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First Look:🔥dAv11d Reza🔥

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  • Jul 24, 2018


🔥dAv11d Reza🔥 is almost here. Stay tuned to learn how you get your hands on this exclusive limited edition skin!

Vainglory Lore: Kinetic

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  • Jun 12, 2018

‘The Road to Rebellion’

Chapter One: The Kensei

The Road to Rebellion, Part One: Treachery!

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At a table on a remote hilltop, representatives from the Gythian mages, warrior, traders, cartographers, and advocates face the heads of the five Technologist Dynasties.

“The Dynasties demand equal seating at the Gythian council,” says Serena, head of the Campestrian family, “and equal shares of steel.”

“Ludicrous,” hisses the archmage. “You are not Gythian.”

“The first Gythians were Aullerian.” Alaric’s old voice booms as strong as when he addressed his troops at the Gythian Wall twenty years ago. Kinetic, his heir, glares across the table.

“You are asking us to halve our shares,” says a paladin.

“Demanding,” says Jovius of Renaia.

“One,” says the archmage. “The provinces may have one seat at the Gythian council and distribute one share of steel.”

“If equality is not given, it will be taken.” Alaric rises and turns to go, his hand on Kinetic’s shoulder for support. By the time she sees the steel cord that unspools, lighting quick, from Jovius’ bracelet, it has wrapped around Alaric’s throat and sliced his jugular.

“The seat is mine,” says Jovius, snapping the cord back inside his bracelet with a spray of blood.

“Very well,” says the archmage.

“Treachery!” screams Serena.

Alaric collapses into Kinetic’s arms.


The Road to Rebellion, Part Two: The Hacker

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The Hacker is delivered, kicking and screaming, to the kensei’s practice room, and forced to sit on the mat.

The kensei sits cross-legged and waits for her to settle.

“You are the best?”

“Yeah, you metal-legged loser,” she says.

“I need you to hack into my system and disable the remote control connection.”

“That ain’t what you need.” She picks her nose and glares. “They put a failsafe in you.”

“A self-destruct mechanism.” The kensei closes his eyes and nods.

“Something that’ll kablooie your brain stem if you fudge the frequency or remove the sensor. What you need is a surgeon.”

“Have you ever done a physical hack?”

“I’ve cut into a cyborg or five. But I ain’t gonna mess with a boss.” She crosses her skinny arms. “You want my advice? Keep your factory presets and do what you’re told.”

The kensei smiles. “Prepare a surgery room,” he says, and a dozen guards sprint into action. “And pay her well, whether she succeeds or fails.”


The Road to Rebellion, Part Three: Something in Return

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“He would have hated this,” says Ardan, standing in the dark over Alaric’s fresh grave.

“He liked electric skies,” says Kinetic.

“Why here, then?”

“Jovius killed him here. The hill where Gythia signed treaties with the Technologists after Rebellion Day.”

“I was there.” Ardan shakes his head. “I still can’t believe it – Jovius?”

“The Churn pushes the Renaian border ever northward.” Kinetic’s voice is ragged. “Alaric would have fought for equality, but Jovius needs steel tech now to fight at the Churn border.”

“You don’t blame him?”

“I blame him,” she whispers, “and I blame you.”

Ardan’s fists clench. “Alaric was like a brother to me.” He kicks at a clump of dirt. “But when the Stormguard came for my children, where was he?”

“Now you know where he is,” says Kinetic, turning from the grave. “New Aullerium is mine now, and Gythia is going to burn.”

“I’d thank you for the warning,” says Ardan, “but if you’re anything like your father was, you want something in return.”

“You up for a rebellion?”

“Always.”

“Open the gate.” Kinetic presses a communicator into his palm and he closes his fist around it. “Wait for my signal.”


The Road to Rebellion, Part Four: Criminal of Purpose

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Churnguard mechs march north on the supply road to Gythia, through a roadblock of spikes and tripwires, forcing halted supply caravans to the side. As far south as the eye can see, pangomoose-drawn heavy carts of grain and vegetables wilt in the noon heat. Nervous traders stand back while Taizen goons in moto gear and sunglasses root through gold, crystal and weapon deliveries.

“This wasn’t part of the deal.”

At the blockade, Kinetic’s retinue watches as she approaches the kensei. “I told you to block the road, not seize provincial property,” she says.

