Featured Highlights

• 6 new relics

• Player list UI reworked

• Custom matchmaking

• Leader skins

• Leftover gold mechanic

General

• Player list UI has been completely reworked. This is step 1 of 3. Step 2 will move the damage bars into a tabbed system of the player list. Step 3 will include hover indicators for all the players.

• Custom matchmaking has been implemented. This fixes players getting kicked out in favor of bots. It also removes the queuing time limit.

• Bot difficulty in matchmaking changed from Medium to Easy

• Leader skins and backgrounds added

• If you have leftover gold at the end of the round, some of it will be used to lower your shop and/or leader upgrade cost. Here are the following scenarios:

  • 1 gold leftover: lowers either shop or leader level by 1 (random)

  • 2 gold leftover: lowers both shop and leader level by 1

  • 3 or more gold: lowers both by 1 and you lose the rest

• Gold cap lowered from 25 to 20

• Leader upgrade cost from 14/25/27/29 to 14/20/22/24

• Shop upgrade cost from 14/18/18/18 14/16/16/16

• Locked shops can no longer be re-rolled (will show an error message)

• Heroes that do not have enough mana to cast all their relics will show a warning symbol and accompanying hover. This functionality can be disabled in settings.

• Animation added for shop re-rolls

• Cast time icon has been updated

• Versus screen now includes a sound bumper

• Rerolling sound effect added

• Shop upgrade sound added

• Cosmetic menu is now available during games and changes will apply to your next game

• Simple tooltips now include pool amount

• Simple tooltips now have gifs

• Simple tooltips will now show stack amount when relevant

• Pairs well with will no longer include banned relics

• Tutorial tooltips have been made ultra basic

• Fixed an issue where dead units were showing in later rounds

• Fixed an issue where you could unintentionally re-roll twice in a row

Heroes

• Ranger attack range from 750 to 800

• Witch attack range from 750 to 800

Leaders

View all Leaders:

https://relicarena.com/leaders

• Abraham Lincoln power no longer is pseudo RNG

• Alan Turing visual effects added to Leader portrait when power activates

• Gandhi level 5 nuclear launch visual effects improved

• Harambe level 1: Banana betting moved from level 3 to 1 and only gives 1 banana, not 2

• Harambe level 1: Banana betting is now a passive ability (auto uses every round)

• Harambe level 1: Removed extra shop slot

• Harambe level 1: Banana chance from 20% to 10%

• Harambe level 2: Banana Splits added (now can provide the same stat twice)

• Harambe level 3: -1 gold (previously was level 4)

• Harambe level 4: +10% banana chance, +1 banana from betting

• Harambe Spell lifesteal banana from 4% to 3%

• Karl Marx level 5 sound updated

• Wong Fei-Hung visual effects added

Relics

View all Relics:

https://relicarena.com/relics

Note: As always, new abilities will have temporary assets

• New relic: Barbed Wire (Standard)

• New relic: P.E.D. (Standard)

• New relic: Radio Jammer (Standard)

• New relic: Riot Shield (Standard)

• New relic: Seatbelt (Standard)

• New relic: Titanic (Ultimate)

• Blade of Ramesses base radius from 600 to 600 -> 800

• Blade of Ramesses no longer gives Lifesteal by default

• Blade of Ramesses Super 1 from +30 attack speed to +40 (and no longer gives Lifesteal)

• Blade of Ramesses Super 2 changed to: each slash gives 50% lifesteal for duration

• Borgia Poison no longer Dispels by default

• Borgia Poison duration from 5 ->10s to 8s

• Borgia Poison no longer deals impact damage

• Borgia Poison no longer slows movement

• Borgia Poison now starts at its max radius (no longer grows)

