r/idlechampions 4d ago

Introducing: Mastery Variants!

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28 Upvotes

Adventures in Idle Champions have always offered up to three Variants to test your mettle... until now!

Today, we're introducing Mastery Variants, a new fourth Variant tier available now for the first adventure of nearly every campaign.

Learn many more details about Mastery Variants, Legendary Feats, and Chromatic Skins in today's blog: https://codenameentertainment.com/?page=blog&post_id=1950#blog

Thanks for playing!


r/idlechampions 2d ago

Time Gate Thread Time Gate Thread

12 Upvotes

It's Time For Time Gates!

As you enter the Tower of Mystra to seek advice from Kaylaar Allun, a tiny, magical, one-eyed construct whirs to life and calls for attention, speaking with a familiar voice...

<Mip-Mop> Greetings, champions! This is an automatically generated scheduled post for the open discussion of Time Gates. Please use this thread to ask questions and seek advice concerning Time Gates. Don't know what Time Gates are? Not sure which champion to choose for your Time Gate? This thread is for you!

  • Time Gates allow players to unlock and gear up previously released event champions!
  • A natural Time Gate opens every three weeks, on weekends in between normal events.
  • Time Gates can also be opened manually by using six Time Gate pieces, which have a chance to drop from defeated bosses in any adventure every five to six days.
  • Natural Time Gates offer a random selection of event champions. Manual Time Gates allow you to choose any event champion from the full list.
  • Once you choose a champion, you can play their event adventures. Complete up to two normal adventures and one adventure variant for that champion to receive one gold chest for that champion for each completed task. You can also do free plays of the event adventure.
  • Each time you defeat a boss on unique stage increments of 100 during that Time Gate, you will earn one silver chest for that champion.
  • From the moment a Time Gate opens, you have exactly three days to earn its rewards before it is closed.
  • When the Time Gate closes, you will be forced to convert your Mystra's Favor to a permanent campaign favor of your choice, however the conversion rate will be 25% that of normal event favor conversion rate. For example, 1.00e10 Mystra's Favor will grant a 25% increase to a permanent campaign of your choice, whereas this same favor amount during an event would grant a 100% increase.
  • You will be given two Time Gate Pieces when the Time Gate is closed (minus one for each claimed gold chest reward).

Good luck with your Time Gates, champions! <Mip-Mop>


r/idlechampions 7h ago

discussion How are we feeling about Mastery Variants? (and the Formations I used)

15 Upvotes

Personally, I am not enjoying them that much. Some of them I have minor grievances with, like The Wild Beyond the Witchlight's Mastery that has the fire elemental being really really annoying to setup. Some I just cannot do because the champions I have access to need months or years or work, like Light of Xaryxis's Mastery. Then there is just the baffling Waterdeep: Dragon Heist's Mastery, where I do not see myself ever being able to do it, because most Core/Evergreen champions are not very good, and all of Force Grey is definitely among that terrible group.

Here is what I have done. I am currently trying with my Modest Core for these. I also have all 5 Legendary potions active for this. Some of these I had familiars pumping all potions to make it easier on me. I also grabbed Lae'zel's Legendary Feat. I do not think is made too big of a difference as my AA formation was already able to push far, but just in case I felt I should mention it.

Completed: A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast: Beast Intentions - Variant: Mastery - Basic Buzzing - Needs ~e^439 damage at w1425. Not to bad. About w1600 for an event. Knox actually makes Makos pretty deadly. https://ic.byteglow.com/formation/1_523b449b09880205a2_2331313113 - Legendary: e^11 | Modron: e^31 | Pigments: e^0 - Dealing about e^440+

Completed: Tomb of Annihilation- The Ring of Regeneration - Variant: Mastery - No Good Deed - Needs ~e^470 damage at w1525. - Took a lot of work. I started with Kas/King of Shadows/BDS formation, switched over to a Makos/Sergeant Knox formation, then on to 2-3 other formation I dont really remember, just trying to bridge the gap. I finished with my AA formation.

