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January 7th

Idle Champions: Wintershield 9

Tags: idle, champions, event, new content, update, anson, binwin, wintershield.

In preparation for Wintershield, our heroes have bought an old map from a street vendor in Waterdeep. Then it started talking. I guess we'd better see where it leads.

Wintershield 9 is here with Featured Champions Anson Iro, the human fighter from The Fallbacks, and a much-needed update for Binwin Bronzebottom, whom you may recognize from Binwin's Minions!

Learn all about the first event of 2026 as you read on!

Featured Champions

Anson

Learn more about Anson in his Champion Spotlight.

Binwin

Binwin Bronzebottom was a member of a rather infamous adventuring group/company, until he left to spend more time with his family. A grumpy and headstrong dwarf with a penchant for springing traps rather than disarming them, if he's not the first into battle then he's disappointed. There's nary a door, tankard, or acid pit that hasn't felt the wrath of Binwin Bronzebottom at one time or another...

Learn more about Binwin in his Champion Spotlight when it launches this Friday, January 9th!

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

Eric

seat 4

Viconia

seat 5

Gazrick

seat 7

Môrgæn

seat 9

Barrowin

seat 10

Imoen

seat 11

Rust

seat 11

Nerys

seat 12

Wyll

seat 12

Event Augments

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: Auto-Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
Description: 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!

Augment 3: Challenge Week (Returning Augment)
Description: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation-building skills and earn unique rewards.

Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases global damage based on the number Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings in your formation, stacking additively!

Wintershield Feedback Wanted

It's our first event of 2026! What do you think?

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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January 2nd

New Champion: Anson

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, anson, the fallbacks, wintershield.

Anson has known his share of hardship in his life. Orphaned at a young age, he and his younger brother were forced to live on the streets, doing what they had to do to keep from starving. But while that experience taught his brother to fear and mistrust the world, it had the opposite effect on Anson. Beaten, battered, or bruised, the fighter refuses to stay down, and he doesn’t believe in giving up, on anyone or anything. No person is too broken, no cause too lost. It’s a philosophy that makes him fiercely loyal to his companions, but sometimes it also results in him charging in recklessly when he should stop and think.

Anson is a Support, Control, and Tanking Champion whose unshakable resolve bolsters the allies behind him. With him is Uggie, the Fallbacks’ slobbering otyugh companion who drives enemies berserk. When the battle grows dire, Anson unleashes the storm within his blade, unleashing devastating power at great personal cost.

To learn everything there is to know about the final Fallbacks Champion, read on...

Anson

name

seat

2.5%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Male

gender

age

Neutral Good

alignment

overwhelm

Human

species

Fighter

class

Support / Tanking / Control

roles

The Fallbacks

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Elminster (until January 7th, 2029)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Broken Blade (melee) - Anson attacks the closest enemy and deals one hit.

Passive Abilities

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

Formation Abilities

Unshakable - Anson increases the damage of all Champions in the columns behind him by 100%.
Unbreakable Uggie - Uggie's buff is increased by 400% when Anson is in the formation.
Biting Style - When Uggie is with Anson, Uggie attacks the closest enemy whenever Anson attacks. Uggie's damage deals 1 second of BUD-based damage and drives the enemy berserk. Berserk enemies move 50% faster and attack twice as often, but deal 90% less damage.
Combat Trance - Each time Anson is attacked or takes damage in an area, he gains a Meditation stack. Each Meditation stack increases the effect of Unshakable by 50%, stacking multiplicatively. Anson can have a maximum of 75 Meditation stacks, and they reset when changing areas.
Erratic Energy - When Anson uses his Storm Crash ultimate ability, Anson's sword ignites in lightning for 45 seconds. For the duration, Anson's attacks deal an additional 5 seconds of BUD-based damage, damage him for damage equal to 1% of his Maximum Health, and increase the maximum stacks of Combat Trance's Meditation by 1, up to a maximum of 25 additional maximum stacks. The increase to the maximum stacks resets when changing areas.
Got Your Back - Anson increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of his max health, and healing effects on all Champions are increased by 25%.

Specializations

Pure of Heart - Anson increases the effect of Unshakable by 100% for each Good Champion or Fallbacks Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
Found Family - Anson increases the effect of Unshakable by 125% for each unaffiliated Champion or Fallbacks Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
Never Surrender - Anson increases the effect of Unshakable by 200% for each formation slot blocked by an escort or Fallbacks Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

Storm Crash (magic) - Anson attacks the toughest enemy with his sword, while blasting all nearby foes with deadly lightning.

