EpicDuel PVP Game Design Notes

June 19, 2026

EpicDuel is live with new rares, new quality-of-life features, and a major change to damage calculations!

Quality of Life / Other Changes

We've made some significant changes to the Inventory and Finder interfaces to make sorting and finding items easier than ever. 

• Favorite and Mutating Weapon filter buttons added to Inventory interface.
• Mission/Miscellaneous items are now searchable in the item finder.
• Finder now shows core type and core description on rollover.
• Finder now shows bot thumbnails with skill descriptions on rollover. Ideally all categories will soon show an item thumbnail to preview items before jumping to the shop.
• Data cleanup to hide deprecated items that can no longer be acquired. Data cleanup is ongoing to properly tag items based on rarity and method of acquisition. There were and likely are still many items that are available in shops that are incorrectly tagged and thus hidden from the Finder.
• Spreadfire core added to Dage the Evil.
• Spreadfire (Aux) core added to Alydroid. 

Faction Alts Removed

As stated in a previous post, all alts in Factions have been removed. For the purposes of this update, an alt is another character that is on the same account that is a member of the same faction. If you had 5 alts in an account (including your main), then 4 will be removed, leaving the account with the lowest character Id (first created). This has been a rule for a long time, but only recently have we had the means to enforce it directly and dramatically. Attempts to get around this rule will be harshly enforced against the player and faction involved.

TheAlonzoHarris' Shop

TheAlonzoHarris' Shop has been updated with the following items:

• Darkeater Breaker CC P
• Darkeater Breaker CC E
• Darkeater Annihilator CC P
• Darkeater Annihilator CC E

Critical Strike & Rage Interaction Update

Due to ongoing complains about high damage from certain skill combinations, we've made several adjustments to how critical strikes interact with other damage mechanics to reduce their upper limits from their present extremes. These extremes became especially pronounced after new skills were introduced that guarantee critical damage. However, rather than a targeted nerf to the force-crit skills, we opted to reduce the overall impact of crit/defense ignore stacking with some mechanical changes.

Defense Ignore Cap:

Critical strikes now have a maximum combined defense ignore of 50% across all sources. Previously, equipping cores and skills that each independently stripped defense could stack beyond this threshold. The 50% cap applies to the sum of the base crit ignore (30%), passive core bonuses (Massive Strike), and active skill defense ignore (Icy Overkill) combined.

Damage Percent Adjustment:

Skills that deal bonus damage via a percentage modifier (such as 115% damage skills) will no longer have that bonus reflected in the critical strike damage ceiling. The crit calculation now uses the base damage value before percentage bonuses are applied, meaning crit and damage percentage bonuses each do their own independent work rather than amplifying each other.

Rage and Critical Strike Interaction:

Critical strikes and Rage attacks will now be evaluated independently. When a Rage attack already deals more damage than a critical strike would produce, the Rage damage is preserved without an additional critical bonus on top. When a critical strike would deal more damage than the Rage attack, the critical damage is used instead. Whichever is stronger wins, but they no longer combine to push damage beyond their individual limits. A critical Rage used to be an unexpected bonus, but predictable crits made this combination too powerful.

I fell asleep. What does this all mean?

Stacking crit-boosting cores with defense ignoring skills will be less effective, especially when combined with Rage.

Formula:

For the Wiki folks those who love to deep dive into the formulas, here is a detailed breakdown of damage before and after this change.

Scenario: An attack does 115% damage with 30% defense ignore. This attack crits on a Rage. A passive boosts critical defense ignore by 15% (additive).

Before:

Gross damage = (596 × 1.15) = 686
Defense = (0.70 × 337) = 235
Defense after Rage = 235 - (0.4233 × 235) = 235 - 99 = 136
Damage = 686 - 136 = 550
Defense ignore = 30 + 15 = 45 (uncapped)
Crit adjusted defense = (0.55 × 136) = 75
Damage post Crit = 686 - 75 = 611
Crit dmg. increase = 611 - 550 = 61
Min. Crit increase = 30 + 26 = 56
(61 > 56, use Damage post Crit)
Final damage = 611 

After:

Gross damage = 596 (pre-damage percent)
Defense = (0.70 × 337) = 235
Defense after Rage = 235 - (0.4233 × 235) = 235 - 99 = 136
Damage = (596 × 1.15) - 136 = 686 - 136 = 550
Defense ignore = (30 + 15) = 45
Defense ignore  = (45 + 30) = (capped at 50)
Defense ignore cap = 0.50
Crit adjusted defense = (0.50 × 136) = 68
Damage post Crit = 596 - 68 = 528

Rage comparison:
Damage post Crit (528) <= damage (550) → 550
(Higher damage is chosen, rather than stacking)
Final damage = 550

Coming Soon

We've got some amazing content in the works for release this Summer including new epic boss battles, new mission, npc AI enhancements, and more quality-of-life features!

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June 11, 2026

EpicDuel is live with new item, new achievements, and some important announcements regarding Faction rules and enforcement.

TheAlonzoHarris Shop Update

TheAlonzoHarris' shop has been updated with color-custom Darkeater gear and a special Undead Legion surprise!

• Darkeater Katana CC P
• Darkeater Katana CC E
• Darkeater Greatsword CC P
• Darkeater Greatsword CC E
• Darkeater Star Saber CC P
• Darkeater Star Saber CC E
• Legion Necrophoenix Scythe CC P
• Legion Necrophoenix Scythe CC E

Epic Legendary Shop Update

Two new mounts have been added to the Epic Legendary Shop in Titan's Peak.

