What’s up Doc! As we reach the midway point of our Laboratory of Mayhem takeover, we will be revisiting some of our Horrors of the night, so those Unlikely Heroes really have their work cut out for them. And bringing them to the modern age, we’re also doing minor reworks to the Prehistoric team to bring them back up to speed.
We’d also like to thank everyone’s participation in last month’s Team Rework Poll, which turned out was pretty overwhelmingly in support of fully introducing the House Party team, featuring the OGs Granny, Tweety, Sylvester, and Hector! While we don’t have anything to show just yet, we’re hard at work to make that happen still during this year!
To prop up healthier competition in the future, we’ll also be doing some balance changes to Babyface Finster, as the innocent looking definitely not dangerous baby has shown time and again that he’s a force to be reckoned with. We’re also taking this opportunity to better explore our options with the entire Gangster team, but nothing to announce in that front just yet.
Finally, during this season, we’ll be introducing the Wildcard theme. We’ll go into further detail in a bit, but we’re also bringing some powerhouses from the past back as part of it, as well as having some of our newer-ish toons moved into it.
You can check the changes down below, but as always keep in mind that these might not be final:
Rabbit Duck Wildcard Season
The Wildcard theme is being introduced this season, and will feature both newly released and older characters that are nkt necessarily part of any team but do have viability amongst many of them. These toons, we hope, will be making their way in a variety of teams, as their design allows them greater flexibility in either supporting or countering certain strategies. While they weren’t designed to specifically synergize with any given team, they should be able to slot-in almost anywhere as, well, wildcards.
While we’re mostly giving this theme to pretty unused toons, we’re not building Wildcard as a team itself and this does not mean a Wildcard character won’t be moved to a team eventually (nor that they will, either). As powerful standalone slot-ins, they should already have a home for them among any team, whenever the opportunity presents itself.
For this season, we’re moving over Big Chungus, Raider Lola, Scarlet Pumpernickel, and Birthday Suit Tweety, as well as updating their stats and skills!
Since they don’t have a unified mechanic, their Theme Skill grants them general special stats to reflect their generalist nature:
Reworks
Horror
Count Bloodcount
As the very frontline of an already offense focused team, we’re bolstering Count Bloodcount’s Hocus Pocus and Now I Crush You! damage modifiers as well as his debuff application to better support his team’s strategy.
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 307 | 311 |
| Defense | 291 | 312 |
| Health | 797 | 810 |
| Speed | 159 | 167 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Hocus Pocus! | Deal 115% damage to target enemy, granting Hidden to a random non-Hidden ally for 2 turns. | Deal 125% damage to target enemy, inflicting 3 Recovery Down and Speed Down and granting Hidden to a random non-Hidden ally for 2 turns. |
| Now I Crush You! | Deal 140% damage to the most injured enemy, inflicting 2 Critical Defense Down and 2 Recovery Down for 2 turns. | Deal 155% damage to the most injured enemy, inflicting 2 Critical Defense Down and 2 Recovery Down for 2 turns. |
| Vampiric Embrace | While this toon remains in battle, if any team member is Hidden, all Horror team members Steal 5% Health from enemies they damage. | While this toon remains in battle and any team member is Hidden, all Horror team member’s attacks Leech an additional 5% Health and inflict a random Stat Down. |
| Horror Theme Passive (New) | – | Horror toons Leech 5% Health from enemies they damage. |
Ralph the Vampire
To our lupine vampire, we’re granting a more heavy-handed weight to his attack stat so he can better threaten current defenders as well as better make use of his critical Bloodlust. He’s also receiving additional protection with a Silence effect in Mostly Immortal to better combat other area of effect attacks going around Hidden.