“Criminal of purpose, you called me,” says the kensei.

“You’re stealing from our people,” she says.

“Your people,” corrects the kensei. He steps in close, flicks the screen off her face with his thumb and forefinger.

Chuckling, she slips the remote out of her pocket.

“Call off the looters,” she says, thumb on the button. Her guards draw their weapons.

“No.” The kensei’s family surrounds the Aullerians, pointing guns and blades. The kensei turns, lifting his hair, to show Kinetic a fresh scar on the back of his neck.

Kinetic curses, jamming the remote button again and again, as the kensei turns back around. “I am honor bound to you…” He holds her chin in one hand. “…but I do not answer to you.”

Kinetic’s jaw locks. She raises one hand and the Aullerian guard holsters its weapons.

“You will continue to blockade the road into the city?” she whispers.

The kensei’s smile is rare. “Of course I will.”

Kinetic nods and slips away from the kensei’s grip, following the mech army north.


The Road to Rebellion, Part Five: The Alarm

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“Forgive me, Mother.”

A paladin and an assassin sit together in a dark booth, separated by a screen. Outside, dusk falls over Gythia like an itchy blanket. The supply road to Gythia has been blockaded for weeks. A Taizen crime family has held off all attempts at defense from external Gythian troops. The streets are restless with protests against the rationing of food and medicines. Labyrinthine passageways through the west wall are the only way in and out of the city, which is how the assassin must have…

The assassin.

Grace snaps back to the present, shaking her head to clear it. “Is the deed done?”

“Yes, Mother.”

“Is there proof?”

Through a slot in the screen, the assassin passes a small box. “I kept the eyes of the mark, as it is written.”

Grace opens the box and shudders at the soulless eyes staring back at her. “Your burden is lifted, Daughter. You are forgiven.”

“Bless you, Moth…”

An alarm screams outside, startling them both out of the dark booth. For one moment they make uncomfortable eye contact before the assassin ducks under her hood and sprints away in silence.

Read more Grace lore here!


The Road to Rebellion, Part Six: The Battle Begins

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The commander strides to the front of the line of mechs, one thousand strong, to watch the sun set. The acrid smell of magic sails down the breeze from the Gythian Wall’s highest parapets. As the sky darkens, sparks and glows give away the positions of the Battlemages.

Her fist closes tighter around her spear. Long-range plasma technology, developed to dissolve magic shields, and classified as too dangerous for mass production, the spear requires excellent aim and full-body dexterity. Which means, classification be damned, the plasma spear was made for her.

Shadows appear between the parapets. It is said that the sagittarii, Gythia’s elite archers, can pierce a butterfly from one-hundred paces in a fierce wind. A ripple of nervous, excited murmurs from the mech pilots is silenced when the commander turns, her spear raised.

“Soldiers of Aullerium!” Her voice rings clear through the pilots’ ear pieces. “On the first Rebellion Day, our mothers and fathers fought for freedom on this very ground. Their tech was primitive, their chances minimal, but their courage and resolve overwhelmed an empire. Now, we will complete the work of the first Technologists. Today is our Rebellion Day!”

A roar rises from the pilots. Mech arms rise in salute.

The sagittarii draw their bowstrings. A glowing magic shield appears before them, connected by the Battlemages. The mech guns rise. Kinetic kneels, aiming the plasma spear at one glowing parapet. “Cover me!” she cries, and the night bursts into violence.


The Road to Rebellion, Part Seven: Gythia’s Mistake

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Grace races toward the parapet where the magic shield has faltered, kneels by a collapsed Battlemage, yanks a flask from her belt, and pours green liquid between his lips. The mage rouses just in time for a blast of plasma to knock him backward, down the ancient narrow stairs.

Paladins thread across the wall, healing the injured and dragging away corpses, but the Aullerians are relentless. Another section of the magic shield melts under a plasma blast; the Battlemage and archers behind it fall to mechfire.

“Sagittarii! Fall back! Mages! To the tower!” Grace lifts her hammer high. “Paladins! Light the fires!”

Fires blaze to life under massive cauldrons filled with pitch.

~

“Masks on!”