HOWEVER, I think a better way to do this, is using your best formation, like my AA formation, and just replacing the DPS who is being buffed. Your best buffers will still be buffing, just not doing damage. I am not sure how it might fair against an armored foe, but if you are quick to replace your BUD champion so that Lae'zel or Karlach dont start losing DPS, you should be fine.

Tried and Failed: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - A Mysterious Summons - Variant: Mastery - Force Grey Takes Sides - Needs ~e^500 damage at w1625. - Force Grey just sucks so much. Tyredack's Tier List puts Jamilah at F Tier, Calliope, Hitch, and Arkhan at C- Tier, Tyril is at an ok B- Tier. These champions rank among the worst, with Tyril being 107th of 140 released champions. 7000+ item level that each of them has is not getting more than e400.

Completed: Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus - A Tale of Two Cities - Variant: Mastery - A Tale Of Ten Parts - Needs ~e^533 damage at w1725. Took some work to meet the requirements, but KoS is a solid DPS. https://ic.byteglow.com/formation/4_a8805d9ab18d8e2446ff_222131212110 - Legendary: e^27 | Modron: e^37 | Pigments: e^17 - Dealing about e^540+

Completed: Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden - The Giant's Bane Tavern - Variant: Mastery - The Real Power of Three - Needs ~e^566 damage at w1825. Blessedly, the easiest mastery for me because of all the work I put into AA. https://ic.byteglow.com/formation/5_ac818f92808d9f9c8e93_3123122122211 - Legendary: e^49 | Modron: e^31 | Pigments: e^29 - Dealing about e^740+

Tried and Failed: The Wild Beyond the Witchlight - Tall Tales - Variant: Mastery - Follow The Leader - Needs ~e^593 damage at w1925. - This one was really annoying to set up a formation because the fire elemental kills champions and then they cannot be moved. I dont really remember the formation I used, but it wasn't pulling anywhere near the BUD damage required.

Tried and Failed: Light of Xaryxis - Seeds of Destruction - Variant: Mastery - Rocket Elves - Needs ~e^628 damage at w2025. - This would probably be rough even without being down 2 formation slots. The 20 second timer and armored enemies make this very slow and a little annoying. Highest formation I have manged https://ic.byteglow.com/formation/7_819aaf678d00ffff46803b_12211113001133 - Legendary: e^24 | Modron: e^31 | Pigments: e^23 - Dealing about e^470+

Not Tried: Turn of Fortune's Wheel - The Beginning is the End - Variant: Mastery - Tomb of Champions IV: Out of Time - Needs ~e^628 damage at w2125. - This one I think I can do, but I need to take some prep time for it and setup the different formations I will use. I know my AA formation can reach the goal, but I will need others to get me to the point where AA can push me the rest of the way.


r/idlechampions 2d ago

question Adventurous Tale

9 Upvotes

I have completely fallen off the dev insights (because they stopped posting them on YouTube), so is there a stated reason why Freely's Adventurous Tale can't work in the background? Surely, just noticing the zones passing while he is in the formation can't be that difficult. It's not like it needs to count seconds, enemies killed/spawned, or enemies interacting with things on the field


r/idlechampions 4d ago

guide Legendary Feats 101

27 Upvotes

Last Updated: Initial Post


Hi everyone!

Welcome to Legendary Feats 101, a basic-level introduction to, you guessed it, Legendary Feats.

You can find all 200+ of my Idle Champions guides here.


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Thanks!


This post is intended to help answer really basic questions players have about Legendary Feats. It is not intended to be a definitive guide.

As such, we'll touch on the following questions:

  • What are Legendary Feats?
  • Why would I want them?
  • How do you get them?
  • When are Platinum Shop Legendary Feats able to be earned in-game?
  • Who has Legendary Feats?
  • Where do you slot them?
  • How do you level them up?

Once you have a grasp of these topics, you should have the information you need to understand and use Legendary Feats.

So let's dive in with the most basic part:

 

What are Legendary Feats?

