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	September 23, 2020 The Sea King's Treasure Say "goodbye" to the Infernal Fantasy Gear and "hello" to the mighty Sea King's Treasure, now available for a limited time! Sea King's Treasure Forged at the bottom of Delta V's irradiated seas, the Sea King's Treasure is a mighty arsenal of weapons and armor design to devastate your foes with crippling attacks and lethal poisons. Crafted by the always amazing Bido and Deuce, this set should join the ranks of the finest items in EpicDuel. Sea King's Protector Sea King's Spirit: Active an aura that turns 50% of incoming damage into Energy. Sea King's Executioner P Sea King's Executioner E Sea King's Wrath Sea King's Terror Sea King's Curse Remove target's armor (1 turn), sidearm (2 turns), and auxiliary (3 turns). Sea King's Disruptor P Sea King's Disruptor E Sea King's Venom: Strike for 85% damage, afflicting target with incurable poison for 3 turns draining HP by 70 each round. Sea King's Disintegrator P Sea King's Disintegrator E Sea King's Corruption: Reduces the effect of all healing by 40%. Sea King's Cruiser (RARE) This promotional package comes with a new Ultra-Rare achievement worth 2500 rating points: Sea King's Crest! This package also includes batch of bonus cores that can be equipped to your existing weapons. This should allow maximum flexibility when constructing your ultimate builds! New Hairstyles Complement your new Sea King gear with 3 new styles! Balance Cyber Hunter: Plasma Grenade, +1 Energy Damage every 0.38 Support instead of .35 Adaptive Offense: increase level 1 to 242, Increase by 19 with level 10 at 413. Lvl 1 - 242 Lvl 2 - 261 Lvl 3 - 280 Lvl 4 - 299 Lvl 5 - 318 Lvl 6 - 337 Lvl 7 - 356 Lvl 8 - 375 Lvl 9 - 395 Lvl 10 - 413 Other Changes / Fixes Hidden for many years, the Win% will now show on the leaderboards. The character page links in game will now direct to the correct website. Tags: Nightwraith

	September 04, 2020 Echo in the Mines Echoes of war sound throughout the Infernal Mines. Relive one of the greatest conflicts of Delta V's history and spar against the Delta Vault! Also, remember to stop by Thalyssa in the West Naval Yard to pick up any returning pirate gear you may have missed! Relive the Delta Vault Battle! Visit the War Memorial in the Infernal Mines to challenge a simulation of the Delta Vault from the original Infernal War! While Baelius' original diabolical design required an entire army to breach, this version can be bested in single combat. Since the level cap and power levels are higher now than in those days of Delta, a new Legendary variation is available to test your might against an opponent the best duelists of the day would struggle to defeat! As if the honor of triumph and a shiny new achievement weren't enough, the Legendary Vault is holding some treasures in the form of rare armor drops! New Items The War Memorial is also dispensing new throwbacks that the Infernal War, grenades! Available as equitable cores, these limited skills can provide interesting strategies to throw your opponents off guard and turn the tide of battle. No duelist should leave the mines without one! Lawman's orders! Soldier's Grenade P x25 Compact grenade dealing 120% Physical damage. Soldier's Grenade E x25 Compact grenade dealing 120% Energy damage. Om Nom Bomb P x25 Summon a swarm to attack target and absorb 35% Physical damage to HP. Om Nom Bomb E x25 Summon a swarm to attack target and absorb 35% Energy damage to HP. Magma Grenade P x25 Physical grenade that lowers defenses by an increasing amount (1.5 per level) for 4 turns. Magma Grenade E x25 Energy grenade that lowers defenses by an increasing amount (1.5 per level) for 4 turns. 4234 Short Circuit Grenade P x25 A grenade that deals Physical damage and puts a random skill into Cooldown. Short Circuit Grenade E x25 A grenade that deals Energy damage and puts a random skill into Cooldown. Crystal Grenade x25 A grenade that reduces the target's energy by 40% of normal strike damage. Stalagrenade P x25 Hardened Physical grenade that ignores 25% Defense with 10% Crit chance. Stalagrenade E x25 Hardened Energy grenade that ignores 25% Defense with 10% Crit chance. Hammer Grenade P x25 85% Physical damage that removes armor for 2 rounds. Hammer Grenade E x25 85% Energy damage that removes armor for 2 rounds. One new core is now available at VendBots to help provide a sidearm-based counterattack for Credit-only players against healing builds. Piercing Shot Reduce defense/resistance 10% and healing 20% for 3 turns. Hairstyles To match the Legendary Delta Vault's drops, everyone will have access to 3 new styles! You're not afraid of bugs are you? Balance Cyber Hunter: Plasma Grenade: Stat requirement Dexterity starting at 15 and increase 2 per level with a max of 33. Gene Augment: Move req max 42 Dexterity instead of Support Cores: Revitalization: Now heals for a maximum of 1700 HP. Legendary points can increase this cap. The skill can be impacted by healing reduction cores like Hatchling Rush and Shell Shocker. Tranquility: HP cap raised to 650 Enjoy your long weekend, Duelists! We'll be taking a break next week then returning in force the week after with a NEW promotional package! Also, the bonus Varium that's come with all the top packages since Spring will be ending September 14! Have a great weekend and Duel On! Tags: Nightwraith

