v1.0.4: I like to charge it

Bot Update

Bot ratings at the end of the previous patch, rounded to the nearest 100:

Visionary: 7300

Tricky: 3600

Challenging: 1600

Easy: 1000

Wishful: 800

The best three human players:

4900 (me)

2100

500

To better differentiate Easy and Wishful difficulty, and give newer players easier opponents, the maximum leak for wishful has been increased from 10 credits to 20 credits, and the maximum leak for easy has been increased from 2 to 3 credits. Visionary will be not be fighting in ranked queue for most of this patch, given that the difficulty seems too high for the current playerbase.

Statistics and Base Set Update

F +017 -001 -020 +010 +028 -003 -006 +003 -010 -026 +012 -007 
W -041 +000 -009 +014 -004 +005 +002 +018 -002 +033 +000 -032 
A -015 -008 +026 +001 -003 -026 -006 +015 +005 +020 -004 -002 
E -004 +001 +016 -015 -012 +011 -016 -000 +027 +026 -017 -018 
First Player: 563/1090 (51.7%)
Games / Basic: 1793.604166666667
σ: 0.011806106654808784
Average (RMS):  1.28σ
Astral       : -2.84σ
Water Element: +2.83σ
Meditate, Bas: -2.68σ
Fire Elementa: -2.45σ
Arc Lightning: +2.23σ
Bolt Strike  : -2.19σ
Stone Rain, B: +1.84σ
Disciple     : -1.70σ
Berserker    : +1.69σ
Deluge, Basic: +1.60σ
Hydra        : -1.59σ
Tornado, Basi: +1.56σ
Master Healer: -1.52σ
Goblin Berser: +1.43σ
Giant Spider : -1.39σ
Rejuvenate   : +1.37σ
Burst Lightni: +1.34σ
Apprentice   : -1.28σ
Forest Sprite: -1.28σ
Earth Element: +1.17σ
Armageddon   : +1.12σ
Hermit       : -1.06σ
Natural Fury : +0.96σ
Inferno      : -0.88σ
Drake        : +0.86σ
Elder        : +0.82σ
Apostate     : -0.78σ
Griffin      : -0.70σ
Dragon       : -0.66σ
Commander    : -0.51σ
Phoenix      : -0.49σ
Guard        : +0.48σ
Cloud        : +0.43σ
Golem        : -0.40σ
Air Elemental: -0.33σ
Healer       : -0.32σ
Balrog       : +0.29σ
Fence        : -0.26σ
Flame Wave, B: -0.22σ
Overlord     : -0.20σ
Turtle       : +0.19σ
Titan        : -0.14σ
Wall of Fire : -0.13σ
Sage         : +0.12σ
Healing Circl: +0.08σ
Troll        : -0.03σ
Master       : +0.02σ
Spiked Starfi: +0.02σ

I've been intently looking at W10 and W12. No changes this update.

The bots stats are only one factor of what I'm using to balance the cards. Due to the other factors, I'm not adjusting any base cards now, but may do so in the near feature.

I'm happy with the nerf to E10. The change is no longer provisional.

UI Improvement

When hovering over a card, you get a better view. This should help clear up a common question I've been getting, which is "what is F3"?

New Mechanic: Charges

Some cores provide you an additional resource to play with: charges!

Charge cores come in two forms, both of which you will see in this update, which features 6 new cards.

This card comes with 1 starting charge, which gives you one free play of goblin berserker per game, even if you weren't actually dealt goblin berserker.

If you target an already occupied lane with this card, it will have no effect and you will keep your charge.

Once this card runs out of charges, it becomes the equivalent of Pass.

The other form of charges are cores that you can invest resources into, and get a permanent benefit over the course of the battle.