Planar Disturbances is here, and with it comes new runes that expand upon the themes of Spirits Beyond and starts establishing some new ones. Enjoy the all new campaign and be rewarded with Commander Nisk for taking on the challenge of beating it on Legendary difficulty. If you want an in-depth breakdown for the design decisions of this expansion then be sure to watch the Preview Video.
General
49 New runes have been added to Pox Nora. Two of these new runes are Limited Edition.
The League Rewards have been updated to award Planar Disturbances runes.
The all new Madness in the Mountains campaign has been added to Pox Nora, and is available for purchase on the Marketplace. Find out what new threat has been unearthed in the mountains of Valdac. Completing this brand new campaign on Legendary difficulty will award the Commander Nisk limited edition rune!
Planar Disturbances Pack has been added to the Marketplace. This pack comes with: 6 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare rune. Each rare slot has a 10% chance of becoming an exotic. Each pack comes with 1 FREE Platinum Token.
Planar Disturbances Box has been added to the Marketplace. This box comes with 10 Planar Disturbances packs. Get 9 packs and the 10th is FREE. The first pack is guaranteed to contain an Exotic and 500 FREE Shards.
Xulos the Glorious Skin Bundle has been added to the Marketplace for a limited time. This bundle contains the Limited Edition Xulos the Glorious, a variant skin for Xulos, Undead Sage with unique art. 1 Random Exotic rune from Planar Disturbances, and 2 Platinum Tokens.
Planar Disturbances MegaBox has been added to the Marketplace for a limited time. This megabox comes with three boxes of Planar Disturbances, an additional 500 Shards along 5 FREE Platinum tokens.
The Spirits Beyond expansion has been added to the Rune Forge.
The Pox Nora Terms & Conditions have been Revised.
Xulos the Glorious
Full reskin of Xulos with unique ability effects
Available via the Planar Disturbances Xulos Bundle
New Ranked Map Rotation
Axillium
Elemental Plateau
Forsaken Wastes
Forsaken Wastes II
Grove of Ashes
Ironfist Pass
K'thir Forest
Nora Glades
Ruins of Valdac
Shores of Maljara
Snarling Tangle
Underdepths
Rune Reveal Changes
Shrine Scry has been changed to be a multiple use mulligan.
Description: Obtain a new set of starting runes. This ability is removed after use, if you play a rune, or after the first round.
This has caused some changes to some existing runes/abilities, such as Sibling.
Rune Reveals now default to 8 for first player and 9 for second player.
General Mechanic Changes
Fortify has been removed from all Shrines and Avatars.
Relics, Shrines, and Avatars no longer have immunity to Poison or Disease.
All the Chuck abilities can now target relics and should only summon units with no upgrades.
All the Swarm abilities will now summon to the closest available space. Any champion summoned this way will no longer have any upgrade abilities.
Stitched Remains will now spawn to the closest available space when a champion with Stitched is destroyed.
All the Hunter and Foe abilities and a number of other abilities have been consolidated into just being Hunter abilities.
The Sundered Lands faction bonus has changed.
Description: Champions you control take 1/2 less damage from champions.
Logistics abilities now trigger on Class in addition to race.
Continued standardization/consolidation of abilities to AE5, to similar CDs for the expected type, etc.
The ability Deception returns!
Description: This unit is relocated to target space within 5 spaces, 3 Illusion copies of this champion are randomly spawned within 5 spaces of its original location.
Banned Runes
Phoenix Anklet has been re-enabled for ranked play following a bug fix
Darkmarsh Warsong has been re-enabled for ranked play following a redesign
Nora: 25
Description: The next 3 Boghoppers you deploy from the runedock become Stealthed for 6 turns and costs 10 nora less.
Drums of War and Player Ranks All players who played a minimum of 50 ranked matches and their primary faction was the Drums of War Winning Faction, Underdepths, have been awarded 2000 Gold along with 5 Three Day Gold Bonus Tokens.
Fixes
Fixed several issues that would result in error messages in a match.
Fixed an issue with Ruby and Sapphire Catalyst that when these relics should be destroyed they would be also healed and persist.
Fixed an issue were damaging auras were triggering triggering the ability Swarm when Swarm specifically states basic attacks.
Fixed an issue that when Relocate: Relic was used to move a Relic adjacent to an enemy champion with Aggressive, the ability Aggressive would be triggered.
Fixed an issue where the Reflection ability incorrectly reflected Attack: Loss of Life.
Fixed an issue where the ability Born in Blood would not cause bloodied.
Fixed an issue where the ability Black Tempest would affect the same champion more than once.
