Hello everyone! We’re a bit late this time around, but we bring some exciting news with finalized reworks with some characters that just had their stats updated in the past, as well as finally a rework promised back in season 24, fully propping up the charming Heartthrob team.
We’re also listening to feedback and monitoring the performance of recently released themes in their respective game modes to keep the battlefields in check, but for this season we’re not doing standalone balance changes as we don’t want to jump the gun before both individual and alliance strategies take shape.
As you might have also noticed, we didn’t follow through with the changes to Omega Chungus that were proposed during Season 29, as when rethinking it in context of your feedback, we decided to follow in another direction. While the Galaxy-Spanning super Chungus will not receive changes during this season as well, we are going over changes that more accurately affect his problematic areas without hurting his viability. These may or may not come to fruition in the near future, but we just wanted to touch base on the subject!
You can check these changes down below, but as always, they might not be final:
The time of Myths
As some of you might have already seen in some of our other blog posts, this season features the first member of the Myths team, which feature creatures from different folktales, mythologies and legends. While Satyr Gabby scouts out the World of Mayhem before his team fully arrives, you can expect this team to play to the timelessness of their original inspirations. Here’s a look at their theme passive:
Team Looney Tunes
With a spring in their step, a pull of their bow and a high-speed inducing adversity to water, the Team Looney Tunes will be introduced this season as competitors of 4 different sports, each striving to be the best and earn some coveted awards.
Without spoiling too much of the newcomers, this team will revolve around completing conditions for each of the characters in order to get progressively better Medals, improving their abilities in transformative ways to turn them into a truly terrifying force!
Olympus Rising
Some of the Divines already received a second ascension in the form of the Pyramid team, Athena Petunia and Hermes Roadrunner are now joining them, this time in the height of mount Looneympus, as new Divines will join the fray to fill the ranks with a new take on some of the recurring themes that are not as appreciated by their Pyramid counterparts.
As such, the Olympus team will have their core revolving around efficient Revive skills and a large focus on properly manipulating their cooldowns through their new theme passive:
Making use of this frequent cooldown reduction, both the veteran Olympus members and the newcomers will be able to make use of very powerful skills with higher frequency, requiring a more precise gameplan from their enemies.
As the Divines now see 2 sub-themes, we’re also changing Anubis K-9 a bit and propping the Pyramid characters up with their own Theme Passive:
Reworks
Olympus
The focus of the rework and new additions for the Olympus team is giving the Divines a powerful presence as a defensive team, with active revives that can, in the case of no defeated allies, act as powerful alternative skills to help control the battlefield. As such, both when placed in Defense as well as in Offense, they remain a team with a wealth of powerful options that don’t require losing team members in battle to fully be able to benefit from their skills.
While these reworks should not change the playstyle of the characters, they aim to open a wealth of options and opportunities.
Athena Petunia
For Athena Petunia, we kept most of her design quite similar to the original, but gave it some more defensive weight. Now she’ll be able to handle a lot of Debuff cleansing for the Divine team, as well as keeping her passive healing to help her fellow Olympus deity, Hermes Road Runner.