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 321 | 368 |
| Defense | 189 | 233 |
| Health | 524 | 598 |
| Speed | 194 | – |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Bloodlust | Deal 90% damage to all enemies inflicting each with 3 Tenacity Down for 2 turns and granting Horror team members 3 Debuff Resistance Up. If this toon has a Horror ally, this can be a Critical hit. | Deal 90% damage to all enemies inflicting each with 3 Tenacity Down for 2 turns and granting Horror team members 3 Debuff Resistance Up for 2 turns. This can be a Critical hit. |
| Mostly Immortal | Once per battle, when this toon falls below 50% Health, gain Hidden and 3 Heal Over Time for 2 turns. Then, if this toon is defeated before the start of it’s next turn, it is Revived with 50% Max Health at the end of that turn. | Once per battle, when this toon falls below 50% Health, gain Hidden and 3 Heal Over Time for 2 turns. Then, unless Incapacitated, Silence the enemy with the highest Turn Meter. If this toon is defeated before the start of it’s next turn, it is Revived with 50% Max Health at the end of that turn. |
| Horror Theme Passive (New) | – | Horror toons Leech 5% Health from enemies they damage. |
Mummy Ralph
We’re quite satisfied with how Mummy Ralph is fitting in, so no changing his wraps today. Of course, he’s still getting the stats to match the rest of his team.
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 331 | 360 |
| Defense | 202 | 256 |
| Health | 505 | 597 |
| Speed | 195 | – |
Dr. Frankenbeans
The mad doctor has done it again! Dr. Frankenbeans will be seeing an increase in his survivability through bolstered defensive stats, as well as a longer Hidden duration in It’s Aliiive! His supporting capabilities are also getting a boost through an increase of Flip the Switch’s healing potency and the addition of a Cleansing effect.
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 300 | 310 |
| Defense | 226 | 263 |
| Health | 548 | 650 |
| Speed | 198 | – |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Flip the Switch | Heal your team for 100% heal-power and Revive a random ally at 50% Max Health. It becomes a Monster for the rest of battle. If the ally is a Horror toon, Cleanse it of all Debuffs and grant it Hidden. | Heal your team for 110% heal-power, Cleansing 3 Stat Down and 3 Special Stat Down from each. Revive a random ally at 50% Max Health. It becomes a Monster for the rest of battle. If the ally is a Horror toon, Cleanse it of all Debuffs and grant it Hidden. |
| It’s Aliiive | Deal 150% damage to target enemy, Flipping 4 Stat Up and 4 Special Stat Up and gaining Hidden. | Deal 150% damage to target enemy, Flipping 4 Stat Up and 4 Special Stat Up and gaining Hidden for 2 turns. |
| Horror Theme Passive (New) | – | Horror toons Leech 5% Health from enemies they damage. |
Prehistoric
Tweetyosaurus Rex
As the leader of the Prehistoric team, we’re giving Tweetyosaurus better support in granting Frenzy for his team through buffs to Primal Instinct and Extra Sharp Teeth, as well as improving his Speed considerably so that he’s often in the fray. We’re also adding a warm-up to Cenozoic Stomp, as we’ve done with other updated area of effect attacks.
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 287 | 321 |
| Defense | 202 | 270 |
| Health | 590 | 658 |
| Speed | 158 | 190 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Extra Sharp Teeth | Gain 3 Piercing Up for 2 turns and +25% Turn Meter, granting all team members 3 Attack Up. If they are Prehistoric, grant them Frenzy instead. | Gain 3 Piercing Up for 2 turns and +25% Turn Meter, granting all team members 3 Attack Up. If they are Prehistoric, grant them Frenzy as well. |
| Cenozoic Stomp | Deal 95% damage to all enemies, gaining Sturdy, and granting 2 Healing Up for 2 turns to all Support allies. | Warm-Up increased to 1 Deal 95% damage to all enemies, gaining Sturdy, and granting 2 Healing Up for 2 turns to all Support allies. |
| Primal Instincts | If a Prehistoric toon ends their turn without Frenzy, grant them Frenzy. Prehistoric team members start the battle with Frenzy. | Text Update If a Prehistoric team member ends their turn without Frenzy, grant them Frenzy. Grant all Prehistoric team members Frenzy at the start of battle. |
| Prehistoric Theme Skill (New) | – | Prehistoric toons are able to gain Frenzy. While Frenzied, they have +30% Speed, and for each stack they have, +20% Attack and -5% Defense. Only 1 Stack of Frenzy can be lost per turn. |
Roadius Runnerus
Roadius Runnerus is not seeing many large changes besides the added warm-up to Clever Bird, as we’ve found that the increased attack stat already makes him benefit a lot more from frenzy when paired with his road-running speed. As such, we’re just turning the knobs a little bit to compensate for adjustments in his teammates.
