Update 04-2022

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early April bringing balance changes, 3 new cards including 2 legendary heroes, QoL improvements, and some exclusive offers!

Disclaimer

Unfortunately, the friends notification system has been more complex than originally anticipated which, coupled with one of our engineers being absent, has caused some delay in our backlog.

As a result, we intend to finish shipping the friends notification toggle and multibuy features promised last month, and would like to apologize for the delay.

Balance changes

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Herald’s Hymn’s ability now grants 2/3/4/5/6 (up from 1/2/3/4/5).
• Rimelings now cost 4 mana (down from 5) and gain 2 mana (down from 3).
• Conflicted Drakes’ ability now deals 2/2/3/3/4 (up from 1/1/2/2/3).
• Temple of the Mind’s strength is now 3/4/5/6/7 (up from 2/3/4/5/6).
• Bounded Daemons’ strength is now 3/4/4/5/6 (up from 2/3/3/4/5).
• Diehards now cost 3 mana (down from 4).
• Martyr Spongers’ movement is now 1 (up from 0).
• Flameless Lizards’ strength is now 7/8/10/12/14 (down from 7/9/11/13/16).

New cards

There will be two new neutral legendary heroes introduced next month: Siro the Resurrector on April 17th and Gray the Balancer on April 24th. There will also be an alternative to Execution in the form of a new spell: Demotivation Strike, introduced on April 10th.

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Demotivating Strike

Disable a target unit’s ability, then deal 3 damage

Level 1

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Demotivating Strike

Disable a target unit’s ability, then deal 4 damage

Level 2

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Demotivating Strike

Disable a target unit’s ability, then deal 5 damage

Level 3

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Demotivating Strike

Disable a target unit’s ability, then deal 6 damage

Level 4

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Demotivating Strike

Disable a target unit’s ability, then deal 7 damage

Level 5

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Siro the Resurrectorancient hero

Before moving, respawn 1 surrounding non‑legendary friendly unit destroyed since the beginning of the turn

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Level 1

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Siro the Resurrectorancient hero

Before moving, respawn 2 surrounding non‑legendary friendly units destroyed since the beginning of the turn

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Level 2

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Siro the Resurrectorancient hero

Before moving, respawn 3 surrounding non‑legendary friendly units destroyed since the beginning of the turn

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Level 3

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Siro the Resurrectorancient hero

Before moving, respawn 4 surrounding non‑legendary friendly units destroyed since the beginning of the turn

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Level 4

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Siro the Resurrectorancient hero

Before moving, respawn surrounding non‑legendary friendly units destroyed since the beginning of the turn

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Level 5

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Gray the Balancerhero ancient

Before moving, destroy the weakest unit from the player who has most units on the board

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Level 1

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Gray the Balancerhero ancient

Before moving, destroy the weakest unit from the player who has most units on the board

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Level 2

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Gray the Balancerhero ancient

Before moving, destroy the weakest unit from the player who has most units on the board

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Level 3

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Gray the Balancerhero ancient

Before moving, destroy the weakest unit from the player who has most units on the board

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Level 4

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Gray the Balancerhero ancient

Before moving, destroy the weakest unit from the player who has most units on the board

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Level 5

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As usual, there will be exclusive packs for every new card to get immediate copies as well as  750 coins and  5 fusion stones.

Demotivation Strike will be introduced on April 10th along with its promotional pack, which can be purchased until April 17th.

Siro the Resurrector will be introduced on April 17th along with its promotional pack, which can be purchased until April 24th.

Gray the Balancer will be introduced on April 24th along with its promotional pack, which can be purchased until April 10th.

New Brawls

Similar to what we did in the last months, we will introduce 3 new Brawl modifiers for the 3 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the April 14th will be for Demotivation Strike.
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the April 21st will be for Siro the Resurrector.
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the April 28th will be for Gray the Balancer.

Cheapened Brawl

The Brawl starting on April 14th (and only that one) is going to be cheaper. All fights will be 50% off. Owners of the Premium Pass will also have their usual discount applied, leading to a 60% reduction.