Equipment

Unshakable Buff

slot 1

Unbreakable Uggie Buff

slot 2

Combat Trance Buff

slot 3

Buffs all Specializations

slot 4

Health Increase

slot 5

Ultimate Cooldown

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

Selflessness Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
Tough Increases the health of Anson by 15%
Defensive Duelist Anson takes 5 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Unflappable Increases the effect of Anson's Unshakable ability by 20%

Rare

Inspiring Leader Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
Resilient Increases the health of Anson by 30%
Calm Under Pressure Anson takes 10 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Unmovable Increases the effect of Anson's Unshakable ability by 40%
Anson Friend Increases the effect of Anson's Unbreakable Uggie ability by 40%
Battle Meditation Increases the effect of Anson's Combat Trance ability by 40%
Team Player Increases the effect of Anson's specializations by 20%
Actor Increases the Charisma score of Anson by 1 Unlockable as an Event Reward

Epic

Right Hand Increases the effect of Anson's specializations by 40% Available in the Wintershield Knight Anson Theme Pack
Scholar Increases the Intelligence score of Anson by 2 Unlockable as an Event Reward
Get Behind Me! Anson's attacks have a 50% chance to taunt enemies. When he successfully taunts an enemy, he increases his max Meditation stacks by 1 until changing areas, up to a max of 25. Unlockable as an Event Reward

Final Fallbacks Feedback

What do you think about Anson? Are you excited to bring the frontline tank of the Fallbacks into your formations? We want to know!

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January 1st

Idle Champions: January Augments Preview

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, anson, the fallbacks, wintershield.

Welcome to the Event Augment preview for Wintershield!

Wintershield returns on Wednesday, January 7th. The fifth event of Year 9 and the first of 2026 introduces the final addition to The Fallbacks, Anson, a long awaited update to Binwin! Check out the returning augments below:

Wintershield 9 Event Augments

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: Auto-Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
Description: 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!

Augment 3: Challenge Week (Returning Augment)
Description: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation-building skills and earn unique rewards.

Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases global damage based on the number Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings in your formation, stacking additively!

Augment Feedback

This will be our second test of the Challenge Week Augment, and we're excited to see what you think as we move into month 2 of this Augment!

Tell us about your experiences with Augments in Idle Champions. 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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January 3rd, 2025

Champion Update: Mehen

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, mehen, brimstone angels, wintershield.

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, Mehen remains resilient in his sense of self and his abilities with a falchion.

Verthisathurgiesh Mehen has been greatly reworked with this update. He is no less grumpy, but he should now be much easier to use -- assuming you can find the perfect spot for him in your formation!

For details on the Mehen Rework, read on...

Verthisathurgiesh Mehen

Mehen

NAME

SEAT

2.5%

CRIT CHANCE

100%

CRIT DAMAGE

Male (he/him)

GENDER

AGE

Neutral Good

ALIGNMENT

OVERWHELM

Dragonborn

SPECIES

Fighter

CLASS

Support / Gold / Debuff

ROLES

Brimstone Angels

AFFILIATION

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

TOT

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, Zariel, Elminster (until January 8th, 2028)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Double Strike (melee) - Mehen leaps out and attacks a random enemy, swinging down and then up with a second swing, scoring a hit each time.

Passive Abilities

Always By Your Side - When Mehen is in the formation, Farideh and Havilar become eligible for the current adventure, even if a Patron, Variant, or other restriction would say otherwise.

Formation Abilities

Grumpy - Mehen gains a stack of Grumpy for each of the following checks that is met. He increases the damage of all Champions in the formation by 100% for each stack of Grumpy he has, stacking multiplicatively.

Adjacent to Farideh
At least two columns behind Havilar
At the top of the column
At least three Champions in the column(s) in front of him
At least two Champions in the column(s) behind him
Adjacent to Champions with an average base attack cooldown of 5 sec or less
Adjacent to at least two Tiefling or Dragonborn Champions
At least one other Tiefling or Dragonborn in his column
Within 2 slots of Champions with at least 4 unique classes
Within 2 slots of Champions with at least 6 unique roles

Intimidating Presence - When a monster tries to attack any Champion in the formation for the first time, the damage is prevented and the monster is stunned for 5 seconds and takes 200% more damage during this time. If the attacked Champion is Havilar, the duration is 10 seconds instead.
Gruff - Mehen increases Gold Find of the formation by 100% for every stack of Grumpy that he has, stacking multiplicatively.
Expose Weakness - When a Champion adjacent to Mehen applies a stun, knockback, slow, or root, the enemy takes 1000% more damage for 10 seconds. If Farideh is adjacent to Mehen, she prioritizes attacking those enemies. This debuff does not stack, but the duration is extended if it applies again before it expires.