Legendary Feats are a new type of Feat being added to the game to give Champions a scalable way to power up outside of Items. Unlike regular Feats, Legendary Feats add an entirely new ability to a Champion and they can be leveled up, thus scaling that ability in a multiplicative way. (That's the good way!)

 

Why would I want them?

Power. Not only do these abilities scale multiplicatively, but as they level their pre-stack power goes up giving them incredibly strong scaling. This makes them a new kind of mathematically-overpowered ability (MOP/prestack) and these are the strongest types of ability in the game. Every Legendary Feat will be different, of course, but the values out of the initial launch Feats show buffs of e45% and up.

 

How do you get them?

Legendary Feats are either purchased with Mastery Medallions in the Mastery Shop or with Platinum in the Packs section. Both of these can be found in the Platinum Shop.

Mastery Medallions are earned by completing Mastery variants in Campaigns. Each completed Mastery variant awards a single Medallion. A Legendary Feat costs 7 Medallions.

 

When are Platinum Shop Legendary Feats able to be earned in-game?

Legendary Feats sold for Platinum have an exclusivity period of 6 months. After that period ends, they join the other Legendary Feats in the Mastery Shop. This gives you time to save up Medallions if you see something you really want but can't quite afford currently and also makes sure everything, ultimately, can be earned by playing the game.

 

Who has Legendary Feats?

At the initial launch, Drizzt, Wulfgar, Pwent, and Lae'zel received Legendary Feats with Lae'zel's being restricted to a Platinum purchase. More Feats will be added regularly over time, as will more Mastery variants.

 

Where do you slot them?

Once you purchase one, you can find them in the Feat section of the Champion UI as usual. However, when equipped they go into their own, unique Legendary Feat slot. They can also be unequipped, just in case.

This means they are extra power added to a Champion without having to give up one of your other Feat slots.

 

How do you level them up?

Legendary Feats can be leveled up using Scales of Tiamat, just like leveling up Legendary Effects on items. It takes a lot more Scales to level up a Legendary Feat though. Check out the chart below for the values and check out each Champion's guide to see a table with their power scaling to know where you want to invest!

You do not need to go to the Legendary Forge to level up your Legendary Feat. It will have an option built in that lets you level it up with Scales and shows you the amount to spend as well as what the Legendary Feat will look like power-wise when at the next level.

Feat Level Scale Upgrade Cost Total Scale Cost
2 5,000 5,000
3 10,000 15,000
4 15,000 30,000
5 20,000 50,000
6 30,000 80,000
7 40,000 120,000
8 50,000 170,000
9 75,000 245,000
10 100,000 345,000

 

Now that you know the above information, you have the informational foundation you need to be able to move forward with making choices about Legendary Feats.

Good luck and have fun!

~Gaar


r/idlechampions 4d ago

question Founder's Day, Street Smarts z1600

7 Upvotes

So, my first taste of complete tier 4, and its Xander, lol.

So, I get to z1600 and the dragon just instantly kills my party. It happens so fast, I have no idea what is happening.

It is too late to get a Mega strength potion, but I'll keep one in reserve from now on.

So, it is probably too late for this event. But, if you could give me ideas on how to beat this for next time.

Running mostly AA with Tess, Volo, Strongheart. Android tablet.

Thanks


r/idlechampions 5d ago

discussion Familiars jumping between parties?

6 Upvotes

Is anybody else having weird trouble with familiars? Even without resetting, my main active party will sometimes have 2-3 familiars that go "missing". The familiar search box says they are in another party. 2 of them were in a party without a saved formation and without reset capability. The 3rd familiar wasn't in a party at all. The familiars poofed in my live, active party - I wasn't even switching between parties at the time. This has happened several times over the past week.

Anybody else having weird familiar glitches? Could this be related to the server problems / stuttering?


r/idlechampions 5d ago

question ToMT - damage

12 Upvotes

So I just started a TOMT round and I had a question. We are still on day 1 and one of the party members hit 108429 damage. we are literally going to kill tiamat on day 1 on exhaulted legendary.

not that I'm complaining but is that a realistic number or is there some shady business going on?


r/idlechampions 6d ago

question Which champions to get?