• Golen War Horse Mount
• Derpy War Horse Mount

War Shop Update

War Prizes Godeater CC (WS) and Voideater CC (WS) have been added to Morzyd the Scavenger.

New Achievements

New Achievements World Cup 2026 and Emancipation Day are available from the seasonal Achievement shop!

Faction Alts

Having multiple characters from the same account in the same Faction has been against the rules for a long time. To encourage compliance, we've send an in-game mail to all members of factions who have multiple member characters from the same account. These accounts in violation will be purged from the faction rolls on June 18th. This means, if you have multiple characters from your account in the same faction, all but one of those characters will be allowed to remain. The character chosen to remain by the automated system will be either the Faction founder or the character with the lowest ID (first created). You can avoid this consequence by removing all but one of your owned characters from the Faction.

To clarify, your characters will not be deleted from your account, they will just be removed from the Faction. A Faction is a group of players organized to fight for one of the two alignments: Legion or Exile. There's no rule against having multiple characters in the same alignment as long as they are in different Factions. We've had some folks write in confused about these terms.

Again, this has been a rule for a very long time so "I didn't know!" is not a valid excuse. If you are in violation, you have until June 18th to take corrective action before we do it for you.

Attempts to circumvent these restrictions will be met with harsh punishment.

Faction Punishment

I really didn't want the moderation to escalate to collective punishment, but the continued coordinated cheating could not be ignored. Punishing individual players is less effective when they can just be rotated out as they're caught and banned, but Faction punishment will encourage better adherence to the rules and hold Founders accountable.

For the Faction Founders, members of your Faction who are found cheating will incur the following penalties:

• Removal of all daily Influence and wins from whatever battle mode the player was punished for (1v1,2v2,Jugg).
• The player loses personal daily Influence and wins for the battle mode they used to cheat.
• In-game mail will be sent to the punished player and Faction Founder to let them know about the infraction.
• If a Faction has member using alts, and the alts are removed by a mod, the faction will lose the total influence the player contributed over the lifetime of their membership. This total will also be deducted from the daily overall influence.

Hopefully this will encourage Faction Founders to choose their recruits responsibly and encourage fair competition amongst their members. Founders that continue to violate the rules may face additional punishment, including complete destruction of their Faction.

Finally, from now on, players that have their wins reset in any battle mode will also lose Domination achievements in the relevant battle mode, including Total Domination and War Hero achievements.

Announcements like these always have a chilling effect on the community as people rush to tell me these new measures are too severe, and we should reconsider lest these strict rules cause players to quit. Consider that if you're not breaking the rules, you have nothing to fear. If you suspect your members are cheating or encouraging others to cheat, they are a toxic liability that can crush your Faction's record and reputation permanently.

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June 08, 2026

EpicDuel is LIVE with a minor maintenance update in preparation for the start of the new war system. There were a couple bugs such as the ability to sell Super Items required a reboot to fix.

Quality of Life

Despite this not being a major update, we've included a small improvement that will present the option to sell one of an item or all if you have duplictates.

Faction Alts

Having multiple characters from the same account in the same Faction has been against the rules for a long time. To encourage compliance, we've send an in-game mail to all members of factions who have multiple member characters from the same account. These accounts will be purged from the faction rolls on June 18th. This means, if you have multiple characters from your account in the same faction, all but one of those characters will be allowed to remain.

Again, this has been a rule for a very long time so "I didn't know!" is not a valid excuse. If you are in violation, you have until June 18th to take corrective action before we do it for you.

Attempts to circumvent these restrictions will be met with harsh punishment.

Tags: Nightwraith

June 03, 2026

EpicDuel is LIVE with returning rares, new leaderboards, and a major change to the War system! I know a Wednesday update is unusual, but the unusual nature of this update meant we had to wait for the War to end before publishing the changes. It is also preferable to find and patch bugs on a weekday rather than a weekend, just in case such a fix is needed.

To expedite the process of experiencing the new War changes, the next War will being Monday June 8 at noon!

Battlepass Items Available at The Challenger

Since the last 2 Battlepasses are now firmly in the past, their most valuable and PvP-relevant components are now available at The Challenger NPC.

• Hephael's Avatar P
• Hephael's Avatar E
• Azrael's Viceregent Shadow ExP
• Azrael's Viceregent Shadow PxE
• Azrael's Viceregent Shadow E
• Azrael's Viceregent Shadow P
• Hephael's Frenzy
• Twilight Shield
• Twilight Strike
• Twilight Aim
• Twilight Blast

For those who missed out on the Battlepass styles, 901 - 908 and 956 - 964 are now available!

Seasonal Rares Return!

Since we're nearly about the halfway point of 2026, we've returned the Seasonal Rares! This is a bit earlier than usual, but probably more accurate since our other mass seasonal restock happens in November. Grab the rares while you can before they leave in July!

TheAlonzoHarris Shop

TheAlonzoHarris' shop has been updated with returning rares, for this weekend only!

• Zelicaon Replica
• Polyxenes Replica

War Battle Mode Separation

To reduce incentives to cheat while increasing the incentives and recognition in each individual battle mode, we have split the War system into 3. From now on, 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut battles will drop their own War drops. Each of these drops will be tracked independently, so you can have up to 20 of each battle mode's items (60 War items total).

All currently-owned War drop items will be converted to 1v1 War drops.

As these War drops are used, they will increase the Influence in each respective battle mode for the War. This Influence will still count towards the overall war progress and Faction Influence, but it will also be tracked on 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut Influence leaderboards, each with their own individual and Faction rewards. The maps have been updated with new flags to show the leading flags and player portraits in these battle modes.