• Borgia Poison radius from 500 to 500 -> 800

• Borgia Poison Super 3 changed to: initial explosion Dispels enemy buffs

• Boxing Gloves no longer lowers physical armor

• Catapult minimum attack / cast range from 1100 to 1200

• Catapult no longer grants Magic Armor

• Celtic Axe no longer slows

• Claw Machine can no longer die

• Claw Machine Super 2 changed to: +8s duration

• Flamethrower crit damage from 230->330% to 250->450%

• Flamethrower icon added

• Galileo's Hourglass no longer slows

• Hammurabi's Crown base damage removed

• Hammurabi's Crown break duration from 2s to 0.5/0.75/1.0/1.25/1.5/1.75

• Hammurabi's Crown max HP as damage from 9->14% to 10->20%

• Holy Grail no longer Cleanses by default

• Holy Grail Super 1 changed to: cleanses target when they drop below 33% HP

• Holy Grail visual effects added

• Hot Air Balloon damage threshold from 500 to 400

• Hot Air Balloon mana from 200->400 to 250->500

• Hot Air Balloon no longer heals per second by default

• Hot Air Balloon Super 2 changed to: restores 150 health per second and 150 mana per second while flying

• Hot Air Balloon visual effects added

• Inca Chest Plate sound effects added

• Kevlar Vest duration from 2 -> 3 to 2.2 -> 3.2

• Kevlar Vest no longer grants armor

• King Tut's Spear directional targeting has been fixed

• King Tut's Spear duration from 5 to 4

• King Tut's Spear no longer deals base damage

• King Tut's Spear no longer slows

• King Tut Bindings visual effects added

• Lance of Longinus cooldown from 6 to 8

• Lance of Longinus cooldown is now reduced by 1s for each attack the caster deals

• Lance of Longinus damage from 200 -> 300 to 200->400

• Lance of Longinus no longer gives attack/cast range

• Lance of Longinus Super 1 changed to: casting spells reduces Holy Lance cooldown by 4s

• Lunar Laser eclipse damage from 30->40 to 30->45% damage

• Lunar Laser eclipse no longer deals base damage

• Napolean's Boots no longer deals any base damage

• Napoleon's Boots attack to damage from 20->40 to 25->50

• Persian Carpet AI changed to jump the largest cluster of units in range

• Persian Carpet Juicy now additionally grants +200 magic damage to ability

• Persian Carpet sound effects added

• Plague Doctor Cane max HP as damage from 10->20 to 15->25

• Plague Doctor Cane no longer has base damage

• Plague Doctor Cane radius from 250 to 400

• Plague Doctor Cane visual effects added

• Porcelain Throne base damage from 50->100 to 75->150

• Porcelain Throne no longer deals max HP damage

• Porcelain Throne Super 1 max HP as damage from 2% to +6%

• Pythagorean Codex Juicy visual effects added

• Pythagorean Sphere sound effects added

• Scythian Dagger buff no longer grants max HP damage. Instead it grants a flat 70/80/90/100/110/120 damage

• Scythian Dagger Super 1 changed to: also deals 10% of enemy's max HP while active.

• Scythian Talon no longer grants Toughness

• Statue of Liberty Super 1 changed to: reduces magic armor by 5

• Statue of Prometheus cast range set to 700

• Statue of Prometheus no longer places a statue, instead it is cast directly by the caster

• Statue of Prometheus Super 2 changed to: drops the statue itself. Fire can bounce to statue and linger on it until a unit walks into bounce range.

• Tibetan Prayer Wheel now heals in radius instead of damaging

• Tibetan Prayer Wheel Super 1 changed to: Barrier undispellable

• Tibetan Prayer Wheel Super 2 from +100 radius to +400 radius

• Tommy Gun Super 2 no longer breaks

• Tommy Gun Super 2 changed to: +1000 range

• Trojan Shield armor per stack from 1.6 -> 2.6 to 1 -> 2

• Trojan Shield max stacks from 10 to 12

• Viking Vanguard no longer returns damage

• Viking Vanguard only casts if there is an enemy in range

• Viking Vanguard now returns 45/50/55/60/65/70% of physical damage while active

• Viking Vanguard sound effects added

• Zulu Necklace no longer grants passive spell lifesteal

• Zulu Necklace damage from 50 -> 75 to 75 -> 150

• Zulu Necklace damage per stack from 30->50 to 60 -> 100

• Zulu Necklace radius from 800 to 1000

• Zulu Necklace Super 3 changed to: Passive +20% spell lifesteal