Friday Update – Zakiir

Zakiir will torch all foes in Shattered Destiny

Hi HEXers. For those of you working off last night’s turkey meal, we hope you had a great Thanksgiving. For those of you competing in this weekend’s VIP tournaments, good luck!

This week, we have some reminders, some new UI enhancements, and a legendary preview card. So, let’s get to it.

December 9th

On Wednesday, we announced that Shattered Destiny release would move to December 9th. We’ll continue to roll on with Shattered Destiny previews until launch.

The Chain and Card Stacking

Our UI team has made two big improvements to HEX regarding the way cards work on the screen. First, we’ve introduced card stacking to the game. In the screenshot below, you can see that the identical cards stack together, but also continue to use the full width of the screen. So, Charge Bot and others are stacked up, but Effigy of Nulzann remains unstacked because the the game wants to use the entirety of the game board.

If another card is introduced to the board, it’ll look for opportunities to stack them up. If you play an action or power that buffs up one of your troops and makes him or her different than the others, then that troop will break out from the card stack as you can see with the buffed up Charge Bot below.

We’ve also moved the chain from the side of the board to across the board. This makes it far more clear to the player which order the cards are played in, and it takes advantage of the increased real estate on your screen. Below, you can see that Countermagic is trying to stop Phoenix Guard Aeronaut from coming into play, and that Living Totem was used in response to the Countermagic.

You can see both these changes coming in a future patch.

VIP Tournaments

Remember, VIP tournaments are going on this weekend and the format is Constructed. Check out the list of times to find the event that works for you, and good luck!

Zakiir

Now, for the card you’ve all been waiting for. Behold, dragons!

Zakiir demands loyalty to ruby gems, so you’ll need triple ruby threshold to bring him to your side. At 5 ATK and 5 DEF for 6 resources, he’s both huge and efficient. Not only will he rule the skies, but he also imbues you with powers inaccessible to any mere mortal. No matter what stands before you, burn it with fire!

You may notice a theme with the Power of Zakiir cards– damage and destruction. Once awoken, this dragon will incinerate anything and everything at your command.

If you’re looking for all the Shattered Destiny spoilers, the community is keeping track of all the cards we’ve previewed in the forums.

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