Here are the adjusted values for every milestone:

Required crowns	Cost per match	Reward once reached
7 crowns	0 coins (0)	10 coins
20 crowns	5 coins (0)	1 Humble Book
35 crowns	5 coins (-5)	5 rubies
50 crowns	10 coins (-10)	1 fusion stone
70 crowns	15 coins (-15)	15 rubies
95 crowns	20 coins (-20)	1 rare card
125 crowns	25 coins (-25)	7 fusion stones
160 crowns	35 coins (-30)	60 rubies
200 crowns	40 coins (-40)	5 rare cards
250 crowns	50 coins (-50)	200 rubies

Required crowns	Cost per match	Reward once reached
7 crowns	0 coins (0)	20 coins
20 crowns	5 coins (-5)	1 Humble Book
35 crowns	15 coins (-10)	1 Noble Book
50 crowns	25 coins (-25)	4 fusion stones
70 crowns	40 coins (-35)	1 Heroic Tome
95 crowns	50 coins (-50)	2 epic cards
125 crowns	65 coins (-60)	20 fusion stones
160 crowns	75 coins (-75)	125 rubies
200 crowns	100 coins (-100)	7 epic cards
250 crowns	125 coins (-125)	500 rubies

Required crowns	Cost per match	Reward once reached
7 crowns	0 coins (0)	1 Humble Book
20 crowns	10 coins (-10)	5 rubies
35 crowns	25 coins (-25)	1 Classic Tome
50 crowns	50 coins (-50)	10 fusion stones
70 crowns	75 coins (-75)	1 Mythic Tome
95 crowns	100 coins (-100)	1 legendary card
125 crowns	125 coins (-125)	50 fusion stones
160 crowns	150 coins (-150)	250 rubies
200 crowns	200 coins (-200)	5 legendary cards
250 crowns	250 coins (-250)	200 fusion stones

Easter offers

As usual, exclusive packs will be available from April 17th until April 24th:

• Ament pack ($9.99): 3 Mythic Tomes, 2 Heroic Tomes, 1 Classic Tome and  500 coins and 1 exclusive avatar
• Helpful Bunny pack ($19.99):  20 rare cards,  15 epic cards and  10 legendary cards and 1 exclusive avatar
• Easter Edrik pack ($49.99):  650 rubies and  6,500 coins and 1 exclusive avatar

Note that the following 3 avatars will no longer be available after Easter. This is the only way to unlock them, so be sure to seize it!

All rubies offer from the shop will be boosted, by 5% for the cheapest one, all the way to 50% for the highest one. This will last between April 14th and April 17th (end of the Brawl).

Copy improvements

I recently undertook going through all card abilities to improve their English version in an effort to make them more consistent and readable. I then pitched it to our development team to bring these changes to the game itself, which has been accepted.

These changes will be slowly rolled out in all languages in the next few months. Please be patient and it takes a significant amount of time to apply such transversal changes in so many languages.

In the meantime, here are the newly defined guidelines for English content on both Stormbound and Stormbound-Kitty.

Locale

Stormbound uses American English over British English. There are subtle differences  between the two languages. The most relevant ones for our project are:

• Words with an ending similar to “vitalize” are spelled with a “z”.
• Words with an ending similar to “defense” are spelled with a “s”.
• Words with an ending similar to “color” are spelled without a “u”.
• The word “canceled” is spelled with a single ”l”.

Capitalization

• Unit types (e.g. Feline) and modifiers (i.e. Ancient, Hero and Elder) should be capitalized.

Card abilities

• An ability should never end with a full stop, no matter whether it is made of several sentences.
• The word “all” should be omitted when possible, as it is implied.
• The term “on the board” should be omitted, as it is implied.
• The term “to fight for x” should be omitted, as it is implied.
• The term “itself” should be preferred over “this”.
• The term “Before attacking” should be preferred over “When attacking”.

Pluralization

• The words “damage” and “strength” are never pluralized.

Highlighting

• Main actions should be highlighted (i.e. build, command, confuse, convert, deal, deconfuse, decrease, destroy, disable, drain, draw, explode, fly, force, freeze, gain, give, increase, jump, move, play, poison, pull, push, remember, remove, restore, return, set, spawn, spend, split, teleport, trigger, vitalize).
• Amounts (whether variadic or not) should be highlighted with their unit (e.g. “1/2/3/4/5 strength”, “1 unit”, “1/2/3/4/5 damage”, etc.).
• The words “bordering" and “surrounding” should be highlighted.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 3 cards will be introduced on April 10th, April 17th and April 24th respectively. The UI improvements will land some time during April.

Is Gray the Balancer counting themselves?

Gray the Balancer does count themselves when resolving their ability.

Is Demotivation Strike similar to Stoic Protectors’ ability?

Silencing and disabling are the same thing, and both abilities will be aligned so they use the “disabling” terminology. This was an omission on our side.