1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut Super War items can be purchased from the regional Ammo Depots.

To expedite the process of experiencing the new War changes, the next War will being Monday June 8 at noon!

New Achievements added

To accommodate the new War Influence categories, we've added new achievements that will be obtainable when the next War goes live:

• World Domination 1v1: Awarded to factions with the most 1v1 Influence at the end of the day.
• World Domination 2v2: Awarded to factions with the most 2v2 Influence at the end of the day.
• World Domination Jugg.: Awarded to factions with the most Jugg. Influence at the end of the day.
• Total Domination: Awarded to factions with the most daily Influence in all PvP modes.
• War Hero 1v1: Awarded for having the most 1v1 Influence in a day.
• War Hero 2v2: Awarded for having the most 2v2 Influence in a day.
• War Hero Juggernaut: Awarded for having the most Juggernaut Influence in a day.
• Total War Hero: Awarded for having the most Influence in all PvP modes in a day.

New Leaderboard categories added:

• All-time Faction 1v1 Wins
• All-time Faction 2v2 Wins
• All-time Faction Juggernaut Wins
• All-Time 1v1 World Dominations (Empty until the next War)
• All-Time 2v2 World Dominations (Empty until the next War)
• All-Time Juggernaut World Dominations (Empty until the next War)
• All-Time Total World Dominations (Empty until the next War)

Fixes / Changes:

• War drop counter at the end of battle now displays the war item count for each region. The counter will also include the drop from the current battle in the count.
• Legendary NPC Crusher and NPC Armor boosts now work in Juggernaut mode.

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May 29, 2026

EpicDuel is LIVE with a colossal cache of returning rare star sabers to end the month of May! Plus, Power Weekend is once again activated!

Epic Star Saber Restock

TheAlonzoHarris has been stocked with the remaining rare star sabers. If you didn't find something to catch your eye in previous updates, you'll definitely find something in this massive cache of weapons!

• Flesh Demigod Star Saber P 2026
• Flesh Demigod Star Saber E 2026
• Darkeater Star Saber P 2026
• Darkeater Star Saber E 2026
• Infernal Samurai Star Saber P 2026
• Infernal Samurai Star Saber E 2026
• Frost Revenant Star Saber P 2026
• Frost Revenant Star Saber E 2026
• Honor Guard Star Saber P 2026
• Honor Guard Star Saber E 2026
• Paladin Chronomancer Star Saber P 2026
• Paladin Chronomancer Star Saber E 2026
• Sanguinomancer Star Saber P 2026
• Sanguinomancer Star Saber E 2026
• Apocryphal Demigod Star Saber P 2026
• Apocryphal Demigod Star Saber E 2026
• Cosmic Eviscerator Star Saber P 2026
• Cosmic Eviscerator Star Saber E 2026
• Necrotek Star Saber P 2026
• Necrotek Star Saber E 2026
• Azrael's Scorn Star Saber P 2026
• Azrael's Scorn Star Saber E 2026
• Nightmare Hunter's Star Saber P 2026
• Nightmare Hunter's Star Saber E 2026
• Chrono Knight Star Saber P 2026
• Chrono Knight Star Saber E 2026
• Pandora's Fate Star Saber P 2026
• Pandora's Fate Star Saber E 2026
• Darkwraith Star Saber P 2026
• Darkwraith Star Saber E 2026
• Bido's Toxic Star Saber P 2026
• Bido's Toxic Star Saber E 2026
• Botanical Knight Star Saber P 2026
• Botanical Knight Star Saber E 2026
• Botanical Herald Star Saber P 2026
• Botanical Herald Star Saber E 2026
• Infernal Slayer Star Saber P 2026
• Infernal Slayer Star Saber E 2026
• Darkwraith Dual Star Saber P 2026
• Darkwraith Dual Star Saber E 2026
• Outland Warchief Star Saber P 2026
• Outland Warchief Star Saber E 2026
• Divinity Star Saber P 2026
• Divinity Star Saber E 2026
• Wrath Blade Star Saber P 2026
• Wrath Blade Star Saber E 2026
• Sea King's Star Saber P 2026
• Sea King's Star Saber E 2026
• Living Sin Star Saber P 2026
• Living Sin Star Saber E 2026
• Darkwraith Star Saber CC P 2026
• Darkwraith Star Saber CC E 2026
• Celtic Hunter Star Saber P 2026
• Celtic Hunter Star Saber E 2026
• Infernal Fantasy Star Saber P 2026
• Infernal Fantasy Star Saber E 2026
• Black Abyss Star Saber P 2026
• Black Abyss Star Saber E 2026
• Abyss Acolyte Star Saber P 2026
• Abyss Acolyte Star Saber E 2026
• Dage's Desolation Star Saber P 2026
• Dage's Desolation Star Saber E 2026
• Infernal Overfiend Star Saber P 2026
• Infernal Overfiend Star Saber E 2026
• Lionhart Star Saber P 2026
• Lionhart Star Saber E 2026
• Biotic Star Saber P 2026
• Biotic Star Saber E 2026
• Overfiend Star Saber P 2026
• Overfiend Star Saber E 2026
• Titan's Triumph Star Saber P 2026
• Titan's Triumph Star Saber E 2026
• Tyrant Titan Star Saber P 2026
• Tyrant Titan Star Saber E 2026
• Nightwraith's Avatar Star Saber P 2026
• Nightwraith's Avatar Star Saber E 2026
• Legion Overfiend Star Saber P 2026
• Legion Overfiend Star Saber E 2026
• Ancient Doom Star Saber P 2026
• Ancient Doom Star Saber E 2026
• Voidborn Star Saber P 2026
• Voidborn Star Saber E 2026
• Voidborn Star Saber CC P 2026
• Voidborn Star Saber CC E 2026

In Progress: War Revamp

I am currently in the process of separating the War system into 3 battle modes: 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut. This will entail separate war drops for each battle mode. Those drops will increase influence for the respective battle mode while contributing to the overall progress in the War. The intention is to prevent one battle mode from dominating the War rewards while giving more players and Factions chances for recognition for their efforts.

