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[PC] Update Notes

Auto Chess 2020-11-03


December 31st, 2020


Patch Note:


[Balance]

Chess Piece:

1. Venomancer - Chemical Rage

CD time (in second): 60/60/60 → 25/20/15

Rage duration (in second): 60/60/60 → 15/15/15


2. Water Spirit - Wave Slash

Ability damage: 200/300/400 → 175/250/400


3. Swordman - Blade Fury

Attack point (in second): 0.5 → 0


4. Desperate Doctor - Ricocheting Cask

Ricocheting time: 4/6/8 → 5/7/9


5. Goddess of Light - Spiritbind

CD time (in second): 16/13/10 → 12/10/8


6. Abyssalcrawler - Spiral Crawler

ATK: 55/110/220 → 60/120/240


7. Rogue Guard - Crazy Dance

ATK: 125/250/500 → 135/270/540


Synergy:

1. Glacier

(2): ATK Speed bonus: 35 for allied Glaciers → 25 for all allies

(4): ATK Speed bonus: 75 for allied Glaciers and 40 for other allies → 50 for all allies

(6): ATK Speed bonus: 75 → 90 for all allies


2. Mage

(9): Magic resistance reduction: 135% → 130%


Item:

1. Pulse Staff

Active ability damage: 350 → 300


2. Oblivion Staff:

ATK Speed: 10 → 15

Chance to trigger the unique passive ability: 35% → 40%


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the illustration display of The Sheriff in the Inventory interface

2. Optimized the illustration display of Alee in the Inventory interface

3. Optimized the illustration display of Reindeer Girl in the Inventory interface

4. Optimized the model of The Sheriff


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue where the skin of Pirate Captain - Wildland Saint was abnormally displayed.

2. Fixed the issue where some resource was missing in the Store interface.

3. Fixed the issue where the chess pieces were disappeared during the Preparation phase.



December 18th, 2020


Patch note:


[Optimization & Fix]

1. Updated and optimized the server

2. Fixed game crash issue under some circumstances



December 16th, 2020


Patch note:


[New]

Chess Piece:

1. Cannon Granny - Artillery

Quality: Legendary

Race: Goblin

Class: Knight

Ability: Increases ATK range and fires [10/15/25] cannons at an enemy within 8 seconds, each cannon deals [175/250/350] Physical damage and reduces the target's ATK speed by 30% for [3/4/5] seconds. The effect could be stacked.


[Balance]

Chess Piece:

1. Tusk Champion - Arctic Punch

Ability damage: 300%/350%/400% → 300%/400%/600%

CD time (second): 10/10/10 → 7/7/7


2. Dragon Knight - Resonance

Reduced cleave range of the base attacks after transforming into Dragon


3. Frostblaze Dragon - Icebound Wall

Ability damage: 200/300/400 → 250/400/600


Synergy:

1. Cave Clan (4):

Bonus HP: 450 → 400


2. Egersis (6):

Ally surviving time (second): 4 → 3.5


3. Mage (9):

Magic Resistance reduction: 140% → 135%


Item:

1. Anti-Maga Cloak

Bonus Magic Resistance: 20% → 30%


2. Jade Pipe

Bonus Magic Resistance: 20% → 35%;

Magical damage absorbed by the shield: 200 → 250


3. Magicka Staff

Bonus ability damage: 10% → 15%


4. Pulse Staff

Bonus ability damage: 10% → 15%


5. Voodoo Staff

Bonus ability damage: 30% → 35%


6. Scythe of Vyse

Bonus ability damage: 45% → 50%


7. Origin Wand

Bonus ability damage: 20% → 25%


8. Holy Spirit Lance

Deals extra damage equals to X ATK: 40% → 30%


[Item Drop mechanism]

1. In Round 20, the main creep is now Ursa Kira (the red one on the left)

2. In Round 25, the main creep is now Swapm Wildwing (the black one on the right)


[Timed Theme]

1. Changed into Christmas theme UI for the Home page, Event interface, Store interface and the creeps in the battle interface.


[New Season]

1. Season 9 will start on December 21st

2. New Race Chess Player: The Sheriff

3. Chess Player in the Senior Pass: Reindeer Girl


December 2nd, 2020


Patch note:


[Balance]

Chess Piece:

1. Warpwood Sage - Leech Seed

CD time: 7/7/7 → 8/8/8 seconds


2. Pirate Captain - Ghostly ship

Ability damage: 150/250/350 → 200/300/500


Synergy:

1. Spirit (2):

Petrification rate: 25% → 35%


2. Warrior (3)/(6)/(9):

Bonus Armor: 5/10/15 → 6/12/16


3. Mage (9):

Magic Resistance reduction: 150% → 140%


[Game mechanism]

1. Items drop in creeps round

1) In Round 10,15, 20, 25, 30, and 35:

Each round, you will get 1 Common Item for sure after killing the main creep

2) In Round 40:

After being killed, one creep will grant you 1 Common Item, and the other one will grant you 1 Rare Item.

3) After Round 45 (included):

Each round, you will get 1 Rare Item for sure after killing the main creep


2. Item Shop (Choose 1 out of 3)

1) Before Round 25 (included), you will have Common Items as the options.

2) After Round 30 (included), you will have Rare Items as the options.


3. About EXP:

From Lv.10 to Lv.11: 20 → 24


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue where you couldn't use the general coupon as it should be when purchasing a pack



November 25th, 2020


Patch note:


[Balance]

Chess Piece:

1. Avenge Knight

Armor: 10/10/10 → 5/5/5


Synergy:

1. Knight (2)/(4)/(6):

HP Regeneration per second granted by the damage-reducing shield: 20/30/50 → 10/20/30

Armor bonus granted by the damage-reducing shield: 30/30/30 → 25/25/25


2. Egersis (6):

Survival duration: 5 → 4 seconds

Armor reduction: 12 → 10

New mechanism: When an ally continues to survive, it can’t be chosen as a target by any ally’s ability.