- Added to Theme: Olympus
| Attack | 308 | – |
| Defense | 323 | 350 |
| Health | 634 | 757 |
| Speed | 161 | – |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Burnished Glare | Deal 110% damage to target enemy, cleansing your team of a debuff and each enemy of a buff. | Deal 120% damage to target enemy, Cleansing 3 random Stat Down from each team member. |
| Athena’s Aegis | Gain Taunt and 4 Defense Up for 2 turns, cleansing your team of 3 debuffs. Whenever a divine ally revives, use this skill. | Gain Taunt and 4 Defense Up for 2 turns, Cleansing your team of 3 Stat Down. Whenever a Divine Ally is Defeated, unless Incapacitated, gain -100% Taunt Resistance, then use this ability. While in Alliance Wars, this can trigger while incapacitated as well. |
| Light of Olympus | At the start of this toon’s turn, Heal your team for 75% heal-power. | At the start of each of this toon’s turn, unless Incapacitated, Heal your team for 75% heal-power, Cleanse 2 Stat Down from each Divine team member, granting them 3 Critical Defense Up for 2 turns.. |
| Tactical Return | Revive a random ally at 50% Max Health, granting Taunt and 4 Defense Up to the team member with the highest Defense. | Cooldown reduced from 4 to 3 Revive a random ally at 50% Max Health, granting them 4 Defense Up. If they are a Divine toon, Cleanse them of all Stun, Silence, Freeze, and Damage Over Time. If no ally is Revived, Stun the target enemy and Silence a random enemy. |
| Owl’s Wisdom | While this toon is in battle, the first time an ally is healed per each of its turns, grant it +5% Piercing for the rest of battle. If it’s divine, remove a Stat Up from all enemies. | While this toon remains in battle, whenever a team member is attacked, remove a random Stat Up from all enemies. If that team member is a Divine toon, remove 2 Stat Up from all enemies instead. |
| Olympus Theme Passive (New) | – | After the end of their turn, Olympus toons reduce the Cooldown of a random active ability by 1 at the start of any other toon’s turns. |
| Archetype Skill | Armored 6 | Valiant Protector 6 |
Hermes Road Runner
While he was fast enough to chase the sun across the skies, Hermes Road Runner has always been a character with some noticeable weaknesses in his supporting capabilities, so this rework aims to directly rectify those. We’re redesigning his skills so that he becomes a much more capable healer and, since Athena Petunia is already helping him out with the additional healing, we’re giving some powerful teamwide defensive tools to him. You’ll also notice that Caduceus Aloft has been turned into a passive skill as to allow for more focused turns instead of having to waste all that extra speed on small utility skills.
- Added to Theme: Olympus
| Attack | 269 | 280 |
| Defense | 232 | 248 |
| Health | 603 | 644 |
| Speed | 227 | – |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Deliver | Deal 100% damage to target enemy, healing your team for 20% heal-power. | Deal 120% damage to target enemy, inflicting Speed Down for 2 turns and gaining Speed Up for 2 turns. |
| Messenger’s Blessing | While this toon is in battle, all team members have a 33% chance to reduce a random cooldown by 1 at the end of their turn. If they’re divine, that chance is 100%. | Complete Rework At the start of battle, grant all Divine team members Messenger’s Blessing. The first time a team member with Messenger’s Blessing has no allies remaining, they gain Sturdy, heal to full Health and are Cleansed of all Debuffs, losing Messenger’s Blessing. |
| Caduceus Aloft | Grant all allied Defenders 3 Defense Up, all allied Attackers 3 Attack Up, and all allied Supports 2 Speed Up. Gain 10% Turn Meter. | Complete Rework. Changed to be a Passive Skill If this toon had 1 or more Divine allies at the start of battle, then at the start of each of this toon’s turns and unless Incapacitated, Revive a random ally at 50% Max Health. (This trigger has a 2 turn cooldown.) If no ally was Revived, Cleanse all team members of 2 Stat Down and grant all Divine team members Heal Over Time. |
| Winged Return | Revive a random ally at 50% Max Health, granting them 100% Turn Meter. Cleanse all Speed Down, gaining 2 Speed Up for the rest of battle. | Complete Rework. Cooldown reduced from 4 to 3 Heal your team for 120% heal-power, cleansing all Speed Down from your team. Inflict all enemies with 3 random Stat Down for 3 turns and grant all team members 3 random Stat Up for 3 turns. While in Alliance Wars, grant your team 15% Turn Meter as well. |
| Winds of Hades | Whenever a team member revives, grant it 4 Speed Up for the rest of battle. If it’s divine, inflict all enemies with 4 Speed Down for the rest of battle. | Complete Rework This toon is Immune to Speed Down and Turn Meter reduction, and while it remains in battle, for each Divine team member, all enemies have +25% Resistance to Speed Up. Whenever an ally is Revived, unless Incapacitated, grant them 4 Speed Up and inflict all enemies with 2 Speed Down for 2 turns. If that ally is a Divine toon, grant them 3 Heal Over Time as well. |
| Olympus Theme Passive (New) | – | After the end of their turn, Olympus toons reduce the Cooldown of a random active ability by 1 at the start of any other toon’s turns. |
Pyramid
Comparatively to the Olympus changes, the Pyramid characters will undergo very small changes as they already have an identity and gameplan in place. Instead, we’re turning part of Anubis K-9’s Legendary skill into their Theme Skill, adding a new effect to Anubis and doing a small text clarification on Thoth Beaky.
