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Baron Hero Breakdown – Get the Early Edge

Vainglory
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Sep 21, 2016

Baron rains destruction on his opponents and brings incredible range and powerful burst damage to any team. With his rocket launcher, even his basic attacks have area-of-effect damage. When building crystal items, he becomes mobile artillery, laying siege to enemy teams. His weapon path enables aggressive in-your-face tactics. Though slow, his powerful jump jets allow him to reach new positions. His ultimate ability calls in an orbital strike that devastates an area.

Read on for Baron’s abilities and a full breakdown on how to use him to best effect from Day One.

HERO ABILITIES

Rocket Launcher (Heroic Perk)

Baron’s weapon damage on his basic attacks is increased by 130% upon damaging enemies and splashes in a small area around them. These explosions deal reduced damage to lane minions.

Porcupine Mortar (A)

Baron launches artillery toward the target location, damaging enemies on impact. Enemies caught by the explosion are also slowed for a short period of time. Weapon power strengthens the slow while crystal power increases the range of the ability.

Jump Jets (B)

After a short delay, Baron launches to the target location, then gains bonus move speed for a short time. After landing, his next basic attack fires quickly and reloads instantly. Crystal power can extend the range of the jump while weapon power can shorten the delay of the jump.

Ion Cannon (C)

Baron targets a location for an orbital strike. After a brief delay, the location is obliterated, dealing massive damage to all enemies in the area. This deals full damage to enemies near the center and deals less near the edges. This ability also passively increases Baron’s basic-attack range every level.

DUELING

As a sniper, Baron prefers to stay at maximum range and bombard his enemies from a distance. Baron doesn’t invite 1v1 battles because his skills can be dodged and his attack speed is naturally slow.

Let’s say you get attacked by an enemy Krul. You won’t survive a battle on his terms, so activate your Jump Jets over the nearest wall and activate the Porcupine Mortars to slow the Krul. The Krul will pursue, which presents an opportunity to place your ultimate along the path that he will take to get to you — keeping in mind that Baron’s Ion Cannon has a three-second delay. Even if the enemy Krul does manage to re-engage you, you should keep firing. (Both Broken Myth and Breaking Point rely on basic-attack stacks.) Hopefully, by the time he’s closed the distance, you can Jump Jets either toward your team or back over the same wall.

Baron can also excel in lane because of his area-of-effect damage — perfect for annihilating waves of minions. If you’re in lane against a mage or sniper, the instinct is to harass the enemy hero by firing directly at them. Instead, fire at the minions that they’re near. In this way, Baron’s attacks will splash onto the enemy hero while you make progress on your minion wave. To pursue, Baron can jump near the enemy laner and fire his mortars. This will cause the enemy laner to retreat to a turret, where you’ve ideally set up the Ion Cannon in advance, waiting to blow the enemy up.

TEAMFIGHTING

Baron is one of the best area-of-effect heroes in the game. To take advantage of this, Baron should prioritize targets that are the clumped up in order to inflict maximum damage. Baron prefers to be on the edge of the fight, stutter stepping his basic attacks to inflict his damage at a distance: but don’t forget to weave his mortars between basic attacks to maximize DPS.

But what if your enemies aren’t cooperating and are spacing out? There are still some tactics you can use to take advantage of Baron’s abilities …

Let’s say you’re in a 2v1 battle where you and an ally spot the enemy laner at the jungle item shop. You can use your Jump Jets in an aggressive manner and land near the enemy laner, then pummel your opponent with basic attacks. Such a tactic should be used to drive an enemy toward your waiting ally, who can hopefully finish them off. But keep in mind that Jump Jets are usually used as an escape route, so you’ll need to ensure that you have vision on the enemy team to prevent being ambushed yourself. And if you are the victim of an ambush, run, jump jet over the nearest wall, and then fire your mortars to slow pursuing enemies.

Baron can set the tone of a fight by controlling enemy movements with his mortars. You want to drop your mortars where your enemies will want to go. If you’re a weapon Baron, then you’ll want to unleash your mortars in the brush ahead of your fleeing enemies: the more your mortars hit, the more they slow an enemy. The slow effects can peel off enemies or drive them to a more favorable area of engagement. The goal is to lure enemies to the Ion Cannon, one of the most devastating attacks in the game.

Due to its range and power, the Ion Cannon is also a great tool for stealing objectives. If you’re a crystal Baron, the Kraken is an especially tempting target. If its health is at 20% or less, there’s nothing more satisfying than setting up an Ion Cannon blast and watching it finish off the Kraken from halfway across the map.

CRYSTAL BUILDS

Shatterglass: With its high CP stats, it should be one of the first or second Tier III items a crystal Baron purchases.

Broken Myth: Baron benefits greatly from Broken Myth and, depending on the build, is the other must-have item for a crystal path. Broken Myth multiples his already high-damage attacks.

Clockwork: Because of his slow attack speed, recovering energy for his abilities is essential. Clockwork allows Baron to spam his skills. It’s a useful purchase, but it’s not as important as the above two items.

Eve of Harvest: Baron is durable but still suffers from low health. Eve of Harvest’s lifesteal, especially coupled with his splash-damage attacks, ensures he stays alive a bit longer.

WEAPON BUILDS

Sorrowblade: The more weapon damage that Baron does, the more his Porcupine Mortars slows enemies.

Breaking Point: Baron’s splash-damage attacks ensures that Breaking Point is a great option. If you hit three targets with a single rocket, you get 3 Breaking Point stacks!

Tyrant’s Monocle: Splash damage counts as a critical attack as well. Tyrant’s Monocle helps make Baron’s splash damage in the late game devastating. See what happens when you build two Monocles!

Aegis: Whether you’re weapon or crystal Baron, the reflex block and high shield can save you if someone manages to close the gap to you.

STRONG VERSUS

SAW

While SAW utilizes a lot of similar tactics to Baron and can likely win 1v1 early on, Baron has better range late game.

VOX

Baron’s superior range proves problematic for Vox.

PETAL

With his basic attacks and mortars, Baron can wipe out Petal’s munions in one fell swoop.

WEAK VERSUS

TAKA

Any assassin that can close the distance and do a lot of damage is going to be a problem for Baron. With his stealth and general elusiveness, Taka can dodge Baron’s attacks and get in close enough to have the advantage.

SKYE

Skye isn’t just giving him problems because of their shared history in their lore. She is too fast and elusive for him to be pinned down by his attacks. Moreover, she can quickly close to within a range he’s not comfortable with.

CATHERINE

Baron does a lot of large, slow packets of damage and Catherine can easily reflect that back onto him with her Stormguard bubble.

PRO TIPS

Baron has slow attack speed and move speed and his range, initially, isn’t impressive. But he has the best range in the game at level 12, so use that to your advantage.
While traveling a far distance with Jump Jets, remember to use your other abilities while in mid-air! Few things in Vainglory feel more epic than activating Jump Jets and then firing a mortar at the apex of the jump to secure a kill on a far-away target. This can be used as part of a pursuit or even an escape.
His ultimate does a massive amount of damage at its epicenter. But it doesn’t hurt Baron himself, so in emergencies, there’s always the option to aim your Ion Cannon at yourself and hope it takes out the enemies surrounding Baron.
If playing weapon Baron, stacking your Breaking Point is essential. So, feel free to fire away with your basic attacks. …
… But if you’re crystal Baron, then remember to manage your energy and concentrate your fire on higher-priority targets. While your basic attacks inflict little damage, keep firing to give stacks to your Broken Myth.
Utilize the new “camera shift” feature introduced in Update 1.22. Baron needs to hit targets with his mortars and Ion Cannon to be effective. Seeing farther forward on the map can make lining up those rapid, lobbing abilities much easier and feel much better. Read the full Update 1.22 Notes for more on the camera shift feature and other new interface options — especially for those playing on phones.

Want to learn more? Be sure to check out Baron’s hero spotlight. Check back for news and updates about Baron as we approach Update 1.22’s release.

‘Fury’ Rona Tier III is Here!

Vainglory
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Aug 05, 2016

Boss Mom leads The People into the mouth of Churnguard Industries…

Post Churn-times junkheaps need fearless leaders. ‘Fury’ Rona Tier III spins, slashes and leaps onto The Fold with an all-new look, updated animations and furious effects.

CHECK OUT HER IN-GAME FOOTAGE & 3D MODEL:

https://youtu.be/QCbLQmmVUHE

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

All-new animations: chainsaw flipping, crazy kicking, Red Mist spinning, critical attacking and base recalling
Into the Fray: Smacks glowing skull-shaped cracks in the ground from which circular saw blades emerge
Foesplitter: Turns on her chainsaws, causing flying sparks and blood-red effects
Trophies from her fallen enemies: Adagio’s plucked feathers and SAW’s mask!
Punk-rock, post-apocalyptic style

‘FURY’ RONA ALTERNATE FATE:

Read Part I: Maaaaaaagie!
Read Part II: A New Sheriff In Town

Finder’s Keepers

“So what if the Bird Man has ownt it since forever?” sang Rona, way loud. The People crowded shoulder-to-shoulder, Cutters crouched by the chain-link fence chip-chopping away at it bottom-up, leaping back when they got buzzed. Beyond, Churnguard Industries was a shiny, chrome-shuttered fortress, the only thing that’d been fixed up after the Churn Times. “What’s our motto?”