The good news is that the changes are almost complete and ready to launch! The bad news is we cannot launch the changes while a War is still active so this update will probably go live next week after the current war is complete.

War Weekend

Since the major part of this update is delayed until next week, we're activating Power Weekend once again!

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May 21, 2026

EpicDuel is LIVE with an unexpectedly early release! Login now to check out new rares and some significant quality of life improvements!

TheAlonzoHarris' Shop Update

Visit TheAlonzoHarris in Titan's Peak to browse his expanded inventory!

• Alonzo’s Rage
  • Crimson Son P: Physical strike for 15% defense ignore.
  • Blood Bend E: 110% Energy damage, removing all buff effects on an enemy.
• Labelleium’s Beauty
  • Crimson Son E: Energy attack for 15% defense ignore.
  • Blood Bend P: 110% Physicaldamage, removing all buff effects on an enemy.
• Techstalker Railgun CC P
• Techstalker Railgun CC E
• Diamond Star Saber P 2026
• Diamond Star Saber E 2026
• Legendary Star Saber P 2026
• Legendary Star Saber E 2026
• Legion Star Saber P 2026
• Legion Star Saber E 2026
• Exile Star Saber P 2026
• Exile Star Saber E 2026
• Draconic Star Saber P 2026
• Draconic Star Saber E 2026
• Dragonoid Star Saber P 2026
• Dragonoid Star Saber E 2026
• Cosmic Star Saber P 2026
• Cosmic Star Saber E 2026
• Necrotic Star Saber P 2026
• Necrotic Star Saber E 2026
• Royal Star Saber P 2026
• Royal Star Saber E 2026
• Azrael Star Saber P 2026
• Azrael Star Saber E 2026
• Mech Star Saber P 2026
• Mech Star Saber E 2026
• Dage Star Saber P 2026
• Dage Star Saber E 2026
• SepulStar Saber P 2026
• SepulStar Saber E 2026
• Frozen Star Saber P 2026
• Frozen Star Saber E 2026
• Legion Draconic Star Saber P 2026
• Legion Draconic Star Saber E 2026

Changes

• Notification when your ally is ready for a 2v2 or 2v1 battle + a button to jump to the NPC.
• New attack animation for bow and book-type weapons. Not all tomes have been converted to this new animation.
• Finder has new filters for active cores and passive cores and mutating weapons.
• Weapons in finder are color-coded for damage type
• Robot abilities should now be purged from showing in the finder

Progress Report

It's been a minute since last checking on the progress of our mid-term goals so let's dive in!

Finder Overhaul:

With this week's minor changes to the Item Finder, we've opened up the possibility of evolving it into a better central hub for information on all of EpicDuel's available items. It's no surprise to veteran EpicDuelists that the Item Finder is plagued by bad data: items that should be hidden, placeholders items, and miscategorized items. It's long overdue for a proper audit.

Also, you'd be surprised how many people login to EpicDuel and have no idea what to buy or where to find it. The Wiki is helpful, but it takes time to keep the thousands of item entries up to date. Why not have that information available in-game immediately? This would be particularly useful when searching for cores and robots, which can have a major impact on combat performance.

Battle Mode War Separation:

This is admittedly taking longer than anticipated. It involves not only splitting the drop type into 3 types for super and basic war drops and also splitting up the tracking and leaderboard functionality. Any one of these tasks would be challenging, but doable, but altogether they combine to form a major task with numerous dependencies. Timing is also important, as we don't want to introduce this change into a war that is already in-progress. TLDR: we're working on it, but it's more difficult than anticipated.

Gifting:

Gifting items are still in progress. Every week we make at least some progress, but it often seems like the longer we work on the rewards, the further we get from finishing them. Just know if you haven't received your item yet: we haven't forgotten you, and we appreciate your patience.

One in a Million Restored

Power Weekend

Since this is a long weekend for many, we're activating Power Weekend until the end of Monday May 25th!

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May 15, 2026

The Anubis Zealot Showcase Battlepass is NOW LIVE! Login now to earn the latest collection of weapons, armors, morphs, bots, and more based on the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife.

So you all know what you're getting into with the new bots available in this season, the skill descriptions are listed below:

• Anubis Incarnation P:
  • Anubis Incarnation Slash P: Physical slash marking target so next attack will be Critical for 1 turn.
  • Anubis Incantation P: The 3rd tick of this lethal, incurable poison detonates for the target's current Energy (1000 max). Can be Cleansed. (Poison cannot be cured by Field Medic. It can only be cleansed. It can kill the target on the final tick)
• Anubis Incarnation E:
  • Anubis Incarnation Slash E: Energy slash marking target so next attack will be Critical for 1 turn.
  • Anubis Incantation E: The 3rd tick of this lethal, incurable poison detonates for the target's current Energy (1000 max). Can be Cleansed. (Poison cannot be cured by Field Medic. It can only be cleansed. It can kill the target on the final tick)

TheAlonzoHarris Shop Update

New color custom Techstalker weapons have been added to TheAlonzoHarris' shop!

