Minion Masters - Patch 2.8

 Patch 2.8 - Bearzerk!

NEW CARD AND PERKS

Bearzerker

Apep Perk 2: Papyrus of the Black Obelisk

R3-KT Perk 1: Gun-Kata

About the Future of Minion Masters

With this update, we are adding what we believe is almost the final batch of new content to Minion Masters. The final content patch (2.9) will be released next month.

Minion Masters did great for a long time, but now is no longer profitable and cannot sustain further development. Our 2.0 update didn’t perform as hoped, and while we explored various options to revitalize the game, including an Android release and the alternate Masters’ perks feature, none of them managed to keep the game profitable.

Throughout this journey, we’ve remained committed to providing a fair and enjoyable experience for all players. We consciously chose not to adopt aggressive monetization tactics, prioritizing your trust and the integrity of the game over short-term gains.

However, this is not the end of Minion Masters!

The game will remain live, and we’re thrilled to give you guys a direct role in shaping its future. Starting next November, we’ll roll out monthly balance updates based on your votes. We’ll share more details about how it will work in the upcoming weeks, as well as additional information about other topics, like moderation and any other changes.

You’ll have the power to decide which cards should be buffed or nerfed, keeping the game dynamic and aligned with your preferences. ALL revenue generated will go directly to sustaining the servers and keeping the game live.

We have prepared an FAQ with general questions you might have. You can access it here: https://bit.ly/3TAaZld

We've shared an incredible journey with you. Together, we’ve built an amazing world, lived epic (and stressful) moments, and released more than 260 cards. During those several years, your passion and dedication have been the lifeblood of this game. While our role in creating new content may be coming to an end, the heart and soul of Minion Masters will always belong to you.