“Finder’s keepers!” cried The People jammed up by the gate, holding whatever spiky-blasty-bangy-fireball weapons they’d created themselves in the Junkheap. Rat Rods idled at the fore, reinforced and decorated all over with spikes and scrap and superglued toys. Rona paced back and forth, a chainsaw in each hand. “Rumor is, the Bird Man has a buncha grunts to do his fighting for him. Boss Mom would never sit back and watch The People fight!” She yanked down both arms, hitching the triggers of the chainsaws; the ignitions lit and the rusty chains spun loud and the thick oily fuel fumes mixed up with the Rat Rod exhaust to wash over The People like a foul baptism.

“Finders keepers!” screamed Rona as the fences curled up to the coiled barbed wire above. She stomped her spiked boots through the nearest gate hole and ran into the yard, face contorted with joyful rage, tongue out. The Rat Rods bashed through the gate on either side of her.

A shell blasted through the windshield of one, blew it to smithereens.

One of the compound’s shiny garage doors was open. Square in the middle was a big grunt of a guy, all camo and muscle, wearing a pre-Churn soldier uniform and mask, big enough to hold a squad automatic weapon loaded with explosive shells on his shoulder.

BLAM! The weapon fired off again, took out another Rod. The grunt took the massive kickback with a little bend of the back knee. “Gotcher breakfast, love,” he crowed.

Rona sprinted, head-down-eyes-up, then jumped belly-first, smoking chainsaws making bright sparking arcs. She slammed full-body into the grunt, his gun held up under her arm. “Gotcher ego, darling,” she cooed in his ear. The gun coughed out its shells all worthless behind her. She kicked him down and sliced off his trigger arm.

Boss Mom wasn’t often given to quiet moments of contemplation but she paused over the downed grunt, staring at the metal and wire poking out of what should’ve been a mangled-up rotator cuff. Rona squatted way down, ripped off the grunt’s mask and squinted at the grunt’s blinking red and black eyes.

Another grunt, identical to the first, came out into the light. Another appeared, then another, all with big freaking guns on their shoulders, surrounding the Boss Mom with faces obscured behind uniform masks.

The People raced into position around the Rods that had made it through the shell bursts, clubs and guns and cannons and super-sharps aimed.

Rona wiggled her brows. “You robot boys have a new mama now!” she screeched, and behind her The People growled and cheered and spat loogies. “Finders keepers, popinjays!” screamed the Boss Mom, and she leaned back, spun like a nightmare ballerina, a joyful flurry of pain, the chainsaws held out wide, saw blades splitting the robots right down the middle. The grunts opened fire, blew each other apart across their circle.

“Boss Mom! Boss Mom!” chanted the front line as they jammed and stomped each other to get at the action, battering and slicing at grunt bot after grunt bot as they poured out from the Churnguard hangar. The air was an eardrum-ruining cacophony of bullet blasts and Rod engine revs and squad automatic weapon coughing, smoke stinging the eyeballs and torches lighting up spray paint in every murderous color of the rainbow until the grunts stopped coming.

Rona climbed the pile of half-metal, half-bloody bits that had been the Churnguard army and screamed at the sky. “Come out, Bird Man! This is mine now! I’m Churnguard Boss! I’m gonna sip tea from your skull and wear your pretty-pretty feathers in my hair!”

Another shiny chrome garage door opened, nice and slow, and The People cheered.

CANON RONA LORE:

A Story For Everything
The Destruction of the Temple
The Great Oak
Rona Vs. Skvader
North Is Always Forward

INTERVIEW WITH JUSTINSANE

Rona wears the bones of her enemies in her default skin, so I brought that over to her Fury Rona design. For Tier III, she has hunted and defeated other Vainglory heroes: She wears Adagio’s feathers in her hair and has decorated her armor with SAW’s mask.

I always wanted to design a character with dual-wielding chainsaws. It’s the most badass thing I can think of. She wears a lot of pyramid studs and has giant truck spikes on her boots. She’s rough and jagged like a shark; if you run into her, you’re going to get torn up. She’s a scary punk rock berserker all up in your face.

Squid Ink: Visual Skill Tier vs Matchmaking Rating

Vainglory
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Jul 21, 2016

In this new regular column, Vainglory Senior Editor BicycleSquid highlights interesting, confusing, complex or obscure aspects of Vainglory. If you’d like to see a topic covered, let him know here.

Ever have a game with someone who just didn’t belong? Yeah, I’m sure you have. And I don’t just mean you weren’t on the same page during the match; I mean their Visual Skill Tier (VST) was waaaay below yours. Why would the Matchmaker place a “Pinnacle of Awesome” player, for example, in a match with someone “Just Beginning”?! Well, there’s actually a very specific reason why this might happen, in the context of the seasonal skill resets.

During a three-month season, you play Ranked matches. When you win, you’ll make Visual Skill Tier progress and climb from “Just Beginning” toward “Vainglorious.” When you lose, your progress bar or tier may decline, depending on the difficulty of your opponent. Throughout the season, you do the best you can, win as often as you can, and ultimately score a trophy at season’s end immortalizing your highest rank. Then, your visual skill tier resets all the way to “Unranked,” and you begin the climb again when the next season starts. This part, players understand pretty well.

But while playing Ranked, your wins and losses also impact your Matchmaking Rating (MMR) — a hidden statistic we track that has never reset. And this MMR, not your Visual Skill Tier, determines the allies and opponents the Matchmaker places you with in Ranked matches.

This explains why you sometimes could match against a player in a significantly lower (or higher) visual skill tier. What you see is that they have a VST that isn’t on the same level as yours. However, the MMR for both you and that player are nearly identical and definitely worthy of a competitive match.

So, why would a player have a high MMR but a low current VST? That player may have poured their heart and soul into Ranked in a prior season, all the way to Simply Amazing or Pinnacle or Vainglorious, but for whatever reason (work, school, vacation) hasn’t put in the Ranked time this season to match prior achievements.

The potential variation between Visual Skill Tier and Matchmaking Rating is the biggest source of matchmaking confusion for players. If you don’t realize matches are based on MMR, then when you see allies or enemies at higher or lower visual ranks, you’ll assume the Matchmaker did a poor job.

MMR is by no means perfect for determining how good a match will be. We can adjust the matchmaker’s behavior, but ultimately we can’t account for human behavior. If you end up with a team with two players who want only to play as lane snipers — or with a player who refuses to rotate or juggle aggro — then that will affect your rate of success. Similarly, if you’re drafted onto a hero you’re still getting comfortable with, that will affect your likelihood of victory. But, win or lose, that will give us more data and that, hopefully, will make our matchmaking that much better over time.

And sometimes, the Matchmaker simply gets it wrong. It isn’t about VST vs MMR; you simply deserved better. We will never hide behind VST as an excuse for poor matchmaking, and there’s a major initiative going on right now spearheaded by SurpriseBirthday to analyze matchmaking quality, test new algorithms and significantly improve matchmaking overall. We’re constantly evaluating matchmaking quality, and we’re not married to any system or formula, including seasonal resets. If we find something that we like better and you tell us it’s better, we’ll go with that.

We know this matters a lot to you, which means it matters just as much to us. But I hope that after reading this, you’ll understand a little better why some match pairings might appear wrong but are actually right on, from a matchmaking perspective.

The World of Vainglory: ‘Ancient History’

Vainglory
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Aug 03, 2016

The art and architecture that has survived the Churn in the Halcyon Fold is connected to a forgotten past …

ANCIENT HISTORY

“Which have you chosen?”

Renae cast a wry smile at Tomasso’s familiar voice as she opened her studio’s courtyard gate. “You know I won’t tell.”

Two years before the ministerial elections, the colleges and wine bars of Aullerium were abuzz with speculation. There were a handful of high-born contenders but everyone knew the next minister would be one of the Claudii siblings, a querulous sister and brother whose political maneuverings delighted and disgusted the people in equal measure. Both had petitioned Renae, the silver-braided master sculptor, to create a statue that would inspire the people’s votes. It was rumored that they had offered her exorbitant sums that she had refused; her normal salary kept her hungry like she’d always said an artist must be. Still, she had hosted the siblings in her salon one at a time to take their measure in body and in spirit and had ushered them away without promises. The sculpture, she said, lived inside the marble, and all she could do was reveal it.

“I won’t tire of asking.” Tomasso’s arthritic knees cracked when he stood and he knuckled the small of his old back, but his eyes were as startling blue and free of guile as they’d been thirty years past when he’d first held their son Caius. He waited at the cobbled street’s edge while Renae locked the courtyard and patted the gate guard on the shoulder. “You used to tell me your secrets.”

“Secrets are best kept in stone. I am too old for political hysteria at any rate. I may die before anything comes of it.” She linked her arm through his and they walked in step down the street, escaping the afternoon heat under fruit tree branches heavy with pears, figs and pomegranates. Fresh-eyed students gathered by the doors and windows of the street’s tea houses to stare. Renae, in her man’s style trousers and boots, covered in marble dust, her fingers and palms calloused from axes, chisels, mallets, rasps and rifflers, was the the city’s most unwitting prized political pundit.