Specializations

Fighting Force - Mehen increases the effect of Grumpy by 100% for each DPS Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively and applying to the post-stack value.
Father Figure - Mehen increases the effect of Grumpy by 150% for each Champion in the formation who is 20 years old or younger, stacking multiplicatively and applying to the post-stack value.
Found Family - Mehen increases the effect of Grumpy by 300% for each Dragonborn Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively and applying to the post-stack value. Farideh and Havilar both gain the Dragonborn species when this spec is chosen.

Ultimate Ability

Lightning Breath (magic) - Mehen breathes a cone of lightning that hits all enemies in the area. If it hits more than 5 enemies, or a boss, it stuns all enemies for 10 seconds.

Equipment

Expose Weakness Buff

SLOT 1

Buffs Fighting Force, Father Figure, and Found Family

SLOT 2

Grumpy Buff

SLOT 3

Intimidating Presence Buff

SLOT 4

Gruff Buff

SLOT 5

Ultimate Cooldown

SLOT 6

Feats

Uncommon

Selflessness
Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%.
Frugal
Increases all Gold found by 10%.
Surly Survivalist
Increases the effect of Mehen's Grumpy ability by 20%.
Golden Wisdom
Increases the effect of Mehen's Gruff ability by 20%.

Rare

Inspiring Leader
Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%.
Lucky
Increases all Gold found by 25%.
Testy Temperament
Increases the effect of Mehen's Grumpy ability by 40%.
Battle-Hardened
Increases the effect of Mehen's Intimidating Presence ability by 40%.
Bounty Hunter Training
Increases the effect of Mehen's Gruff ability by 40%.
Veteran's Eye
Increases the effect of Mehen's Expose Weakness ability by 40%.
Feat previously known as Adopted Twins
Seasoned Leader
Increases the effect of Mehen's Fighting Force, Father Figure, and Found Family by 40%.
Adoptive Father
Mehen also counts as a Tiefling.

Epic

One of Many
Increases the effect of Mehen's Gruff ability by 80%.

Expert Assessment
Increases the effect of Mehen's Expose Weakness ability by 80%.

Fashionably Grumpy
Add the following check to Mehen's Grumpy ability:
Adjacent to at least 2 Champions with skins equipped.
Unlockable as an Event Reward

Scale & Horn
Add the following check to Mehen's Grumpy ability:
Only Tiefling and/or Dragonborn Champions in Mehen's column.
Unlockable as an Event Reward

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January 1st, 2025

Idle Champions: Wintershield 8

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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

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.
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December 30th, 2024

Idle Champions: January Augment Preview

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Tags: champions, announcement, events, augments, wintershield.

Welcome to our preview for the Wintershield Event Augments!

Our first Event of 2025 launches on Wednesday, January 1st - New Year's Day! For more info on the Event Augments for Wintershield 8, read on!

Wintershield Year 8 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!

We hope you enjoy these Event Augments! Please tell us about your experiences with Augments in Idle Champions. 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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December 27th, 2024

New Champion: Eric

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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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December 15th, 2023

Idle Champion Spotlight: Wyll

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Tags: idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, Baldur's Gate, wyll, wintershield.

"I've pledged my life to protecting the meek from monsters - but tonight, I was the rampaging beast."

Those who take action to defend and help anyone in need are often called heroes. However, the drive to save others can lead some to endanger themselves. That's how Wyll became the courageous Blade of Frontiers, and has sworn to use his fiendish powers for honorable goals.

I. Wyll

From a scion of a famed Baldurian house to a life of adventure on the road, Wyll’s life as the monster hunter called the Blade of Frontiers has made him one of the beating hearts of the Sword Coast. While he has done great deeds for the Coast’s people, the source of his power remains secret. The cambion Mizora drew Wyll into a warlock’s pact in a moment with many lives at stake, and cursed him with the duty of hunting her enemies. Mizora only asks Wyll to sacrifice devilish creatures to her, but a cambion’s ambitions are ever fickle, and Wyll wishes to escape the pact before its price grows cruel.