While the pilots secure their respirators, Kinetic sprints around dysfunctioning mechs and fallen pilots, wounded by magic or pierced through by the sagittarii. Nevertheless, Gythia has done as Kinetic hoped: underestimated her. The smoke billowing down the wall, obscuring all vision, means they think the Technologists are going to climb, or fly, over the wall.

“Ardan! Now!”

The mechs fall in line behind her as boiling pitch splashes down the wall, incinerating everything below. The Gythians cannot see, through the smoke, that they are aiming at nothing.

The impenetrable Gythian steel gate slides open.


The Road to Rebellion, Part Eight: The Sack of Gythia

Ardan’s Vanguard flashes to life as the heavy gate creaks open. It’s old tech but it works; the Gythian mounted guards freeze at its glowing edges. Ardan punches one guard’s armored Titanbeak in the head and the panicked bird flaps in uncontrollable circles. There are more guards, too many, but he doesn’t have to hold them off for long.

“Forward!”

Kinetic’s mech army marches through the open gate, smashing the guards into bloody piles of feathers and steel. Kinetic and Ardan exchange one nod across the road before he disappears into the pandemonium.

The legion of mechs splits off into orderly groups: one to raid the Cartographers’ Tower; another to occupy the Warriors’ Compound; others to set up perimeters and patrols. Another group marches to the enormous Mage Tower, Gythia’s greatest spectacle.

Kinetic secures the wall. Jovius is brought to her, bound but standing.

“I submit to my arrest,” he snarls. “As the leader of Renaia, I demand proper treatment while I await my trial.”

Below them, the Mage Tower catches fire. Thousands of years of art, sculpture, talent, breeding, and education reduced to its obsidian foundation. “My father would have forgiven you,” she muses. “He used to say, If no one has betrayed you, you haven’t risked enough.”

“Your father was weak.”

She smiles and grips Jovius by the shoulder. “I am not my father.” One shove, and the dynasty leader topples off the edge of the wall.

Kinetic gazes out over the ancient city, open and vulnerable, beautiful, breathtaking. Hers.


ALTERNATE FATES

‘Enforcer’ Kinetic

Today, the SWU


WALLPAPERS

A Note About Summer Keys & The Rainbow Tabby Skaarf Chest

  • Vainglory
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  • Jun 18, 2018

 

The Great Dragon race! What a fun event. Hopefully you and your guild were able to battle together, earn prizes and have a great time.

Let’s chat about the Rainbow Tabby Skaarf Chest.

Guilds who placed 2-10 during the event OR players who earned more than 15,000 guild fame received this chest as a reward for their efforts.


WHAT NEXT?

To open your chest, you’ll need to collect 10 Summer keys. As the name suggests, you’ll be able to earn these keys free of charge by participating in most events. Make sure to participate to get your coveted ‘Rainbow Tabby’ Skaarf skin for free!

Don’t want to wait to open your Rainbow Tabby Skaarf Chest? There will also be Summer keys in the Market in the future.

Moar Unlockable Rewards! Introducing Chests and Keys

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  • Jun 13, 2018

A new way to get your favorite Vainglory content FOR. FREE. Collect chests and keys to get skins, blueprints, ICE and more! C&Ks will randomly drop in Spoils of War after completing matches (Sorry, private games don’t count!) and have the best chance of dropping for completing ranked matches.


WHERE CAN I FIND MY CHESTS & KEYS?

Keep track of your C&Ks in your Player Inventory. To see your collection, tap on the backpack icon on the home screen and then again on the CHESTS & KEYS tab.

Rare and Epic Mystery Chest Keys do not live in the Inventory and can still be found next to their corresponding chest in the Market–all C&Ks will move into the Inventory in upcoming updates.


COLLECT DIFFERENT TIERS

There are three new tiers that you can collect at any time: Bronze, Silver, and Gold. To open a chest, you will need the corresponding key; keep an eye out for event-specific chests, too!

Event-specific chests drop great prizes and may require more than one key to open.


WHAT’S IN A CHEST?

To get an idea of what you’re about to crack open, tap on a chest to see its contents. The higher the tier, the better the rewards! Spoiler alert! Gold chests have the best rewards and a chance to drop the newest content!


NEED KEYS?

Want to purchase keys? Hang tight! There will be opportunities get keys in the market soon!

Check out the Rare ‘Enforcer’ Kinetic!