Tomasso shook a small cloth bag so that the insides rustled. “No need for riposo today. Let’s boil these and spend an afternoon together as we used to.”

Renae’s eyes widened; she grasped his wrist and pushed the bag away. “You wave your contraband around as if it won’t put our old bones in front of a magistrate.”

“It is a ridiculous sanction motivated by greed. Besides, you are my cover. Around you, I and my contraband are invisible.” To prove his point he waved the bag at a gaggle of students huddled in an art school doorway; they paid him no mind. “You see?”

She slid a key into the heavy door to her apartment and climbed the stairs; Tomasso followed. “You got them from The Watchers, I suppose,” she mused as she started a fire in the kitchen.

“I can hide nothing from you.” Tomasso moved through her home as though he lived there, bringing out cups, bread and oil. “You judge them too harshly. Their research is salient.”

“They are not scientists like you are; they are a cult, and cults skew their findings to suit their conspiracies.” Renae snatched the bag and loosened the drawstrings, and for a moment both of them paused to inhale the rare and bitter fragrance of the roasted beans.

“Their geological digs have revealed what I suspected is true. The well’s power has overflowed in the past. This place was once a jungle full of monsters, and it may be again.” His voice was grave. “I fear it is happening far quicker than I first suspected. The harvests have come weeks early, the crops far bigger than any in the library’s almanacs. There is geological proof of quakes and storms. Footprints… Renae, Cai and I are considering moving north, to join the people settling on the islands inside the obsidian crater. They are calling it Gythia; have you heard? We think you should come.”

He assumed from Renae’s silence that she was taking his news with the proper gravity, but when he looked over to the fire, he saw her shoulders shaking in quiet laughter. She hung the kettle and turned with her fists on her hips. “Of course, you and Cai have cooked up a downside for a bountiful and early harvest. He is so like you, seeing only plots and monsters in the stars.”

“The moon,” he corrected. “It is the placement of the planet along with the moon and sun. It is called syzygy. Is it so difficult to believe that the moon pulls at the well as it pulls at the tides?”

“Do not misunderstand me, my old friend.” Renae sat at her little table beside him, placed a palm on his knee. “Apocalypse has come and gone; it will come and go again. Like the tides do. And no amount of coffee will keep The Watchers awake when it happens.” She lifted his chin and smiled. “Logic dictates that if apocalypse is inevitable as that cult says, then nothing can be done for it. If it is not inevitable, it is not worth considering, and we should in either case drink prohibited coffee and make art and die as late as possible.”

“And kiss more,” crooned Tomasso.

Renae patted his shoulder. “No, darling. I used to fear old age, but now I find it is good to be past all of the kissing, and the wanting of kissing, and the worrying when there is no kissing. Now there is just art and naps and sometimes, an old friend surprises me with coffee and I feel like a little girl getting away with some misdemeanor.” She did kiss his cheek, though, and turned to the fire. “Mm, smell that bubbling? You are correct about one thing at least: it is a ridiculous sanction …”

A great jolting interrupted her, a movement of the floor that shoved Tomasso from his chair and upended the kettle over the fire. Renae grasped the table for balance and, after a beat, coughed out a nervous laugh. “And so we are punished for breaking the law with a quake. I could never get away with …”

But the ground shook again, and this time there came with it a deafening cracking sound from the wall and screams from the streets, and instead of a single jolt the floor rolled in waves. Tomasso scurried under the table and Renae covered her face with both arms when the window exploded into shards. The shaking lasted for ninety seconds that felt like half a lifetime, and when it had finished, her apartment wall had rent in half down the wall across the floor. She and Tomasso were separated by the fracture and for a terrified several moments they could only stare at one another.

“Cai,” gasped Tomasso.

“My sculpture,” whispered Renae, and in that moment, all of the old things that had torn them apart decades before flooded into Tomasso’s guileless blue eyes before they rushed down the broken stairs to the street.

‘Broken Doll’ Alpha Tier I is Here!

Vainglory
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Aug 01, 2016

Forgotten toys never forget…

CHECK OUT HER IN-GAME FOOTAGE & 3D MODEL:

https://youtu.be/1sFm0rZ8R7U

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

Horrific straightjacket
Crazy-sharp carving knife
Puppet strings to take her home

‘BROKEN DOLL’ ALPHA TIER I ALTERNATE FATE:

The Loud Voice & The Quiet Voice

She’s going to come back. She always comes back, and at first her mind is fuzzy and she doesn’t remember our names, but then she remembers and she plays with us again. Her mama put us all up in the attic in a box so I set up the teacups here. I took the chipped one like always, the one she threw the first time she had to go away. She never likes to go away but her mama cries and her daddy carries her and we all watch, very still like she taught us until she comes back. When she comes back, she dresses me up like she dressed when she was away, and she plays like the grownups and in a deep-deep voice she asks me questions like

Why do you think that you can read minds?

and then she pulls my strings to make me dance and I am her and in her own voice she says

You have two voices, loud and quiet, and the loud one asks questions and the quiet one says it’s past your break time and your rent is due.

Then in her deep-deep voice she asks

Do you ever think about hurting people?

and then she sings

It’s not my fault the carving knife is so shaaaarp! It’s not my fault the carving knife is so shaaaarp!

And in her deep-deep voice she says

Eat the candy; it tastes like cherry and makes the thoughts go away. That’s a good girl, eat it all up.

and she smashes red-hots into my face.

It’s been a long time since she went away, but she’s going to come back because she loves us and there’s no tea where she goes, and there are grownups with loud voices and quiet voices, and we only have quiet voices, very very quiet.

CANON ALPHA LORE:

Check the in-game Market every Friday for a new skin release!

The World of Vainglory: ‘Rise of the Treants’

Vainglory
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Jul 28, 2016

The shopkeepers from the Halcyon Fold tell a fearsome tale …

RISE OF THE TREANTS

The megadillo squeaked when she yawned.

“Wake up,” snapped Tor, leading the pack beast through the thick jungle. The monsoon storm had given way to a hot sun that weighed the humidity down and made sweat itch under his fur. There was only time to sap a few trees before the day’s air shipment landed and with it, mercenaries and thrill-seekers dead-set on killing each other.

“No good being in the way,” Tor announced to the megadillo as he drilled a shallow hole into the trunk of a twisted tree and hammered a spile inside. The healing crimson sap turned the tube red and dripped into the jug. “The only way to win a war is to profit from it. Those self-proclaimed heroes sink all their gold into shattery glasses, bows, guns, armor, shields and pointy blades, then splat! face-down in the red mud.”

The megadillo sneezed and flumped her weight down, rattling the merchandise on her back.

“You break any potions, you pay for them,” he lectured, and the megadillo opened one big moony eye. “These are my biggest sellers and I’m saving up to retire. Somewhere far north, I think. Never sweat again.”

A crashing thump startled him out of his one-sided conversation. The jungle splintered apart as another megadillo crashed through, leaves sticking to her horns, red dirt kicking up under her claws. It slid to a halt by Tor’s packbeast and dug, slopping red mud everywhere. On its saddle was Koot, Tor’s brother, pulling hard on the reins with one paw, holding his cap aright with the other. Tor’s spile shook loose from the hole, spitting sap onto the ground.

“Imbecile!” squeaked Tor, yanking the jug up before it tips. “That’s a hundred gold that just spilt everywhere.”

“Trees!” gasped Koot, pointing over his shoulder, heaving for breath.

“Yes, ingrate, these are trees,” said Tor, shoving the spile back into place.

A second crash came from the other direction. Tor flinched as Dak’s megadillo clawed to a halt. “The trees!” he shouted.

“The two of you have gone blathering mad,” said Tor. “Mother always said you two couldn’t handle this island. It’s high time I took over this enterprise.”

“TREES!” yelped Dak, this time pointing one long claw, and a tree appeared… walked! up behind Koot, its roots trailing behind. Another tree moved up behind Dak, its branches swiping through the air, a stained spile dangling from its trunk. A ball of terror formed in Tor’s throat. His dreams of a cold white north faded.

Koot kicked his heels into his megadillo’s sides to no avail; she had her head underground up to the neck. Dak wailed and yanked the reins, but megadillos don’t corner fast. Tor watched in horror as his youngest brother was scooped up by what had been a tree branch but was right then… a hand.

“Drop him, you crazed tree-beast!” cried Tor.

A great yawning sigh sounded behind him; he turned in slow motion horror. A thin twig from his tree curled round his dripping spile and yanked it out. With painful-sounding cracks, the branches of the tree wound together to form arms. Eyes and mouths opened wide, spilling out green energy; a roar sounded from its glowing maw.

A whistle, a thud, and a blinding flash surprised the tree. It swung its branching head long enough for Tor to roll away, his tongue thick and dry with panic; he swung up onto his megadillo by her horns and looked back. Koot, howling with murderous delight atop his pack beast, shot another flare from a mounted contraption. The nearest walking tree grabbed up Koot and roared in his face.