Fixed an issue with the equipment Phoenix Anklet's Short Lived where the champion was not properly being killed by Short-Lived, and fixed a similar issue with the spell Escape Magic.
Fixed an issue with where the ability Split would not spawn on a champion damaging terrain.
Fixed an issue where the ability Swoop could be used while a champion was Pacified.
Fixed an issue where the ability Scythe Whirl wouldn't break stealth.
Fixed an issue where the buff from Reclaim Relic would remain if it was used on an enemy relic.
Fixed an issue with the spell Waylay where it would create a real instead of a summoned champion.
Fixed an issue where the effects of Avenging Flame could not be cleansed.
Fixed an issue with the ability Corpse Restoration where a Shambling Zombie would still be summoned when the unit with the ability died.
Fixed an issue where the ability Fledgling Mimicry would incorrectly triggers off Relics.
Fixed an issue where the effects of the ability Ritual of Power were not properly ending.
Fixed an issue where the equipment Scorched Earth wouldn't correctly spawn the champion if the equipped champion was destroyed.
Fixed an issue with the relic Flash Bang would not trigger on stealthed or deployed units.
Fixed an issue where the relic Artillery Marker would sometimes bypass abilities and effects that should have prevented the target from being affected.
Fixed an issue where the condition Foul Rite could not be cleansed.
Fixed an issue where the ability Wind Aura's range preview was not appearing.
Fixed an issue where Desecrated Zone would not apply Elsari Coven's Cursed in some cases
Fixed an issue where the range preview of Call of the Hunter was displaying the old range of Relocate: Ally.
Fixed an issue where Cracked Egg was not properly creating a champion in some instances.
Fixed an issue where Flame and Frost Armor were giving an old implementation of Damage Shield.
Planar Disturbances is here, and with it comes new runes that expand upon the themes of Spirits Beyond and starts establishing some new ones. Enjoy the all new campaign and be rewarded with Commander Nisk for taking on the challenge of beating it on Legendary difficulty. If you want an in-depth breakdown for the design decisions of this expansion then be sure to watch the Preview Video.
General
49 New runes have been added to Pox Nora. Two of these new runes are Limited Edition.
The League Rewards have been updated to award Planar Disturbances runes.
The all new Madness in the Mountains campaign has been added to Pox Nora, and is available for purchase on the Marketplace. Find out what new threat has been unearthed in the mountains of Valdac. Completing this brand new campaign on Legendary difficulty will award the Commander Nisk limited edition rune!
Planar Disturbances Pack has been added to the Marketplace. This pack comes with: 6 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare rune. Each rare slot has a 10% chance of becoming an exotic. Each pack comes with 1 FREE Platinum Token.
Planar Disturbances Box has been added to the Marketplace. This box comes with 10 Planar Disturbances packs. Get 9 packs and the 10th is FREE. The first pack is guaranteed to contain an Exotic and 500 FREE Shards.
Xulos the Glorious Skin Bundle has been added to the Marketplace for a limited time. This bundle contains the Limited Edition Xulos the Glorious, a variant skin for Xulos, Undead Sage with unique art. 1 Random Exotic rune from Planar Disturbances, and 2 Platinum Tokens.
Planar Disturbances MegaBox has been added to the Marketplace for a limited time. This megabox comes with three boxes of Planar Disturbances, an additional 500 Shards along 5 FREE Platinum tokens.
The Spirits Beyond expansion has been added to the Rune Forge.
The Pox Nora Terms & Conditions have been Revised.
Xulos the Glorious
Full reskin of Xulos with unique ability effects
Available via the Planar Disturbances Xulos Bundle
New Ranked Map Rotation
Axillium
Elemental Plateau
Forsaken Wastes
Forsaken Wastes II
Grove of Ashes
Ironfist Pass
K'thir Forest
Nora Glades
Ruins of Valdac
Shores of Maljara
Snarling Tangle
Underdepths
Rune Reveal Changes
Shrine Scry has been changed to be a multiple use mulligan.
Description: Obtain a new set of starting runes. This ability is removed after use, if you play a rune, or after the first round.
This has caused some changes to some existing runes/abilities, such as Sibling.
Rune Reveals now default to 8 for first player and 9 for second player.
General Mechanic Changes
Fortify has been removed from all Shrines and Avatars.
Relics, Shrines, and Avatars no longer have immunity to Poison or Disease.
All the Chuck abilities can now target relics and should only summon units with no upgrades.
All the Swarm abilities will now summon to the closest available space. Any champion summoned this way will no longer have any upgrade abilities.
