Foreword

This has been a long time coming, but we have another massive update for Alliance War. We’ve not only had a chance to look at streamlining the Alliance War Map for all difficulties, but we’ve gotten a chance to give Alliance Wars a new Reward update, we’ve enabled Relics for Alliance War, and let’s not forget about the new Defense Tactic that’s dropping at the same time! This is a massive update, so let's get into the nitty gritty details.

Timeline

Pre-Season 44 kicks off: Wednesday, September 13th
Season 44 kicks off: Wednesday, September 27th

New Map, New Flow!

As we discussed before, we’ve decided to give the map a new structural facelift to eliminate the choke points that the players were encountering before. This was a burden for Alliances that strategized with timezones in mind, and blocked the flow for a lot of players. For example, mini bosses have been moved away from the bottleneck in the middle, and have been grouped together towards the end of the map while path fights have been grouped in their own pod. Here is a look at the first maps at Intermediate and Higher.

Intermediate / Hard / Challenger / Expert Map Layout



The identities of these fights have been tuned, but have not been changed. So your Path 1 Healing Lane still remains, and the Purify Lane is still where it is currently. However, some of those nodes have gotten some buffs, as well as health bumps to compensate for the nodes we removed. We’ll go over the tuning changes in a bit, but let’s show you what is past these path islands. It’s what players refer to as Mini-Boss Island. Passed that is Boss Island. This is the main flow change from the past iteration of maps.

Easy / Normal



As you can see, all the harder bosses are packed in together. However, you’ll notice that traversing the mini-boss island, and the final boss island has changed with teleporters. Now, instead of having to go through multiple mini-bosses in a row to get to the next section, players now have a choice in how they tackle this. They can defeat one Mini-Boss and go straight to the Final Boss Island, or they can take on three mini-bosses at the same time before they go to the Final Boss Island. It all comes down to how you want to organize your fights, giving a bit of agency to Alliance Attacks.

As for node tuning, with the removal of some plain Mini-Bosses and some old designs that needed a face lift, the following nodes have been given a tuning update with help from our internal Balancing Team. Please note, these nodes are for Expert Maps. Other Map Buff Profiles will be shared out in a Forum Post.

Path 1
Node 13

Champion Boost 150%
Health Boost 150%
Reinvigorated (Fury) - 3
Masochism Over Time - 3
Vigorous Assault
Indomitable

Node 28

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 150%
Reinvigorated (Unblockable) - 3
Buffet Over Time - 3
Arc Overload 2.1
Indomitable


Path 2
Node 11

Champion Boost 150%
Health Boost 150%
Combat Déjà vu - Placebo - 3
Sadist - 3
Nullify Countdown - 3

Node 29

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 150%
Personal Space (Placebo)
Prey on the Weak - 5
E.M.P. Modification

Path 3
Node 3

Champion Boost 150%
Health Boost 100%
Electric Defence - 3
Spaced Armor - 3
Overwhelming Odds - 3

Node 30 (WITH A NOTE)

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 150%
Sloped Armor - 3
Static Defence - 3
Shock Immunity

NOTE: We do need to call this out, as Shock Immunity seems like a strange thing to add onto here. Nebula was one of the best counters on this node. Smart play, but with little to no counter play for the Defending Alliance, we decided to defang her specifically on this node.

Path 4
Node 31

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 150%
Steady Buildup - Unblockable
Painful Retreat - 3
Heal Block (Debuff)


Path 5
Node 14

Champion Boost 150%
Health Boost 150%
Ebb and Flow - Knockdown
Aggression: Precision
Heavy-Hitter

Path 6

Path 6, we deemed, needed the most balancing as this lane was dominated by the release and use of Nimrod. This wasn’t our intent, and it makes placing Defenders on this lane a very tough chase. So as a result, we created a series of buffs meant to take the wind out of Nimrod, to allow Mutant Defenders to breathe.

The new buffs that will come with this update will be as follows…

Insurance Policy (Power) - 3
If the Attacker removes Prowess Effects from the Defender, the Defender gains a burst of 50% of a Bar of Power.

Insurance Policy (Flourish) - 3
If the Attacker removes Prowess Effects from the Defender, the Defender will gain a Flourish Buff, increasing their Combat Power Rate by 25% for 15 seconds. Max stack of 10.

Bandaid Solutions (Energy Resistance) - 3
For each Shock applied to the Defender, Debuff or Passive, the Defender gains an Energy Resistance Passive, increasing Resistance by 60% for 20 seconds.