Tor leaned hard on the megadillo’s reins, kick-kick-kicking at her for his life.

A snore and a dream-shudder rumbled up from the exhausted pack beast.

“Wake up!” screamed Tor, and the three mutant trees who’d been poked their last turned their glowy gazes square onto him.

Stupid Dak! Stupid Koot! Useless! Wiggling like helpless caught fish. Tor rummaged in a panic through his merchandise, tossing out boots and clanking pauldrons and handfuls of candy until, just as the yap of the treant blew its sickening hot breath on him, he felt the sharp teeth of the bonesaw, and then the pull-cord …

“…That’s not how it went,” says Koot, his arms crossed.

Dak pokes his marshmallow-laden stick into the campfire, then blows out the sticky flame. “Let him tell it. Nobody believes he killed three treants with a bonesaw anyway.”

“They believe him!” Koot waves toward the crowd of minions, their ears perked, shoulders hunched, wide eyes on Tor, gnawing on whole bags full of raw marshmallows in their terror.

Tor shakes his head at his rapt audience. “My brothers do not like to admit that I saved their lives.”

“It was I who shot them through the eyes with the Tension Bow,” insists Koot.

“Ludicrous!” shouts Dak. “You held the bow backwards and the Bonesaw is twice Tor’s size. I threw down the Fountain of Renewal…”

“…and you all ran.”

Minions and brothers alike swivel to look to the deep, rumbling, slow voice that creeps in from the dark where the firelight doesn’t reach. A treant, tall as the moon, shuffles into the circle a safe distance from the fire. “They ran and ran, crying like willows. Even left a poor ‘dillo behind with her head stuck in the ground. I dug her out good as new.” He curls his twig fingers around a handful of marshmallows and drops them into his mouth. His sticky chewing and the popping fire are the only sounds while the minions peer with disappointment at the three brothers.

“I didn’t cry,” mumbles Dak.

“Me either,” mutters Koot. “I never cry.”

“I might’ve cried a bit,” says Tor, shoulders sagging with shame, and the treant rests one comforting branch on the merchant’s shoulder, and the minions fall into sugary, snoring dreams one by one.

Announcing the Vainglory Meme Contest!

Vainglory
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Jul 18, 2016

Are you fluent in the art of memes? When you play Vainglory, do you find yourself in situations that make you laugh, cry or question the sanity of a turret diving Petal? Well, now’s your chance to combine your sense of humor with your knowledge of Vainglory. We’re proud to announce the first ever Vainglory Meme contest. Make us laugh with a captioned image or GIF for a chance to win ICE!

HOW IT WORKS

Tweet a GIF or captioned image related to Vainglory with the #VaingloryMeme hashtag.
Include your player name.
You must be following @vainglory to enter.
Your Tweet must not start with the @ symbol.

WHEN IS THIS CONTEST?

Starts Monday, July 18 9am PDT and ends on Friday, July 22 at 6pm PDT.
Winners will be announced Monday, July 25.
Winners will receive 900 ICE each.

If we like what we’re seeing, we’ll retweet the best daily memes. So get out there, get creative and enter to win!

Summer Preview: Lyra Breakdown, New Items & Gameplay Changes

Zekent & Ciderhelm
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Jun 16, 2016

Summer season introduces new items, critical gameplay changes and a new roamer who will have a major impact on hero compositions & draft strategy. Let’s dig in …

LYRA ABILITIES & BREAKDOWN

Lyra uses healing and protective magic to turn enemy positions into powerful zones for her allies. Utility and defense items improve her role as a healer, while crystal items provide a devastating-but-fragile mage path.

QUICK START:

Learn Imperial Sigil (Ability A) first. Upgrade and overdrive it first.
Take Bright Bulwark (Ability B) at level 2 but upgrade it last. Only overdrive situationally.
Learn and upgrade Arcane Passage (Ultimate) whenever possible.

Principle Arcanum (Heroic Perk)

Lyra’s attacks are arcane missiles, dealing crystal damage. If she holds her ground after releasing an attack, she automatically channels and releases a much stronger arcane missile that deals additional crystal damage and briefly slows its target. Each channeled missile consumes energy, but Lyra can continue using these even if she runs out of energy.

HEROIC PERK BREAKDOWN:

Once the first missile has locked on, the second is guaranteed to land as well, provided Lyra finishes channeling.
For basic-attack (on-hit) effects and weapon items, both the first and second arcane missiles are considered basic attacks.
Attack speed affects the channeling time, in addition to the time between shots.
While the second missile is much stronger, it also puts Lyra’s next attack onto a slightly longer cooldown.
The projectile speed on the first missile increases with attack speed.

Imperial Sigil (A)

Lyra forms a sigil at the target location, revealing surrounding enemies. While this sigil remains active, it heals nearby allied heroes and damages nearby enemy heroes. Lyra can reactivate this ability at any time to detonate the sigil, dealing heavy damage to surrounding enemies while providing a burst of healing and a moderate move speed boost to nearby allies.

IMPERIAL SIGIL BREAKDOWN:

Lyra’s healing is increased with her bonus health from items.
The cooldown won’t begin until the detonation occurs, either manually or after running out.
Because heroes consume the sigil, you can reduce the healing from an enemy Lyra by getting near her sigil and draining some damage.
Detonate Imperial Sigil beneath allies while moving around the map.
Imperial Sigil can be used for vision, but the tradeoff is that it won’t start its cooldown until it’s detonated (manually or after timing out).

Bright Bulwark (B)

After a brief delay, Lyra releases a pulse of magical energy, damaging and applying a decaying slow to surrounding enemies. The affected area then becomes a walled zone of protection that deals the same damage and slow to enemies attempting to cross its borders. Enemies inside the zone are snared, allowing them to move normally but preventing them from using movement abilities.

BRIGHT BULWARK BREAKDOWN:

This stops “dash” abilities, including jumps like Joule’s leap.
However, it does not stop movement-speed increases like Catherine’s Mercilless Pursuit. The slow is strong enough to noticeably reduce those abilities, though.
When an ally pulls/pushes an enemy into the wall, the enemy will stop at the wall rather than go their full distance.
You can Reflex Block while snared to buy enough time to dash.
- Lance can use Gythian Wall on overdrive to do this as well.
The slow and damage have a short internal cooldown (1.8 seconds). Don’t stand on top of the wall if you want to avoid getting hit again.
Bright Bulwark is incredibly powerful against dash-dependent heroes such as Glaive. In some situations, this can allow you to stand and fight when you would otherwise need to retreat.
If it’s not effective enough, consider learning the overdrive.

Arcane Passage (C)

Lyra blinks to the target location, leaving portals at both the beginning and the end of the blink. Portals last for a few seconds, allowing allied and enemy heroes to move freely between them in both directions. Heroes must wait several seconds before they can re-enter a portal. This cooldown is also applied to enemies when Lyra hits them with the initial pulse of Bright Bulwark.

ARCANE PASSAGE BREAKDOWN:

Portals are globally visible for both teams.
Heroes gain a small boost of speed when exiting portals.
Heroes currently dashing or being affected by pulls or knockbacks will not enter a portal.
Heroes standing directly on top of a portal when they spawn will not be pulled through until they move off the portal and re-enter. (This is a snipe protection for Adagio and other heroes who have no means of avoiding the effect.)
Enemies cannot use portals until 1 second after they’ve formed, but Lyra and her allies can enter immediately.

USING LYRA’S PORTALS:

Both teams can use portals with no negative effects. Just walk onto them.
Portals are typically better for strategic map movement than going directly into an enemy team, unless you have a specific plan or comp for it.
- If you form a portal far away from enemies and then make the destination portal away from enemies, you can prevent enemies from easily accessing portals. This can make for effective flanks, especially in combination with Bright Bulwark.
The initial pulse of Bright Bulwark puts affected enemies on the full portal cooldown.
- If you need to get away from enemies, use Bright Bulwark first, then immediately portal away.
- If you need to create a beachhead for your team, you can portal near enemies and use Bright Bulwark, allowing your allies to join you while preventing enemies from escaping.

PLAYING AS LYRA

Lyra is a powerful healer with a roam primary path.
Pair her with ranged heroes such as Celeste who like to be on the edge of fights. Lyra’s protective zones will keep them safe on the back line.
Or, form comps with slower heroes such as SAW, Phinn & Krul since Lyra can teleport them into the fight from a distance.
Lyra’s secondary path is as a crystal mage. If you’d like to try this, she has excellent synergy with Alternating Current because her perk fires two arcane missiles in a row. The perk trades her positioning for power, which can be a dangerous gambit. However, it’s incredibly powerful against fleeing enemies.
When you’re last-hitting, consider staying at maximum attack range. The light and heavy attack will hit at nearly the same time, making it much easier to successfully last-hit.

PLAYING VS LYRA

Lyra is extremely fragile even with health items due to unusually low armor and shield.
Focus her and burst her down. Build items accordingly.
Select any heroes who can get to her quickly and take her out. Taka is a great example. Even though he seems susceptible to Bright Bulwark, a sneaky Taka can often get to Lyra faster than the bulwark can go down — especially with X-Retsu.

