Minion Masters Friday

Minion Masters!

Slithery (Colour) Schemes

Coming in Version 1.4 is a set of visual redesigns for the Slither faction. We wanted to craft a unique identity for the units to help set them apart from other factions such as the Empyreans by ensuring a similar color scheme and unique identifiers so that they are easier to recognise in a match. To that end, we've gone for a more Teal-based color scheme with feathers to help with the visual flair the units provide. We also wanted to help cement the Slither faction's roots in Aztec and Egyptian culture/mythology - Upcoming cards in the brand new Sand Wars Battle Pass will further indicate and explain the culture of the Slither.

Minion Masters in the Top 5 releases for May

We're a bit late to the draw, but Minion Masters was in the Top 5 games with highest playercounts during our launch in May! Steam's post here details that the support of our awesome community pushed our Peak player count above and beyond the norm. And with the content-packed update that is Version 1.4 swiftly approaching, we can't wait to see if we can smash that record again!

Deckbuilding from anywhere

The community Deckbuilding website, MM Deckbuilder recently updated to have all cards and masters up to Version 1.3! You can create decks of any kind as if you owned a full collection, with useful stat calculations such as the amount of Shards required to craft the deck, or how many of your units can hit Flying units. Once you're done crafting your perfect deck, you can share it with everyone else as well as your insights on how to play it, and have users vote on the quality of your decklist. High rated decks get pushed to the front page!

It's a fantastic site made by u/TheConcepteur on Reddit, and we highly encourage you to check it out here!

King Puff Cup 35

If you're a fan of high level competitive Minion Masters (and who isn't?) you'll love the 35th King Puff Cup happening this weekend! Happening on July 27th at 1400 UTC, you can tune in and watch top players fight through the Last Master Standing format for their piece of the $600 prize pool. Make sure to stop on by their Twitch channel here!

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Minion Masters Fanart Comic Contest

Minion Masters!

We're starting up a new Fanart Contest for our wonderfully talented community! This time we're making the primary theme based on comics and comic strips, with that juicy 5000 Rubies prize being up for grabs once again. The rule for this contest, as you can likely deduce, is comics - All submissions must be in the format of a comic strip or page! The contents are entirely up to you, as long as it's Minion Masters related, and can cover any genre you'd like from humor to envisioning a cool battle scene you thought up of! Here's how to enter:

1. Make what you think is the best Minion Masters Comic ever created. 
2. Entries must be in the format of a Comic with a minimum of 2 panels.
3. Head on over to our Official Discord at http://discord.gg/minionmasters and post your entry in the #comic-contest channel.
4. Once the Contest ends on the 14th of August, a community vote will be held between 3 entries selected by the BetaDwarf Staff. The Winner will receive codes worth 5,000 Rubies, while second and third place will win 1,000 Rubies each.

As always, all entries need to be original artworks! You can use any medium you like - Sketches, digital, 3D, but they need to be your own work to be eligible for the contest.

The contest runs from the 22nd of July to the 14th of August, 0900 UTC. Good luck, Masters!

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

King Puff Cup 35

King Puff Cup 35 signups are open!

King Puff Cup 35 will take place on July 27th, 14:00 UTC, 7:00 PST, 10:00 EST, 15:00 CET.

Read the full Rulebook here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JwUv4Z9w7tt-cskRhjLd-iK3ahjjExxuF4woRu4Qx3Q/edit

Register after reading the above Rulebook:

https://www.toornament.com/en_US/tournaments/2693304001529995264/registration/

The tournament will consist of a Double-Elimination Bracket with Sideboard.

Players will submit 4 decks (Master + 10 cards), and an additional list of up to 8 cards, used to Sideboard in any of their games.

Winner's Semifinals, Finals, Losers Finals, and Grand Finals will be Best of 5. 

All other matches will be Best of 3.

All cards and masters will be allowed during this tournament.

Be aware that, unlike the previous recent events, participants will not be using the KPC bot to register. 

Registrations close on July 26th, 14:00 UTC (one day before the event).

KPC discord:

https://discordapp.com/invite/qk4Jtq4

Minion Masters Friday

Minion Masters!

Version 1.4 is now in our Dwarven sights, and we've got a lot lined up in terms of upcoming content. There'll be a new Battle Pass, changes to the Ranking system, and more - So stay tuned to our Blog Posts for more information!

Season Roll-over Schedule

Starting with Version 1.4, we're aiming to align the dates of new Rank Seasons with our updates. The main reasons we're doing this is to ensure that ranking seasons are played on the same Balance patch, as well as minimizing the downtime we require on a monthly basis (Currently, Rank Seasons at the start of a new month require the servers to be down while the database updates).