November 18th, 2020


Patch note:


[Balance]


Chess Piece:

1. Hell Knight

ATK: 75/150/300 → 70/140/280


2. Lightblade Knight

ATK: 55/110/220 → 50/100/200


3. Egersis Ranger - Marksmanship

ATK speed and ATK bonus: 25%/35%/45% → 30%/40%/50%


4. Heaven Bomber - Tracing Missile

Damage dealt by every tracing missile: 150/250/350 → 200/300/500


5. Helicopter - Call Down

Damage dealt by every aerial missile: 200/300/400 → 250/400/600

CD time: 15 → 15/12/9 seconds


6. Stone Spirit

HP: 650/1300/2600 → 700/1400/2800


Synergy:

1. Egersis (6)

newly added effect: If an ally is killed by the enemy with Egersis effect, it will continue to survive for 5 seconds. (it won’t receive normal attacks and is unable to cast abilities.)


2. Warlock (6)

Grants a 40% (instead of 60%) Lifesteal to normal attacks and abilities of all Allies

newly added effect: When an enemy is killed, the nearest ally with Warlock synergy bonus will be granted with this enemy’s Max HP and current mana.


3. Goblin (3)/(6)

HP Regeneration per second: 15 → 20


4. Knight (2)/(4)/(6)

newly added effect: The damage-reducing shield grants also [20/30/50] HP Regeneration per second


5. Hunter (6)

ATK: 80 → 85


Item:

1. Teleport Dagger

Mana granted: 50 → 40


2. Dragonbone Shield

Chances to block damage when attacked: 50% → 75%


3. Heaven's Gift

Chances to block damage when attacked: 50% → 75%

Restored HP for allies: 10% → 15% of their own HP


Game mechanism:

1. Tusk Champion - Arctic Punch

After knocking the enemy into the air, the allies won’t change their current target.


[New]

1. In duo modes, you could also unlock the corresponding Illustration with the help of the shared chess pieces


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the special effect of Thunder Spirit’s skin, Astral Mage


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue wherein the [Clash of the Gods] map, the creeps might have dropped the item in advance (PC)


November 3rd, 2020


[Fix & Optimization]

1. Optimized server performance and reduced game crash.

2. Fixed the abnormal display of Ghost Kid module in the battle under some circumstances.

3. Fixed the abnormal display of Druid synergy when activating Wizard synergy.

4. Fixed the abnormal action effect of Water Spirit in duo modes.


October 28th, 2020


[Fix]

1. Fixed the abnormal display of some Workshop interfaces

2. Fixed the message sending abnormality when you were playing a Duo match

3. Fixed the issue where the name of the custom lobby might change abnormally

4. Fixed the issue where the CD time of the equipped item was wrongly displayed 


October 25th, 2020


Patch note:


[New]

Chess Piece

1. Avenge Knight

Quality: Rare

Race: Human

Class: Knight

Ability: When attacked, Avenge Knight has a [10%/15%/25%] chance to counterattack once with a 50% bonus lifesteal. If she survives and wins the battle, she will gain permanent bonus damage: +[10/20/40] ATK. The bonus is presented through the ability icon.


2. Stone Spirit (RETURN)

Quality: Common

Race: Spirit

Class: Warrior

Ability (NEW): Picks up 1 nearby enemy and tosses them into the air. If there is a valid grid 3 spaces away from Stone Spirit that is next to an enemy, the tossed enemy will crash onto the furthest valid grid; if there are no valid grids nearby, the tossed enemy crashes back down to its original spot. Once the enemy lands, deals [100/200/400] physical damage to enemies around the destination (including the target) and stuns them for [1.5/2/2.5] seconds.


Function

1. Added a “Block message” button in the battle (mobile)


[Balance]

Synergy

1. Spirit (2): when under melee attacks,

Chances to petrify the attacker: 30% → 25%

Petrification duration: 4 → 3 seconds


2. Spirit (4): when under melee attacks,

Chances to petrify the attacker: 50% → 35%

Petrification duration: 4 → 3 seconds


[Championship]

1. Optimized the championship schedule

2. Optimized the rewards in the championship

(For more details, please consult our website)


[New Season]

1. Chess Player: Cave Patriarch


[Fix & Optimization]

1. Optimized the bonus effects icons on the Home page, they will only show up when the corresponding effects are triggered

2. Cancelled temporarily the Donut ticket from Drodo Workshop system

3. Disabled temporarily the function of using Donuts to compensate the payment when you don’t have sufficient Candies

4. Optimized sound volume of the chess pieces and chess players in the battle



[Store]

Arrival on 10.24:

Starlight Scorpius (chess player)


Arrival on 10.30:

Risen Queen (chess player), Halloween Chest (Gold), Halloween Chest (Silver), and Grimace Kid (chess skin of Ghost Kid)


October 13th, 2020


Patch note:


[Balance]

Synergy:

1. Hunter

(3): 

ATK: 35 → 25

Chance to not miss on attacks: 35% → 50%


2. Assassin

(3): 

Critical rate at the first Base Attack: 40% → 50%

(6): 

Critical rate at the first Base Attack: 60% → 100%

(9): 

Critical damage: 400% → 450%


3. Kira

(2): 

The effect can be stacked X times: 8 → 7


Item:

1. Crystal Sword

ATK: 20 → 40

Critical rate: 15% → 20%


2. Dragonbone Ballista

ATK: 40 → 70

Critical rate: 10% → 20%

Critical damage: 400% → 350%


3. Resistance Cloak

[New] +10 HP Regeneration


4. Anti-Maga Cloak

[New] +20 HP Regeneration


5. Jade Pipe

[New] +30 HP Regeneration


6. Puppet Mask

[New] +10 HP Regeneration


7. Heart of Tarrasque

[New] +10 HP Regeneration


Game mechanism:

1. The damage to the enemy chess player dealt by the new Insectoids summoned by the Insectoid synergy is halved (only integers)


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue where the chess players couldn’t move on the chessboard, Moon Palace.