SUMMER GAMEPLAY CHANGES

Starting in Summer season, you’ll have much more build freedom and diversity. Let’s look at why …

AMBIENT GOLD

Ironguard Contract no longer provides a gold bonus. Instead, this is replaced with an always-on mechanic affecting all heroes.

Ambient Gold: Whenever anyone kills a minion or monster, a nearby ally within 14 meters earns 75% of the bounty as bonus gold. If two allies are nearby, whichever hero has lower net worth earns the Ambient Gold.

In short, roam players are no longer required to buy an Ironguard Contract at the start of every single match, which opens them up to many more itemization choices. There is no requirement to eventually turn that Ironguard Contract into a Warhorn or Contraption, so many more possibilities unfold.

This change also means that roamers taking last hits will no longer have a large negative impact on a team’s gold net worth. Instead, they’ll still generate the same amount of gold since there will always be a 100%/75% split to two team members near each other.

Additionally, we expect to see many more strategies become viable from the way gold is distributed among team members. Teams may now more strategically decide where to funnel gold when they have multiple heroes reaching item breakpoints.

EXPERIENCE & GOLD RANGE

Experience and gold range are both set to 14 meters. It is still possible to hyper-level a hero … but your team will be giving up far more to do so.

Following closely behind Ambient Gold is the change to experience range. Prior to 1.19, the range where a hero could acquire experience from a kill in the jungle was 5.6, whereas the range where Ironguard Contract granted gold was 14. In addition to being a fairly invisible mechanic, this created a zone where a player could get Ironguard Contract gold while giving up experience — more commonly known as hyper-leveling.

This led to situations where a team member could end up significantly under-leveled in favor of rushing an allied hero to a potential level power-spike. While we find the practice of hyper-leveling innovative and tactically interesting, we wanted to make sure that a player was not denied experience simply from the role or hero they chose.

As such, in 1.19, we have decided to change experience range to 14, which matches the range of Ambient Gold. This means that if you are in range for Ambient Gold, you will also be in range to share experience.

If a team so chooses, they are still able to hyper-level a hero, (which would not be too surprising for the first rotation to hit a level-2 power spike). However, they would be trading that for a potential loss of 75% increase in gold from each monster or minion that is killed.

EXPERIENCE DISTRIBUTION

With the change to experience and the addition of Ambient Gold, some adjustments to experience distribution were in order.

Experience gain when multiple allies are nearby:

One: 100%
Two: 85/40%
Three: 65/30/30% (killer gets the larger amount).

GOLD TRICKLE

Gold trickle up from 4 to 5 per second.

NEW ITEMS COMING IN SUMMER UPDATE 1.19

The other major reason for more build flexibility is more item choice!

NEW CONTRACT ITEMS

With the introduction of Ambient Gold, Ironguard Contract is no longer a staple item for every roam build. Instead, a few early-game options have been introduced into the OTHER section in the item shop. These can grant a significant amount of power early on, or if you find the need for a small power boost at any given time for a fairly low cost, these new Contract items are fantastic options. However, keep in mind that none of these Contracts upgrades into anything, though they can be sold back for half the purchase cost.

IRONGUARD CONTRACT

Ironguard is now specifically geared toward coming out of the jungle with a bit more battle readiness and to keep both members of a jungle duo topped off to fend off invasions. While no longer a necessity, Ironguard still makes for a fantastic starting purchase.

Passive: When a nearby ally kills a jungle monster, you both heal for 75 health
Range: 14m
Cost: 300 gold

Protector Contract

A much more defensive start, the Protector Contract allows you to protect your teammates — as long as you are close enough to do so. This is a fantastic purchase if you expect heavy aggression coming out from the opposing team or if you plan on team fighting early on.

Activate: Grant a 120 health barrier to the nearest ally hero for 2 seconds. 5s cooldown. 2 max charges, 20s per charge.
Range: 8m
Cost: 300 gold

Dragonblood Contract

The Dragonblood Contract supports early aggression and may allow you to dominate early on in a match; however, this initial advantage falls off very quickly. Having a fairly long recharge time and a fixed amount of damage, it is a great tool for early aggression and calculated ganks, but it is a good candidate to replace once mid-game rolls around.

Activate: After a brief delay, nearby enemy heroes are marked for 3 seconds. The next basic attack from an ally consumes the mark, slowing by 30% for 2s and dealing 75 bonus crystal damage. 15s cooldown. 2 max charges, 40s per charge.
Range: 4m
Cost: 300 gold

NEW UTILITY ITEMS & REWORKS

Stormguard Banner

Stormguard Banner has been reworked to be a strong pickup for heroes who have weak wave/jungle clear abilities and for teams who intend to prioritize objective control over constantly battling the enemy team. However, this does come with the caveat that you will be giving up a significant amount of combat power.

Passive: After using an ability, your next 3 basic attacks in the next 6 seconds deal 75 bonus true damage to non-heroes or 20 to heroes. Can only be refreshed once every 6 seconds.
+2.5 Energy Recharge
+150 Energy
Energy Battery (300) + Recipe (800) = 1100

Stormcrown

An upgraded version of the new Stormguard Banner. Deals significant but not overwhelming damage to heroes, but it’s fantastic for quickly taking down objectives.

Passive: After using an ability, your next 4 basic attacks in the next 6 seconds deal 140 bonus true damage to non-heroes or 35 to heroes. Can only be refreshed once every 6 seconds.
+30% Cooldown Speed
+5 Energy Recharge
+200 Energy
+150 Health
Stormguard Banner (1100) + Chronograph (800) + Recipe (300) = 2200

Journey Boots

Running fast is a lot of fun. Running fast often is even more fun.

Passive movement speed up from 0.5 to 0.6
Cooldown increased from 30 to 60
Passive: Damaging heroes instantly sets the cooldown to 12 seconds if it is above it.
Armor, Shield and Health Regen removed
Health down from 300 to 250

War Treads (Warhorn is now a type of Boots)

These new boots have replaced Warhorn has a team-wide mobility option. If you ever find yourself in the situation where you need to get your team into or out of a fight quickly, War Treads is a perfect purchase.

Activate: Nearby allies Sprint for 2 seconds (60s cooldown).
Passive: +0.4 Movement speed
Passive: Travel Boots
+500 Health
Stormguard passive removed
Travel Boots (1000) + Dragonheart (650) + Recipe 850) = 2500

Halcyon Chargers

A powerful new option for both running down your foes or escaping from a pursuer. Halcyon Chargers should easily be able to get you in or out of danger once. Choose this over Journey boots when prioritizing ability usage from cooldown speed.

Activate: Sprint for 3 seconds (50s cooldown).
Passive: +0.5 Movement speed
Passive: Travel Boots
+200 Health
+15% Cooldown Speed
+4 Energy Recharge
+250 Energy
Travel Boots (1000) + Void Battery (700) + Recipe (600) = 2300

Flare Gun

Offering an early game vision option. Pick up a Flare Gun if you plan to constantly track your enemies.

Activate: Fire a Flare at target location. (18s cooldown).
+250 Health
Oakheart (300) + Recipe (300) = 600

Contraption

No longer building out of Stormguard Banner, Contraption now charges a bit faster and offers a bit more defensive power.

Cooldown up from 3 to 5 seconds (18s per charge)
+350 Health
+35% Cooldown Speed
+3 Energy Recharge
Health Regen removed
Stormguard passive removed
New Recipe: Flare Gun (600) + Chronograph (800) + Recipe (700) = 2100

OTHER

Kraken is no longer affected by any positive buffs (i.e. Warhorn speed boost and Adagio’s Gift of Fire).
Players may no longer walk into the area where the Jungle Shop resides.
Tap area of the jungle shop has been decreased to avoid accidental shopping during fights.
Flares are no longer globally visible, but brush will not inherently hide them if there’s vision on that area.

This is only a part of the massive Summer improvements coming in Update 1.19. For more previews, check these out:

Celebrating the Vainglory Summer Beach Party (Skins & Events)
Summer Party Preview: Get New Rewards & Progress

‘Supersonic’ Skye Tier III Arrives!

Vainglory
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Jun 17, 2016

‘Supersonic’ Skye Tier III is here, featuring new effects and animations.

IT’S THE ‘SUPERSONIC’ SKYE AVIATION SHOW!

WATCH THE IN-GAME FOOTAGE:

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

Mech weapons upgraded to proton cannons
Armored exo boots
Formal military dress whites
Brand-new recall animation with aviator pose and anime thumbs-up action
Dramatic spin-crash death animation

CHECK OUT ‘SUPERSONIC’ SKYE TIERS I & II!

Collect the whole supersonic airshow!

CANON SKYE LORE:

INTERVIEW WITH ANIMATOR MIGHTYCAMEL

Skye is a strict military fighter pilot, not known for her sense of humor or fangirl attitude, but Supersonic Skye has lightened up a bit. I created a conscious contrast between the badass mech and the cute girl. It’s difficult to give Skye an acrobatic feel without slowing her down, but we gave her the movie poster thumbs-up and, when she recalls, she hops off the mech and gives a cute-ified double thumbs-up. In her new death animation she gets thrown off the mech while it crashes and burns.

