9 Oct - 16 Oct

[ornate meadow]

THE NOVA NATIONALS

The most prestigious tournament has arrived! All classes compete for the legendary Nova Cup in the ultimate test of magical mastery. Who will come out on top (and why is it Seeker?)! Good luck contestant!

Start: 09 Oct 2025 19:00:00 UTC
End: 16 Oct 2025 19:00:00 UTC

CHARACTER

Arcanist
:crossed_swords: Weapon: Spellbinders
:boom: Weapon Power: Elemental Weapon
:rocket: Starting Card: Fire Nova

OR

Hunter
:crossed_swords: Weapon: Soul Kama
:boom: Weapon Power: Ritual Weapon
:rocket: Starting Card: Bone Nova

OR

Knight
:crossed_swords: Weapon: Soulblade
:boom: Weapon Power: Grounding Weapon
:rocket: Starting Card: Storm Nova

OR

Rogue
:crossed_swords: Weapon: Khanjali
:boom: Weapon Power: Baneful Weapon
:rocket: Starting Card: Poison Nova

OR

Seeker
:crossed_swords: Weapon: Triglaive
:boom: Weapon Power: Surging Weapon
:rocket: Starting Card: Sand Nova

OR

Warrior
:crossed_swords: Weapon: Hammer
:boom: Weapon Power: Unyielding Weapon
:rocket: Starting Card: Stone Nova

CARDS

:white_check_mark: Core: Enabled
:white_check_mark: Progression: Enabled
:x: Metamorphosis: Disabled
:x: Infinitum: Disabled
:x: Catalyst: Disabled
:white_check_mark: Eclypse: Enabled

MALIGNANT AFFIXES

• Decked Out [5%]: Start the game with all 4 lockets. Lockets you acquire are Cursed.
• Disenchantment [10%]: You can not imbue cards.
• You may choose more if you wish!

BONUS OBJECTIVES

A run earns extra points for:

• +50 Points for cards that have nova in its text. Half Points for additional copies after the first
• +3000 Points for completing the final encounter
• +2000 Points for having a Mind Nova (up to a max of 2000 points)
• +3000 Points for having a deck between 18 and 22 cards. Having more or less than this target in your deck will reduce this bonus

GAME VERSION

1.15.012 or later

Post your results below in order to participate!

Current Rankings: https://blightbane.io/challenge/1759960518320

[karmic dagger]

Why do I feel bias?

[north hull]

Nova ||gonna give you up||

[karmic dagger]

Also, low deck and nova?

[gusty pine]

i will do nova warrior, my favorite

armor away

[karmic dagger]

So, here's the thing: knight

[gusty pine]

also decked out, so you already have 4 cards (cursed cards)

seeker setup looks the easiest so i predict a massive amount of seeker runs

[normal lion]

Time to go super nova

[gusty pine]

i have won with nova in every class outside of the challenge on impossible, so each one is possible

[karmic dagger]

WHY KNIGHT KATANA

YOU START CHAIN BUILD

IT's a wrong weapon @glass saffron

[normal lion]

Rip none of them have the starting nova card

Wait I'm off my rocker

Yeah nvm Idk why I confused nova for the weapon power lol

[karmic dagger]

@glass saffron The knight weapon listed here isn't the one you get, you get the katana

For knight

[normal lion]

(am I off my rocker knight has longsword in game?)

[oak falcon]

I think Soulblade is the old name of the basic.. Should be Stormblade

[gusty pine]

soulblade...hehehe

[oak falcon]

Blightbane seems to show the right weapon in the tooltip even though it has the wrong name

[gusty pine]

@glass saffron sorry to ping you again...knight currently is getting a random starting weapon

[glass saffron]

Updating now

All set

Credits to @proven fulcrum for the initial inspiration for this one by the way 🙂

[karmic dagger]

Nice, works now

[proven fulcrum]

LETS GO HOLY SHIT

[proven fulcrum]

THANKS KING

This is gonna be a massive power trip and so much fun (I hope)

I mean I gotta try to win this one right

I think it’s 100% winnable on 160%, you’d have to reset for perception immediately, but I feel like either seeker or rogue could beat spine/rath on impossible

With the right enchants of course

[proven fulcrum]

I’m gonna probably go for as high of a score as possible on normal, maybe be a score to beat lol

[vast fjord]

Does decked out also give you access to all dual color cards? Or only single color?