2. Fixed the abnormal display of some chess pieces in Duo modes


[Optimization]

1. Optimized Stone Spirit’s ability description

2. Optimized the condition of bonus Gold when breaking the opponent’s winning streak: A tie is no longer considered as a break of the winning streak

3. Optimized the display of the Race Chess player skin, Goddess of Moon

4. Optimized the display of the Race Chess player, Rea (mobile)



Spetember 23rd, 2020


[Balance]

1. Chess Piece:

1) Thunder Spirit

Lightning Nova

Min Damage: 10/10/10 → 50/50/50

Max Damage: 100/175/250 → 125/200/275

CD time: 10/10/10 → 10/9/8


2) The Source

Restores X Mana for all allies in every 2 seconds: 10/15/20 → 12/18/24


3) Storm Shaman

Cost: 4 → 5 Gold

HP: 800/1600/3200 → 1000/2000/4000

ATK: 48/96/191 → 61/121/241

Armor: 5/5/5 → 6/6/6

Magic Resistance: 0/0/0 → 20%/20%/20%

Ability duration: 2/3/4 → 4/5/8 seconds

Max Damage: 150/200/250 → 150/200/300

CD time: 15/15/15 → 10/8/6

Static storm range: 3/3/4 → 2/3/3 grids


4) Shining Assassin

ATK Rate: 1.2 → 1.0


2. Synergy:

1) Mage (3)

All enemies lose X Magic Resistance: 35% → 40%


3. Item:

1) Holy Spirit Lance

Deals extra damage equals to X ATK: 60% → 40%


2) Barbaric Cuirass

Range: 1 → 2 grids


3) Puppet Mask

Range: 1 → 2 grids


4) Steel Platemail

Range: 1 → 2 grids


5) Heart of Tarrasque

Range: 1 → 3 grids


4. Item Drop mechanism:

1) Round 10 to 30 (creeps round): drops only 1 common item each round


2) Round 35 to 50 (creeps round, except for Round 40): drops only 1 rare item each round


3) Round 40: drops 1 common item and 1 rare item


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the bench zone of the chessboard Yggdrasil Altar

2. Optimized the display of the chess player, Starlight Libra


[Fix]

1. Fixed the display issue of the broadcast decoration, Power of Darkness 

2. Fixed the voiceover issue of the Starlight Libra



September 12th, 2020



Patch note:


[Fix & Optimization]

1. Fixed the issue where sometimes the client might crash after a re-connection

2. Optimized the audio volume of the chess pieces and chess players in the battle


September 9th, 2020


Patch note:


[Balance]

1. Goddess of Light

Basic HP: 400/800/1600 → 450/900/1800

Armor: 0 → 3


2. The Scryer

ATK: 75/150/300 → 82/165/330


3. Fallen Witcher

Bonus ATK speed after transformation: 50%/75%/100% → 40%/65%/90%


[Event]

1. New event “Battles for All“

2. Fill in the Drodo Workshop questionnaire for 20 Candy Tickets as rewards


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the facial model of Shadowcrawler


[Store] 

1. New chessboard: Mount Emei: Main Hall (arrival on 09.10)

2. New chess skin of Taboo Witcher: Ritual Witcher (arrival on 09.11)

3. New chess skin of Shadowcrawler: Ritual Shadow (arrival on 09.11)

4. New chest: Yggdrasil Chest (Gold) (arrival on 09.11)

5. New chest: Yggdrasil Chest (Silver) (arrival on 09.11)

6. New chess player: Royal Guard (arrival on 09.18)

7. New chess player: Starlight Libra (arrival on 09.23)


[Fix]

1. Fixed the abnormal display on the “Returning” event interface

2. Fixed the abnormal display of some avatar items

3. Fixed the issue where sometimes the synergy panel might abnormally vibrate in the Spectator mode



September 3th, 2020


[Fix]

1. Fixed the occasional crash during the battle

2. Fixed the issue where you would obtain the Items in advance when you might win in the creep rounds


September 1th, 2020


Patch note:

[Fix]

1.Fixed the issue where you might receive an error notification saying "Purchase Failed" after successfully purchased.

2.Fixed the issue incorrect data display in the Spectator Quest interface

3.Fixed the issue when you've created a custom lobby for a fantasy mode match, you might not be able to start the game

4.Fixed the model display abnormality of the chess pieces in the store of the match


August 30th, 2020


Patch note:

[New]

1. Chess Piece: Soul Devourer 

Demon & Wizard


[Balance]


Chess Piece:

1. God of Thunder: Zeus' Punishment

Attack point: 0.3s → 0.5s


2. Werewolf

Basic HP: 700/1400/2800 → 750/1500/3000


3. Poisonous Worm: Plague Ward

CD time: 5/4/3s → 5/5/5s


4. Sacred Lancer

Basic HP: 1150/2300/4600 → 1050/2100/4200


5. Assassin (6):

Target: All allied Assassins → All allies

Critical rate: 30% → 20%

Critical rate at first base attack: 70% → 60%

Critical damage: 350%


Assassin (9):

Target: All allied Assassins → All allies

Critical rate: 40% → 30%

Critical rate at first base attack: 100%

Critical damage: 400%


6. Egersis (6): All Enemies lose 12 Armor.


7. Wizard (4): If there's only the synergy of one race/class is activated other than the Wizard synergy, then the highest tier of this synergy will be activated immediately.


8. Knight ([2/4/6]): have a 100% chance to obtain a damage-reducing shield at the beginning of each round.


[Game mechanism]

Added new ways of getting Gold in the battle and adjusted required EXP for leveling up 


1. About Gold:

1) New Item inheritance mechanism: when a player is eliminated, a part of his/her owned Gold will be issued randomly to the surviving ones.

2) Bonus Gold for breaking a winning streak: When you break an opponent’s winning streak (of at least 5), you will obtain the same amount of Gold as this opponent’s winning streak interest.


2. About EXP:

From Lv.6 to Lv.7: 16 EXP → 18 EXP

From Lv.7 to Lv.8: 24 EXP → 28 EXP

From Lv.8 to Lv.9: 32 EXP → 38 EXP

From Lv.9 to Lv.10: 40 EXP → 48 EXP 


[Drodo Workshop]

1. New map: Happy Battle

2. New map: Smash Goblins

3. New map: 3-Star Redaxe Chief 


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the jumping animation of the chess pieces in the battle. 

2. You could move your chess players while playing an action animation. 

3. After equipping the chess piece with Item during the preparation phase, you can directly check the attributes changes

4. Optimized the background music

5. Optimized the sound effect for Pirate Captain’s ability

6. Your avatar will be displayed in replacement of the chess player on the loading interface

7. Optimized the combination logics and selling mechanism for the chess skins.

8. Optimized the chat windows.

1) You could choose to close manually the Private chat window

9. Optimized the "Newcomer Event"

10. Added entering animations when you check the Illustration of a chess piece. 

11. Added Championship channel in the Spectator mode. 

12. Added "Distribute Items" and "Adjust Position" functions in the battle


[Store] 

1. New chessboard: Genial Blockhouse

2. "Cave Clan’s Summer" Chest

3. New chess skins: Razorclaw [Blue] and Long Vacation

4. Set a purchase limit to avoid mistake repurchase of goods that you've already owned.

5. Optimized the chests in the store:

1) If you have owned some of the decorations in the chest, you won't get them while purchasing, and the corresponding price will be deducted accordingly.