• Techstalker Repeater P CC
• Techstalker Repeater E CC

Changes

• NPC Crusher (Legendary NPC Damage boost) restricted to NPC battlemodes. It will no longer boost damage against NPC opponents in 1v1, 2v2, or Juggernaut. This is consistent with NPC Armor, which doesn't work in PvP modes.

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May 08, 2026

EpicDuel is online with new rares, bug fixes, and essential quality-of-life additions to make your EpicDuel experience as pleasant as possible!

TheAlonzoHarris Shop Update

• Techstalker Terminator CC P
• Techstalker Terminator CC E
• Infernal Slayer Star Saber CC P
• Infernal Slayer Star Saber CC E
• Infernal Guardian Slayer CC P
• Infernal Guardian Slayer CC E
• Infernal Guardian Greatsword CC P
• Infernal Guardian Greatsword CC E
• Artix Star Saber 2026 P
• Artix Star Saber 2026 E
• Alpha Star Saber P 2026
• Alpha Star Saber E 2026
• Beta Star Saber P 2026
• Beta Star Saber E 2026
• Gamma Star Saber P 2026
• Gamma Star Saber E 2026
• Delta Star Saber P 2026
• Delta Star Saber E 2026
• Omega Star Saber P 2026
• Omega Star Saber E 2026

More rares will be added to the shop next week! Be sure to stop by every week to check out the latest inventory update!

Battle UI Overhaul

As an ongoing effort to improve user experience of EpicDuel, we've added the following features:

• Check boxes replaced with toggle buttons.
• Skill trees now indicate the damage type of a skill with a green or blue frame where applicable.
• Notification popup when limited use cores expire.
• NPCs now display a complete skill list when you view the NPC's vital's page.
• New Battle Log: A running display of all major battle actions.

Anubis Zealot Battlepass

The Anubis Zealot Battlepass is coming next week so time is running out to collect the last few ranks of Azrael's Viceregent Showcase!

Fixes / Changes

• Battle freeze in the event of a draw.
• Credits/Experience no longer rewarded for a draw condition in a Challenge battle.
• Bonebreaker achievement tier number corrected.
• Removed drops from CactusChan boss fight.
• Removed Legion PumpkinLord items from PvP drop pool.
• Removed April Fool's items from PvP drop pool.

Tags: Nightwraith

May 01, 2026

Cactus Conquered

The recently CactusChan Boss was a big hit, introducing new boss battle mechanics. Thought this wasn't the most difficult boss ever introduced, it was surely the most interesting with some ingenious tricks and strategies conjured from the mind of CactusChan (the human, not the monster).

Thus far 240 players have defeated CactusChan, but the first to figure out his lethal patterns were the following champions:

1. family salman 2
2. Marina
3. CactusChan
4. Daemon Targaryen
5. Brask Von Krieger
6. MapWarCyber
7. Berseker shadow
8. S A T E L L A
9. Paige
10. Xx code xX

The player who crushed the cactus the most was A Vingadora with an astonishing 193 defeats!

With this update the Cactus Slayer achievement has been removed, but the drops will remain for another week, leaving May 8th.

Infernal Return

Infernal Guardian items and other Infernal seasonal rares are now available at Kraggor in the Infernal mines.

TheAlonzoHarris Shop Update

TheAlzonoHarris' shop has been updated with new and returning gear!

• Itachi's Pride - added back permanently
• Zeus's Legacy - added back permanently
• Izanagi - added back
• Izanami - added back
• Techstalker Sword CC P
• Techstalker Sword CC E
• Techstalker Star Saber CC P
• Techstalker Star Saber CC E
• Infernal Slayer 2 CC P
• Infernal Slayer 2 CC E
• Infernal Slayer 3 CC P
• Infernal Slayer 3 CC E

For the persistent Weekly Mission grinders, we added tiers 11-20 to the Weekly Mission Achiever.

Battlepass Delay

This is disappointing news, but the upcoming Battlepass will be delayed until May 15th. I really wanted to push to get May 8th, but I'm just not confident I'll have enough time to get that finished along with EpicDuel's other infinite pending tasks.

Changes

• Details added to Battlepass prize descriptions including item type and damage type.
• Increased time for NPC fill in 2v2.
• Scrollbar added to Item Finder.
• Cactus Slayer achievement removed from CactusChan boss
• Suspicious battle activity is tracked and flagged daily. As flags accumulate, penalties will be enforced.
• Increased penalties for flagged botters:
  • All rewards, drops, and wins stop for all PvP battle modes.
  • PvP wins will count as losses.
  • PvP achievements stop accumulating.
  • PvP Battlepass challenges are disabled.
  • Faction wins stop accumulating.
  • Bans can be issued depending on severity.
  • Rewards will return after a period of good behavior.

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April 24, 2026

EpicDuel is LIVE with an absolutely stacked update with new content, returning rares, new quality of life features, and more!

A New Challenger Approaches: CactusChan

The most exciting aspect of this update is an epic new boss fight against 2025 Gifting winner CactusChan. As part of his grand prize, he requested a new, unique boss fight. This was a monumental task, but fortunately, CactusChan is always prepared with detailed documentation regarding his intentions and designs. This greatly helped us create the boss to his specifications much more quickly than if we had to guess through it.

The result is the most ambitious prize request ever, but one we were happy to deliver since CactusChan has always been a respectful and generous representative of the community. It was a pleasure to collaborate to create this event, and I hope it is thoroughly enjoyed by all EpicDuelists.

