Update 04-2023

By  Kitty · Official · 04/2023Back to releases

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early April, bringing new cards, balance changes, and the Easter event!

Balance changes

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

Nerf compensation

As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Temple of Space, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.

  • legendary card  Legendary card: fusion stone 1 fusion stone at level 1, coin 20 coins and fusion stone 5 fusion stones at level 2, coin 50 coins and fusion stone 10 fusion stones at level 3, coin 150 coins and fusion stone 20 fusion stones at level 4, coin 300 coins and fusion stone 50 fusion stones at level 5.

New cards

Two new cards will be introduced in April: a new neutral Undead (the first unit with 4 base movement!) and a new neutral Frostling.

5
Ultrasonicsundead
Ultrasonics

common
2
Level 1
4
5
Ultrasonicsundead
Ultrasonics

common
3
Level 2
4
5
Ultrasonicsundead
Ultrasonics

common
4
Level 3
4
5
Ultrasonicsundead
Ultrasonics

common
5
Level 4
4
5
Ultrasonicsundead
Ultrasonics

common
6
Level 5
4
6
Snowdriftsfrostling
Snowdrifts

After attacking, deal damage equal to its remaining strength to 2 surrounding enemy units and structures.

common
6
Level 1
1
6
Snowdriftsfrostling
Snowdrifts

After attacking, deal damage equal to its remaining strength to 2 surrounding enemy units and structures.

common
7
Level 2
1
6
Snowdriftsfrostling
Snowdrifts

After attacking, deal damage equal to its remaining strength to 2 surrounding enemy units and structures.

common
9
Level 3
1
6
Snowdriftsfrostling
Snowdrifts

After attacking, deal damage equal to its remaining strength to 2 surrounding enemy units and structures.

common
11
Level 4
1
6
Snowdriftsfrostling
Snowdrifts

After attacking, deal damage equal to its remaining strength to 2 surrounding enemy units and structures.

common
13
Level 5
1

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 copies as well as coin 750 coins and fusion stone 5 fusion stones. It's now possible to buy more than one exclusive pack each.

New Brawls

Similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 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 April 13th will be for Ultrasonics.
  • The Warrior Brawl starting on April 27th will be for Snowdrifts.

The Brawl starting on April 6th (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 crownsCost per matchReward once reached
crown 7 crownscoin 0 coins (0)coin 10 coins
crown 20 crownscoin 5 coins (0)1 Humble Book
crown 35 crownscoin 5 coins (-5)ruby 5 rubies
crown 50 crownscoin 10 coins (-10)fusion stone 1 fusion stone
crown 70 crownscoin 15 coins (-15)ruby 15 rubies
crown 95 crownscoin 20 coins (-20)rare card 1 rare card
crown 125 crownscoin 25 coins (-25)fusion stone 7 fusion stones
crown 160 crownscoin 35 coins (-30)ruby 60 rubies
crown 200 crownscoin 40 coins (-40)rare card 5 rare cards
crown 250 crownscoin 50 coins (-50)ruby 200 rubies
Brawl calculator

To calculate how far you can go with a given amount of coins, or how much it will cost you to reach a certain milestone, be sure to use the Brawl calculator. It makes it possible to define a certain Brawl discount as well.

Easter Event

Similar to last year, we’ll have an Easter event in the game. During this event, there will be a coin bonus and ruby bonus, from April 6th until April 17th.

Like most holiday events, there will be some one-time-only special offers for people willing to put some money into the game. The Easter exclusive packs will be available from April 6th until April 17th as well. Each of them will include one Easter avatar.

Three Easter Avatars; Easter Razor-Sharped Lynx as a lamb holding an Easter egg, Ubass as an Easter bunny eating a carrot, and a happy Dreadfauns in the Easter version.

Card usage data

In case you missed it, you may be pleased to learn that we have started releasing card usage data in the form of per-league tier lists. This should give you a good idea of how popular certain cards are in a given league, or what are the top-cards on a per-league basis.

Note that we are currently experimenting with ways to adjust neutral cards’ presence. Right now they are disproportionately represented since they are in all types of decks. We hope to make them less prominent in the dataset in the near future.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

Please find below a detailed listed of the release plan:

  • Balance Changes: April 1 (9:00)
  • Cheapened Brawl (50% off): from April 6 (9:00) until April 10 (9:00)
  • Ultrasonics release: April 7 (9:00)
  • Easter Coin bonus: from April 6 (9:00) until April 17 (9:00)
  • Easter Ruby bonus: from April 6 (9:00) until April 17 (9:00)
  • Easter exclusive shop offers:  from April 6 (9:00) until April 17 (9:00)
  • Snowdrifts release: April 21 (9:00)
  • Ultrasonics (Warrior Brawl): April 13 (9:00) until April 17 (9:00)
  • Snowdrifts (Warrior Brawl): April 27 (9:00) until May 5 (9:00)

All times are expressed using a 24-hour clock in CEST (Central European Summer Timezone).