Anubis K-9
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Keep the Obsidian Gate | While this toon remains in Battle, while any ally is defeated, all Divine team members have +50% Lifesteal and +50% Debuff Resistance, and if no ally is defeated, +25% Tenacity and +25 Critical Hit chance. | While this toon remains in battle, all Pyramid team members have +25% Tenacity and +25 Critical Hit Chance if no ally is defeated. While Ares Crusher is not an ally, whenever a Pyramid toon performs a Revive, Flip 4 Stat Up or Special Stat Up on all enemies. |
| Pyramid Theme Passive (New) | – | Pyramid toons have +50% Lifesteal and +50% Debuff Resistance while any ally is defeated. |
Thoth Beaky
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Fiery Works | While in Alliance Wars, Divine team members have +10% Stats, and while placed on Offense, whenever this toon is defeated, all team members gain 5 Defense Up for 2 turns, and if a Divine team member defeated this toon, all team members are healed for 20% Max Health. | While in Alliance Wars, Pyramid team members have +10% Stats, and while placed on Offense, whenever this toon is defeated, all team members gain 5 Defense Up for 2 turns, and if an allied Anubis K-9 defeated this toon, all team members are healed for 20% Max Health. |
| Pyramid Theme Passive (New) | – | Pyramid toons have +50% Lifesteal and +50% Debuff Resistance while any ally is defeated. |
Bastet Penelope
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Pyramid Theme Passive (New) | – | Pyramid toons have +50% Lifesteal and +50% Debuff Resistance while any ally is defeated. |
Henery Horus
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Pyramid Theme Passive (New) | – | Pyramid toons have +50% Lifesteal and +50% Debuff Resistance while any ally is defeated. |
Heartthrob
The Heartthrobs are being brought up to date, receiving modernized stats and bringing their skills to new standards. While this rework doesn’t change the identity of the team, we aimed to make it so that each character reaped more benefits from Charm, either for themselves or the team, and have two noteworthy additions: Playboy Penguin’s “Cute as a Penguin” now features taunt removal so that his teammates can go ahead and charm key targets, and Gentleman Pepe’s “Grand Gesture” now being able to Charm enemies when the skill is dodged (even multiple targets at once!) to better give the team coverage against opponents that heavily depend on dodge buffs or event the Alliance Wars regional Dodge buff.