  • Vainglory
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  • Jun 12, 2018

Before she was commander of a mech army, ‘Enforcer’ Kinetic served in a Special Weapons Unit. Read more about this rare skin below!


MODEL CHANGES

  • Sleek, night ops body armor & plasma spear recolor
  • Pink glowing armor and hair
  • Tactical face shield

ALTERNATE FATE LORE

Today, the SWU

Behind the barricade, the New Aullerium Special Weapons Unit watches lasers sweep across the street. Warning shots ricochet off the shields and concrete barrier. Kinetic’s partner hunches down close. His deep voice cracks through their communicators. “We go on Kinetic’s signal. Shields cover. Focus the Boss.”

Kinetic’s face shield rises. The night air is charged with electricity, adrenaline and gunpowder. “You sure I’m ready for command?”

“Today, the SWU. Tomorrow, an army. Get after it.”

Her face shield lowers. “On three.” Her plasma spear powers up. “One. Two…”


Read Kinetic’s canon lore:

The Complete Collection


WALLPAPERS

Cutest. Dragon. Ever. It’s the Legendary ‘Rainbow’ Skaarf!

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Run for cover! It’s the Legendary meow-meow flying cat, ‘Rainbow’ Skaarf, coming to drop colorful glowy destruction and shiny poopy goop down on all he surveys. Oh no – there are three of them!


MODEL, EFFECTS & ANIMATION CHANGES

  • Choose from three different kitty models: white, tabby & bengal!
  • Super 8-bit retro game sound effects!
  • Rainbows in fire effects, rainbow-shimmery goop
  • Happy rainbow stars and sparkle effects
  • Bright glowing rainbow tail and new lazy, wavy sprint

ALTERNATE FATE LORE

Skaarf’s Rainbow Wish

One day, Skaarf the flying cat had an itch on his back that he couldn’t reach. “If only I had brothers,” he meowed, “They would scratch my itchy spot. I know! I’ll make a wish on a rainbow for some brothers!” And so Skaarf flew around the land until he found a place with some rain in it and, not far above, a rainbow. He sat at the tippy top of the rainbow and meowed with all his might, “Hello, rainbow! I wish for brothers to be my friends and scratch my itchy spots.” Then he slid down, down, down the rainbow until his tail turned glowy and rainbow-y. At the bottom were waiting his two new brothers.

“Hi Skaarfs!” he cried with joy.

“Hi Skaarf!” they cried back.

And so Skaarf got his brothers, and the three of them went on many itch-free adventures.


Read Skaarf’s canon lore:

The Complete Collection


WALLPAPERS

‘Rainbow’ Skaarf

‘Rainbow Tabby’ Skaarf

‘Rainbow Bengal’ Skaarf

Make a Splash with the Special Edition ‘Summer Party’ Blackfeather!

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  • Jun 08, 2018

 

Tie back your man-bun and grab a swordfish by the tail. It’s ‘Summer Party’ Blackfeather time!  


MODEL & EFFECTS CHANGES

  • Glorious blonde man-bun
  • Stealthy dark beach shades
  • Stabby sword-FISH!
  • Flowered swim briefs & breezy open Hawaiian shirt
  • Rosy lei
  • Leather wrap bracelet & flip flops
  • Splashy, fish-slapping new sound effects
  • Heartthrob stacks appear as white hibiscus flowers that turn pink at full stacks
  • New spraying, waving water effects!

ALTERNATE FATE LORE

Collect them all!

Summer Party Krul
Summer Party SAW
Summer Party Phinn
Summer Party Kestrel

The Perfect Summer Date

On the beach, every guy will have an impressive volleyball spike; even undead dudes can carve waves. Men seeking summertime romance must take to the sea. I suggest you take your favorite vixen on a moonlit boat ride, compliment the cut of her bikini and hand-squeeze some mango juice. If your date is not overcome with passion, jump into the water and grab a swordfish by the tail. Emerge from the sea, salty and dripping, and challenge the boat’s captain to a duel, making sure that the captain is your best wingman. Win the duel in spectacular fashion, with one arm outstretched to catch your darling when she swoons.


Read Blackfeather’s canon lore:

The Complete Collection


WALLPAPERS

Snap a Photo of your Favorite Place to Play Vainglory for a Chance to Win!

