and completing his tier 2+ variants awards double chests!

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

Wintershield Feedback Wanted

We want to hear about your experiences in Idle Champions! What do you think about Eric the Cavalier? Are you excited to see a reworked Mehen?? Your participation and feedback are invaluable, and we would love to have you join our community on one of our official platforms:

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

December 27th, 2024

Idle Champions Spotlight: Eric

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, eric, saturday morning squad, wintershield.

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

SEAT

2.5%

CRIT CHANCE

100%

CRIT DAMAGE

Male (he/him)

GENDER

AGE

Neutral Good

ALIGNMENT

OVERWHELM

Human

SPECIES

Fighter

CLASS

Support / Tanking / Gold

ROLES

Saturday Morning Squad

AFFILIATION

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

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!

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June 17th, 2016

Codename Entertainment CEO Joins DigiBC Board

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Posted in Codename News.

Tags: digibc, board, eric, jordan, ceo, codename, entertainment.

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, June 17, 2016 â€” Codename Entertainment today announced that CEO Eric Jordan has joined the Board of Directors for DigiBC, the industry association for digital media and wireless companies in British Columbia.

â€œEric brings a wealth of proven business and technology leadership experience,â€ said Patrick Sauriol, Executive Director at DigiBC. â€œI've admired his passion and commitment towards growing Victoria's video gaming community, and believe he can increase awareness from Vancouver Island's growing tech community about DigiBC's initiatives. It will be great to have Eric on the DigiBC board.â€

â€œIt's an honour to be appointed to the board,â€ said Eric Jordan. â€œI look forward to working together with the DigiBC board and management team to continue the momentum and growth of the interactive and video games industry here in B.C.â€

Previously, Jordan was the CEO and co-founder of PureEdge Solutions which was acquired by IBM. Eric was an Executive-In-Residence at UVic, the President of the Premier's Technology Council and angel investor in Indochino. Eric has served on many boards including Archipelago Marine Research (Chair), BCTIA and VIATeC (Chair).

Since joining Codename Entertainment, Jordan led the launch of the international, award-winning game Crusaders of the Lost Idols. The game has stayed in the Top 2% Most Played Games on Steam and the Top 10 Most Played Games on Kongregate.com and Armorgames.com. On average, players spend almost 4 million hours a month playing Crusaders of the Lost Idols. As a result of the success of Crusaders, Codename has grown 8 to 16 people in the past year.

ABOUT CODENAME ENTERTAINMENT: Codename Entertainment was founded in 2008 in Victoria, B.C. by David Whittaker and Justin Stocks. They started making games for Facebook and evolved into making games for platforms like Kongregate.com, ArmorGames, and Steam.

Codename Entertainment and Crusaders of the Lost Idols are trademarks of Codename Entertainment Inc. All other products named herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

About DigiBC: DigiBC is a member-supported, non-profit organization based in Vancouver but with a mandate to grow digital companies across the province. Its mission is to make B.C. a globally-recognized center for Digital Media and Wireless excellence. Members include world-class companies such as Electronic Arts, Disney Interactive, TELUS, Microsoft, Hootsuite and Sony Interactive. More than 1,300 companies in the Digital Media sector create innovative products in wireless and mobile, video gaming, animation, VFX, web, software, social media, interactive marketing and e-learning. Learn more at www.digibc.org