Spell Cooldowns Rebalanced + Combat Fixes

Spell Rift Playtest · published 12 days ago

30 spells got +1 cooldown at every level — both Knight and Mage. No spell was made faster, and no costs changed.

SpellCostCooldown wasCooldown now

Battle Recast36/5/47/6/5

Battlefield Glyph445

Blast334

Blaze Trap223

Echo212

Edge Blink24/3/25/4/3

Elect3/2/112

Empower Hit334

Exalt14/3/25/4/3

Expend134

Final Judgment14/12/1034

Fire Blast223

FireBall312

Flame Cage323

Fury Loop8/7/64/3/25/4/3

Hexmark323

Impact Ward434

Inferno55/4/36/5/4

Iron Vow934

Judas212

Meteor Barrage545

Middle Jump334

Pew212

Pyre Strike212

Scorch Recast10/9/714/13/1115/14/12

Self Proof134

Spark Shot3/2/13/2/14/3/2

Spell Accel35/4/36/5/4

Strike3/2/13/2/14/3/2

Valors Trap334

Damage responses fire immediately — was: your "on damage taken" spell waited until the attacker finished every hit, and often never fired at all. Now: it fires the moment you are hit.
No critical hits outside your own turn — was: a unit could crit while responding to damage. Now: out of turn, only the damage-taken slot works. Serenity now heals around 1700 per battle instead of 5800.
Attackers can cast again — was: a unit that opened its turn with an attack could not cast a spell for the rest of that turn. Now: it can. A straight buff to everyone who fights up close.
Ranged units walk further — was: an archer stopped at the first equally good tile. Now: between tiles that are equally good it picks the one further to walk, turning those extra steps into movement charges. It never trades away safety or range for them.

Spell Growth — was: levels up one of your spells. Now: levels it up and gives 12 gold.
Beast Apex replaces Beast Growth — was: a card that levelled a creature by 1. Now: that card is out of the pool and the new one levels a creature by 3.

Preserve reworked — Knight was 18 flat + 10%, now 40 flat with the percent part removed. Mage was 10, now 40.

Pick your starting tiles — was: fixed arena positions. Now: you choose where your hero and creatures stand before sending a build to the Hill.

Old battles will not replay move for move after this update.