2) For chess skin, if you don't have unlocked the 3-star chess skin, the price of the chest will be adjusted according to the required number of the chess skin that you need.

6. The chest will be automatically opened upon obtaining so it won't appear in your Inventory.

7. Optimized the animation while opening a Cube.

8. Optimized the display of the chess player’s decorations in the chest.


[Event]

1. New "Item Redeem" event




August 12th, 2020


[Balance]

1. Beast

(2): All Allies (including the summoned) +15% Attack Speed. (instead of 10%) 

2. Goblin

(3): Grants a random Ally +15 Armor (instead of 12) and +15 HP Restoration (instead of 10) 

{6}: Grants all Allies +15 Armor and +15 HP Restoration (instead of 10) 

3. Lord of Sand: 

Burrow Dash deals [150/250/450] magical damage (instead of [150/250/350])  

4. Spider Queen:

has [900/1800/3600] basic HP (instead of [800/1600/3200])  

5. Flame Wizard:

Laguna Blade grants herself the ATK speed bonus without stack limit (instead of 2 stacks) 

6. Grimtouch:

Ink Splash has a CD time of [20/15/10] seconds (instead of [16/12/8])  

7. Shaman

(4): after being hexed, this enemy will inherit the HP status and the equipped items from its former form with full mana. (the inherited Items won’t be displayed in the Item slots)

8. Lava Shaman:

Lava Swirl has a radius of [1.5/2.5/3] grids (instead of 2.5/3/4]) 

9. Required EXP for leveling up the your chess player (except for Quick Mode)

From Lv.10 to Lv.11: 20 EXP (instead of 40)

From Lv.11 to Lv.12: 30 EXP (instead of 40)


[Fix]

1. Fixed the error in the Novice Tutorial mode

2. Fixed the issue where the Shaman synergy incorrectly took effect on the summons

3. Optimized the matchmaking mechanism

4. Fixed the issue where you didn’t get the Items dropped from the creeps at Round 10 & 15


August 6th, 2020


Patch note:

[Optimization]

1. Optimized the seasonal rewards description

2. Optimized the label for Home and Away line-ups

3. Optimized the presence of Starlight Sagittarius in the Duo match settlement interface

4. Optimized the special effects in the settlement interface

5. Optimized the presence of Starlight Leo in the settlement interface


[Fix]

1. Fixed the incorrect result in the Novice match settlement interface

2. Harmonized the size of some chess pieces in the Illustration interface

3. Fixed the issue where some hotkeys didn’t work during the battle

4. Fixed the issue where the enemy piece was not in the right position after being touched by Ghost Kid’s ability

5. Fixed the issue where your password was still recorded when you’ve chosen not to remember it

6. Fixed the issue where you couldn’t go the corresponding interface through the banners in the Home interface

7. Fixed the abnormal display of the ability effects in battle

8. Fixed the issue where you could still see the special effects of the other players' chess player after your party was dismissed

9. Fixed the issue where the duration of hexed pieces (into penguin) didn’t last for 6 seconds in the battle

10. Fixed the issue where the activated Druid synergy was not correctly displayed when your Druids were not deployed on the hessboard

11. Fixed the issue where you might get stuck when you tried to go to the Season interface

12. Fixed the issue where you might face an error when loading some Items in the Store

13. Fixed the issue where you couldn’t change your country/region flag after a 60-day cooldown

14. Fixed the incorrect ranking result in the Championship leaderboard

15. Fixed the issue where you might encounter a screen flash when leaving the Store interface

16. Fixed the incorrect quality setting for the chess player Starlight Leo, who was supposed to be Epic instead of Legendary


[Event]

1. Closed the “Unlock Illustration” event for Quick mode


August 3rd, 2020


Patch note:

1. Fixed the issue in Tutorial mode

2. Fixed the issue where, with some devices, you were not able to change the voice-over language

3. Fixed the issue where the avatar was abnormally displayed in the matchmaking interface


July 30th, 2020


Patch note:

[Chess Piece]

New

1. Sacred Lancer Glacier & Warrior

2. Lava Shaman Cave Clan & Shaman


Change

1. Skull Hunter Summons a Porcupette, whose base attacks deal physical damage [1-Star] / magical damage [2-Star] / pure damage and who forces the enemies to attack itself [3-Star]


[Race & Class]

New

1. Cave Clan (6): All allies gain +350 HP. Ally HP is boosted equally to 700x the percentage of the chess player’s missing HP

2. Shaman (4): At the start of a battle, turns a random enemy into penguin for 6 seconds. And all ally Shamans get a buff: when killed by an enemy piece, hexes the enemy into a random chess piece of the same cost and the same star level.


Change

1. Human: with EXP Book, you could now break the population upper limit


[Balance]

Item:

1. Maelstrom: added a 0.5-second CD time to the effect: the base attack has a 25% chance to deal 100 Magical Damage to up to 3 enemies.

2. Mjollnir: added a 0.5-second CD time to the effect: the base attack has a 25% chance to deal 200 Magical Damage to up to 5 enemies.