To encounter this NPC, visit his location in the Wasteland. You'll notice he has a shop option. Not so fast! You'll need to defeat him at least once to unlock the shop. In the shop you will find:

• Cactus Crusher P
• Cactus Crusher E
• Ionized Gamma Cactus
• Quasistellar Gamma Cactus

In addition to granting access to the shop, defeating this boss offers a chance to receive the following drops:

• Ionized Gamma Cactus - 5% for 2 weeks
• Quasistellar Gamma Cactus - 5% for 2 weeks
• CactusChan (morph) - 1% for 2 weeks

The Cactus Slayer achievement will be awarded to all who defeat CactusChan within the first week!

New Meta Achievement

To round out the meta achievements we added a couple weeks ago, we've added a new Epic Deflector achievement that you can upgrade by deflecting attacks in PvP battles. 

New Battlepass Challenges

The recent addition of meta achievements gave us the idea to add more Battlepass challenges to increase variety.

• Win a PvP match with a Sword equipped
• Win a PvP match with Wrist Blades equipped
• Win a PvP match with a Club equipped
• Win a PvP match with a Staff equipped
• Deal an amount of Sword Damage in PvP
• Deal an amount of Wrist Blade Damage in PvP
• Deal an amount of Club Damage in PvP
• Deal an amount of Staff Damage in PvP
• Deal an amount of Sidearm Damage in PvP
• Deal an amount of Auxiliary Damage in PvP
• Deal an amount of Robot Damage in PvP
• Deal an amount of Critical Damage in PvP

TheAlonzoHarris' Shop Update

The following Epic Rares have been added to the shop for 10k Varium / 10 Balance Tokens.

• Uncensored’sGamma Bot Replica
• Weirdos Replica Aunt Cindy
• Neptune

Additionally, fan favorite prize-code items have been added to the shop.

• Heavy Junker Armor 2026 - Original Heavy Junker Armor tagged as Rare
• Fallen Bean 2026
• Regal Fallen Bean 2026

New hairstyles 968, 969, and 970 have been added to the style shop to accompany the release of the Heavy Junker Armor 2026.

New War Token Items Added to Morzyd

Since it's been long enough, we've added last year's Serpent-themed War Prizes to Morzyd' shop.

• Serpent Warlord Spear P (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Spear E (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Spear CC P (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Spear CC E (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Slayer P (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Slayer E (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Slayer CC P (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Slayer CC E (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Arsenal P (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Arsenal E (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Arsenal CC P (WS)
• Serpent Warlord Arsenal CC E (WS)

War Tokens are not longer required to browse Morzyd's shop. After all, what incentive would you have to get a War Token if you can't browse the shop?

Changes / Bug Fixes:

• Turn time increased to 20 seconds from 15.
• Skill icons under character vitals will begin to flash white when they have one round left on their durations.
• Notification text wil pop up over player characters when skills expire.
• Search functionality added to Achievements interface.
• Scrollbar added to Achievements interface.
• No more dancing X on battle over!
• Added option in Settings to hide battle over interfacce and instantly leave battle.
• If you attempt to Retrain, but don't change your skills or stats, you can simply "Save" to exit retrain mode without spending currency or exiting your character stats.
• You can now cycle through skill augements without meeting the prerequisites.
• Character nameplates on the leaderboards will now display the character's Faction.
• Faction nameplates on the Faction leaderboards are now clickable to view the Faction's page.
• NPC stats will no longer show negative numbers for weapon stats.
• NPCs will now accurately reflect their database values such as Primary/Sidearm/Auxiliary damage, Defense, and Resistance.
• NPCs that play sound files for in-battle dialog will no longer show file names in their chat bubbles.
• To make NPCs more competative in 2v2 matches, the following NPCs have been given Spreadfire for Sidearms and Auxiliaries:
  • Nightwraith (Level 40)
  • Titan (Level 40)
  • Big Tuna (Level 38)
  • Charfade (Level 40)
  • Bido (Level 40)
  • Brachylagus (Level 40)
  • Rabblefroth (Level 40)
  • Exile Soldier (Level 39)
  • Legion Soldier (Level 39)
  • Transcendence (Level 38)
  • Immanence (Level 38)
  • Deuce (Level 40)
  • Necronaut Clemek (Level 39)
  • Necronaut Paz (Level 39)
  • Acatriel (Level 40)
  • Big Tuna (Level 40)
  • Necronaut Clemek (Level 40)
  • Necronaut Paz (Level 40)

Progress Report

In the coming weeks, we hope to build upon our quality of life improvements, sanding away as many pain points in the user experience as possible. Any one of these changes may be perceived as unimportant or even a waste of time for veteran players, but when added up over time, they can make a huge impact on game experience for all players.

We will also need to hit the Battlepass hard in order to meet the May 8th deadline. The timeline will be reevaluated next week, and if we need more time, I'd rather delay it a week rather than rush it out.

The Gifter rewards remain an ongoing task. Completing a major reward like we did this week was a huge leap forward for our progress, but there are many more items outstanding. If you're still waiting on your reward, we appreciate your patience and understanding! I would be thrilled if we could complete our backlog by Summer, but I know better than to underestimate the complexity of the process.

In the meantime, I hope everyone enjoys this epic release as it has a little bit of something for everyone!

Tags: Nightwraith

April 14, 2026

New Meta Achievements

The big change in this update is meta tracking achievements that will track damage inflicted with various weapon types, stuns, amount healed, and more! These achievements only track PvP battles, which includes 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut battle modes.

