Hey everyone! Hope you are excited for new Strife: The Expanse content! Today marks the beta release for the Conjuror! Swap to the beta branch and try it out!

This post will serve as a small patch post as the character isn't totally finished and still requires testing.

This unit boasts good ranged damage on the basic attack, as well as the ability to buff allied teammates by increasing their attack stat by 3 and lowering their defence by 5. The numbers are still being tested and tweaked so I don't get too attached as this may change as it moves to the stable branch.

Health: 95
Attack: 24
Range: 7
Defence: 26
Movement: 5

-The Archer special attack has been substantially improved and looks insane right now! I highly encourage you to check it out!

-A second page for more units has been added.

-Fixed issue with unit placing UI showing the name of the unit's c# class instead of the unit's actual name. (Ex Flame Wyvern would say Dragon).

Achievements still need to be added for the conjuror.

Balance and playtesting still needs to occur.

Please keep and eye out for more development news and let me know of any issues you experience if you choose to play with the conjuror while she's still in beta! More units will be coming with time (all for free!)

Strife: The Expanse post-launch development has begun! And it is with great excitement I get to announce the first-post launch unit: The Conjuror!

The Conjuror is a dark caster, controlling occult magic long since forbidden. This dark magic gives great power, but at the cost of one's life force.

Currently the only unit that interacts with other units' stats is the Shaman, who is able to debuff enemy unit defences substantially and preventing tanky units from being overly strong. However, even with the Shaman's push to go wide, there still seems to be a lot of favor for high defence high health total units. To remedy this the Conjuror will interact with both the attack and defence stat in order to encourage a more weenie/squishy meta. Furthermore a high risk high reward unit is always a good addition to raise the skill cap.

Currently the Conjuror casts a spell hitting all units adjacent with a buff/debuff that increases their attack by 3 but lowers their defence by 5 permanently. This will hit allies and enemies allowing you to use this as a high risk spot debuff on enemy units in a pinch, or a way to buff your weenies up. The cooldown is currently 3 turns, however it may need to be scaled with map size to prevent archers from reaching insane attack levels on longer maps.

Still plenty of ideas and design space for new units. I have 2 more ideas at the front of my brain for units I really want to add, as well as some additional mechanics to promote movement in matches. More to come!

Furthermore, the leaderboard beta branch is effectively ready to be moved over to main. I just need to do some Q&A to ensure oculus still behaves. Update: This change has been made live.