Stitched Remains will now spawn to the closest available space when a champion with Stitched is destroyed.
All the Hunter and Foe abilities and a number of other abilities have been consolidated into just being Hunter abilities.
The Sundered Lands faction bonus has changed.
Description: Champions you control take 1/2 less damage from champions.
Logistics abilities now trigger on Class in addition to race.
Continued standardization/consolidation of abilities to AE5, to similar CDs for the expected type, etc.
The ability Deception returns!
Description: This unit is relocated to target space within 5 spaces, 3 Illusion copies of this champion are randomly spawned within 5 spaces of its original location.
Banned Runes
Phoenix Anklet has been re-enabled for ranked play following a bug fix
Darkmarsh Warsong has been re-enabled for ranked play following a redesign
Nora: 25
Description: The next 3 Boghoppers you deploy from the runedock become Stealthed for 6 turns and costs 10 nora less.
Drums of War and Player Ranks All players who played a minimum of 50 ranked matches and their primary faction was the Drums of War Winning Faction, Underdepths, have been awarded 2000 Gold along with 5 Three Day Gold Bonus Tokens.
Fixes
Fixed several issues that would result in error messages in a match.
Fixed an issue with Ruby and Sapphire Catalyst that when these relics should be destroyed they would be also healed and persist.
Fixed an issue were damaging auras were triggering triggering the ability Swarm when Swarm specifically states basic attacks.
Fixed an issue that when Relocate: Relic was used to move a Relic adjacent to an enemy champion with Aggressive, the ability Aggressive would be triggered.
Fixed an issue where the Reflection ability incorrectly reflected Attack: Loss of Life.
Fixed an issue where the ability Born in Blood would not cause bloodied.
Fixed an issue where the ability Black Tempest would affect the same champion more than once.
Fixed an issue with the equipment Phoenix Anklet's Short Lived where the champion was not properly being killed by Short-Lived, and fixed a similar issue with the spell Escape Magic.
Fixed an issue with where the ability Split would not spawn on a champion damaging terrain.
Fixed an issue where the ability Swoop could be used while a champion was Pacified.
Fixed an issue where the ability Scythe Whirl wouldn't break stealth.
Fixed an issue where the buff from Reclaim Relic would remain if it was used on an enemy relic.
Fixed an issue with the spell Waylay where it would create a real instead of a summoned champion.
Fixed an issue where the effects of Avenging Flame could not be cleansed.
Fixed an issue with the ability Corpse Restoration where a Shambling Zombie would still be summoned when the unit with the ability died.
Fixed an issue where the ability Fledgling Mimicry would incorrectly triggers off Relics.
Fixed an issue where the effects of the ability Ritual of Power were not properly ending.
Fixed an issue where the equipment Scorched Earth wouldn't correctly spawn the champion if the equipped champion was destroyed.
Fixed an issue with the relic Flash Bang would not trigger on stealthed or deployed units.
Fixed an issue where the relic Artillery Marker would sometimes bypass abilities and effects that should have prevented the target from being affected.
Fixed an issue where the condition Foul Rite could not be cleansed.
Fixed an issue where the ability Wind Aura's range preview was not appearing.
Fixed an issue where Desecrated Zone would not apply Elsari Coven's Cursed in some cases
Fixed an issue where the range preview of Call of the Hunter was displaying the old range of Relocate: Ally.
Fixed an issue where Cracked Egg was not properly creating a champion in some instances.
Fixed an issue where Flame and Frost Armor were giving an old implementation of Damage Shield.
Each week Planar Disturbances grows closer the more we reveal about what you can expect. For this week we have the largest Rune Preview yet! All of you have had weeks to speculate as to what the runes in the illustration previews will be, and now you will have some answers.
Each week Planar Disturbances grows closer the more we reveal about what you can expect. For this week we have the largest Rune Preview yet! All of you have had weeks to speculate as to what the runes in the illustration previews will be, and now you will have some answers.
We have an all new Planar Disturbances rune preview today. This week's runes and Illustration are the should get some of our Sundered Lands players excited!
We have an all new Planar Disturbances rune preview today. This week's runes and Illustration are the should get some of our Sundered Lands players excited!
Planar Disturbances is far enough along that we are ready to start showing off some of the actual Runes. Due to the response we got it seemed only right to start off with Salaam the Fell Bunny and Imp Thunderclops.
Both of the runes featured are still subject to change.
Planar Disturbances is far enough along that we are ready to start showing off some of the actual Runes. Due to the response we got it seemed only right to start off with Salaam the Fell Bunny and Imp Thunderclops.
Both of the runes featured are still subject to change.