Keep an eye on the NEWS section for more reveals!

Star Queen Celeste Tier III Skin is Here!

Vainglory
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Jun 03, 2016

The Star Queen’s rise to power is complete! The saga ends with Star Queen Celeste Tier III. Read on for art, turnarounds and links to the “Rise of the Star Queen” skin lore series. Unlock this skin in the Market now.

WATCH TIER III ‘STAR QUEEN’ CELESTE IN ACTION

https://youtu.be/hGpSZmjGN7U

Black void sphere basic attacks
Giant black void sphere Heliogenesis stars
Ravens emerge from her Core Collapse
Death phantoms fly out from her Solar Storm
Brand-new floaty sprint and recall animations
Black hole staff
Unforgettable model changes. (Be sure to turn on pinch-to-zoom in settings!)

RELATED CELESTE LORE

by SugarVenom

Rise of the Star Queen (full)

INTERVIEW WITH SUPER EVIL ARTIST NOXII

“I combined the raven and the starry aspects to show how Celeste is the Star Queen with the Storm Queen’s power. The stars around her skirt show that she’s so full of cosmic power now that it’s leaking out uncontrollably. I looked at a lot of high fashion feather collars; I wanted her to look modest but still provocative. The lace on the skirt helps transition the feathers to the leather and makes it look regal. My favorite part is her extravagant black organza hair decoration. She has built a black hole onto her default staff. She’s holding onto what she used to be, but now she has the power of creation and destruction.

“I don’t think she’s evil; I think she’s pragmatic. She thinks she’s doing the right thing. She may burn some bridges, but the people close to her know how compassionate she is. Vox will probably try to help her see why what she’s doing isn’t good.

“With every splash, I experiment with painting techniques and challenge myself to amp it up. I learned a lot from painting the metal in Bonecruncher Phinn’s splash art. My faces are usually more cartoony, but Celeste’s hair and face are soft. I chose a dynamic pose with a symmetrical composition to emphasize Star Queen Celeste’s power.”

Keep an eye on the in-game NEWS section for more update 1.18 reveals!

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H. Participating in any action which, in the sole and exclusive judgment of Super Evil, "exploits" an undocumented aspect of the Game in order to secure an unfair advantage over other users;

I. Participating in any action which, in the sole and exclusive judgment of Super Evil, defrauds any other user of the Game, including, but not limited to, by "scamming" or "social engineering;”

J. Using any unauthorized third party programs, including but not limited to "mods," "hacks," "cheats," "scripts," "bots," "trainers," and automation programs, that interact with the Software in any way, for any purpose, including, without limitation, any unauthorized third party programs that intercept, emulate, or redirect any communication between the Software and Super Evil and any unauthorized third party programs that collect information about the Game by reading areas of memory used by the Software to store information;

K. Accessing or attempting to access areas of the Game or Game servers that have not been made available to the public;

L. Selecting a name that is falsely indicative of an association with Super Evil, contains personally identifying information, infringes on the proprietary or non-proprietary rights of third parties, or that is offensive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable. You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent this restriction on name choices. Super Evil may modify any name which, in the sole and exclusive judgment of Super Evil, violates this provision without further notification to you, and may take further disciplinary measures, including Account termination, for repeated violations; or

VI. USER CONTENT

A. Ownership. “Content” means any communications, images, sounds, and all the material and information that you upload or transmit through the Site or the Game, or that other users upload or transmit, including, without limitation, any Forum (defined below) postings.

You hereby acknowledge and agree that you remain fully responsible for and are the owner of any and all Content. However, you grant Super Evil from the time of uploading or transmission of the Content through any channel, non-exclusively, all now known or hereafter existing copyrights and all other intellectual property rights to all Content of every kind and nature, in perpetuity (or for the maximum duration of protection afforded by applicable law), throughout the universe and you hereby grant Super Evil as a present non-exclusive license of future rights all such intellectual property rights to the extent owned by you. In the event that any of the Content is not licensable, you hereby grant to Super Evil and its licensors, including, without limitation, its respective successors and assigns, a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable, worldwide, paid-up right to reproduce, fix, adapt, modify, translate, reformat, transmit, or provide access to electronically, broadcast, communicate to the public by telecommunication, display, perform, enter into computer memory, and use and practice such Content as well as all modified and derivative works thereof, without compensation to you. To the extent necessary, you agree that you will undertake to execute and deliver any and all documents and perform any and all actions necessary or desirable to ensure that the rights to use the Content granted to Super Evil as specified above are valid, effective and enforceable. You also hereby waive any moral rights you may have in such Content under the laws of any jurisdiction to the maximum extent permitted by the laws of your jurisdiction. You represent, warrant and agree that none of the Content will be subject to any obligation, whether of confidentiality, attribution or otherwise, on the part of Super Evil and Super Evil will not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Content. You further acknowledge and agree that you shall not upload or otherwise transmit on or through the Site or the Game any Content that is subject to any third-party rights.

B. Consent to Monitoring. Super Evil does not, and cannot, pre-screen or monitor all Content. However, its representatives may monitor and/or record your communications (including, without limitation, Forum postings and/or Chat) when you are playing the Game or using the Site, and you hereby provide your irrevocable consent to such monitoring and recording. You acknowledge and agree that you have no expectation of privacy concerning the submission of any Content. Super Evil does not assume any responsibility or liability for Content that is generated by users of the Site and/or Game. Super Evil has the right but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to edit, refuse to post, or remove any Content. Furthermore, Super Evil also reserves the right, at all times and in its sole discretion, to disclose any Content for any reason, including, without limitation (i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) to enforce the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement; (iii) to protect the legal rights and remedies of Super Evil; (iv) where someone’s health or safety may be threatened; or (v) to report a crime or other offensive behavior. Please take care to not provide any personally identifiable information in the Chat or the Forums and to abide by the Code of Conduct, understanding that you do not have an expectation of privacy in the Content you provide in the Chat or Forums, and that members of Super Evil and the Community, outside of those you play directly with or against in the Game, might have access to the information in the Chat or the Forums at any time.

C. Forums. If you have a valid and active Account, you may post communications and other content to the “forums” section of the Site (the “Forums”). You agree to abide by the Code of Conduct, as well as the policy concerning Links (found below) while participating in the Forums. You understand that much of the information included in the Forums is from other players who are not employed by or under the control of Super Evil. You further acknowledge that a large volume of information is available in the Forums and that people participating in such Forums may occasionally post messages or make statements, whether intentionally or unintentionally, that are inaccurate, misleading, deceptive, abusive or even unlawful. Super Evil neither endorses nor is responsible for such messages or statements, or for any opinion, advice, information or other utterance made or displayed in the Forums by you or the other users. The opinions expressed in the Forums reflect solely the opinions of you and/or the other users and may not reflect the opinions of Super Evil. Super Evil is not responsible for any errors or omissions in postings, for hyperlinks embedded in messages or for any results obtained from the use of the information contained in the Forums. Under no circumstances will Super Evil be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on the information in the Forums or your use of the Forums. You should be aware that, when you disclose information about yourself in a Forum, the information is being made publicly available and may be collected and used by other users. When you disclose any information in a Forum, you do so at your own risk. Super Evil reserves the right to, but has no obligation to, monitor the Forums, or any postings or other materials that you or other players transmit or post on the Forums, to alter or remove any such materials, and to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to operate the Site properly or to comply with legal obligations or governmental requests.

VII. UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS

A. Agreement. Super Evil reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to revise, update, change, modify, add to, supplement, or delete certain terms of this Agreement as the Properties evolve; provided, however, that material changes to this Agreement will not be applied retroactively. Such changes will be effective with or without prior notice to you. You can review the most current version of this Agreement by clicking on the “Terms of Use” link located at the bottom of the Site. You are responsible for checking this Agreement periodically for changes. If any future changes to this Agreement are unacceptable to you or cause you to no longer be in agreement or compliance with this Agreement, you must terminate this Agreement and immediately stop using the Properties. Your continued use of any of the Properties following any revision to this Agreement constitutes your complete and irrevocable acceptance of any and all such changes. If at any time you do not agree with any portion of the then-current version of a particular Super Evil policy, including but not limited to this Agreement, you must immediately stop using the Properties.

B. The Properties. In an effort to improve the Properties, you agree that Super Evil may change, modify, update, suspend, “nerf,” or restrict your access to any features or parts of the Properties, including purchased or unlockable content, and may require that you download and install updates to the Software, at any time without notice or liability to you. You also understand and agree that any such changes or updates to the Properties might change the system specifications necessary to play the Game, and in such a case, you, and not Super Evil, are responsible for purchasing any necessary additional software and/or hardware in order to access and play the Game.

VIII. LINKS

The Site may contain links to websites operated by other parties. Super Evil provides these links to you as a convenience, or other users might be posting these links as user-provided Content. Use of these links and the external websites are at your own risk. The linked sites are not under the control of Super Evil, and Super Evil is not responsible for the content available on the other sites. Such links do not imply endorsement by Super Evil of information or material on any other site, and Super Evil disclaims all liability with regard to your access to and use of such linked websites.