Playboy Penguin
| Attack | 268 | 304 |
| Defense | 268 | 357 |
| Health | 633 | 775 |
| Speed | 161 | – |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Extra Assistance | Whenever a Heartthrob team member is healed over their Max Health, grant them 3 Speed Up and 3 Defense Up. | Whenever a team member is Overhealed, grant them Attack Up and Piercing Up for 2 turns. If they are a Heartthrob toon, grant them 3 Speed Up as well. |
| Cute as a Penguin | Charm target enemy, inflicting 3 Speed Down for 2 turns, and an additional Speed Down for each Counter Chance Up on them. | Charm target enemy, inflicting 5 Recovery Down and lowering their Max Health by 10%. The first time this ability is used, remove all Taunt and inflict 100% Taunt Resistance to target as well. |
| Dapper Delight | Gain Taunt and 4 Defense Up for 2 turns, applying 2 Heal Over Time for 2 turns to all team members. | Gain Taunt for 2 turns, granting 2 Heal Over Time for 2 turns and 4 Defense Up for 2 turns to all team members. |
| A Charming Bowtie | Whenever an enemy is Charmed, remove 5 non-Taunt Buffs from each enemy. While in Alliance Wars, remove 35% Turn Meter from the Charmed enemy as well. | Whenever an enemy is Charmed, inflict 3 Speed Down for 2 turns and remove 5 Stat Up or Special Stat Up from each enemy. While in Alliance Wars, remove 35% Turn Meter from the Charmed enemy as well. |
| All is Fair | While in Alliance Wars, Heartthrob team members have +10% stats, this toon gain 100% turn meter at the start of battle, and Charmed enemies take +25% damage. | While in Alliance Wars, Heartthrob team members have +10% stats. While this toon remains in battle, your team’s attacks against Charmed enemies have +25% Piercing, and once per enemy, when an enemy becomes charmed, grant your team +10% Max Health. |
| Heartthrob Theme Passive (New) | – | Heartthrob team members can inflict Charrmed onto enemies. Charmed is a Special Debuff that reads, “This toon is Charmed and is unable to perform a counterattack. At the start of this toon’s next turn it will randomly Heal the toon that Charmed it or damage this toon’s allies, then skip it’s turn.” |
| Archetype Skill | Hearty 6 | Hasty 3 / Hearty 3 |
Tux Bugs
| Attack | 265 | 309 |
| Defense | 260 | 270 |
| Health | 641 | 664 |
| Speed | 164 | 185 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| My Penguin’s Keeper | Whenever a toon is charmed, heal this toon for 75% heal-power and gain 25% Turn Meter. Whenever an enemy loses Charmed, reduce the cooldown of Dapper Rabbit by 1. | Whenever an enemy is charmed, heal this toon for 75% heal-power and gain 25% Turn Meter. Whenever an enemy loses Charmed, reduce the cooldown of Dapper Rabbit by 1. |
| Dapper Rabbit | Deal 125% damage to target enemy, removing all Taunt and 25% Turn Meter. Charm them. | Warm-up Removed. Now charms first, preventing counterattacks. Charm target enemy, then deal 125% damage to them. Remove all of their Taunt and 25% Turn Meter. |
| Penguin Pal | At the start of this Toon’s turn, gain 4 Attack Up for each Charmed Toon. | At the start of each of this toon’s turns, if any enemy is Charmed, gain 3 Attack Up and 2 Piercing Up, and grant Attack Up and Piercing Up to all allies. |
| A Formal Vacation | Deal 110% damage to all enemies, granting 2 Recovery Up for 2 turns to all team members. While in Alliance Wars, inflict 2 Recovery Down on all enemies as well.. | Cooldown increased to 2, warm-up increased to 1 Remove 4 Counter Chance Up from each enemy, then deal 95% damage to all enemies and grant all team members 2 Recovery Up. While in Alliance Wars, inflict 3 Recovery Down to all enemies as well. |
| Heartthrob Theme Passive (New) | – | Heartthrob team members can inflict Charrmed onto enemies. Charmed is a Special Debuff that reads, “This toon is Charmed and is unable to perform a counterattack. At the start of this toon’s next turn it will randomly Heal the toon that Charmed it or damage this toon’s allies, then skip it’s turn.” |
Gentleman Pepe
| Attack | 235 | 298 |