But wait, this leaves us with a two week gap between the already planned new season starting at the end of this month (Which has a countdown in the in-game news), doesn't it? That's why there will be a special two-week Rank Season lasting from August 1st until Version 1.4's release on the 16th. We're excited to see what happens with a shorter season, and remember, that means you can gather extra rewards if you're quick to rank up! This isn't the only change we have planned for the ranking system, though - Stay tuned for more news!

Fanart Comic Contest Coming Soon!

We're happy to announce we're launching another Fanart Contest on Monday the 22nd of August! The theme for this contest will be to create Minion Masters-focused Comic Strips. At the conclusion of the submission period three entries will be selected by members of the BetaDwarf team to be entered into a public vote, where you will decide which of the top three will take home the first place prize. As before, the top prize will be 5000 Rubies with two runner-up prizes of 1000 Rubies. The full announcement of the contest will be on Monday - We look forward to seeing our community's excellent creative talents again!

Sand Wars

We're also launching our new Update site today for our upcoming Battle Pass, Sand Wars! The Slither and Scrat factions are warring and will be bringing a host of exciting new cards to Minion Masters, with new mechanics and designs not seen before! The Update Site will be launching alongside this blog post and can be found right here. Stay tuned for reveals of new cards and more!

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Version 1.3

Minion Masters!

This patch we’re bringing some frequently requested features to the game by means of a streamlined Bug Reporter and 2v2 Report option as well as a tonne of balance changes to shake things up in the meta.

Please note that for the time being Xbox will not have the Bug Report feature. The Unity feature we use for reporting does not currently support Xbox, but we’ll be investigating how to make it work for Xbox in the future.

Also note that the In-Game timer for the next Battle Pass has increased. We’re doing this to align the Battle Pass release with something as yet unannounced.
We’ve added another weekly quest for you during this time, so you can get even further in the Battle Pass and claim those rewards!

With all that away - Let’s dive right in!

Tri-Team Tourney

The Tri-Team Tourney has returned! Collect 15 keys for the house of your choice and vote for which card you’d like to see in the game next! You can only vote for one house, so choose wisely, and earn yourself a Random Legendary Card!

• House Valor - Stormbringer, Volco, Ratbo - Ghost Storm
• House Triumph - Apep, Morellia, Mordar - Mal’Shar
• House Glory - Milloween, Ravager, King Puff - Taurus

The event will last until the release of Version 1.4 - Good luck!

Bug Reporter

Help us help Minion Masters without even closing the game! With the new Bug Reporter tool found in the Settings Menu, you’ll be able to attach a screenshot of the game, add Replays and Crash reports, and give detailed descriptions on the issues encountered. Thanks in advance for our awesome community’s commitment to helping us catch bugs!

2v2 Report

Also coming in this update is the ability to report your teammates at the Results screen for Leaving matches or Griefing. Simply click the Report button and choose between the options provided (You won’t be able to report someone for leaving unless they disconnected from the game) and your replay will be submitted to us for future review. Note that no action will be taken against players before the replays are viewed by a dwarf, and simply being bad at the game doesn’t count as Griefing ;)

Balance

We’re including a huge number of changes in this patch - quite possibly too many to write full Developer Comments for. Check out our Developer Stream VOD for the initial reveals of these changes and insights on them!

• Apep
• First and Third Perk now only selects Minions

• Armored Scrats
• Health 90 > 60
• Unit Count 3 > 4

• AtG Drone x8
• Health 250 > 275

• Bridge Buddies
• Now always spawns Armored Scrats
• Armored Scrats gain Frenzy if you already control the bridge

• Crakgul Doomcleaver
• Mana Cost 9 > 8

• Divine Warrior
• Health 350 > 400
• Mana Cost 4 > 5

• Dragon Nest
• Now spawns a Flying Dragon instead if the spell cost 5+ Mana (After any mana cost discounts)

• Empowered Soul Stealer
• No longer has Marksmanship
• Starts with 2 Souls
• Gains an additional 2 when summoned if you control a minion with Rage

• Grasping Thorns
• Mana Cost 2 > 3
• Health 50 > 75

• Harbinger
• Speed 3 > 4

• Jungle Jumble
• Mana Cost 8 > 7

• Laser Turret
• Health 350 > 300
• Attack Speed 1.4 > 1.2
• Cooldown decrease per attack 0.3 > 0.2
• Minimum Attack Cooldown 0.1 > 0.2

• Lone Wolf
• Health 350 > 400
• Mana Cost 4 > 5

• Morellia
• Range 12 > 10
• Perk 2 Spirits 3 > 2
• Queen’s Dragon Mana Cost 6 > 8