Should you choose to provide a link on the Site or within the Game (e.g., on the Forums or via Chat) to an external website, unless otherwise set forth in a written agreement between you and Super Evil, you acknowledge and agree to the following: (i) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Super Evil’ and/or its licensors’ names and trademarks; (ii) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, or associated with Super Evil; (iii) when selected by a user, the link must display the external website on full-screen and not within a “frame” on the linking Site; and (iv) Super Evil reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time and in its sole discretion.

IX. FEES

Some aspects of the Game may require you to pay a fee, and you agree that you will provide accurate and complete payment information to the third-party payment provider used by Super Evil. You further agree to pay all fees and applicable taxes incurred by you or anyone using an Account registered to you. Super Evil may revise the pricing for the Game or any item associated therewith at any time. All fees and charges are payable in accordance with payment terms in effect at the time the fee or the charge becomes due and payable. Super Evil may, from time to time, modify, amend, or supplement its fees and fee-billing methods, and such changes shall be effective immediately upon posting in this Agreement or elsewhere on the Site or in the Game. If there is a dispute regarding payment of fees to Super Evil, your Account may be closed without warning or notice at the sole discretion of Super Evil.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY APPLICABLE FEES AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FEE-BASED SERVICES ARE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE AND NOT REFUNDABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART. YOU ARE FULLY LIABLE FOR ALL CHARGES TO YOUR ACCOUNT, INCLUDING ANY UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES.

X. NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (DMCA) If you are a copyright owner or agent thereof and believe that content posted on the Site by a Super Evil user infringes upon your copyright, please submit notice pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)) to the Super Evil Copyright Agent with the following information:

A. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright;

B. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;

C. The URL of the location on the Super Evil Site containing the material that you claim is infringing;

D. Your address, telephone number, and email address;

E. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and

F. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

Super Evil’s Copyright Agent can be reached by mail at: Super Evil Mega Corp, 400 1st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401, ATTN: Copyright Agent; or by email at: support@superevilmegacorp.com. Attachments cannot be accepted at the email address for security reasons. Accordingly, any notification of infringement submitted electronically with an attachment will not be received or processed. Please note that these notifications are legal notices, and that Super Evil may provide copies of such notices to the participants in the dispute or to third parties, at its discretion or as required by law.

XI. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

THE PROPERTIES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SUPER EVIL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHICH MIGHT APPLY TO THE PROPERTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ANY WARRANTIES THAT MAY ARISE FROM COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR QUALITY OF ANY CONTENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE PROPERTIES. SUPER EVIL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE PROPERTIES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE PROPERTIES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELECTING THE PROPERTIES TO ACHIEVE YOUR INTENDED RESULTS, AND FOR THE INSTALLATION OF, USE OF, AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE PROPERTIES.

Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, the forgoing disclaimer may, in whole or in part, not apply to you.

XII. INDEMNIFICATION

YOU HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS SUPER EVIL FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LAWSUITS, DAMAGES, LOSSES, LIABILITIES AND COSTS (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISE OR RESULT FROM YOUR USE OR MISUSE OF THE PROPERTIES, OR ANY VIOLATION BY YOU OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Super Evil reserves the right, at its own expense and in its sole and absolute discretion, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with Super Evil in asserting any available defenses.

XIII. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL Super Evil BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOOD WILL, OR LOST PROFITS), OR ANY DAMAGES FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES) ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR MISUSE OF THE PROPERTIES, EVEN IF Super Evil KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL Super Evil BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF ANY AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO Super Evil FOR GAME-RELATED TRANSACTIONS, IF ANY, DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE TIME YOUR CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE.

Because some states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states or jurisdictions, the liability of Super Evil shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

XIV. EQUITABLE REMEDIES

You hereby acknowledge and agree that Super Evil would suffer irreparable harm if this Agreement were not specifically enforced. Consequently, in addition to such monetary and other relief as may be recoverable at law, you agree that Super Evil shall be entitled to specific performance or other injunctive relief, without bond, other security, or proof of damages, as remedy for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement. Additionally, in the event any legal or administrative action or proceeding is brought by either party in connection with this Agreement and consistent with Section XV below, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from the other party all the costs, attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by such prevailing party as the result of the action or proceeding.

XV. NEGOTIATIONS, BINDING ARBITRATION AND GOVERNING LAW

A. Negotiations. Disputes can be expensive and time consuming for both parties. In an effort to accelerate resolution and reduce the cost of any dispute or claim related to this Agreement (“Claim”), you and Super Evil agree to first attempt to informally negotiate any Claim for at least thirty (30) days (except those Claims expressly excluded in Section XV.F below). Super Evil will send its notice to the address it has on file to the extent that you have provided additional contact information to Super Evil (e.g. by participating in a promotion or survey, or contacting a customer services representative). Otherwise, Super Evil will send its notice to the email address associated with your Account. You will send your notice to Super Evil Mega Corp 400 1st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401, Attn: Legal Department. Please note that this informal resolution procedure does not suspend any statutory limitation periods applicable to the bringing of a Claim.

B. Binding Arbitration. If the parties fail to resolve a Claim through negotiations, within such thirty (30)-day period, either you or Super Evil may elect to have the Claim (except as otherwise provided in Section XV.F) finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration by sending a written notice requesting arbitration to the other party. Any election to arbitrate by one party shall be final and binding on the other. The arbitration will be conducted under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA Rules”) and, where appropriate, the AAA’s Supplementary Procedures for Consumer Related Disputes (“AAA Consumer Rules”) that are in effect at the time the arbitration is initiated and under the terms set forth in this Agreement. Both the AAA Rules and the AAA Consumer Rules can be found at the AAA website, www.adr.org. In the event of a conflict between the terms set forth in this Section XV.B and either the AAA Rules or the AAA Consumer Rules, the terms in this Section XV.B will control and prevail.

Except as otherwise set forth in Section XV.F, you may seek any remedies available to you under federal, state or local laws in an arbitration action. As part of the arbitration, both you and Super Evil will have the opportunity for discovery of non-privileged information that is relevant to the Claim. The arbitrator will provide a written statement of the arbitrator’s decision regarding the Claim, the award given and the arbitrator’s findings and conclusions on which the arbitrator’s decision is based. The determination of whether a Claim is subject to arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and determined by a court rather than an arbitrator. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (i) you and Super Evil may litigate in court to compel arbitration, stay proceedings pending arbitration, or confirm, modify, vacate or enter judgment on the award entered by the arbitrator; and (ii) the arbitrator’s decision is final, binding on all parties and enforceable in any court that has jurisdiction, provided that any award may be challenged if the arbitrator fails to follow applicable law.

BY AGREEING TO THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND Super Evil ARE WAIVING THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL.

C. Arbitration Fees. If we are initiating arbitration for a Claim, we will pay all costs charged by the AAA Rules for initiating the arbitration. Your share of all other fees and costs of the arbitration, including your share of arbitrator compensation, will be charged pursuant to the AAA Rules, and where appropriate, limited by the AAA Consumer Rules. Where your share of the costs is deemed to be excessive by the arbitrator, Super Evil will pay all arbitration fees and expenses.

D. Location. The arbitration will take place in your hometown area if you so notify Super Evil in your notice of arbitration or within ten (10) days following receipt of Super Evil’ arbitration notice. In the absence of a notice to conduct the arbitration in your hometown area, the arbitration will be conducted in Los Angeles, California, unless the parties agree to video, phone and/or internet connection appearances. Any Claim not subject to arbitration (other than claims proceeding in any small claims court), or where no election to arbitrate has been made, shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction in San Mateo, California, United States of America, and you and Super Evil agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

E. Limitations. You and Super Evil agree that any arbitration shall be limited to the Claim between Super Evil and you individually. YOU AND Super Evil AGREE THAT (A) THERE IS NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY FOR ANY DISPUTE TO BE ARBITRATED ON A CLASS-ACTION BASIS OR TO UTILIZE CLASS ACTION PROCEDURES; (B) THERE IS NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY FOR ANY DISPUTE TO BE BROUGHT IN A PURPORTED REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY OR AS A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL; AND (C) NO ARBITRATION SHALL BE JOINED WITH ANY OTHER.

F. Exceptions to Negotiations and Arbitration. You and Super Evil agree that the following Claims are not subject to the above provisions concerning negotiations and binding arbitration: (i) any Claims seeking to enforce or protect, or concerning the validity of, any of your or Super Evil’ intellectual property rights; (ii) any Claim related to, or arising from, allegations of theft, piracy, invasion of privacy or unauthorized use; and (iii) any claim for equitable relief. In addition to the foregoing, either party may assert an individual action in small claims court for Claims that are within the scope of such courts’ jurisdiction in lieu of arbitration.