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 230 | 309 |
| Defense | 182 | 210 |
| Health | 581 | 567 |
| Speed | 232 | – |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Bird of Play | Gain 3 Piercing Up for 3 turns and, for each stack of Frenzy on your team, gain 10% Turn Meter. Then, grant 2 stacks of Frenzy to each Prehistoric team member with 1 or more stacks of Frenzy. | Gain 3 Piercing Up for 3 turns and, for each team member with Frenzy, gain 12.5% Turn Meter. Then, grant 2 stacks of Frenzy to each Prehistoric team member with 1 or more stacks of Frenzy. |
| Clever Bird | Deal 85% damage to all enemies, cleansing 5 Stat Downs. Flip a Buff on each enemy for each stack of Frenzy on your team. This can be a critical hit. | Warm-Up increased to 1 Deal 85% damage to all enemies, cleansing 5 Stat Downs. Flip a Stat Up or Special Stat Up on each enemy for each stack of Frenzy on your team (up to 10). This can be a critical hit. |
| Prehistoric Theme Skill (New) | – | Prehistoric toons are able to gain Frenzy. While Frenzied, they have +30% Speed, and for each stack they have, +20% Attack and -5% Defense. Only 1 Stack of Frenzy can be lost per turn. |
Casper Caveman
Casper is seeing a large increase in his overall resilience to hopefully extend the time before his Sturdy needs to be active, as well as seeing a small tweak in Here, Fido! to only cleanse Stat Downs as part of modernizing his kit and directing him to better target Stat Downs, since his team isn’t as affected by Special Stat Downs.
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 260 | 290 |
| Defense | 245 | 298 |
| Health | 599 | 703 |
| Speed | 184 | 192 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Here, Fido! | Heal your team for 125% heal-power, Cleansing all team members of 4 debuffs. Grant Sturdy to team members with 4 or more Frenzy. While in Arena, grant Prehistoric team members Frenzy as well. | Heal your team for 125% heal-power, Cleansing all team members of 4 Stat Downs. Grant Sturdy to team members with 4 or more Frenzy. While in Arena, grant Prehistoric team members Frenzy as well. |
| Prehistoric Theme Skill (New) | – | Prehistoric toons are able to gain Frenzy. While Frenzied, they have +30% Speed, and for each stack they have, +20% Attack and -5% Defense. Only 1 Stack of Frenzy can be lost per turn. |
Neanderthal Bugs
Neanderthal Bugs is already in a pretty good place skills-wise, so we’re just bumping up his stats to modern defender standards.
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 273 | 296 |
| Defense | 264 | 293 |
| Health | 636 | 764 |
| Speed | 151 | 154 |
Wildcard
Big Chungus
Big Chungus is being reworked as a sizable frontline presence with reworks on all of his skills. There are major changes in all of his skills, but we’re in general leaning towards a low-defense, high health Defender with access to Max HP increasing effects as well as better self-sustain to help whatever Support character in keeping himself healthy.