• Sword Master: Upgrade by winning PvP battles with a sword equipped.
• Blade Master: Upgrade by winning PvP battles with wrist blades equipped.
• Club Master: Upgrade by winning PvP battles with a club equipped.
• Staff Master: Upgrade by winning PvP battles with a staff equipped.
• Weapon Master: Achieve Tier 20 on all Weapon Master Achievements (Sword Master, Blade Master, Club Master, and Staff Master).
• Epic Gunslinger: Upgrade by dealing damage in PvP battles with a sidearm.
• Epic Artilleryman: Upgrade by dealing damage in PvP battles with an auxiliary.
• Epic Roboticist: Upgrade by dealing damage in PvP battles with a robot.
• Epic Swordsman: Upgrade by dealing damage in PvP battles with a sword.
• Epic Fleshripper: Upgrade by dealing damage in PvP battles with wrist blades.
• Epic Bonecrusher: Upgrade by dealing damage in PvP battles with a club.
• Epic Spellbinder: Upgrade by dealing damage in PvP battles with a staff.
• Epic Medic: Upgrade by healing in PvP battles. Counts HP healed even if it exceeds your max HP.
• Epic Defender: Upgrade by blocking damage in PvP battles.
• Epic Discombobulator: Upgrade by inflicting a stun in PvP battles.
• Epic Assassin: Upgrade by inflicting critical damage in PvP battles.

Changes:

• The Dire Depot mission chain is now rare.
• Auxiliary Armory Key sellable.

Tags: Nightwraith

April 09, 2026

Unfortunately, there will not be an update this week. However, we are pleased to offer an update on everything we're currently working towards.

Meta Achievements

One exciting new development that should be ready for next week is the introduction of new meta achievements that will track total damage in PvP battles with different weapon categories. These achievements will level up as you play so they'll be another potent method for earning more Rating Points! Potentially, they could allow us to track other battle events like blocks, stuns, and critical hits.

Power Weekend

Since there is no update this week, we are activating Power Hour which means double XP and Credits all weekend long!

Anubis Zealot Battlepass Coming Soon

Progress on the Anubis Zealot Battlepass is ongoing and it's still scheduled to release on May 8th. That may seem like plenty of time to unlock all the levels from the current Battlepass, but there are always a few people who wait until the last few days to grind and miss out!

War Fairness Change

To improve fairness across all the PvP battle modes for the War events, we are working on separating all the war drops by battle type. We would also separate the war leaderboards into 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut. This will give equal recognition to the top participants in each battle mode and prevent one from dominating. This is a major change that will take awhile to implement, but it is something we are actively working towards in the mid to near term.

Gifter Rewards

As expected, we're still working diligently on remaining Gifter rewards. We're not as far along as we would like to be, but we're definitely in a better position than last year. Some of these rewards are proving to be extra challenging, but we're confident the final results will be worth the time and effort.

Finally, there's a new boss on the horizon, and he's nearly ready to stomp all challengers into the dirt!

Tags: Nightwraith

April 03, 2026

EpicDuel is LIVE with a stunning restock of NEW Epic Rares! Plus, an incredible array of balance changes!

A Stunning Restock

TheAlzonzoHarris' Epic Rare shop on Titan's Peak has been resupplied with new Epic Rares!

• Stun Cannon 2026
• Stun Blaster 2026
• Stun Cannon CC 2026
• Stun Blaster CC 2026
• Bunnyzooka 2019 2026
• Energy Bunnyzooka 2019 2026
• Bunnyzooka 2019 CC 2026
• Energy Bunnyzooka 2019 CC 2026
• Ghoul Cannon 2019 2026
• Spectral Blaster 2019 2026
• Ghoul Cannon 2019 CC 2026
• Spectral Blaster 2019 CC 2026

These weapons will be available for the month of April, with the Ghoulzookas returning in October. 

Balance Changes

Skills:

• Cyber Armor: 91% at level 10
• Cyber Armor (UA1): Max 35 Def/Res at level 10, 10% lifesteal
• Kernel Panic and Smokescreen (All Augments): 100 -> 120 base Energy
• Fireball (All Augments): 105 -> 100 base Energy at level 1, +20 cost per level
• Concentration (EA): +70 HP gain per attack -> +55 HP gain per attack

Cores:

• Curse Aura: -10 to all stats -> -10% to all stats
• Astral Projection: 40% Energy steal -> 50% Energy steal
• Azrael's Torment: 100% Damage -> 85% Damage
• Botanical Infestation: 25% Lifesteal -> 40% lifesteal
• Dark Omen: Reduce healing 15%, reduce base Strength by 30 -> 10% healing, -40 Strength
• Exsanguinating Stomp: 2 turn warmup -> 1 turn warmup
• Forbidden Pact: Heal for 125 HP -> Heal for 250 HP
• Icy Overkill: 110% dmg, 25% def ignore -> 115% dmg, 30% def ignore
• Indominus Spear: 20% Rage steal -> 50% Rage steal
• Gamma Brand: 0 Energy -> 90 Energy
• Inexpiabilis: 20% Rage steal -> 35% Rage steal
• Wolf’s Fury: 30% Energy conversion -> 40% Energy conversion
• Wrath of Callisto: 115% damage, 90 Energy -> 120% Damage, 100 Energy
• Zeus’ Might: 27 Technology debuff -> 35 Technology debuff
• Titans Shroud/Hardened Armor: 3 turns -> 4 turns

Bots:

• Necrotek Skull Bot:
  • Special: Hain HP inversely to target's Rage % (300 HP max) -> Gain HP equal to targets Rage (300 HP max)
• Azrael's Cavalier Bot:
  • Special: Gain 30% Rage -> Gain 50% Rage
• Flesh DemiGod:
  • Special: 15% lifesteal, 2 turn warmup -> 20% lifesteal. 1 turn warmup
• Monkakazi:
  • Normal: 100% damage -> 105% damage
  • Special: Bonus damage equal to 2x highest base stat, multi-use. -> Bonus damage equal to 1.5x highest base stat. Single-use.
• Phantasm Droid:
  • Normal: 0 Energy drain -> 10% Energy drain
  • Special: 25% Energy damage, increasing by 5% per turn, max 50%. -> 35% Energy damage, increasing by 5% per turn, max 60%.
• Botanical Hazard:
  • Special: 50% damage as poison -> 55% damage as poison.
• Blood Wyvernpyre:
  • Special: 60% lifesteal -> 70% lifesteal.
• Tactical Shark Drone:
  • Special: 30% Rage Steal -> 35% Rage steal.
• Kaijuzilla:
  • Special: Target regens over 5 turns -> Target regens over 4 turns (total regen is the same)
• Azrael's Borg:
  • Special: Multi use, 100% damage, can't Rage -> One Time Use. 110% damage. Can Rage.
• Jack Frost:
  • Special: 20% of robot damage as Energy drain -> 25% of robot damage as Energy drain.  

Changes:

• More level 34 and level 40 NPCs added to improve variety and fairness in PvP modes.
• 2v2 NPC level will guarantee a level 40 if the average of the human players is 40.
• Juggernaut NPC level will guarantee level 34 NPCs if the Juggernaut is level 40.
• Juggernaut rewards capped at 250 instead of 300 to reduce incentives for botting.
• Simulation rewards capped at 200 instead of 300 to reduce incentives for botting.
• To discourage botting in Juggernaut, PMs will still go through in Juggernaut battles even if /dnd is enabled.
• Queue time before introducing an NPC opponent reduced 1v1, 2v2, and Juggernaut modes.
• New end-of-battle anti-bot measures.
• Item Name Changes:
  • Invictus Draconis -> Aeternum Draconis
  • Libertalia Launcher -> Libertalia Remnant
  • Cordyceps Cannon -> Cordyceps Bloom

Tags: Nightwraith

March 27, 2026

Can you complete Nightwraith's Dire Depot missions before April 13th and gain access to Empress' Epic auxiliaries?

Nightwraith's Dire Depot

A new mission chain has been added to Nightwraith "Dire Depot." Accept the first mission, "Legendary Resume" to being your quest to earn the Auxiliary Armor Key and unlock Nightwraith's ArmorBot!

Rather than Nightwraith's typical stock, this merchant now contains Gifter Empress' Epic Rare Auxiliaries, Penelope's Precision and Dire's Deception, as limited quantity weapons as an homage to the original Bunnyzookas, which were a rare promotion that ran from March 26th to April 11th in 2010. We shifted the schedule a bit to accommodate the weekends for your convenience.

These weapons will only be available from today until the end of the day on April 12th. The missions will still be available until we reboot the server but the items themselves will disappear. If you don't have enough Varium to purchase these items you will still be rewarded with substantial Credit prizes and an achievement for completing the missions!

TheAlonzoHarris Shop Update

TheAlonzoHarris' shop has been updated with new and returning Epic Rares!

• Cold Ignition: core added for this weekend
• Itachi's Pride: available one more weekend (last chance for now!)
• Zeus's Might: 50,000 Varium, available only for this weekend
• Katie's Replica Slayer CC P: 10,000 Varium / 10 Balance Tokens
• Katie's Infernal Slayer P: 5,000 Varium / 5 Balance Tokens
• Roman's Replica Interdictor CC E: 10,000 Varium / 10 Balance Tokens
• Roman's Infernal Interdictor E: 5,000 Varium / 5 Balance Tokens

Quality of Life

The NPC lists on the map interface now support scrolling so we can show more NPCs at once, giving you a more complete view of all the active NPCs in a region. Many mission-gated NPCs are still hidden, however.

Tags: Nightwraith

March 20, 2026

EpicDuel is LIVE with new Nulgath limited rares and a restocked Epic Rare shop!

Nulgath Reinforced

Nulgath has been stocked with even more delightfully devious limited rares! Will you collect them all?

• Archfiend Overlord Sword P
• Archfiend Overlord Sword E
• Archfiend Overlord Slayer P
• Archfiend Overlord Slayer E
• Archfiend Overlord Greatsword P
• Archfiend Overlord Greatsword E
• Archfiend Overlord Greatsword CC P
• Archfiend Overlord Greatsword CC E
• Archfiend Overlord Arsenal P
• Archfiend Overlord Arsenal E
• Archfiend Overlord Greatbow P
• Archfiend Overlord Greatbow E
• Archfiend Overlord Greatspear P
• Archfiend Overlord Greatspear E

TheAlonzoHarris Shop Update

TheAlonzoHarri's Epic Rare shop has been stocked with new and returning Epic Rares! Some of these are only available for a limited time. Have you been keeping up with your weekly missions?

• Zeus's Legacy - 25000 Varium - Available this weekend
• Accomplishment's Pirate Rep. - 10000 Varium / 10 Tokens - Available this weekend
• Itachi's Pride - Returning for the weekend
• Cyber Frogzard - 10000 Varium / 10 Tokens
• Brazilian Bunnyzooka P - 10000 Varium / No Tokens
• Brazilian Bunnyzooka E - 10000 Varium / No Tokens
• CC Hellfire Havoc Harrower P - 10000 Varium / 10 Tokens
• CC Hellfire Havoc Harrower E - 10000 Varium / 10 Tokens

Coming Attractions

I am pleased to share with you a preview of the next Battlepass which will have an ancient Egypt theme! It's already shaping up to be one of the best-looking yet.

Tags: Nightwraith