3. Pulse Staff: deals 350 magical damage (instead of value equals to 10% of target’s Max HP + 200 points)

4. Origin Wand: deals magical damage equals to 10% (instead of 20%) of target’s Max HP + 450 (instead of 300) points


Chess Piece:

1. The Source: quality: Common (instead of Rare); cost [1/3/5] Gold (instead of [2/4/6])

2. Dragon Knight: his basic ATK is [65/130/260] (instead of [55/110/220])

3. Beast {6): now the enemy will take 20 (instead of 25) extra Physical Damage when attacked

4. Warrior {9}: all ally Warriors gain +18 (instead of 20) Armor

5. Marine (2): all allies +30% (instead of 35%) Magic Resistance

6. Marine (4): all allies +60% (instead of 70%) Magic Resistance


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the item drop mechanism in creep rounds: since the Round 10, if you win, you will get 1 Item dropped from the creep for sure

2. Moved the [Championship] entry into the menu bar on the right side

3. Optimized the animation display when opening the chest

4. Optimized the information display in the Illustration interface

5. Added player’s nickname to his/her chess player when they jump into others player’s chessboard for watching

6. When teamed up, you will no longer leave the party after the reconnection

7. When in a custom lobby, you will no longer leave the Lobby chat channel after the reconnection

8. When chatting with a friend, your message will be displayed on the right side of the chat-box

9. You could unlock the illustration in the Quick mode for a limited time


[Fix]

1. Fixed the abnormal display of the Home interface when you quit a match

2. Fixed the abnormal red-point notification on the Chess Pass entry in the Home interface

3. Fixed the issue where sometimes the price was still displayed in red (unaffordable) when you’d once locked the chess store

4. Fixed the UI where some texts were over-framed in the Illustration interface

5. Fixed the low-brightly display of some chessboards in the Home interface

6. Fixed the issue where you were not able to view the battle process in some cases


July 22nd, 2020


Patch note:

[Chess Piece]

New

1. Sacred Lancer Glacier & Warrior

2. Lava Shaman Cave Clan & Shaman


Change

1. Skull Hunter Summons a Porcupette, whose base attacks deal physical damage [1-Star] / magical damage [2-Star] / pure damage and who forces the enemies to attack itself [3-Star]


[Race & Class]

New

1. Cave Clan (6): All allies gain +350 HP. Ally HP is boosted equally to 700x the percentage of the chess player’s missing HP

2. Shaman (4): At the start of a battle, turns a random enemy into penguin for 6 seconds. And all ally Shamans get a buff: when killed by an enemy piece, hexes the enemy into a random chess piece of the same cost and the same star level.


Change

1. Human: with EXP Book, you could now break the population upper limit


[Balance]

Item:

1. Mjollnir Added a 0.5-second CD time to the effect: the base attack has a 25% chance to deal 100 Magical Damage to up to 3 enemies.

2. Maelstrom Added a 0.5-second CD time to the effect: the base attack has a 25% chance to deal 200 Magical Damage to up to 5 enemies.

3. Pulse Staff Deals 350 magical damage (instead of value equals to 10% of target’s Max HP + 200 points)

4. Origin Wand Deals magical damage equals to 10% (instead of 20%) of target’s Max HP + 450 (instead of 300) points


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the item drop mechanism in creep rounds: since the Round 10, if you win, you will get at least 1 Item dropped from the creep

2. Added spectator mode for the Championship matches

3. Optimized the display of the Scryer’s information in the Chess Store 

4. Moved the [Championship] entry into the menu bar on the right side

5. Optimized the animation display when opening the chest

6. Optimized the information display in the Illustration interface

7. Added player’s nickname to his/her chess player when they jump into others player’s chessboard for watching

8. When teamed up, you will no longer leave the party after the reconnection

9. When in a custom lobby, you will no longer leave the Lobby chat channel after the reconnection

10. Optimized the display of the chess player in the Spectator entry interface

11. When chatting with a friend, your own message will be displayed on the right side of the chat-box

12. You could unlock the illustration in the Fantasy mode for a limited time


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue where you were not able to view the battle process in some cases

2. Fixed the incorrect Rune information in the Championship Leaderboard interface after using the filter function

3. Fixed the issue where the chessboards were displayed incomplete on the devices with a full-screen design


July 9th, 2020


Auto Chess PC [Early Access] will carry out an on-line update at 10:00 on 07.09(UTC).


Patch note:

[Fix]

1. Fixed the abnormal size of 1-star Werewolf's model

2. Fixed the issue where some players' Rune was wrongly displayed in the Championship leaderboard

3. Fixed the issue where you couldn't continue to finish the Novice mode when the Check-in window showed up after the tutorial

4. Fixed the issue where the Items on the shared pieces were wrongly displayed in your Bag in Duo mode



July 1st, 2020


Auto Chess will be under maintenance for roughly 5 hours, beginning at 16:00 on 2020-07-01 (UTC). And we will disable the Patch note:

[Balance]

a/ Chess piece

1. Poisonous Worm: the magical resistance of the summoned Poisonous Worm Guards is 80% (instead of 100%)

2. Tortola Elder: with Kamehameha, he deals [300/500/800] damage in maximum (instead of [300/450/500])

3. The Source: with Awaken, she restores [10/15/20] Mana (instead of [8/14/20]) for all allies in every 2 seconds

4. Flame Wizard: with Laguna Blade, the ability CD time is [8/6/4] seconds (instead of [10/7.5/5])


b/ Race

1. Beast (6): the enemy will take 20 extra Physical Damage (instead of Magical Damage) when attacked by an ally who benefits from the Beast Synergy


[Fix]

1. Corrected the register conditions for the Weekly Championship

2. Fixed the game crash problem when battling (including using the Auto function) in the Duo mode

3. Fixed the issue where you might be able to combine the Items on the chess pieces that have been shared with you in the Duo mode


June 16th, 2020


Patch note:

Chess piece:

1. Spider Queen: Insectoid & Hunter

2. Thorn Predator: Insectoid & Assassin


[Balance]

Item:

1. Dragonthorn Bracer [NEW]: +10% Ability lifesteal

2. Teleport Dagger [NEW]. Combination chain: Broken Sword + Magicka Crystal

: +20 ATK. +100% Mana Restoration on hit.

Active: Active: Flashes to the farthest grid that can attack the enemy and gains 50 Mana. CD: 15 seconds.

3. Holy Spirit Lance [NEW]. Combination chain: Teleport Dagger + Nether Essence.

: +20 ATK. +100% Mana Restoration on hit. +40% Mana Restoration on the injury.

Active: Flashes to the farthest grid that can attack the enemy and gains 50 Mana, then reflects 100% of the damage received in 6 seconds back to the attacker. CD: 15 seconds

4. Black Ice Lance [NEW]. Combination chain: Magicka Staff + Broken Sword.

: +15% Ability Damage. +35 ATK. Pushes the attacker to the farthest grid when receiving melee attacks. CD: 15 seconds.