Wyll is a Support Champion ready to help whoever he can, so he supports all heroes from the most represented race, class, or affiliation in the formation. He is also cursed with a mind flayer's tadpole, providing further boosts with all of the Absolute Adversaries. This Human Warlock can be found in Seat 12 opposite Arkhan.

II. Wyll's Stats

Race: Human	Alignment: Neutral Good
Gender: Male	Pronouns: He/Him
Age: 24	Affiliation: Absolute Adversaries	Class: Warlock

STR: 9	DEX: 13	CON: 15
INT: 14	WIS: 11	CHA: 16

Role: Support

Eligible for Patrons: Mirt, Vajra, and Strahd

Slot: 12 (Arkhan)

Dungeons & Dragons Wyll Marketing Gif

III. Wyll's Design

He's been called selfless, heroic, the Protector, the Pride of the Coast and the Blade of Frontiers. All because Wyll is ready to sacrifice himself to bring others out of peril. Wyll's main goal is to support his allies, so he'll increase the damage of all Champions that belong to the most represented race, class, or affiliation. If there's a tie, all tied groups gain his buff, so Champions who multi-class or have multiple affiliations might get the buff multiple times! Every time an enemy or distraction is defeated, that buff increases until the area changes. And for every one of his fellow Champions in the formation infected with a tadpole, that bonus gets even bigger!

For many reasons fiends are Wyll's Favored Foes, so he'll help the whole formation do extra damage against those evil creatures. When it's time to attack, he'll use both his blade and his Eldritch Blast to damage and knock back enemies. And when his assault require more power, he can call upon his Patron Mizora to speed up his attacks and strike with Ultimate damage!

There is a choice of three pacts that Wyll can choose to Specialize in, each offering an increase in the effect of his damage boost. Pact of the Blade supports Champions with melee based attacks, while Pact of the Tome focuses on those who strike with magic. Or choosing Pact of the Chain boosts his support for every Familiar assigned to the party. Whichever path you choose, the Blade of Frontiers will stand by your side to help wherever he can!

IV. Wyll's Abilities

Basic Attack

Blade & Blast - Wyll moves up to the closest enemy and stabs it with his rapier for one hit, then blasts the most damaged enemy with an Eldritch Blast which deals one hit and knocks the target back a short distance.

Formation Abilities

Folk Hero - Wyll increases the damage of all Champions that belong to the most represented race, class, or affiliation(s) in the formation by 100%. If there is a tie, all tied groups gain the buff, and Champions who are part of multiple groups can gain the buff multiple times (up to a max of 4 stacks incoming per Champion), stacking multiplicatively.

Ceremorphosis - Your formation gains one Ceremorphosis stack due to the mind flayer tadpole in Wyll's brain. Wyll increases the effect of Folk Hero by 100% for each Ceremorphosis stack, stacking multiplicatively.

A Heartless Contract - Fiends are Wyll's Favored Foes. All Champions deal 400% more damage against Wyll's Favored Foes.

Bravado - Each time an enemy or distraction is defeated, Wyll increases the effect of Folk Hero by 25%, stacking multiplicatively up to 10 times, until the area changes.

Specializations

Pact of the Blade - Wyll increases the effect of Folk Hero by 200% on Champions with a Melee base attack.

Pact of the Chain - Wyll increases the effect of Folk Hero by 10% for each Familiar assigned to his party, stacking multiplicatively.

Pact of the Tome - Wyll increases the effect of Folk Hero by 25% for each Champion in the formation with a Magic base attack, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

Mizora - Wyll's Patron Mizora appears behind him, empowering him for 15 seconds. For the duration, Wyll's normal attack cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds, and his base attacks additionally deal ultimate damage.

V. Wyll's Epic Equipment

Slot 1: Global DPS	Slot 2: Folk Hero	Slot 3: Ceremorphosis
Slot 4: Bravado	Slot 5: Specializations	Slot 6: Ultimate Cooldown

VI. Conclusion

Wyll is quick to help anyone in need, including everyone in your roster! Tell us how much you enjoy his support in your formations:

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December 21st, 2022

Idle Champions: Wintershield 6 & Season 2

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Tags: idle, champions, wintershield, baldur's gate, baeloth, viconia, Imoen.

Wintershield sees a celebration of maps in the Realms, symbolizing our paths through the new year. As part of this year's tradition, the Champions have purchased a map from a Waterdeep street vendor. Then it started talking...

