## 0.9.52 [ VISUAL OVERHAUL ]
- Major visual updates to Profile, Customization and Book of Deeds
- Refreshed matchmaking, VS, victory, defeat and end-of-run screens
- Updated army recap, Settings and main-menu layouts
- Larger portraits, clearer controls and a more consistent visual style [ BALANCE ]
- Radiant Saint now summons two Valkyries with 130 HP each instead of a Peasant
- The Second Dawn now triggers her summon on every resurrection
- Snapjaw Hound's Rabid ascension is now Lockjaw: its hook holds enemies for 3.5 seconds instead of 0.6
- Repeating doublecasts now resolve their bonus at half power; one-time Twincast retains full power
- Direct spell damage reduced by 15%; displayed spell and item-proc damage values reflect the change
- Battle-start mana is capped at 25%; full-start skills, relics, ascensions and items now grant 25% opening mana and do not stack
- Bonus casts resolve 0.3 seconds apart and can be interrupted by death, stun or polymorph
- Blood Boil only triggers from mana-paid spell kills; Echo, Twincast and bonus spells cannot trigger another bonus cast
- Blood Tithe now grants 25% mana from nearby enemy deaths, at most once per second per mage
- Updated affected skill, oath, relic, ascension and item descriptions to state the new rules
- The Big One now counts only mana-paid damage spells; bonus casts cannot trigger or receive its boost
- Kill-triggered attack resets now grant a basic attack, not another spell [ HEROES ]
- Unit portraits and clear columns for kills, battles and times fallen
- Click a hero to expand their stats and story
- Unnamed units show their progress toward earning a name [ MAIN MENU ]
- Lit castle windows, subtle moonlight and a patrolling guard who reacts to incoming stones
- Rank crest, mastery progress bar and more readable footer controls [ COSMETIC PROGRESSION ]
- Much tougher banner and border unlocks, including long-term faction and run-win milestones
- Portraits now have individual unlock requirements instead of unlocking an entire faction after one run
- Banner requirements stay fixed when the catalog is reordered
- Previously earned banners and borders remain unlocked; equipped portraits and formerly free cosmetics are retained [ CHANGED ]
- Shorter item effect descriptions with triggers, values and limits preserved
- Stronger opponent-found reveal
- Removed the life-loss sound from the defeat screen
- Removed the sheen and gold flash when pressing FIGHT on the VS screen [ FIXED ]
- Corrected tags on some items
- Fixed the rating cap preventing players from reaching Grandmaster
- Clarified mana-on-hit and hook-limit descriptions
- Corrected stun terminology and removed repeated mechanics from unit descriptions