	August 28, 2020 Titan's Birthday Bonus! Titan's inventory has been updated again with several new items, including some new, completely non-threatening padded weapons if you'd rather take a friendlier approach to dueling! We've also included some significant balance adjustments to Cyber Hunters and Mercenaries. Be sure to keep your twitter feed open this weekend as EpicDuel Devs, Mods, and Testers drop several new prize codes for new rare armors! New Items Visit Titan in his Frysteland lair to browse his inventory of new sidearms and auxiliary weapons, including a food-based armor! Don't wear it around Titan if he skipped lunch or you might find yourself missing an arm! Titan's Executioner Blaster P Titan's Executioner Blaster E Titan's Executioner Bow P Titan's Executioner Bow E Angry Frank Costume Bludgeon of the Fallen P Bludgeon of the Fallen E Executioner of the Fallen P Executioner of the Fallen E New Styles The style shop has been updated with 2 wild new styles! Balance Several skills have been buffed with added effects to improve their usefulness and encourage build diversity. Of particular focus has been the skills of Cyber Hunters, who can often struggle in protracted fights. Mercenary Intimidate: Added a 10% Defense reduction Cyber Hunter Neurotoxin: Adds a 20% decrease of healing Adaptive offense: Improves with Technology instead of Strength Static Charge: Improve with Technology instead of Support Plasma Grenade: Improve with Support instead of Technology Malfunction: Scaling changed to improve with every 3.8 Support instead of 3.5 Tactical Mercenary Crippling Strike: Lower base cost to 85 and increase by 25 per level and keep max at 30% with a max cost of 310 Tags: Nightwraith

	August 21, 2020 Titan's Birthday Bounty! The mysterious and mighty Titan has completed another revolution around the sun (which sun, though?) and it's now time for another round of belated birthday loot! New Titan Items! Visit Titan's home on Frysteland's frigid peak to browse a new bounty of Titan-themed weapons created by artist Tomcat/Deuce! Plus, Color Customizeable version of past favorites have been added to the shop for maximum coordination! Swords Titan's Executioner Sword P Titan's Executioner Sword E Titan's Triumph CC P Titan's Triumph CC E Wrist Blades Titan's Executioner Blades P Titan's Executioner Blades E Mauls/Axes Titan's Executioner Maul P Titan's Executioner Maul E Staffs Titan's Executioner Staff P Titan's Executioner Staff E Mutating Weapons Titan's Terror CC P Titan's Terror CC E Vehicles Platinum Burger Bike Styles A new CC Titan style has been added to the character customizer if you ever wanted a CC version of a burger head to complete your food-themed look! Tags: Nightwraith