December 21st, 2022 is the beginning of both Wintershield 6 and Season 2: The Flayer Hunters! Wintershield 6 introduces Imoen, a rogue/wizard and member of the Heroes of Baldur's Gate, and brings back two of her fellow Baldur's Gate heroes: Viconia DeVir, Drow Cleric of Shar, and Baeloth the Entertainer, Drow Sorcerer and proprietor of The Black Pits! Players have until Monday, January 2nd, 2023 at 12 PM Pacific to complete their Wintershield 6 unlocks and objectives.

Season 2: The Flayer Hunters

Dungeons & Dragons Max Dunbar Flayer Hunters Art

This is also the launch of Season 2, featuring five of the Heroes of Baldur's Gate, specifically Nerys, Shandie, Krydle, Jaheira, and Viconia. For our Season 2 skins, we were very excited to collaborate with Max Dunbar to create The Flayer Hunters! All of these Champions have received updates and buffs, and you can see an overview of the changes we have made in the video below and in the game.

Aside from the Champion balance updates, we've been listening to your feedback about the quests and rewards. The quests for this season have been tweaked to reduce some of the grind players experienced in Season 1. We outright removed some of the most disliked quests and added new ones in their place.

On the rewards side, we've added an entirely new reward slot for non-season pass players, providing ten more items to that reward track. Some of these items will even increase the Season Champions' item level. For tier 11, we've removed the requirement that you must purchase all the items from tiers 1-10. Instead, tier 11 now has the same unlock requirement for both season pass and non-season pass players: simply purchase 40 items from tiers 1-10 and you're good to go! We have made some other adjustments to tier 11, removing several items, adding two new ones, and tweaking the costs and reward counts for the remaining items.

A lot of these changes were in response to player feedback, so please keep that feedback coming on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

Imoen's Design

Imoen is a surprisingly cheerful young woman, considering she eventually discovered that she was the child of a deadly murder god. As an orphan, she moved to Candlekeep at the age of 10 with her adoptive father and innkeeper, Winthrop. Soon she traveled to Baldur's Gate with a childhood friend, where she joined forces with powerful Champions like Minsc and Jaheria.

Imoen is a Support and Healing Champion who complements her thieving abilities with spells! She boosts her party's damage whenever a Favored Foe is defeated, and while not primarily a spellcaster, she doesn't mind stepping in with an occasional Polymorph or Stoneskin spell. Once unlocked, you can find this Human Rogue/Wizard in Slot 11 opposite Jamilah. You can find out more in Imoen's Full Champion Spotlight.

Year Six Variants

Adventure Variant 1: Heya! It's me, Imoen! - Help a poor map find its way home for the holidays with Imoen! Imoen joins the formation, and can't be moved or removed. Only Imoen and Champions next to her can deal damage.
Complete Area 75.

Adventure Variant 2: Mutton Mongering Riff Raff - Help a poor map find its way home for the holidays fighting against a menagerie of beasts. Imoen joins the formation, and can't be moved or removed. 1-2 Beasts spawn with every wave, who don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Complete Area 125.

Adventure Variant 3: Gotta Go Fast To Cast Fast - Help a poor map find its way home while blasting monstrosities as quickly as you can. Imoen joins the formation and can be moved, but not removed. You may only use Champions with an INT of 12+ and/or Champions from the Heroes of Baldur's Gate affiliation. Imoen's base attack cooldown is reduced by 0.5 seconds for each Champion next to her. 1-2 Monstrosities spawn with every wave, but they don't drop gold nor count toward quest progress.
Complete Area 175.

Remember that 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!

December 16th, 2022

Idle Champion Spotlight: Imoen

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Tags: dle, champions, spotlight, wintershield, baldur's gate, baeloth, Imoen.

"So, you ready to go? I'd prefer to travel with you, if I could."

With a lighthearted outlook and a care-free disposition, Imoen has managed to remain cheerful even in the face of deadly enemies and startling revelations. With her thieves tools in one hand and powerful magic in the other, she is ready to deal with any challenge the formation encounters when she joins the Champions during Wintershield!

I. Imoen

Imoen is a surprisingly cheerful young woman considering she eventually discovered that she was the child of a deadly murder god. As an orphan, she moved to Candlekeep at the age of 10 with her adoptive father and innkeeper, Winthrop. Soon she traveled to Baldur's Gate with a childhood friend, where she joined forces with powerful Champions like Minsc and Jaheria.

