Apeiron Battle Design Primer 3: Adventuring with Apostles

Hello there! Tons of stuff going on in the Apeiron godiverse recently — just a couple of days ago we announced some of the details of our…

Hello there! Tons of stuff going on in the Apeiron godiverse recently — just a couple of days ago we announced some of the details of our Sacred Star Presale coming up next month, and we also have our first Mini Guild Wars commencing today (9pm GMT+8 to be specific)! But the hits don’t stop comin’, and they don’t stop comin’, and they don’t stop comin’…

In today’s blog we’re introducing the 3rd of our Apeiron Battle Design Primers as we build-up towards the release of our battle demo! Last week’s Primer touched on Avatars, the most powerful units on the battlefield that you’ll personally take control of. Now we’re going to focus on the supporting cast: the stalwart Apostles who will be fighting by your side.

Before we get to it, we want to mention that our Mini Guild Wars is going to start just shortly after this blogpost goes live! Head to our Discord for good vibes and a fun time, and cheer on your favorite team for a chance to win 1000 USD worth of rewards!

One more thing: following up from our previous post about our Sacred Star Presale, we want y’all to know that we’ve heard the community’s feedback and are making some changes, including removing Mark requirements for VID Whitelist and making it easier for some of our asset holders to get whitelisted.

We also want to stress that in the future the majority of Stars will be obtained through Nebula Expeditions, which are only accessible to asset holders. Please rest assured there will be more to go around and we will be working with our community closely as we move forward.

Ok, that’s our updates done and dusted, let’s get to our topic du jour…

Apostles! Apostles are the Dood Heroes who accompany your Avatar into battle, your most devout of followers. There are 12 Apostle classes, and each class has a Skill Card pool of 8 unique skills. When you obtain an Apostle, it will come with 3 random skills from its class’ pool, which you can then add to your 15-card battle deck by bringing along that Apostle into battle. Each of the classes serves slightly different functionalities…

This table should give you a rough idea! Besides their Skills, Apostles also have their own innate abilities that will trigger when an Apostle is energized (having received and dealt a certain amount of damage).

Once in battle, you won’t control your Apostles directly, instead giving orders through using their Skills. When not using Skills, your Apostles will walk forward across the battlefield until they come in range of an enemy unit, which they’ll then start to auto-attack.

For the battle demo, you’ll be able to see a few different skills and abilities in action, which we’ll reveal here! Let’s check ’em out, with a quick caveat…

Note: All below Skills and Innate abilities should be considered as a work-in-progress, and may not reflect the final form. We retain the right to change any or all of the following as we continue to develop the game.

Warrior

Warriors are masters of both offensive and defensive combat, making them reliable frontline heroes. They come with a diverse mix of close-combat Skills and have decent health and armor, helping them to sustain themselves during drawn out fighting.

Innate Ability: Hangry Whirlwind — [Energized] Strikes nearby enemies, dealing [100%ATK] physical damage, and heals himself for 30% of total damage done.

Skills:

• Jump’n’Bash — Leaps to the target enemy’s location and strikes them to deal [x] physical damage. If the target is slowed or stunned, they take double damage instead.

• Flying Axe — Throws an axe in the target direction, dealing damage to the first enemy hit and slowing them 20% for 2 seconds.

• Slamma Jamma — After 2s, the Caster flails its weapon in a cone in the target direction, dealing [x](+75%ATK) physical damage to enemies hit and knocking them up for 0.5s. If any of the enemies are slowed or stunned, they take double damage instead. Damage dealt to Avatar increases to 150%.

Mage

Mages are intelligent wizards that can call upon various elemental powers. The majority of Mage Skills do Area of Effect (AoE) damage. A well-timed Fireball could be all you need to win, but missing it could also lose you the fight…

Innate Ability: Spirit Bomb — [Energized] Projects an energy orb at the enemy Avatar’s current target location, which lands after 1s, dealing [50 + 60% INT] magic damage to all enemies in the area upon impact.

Skills:

• Lift // Fall — Knocks up all enemy Apostles within target area for 3s, dealing [x](+15% Max HP) magic damage upon landing.

• Danger Circle — Flings a magical circle in the target direction, dealing [75](+30%INT) magic damage to the first 2 enemies it passes through and stunning them for 1.5s.

• Starcaller — Calls down 10 Meteors over 5s that randomly strike over the target area, each dealing [60](+50%INT) magic damage.