—The Minion Masters Team

BALANCE CHANGES

BUFFS

ATG

• Has Marksmanship

• Attack count 7 > 8

• Damage 10 > 8

• Attack Cooldown 1 > 0.9

• Range 6 > 4

• Health 225 > 222

Cheese Date

• Spawn is known

• Rage requires Scrat Swarm

Frostfang Familiar

• Move speed 5 > 10

• Health 50 > 75

Fanriel

• Charge speed down to where it captures the bridge

King Puff

• Range 8 > 10

Morgrul's Ragers

• Ragers themselves always have rage

Mountainshaper

• Charge time 4 > 3.5

Ravager Perk 1: Overpower

• Threshold 5 mana > 4 mana

• Damage now only triggers against minions

Scrap Yard

• Simulacrum removed from pool

Screaming Scrat

• Damage 90 > 100

Spire Stag

• Damage 30 > 35

• Charge speed down to where it captures the bridge

Zeppelin Bomber

• HP 75 > 85

REBALANCE

An'kahesh

• Base damage 40 > 60

• Poison duration 4 > 3.5

Disruptor Puff

• No longer gets the first trigger faster

Heal Puff

• Healing 20 > 15

Mana Puff

• No longer gets the first trigger faster

Puffs

• Playable anywhere

Shroom Puff

• No longer has flow

Squire Puff

• No longer gets the first trigger faster

Tronveir

• Remove basic attack knockback

• Damage 150 > 100

• Attack Cooldown 6 > 4

Tronveir Perk 1: Runic Attunement

• Minion mana required 20 > 18

• Spell mana required 20 > 18

• Building mana required 15 > 14

Tronveir Runestones

• Wind Stone Damage 200 > 150

NERFS

Apep

• Base attack damage 30 > 25

• Base attack cooldown 2.4 > 2.5

Bladestar

• Duration 6 > 5

Blood Pact

• 75 > 85

Netherbats

• Can't netherstep for 2 seconds after having attacked

R3-KT base attack

• Attack Cooldown 0.8 > 0.9

R3-KT Perk 3: Mass Illusion

• Number of illusions 10 > 8

• Cooldown 20 > 25

Ratbo Perk 2: Squeak Attack

• Now only affects Scrats spawned by your own card plays

Valorian Perk 2 Fervor

• Cooldown 25 > 28

Valorian Perk 2 Holy Light

• Cooldown 5 > 6

Volco Perk 1 Tempers Flaring

• Cooldown 20 > 25

Wardancers

• Now spawns in a line so they cannot be split

Minion Masters - Patch 2.7

Shifting Sands

BUFFS

Ghost

• Stun duration against mythic targets 10 > 12

Kamikazeppelin

• Bombs Damage 75 > 100

• Crash Explosion Damage 150 > 200

King Puff Perk 2: Mimic Magic

• Cooldown 1 > 0.5

Kurrnath

• Health 300 > 325

Magma Cannon

• Attack Cooldown 1.2 > 1.1

Mordar Perk 1: Tomb of the Deathless

• Add 5 sec duration

• Fix perk 2 interaction

• Fix spirit removing health from tombstone as well

Morellia Perk 1: Rites of the Dead

• Rites of the Dead 18 > 15

Netherstep

• Fix swarmer placement

Nezara

• Damage 70 > 80

Settsu

• Attack Speed 1.0 > 0.9

Settsu Perk 3: Air Support

• Affected Area Width 2 > 4

Spire Stag

• Attack Speed 1.5 > 1.3

Stormbringer Perk 1: Cloud Cover

• Duration 10 > 5

• Now grants empowered attack 50 on the first attack while flying

• Mana Cost 1 > 0

Tronveir Perk 1: Runic Attunement

• Minion 25 > 20

NERFS

Bearvalanche

• No longer inflicts slow

• Movespeed slow while affected 2 > 3

Diona Perk 2: Black Potion

• Duration 22 > 25

King Puff Perk 3: Send Forth the Horde

• Max 5 > 4

Lookout

• Attack speed 0.5 > 0.6

• Fix placement near bridges to not overlap edge of permitted placement

Ratbo Perk 2: Squeak Attack

• Damage 15 > 10

Slitherbound

• Poison Duration 2 > 1.5

Taloc

• Damage 60 > 70

• Bonus Damage 100% > 50%

Wardancers

• Damage 25 > 20

• Attack Cooldown 1.0 > 0.9

Woggosuar Pup

• Poison Duration 5 > 3

Zealots

• No longer gains Spirit

• Survivor heals 140

FIXES

• Fixed Crossbow Club House missing placement aura.
• Fixed Morellia’s Spellbook not correctly discounting spells in your hand.
• Fixed Mountainshaper UI being reversed.
• Fixed incorrect Netherstep Swarmer placement.
• Fixed Mordar Perk 2 not working with Alt Perk 1.

Minion Masters - Patch 2.6

Patch 2.6 - Power UP!

NEW FEATURE: Alternative Master Perks

With this patch we are releasing the Alternative Master Perks feature. Every Master now has access to new tools in the form of new perks that you can choose to use in place of the existing set of abilities that in many cases have existed for years. 

Some of these offer new play styles, some offer new deckbuilding challenges, some allow you to react to your opponent’s choices.

You can choose these for your deck while deckbuilding, or you can change your selection during matches up until the point where you actually get your selected perk.

Every master is given one new perk with this patch, and going forward we plan to release two new perks for different masters every other patch!

NEW PERKS

Diona Perk 2: The Black Potion

• Every 22 seconds, Ruffles will run to an enemy Minion killed in your arena or on a bridge to dig up a potion. Once picked up, Ruffles turns into a Werewolf. Cooldown starts when Werewolf Ruffles gets killed.

Ratbo Perk 2: Squeak Attack

• Scrats summoned by Ratbo's Perks spawn as Burrowed

• Burrowed: Burrowed are untargetable. They unburrow when they are in melee range of an enemy. Their first attack after becoming unburrowed deals +15 damage.

Tronveir Perk 1: Runic Attunement

• Each time you've spent 25 Mana on Minion Cards, gain a Rune of Frost card.

• Each time you've spent 20 Mana on Spell Cards, gain a Rune of Ancestry card.

• Each time you've spent 15 Mana on Building Cards, gain a Rune of Wind card.

Morellia Perk 1: Rites of the Dead

• Add a random one-use Book of the Dead Page to the top of your deck every 18 seconds.

Mordar Perk 1: Tomb of the Deathless

• Add a one-use "Tomb of the Deathless" card to your deck every 38 seconds. At perk 3 this gets upgraded to “Sepulchre of the Deathless”

• Tomb of the Deathless Accursed Building card

• Enemy Minions that die are resurrected after 5 seconds under your control with 50% health and damage. They deal 20% of their max HP damage to Tomb of the Deathless.

• 400 health.

• Sepulchre of the Deathless Accursed Building card

• Enemy Minions that die are resurrected after 5 seconds under your control with 50% health and damage. They deal 20% of their max HP damage to Sepulchre of the Deathless.

• 1000 health.

Milloween Perk 2: Xanian Spellbook

• Add a one-use "Xanian Spellbook" card to Milloween's Deck every 20 seconds.

• Xanian Spellbook Crystal Elf Ability card

• Reveal 4 random Spells. Cast one and discard the rest. It costs 2 less Mana.

