June 2024 Balance Update

Note: This balance change will go live on 2024-06-17, 11:00 UTC.

This month, we're rolling out the largest set of buffs in recent Empires & Puzzles history! A whopping 31 Families are receiving a long-awaited boost to their Costume Bonus, various Heroes across 7 Families are receiving positive tweaks, and 6 June Heroes of the Month (plus 2 Costumes) hailing from previous years are getting some love.

At the other end of the table, Pepperflame's power is being slightly toned down, and there will also be a general change to how status ailments' secondary effects work — such effects will no longer trigger (unless specifically stated otherwise) when a status ailment is replaced with itself.

Full details of the changes are as follows:

Buffs

Costume Bonus buffs for Legendary Heroes

• Kalevala Family

  • OLD: +10% attack/+10% defense/+15% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +14% attack/+14% defense/+17% health/+5% mana generation

• Legends 2017, 2018 and 2019 Families

  • OLD: +21% attack/+21% defense/+38% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +28% attack/+26% defense/+45% health/+5% mana generation

• Atlantis, Lagoon, and Sakura Families

  • OLD: +10% attack/+10% defense/+15% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +22% attack/+20% defense/+25% health/+5% mana generation

• All Valhalla Realms

  • OLD: +16% attack/+16% defense/+28% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +23% attack/+21% defense/+35% health/+5% mana generation

• Underwild Family

  • OLD: +17% attack/+17% defense/+26% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +24% attack/+22% defense/+30% health/+5% mana generation

• Sun and Moon Families

  • OLD: +16% attack/+16% defense/+25% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +17% attack/+17% defense/+26% health/+5% mana generation

• Defenders of Atlantis Family

  • OLD: +10% attack/+10% defense/+15% health/+1% mana generation

  • NEW: +13% attack/+13% defense/+18% health/+1% mana generation

• Sand Empire and Springvale Families

  • OLD: +15% attack/+15% defense/+20% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +22% attack/+20% defense/+25% health/+5% mana generation

• Morlovia and Winter Families

  • OLD: +5% attack/+5% defense/+10% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +22% attack/+20% defense/+25% health/+5% mana generation

• Guardian, Pirate, Avalon, Grimforest, and Wonderland Families

  • OLD: +20% attack/+20% defense/+35% health/+5% mana generation

  • NEW: +27% attack/+25% defense/+40% health/+5% mana generation

Hero Family and/or individual Hero buffs

Garrison Guard Family

• Passive Skill added: Resist Mana Reduction

• Vanya

  • Stats increased:

    • Attack: 1089 → 1116

    • Defense: 1069 → 1095

    • Health: 1639 → 1722

  • Shield Guard Mega Minion:

    • Inherited HP increased: 60% → 65%

    • Inherited attack increased: 160% → 180%

• Caelen

  • Attack: 1128 → 1145

  • Defense: 1067 → 1085

  • Health: 1617 → 1672

  • Shield Guard Mega Minion:

    • Inherited HP increased: 60% → 65%

    • Inherited attack increased: 160% → 180%

Goblin Family

• Grimsteel

  • Stats increased:

    • Attack: 997 → 1054

    • Defense: 1050 → 1110

    • Health: 1695 → 1851

  • Growth increased: 400 → 450 attack and defense

• Scrollbeast

  • Stats increased:

    • Attack: 1015 → 1044

    • Defense: 1058 → 1087

    • Health: 1829 → 1917

  • Direct damage increased: 335% → 365%

  • Wither increased: -350 → -400 attack

• Fizzcoil

  • Wither increased: -160 → -200 attack and defense

Investigator Family

• Abigail

  • Stats increased:

    • Attack: 1060 → 1073

    • Defense: 1085 → 1097

    • Health: 1792 → 1829

  • Direct damage increased: 230% → 260%

  • Xulu Minion:

    • Inherited HP increased: 10% → 15%

    • Bleed damage increased: 192 → 324 over 4 turns

• Atwood

  • Stats increased:

    • Attack: 1050 → 1081

    • Defense: 1040 → 1071

    • Health: 1771 → 1862

• Hunter

  • Stats increased:

    • Attack: 1050 → 1118

    • Defense: 1040 → 1060

    • Health: 1771 → 1790

  • Direct damage increased: 500% → 530%

Journey Family

• Erlang Shen

  • Direct damage increased: 475% → 500%

• Xiong Shanjun

  • Increased range of all effects

    • Max health reduction over time: Reduces target nearby enemies' → all enemies' max health by 800 over 4 turns

    • Health boost over time: Boosts the caster and nearby → all allies' health by 800 over 4 turns

    • Mana generation debuff: Reduces the target and nearby → all enemies' mana generation by -24% for 4 turns

    • Mana generation buff: The caster and nearby → all allies get +24% mana generation for 4 turns

• Nine-Headed Beast

  • Direct damage increased: 150% → 160%

Defenders of Atlantis Family

• Galapago

  • Direct damage increased

    • 1st cast: 250% → 280%

    • 2nd cast onwards: 340% → 370%

• Lasalle

  • Sea Cavalry Fiend

    • Inherited HP increased: 15% → 20%

• Thalassa

  • Health boost increased

    • 1st cast: 500 → 550 HP

    • 2nd cast onwards: 600 → 650 HP

• Ceto

  • Direct damage increased

    • 1st cast: 320% → 350%

    • 2nd cast onwards: 435% → 470%

• Gelert

  • Direct damage increased

    • 1st cast:

      • Base damage: 430% → 460%

      • Max damage: 570% → 600%

    • 2nd cast onwards:

      • Base damage: 500% → 530%

      • Max damage: 670% → 700%

Nightmares of Atlantis Family

• Ultrox

  • Direct damage increased:

    • 1st cast: 27% → 30% per each Dark shield on the board (max: 270% → 300%)

    • 2nd cast onwards: 33% → 35% per each Dark shield on the board (max: 330% → 350%)

  • Counterattack increased:

    • 1st cast: 80% → 90%

    • 2nd cast onwards: 120% → 130%

• Persa

  • Spreading Corrosive Poison damage increased

    • 1st cast: 236 → 290 Poison damage each turn

    • 2nd cast onwards: 275 → 328 Poison damage each turn

• Domiventus

  • Corrosive Burn damage increased

    • 1st cast: 152 → 201 Burn damage each turn

    • 2nd cast onwards: 182 → 231 damage each turn

• Atlanteia

  • Corrosive Frost damage increased

    • 1st cast: 158 → 211 Frost damage each turn

    • 2nd cast onwards: 222 → 275 Frost damage each turn

Bard Family

• Passive Skill: Mana Increase Reduction

  • Further reduces enemy mana increases: -50% → -80%

  • Affected Heroes:

    • Rhys

    • Narcisa

    • Ogima

    • Belladonna

• Passive Skill: Revival Chance Reduction

  • Further reduces enemy revive chance: -50% → -80%

  • Affected Heroes:

    • Phenexa

    • Zhabog

• Passive Skill: Defense Ailment Reduction

  • Further reduces the effect of defense ailments: -50% → -80%

  • Affected Heroes:

    • Winifred

    • Zarel

• Passive Skill: Attack Ailment Reduction

  • Further reduces the effect of attack ailments: -50% → -80%

  • Affected Heroes:

    • Celimene

    • Garyas

June Heroes of the Month

• Hel

  • Direct damage increased: 315% → 345%

• Hel (Costume)

  • Direct damage increased: 300% → 320%

• Gravemaker

  • Direct damage increased: 135% → 170%

• Gravemaker (Costume)

  • Direct damage increased: 115% → 145%

  • Burn damage increased: 322 → 432 damage

• Raffaele

  • Heal over time increased: 812 → 952 HP over 4 turns

• Elradir

  • Direct damage increased: 285% → 315%

  • Reflected status effect damage increased: 100% → 125%

• Arfanias

  • Base direct damage increased: 360% → 410%

• Skargremar

  • Direct damage increased 285% → 315%

Adjustment

• Unless specifically stated otherwise, replacing a status ailment with itself will no longer trigger its secondary effects. This change affects the following Heroes:

  • Legendary

    • Pepperflame

    • Pophit

    • Starwalker

    • Erlang Shen

    • Grimsteel

    • Fizzcoil

  • Rare

    • Boots

Nerf

Pepperflame

• Direct damage reduced: 485% → 450%

• Growth reduced: 330 → 250 attack

• Defense reduction lowered: -35% → -30%