# Bishop to King 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [May 21, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498 "2017-05-21T23:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sirrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sirrian/32/35758_2.png) [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/1 "2017-05-21T23:00:18Z")
Originally published at: [Bishop to King 4 – Gems of War](http://gemsofwar.com/bishop-to-king-4/) Checkmate! **New Troop: Bishop** [ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/7/0/70c3a929833f498bcf12468eb7fb8f8036d728f0.png) ](http://gemsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/blog_bishop.png) The Bishops of Gard are the regional leaders of the Faith of Gard. Each province surrounding Whitehelm has its own Bishop, answerable to the Arch Bishop in the capital. A Bishop has many jobs beyond being a leader of the faith, including acting as a magistrate, and also as an advisor to local Lords and Nobles. **New Troop: High Paladin** [ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/4/3/43ee0986a011cb9fe68f11f14985a5e85f2bf732.png) ](http://gemsofwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/blog_highpaladin.png) Unlike the Bishops, the High Paladins remain in the capital of Whitehelm, each one leading a company of knights, who can can ride out at a moment’s notice when aid is required. The High Paladins, answer only to the King himself, but are otherwise quite autonomous, and will often deploy themselves either at their own whim, or the whim of the Arch Bishop. **Troop Balance** _Famine_ - Mana cost increased from 20 to 22 **Troop Refunds** The following troop is available for refund this week: \* Famine Please be aware that the Famine changes won’t go live until the weekly reset, so as not to affect any remaining Guild Wars battles. **Guild War Points Change** In next week's Guild War, we'll be modifying each day's points from 50/100/200/400/750 to 100/200/300/400/500 (same total points, just distributed differently) We'd like to even the point values out a little, so the earlier fights are worth more... just so we're not as heavily disadvantaging anyone who loses a game and can't make it to the Paragon battle. Please note this Event only applies to Steam, iOS and Android versions of the game. [ ![Join the Forum!](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/d/c/dc82df5dfdd7e888bc5751d332522e7e4e8d7445.png) ](http://community.gemsofwar.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Gouki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gouki/32/22405_2.png) [@Gouki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gouki)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/2 "2017-05-21T23:03:45Z")
So Famine now has the same manacost as Jotnar, while doing twice the damage and manadraining the entire enemy team. But Jotnar doesn’t receive any buffs because you want to “buff him indirectly” by changing other troops…yay balance. ---
**Author:** ![Aelthwyn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/aelthwyn/32/4645_2.png) [@Aelthwyn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Aelthwyn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/3 "2017-05-21T23:06:52Z")
Any update about the incorrect overall scores? ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/4 "2017-05-21T23:16:07Z")
🛡🛡🛡 High Paladin 🛡🛡🛡 Oh babby 😱😁👏🙏 ---
**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/5 "2017-05-21T23:17:46Z")
Look like @Vangor will have some correction to do in his sheet 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/6 "2017-05-21T23:20:50Z")
Only 22? meh ---
**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/7 "2017-05-21T23:21:54Z")
Yeah i was also surprise to see this, imo it won’t change the meta ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/8 "2017-05-21T23:22:48Z")
I love the High Paladins logo on the tummy. Praise the Sun alike logo. ---
**Author:** ![Drathas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/drathas/32/7344_2.png) [@Drathas](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Drathas)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/9 "2017-05-21T23:30:39Z")
Disagree with the GW points change… High Paladin looks cool. Will need to bust out my whitehelm team again. 🙂 Now, I wish I had Gard’s Avatar even more! ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/10 "2017-05-21T23:39:42Z")
RIP Famine. Perfectly fine with this though. Famine first came out with 1x ratio, 2 stat reduction, and 24 mana cost. It is still greatly buffed from what it originally was upon release a little over a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Brakkish](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/brakkish/32/24058_2.png) [@Brakkish](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Brakkish)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/11 "2017-05-21T23:48:27Z")
I think the Famine nerf is fair. Interested to see how that and the GW point change work out next week. ---
