That’s right! It is now voting time for the name and traits! For clarity, we have decided to run two polls, one for the name, and another for the traits.
Trait 1: Mech Bond - Trait 2: Water Link - Trait 3: Dive- submerge on blue matches (efh313)
Trait 1: Deal double Skull damage vs. Submerged troops. (new Fish Eater) - Trait 2: Water Link - Trait 3: Armored (turintour)
Trait 1: Thick Head (immune to stun) - Trait 2: Tangle (inflict entangle when dealing skull damage) - Trait 3: Stone Skin (reduce damage from skulls by 50%) (bjb1990)
Trait 1: Indigestible - Trait 2: Water Link - Trait 3: Stoneskin (eika)
My proposition (Fish Eater, Water Link, Armored, so the 2nd one) is:
to make this troop tanky enough to stay in 1st slot (ie Armored). The spell (ie Choose a colour. Destroy 8 gems of the chosen colour. Deal [magic+something] true damage to each enemy of that colour.) could misfired and so, some tankness is appreciate in case of possible skull given to the AI Stoneskin is another choice, but the 3-traits combinaison would have been too great for an Epic troop.
to add some synergy with other aquatic troops and because this troop could be in 1st slot, so it’s cool to have a attack booster against Submerged troop (ie Fish Eater)
Water Link, for more synergy with Blackhawk troops (main color is Blue) and Links are always nice
Glad I was given credit for Shocktops, even though once we were at the naming suggestion stage I was not first to post. I did post shocktopus first but it was not yet at that stage of voting so I wasn’t sure I’d get credit.
I think we should get some more submerge-using troops into the game before we start adding anti-submerge effects I also think “[effect] when matching [color]” is an underused trait structure with a lot of potential.
@Saltypatra it may be good to put the winning spell text in your first post here, so people can easily see what the traits will be attached to.
Thanks for the votes people! I am honored to be on both these votes. However I think the Shocktopus name and bjb1990s trait ideas gonna win, and I am fine with that.
Zelarith’s trait suggestion is pretty powerful, it gains 2 armor and 1 life every 4-5times. And immunity to freeze which synergizes with getting multiple 4-5times going. It’s the best option IMO
I think thare are enough stoneskins in the game already, though not many that use green mana.
I always thought stoneskin to be one of the cheapest traits around. Once you give it to a troop, it makes the troop usable, but it also becomes the core reason to ever use said troop. That’s just how I feel.
Bjb’s traits scare me. Immune to stun + entangle on skulls + 50% armor. That sounds really annoying. It’s like a more obnoxious Forest Troll at that point.
Stoneskin is another choice, but the 3-traits combinaison would have been too great for an Epic troop.
I also think “[effect] when matching [color]” is an underused trait structure with a lot of potential.