• Rock Rivals
• Living Statue no longer has Rage

• Screaming Scrat
• Health 90 > 60
• Damage 100 > 60

• Scrat Pack
• Mana Cost 1 > 2
• Unit Count 2 > 5

• Spawn of Fury
• No longer has Voidborne Wound
• Mana Cost 4 > 3

• Spirit (Mechanic)
• Flying Minions now only receive 100 extra health

• Troubadour
• Attack Speed 5 > 4.5

• Warrior
• Health 350 > 400

• Wizard Puff
• Attack Speed 1.8 > 1.6

Misc

• A new Conquest Season has started! Earn your guild a Tombstone Avatar, Admiral Mordar the Mad skin and a new Guild Banner this season!
• You can now restart your Conquest after its completion for a Ruby fee. The highest score of your Conquest attempts will be your contribution at the end of the Cycle.
• Adjusted the priority of Shields again. The new order is Constant Abilities (i.e. Scrat Tank/Divine Shield) > Cooldown Abilities (Musketeer Parry) > Consumable Damage Prevention (Shields) > HP Guards ( Guardian) > HP
• Re-enabled the /syncachievements code for chat.
• A message is now displayed when the game is waiting for a response from the Server.
• Recently changed cards will now be marked stating as such. The notification can be removed by hovering over the card in Deckbuilding. A link to the patch notes is also available in the card details for changed cards.
• Tri-Team Tourney now removes the Claim buttons for each house once the reward has been claimed to clear up confusion about only being able to claim the reward once.

Bugs

• Fixed issues with Diona spawning traps when Buildings were in play - Thanks MiKe!
• Fixed two Walking Blind Dates colliding not killing both units - Thanks the_red_soul!
• Fixed a visual bug when Haunting Hugger possessed a Magma Turret - Thanks the_red_soul!
• Fixed a scenario where a Crossbow Dude could be stuck outside of the map - Thanks Kriszace!
• Fixed matches found during Queue Master requiring you to “Click to Continue” - Thanks GReY WolF!
• Fixed Blank card slots displaying 200 Glory when posted in chat - Thanks DX2!
• Fixed a bug where Defenso Chopper killed Haunting Huggers - Thanks Siskodemon!
• Fixed Magma Storm actually firing 11 balls - Thanks Siskodemon!
• Fixed all Guild Applicants saying they haven’t been online for a month - Thanks BadAsAFish80!
• Fixed an issue where Re-Boomer could get stuck in one place and never move for the rest of the match - Thanks Maldiga!
• Fixed an inconsistency with Morellia’s Auto Attack causing it to sometimes not slow Minions - Thanks Jules!
• Fixed an issue where Bridge Swap could swap a unit without it capturing the bridge - Thanks Naethure!
• Fixed an issue where Guardian transforming while stunned could cause immortal units.
• Fixed Morellia’s Auto Attack preventing units from Charging/Jumping.
• Fixed an issue where Armored Escort would not work after Morellia uses Book of the Dead.
• Fixed the tooltip for Recruit Friends saying “Invite this player to a battle”.
• Fixed Conquest Cards not counting as an extra copy of the card for Wild Carding.
• Fixed an issue with Crakgul’s description formatting.
• Fixed an issue where Ragdolls kept being enabled after changing Screenshake or Camera Movement options.
• Fixed Cursebearer’s Aura VFX jittering when it took damage.
• Fixed a rare bug where Cleaver would not be stunned by Chain Lightning.
• Fixed an issue where Conquest Cards would not apply a Season Gold Star correctly for the purposes of calculating glory for Conquest if they were the lowest Glory card in your deck.
• Fixed Lone Wolf not having Rage in the unit preview.

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Minion Masters Friday

Minion Masters!

Version 1.3 is just around the corner meaning there's plenty for us to talk about. We've been busy working on an assortment of balance adjustments, new features and more, so let's waste no time and get right into it:

Balance Bonanza

Version 1.3 is going to have a whopping total of 22 cards/masters being adjusted. We've been working close with our PTR group to come up with a set of balance changes to shake up the meta, and just a few have been handpicked out to reveal today. We'll have more news on the rest of the adjustments soon, but for the time being here's what we've got to display:

• Morellia
• Range 12 > 10
• Perk 2 Spirit Count 3 > 2
• Queen's Dragon (perk 3) Mana Cost 6 > 8
• Morellia turned out to offer too much value in specific areas, particularly through her Spirits and ease of getting her Nyrvir through Perk 3 onto the field. These changes also come hand-in-hand with an adjustment to the Spirit mechanic detailed below;

• Spirit (Mechanic)
• Flying Minions only receive 100 Health from Spirit
• The intended design with most flying minions is for their highly destructive capabilities to be weighed in with their limited survivability. With the release of Morellia in particular we saw flying minions being pushed beyond their limits with the amount of health they received from the reworked buff, making them feel insurmountable to play against and requiring the most expensive forms of removal to get rid of them.