Rogue

Rogues excel in assassinations. Using sneaky and stealthy Skills, Rogues slide into position and then burst squishy targets, such as enemy casters. Taking out a Mage can be very powerful, but getting out from behind enemy lines can be the tricky part.

Innate Ability: From Behind — [Energized] Leaps behind an enemy with the lowest HP in range and deals [x](+100% ATK) physical damage on-hit.

Skills:

• Sneaky Strike — The Caster gains +50% bonus attack speed on its next 4 basic attack within 4s. The final basic attack deals +50% bonus damage.

• Can’t Touch This — Dodge all incoming basic attacks for 3s. At the end of the effect, deal [40](+20% ATK) physical damage to nearby opponents, increased by 20% for each attack dodged.

• Ninjutsu — The caster creates a Shadow Clone, before teleporting to the target position. The clone has 100% of the caster’s attributes, and loses 10% of its maximum HP per second, and auto-attacks the closest enemy.

Guardian

Guardians protect their allies with defensive skills, acting as the team’s primary Tank. They will stick near allies that need the most help and offer additional sustainability to the whole team with life-saving buffs and light healing.

Innate Ability: Sentinel’s Smash — [Energized] Smashes enemies in front of him with his shield, dealing [50](+5% maximum HP)(+20% ATK) physical damage and knocking them back.

Skills:

• I’m Coming! — Dashes to the ally with the lowest HP in range, prioritizing the Avatar, and shields both for [60](+20%INT) for 3s.

• Day of Judgement — Calls upon a heavenly strike to the target enemy, dealing [150](+30% of target’s missing health) magic damage. Avatars take half damage.

• Shield Bash — Leaps to the target enemy’s location, dealing [60](+50%DEF) physical damage and stunning it for 2s.

Hunter

Hunters snipe out distant enemies. Using allies as cover, Hunters can take down the enemy team one-by-one. They have Skills which allow them to Lock-On to certain targets, providing even MORE damage. However, in close combat, they’ll fall pretty quickly.

Innate Ability: Sniped! — [Energized] Spawn a Hunting Mark on two random enemies for 4s. Attack damage from allies against the target detonates the mark, dealing [50]+(15%ATK) physical damage.

Skills:

• Piercing Shot — The caster takes aim, and after 1.5s, it shoots a piercing arrow to the enemy Avatar, dealing [100](+40%ATK) physical damage to the first 2 enemies hit along the path. Damage dealt is doubled if the shot hits the enemy Avatar.

• In the Zone — Enter “focus mode” for 6 seconds. The caster becomes rooted and gains 45% attack speed, while empowering its auto-attacks, which fire additional arrows at up to 2 enemies in front of it, each dealing [0](+40%ATK) physical damage.

• Sliding Dash — The caster becomes untargetable for 0.75 seconds, blinks to the target location, and stuns all enemy Apostles with 50% or less HP upon arrival. The cost of “Sliding Dash” while in hand is reduced by 1 for every auto-attack the caster makes.

Priest

Priests are your healers. They have the most powerful healing Skills out of all Apostles, and can even instantly resurrect fallen allies. On top of that, offensively speaking, they also have Skills that will deal massive damage to enemies that kill allies.

Innate Ability: Juicin’ Up — [Energized] Restores [125] HP to the lowest HP ally. Healing is increased to [250] on targets below 40% Health.

Skills:

• Revenge — Selects an ally, dealing [50](+10%INT) magic damage to all enemies near it. Damage dealt increases proportional to the targeted ally’s missing HP, up to 50%.

• Divine Fountain — Creates a zone at the target location for 10s, healing all allies for [10](+15% INT) HP within the area every second.

• Cheerleading — Enhances caster’s and an ally’s attack speed by 25% and 30INT for 6s.

Now then, you might be wondering, where do you pick up Apostles? How do you get ‘em? Well, Apostles are actually NFTs, and there are exclusive Origins Collection Apostles available for purchase on OpenSea right now! Then, once the game launches, you’ll be able to rescue the souls of lost Apostles from the Manifold Paths of Dirac to add to your roster.

Cool! That’s all we have for today. Questions? Team Building ideas? Can you see any neat Skill combos among the Skills and abilities we’ve presented? Tell us! Join us on Twitter, Telegram, and Discord, and come chat with us about Apostles, Apeiron, and everything else.

And as always, thanks for reading, godlings. We’ll see you next time.