Champions are coming soon to NeverGrind. Champions are high-powered versions of regular mobs that can randomly appear anywhere at any time (after level 2).



Here's the good news and the bad news:

Good News:
- They guarantee, at a minimum, two blue drops.
- They have a higher rarity loot chance than normal mobs.
- If you have powerful characters, you can really rake in the items due to their drop rate and the guarantee that they drop two items combined with high combo chains!

Bad News:
- Every Champion has more hit points, more strength, more defense, more intelligence, and higher resists.
- They also receive one trait which gives them a special ability. At this time there are 22 special traits. See below for details:

Vicious: Increased strength and intelligence
Frenzy: Increased attack speed
Juggernaut: Massive hit points
Tough: Increased Defense
Chromatic: Increased resistances to all magic
Summoner: Summons two pets
Sprinter: Has very fast fleeing speed
Vampiric: Leeches your health
Lamprey: Burns your mana
Poison Enchanted: Strong poison resistance, poison damage added to their attacks, explodes for poison damage on death
Lightning Enchanted: Strong lightning resistance, lightning damage added to their attacks, explodes for lightning damage on death
Cold Enchanted: Strong cold resistance, cold damage added to their attacks, explodes for cold damage on death
Fire Enchanted: Strong fire resistance, fire damage added to their attacks, explodes for fire damage on death
Martyr: Explodes on death and heals all allies
Phased: All damage given and taken is significantly reduced
Dauntless: Immune to stun and fear
Crippling Aura: All of your heals have reduced effectiveness
Disruption Aura: All of your spells have increased cast time
Conviction Aura: All of your resists are reduced
Concussive Aura: All of your global cooldowns are increased
Ensnaring Aura: Decreases your run chance
Zealous Aura: All mobs' attack speed is increased

Bear in mind that this game is planned to go to level 99 and have three difficulty levels. On the hardest difficulty elites will have three traits, so just imagine what a challenge some of those combinations will be. At the highest levels they will be quite common—roughly 1/5 of all mobs encountered.

Awesome! I can't wait. When do you plan on putting them in?

Uh, I might be able to put them in this weekend, but only a few of them might be finished. I have no idea how long it will actually take. I don't think it will be that time consuming, but you never know.

NOM NOM NOM

Champions are in, but only 8 types are available right now. Enjoy!

35 chain in permafrost, no champ.

30 in L Guk, nada...still seeking champ.

Just got two in a row, in L guk.

Finally got my first unique off a champ...FBSS. yay!

Seriously though, maybe up the unique chances off champion mobs. Don't want them to drop one every time, but this had to be my 50-60ith champ with my first unique off one.

Nice Link that puppy

Leather
Reduced Weight

16 Armor
Faster Attack Speed +12%
Faster Skill Speed +6%

Nice, is that a unique or a rare?

Unique

Nice, would expect more stats for a unique, though I got a ring with 4 stats on it today.

It doesn't have a lot, but the haste is sick. I was trying to keep its design in line with how the old item was. I don't think it even had armor on it back then.

It did not. was just a haste belt. Think the haste was up in the 20s though.

Not to complain or anything But The FBSS should have 40 fast attack speed especially since Bad is level 50. That said 16 armor for a waist piece is nice.

Hey No champs yet but getting allot of rare mobs now I'm fighting 4 at the same time in lower guk at level 30


sorry about the noise, in a cafe'
wanted to show you a problem i'm having, but didn't get it to come up
so this is just a vid of my 30 warrior in lower Gukd taking out the Sup

http://youtu.be/5hJL0AMJytc

Ya, I think I introduced quite a few annoying bugs last night. I have to work on it after my friends leave tonight.

Right on, Dont know if you saw in the vid, but check when you get free time, for the icons cutting in half.

Yeah, pretty annoying. It works everywhere else. Not sure why yet.

There any way we can get what our current haste amount is, i've found items that add attack speed modifiers like a bow or armor item with a small amount.

Question is, does the bow actually reduce your overall attack speed or is it just for the bow as if the bow was actually used?

Anyway we can get a stat count on the stat page showing our current haste % of attack speed % ect.

Phased sucks, take forever to kill.

Yeah, they're not particularly dangerous, but they just take forever and invite the possibility of ambush. Plus if they are runners, it might be hard to stop them from getting adds.

Haste amount is not out of the question. Seems to be a popular one. It'll find its way on there eventually.

Lol Love the camps, hate the camps that reduce healing to half especially on the warrior.