[proven fulcrum]

It def gives dual colour, not certain about all

[gusty pine]

based on starting weapons and basically ignoring nova cards, because they really arent worth much in terms of points, i predict seeker, knight, and rogue being dominent builds

[proven fulcrum]

True, but hear me out

Nova go brr

And it’s fun!

[restive hornet]

Lol the quip about seeker , first thing I thought when I saw this was "seeker momentum build then" xD

[normal lion]

Maybe I drop the sorcery amassing lockets are cooking me as a draw lmao

Did I win the nova game lol

[normal lion]

I'll be fr idk what I'm looking for anymore lmaoo I know sand nova rn is basically a free spell that makes 1-3 mana and draws 1-3 cards

But like do I want paths now

I have 2 cards to work with

[proven fulcrum]

Yep

[normal eagle]

Yea I'm just getting cooked with sorcery amassing no matter what class I take

Except for seeker which I haven't tried yet

[normal lion]

Seeker is nice once you get more copies of the sand one because it uses the seeker passive very well of making a mana for every 5 momentum

[normal eagle]

Ic I'll try it out

[normal lion]

I might have cooked myself lmao

I made it to canto 4 but I have 9 life 🤣🤣

And I've only found 1 of the nova to heal

[proven fulcrum]

This

[normal lion]

Nvm update find headhunter and profit lmaooo

Heal full sure

[gusty pine]

Daphne Leighton
Seeker [XLII]
💀💀💀 [Hard]

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⚔️ Triglaive
🚀 Sand Nova
🎲 6E3B5E088F [OFF]
🌄 Heroes' Rest Cemetery
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (130%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Haunted (30%)
Eternal Hunger (35%)
Sorcery Amassing (50%)

Decklist (14)
2x Block
1x Dash
1x Fire Nova
1x Pierce the Veil
3x Sand Nova
1x Surge of Dexterity
1x Surge of Intellect
3x Triglaive [+1]
1x Triglaive [+2]

Talents (5)
Surging Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight

just goofing around getting rid of all the cursed cards...now that i have a feel for it going to start over

[proven fulcrum]

First and only time!

Deliah Tattersail
Seeker [XLII]
💀 [Normal]

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🏆 Total score: 9818
🔥 Top damage: 28
👑 Deck value: 315
🪙 Gold remaining: 553
🕐 Duration: 01:10:10

⚔️ Triglaive
🚀 Sand Nova
🎲 85D4C44044 [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (155%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Twisted Echoes (40%)
Sorcery Amassing (50%)
Rotting (50%)

Bosses slain: Weeping Mother, Garvin Greaves, General Ral-Dagar, Dawnbringer Solspear, Melchor the Cursed, Arachnid Progenator, Rathael the Slain

Decklist (29)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Bone Nova [+3]
1x Casa Nova
1x Centaur's Truth
1x Chaos Nova
1x Deep Study
1x Divine Focus
1x Fire Nova
1x Flashing Fists
1x Frost Nova
1x Holy Nova
1x Mind Nova
1x Poison Nova
1x Rogue's Locket
7x Sand Nova
1x Soul Nova
1x Spellstrike
1x Stone Nova
1x Storm Nova
2x Surge of Dexterity
1x Symbol of Unity
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (15)
Surging Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Perception
Forgery
Repetition
Supernova
Balor's Blessing
Marksmanship
Fire Resistance
Brain Training
Rolling Tides
Lifesteal Venom

[ornate meadow]

Deliah Tattersail

Seeker [XLII]
[Normal]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 22111
+12293 Bonus Points

[proven fulcrum]

Oh I thought I was at 160, oh well!

[keen rivet]

I've been meaning to give the Nova archetype in general a serious try lately (finally) and along comes Nova Week. Good timing! (props to @proven fulcrum for the idea too, I see!)