• The 4 spells are chosen from different lists with each slot in hand picking a spell from a different list:

• Buff spells: Armored Escort, Rampage, Glenn’s Brew, Spirit Infusion, Sun Burn, Gn4ts 

• Summon spells: Blind Date, Morgrul's Mark, Cheese Date, Raging Reinforcements, Infiltration, Restless Dead, Bridge Buddies 

• Control spells: Shock Rock, Impetus Blast, Grasping Thorns, Snap Freeze, Leiliel's Vortex, Black Hole, Hypnotize 

• Nuke spells: Daggerfall, Fireball, Chain Lightning, Bladestar, Scratillery, Beam of Doom, Bearvalanche

Apep Perk 1: Slave Driver

• Slitherbind every 18 seconds.

Valorian Perk 2: Fervor

• Add a one-use "Fervent Warrior" card to your deck every 25 seconds.

• Fervent Warrior Empyrean Minion card

• Warrior with Divine Shield and Armor of Holy Fire. Costs 3 mana.

King Puff Perk 2: Mimic Magic

• Whenever an unbuffed Minion you control deals damage to another Minion, copy one of their buffs. 1 second cooldown.

Volco Perk 3: Endless Rage

• Add a one-use "Endless Rage" card to your deck.

• Endless Rage Voidborne Ability card

• Gain 10 mana over 10 seconds. Spawn both Embers - Embers are not consumed while Endless Rage is active.

Settsu Perk 3: Air Support

• After using Perk 1, Settsu gains a one-use "Air Strike" ability (discarded when Settsu returns to tower).

• Air Support Outlander Spell card

•  A H3LLF1RE fighter deals damage to enemies in a straight line across the field. Costs 1 mana.

R3KT Perk 3: Mass Illusion

• Add a one-use Mass Illusion card to the top of your deck every 20 seconds.

• Mass Illusion Outlander Ability card

• Create an illusion of up to 10 minions closest to the power tower you control in your arena in the opposite lane (illusion and real unit placement is random).

Stormbringer Perk 2: Cloud Cover

• Add a one-use "Cloud Cover" card to Stormbringer's Deck every 18 seconds.

• Cloud Cover Zen-Chi Ability card

• Lift a non-Mythic Minion on a cloud, giving it Flying and cannot move for 10 seconds. If it is ranged it also gets Marksmanship.

Ravager Perk 1: Overpower

• When you play a Melee Minion card that costs 5 or more, one of them gets Empowered Attack (first attack against a Minion deals 70 extra).

NEW CARD

Karmic

BALANCE CHANGES BUFFS

Crossbow Club House

• Attack Cooldown 0.7 > 0.5

Frostberry Bearer

• Has 1 extra charge reserved for itself

Frostfeathers

• Attack Cooldown 1 > 0.8

Highland Huntress

• Attack Cooldown 1.5 > 1.3

Netherstep

• Swarmer equal number of voidborne cards in hand > Swarmer equal number of voidborne cards in hand +1

Null Matrix

• Removes Spirit

• If a buff was removed it deals 50 extra damage

Protocol 45.54.55-1N

• Movespeed 5 > 8

• Attack Cooldown 1 > 0.9

Rampant Growth

• Remove Knock Back effect

Screaming Scrat

• Damage 75 > 90

Stormy

• Attack Cooldown 3 > 2

Urclaw

• Roar knockback > stun

REWORKS

Settsu

• Settsu Perk 3: High Powered Laser

• Deals no bonus damage

• First shot after a reload > Every 5th shot 

• Settsu Perk 2: Combat Reload

• After triggering Combat Reload the first shot deals +60 damage.

Scrat Launcher

• Mana Cost 5 > 3

• Damage 100 > 60

• Health 400 > 150

• Duration 30 > 24

Zeppelin Bomber

• Damage 60 > 50

• Health 85 > 75

• Activated also gains rage

NERFS

Apep

• Apep Perk 1: Gift of the Serpent God 

• Cooldown 33 > 35

• Apep Perk 3: Greater Gift of the Serpent God 

• Cooldown 33 > 35

Bounce Berry Flingers

• Attack Cooldown 2.3 > 2.5

Netherbats

• Attack Cooldown 1.1 > 1.2

Skeleton Crew

• Wildcard Count 3 > 2

• Accursed Ascension

• Skeleton count increase 3 > 2

Slitherbound

• Poison duration 3 > 2

Unholy Ground

• Duration 7 > 6

Wartrack Dreadnaught

• Attack CD 2.2 > 2.5

• Missile Scrat

• Range 14 > 10

• AoE radius 4.5 > 3.5

• Cooldown 4 > 5