5. Holy Spirit Lance [NEW]. Combination chain: Black Ice Lance + Dragon Blood Axe.

: +15% Ability Damage. +30 ATK. +650 Max HP. Deals extra damage equals to 60% ATK to 2 enemies within 2 grids around the target (only with ranged attacks) and pushes the attacker to the farthest grid when receiving melee attacks. CD: 15 seconds.

6. Ice Platemail [NEW]. Combination chain: Lucky Coin + Cattlehide Armour.

: +8 Armor. +15% Evasion rate. Reduces the ATK Speed of the attacker by 15% when receiving base attacks, lasts for 5 seconds.

7. Steel Platemail [ADJUSTED]: +15 Armor. Grants +3 Armor for allies within 1 grid.

8. Heart of Tarrasque [ADJUSTED]: Combination chain: Dragonthorn Bracer + Puppet Mask. +15% Magic Resistance. Grants +20% Base Attack lifesteal and +20% Ability lifesteal for allies within 1 grid.

9. Icearmor [ADJUSTED]: Combination chain: Black Ice Lance + Dragonthorn Bracer. +10 Armor. +15% Evasion rate. +10% Ability lifesteal.

Deals 300 Magical Damage to enemies within 5 grids and reduces their ATK Speed by 30% for 5 seconds. CD: 30 seconds.

10. Infused Mask [ADJUSTED]: +10% Lifesteal. +50% ATK Speed. Reduces enemy’s Armor by 8 with base attacks, lasts for 5 seconds.

11. Shadow Edge [ADJUSTED]: Deals Pure Damage equals to 20% of the Attack Damage to enemies in a sector within 1 grid.


Chess Piece:

1. Winter Chiropteran: Race: Dragon, Egersis [NEW]

2. Frostblaze Dragon: Race: Mage [ADJUSTED]

3. Venomancer: Chemical Rage: now the attack rate is 0.7/0.6/0.5 (instead of 0.7/0.55/0.4).

4. Fallen Witcher: Now the ATK interval is 1.2 (instead of 1.4).

5. Rogue Guard: Now the ATK interval is 1.3 (instead of 1.5).

6. Shining Dragon: temporarily removed from the chess pool. 


Race & Class

1. Human: Human (3): After winning a battle against another player, if at least one ally Human survives, gets EXP Book x1.

2. Human: Human (6): After winning a battle against another player, if at least one ally Human survives, gets EXP Book x4.

3. Beast: Beast (6): Increases 30% ATK for all allies, including the summoned. The enemy will take 20 extra Magical Damage when attacked by an ally who benefits from the Beast Synergy, can be stacked.

4. Warrior: Warrior (9): Increases 20 Armor for all allied Warriors. When receiving physical or magical damage, it reflects pure damage equals to the value of the recipient's Armor.

5. Dragon: Now it’s Dragon (5), instead of Dragon (6).

6. Glacier: Glacier (4): All allied Glaciers +75% (instead of 70%) ATK Speed, and other Allies gain +40% (instead of 35%) ATK Speed.

7. Glacier: Glacier (6): All allies +75% (instead of 70%) ATK Speed.

8. Kira (2): Now the HP increase is not based on the Max HP, but on 20% of the current HP; the calculation of the Max HP stays the same.


[Feature]

1. A presentation area is integrated into the Hall interface. You could go to the corresponding interface and get it by tapping the model.


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue in the Spectator mode, where you could not read the message from a PC player when you played the game with a Mobile device.

2. Fixed the abnormal display of the Season interface.

3. Fixed the issue on iOS devices where the event might occasionally be missing after finishing a match.

4. Fixed the issue on iOS devices where the Mode Selection interface was abnormally displayed.

5. Fixed the issue where you might not find the [Invite spectators]/[Spectate] button in the Friends list.

6. Fixed the issue where the corresponding DUO mode was also selected when you choose a SOLO mode in the Mode Selection interface.

7. Fixed the issue when you had turned on the Auto function and forced to quit the game, but it was no longer on once reconnected.

8. Fixed the issue where you could not get the complete information about the Scryer when long-pressing it in the store.

9. Fixed the Custom lobby issue, where you were unable to leave the lobby and got no notification when you locked your screen then tried getting back to the game.

10. Fixed the issue where you could not enter the Spectator mode through a PC player’s invitation when you played the game with a Mobile device.

11. Fixed the issue where the passive ability of Taboo Witcher could not be triggered when he was equipped with Python Wand or Claw Wand and the item’s active ability was activated.

12. Fixed the display error issue of the Spectator Reward.

13. Fixed the absence issue of the Venomancer’s skin special effects.

14. Fixed the occasional absence issue of the Icearmor ability effects.

15. Fixed the issue where you were able to obtain the bonus chest after claiming the spectator rewards, but it disappeared when you reconnect to the spectator interface.

16. Fixed the issue where the special effect of the Swordman’s ability abnormally continued to be displayed at the end of a battle.

17. Fixed the issue where the monsters’ HP was wrongly displayed in Round 50.

18. Fixed the issue of the Frostblaze Dragon’s ability - Icebound Wall.


[Optimization]

1. Added a notification when you have not operated for a long time in the Novice mode.

2. Integrated a full-screen animation video when you go to the Chess Pass interface for the first time since the start of a new season. (You could choose to skip it when entering)

3. Added 2 buttons corresponding to the Heart of Mech and Golden Heart of Mech into the store interface in the battle.

4. The consumable items are displayed in piles in the bag.

5. Optimized the way to present the battle records, adding the stats of the losing HP.

6. Added a notification saying “Unable to purchase in the Experimental Server” when you click on purchasing the Donuts.

7. Optimized the high network latency problem in South America.

8. Optimized the Item Selection interface for a better operating experience. 

9. Optimized the background display of the chessboard in the Hall interface.

10. Optimized the display effects when ascending or descending the rank.

11. When unlocking the Illustration of 2-Star/3-Star chess pieces, the corresponding model (instead of the corresponding image) will pop-up.

12. Optimized the game icon.

13. Optimized the matching logic in the battle: Before you will fight against the image of a random player each round; now, you will fight directly against another player. You will be divided into different groups of two, when the number of players on the field is odd, the player in the wheel will fight against the image of a random living player.


June 10th, 2020


Auto Chess PC [Early Access] will carry out an on-line update at 16:00 on 2020-06-10 (UTC).