| Defense | 188 | 235 |
| Health | 483 | 614 |
| Speed | 186 | 203 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Golden Champagne | Deal 100% damage to target enemy and 15% damage to all Silenced or Charmed enemies. | Deal 100% damage to target enemy and 30% damage to all Silenced or Charmed enemies. |
| Don’t Speak, Mon Cheri | Deal 125% damage to target enemy, Silencing them for 2 turns. Then, for each Charmed enemy, grant your team Attack Up for the rest of battle. | Cooldown increased to 2 Deal 125% damage to target enemy, Silencing them for 2 turns. Then, for each Charmed enemy, grant your team Attack Up for 3 turns. |
| Hot Blood | This toon begin battle with 100% Turn Meter. While in Alliance Wars, Heartthrob team members begin battle with 3 Attack Up. | This toon begins battle with 100% Turn Meter and +50% Tenacity for 1 turn. While in Alliance Wars, your team begins battle with 3 Attack Up. |
| Grand Gesture | Deal 115% damage to all enemies. If an enemy Dodges this attack, Silence them for 2 turns. | Warm-Up increased to 1 Deal 95% damage to all enemies, inflicting 3 Defense Down for 2 turns and 3 Recovery Down for 2 turns to each. If an enemy Dodges this attack, Charm them. |
| Relentless Love | This toon has +25% Attack for each Charmed toon in battle. Whenever one or more toons are Charmed, gain 25% Turn Meter. | This toon has +25% Attack for each Charmed enemy. Whenever an enemy is inflicted with Charmed, gain 25% Turn Meter. |
| Heartthrob Theme Passive (New) | – | Heartthrob team members can inflict Charrmed onto enemies. Charmed is a Special Debuff that reads, “This toon is Charmed and is unable to perform a counterattack. At the start of this toon’s next turn it will randomly Heal the toon that Charmed it or damage this toon’s allies, then skip it’s turn.” |
Cupid Elmer
| Attack | 220 | 296 |
| Defense | 168 | 251 |
| Health | 522 | 652 |
| Speed | 149 | 191 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Stwaight Shot | Deal 110% damage to target enemy, inflicting Attack Down. If the target is Charmed, inflict an additional Attack Down for the rest of battle. While in Alliance Wars, the Attack Down is inflicted on the enemy team instead. | Deal 95% damage to target enemy, inflicting Speed Down for 2 turns. If the target is Charmed, inflict Speed Down for 2 turns on all enemies instead. |
| Time & Wounds | Heal your team for 140% heal-power, granting them Heal Over Time. At the start of this toon’s next turn, Cleanse 5 Debuffs from your team. | Heal your team for 140% heal-power, granting them Heal Over Time. At the start of this toon’s next turn, unless Incapacitated, Cleanse 5 Debuffs from each team member. |
| Love’s Burden | At the start of this toon’s turn, if one or more enemies are Charmed, remove 25% Turn Meter from all enemies. | At the start of this toon’s turn, if one or more enemies are Charmed, unless Incapacitated, remove 25% Turn Meter from all enemies. |
| Cherub’s Aim | Deal 95% damage to all enemies, Flipping 3 buffs on each. Then, if no enemy is Charmed, Charm the target enemy. | Warm-Up increased to 1 Deal 95% damage to all enemies, Flipping 3 Stat Up or Special Stat Up on each. Then, if no enemy is Charmed, Charm the target enemy. While in Alliance Wars, Flip 5 Stat Down on all team members as well. |
| Wonesome Hearts | While this toon remains in battle, your team has +50% resistance to Damage Over Time. Whenever a team member gains one or more Damage Over Time, heal it for 50% heal-power. | Once per turn, whenever a team member is inflicted with Damage Over Time, unless Incapacitated, heal it for 50% heal-power, and if they are a Hearththrob toon, Cleanse 3 Damage Over Time from them. |
| Heartthrob Theme Passive (New) | – | Heartthrob team members can inflict Charrmed onto enemies. Charmed is a Special Debuff that reads, “This toon is Charmed and is unable to perform a counterattack. At the start of this toon’s next turn it will randomly Heal the toon that Charmed it or damage this toon’s allies, then skip it’s turn.” |
