EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

December 03, 2025

EpicDuel is LIVE with the last update (hopefully) before the Gifting launch update on Monday December 8! Gifting will activate as soon as it's ready, but we're aiming for early afternoon EST. If you are interested in participating, please refresh yourself on the rules posted earlier!

Balance Changes

• Gamma Pirate Promo:
  • Gamma Brand (primary, active): 90 Energy cost → 0 Energy cost
  • Gamma Rage (primary, passive): +2 str → 0; +15% Rage to user for every outgoing Primary attack.
  • Gamma Rage (gun, passive): +2 dex → 0; +15% Rage reduction to target per hit.
  • Gamma Rage (aux, passive) +2 supp → 0; +15% Rage reduction to target per hit.
  • Gamma Guts (armor active core): Added ability to absorb energy poison dmg as well from skills such as Frostbite. Does not work on one-hit energy drain skills or Energy stealing skills like Soul Siphon or Energy Parasite.
• Cores:
  • Infernal Offering: 114 Energy gain over 2 turns instead of 1 for a total of 342.
  • Prime Technology Boost (armor passive only): +7 → +8
  • Strength Boost (armor passive only): +3 → +7
  • Dexterity Boost (armor passive only): +3 → +7
  • Support Boost (armor passive only): +3 → +7
  • Botanical Entrapment: 85% dmg → 100%; 25% healing debuff → 20%
  • Zeus Might: -40 Technology → -27 Technology; 85% dmg → 100%
• Bots:
  • Blood Wyvernpyre Bot Special (Incineration P/E): 90% dmg → 100%
• Bounty Hunter:
  • (UA) Energy Shield: 30% ep drain on incoming attacks → 20%
  • (UA1) Venom strike: 48 poison / 48 ep drain → 40 poison / 40 ep drain
  • (UA2) Blood Lust: Level 10 23% Lifesteal, 5% ep drain → 21% Lifesteal, 5% ep drain
• Mercenary:
  • (EA) Static Smash 85% dmg → 100% dmg
• Tech Mage:
  • (EA) Assimilation 85% dmg → 100% dmg
• Tactical Mercenary:
  • (UA 1) Toxic Grenade: Level 1 48 poison dmg → 45
  • (UA) Energy Shield: 30% Energy drain on incoming attacks → 20%
  • (EA) Barbed Grenade: Scaling 0.26 per Technology → 0.29; +15 dmg per Level → +20
• Cyber Hunter:
  • (DA) Venom Strike: Level 1 120 poison → 115 poison
  • (UA) Cyber Edge (passively increase primary and gun dmg): Level 1 3% → 1%
• Blood Mage:
  • (EA) Energy Parasite: Level 1 18% → 19%

Quality of Life

• Checked settings now save after a relog.
• Battle results screen shows current War Item count after PvP battles. Due to a data timing challenge, this count doesn't include the new War Item added if you received one as a PvP drop.

Bug Fixes

• 10x Arcade button was failing to work in some cases.
• (EA2) Tactical Grenade title text not showing properly.
• Launcher news not displaying graphics properly.

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