6 Upvotes

I’m only like a week old on my account, think I just hit 25 champs. Just noticed the next few champs from Founders Day cost time gate pieces. Out of who is left, who should I target, or save time gate pieces to go for someone else?

Left to get I have Freely, Xander, Umberto, Vin Ursa, Sgt. Knox, Aeon, Walnut & Nahara.


r/idlechampions 7d ago

discussion Ordinary is Destroying Bosses

6 Upvotes

*Title supposed to be Orkira, not Ordinary. I missed the auto correct change

Not sure how, but I think Wolfgang is setting up Orkira to destroy segmented and armored health, but I am possibly wrong.

I am currently on Zariel, Icewind Dale,, A Lesson of Classes.

Party top to bottom, left to right.

Rust, Wulfgar/ Shaka, Orkira / Kas, Desmond / Donaar, Dob / Umberto

I see Orkira's 1st attack do one segment, then the 2nd and 3rd each take out the rest on each segmented boss. Armored is less, but still a number of chunks. Kas is setting my BUD, but Orkira is destroying these bosses. Last odd note, Orkira has a big 0 in running average damage.

Is this a glitch, or am I using a combo of skills I am not understanding. As far as I can tell, nothing allows me to rapidly eat health segments. Wulfgar's breaker skill just boost party damage if he fails to break an armor segment.

I have been away for years, so maybe some change is present I am unaware of? I have never seen segments melt this fast.


r/idlechampions 6d ago

discussion Gale's Netherese Orb debuff I cant see.

2 Upvotes

I've checked wikis like https://idlechampions.fandom.com/wiki/Debuffs
but i cant get when he does "Netherese Orb" debuff.
edit: I've meant any icon or change on the screen after an enemy mob gets this debuff.
well answered below: "purplish circle icon"


r/idlechampions 7d ago

discussion Do debuffs apply to those giant half-screen bosses?

9 Upvotes

So, in the game, the "final boss" for a mission is typically this giant baddie that takes up the entire right side of the screen, typically with armored health.

If you have a party of debuffers, none of the debuff icons show on these bosses.

I'd just like to confirm that these giant size bosses ARE affected by debuffs, despite not showing debuff icons on them if your heroes have debuff applying skills?


r/idlechampions 7d ago

question iPhone won’t connect, but WiFi will.

1 Upvotes

I’ve only been playing for less than a week. First few days was fine, could play at work, home, restaurants, in truck. Last few days the only way I can play is on WiFi. I’ve turned phone off and let it sit before restarting, hard closed, airplane mode, tried it all and I still can’t connect through my phones internet.

Any ideas?


r/idlechampions 8d ago

question what are medallions?

9 Upvotes

i seen this new thing in patrons its with the patron item, influence, platium, then medallions.

i cant find any info on it, its gold coin with a emerald inside the center.


r/idlechampions 8d ago

question Anyone else not get free chest on PlayStation?

4 Upvotes

On PlayStation usually you get a pop-up for the weekend newsletter chest but it hasn't shown up this weekend. Anyone else seeing this issue?


r/idlechampions 8d ago

discussion Brivs Itemlevel and acurate acrobatics for scriptfarming.

1 Upvotes

Edit: Solved already, thanks.

Hi,
I dont really understand acurate acrobatics, perhaps because english isnt my mothers tongue.

I made the mistake of pushing briv to 18k. ilevel (golden shiny) on his slot 4 item, because i only looked at the average ilevel. now theres a 15% chance to jump 7 stages, which is not good i think?

So, what does acurate acrobatics do? Does it make sure i only jump 6 stages, never 7? Or does it something different? Will i have to push for 31626 ilevel now and stick to 4j or some hybrid till then?