• Empowered Soul Stealer
• No longer has Marksmanship
• Starts with 2 souls
• Gains 2 extra souls if a friendly minion has Rage
• On a similar note to the Spirit change, Marksmanship not only made Empowered Soul Stealer a much safer card to play but much more powerful offensively as well due to its natural advantage against all but the highest range minions in a direct encounter. Combined with a kickstart on the amount of souls the card had, it felt less like a glass cannon that needed protection and more of a one-man army that could effectively deal with any threat.

• Rock Rivals
• Enemy Living Statue no longer has Rage
• Rock Rivals had two distinct issues to it: In 1v1, the enemy Living Statue was simply far too powerful to be realistically dealt with on your own after you committed a 6 Mana card that didn't come close to matching its power level. In 2v2, Rock Rivals was at the forefront of a notorious cheese strategy where you would cast Hypnotise on the enemy Living Statue for an unstoppable sudden offense that couldn't be dealt with without specific cards in your deck. Removing the Rage should hopefully go a long way to resolving both of these issues.

• Apep
• Perk 1 and 3 can now only select Minions
• Apep, while previously a strong and popular master due to his free value, has become less relevant over time due to the inconsistency in his perk, which in turn became a large cause of frustration. Some of his best and worst options from his first perk were Spell cards such as Black Hole and Mana Puff Madness to name a few. This change should make his perks feel much more consistent, and as a whole better to use.

These are just 5 of the changes coming in Version 1.3. To learn about the rest, you'll have to tune in to...

The Dwarf Stream!

Our ritual Developer Stream will be occurring on Monday the 15th, hosted as usual by That Sprite. Come stop by at 1900 UTC +2 as we guide you through everything that Version 1.3 has to offer. Want to learn about our new player reporting feature? Join in the excitement of those fresh Balance reveals? Stop on by at our Twitch stream and hang out with our awesome community!

Streamer Spotlight - Sinobii

Today we'll also be highlighting another dedicated Minion Masters streamer - Sinobii! Sinobii drew upon his skillset developed as a Legend Rank Hearthstone Streamer to reach Grandmaster in his first month of playing Minion Masters, and has achieved GM Rank in all three ranked play modes every month since. With his consistent effort in improving his own play, and trying to help others do the same, it's no surprise his community continues to soar to greater heights! Here's what he has to say about his stream:

If you're anything like me, you'll agree the un-Official motto for Minion Masters should be 'Welcome to your new addiction!'
We've been streaming minion masters about 6 days a week for the last 6 months and going strong!
We're excited to be gearing up for our next Season of Sinobii's Ladder, a new way to compete in Organized Minion Masters Play.
Whether you're new to the game and looking to find an interactive stream, learn some basics, find out more about competing in Sinobii's Ladder, or just have some laughs and enjoy a quirky sense of humor, come join us!
We look forward to seeing you soon... at The Battleground!

Check him out at https://www.twitch.tv/sinobii every day but Friday from 6PM EST.

Cheers from BetaDwarf!

Prince Puff Cup 3

PPC3 will be the first 2v2 Tournament we've done in a while, and it has quite an interesting format. Teams will only submit their Discord IDs, and nothing else. They can play whatever they like, as long as it's not banned.

Tournament Banned Masters

• Morellia.
• Participants can’t use Double Masters. If a team member brings Mordar, or any other Master, the other player can’t bring the same Master.

Tournament Banned Cards

• Fire Imp
• Divine Warrior
• Scrat Tank
• Crossbow Guild
• Hypnotize
• Priestess
• Guardian
• Empowered Soul Stealer
• Xiao Long

Tournament will be a Double-Elimination Bracket, with Best of 3 sets, and a Best of 5 Grand Finals.
It will take place on July 13th, 14:00 UTC, 7:00 PST, 10:00 EST, 15:00 CET. (summer times may be different) And registrations will close on Friday, July 12th, 14:00 UTC.

Here's the full Tournament Rulebook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cvwbmT8BXXtw-LwgVeKn9NqhQnBN6mBxf9bsV0x9R1U

Toornament Link: https://www.toornament.com/en_GB/tournaments/2663636330763370496/information

KPC discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/qk4Jtq4