[Fix]

1. Fixed the abnormal display of some pop-ups in game

2. Fixed the display error of some announcements

3. Fixed the data error in the Leaderboard: TOP1 after choosing the [Follow] option


[New]

1. Added new season PV video


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the art resources for some events



June 6th, 2020


Auto Chess PC [Early Access] will carry out an on-line update at 14:00 on 06.06(UTC).


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue where you might encounter the timed out problem and were unable to log into the game



June 5th, 2020


Auto Chess PC [Early Access] will carry out an on-line update at 14:00 on 06.05 (UTC).


[Fix]

1. Fixed the incorrect Item combination interface which makes you unable to combine the items  

2. Fixed the lagging problem in Spectator mode  

3. Fixed the issue where you might flash back to the Login interface when entering the game  

4. Fixed the issue where the Play button in the Store interface didn't work  

5. Fixed the abnormal display of some chess pieces in the Illustration interface

6. Fixed the issue where some events were not displayed


June 4th, 2020


Auto Chess will be under maintenance for roughly 6 hours, beginning at 16:00 on 2020-06-04 (UTC). And we will disable the Matchmaking system at 15:00 accordingly. If necessary, the scheduled server launch may change to accommodate any additional maintenance.


[Chess Piece]

1. Ghost Kid: Egersis & Warrior


[Balance]

a. Item

1. Barbaric Cuirass

New combination chain: Steel Platemail + Wraith Shard.

Changes: [REMOVED] +40% Mana Restoration on injury 

2. Axe of Fury

New combination chain: Ghost Blade + Shadow Edge.

Changes:+15% (instead of 40%) ATK Speed, +35 ATK [NEW]

3. Claw Wand

New combination chain: Python Wand + Nether Essence.

Changes: +20 (instead of 50) ATK and +40% Mana Restoration on injury [NEW]


b. Chess Piece

1. Shining Archer

Now chooses the farthest enemy as her target; the longer the distance, the greater the damage, and the longer the stun duration.

2. Argali Knight

Now heals the ally who is surrounded by the most enemies (instead of the ally with the lowest HP rate)

3. Unicorn

Passive ability [NEW]: When Unicorn receives attacks, she reduces the attacker’s ATK Speed by [5%/15%/25%] for 5 seconds.


c. Race & Class

1. Priest (2)

Grants a shield that blocks 20% of the damage for the chess player; and if the chess player receives more than 8 damage, gets Green Essence x1.

Green Essence: Use it to recover 1 - 5 HP for the chess player.

2. Mech (3)

After winning a battle, if at least one ally Mech survives, gets Heart of Mech x1.

Heart of Mech: Use it to immediately refresh the store once.

3. Mech (6)

After winning a battle, if at least one ally Mech survives, gets Golden Heart of Mech x1.

Golden Heart of Mech: Use it to immediately refresh the store once, and 5 Legendary Pieces will show up.


[Feature]

1. You can now remove Items from equipped chess pieces in the battle

2. You can now directly check the chessboard animation in the Inventory

3. You can now choose to hide your on-line status

4. Added Korean voiceover


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue in [Competitive lobby], where the player couldn’t resume the match when the Referee has quit the lobby in the middle of the match

2. Fixed the lagging problem while spectating

3. Fixed the issue when canceling the [Auto] function

4. Fixed the lack of highlight in the store when player owns had the identical chess pieces

5. Fixed the data error in the Leaderboard: TOP

6. Fixed the issue in [Expensive Repair Fees] Fantasy mode, where you couldn't obtain EXP after reaching level 10

7. Fixed the issue where some chess pieces cast incorrect ability

8. Fixed the issue where some items were abnormally displayed when selling them

9. Fixed the resources loading abnormally inside and outside the battle

10. Fixed the incorrect display of some texts

11. Fixed the wrong refreshing probability of Dwarf Sniper and Grand Herald in the Store

12. Fixed the lacking chess pieces issue when refreshing in the Store 


[Optimization]

1. Optimized the presentation of the DPS panel, the basic damage and the ability damage will be displayed separately.

2. Optimized the display of players’ win and loss on the left of the match interface

3. In the battle, when there are only two players left, the Fatigue mechanism will take effect after 4 more rounds (but no later than the Round 50), and the calculation of the losing HP is adjusted from rounding up to rounding down. For example: If you remain 3 HP, then the Fatigue will deduct 1 HP (instead of 2)

4. Added information about required Gold for the next level in the battle

5. The upper limit of the authorized characters in the chat bar is expanded to 100

6. You now could check the chat history

7. Chat text display now is automatically wrapped in the channel

8. Optimized the Login button

9. Optimized the display of the chess players in the Inventory interface

10. Optimized the presentation of chess pieces’ stats in the Illustration interface

11. Optimized the display of the chess pieces and chess players, those who can fly will no longer have a base

12. Optimized the screen size ratio in different interfaces

13. You can now open chests in batches

14. Added progress bar to the Loading interface after login

15. The chests now display the images or models of the items that it contains

16. A notification will pop up after you share something from the game to Facebook

17. Optimized the HP display when a chess piece is injuried




May 20th, 2020


[Fix]

1. Fixed the issue where your points were incorrectly settled after the match

2. Fixed the abnormal matchmaking issue

3. Fixed the issue where you might not be able to reconnect to the game once you were pushed out

4. Fixed the issue where the settlement interface was not popped up after the match

5. Fixed the abnormal login bug

6. Fixed the issue where you might be forced to restart a new match instead of returning to the Home interface when finishing the current match

7. Fixed the absence of the special effect of the Axe of Fury

8. Fixed the issue where Umbra/Werewolf didn't get the HP bonus correctly when they were equipped with Orb of Refresh

9. Fixed the incorrect display of the nickname in Battle channel

10. Fixed the abnormal display of the Marine synergy special effect

11. Fixed the issue where the melee pieces would frequently change their target in the battle

12. Fixed the issue where some item resources were missing in the battle

13. Fixed the incorrect status display in the friend list

14. Fixed the issue where there was no battle process during the match

15. Fixed the issue where the chess pieces of the eliminated players were not put back into the chess pool

16. Fixed the issue where Scryer cast incorrect ability when facing an enemy line-up with Goblin-3 Mech

17. Fixed the incorrect display of some animation effects

18. Fixed the issue where the chess pieces were not displayed after the refreshing

19. Fixed the incorrect rules and time information for some events

20. Fixed the issue where some texts exceeded the frame in the Illustration interface

21. Fixed the absence of the Marines in the in-battle Store when they used the Anniversary themed chess skin

22. Fixed the issue where you might get stuck at the confirm interface in the Character Choosing interface if you’ve created one before the Server Merge