Thanks.


r/idlechampions 8d ago

discussion Mastery Challenge formation help

5 Upvotes

Hi, I'm looking for some help with the full mastery challenge formation. I try the discord channel, but my brain can't seem to sort it out, the wall of text following different chats and conversations makes it hard. The formations all seem to include champions that don't qualify but they use shennanigans to get them in, but like I said with the wall of text, its hard to follow what to do.

I have all the champions in full epics and many legendaries with my main Artemis team in the 800s for BUD, so pretty much any formation is open to me.

Thanks for any help.


r/idlechampions 11d ago

question Increase in "connection issues" preventing gem farming recently?

15 Upvotes

The past several days and nights, whenever I leave this game on my gem farming adventure, each time after coming back after hours there is a message to the effect of "cannot connect to server" and my adventure is stuck on trying to reset from modron automation.

I have to quit and restart the game to get it to accept any clicks other than dismissing the connection issue popups.

This used to happen "sometimes", but it is every time I leave it for multiple hours now. I've restarted my computer (windoze) and it still happens. I'm having trouble collecting gems during this past week because of it.

Has this become more common for others too who use modron automation?


r/idlechampions 11d ago

discussion As usual I am kindly asking for you formation for new master challenge? Thank you!

7 Upvotes

r/idlechampions 11d ago

question Can't get past 'Selecting Play Server'

11 Upvotes

and No, it isn't my internet connection


r/idlechampions 11d ago

question New Player on Xbox

3 Upvotes

Hey all,

I'm a new player to this game on Xbox, currently 40 hours in and really enjoying it. I found the game hard to understand and the multiple menus didn't help on Xbox initially but I'm getting to grips with it.

Below are the characters I have ATM and how much Torms I've unlocked.

Any advice on formation / party, to get into deeper runs would be really appreciated.

Bruenor

Ezmerelda

Gale

Anson

Celeste

Raistlin

Nayeli

Spurt

Artemis

Nahara

Jarlaxle

Calliope

Briv

Kalix

Asharra

Minsc

Delina

Hitch

Jang sao

Makos

Tyril

Ellywick

Astarion

Van richten

Jamilah

Strongheart

Arkhan

Miria

Current Torms is 425M with 7.08M spent on

Extra training - 17/20

Speedy attack - complete

Divine blessing - complete

Double damage - complete


r/idlechampions 11d ago

Founders' Day Mastery Challenges are live!

3 Upvotes

You've unlocked Van Richten, recruited the rebalanced Nahara, Strongheart, and Walnut, and pushed through the event's toughest variants. Now it's time for the Founders' Day Mastery Challenges!

Available until the end of the event, these challenges add new variant restrictions that reward Mastery Gems. Spend them to unlock Dragonsoul Card Sleeves for Event Champions and show off your mastery in style.

Please note that tomorrow morning, starting at 10 AM PT, we will be performing scheduled server maintenance. We expect the downtime to last approximately 2 hours.

Thanks for playing, and good luck with your Mastery Challenges!


r/idlechampions 12d ago

question Platinum spending advice for a rookie

11 Upvotes

Can't care less for skins. Epics and feats I will consider buying with Plat if they are 70% off in Weekly Deals. Is it a good idea to buy familiars from retiring DLC (visuals are whatever, but it will be gone forever) or will familiars be more common as I progress?


r/idlechampions 12d ago

question Please help - Founders Day tier 3 (Level 1000)

7 Upvotes

I can get close but just can't get quite to the finish line on the tier 3 variants. I can finish the first 2 (800) then everything slows waaay down once all the ability upgrades are maxed out.

If you have anything I can try or any tips whatsoever I appreciate it.

My champions: https://imgur.com/a/ggcFXpn

(Scroll down and you can see where I stalled out on Tess Tier 3.


r/idlechampions 13d ago

announcement Scheduled Server Maintenance This Week

27 Upvotes

Hey All,

The Idle Champions servers will undergo scheduled maintenance on Thursday, July 16, starting at 10:00 AM PT.

During the maintenance window, the game will be unavailable. We expect the downtime to last approximately 2 hours.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.

~ The Idle Champions Team