Tune up and get ready for the Phobie-wrangling event of the summer, Rockin' Horrors!
Our newest release will have you battling to the beat and mastering new abilities to amplify your strategies. Here’s a look at the lineup for this fearsome festival:
Additions
Phobies
8 new Phobies hit the stage:
- Skinwalker hides an unstoppable alternate form when you unleash its immortal fury!
- Skinwalker will be available exclusively through a special offer until July 24th. Players can obtain this new monster in card packs after that date.
- Benny is a weird and wonderful addition to the band - a new key of 3 ranged attacker with resurrect!
- Good luck stayin' alive against Tri-Volta, with its electrical damage and ability to remove an action from all surrounding dancers!
- Drum roll, please - Whiskers detects traps and absorbs any that are present on the tile it stands upon!
- Ride high with Sabian and watch it slice and dice the opposition with AOE damage!
- Ace wants to rock and roll all night and clobber every day, with its hard hitting electrical fists!
- Omega brings chaos to the battlefield with a ranged attack buff that affects all friends and foes!
- Ash can pull friendly Phobies out of harm’s way or into position for a well-timed attack!
Portraits
4 new portraits have been added to the game:
- For the first time, portraits can be earned as awards in our upcoming event!
- Glam Rock Vendy, Omega, and Ace are up for grabs as event rewards.
- Skinwalker can be purchased in Vendy’s shop.
Maps
5 new maps will enter the rotation:
- Watch your step on Another One Bites the Dust, a large map featuring plenty of pits to avoid.
- Chapeltown is a large map, with plenty of Tainted Ground. Gather those Mechanical Phobies!
- Muso Meia features Diseased Ground on a large map.
- Toys in the Attic is a small map, focusing on Conveyors and Tainted Ground.
- Conveyors also feature on Dark Sarcasm, a small map.
Home Screen
- Testing, 1-2-3: Vendy is ready to rock with a special look to celebrate the new release!
Event: Heavy Metal
- Enjoy an all-new 4-week event centered around your favorite Mechanical Phobies.
- For the first time, users in the normal and VIP track will have the opportunity to earn new, exclusive portraits as rewards!
- Look for the event to launch on June 27th.
Phobies Balancing
In our continued commitment to create fair and interesting matches across the entire Phobies roster, we’ve made some balance changes to some of the existing Phobies.
- Attractor
- - Increased ability cooldown from 1 to 2.
- Bad Sushi
- - Removed ability cooldown.
- Blondie
- - Increased health from 2,500 to 2,800.
- Blue
- - Increased damage debuff from 300 to 325.
- Bluelien
- - Decreased health from 1,800 to 1,600.
- Brutewurst
- - Increased disease effect from 350 to 400.
- The Collector
- - Increased movement from 1 to 2.
- CottonTale
- - Increased pack attack bonus from 125 to 150.- Increased health from 500 to 600.
- Fantome
- - Decreased ability range from 3 to 2.
- Fleshcrawler
- - Increased health from 2,000 to 2,300.
- Increased damage from 450 to 500.
- Flopsy
- - Increased pack attack bonus from 125 to 150.
- Increased health from 500 to 600.
- Hoovey
- - Increased attack from 500 to 600.
- Jackalope King
- - Increased pack attack bonus from 125 to 200.
- Increased health from 800 to 1,000.
- Mike Roscopic
- - Increased health from 900 to 950.
- Minotaur
- - Increased health from 1,400 to 1,500.
- Mopsy
- - Increased pack attack bonus from 125 to 150.
- Increased health from 500 to 600.
- Ogre
- - Increased health from 1,700 to 2,000.
- Russell
- - Increased health from 1,600 to 1,700.
- Increased damage from 500 to 600.
- Tiny Tim
- - Increased damage from 500 to 525.
- Zappy
- - Increased electricity effect from 300 to 350.
Fixes
Audio
- Performed an overall mix pass of in-game sound effects to better balance volume against one another.
Phobies
- Fixed an issue that could cause the damage modifier text on Ogre’s card to break during an upgrade.
- Fixed a potential crash that could be caused by moving Glob onto an enemy Glob that was occupying a panic point.
Stability
- Fixed some potential causes of game crashes and desyncs.
When this epic show is over, what will we do for an encore?
Happy battling,
The Phobies Team
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