	August 14, 2020 Charfade's Mini Rex! Charfade's workshop has just rolled out it's most powerful creation yet, The Mini Rex Robot! This new bot is available in a variety of damage configurations to match your strategy! New Items! Visit Charfade's workshop in the Barren's Outpost to browse her stock of new robots with a travel form to match! Charfade's Mini Rex P Dino Bite P: Use unbreakable metal jaws to inflict Physical damage. Dino Fire P: Fire a Physical beam with bonus damage of 10% of your target's max Health (Max 500) Charfade's Mini Rex E Dino Bite E: Use unbreakable metal jaws to inflict Energy damage. Dino Fire E: Fire a beam of Energy with bonus damage of 10% of your target's max Health (Max 500) Charfade's Mini Rex PxE Dino Bite P: Use unbreakable metal jaws to inflict Physical damage. Dino Fire E: Fire a beam of Energy with bonus damage of 10% of your target's max Health (Max 500) Charfade's Mini Rex ExP Dino Bite E: Use unbreakable metal jaws to inflict Energy damage. Dino Fire P: Fire a Physical beam with bonus damage of 10% of your target's max Health (Max 500) Mini Rex Mutation: /fire command enabled! New Hairstyles! Access the style change for 2 new hairstyles. Additionally an error was corrected in which hairstyles 290-298 were no displaying on any classes. These hairstyles should now be available to view and purchase. Home items Want to display Charfade's lovely new creations inside your home? The Home Item Shop has you covered with Mini Rex statues sporting a striking variety of luxurious color schemes! Green Mini Rex Right Green Mini Rex Left Blue Mini Rex Right Blue Mini Rex Left Purple Mini Rex Right Purple Mini Rex Left Magenta Mini Rex Right Magenta Mini Rex Left Gold Mini Rex Right Gold Mini Rex Left Platinum Mini Rex Right Platinum Mini Rex Left Balance: Power up with new balance changed impacting most classes, including a large buff of Mercenaries! Tech Mage Malfunction: Improves with Support instead of Dexterity; Required stat switched to Dexterity Bounty Hunter Massacre: Starts at 50% instead of 40%; Increases by 10% to max out at 140%; Increased energy cost per level of 30 Tactical Mercenary Crippling Strike: 2 turn cool down Mercenary Berzerker: Added HP gain on 15% of damage; Required weapon: Maul; 3 round cool down Adrenaline: Increased % of Rage gain per level Lvl 1 - 15 Lvl 2 - 17 Lvl 3 - 19 Lvl 4 - 21 Lvl 5 - 23 Lvl 6 - 25 Lvl 7 - 27 Lvl 8 - 28 Lvl 9 - 29 Lvl 10 - 30 A bug was fixed in Adrenaline that was preventing the skill form working correctly. Tags: Nightwraith

	July 31, 2020 Infernal Fantasy Rides Again! Infernal Fantasy Bike! The Infernal Fantasy Gear package is already an incredible deal loaded with new weapons, armor, and powerful cores, but that deal is about to get even sweeter! With today's release, the Infernal Fantasy Bike will be added to the Infernal Fantasy promotional package for all future buyers. Do you already own the Infernal Fantasy Gear? Awesome! You'll receive the bike for free within a few hours of the release! This bike is tagged Rare and will only be offered with this promotion. After the package leaves the store, it will not be offered in game again! New Styles! Haircut looking a little stale and...wild? We've added 24 new styles for all classes and genders! Balance: We've made some important changes to balance over the last few weeks. The biggest is definitely the introduction of Level 6 Focus, which should produce some interesting builds and counter-builds. We've also buffed some of the cores included in the Infernal Fantasy package! Level 6 Focus unlocked at 50 points in each Stat. Cyber Hunter: Static Charge: 85% damage and blockable Blood Mage: Deadly Aim: Stat requirement changed to Dex Mana Burst: Buffed to 40% Feeding Frenzy: Buff to 85% damage Revitalization: Defense / Resistance reduction reduced to 10% from 25% Varium Sale Final Extension! Our Summer sale has been extended once again for the final time! Since this Summer has been a trying time for all of us (I hate it when companies say that, but it's still true!) we've decided to carry this current sale through to September 14th! You've still got plenty of time to take advantage of this great deal on Varium or other currencies from the rest of the extensive library of Artix Entertainment games! Tags: Nightwraith