Bandaid Solutions (Direct Damage) - 3
For each Shock applied to the Defender, it will grant them a dormant charge that can stack up to 5 times. If the Defender throws a Special, all those charges will be converted into Direct Damage, each dealing 25% of the Defender Base Attack to the Attacker.

Node 6

Champion Boost 150%
Health Boost 100%
Combat Deja Vu - Prowess
Insurance Policy (Power) - 3
Spiked Armor

Node 15

Champion Boost 150%
Health Boost 150%
Aggression: Prowess
Insurance Policy (Flourish) - 3
Critical Setup

Node 24

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 100%
Prowess Build Up - Unblockable
Superior Special 3
Bandaid Solutions (Energy Resistance) - 3
Return Policy - 3

Node 33

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 150%
Prowess Build Up - Unblockable
Bandaid Solutions (Direct Damage) - 3
Hard Knock Life - 3
Passively Special - 3


Path 7
Node 7

Champion Boost 150%
Health Boost 100%
Second Wind (Damage Reflection) - 3
Attacker Special Burst Lock Down - 3

Node 16

Champion Boost 150%
Health Boost 150%
Second Wind (Damage Reflection) - 3
Physical Resistance - 50
Winded - 3

Node 25

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 100%
Second Wind (Unblockable) - 3
Make A Stand - 2

Node 34

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 150%
Second Wind (Unblockable) - 3
Power Creep - 3
Standing in Fear

Path 8
Node 35

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 150%
Inevitable Power (Power Efficiency) - 3
Force of Will
Rich Get Richer - 2

Path 9
Node 27

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 100%
Hazard Shift - Shock and Bleed
Power Focus 2

Node 36

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 150%
Hazard Shift - Shock and Bleed
One Eye Open

Miniboss Island
Node 53

Champion Boost 200%
Health Boost 300%
Stunning Reflection
Polka Dot Power!
Brute Force

That’s a lot to take in, so instead of reading a long list of changes that can go on forever, here is a link to an Excel Sheet that has every node available to you in one concise list.

Defense Tactic Tuning

New season, and a new round of meta defining Defense Tactics that will surely give Mystics another bump in usage for this new season coming out. The following Attack and Defense Tactics will be coming to you shortly in Season 44!

Attack: Decay
Attackers are immune to Placebo Buffs. Whenever they trigger a Buff immunity inflict a 20% Wither Debuff on the Opponent lasting 8 seconds Max: 5. Attackers gain 35% Resistance to Damage over time effects for each Debuff on the Defender. When the Defender is knocked down there is a 25% chance per Debuff active on them to inflict a 10 second Slow Debuff.

Defense: Sugar Pill
Sugar Pill - 1:
Making contact with the Defender has a 100% Chance to grant the Attacker an 12 second Placebo buff MAX: 5. At max charges Buffs will refresh themselves instead of reapplying a new one. Whenever a Buff Expires or is nullified from the Opponent 15% Chance for the Defender to gain an Unstoppable Passive lasting 5 seconds.

Sugar Pill - 2:
Making contact with the Defender has a 100% Chance to grant the Attacker an 12 second Placebo buff MAX: 5. At max charges Buffs will refresh themselves instead of reapplying a new one. Whenever a Buff Expires or is nullified from the Opponent 20% Chance for the Defender to gain an Unstoppable Passive lasting 5 seconds.

Sugar Pill - 3:
Making contact with the Defender has a 100% Chance to grant the Attacker an 12 second Placebo buff MAX: 5. At max charges Buffs will refresh themselves instead of reapplying a new one. Whenever a Buff Expires or is nullified from the Opponent 33% Chance for the Defender to gain an Unstoppable Passive lasting 5 seconds.

One other thing that we are updating is the amount of Defense Tactics available in the Challenger Tier. For this tier, we are reducing the 3 Defense Tactics, to 1 Defense Tactic to better focus the experience and eliminate redundancies. The number of Attack Tactics, however, will not be reduced.

New Update, New Rewards!

We have decided to inject some juicy rewards into the Alliance War Season 44 for the upper tiers. From 7 Titan Hero Shards, to Relic Shards, this is the mode that you want to focus on to get your hands on Powerful Champions, as well as Relics to back your champions up. All new reward updates are highlighted in bold.