- Removed from theme: Rural
- Added to theme: Wildcard
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 228 | 317 |
| Defense | 186 | 254 |
| Health | 704 | 962 |
| Speed | 147 | 165 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Helping Hare | Deal 100% damage to target enemy, Healing the most damaged team member for 10% Max Health. | Deal 100% damage to target enemy, inflicting 2 Attack Down. Heal this toon and the most injured ally for 10% Max Health. |
| Such As He | Gain Taunt and 5 Heal Over Time for 2 turns. Whenever an ally falls below 30% Max Health for the first time, use this skill. | Cooldown reduced to 2 Gain Taunt, 3 Defense Up, and 3 Heal Over Time for 2 turns. Grant all allies Defense Up and Heal Over Time for 2 turns. Once per battle, when an ally falls below 40% Max Health, unless Incapacitated, use this ability. |
| Chungus Amongus | While this toon is in battle, the first time an ally is healed per each of its turns, grant it +5% Max Health for the rest of battle. | Whenever any team member has their Max Health increased from Chonky Boy, inflict all enemies with a random Stat Down for 2 turns. If it was this toon, lower all enemies Max Health by 5% as well. |
| Flub From Above | Deal 120% damage to target enemy, plus 10% damage for each time Chonky Boy has triggered. | Warm-up Increased to 1 Deal 140% damage to target enemy, inflicting 5 Attack Down. Deal an additional 10% damage (up to +100% additional) for each time Chonky Boy has triggered. |
| Chonky Boy | At the start of this toon’s turn, gain +10% Max Health for the rest of battle. | At the start of each of this toon’s first 10 turns, gain +10% Max Health. While this toon remains in battle, once per each of their own turns, when any ally is healed, grant them +5% Max Health (Up to +50% additional). |
| He Protecc (New) | – | While in Alliance R&D, this toon has +10% Stats. At the end of any turn, if this toon lacks Taunt and isn’t Incapacitated, use Such As He. |
| Wildcard Theme Skill (New) | – | Wildcard toons have +35% to Lifesteal, Debuff Resistance, Tenacity, Critical Defense, Healing, and Recovery. |
Raider Lola
Raider Lola is seeing a major glow-up. Her base design was already as a Hidden counter, so we’re leaning more into that as well as giving some Critical Hit counterplay. She’s also receiving more interactions with Temple Trap which should allow her more versatility in how she plays the first few turns of a fight.
- Removed from theme: Explorer
- Added to theme: Wildcard
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 220 | 344 |
| Defense | 182 | 268 |
| Health | 463 | 693 |
| Speed | 150 | 195 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Stolen Idol | Deal 100% damage to target enemy, Flipping 2 of their buffs. | Deal 105% damage to target enemy, inflicting 3 Special Stat Down on each enemy. Once per battle, unless Incapacitated, when this toon falls below 25% Max health, use this ability on each enemy. |
| Temple Trap | Hit all enemies 5x for a total of 85% damage. Each hit has a 25% chance of inflicting a random Stat Down for 2 turns. This attack can be a critical hit. | Warm-Up increased to 1 Hit all enemies 5x for a total of 85% damage. inflicting a random Special Stat Down for 2 turns with each hit. This can be a Critical Hit. |
| Torchlight | At the end of each Hidden enemy’s turn, attack it for 50% damage, removing Hidden. | At the start of each Hidden enemy’s turn, unless Incapacitated, attack that toon for 50% damage, removing all Hidden. While this toon remains in battle, all team members have +100% Critical Defense while any enemy remains Hidden. |
| Raider’s Awareness | This toon’s attacks have +15% Critical Chance for each Debuff on their target. | This toon’s attacks have +5% Critical Chance for each Debuff on their target. While this toon remains in battle, all enemies are inflicted with a random Special Stat Down for 2 turns at the start of each team member’s turn. |
| Appeal to Higher Power | Reset the cooldown of Temple Trap, inflicting all enemies with 3-4 random debuffs for 2 turns and gaining 50% Turn Meter. | Cooldown reduced to 2, warm-up removed Inflict 10 random Special Stat Down on all enemies for 2 turns. If this ability is used on this toon’s first turn, gain 50% Turn Meter as well, otherwise this abillity has a 25% chance to Stun, Silence, or Freeze each enemy and resets the cooldown of Temple Trap. |
| Race to the Treasure (New) | – | While in Alliance Wars, this toon has +10% Stats. While placed on Defense, Flip 6 Buffs on each enemy at the start of battle. |
| Wildcard Theme Skill (New) | – | Wildcard toons have +35% to Lifesteal, Debuff Resistance, Tenacity, Critical Defense, Healing, and Recovery. |
Scarlet Pumpernickel
Scarlet Pumpernickel has always been designed as a dashing Counterattack disabler, and we’re still keeping him in that role. He should now have way more access to Hidden to keep himself protected, as well as enabling him to have access to crowd control effects.