**Author:** ![Gouki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gouki/32/22405_2.png) [@Gouki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gouki)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/12 "2017-05-21T23:50:14Z")
[quote=“Brakkish, post:11, topic:24498”] I think the Famine nerf is _completely inconsequential as 20 and 22 are essentially the same cost_ [/quote] Fixed it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/13 "2017-05-21T23:50:27Z")
Paladin should be interesting this week. Assuming +25% Whitehelm and +25% either knight or divine, it’ll get the +50% boost For me that would be 76 armor and 28 base damage, for a 104 point nuke ---
**Author:** ![PGSundling](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/pgsundling/32/39480_2.png) [@PGSundling](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/PGSundling)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/14 "2017-05-21T23:51:18Z")
> [@Another joyless GW day ruined in battle #1](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/another-joyless-gw-day-ruined-in-battle-1/24283/84): > > think the progressing points system is OK, but needs a lower rate of progression. > > From > 50, 100, 200, 400, 750 points. > > To something more like > 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 > > That seems like a better progression to me. The battles are still escalating, but it’s not the end of the world if you lose a fight. You just lose 500 plus modifiers. To anyone who thinks the devs don’t listen, this is proof they do. They just implemented this suggested this week. Woohoo! That’s going to help with the all or nothing nature making a loss so rage inducing, since the second to last battle is only worth a little less than the last battle you lose. My defense team has 2 famines, but this nerf seems fair to me. I’ve also seen community suggestions for 22 mana, so another example of the devs listening. None Of The Above Unrepentant ---
**Author:** ![mraider94](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mraider94/32/21939_2.png) [@mraider94](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mraider94)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/15 "2017-05-21T23:55:54Z")
I’m pretty sure its gonna be whitehelm and divine, we haven’t had a divine boost in a while. Glad to see the more balancing of the GW points. I really don’t think a 2 mana increase will have much of any effect for famine, a full team wide mana drain is just so damn powerful. I predict Gard is gonna be a star this week in GW. ---
**Author:** ![Brakkish](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/brakkish/32/24058_2.png) [@Brakkish](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Brakkish)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/16 "2017-05-21T23:59:59Z")
Nah. In lots of battles, one extra turm would have given me a chance to counter Famine. This will provide that chance often enough to make a difference. I’m not among those who thinks Famine should be nerfed to the ground. The game needs troops that are a major threat on defense. ---
**Author:** ![Gouki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gouki/32/22405_2.png) [@Gouki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gouki)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/17 "2017-05-22T00:05:35Z")
Just that it won’t result in an additional turn most of the time. Most of the time, what would have filled 20 will also fill 22 at the same instance. I will keep the numbers for my fights this week and compare how often an enemy Famine actually idles at 20 or 21 mana instead of being filled, pretty sure compared to the overall amounts of Famine getting filled it will be a very small number. ---
**Author:** ![XLS78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b2d939/32.png) [@XLS78](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/XLS78)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/18 "2017-05-22T00:09:51Z")
Any chance we can extend the same 300 glory for 2 arcane stones deal on the two new troops this week? Pretty please? 😁 It’s been sooooo long since the last Bloods and Plains! ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/19 "2017-05-22T00:11:02Z")
> [@mraider94](#): > > I’m pretty sure its gonna be whitehelm and divine, we haven’t had a divine boost in a while. A 25% to divine will help Ketras a good bit, for me it is +11 armor, +11 life, +8 attack, and +8 magic, giving his nuke an extra 23 damage, pushing it over 100. ---
**Author:** ![Emos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/emos/32/5163_2.png) [@Emos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Emos)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498/20 "2017-05-22T00:12:42Z")
So how much Glory is everyone planning on spending this week? This’ll be my largest expenditure thus far, probably going to buy around 100 Arcane Blood and 40 Arcane Plain for a whopping 42,000 Glory. Wonder who will beat that? 😉 [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/bishop-to-king-4/24498.md?page=2)