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  • Jun 07, 2018

Capture a moment that perfectly encapsulates your Vainglory experience for a chance to win ICE and Update 3.4’s newest hero and skins! Read on to learn about how you can participate.


The new season is almost here and this Summer, we want to know where you’ll be playing Vainglory. It could be at a cookout while you’re waiting for some tasty grub to fry up, or while catching some much-needed sun on a sandy beach. Wherever your favorite place to throw down is, we want to know.

To participate, snap a shot of where you’re playing Vainglory (Vainglory must be featured somewhere in the shot). Then, post your photo on either the official Vainglory Twitter or Facebook pages with #vainglorysummer between June 7 at 5PM PDT and June 15 at 5PM PDT. And that’s all there is to it! Each week, Regional Community Managers will pick their ten favorite Tweets and Facebook comments; selected Tweets and Facebook comments will get 1,000 ICE each!

Concluding the event, the top 5 overall submissions will earn Update 3.4’s newest hero and skins!


PARTICIPATE FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THESE GOODIES

  • Regional Community Managers will pick their favorite submissions. The top TEN Tweets AND Facebook comments will win 1,000 ICE each!
  • At the end of the event: Regional Community Managers will pick their favorite Tweets and/or Facebook comments. The very best submissions will earn Update 3.4’s newest hero and skins!

FOLLOW THESE RULES 

Twitter

  • The event begins June 7 at 5PM PDT and ends June 15 at 5PM PDT.
  • Your Tweets must have the following format:
    • #vainglorysummer
    • Your Player Name (IGN)
    • A picture of how you like to play Vainglory
  • Your Tweet must not start with @[Twitter Handle]
  • There is no limit to how many times you can retweet
  • To win the individual rewards, you must be following @vainglory

Facebook

  • You must like Vainglory’s official Facebook page
  • Reply to the Vainglory Summer event announcement post with the following:
    • Include your snap shot directly in the post
    • YOUR IN-GAME NAME
    • Enter as many times as you like

The Road to Rebellion, Part Three: Something in Return

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  • May 29, 2018

The Road to Rebellion, Part One: Treachery!
The Road to Rebellion, Part Two: The Hacker

Something in Return

“He would have hated this,” says Ardan, standing in the dark over Alaric’s fresh grave.

“He liked electric skies,” says Kinetic.

“Why here, then?”

“Jovius killed him here. The hill where Gythia signed treaties with the Technologists after Rebellion Day.”

“I was there.” Ardan shakes his head. “I still can’t believe it – Jovius?”

“The Churn pushes the Renaian border ever northward.” Kinetic’s voice is ragged. “Alaric would have fought for equality, but Jovius needs steel tech now to fight at the Churn border.”

“You don’t blame him?”

“I blame him,” she whispers, “and I blame you.”

Ardan’s fists clench. “Alaric was like a brother to me.” He kicks at a clump of dirt. “But when the Stormguard came for my children, where was he?”

“Now you know where he is,” says Kinetic, turning from the grave. “New Aullerium is mine now, and Gythia is going to burn.”

“I’d thank you for the warning,” says Ardan, “but if you’re anything like your father was, you want something in return.”

“You up for a rebellion?”

“Always.”

“Open the gate.” Kinetic presses a communicator into his palm and he closes his fist around it. “Wait for my signal.”

The Road to Rebellion, Part Two: The Hacker

  • Vainglory
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  • May 24, 2018

The Road to Rebellion, Part One: Treachery!

The Hacker

The Hacker is delivered, kicking and screaming, to the kensei’s practice room, and forced to sit on the mat.

The kensei sits cross-legged and waits for her to settle.

“You are the best?”

“Yeah, you metal-legged loser,” she says.

“I need you to hack into my system and disable the remote control connection.”

“That ain’t what you need.” She picks her nose and glares. “They put a failsafe in you.”

“A self-destruct mechanism.” The kensei closes his eyes and nods.

“Something that’ll kablooie your brain stem if you fudge the frequency or remove the sensor. What you need is a surgeon.”

“Have you ever done a physical hack?”

“I’ve cut into a cyborg or five. But I ain’t gonna mess with a boss.” She crosses her skinny arms. “You want my advice? Keep your factory presets and do what you’re told.”

The kensei smiles. “Prepare a surgery room,” he says, and a dozen guards sprint into action. “And pay her well, whether she succeeds or fails.”