- Removed from theme: Hero
- Added to theme: Wildcard
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 220 | 360 |
| Defense | 234 | 244 |
| Health | 425 | 711 |
| Speed | 149 | 200 |
| Skill Name | Old | New |
| Scarlet Strike | Inflict target enemy with Deny Counter, then hit them for 100% damage. | Deal 100% damage to target enemy, inflicting Defense Down for 2 turns and gaining Hidden. |
| Masterplan | Deals 140% damage to the target enemy and gains Hidden for 2 turns. | Deal 125% damage to target enemy, inflicting 3 Defense Down for 2 turns. Gain Hidden for 2 turns. |
| Slippery as an Eel | Whenever this toon lacks Hidden and gains it, gain Sure Dodge and 5 Piercing Up. | While this toon is Hidden, it has 5 Piercing Up and 5 Dodge Chance Up. Whenever this toon attacks an enemy while Hidden, first inflict that enemy with Deny Counter. Gain Hidden at the start of battle. |
| Saviour Duck | Deals 150% damage to the target enemy. If this toon is Hidden, this attack is uncounterable and undodgeable. This toon loses Hidden. | Deal 150% damage to target enemy, removing 35% Turn Meter. If this ability is used while Hidden, inflict Stun as well. |
| Smart as a Fox | Once per battle, whenever an ally falls below 50% Health, grant it Hidden and Sure Dodge, removing all Taunt. | Once per battle, whenever an ally falls below 50% Max Health, unless Incapacitated, grant them Hidden and Sure Dodge. At the start of that ally’s next turn, they heal for 20% Max Health. |
| Wildcard Theme Skill (New) | – | Wildcard toons have +35% to Lifesteal, Debuff Resistance, Tenacity, Critical Defense, Healing, and Recovery. |
Birthday Suit Tweety
We’re not redesigning Birthday Suit Tweety’s kit since, as a majorly Assist based character, he can be paired with other very powerful characters to enable a variety of powerful options. We are still, however, updating his stats for him to better make use of his own attacks and be more survivable to build-up more powerful assist calls.
- Removed from theme: Rural
- Added to theme: Wildcard
| Stats | Old | New |
| Attack | 237 | 295 |
| Defense | 261 | 306 |
| Health | 683 | 780 |
| Speed | 173 | 183 |
| Wildcard Theme Skill (New) | – | Wildcard toons have +35% to Lifesteal, Debuff Resistance, Tenacity, Critical Defense, Healing, and Recovery. |
Balance Changes
Babyface Finster
Babyface Finster has been a staple in both Defense and Offense whenever he’s been made available in the Arena roster due to the power of his arena mode specific skill Strictly Business. We’re toning down the skill both in frequency and which buffs it can remove so it no longer disables Defender’s Taunt nor other more unique buffs like Hidden. While the skill should remain powerful, it shouldn’t completely overtake battles on its own.
| Strictly Business | While in Arena, this toon has +10% Stats and, unless Incapacitated, whenever an enemy has 10 or more Buffs, remove all of their Buffs, stunning them. While this toon remains in an Arena battle, the enemy team has +100% resistance to Speed Up. | While in Arena, this toon has +10% Stats and, once per enemy per turn, unless Incapacitated, whenever an enemy has 10 or more Buffs, remove all of their Stat Ups and Special Stat Ups, stunning them. While this toon remains in an Arena battle, the enemy team has +100% resistance to Speed Up. |