G. Governing Law. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be governed by, and will be construed under, the laws of the United States of America and the law of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. Other laws may apply if you choose to access the Game from outside of the United States. In such an event, those local laws shall affect this Agreement only to the extent necessary in that jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be interpreted to give maximum effect to the terms and conditions in this Agreement. You are responsible for compliance with all local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable. The New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act of 1993 (the “Act”) may apply to the Game if you access the Game from, and are a resident of, New Zealand. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Act applies then you may have other rights or remedies as set out in the Act which may apply in addition to or instead of those set out in this Agreement.

H. Severability. You and Super Evil agree that if any portion this Section XV is found illegal or unenforceable (except any portion of Section XV.F), that portion shall be severed and the remainder of the Section shall be given full force and effect. If Section XV.F is found to be illegal or unenforceable then neither you nor Super Evil will elect to arbitrate any Claim falling within that portion of Section XV.F found to be illegal or unenforceable and such Claim shall be exclusively decided by a court of competent jurisdiction within Los Angeles, State of California, United States of America, and you and Super Evil agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of that court.

XVI. TERMINATION

This Agreement (and all subsequent modifications, if any) shall remain effective until terminated. Both you and Super Evil may terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason or for no reason. Termination by Super Evil will be effective upon notice to you, termination or deletion of your Account, or its decision to permanently discontinue offering and/or supporting the Game, which it may do at any time in its sole discretion. You may terminate this Agreement at any time simply by not using the Site or the Game. If, however, you wish to terminate your Account, you must affirmatively do so by notifying Super Evil at support@superevilmegacorp.com as stated above. Upon termination of this Agreement, your right to use the Properties shall immediately cease.

XVII. MISCELLANEOUS

A. Assignment. Super Evil may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent. You may not assign the Agreement without Super Evil’s prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment by you shall be null and void.

B. Customer Contact. If you have any questions concerning these terms and conditions, or if you would like to contact Super Evil for any other reason, please contact Super Evil support at support@superevilmegacorp.com, or visit the “support” tab on the Site.

C. Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the complete agreement between you and Super Evil concerning the Site, the Game, and the subject matter of the Agreement, and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements between you and Super Evil.

D. Force Majeure. Super Evil shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside the reasonable control of Super Evil, including, without limitation, any failure to perform hereunder due to unforeseen circumstances or cause beyond Super Evil’s control such as acts of god, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, strikes, or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials.

E. Location. The Site and the Game are operated by Super Evil in the United States. Those who choose to access the Site and/or the Game from locations outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. The Software is subject to United States export controls.

F. No Partnership. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Super Evil as a result of this Agreement or your use of the Site or the Game.

G. No Waiver. Super Evil’s failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a present or future waiver of such provision, nor in any way affect the right of any party to enforce each and every such provision thereafter. The express waiver by Super Evil of any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any future obligation to comply with such provision, condition or requirement.

H. Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices given by you or required under this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to: Super Evil Mega Corp at 400 1st Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94401.

I. Reform and Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be reformed to the extent necessary to make it enforceable to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. If, however, it is determined that such provision cannot be reformed, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

J. Section Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or have any other legal effect.

K. Survival. The provisions of Sections IV, VI.A, IX, XI-XV, and XVII shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOREGOING TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT AND AGREE THAT SELECTING THE “ACCEPT” BUTTON BELOW AND/OR YOUR USE OF ANY OF THE PROPERTIES IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Country	Address
Austria	DPR Group, City Tower, Brückenkopfgasse 1/6. Stock, Graz, 8020, Austria
Belgium	DPR Group, Place de L’Université 16, Louvain-La-Neuve, Waals Brabant, 1348, Belgium
Bulgaria	DPR Group, 132 Mimi Balkanska Str., Sofia, 1540, Bulgaria
Croatia	DPR Group, Ground & 9th Floor, Hoto Tower, Savska cesta 32, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
Cyprus	DPR Group, Victory House, 205 Archbishop Makarios Avenue, Limassol, 3030, Cyprus
Czech Republic	DPR Group, IQ Ostrava Ground floor, 28. rijna 3346/91, Ostrava-mesto, Moravska, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Denmark	DPR Group, Lautruphøj 1-3, Ballerup, 2750, Denmark
Estonia	DPR Group, 2^nd Floor, Tornimae 5, Tallinn, 10145, Estonia
Finland	DPR Group, Luna House, 5.krs, Mannerheimintie 12 B, Helsinki, 00100, Finland
France	DPR Group, 72 rue de Lessard, Rouen, 76100, France
Germany	DPR Group, 3rd and 4th floor, Altmarkt 10 B/D, Dresden, 01067, Germany
Greece	DPR Group, 24 Lagoumitzi str, Athens, 17671, Greece
Hungary	DPR Group, EMKE Building, Rákóczi Út 42, Budapest, 1072, Hungary
Ireland	DPR Group, Phoenix House, Monahan Road, Cork, T12 H1XY, Republic of Ireland
Italy	DPR Group, BPM 335368, Via Roma 12, 10073 , Turin, Italy
Latvia	DPR Group, 4th & 5th floors, 14 Terbatas Street, Riga, LV-1011, Latvia
Lithuania	DPR Group, Vilniaus g.31, Vilnius, LT- 01402, Lithuania
Luxembourg	DPR Group, BPM 335368, Banzelt 4 A, 6921, Roodt-sur-Syre, Luxembourg
Malta	DPR Group, Tower Business Centre, 2nd floor, Tower Street, Swatar, BKR4013, Malta
Netherlands	DPR Group, Cuserstraat 93, Floor 2 and 3, Amsterdam, 1081 CN, Netherlands
Poland	DPR Group, Budynek Fronton ul Kamienna 21, Krakow, 31-403, Poland
Portugal	DPR Group, Torre de Monsanto, Rua Afonso Praça 30, 7th floor, Algès, Lisbon, 1495-061, Portugal
Romania	DPR Group, World Trade Centre, Piata Montreal no 10, Entrance F, 1st Floor, Sector 1, Bucharest, 11469, Romania
Slovakia	DPR Group, Apollo Business Centre II, Block E / 9th floor, 4D Prievozska, Bratislava, 821 09, Slovakia
Slovenia	DPR Group, Trg. Republike 3, Floor 3, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
Spain	DPR Group, Puerta de las Naciones, Ribera del Loira 46, Madrid, 28042, Spain
Sweden	DPR Group, S:t Johannesgatan 2, 4th floor, Malmo, SE – 211 46, Sweden
United Kingdom	DPR Group, BPM 335368, 372 Old Street, EC1V 9AU, London, United Kingdom

HERO ABILITIES

Rocket Launcher (Heroic Perk)

Porcupine Mortar (A)

Jump Jets (B)

Ion Cannon (C)

DUELING

TEAMFIGHTING

CRYSTAL BUILDS

WEAPON BUILDS

STRONG VERSUS

WEAK VERSUS

PRO TIPS

CHECK OUT HER IN-GAME FOOTAGE & 3D MODEL:

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

Finder’s Keepers

CANON RONA LORE:

INTERVIEW WITH JUSTINSANE

ANCIENT HISTORY

CHECK OUT HER IN-GAME FOOTAGE & 3D MODEL:

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

The Loud Voice & The Quiet Voice

CANON ALPHA LORE:

RISE OF THE TREANTS

HOW IT WORKS

WHEN IS THIS CONTEST?

LYRA ABILITIES & BREAKDOWN

QUICK START:

Principle Arcanum (Heroic Perk)

Imperial Sigil (A)

Bright Bulwark (B)

Arcane Passage (C)

PLAYING AS LYRA

PLAYING VS LYRA

SUMMER GAMEPLAY CHANGES

AMBIENT GOLD

EXPERIENCE & GOLD RANGE

EXPERIENCE DISTRIBUTION

GOLD TRICKLE

NEW ITEMS COMING IN SUMMER UPDATE 1.19

NEW CONTRACT ITEMS

IRONGUARD CONTRACT

Protector Contract

Dragonblood Contract

NEW UTILITY ITEMS & REWORKS

Stormguard Banner

Stormcrown

Journey Boots

War Treads (Warhorn is now a type of Boots)

Halcyon Chargers

Flare Gun

Contraption

OTHER

RELATED ARTICLES

IT’S THE ‘SUPERSONIC’ SKYE AVIATION SHOW!

WATCH THE IN-GAME FOOTAGE:

SKIN HIGHLIGHTS:

CHECK OUT ‘SUPERSONIC’ SKYE TIERS I & II!

CANON SKYE LORE:

INTERVIEW WITH ANIMATOR MIGHTYCAMEL

WATCH TIER III ‘STAR QUEEN’ CELESTE IN ACTION

RELATED CELESTE LORE

INTERVIEW WITH SUPER EVIL ARTIST NOXII

Terms Of Use Agreement

I. LIMITED USE LICENSE

II. REQUIREMENTS

III. ACCOUNT INFORMATION

IV. OWNERSHIP

V. CODE OF CONDUCT

VI. USER CONTENT

VII. UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS

VIII. LINKS

IX. FEES

XI. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

XII. INDEMNIFICATION

XIII. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

XIV. EQUITABLE REMEDIES

XV. NEGOTIATIONS, BINDING ARBITRATION AND GOVERNING LAW

XVI. TERMINATION

XVII. MISCELLANEOUS

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