II. Imoen's Stats

Race: Human	Alignment: Neutral Good
Class: Rogue/Wizard	Gender: Female	Pronouns: She/Her
Age: 20	Affiliation: Heroes of Baldur's Gate

STR: 9	DEX: 18	CON: 16
INT: 17	WIS: 11	CHA: 16

Role: Support, Healing
Eligible for Patrons: Mirt, Vajra, and Strahd
Slot: 11 (Jamilah)

Dungeons & Dragons Imoen Gif

III. Imoen's Design

As a recurring character in the Baldur's Gate series of video games, Imoen has proven herself as a valuable party member to join you on your quests. She also appears in several Baldur's Gate novels and even appears on a Magic: the Gathering card! When things are bleak, Imoen will be there with a joke to try and lighten spirits, and is excited to use her unique mixture of roguish and wizarding talents for good uses.

Imoen is focused on supporting the formation against her Favored Foe. She helps keep Optimism high by increasing the damage of adjacent Champions. With Perseverance she'll increase Optimism's damage boost every time any Champion's Favored Foe either appears or is defeated. For monsters that are not on her special list, Imoen can magically Polymorph them into an enemy that is the same type as her Favored Foe. Since the front-most column of the formation takes the brunt of attacks, she'll help them out by casting Stoneskin to give them a temporary hit point boost.

There are four Specializations that Imoen can choose from, making her regular attack do more damage against a specific type of enemy. She can focus on beasts, dragons, monstrosities, or aberrations, making them her Favored Foe and turning her ammo into Slaying Arrows for that specific type of creature. Usually Imoen attacks at range with her Short Bow, but if it's time to get up close and personal with her Ultimate, she'll pull out her short sword and lockpicks to leap into the fray! She'll Disarm Traps and strike multiple times dealing extra damage against hits-based enemies, proving as deadly with thieves' tools as she is with a weapon.

IV. Imoen's Abilities

Basic Attack

Short Bow - Imoen makes a ranged attack against a random enemy, dealing one hit. Once her specialization is unlocked, Imoen prioritizes attacking Favored Foes, and she deals an additional 5 seconds of BUD-based damage with every hit to these enemies.

Formation Abilities

Optimism - Imoen increases the damage of adjacent Champions by 100%.

Perseverance - Any time any Champion's Favored Foe appears or is defeated, Imoen increases the effect of Optimism by 50%, stacking multiplicatively and then applying multiplicatively. Stacks up to 50 times. Stacks are reset each time the Champions change areas.

Polymorph - Before every third attack, Imoen polymorphs a random non-boss non-static enemy into a monster with the same type as her Favored Foe, but only 10% of its original health. She can not polymorph enemies that are already polymorphed by this ability a second time.

Stoneskin - Before every eighth attack, or upon entering a new area, Imoen casts Stoneskin on all Champions in the front-most column of the formation, granting them 300 temporary hit points. The amount is increased by 5% (additively) for each Favored Foe that is alive.

Specializations

Beast Slaying Arrows - Beast enemies become Imoen's Favored Foe. Her Short Bow attacks against Beast enemies deal an additional BUD-based damage with each hit.

Dragon Slaying Arrows - Dragon enemies become Imoen's Favored Foe. Her Short Bow attacks against Dragon enemies deal an additional BUD-based damage with each hit.

Monstrosity Slaying Arrows - Monstrosity enemies become Imoen's Favored Foe. Her Short Bow attacks against Monstrosity enemies deal an additional BUD-based damage with each hit.

Aberration Slaying Arrows - Aberration enemies become Imoen's Favored Foe. Her Short Bow attacks against Aberration enemies deal an additional BUD-based damage with each hit.

Ultimate Ability

Disarm Traps - Imoen leaps out into the fray, attacking five enemies in sequence with her short sword in one hand and her lockpicks in the other. She prioritizes enemies with hits-based health and deals 5 hits per attack. If no hits-based enemies are available she deals normal ultimate damage to enemies she attacks.

V. Imoen's Epic Equipment

Slot 1: Global DPS	Slot 2: Optimism	Slot 3: Perseverance
Slot 4: Stoneskin	Slot 5: Ultimate Attack Damage	Slot 6: Ultimate Attack Cooldown

VI. Conclusion

The Heroes of Baldur's Gate have gained another ally! Let us know how much you enjoy Imoen in your formations 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!