23. Fixed the abnormal display of some chess skins in the Illustration interface

24. Fixed the incorrect voiceover and sound effect of the chess pieces and chess players in the battle

25. Fixed the issue where you might return to the Home interface by pressing ESC when you tried to modify your nickname, region or other information

26. Fixed the issue where your chess player could not move if you use the Humming Well: Deep




May 18th, 2020


1. Fixed the issue where the goods that have been removed from the store are incorrectly tagged with "new"

2. Fixed the issue where the chessboard in Home page might appear as another chessboard after quitting a match

3. Fixed the in-game abnormal display of the chessboard - The Great Wall Inner in Duo mode




May 13th, 2020


An on-line update will be carried out at 14:30 on May 13 (UTC)


[Fix]

1. Fixed the incorrect date information in the announcement

2. Fixed the abnormal audio including the chess players' voiceover in the battle and the operation sound effect

3. Fixed the inactivated damage effect

4. Optimized the performance of some chess players and chessboards

5. Fixed the issue where the texts exceeded the frame in some interfaces



May 12th, 2020


Auto Chess will be under maintenance for roughly 8 hours, beginning at 16:00 on 2020-05-12 (UTC). And we will disable the Matchmaking system at 15:30 accordingly. If necessary, the scheduled server launch may change to accommodate any additional maintenance.


[Balance]

1. Swordman: extended his cast animation time

2. God of War: now has [5/5/5] Armor (instead of [5/7/9])

3. God of War: with Shield Crash, he now deals [200/250/300] damages (instead of [100/250/400])

4. Venom: when casting the ability, he will choose a random enemy (instead of the enemy with the highest attack speed (at 80% chance))

5. Poisonous Worm: added “Beast” as one of his races


[Fix]

1.Fixed the login problem with Google/Facebook account

2.Fixed the incorrect damage to the chess player dealt by God of Thunder

3.Fixed the issue where you might not get the item loop from the creeps or the item was not presented in the battle

4.Fixed the issue where some chess pieces’ ability was abnormally performed

5.Fixed the issue where no items were looped when other players were eliminated in the match


May 11th, 2020


[Fix]

1. Fixed the overlapping notification texts when selling the items

2. Fixed the issue where the sales page were opened twice in a row or the items were missing after refreshing

3. Fixed the incorrect rarity of Pthanil in the Preview interface

4. Fixed the inappropriate text/UI adaptation in the mail interface

5. Fixed the incompatible size of Avatar Frame in the Team-up interface

6. Fixed the issue where external and internal title of the announcement were displayed inconsistently

7. Fixed the incorrect button when puarchsing the chess skins in the Store

8. Fixed the issue where the texts exceeded in the Check-in interface

9. Fixed the issue where the texts exceeded in the Pass Point Claiming interface

10. Fixed the incorrect invitation CD time

11. Fixed the issue where the audio were wrongly played when buying the chess pieces in the battle


[Optimization]

1. Integrated Country/Region icon in the loading interface

2. Adjusted the materials for some chess pieces

3. Adjusted the effect of Unicorn in the battle

4. Optimized the fonts in Spectator interface


May 9th, 2020


1. Fixed the incompatible size of Avatar Frame in some interfaces

2. Fixed the incorrect illustration of the hidden chess pieces (summoned by the Insectoid synergy) on the battle information panel

3. Fixed the issue where the decorations of Golby Homa and Pthanil were not displayed in the battle interface after making the change

4. Changed the sound when the match was found

5. Fixed the incorrect CD time when inviting a same player in a row for the team up

6. Adjusted the fonts and colors for some texts

7. Adjusted the gaps in the HP bar

8. Fixed the entering animation error when you enter the Inventory interface

9. Fixed the bad text/UI adaptation in the Inventory interface

10. Fixed the bad UI performance in the Friend list interface

11. Fixed the issue where the loading interface was not normally displayed after reconnection.



May 8th, 2020


Auto Chess PC [Early Access] will carry out an on-line update at 11:00 on 05.08 (UTC).


1. Fixed the issue where the chess player model was not displayed when claiming the 1st purchase reward

2. Fixed the incorrect icons of Bishop and Rook

3. Fixed the abnormal display of the discount price in the Store at different resolutions

4. Fixed the incorrect status display when teaming up in the Home page



May 7th, 2020


1. After the first purchase rewards were claimed, the chess player model was not presented on the interface that congratulations on your acquisition. However, the reward items were normally added into and could be viewed in your Inventory

2. Fixed the abnormal interface display after claiming the first purchase rewards

3. Fixed the repeated display issue of the navigation in the Hall interface

4. Fixed the issue where the recommended icon still existed on the piece after the item was put onto the chess piece

5. Fixed the incorrect description of the Reward claiming conditions in Anniversary mode

6. Fixed the abnormal display of the special effect when selecting a piece in bench

7. Fixed the abnormal season settlement reward icon

8. Fixed the bug of the unused skin is still displayed after using the chess piece skin

9. Fixed the abnormal prompt that "You have already created a party" every time you log into the game

10. Fixed the abnormal display of chess piece’s HP bar in battle

11. Fixed the overlapped game ending screen after the disconnection and reconnection in Novice mode

12. Fixed the abnormal prompt when you joined 3 matches in a row (custom lobby, matching) within 10 minutes

13. Fixed the error prompt of clicking invite to join the team in the queue

14. Optimized the guide tips for sharing pieces in 2V2 mode


Notice:Epic game client will be updated at 13:00 (UTC)



May 6th, 2020


Latest fixes and optimizations:


1. Fixed the issue where the pieces in the Sharing Zone were not counted into the activated synergies

2. Fixed the issue where the chess pieces were not at the correct potision in Duo mode

3. Fixed the issue where you couldn't verify your partener's chessboard (on the right) in Duo mode

4. Fixed the lagging problem when you have too many items in the Inventory