Masters Rewards Overview

• Titan Hero Crystal Shards added into the pool
• Increase in Tier 6 Class Catalyst Shards (both Crystals and Selectors)
• Added in 4/5/6 Star Relic Crystal Shards

Detailed Breakdown

Masters 1

20000 Titan Hero Crystal Shards

15000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

6 25% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Selectors

30 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

225000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

285000 Tier 6 Basic Shards

10000 6 Star Relic Crystal Shards
10000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2 6 Star Class Nexus Crystals

50000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards

12 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors

7 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts

Master 2

12000 Titan Hero Crystal Shards

12000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

5 25% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Selectors

25 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

225000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

285000 Tier 6 Basic Shards

7500 6 Star Relic Crystal Shards
10000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2 6 Star Class Nexus Crystals

50000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards

10 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors

7 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts

Master 3

8000 Titan Hero Crystal Shards

10000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

4 25% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Selectors

20 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

225000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

285000 Tier 6 Basic Shards

6000 6 Star Relic Crystal Shards
10000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2 6 Star Class Nexus Crystals

50000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards

8 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors

7 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts

Master 4

4000 Titan Hero Crystal Shards

8000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

3 25% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Selectors

15 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

135000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

171000 Tier 6 Basic Shards

5000 6 Star Relic Crystal Shards
10000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2 6 Star Class Nexus Crystals

50000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards

7 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors

7 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts

Master 5

2000 Titan Hero Crystal Shards

6000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

2 25% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Selectors

10 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

135000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

171000 Tier 6 Basic Shards

4000 6 Star Relic Crystal Shards
10000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

Platinum Reward Overview

• 4/5/6 Relic Crystal Shards

Detailed Breakdown

Platinum 1

4000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

12 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

90000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

114000 Tier 6 Basic Shards

2000 6 Star Relic Crystal Shards
5000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards

1 6 Star Class Nexus Crystals

40000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards

4 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors

4 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
4 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Platinum 2

3000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

10 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

67500 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

85500 Tier 6 Basic Shards

1000 6 Star Relic Crystal Shards
5000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards

1 6 Star Class Nexus Crystals

30000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards
1 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Crystal

3 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors

4 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
4 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Platinum 3

2000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

8 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

45000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

57000 Tier 6 Basic Shards
5000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards

1 6 Star Class Nexus Crystals

25000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards
2 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Crystal

2 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors

4 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
4 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Platinum 4

1000 7 Star Hero Crystal Shards

6 5% Tier 6 Class Catalyst Crystals

33750 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards

42750 Tier 6 Basic Shards
5000 5 Star Relic Crystal Shards

2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards

1 6 Star Class Nexus Crystals

20000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards
3 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Crystal

1 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors

4 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
4 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Gold Rewards Overview

• 4 Star Relic Crystals

Detailed Overview

Gold 1
18000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards
22800 Tier 6 Basic Shards
2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards
1 6 Star Nexus Crystal
15000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards
3 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Crystal
3 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
4 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Gold 2
9000 Tier 3 Alpha Catalyst Shards
11400 Tier 6 Basic Shards
2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards
1 6 Star Nexus Crystal
10000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards
2 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Crystal
2.5 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
4 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Gold 3
2000 4 Star Relic Crystal Shards
1 6 Star Nexus Crystal
7500 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards
1 25% Tier 5 Class Catalyst Crystal
2 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
4 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Silver Rewards Overview

• 3 Star Relic Crystals

Detailed Overview

Silver 1

2000 3 Star Relic Crystal Shards

1 5 Star Class Nexus Crystals

5000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards

1.5 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
4 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Silver 2

2000 3 Star Relic Crystal Shards

1 5 Star Class Nexus Crystals

2500 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards

1 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
3 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Silver 3

2000 3 Star Relic Crystal Shards

1 5 Star Class Nexus Crystals

1000 6 Star Hero Crystal Shards

0.5 Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
2 Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Loyal Store Update!

We have decided to focus the Loyalty store on Champion Acquisition, Awakening and Sig Stones moving forward. We have added an exclusive 7* crystal and reduced the price of Awakening and Sig Stone materials to promote this change in direction. The price of rank up materials remains unchanged, though we have consolidated the store items so lower progressions will have better prices in some cases.

Changes to Loyalty store consumables will follow with our consumable update.

Bans

Expert:
Blacklist - Ghost, Kingpin
Whitelist - Nimrod, Infamous Ironman

Challenger:
Blacklist - Ghost
Whitelist - Nimrod

A note from the game team (Sept 15):
With the recent adjustments to Alliance War maps, we have eliminated the ability for Alliances to eliminate the Defense Tactic from the Final Boss node, a strategy known as Boss Rushing. Boss Rushing was never a strategy we intended to enable or encourage and we will be updating the Defense Tactic Descriptions to avoid confusion.

Note (Sept 28th): Fixed the rewards for Gold placement - The Nexus Crystals were never meant to be Class Nexus Crystals