Also lol at the Seeker comment; I figured I'd go against the grain (at least for my first try) and do non-Seeker, my first runnerup choice was Bone Nova but god damn ya had to pick the worst Hunter starting weapon didn't you 😅

(well, outside of Duskblades being bad for non-Darkness runs obviously)

[proven fulcrum]

Thanks!

[keen rivet]

🤔 the Hunter setup seems pretty awkward/arbitrary in general, actually...Soul Kamas without access to the Soul Hunter cardpool from Metamorphosis, Ritual Weapon even tho there are literally only two cards available that interact/use the Totems mechanic (Totemstrike and Carving Knife) so it feels real lackluster to use, especially without the totem Basics

The other classes, for the most part, have setups that can synergize well enough with just the core set archetypes... Armor, Chain, Poison etc.

Arcanist is iffy with the Attunement set disabled but at least there are still plenty of elemental cards between the two enabled sets this week (including three Novas!) that you can at least utilize Attunement bonuses often enough

Anyway. Just thinking aloud while I decide what to actually run with here 😅

[proven fulcrum]

Go with what’s fun!

My aim with this challenge was to create a fun little power trip using an archetype that can be tough to get off the ground normally

(Triglaive was a TON of fun good pick Reyality!)

[keen rivet]

Yeah, and that's actually a really good idea because you're right, Nova decks are a pain in the ass to build/run with so this challenge can give a lot of people (newer players especially) exposure to what they're like to actually play with

[keen rivet]

Indeed! Although I do love my Bone Nova based on my previous Nova deck attempts (extremely small number of attempts tho 😅), imma forego Hunter this week (Soul Kamas really are that bad...plus they're rock-bottom tier when it comes to all those Hunter Make-a-Basic cards due to having no secondary effects; it's just flat damage). Bone Nova from the get-go is awesome too cuz it can be upgraded...just needs some time/investment and Kamas aren't good enough to carry till you can get your Nova game up to par.

I'll forego Arcanist too I think, also Seeker (I'm a rebel yo, imma burn yo bandwagons 😅)

Love Chain decks but the best Chain decks are small Chain decks and I know I'm gonna pull my hair out from Charged Blade-ing into Lockets and shit all the time, so Knight's out for now 😅

Literally just did an Armor deck run a day or two ago so Rogue it is!

(Thank God Rey that Poison Nova gives Potency as well, haha)

[normal lion]

nanobots son
Seeker [XLII]
💀💀💀💀 [Impossible]

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🏆 Total score: 9660
🔥 Top damage: 879
👑 Deck value: 205
🪙 Gold remaining: 767
Spine damage: 6666
🕐 Duration: 02:13:51

⚔️ Triglaive
🚀 Sand Nova
🎲 E24A10E436 [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (15%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Garvin Greaves, Bolgar Blightbane, Viola Skysworn, Melchor the Cursed, Priest of Agony, Lord of Despair, Spine of Night

Decklist (22)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Bone Nova [+6]
1x Casa Nova
2x Chaos Nova
1x Divine Focus
1x Fire Nova
1x Frost Nova
1x Holy Nova
1x Mind Nova
1x Poison Nova
5x Sand Nova
1x Sloth
1x Soul Nova
1x Stone Nova
1x Storm Nova
1x Warrior's Locket
1x Wrath

Talents (13)
Surging Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Supernova
Headhunter
Greater Strength
Innate Knowledge
Blessing of the White Rose
Malice
Spellfury
Marksmanship

[ornate meadow]

nanobots son

Seeker [XLII]
[Impossible]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 19015
+9355 Bonus Points

Challenge Accepted!

Achievement unlocked by cronotale:

Complete a weekly challenge.

[normal lion]

Okay the idea is there now just gotta run it back with malignancys

I'll be for real though idk what malignancies id run like I was getting cooked from just sorcery amassing

Though had some solid buffs going so shrine of trickery might be one had figmented on the chain one and a talent to give bonus damage by potency then 50% crit chance for my basic to smack for like 500 and if I'd been a little more careful with it I think I could have gotten that higher

Oh my top damage was 879 nice

[keen rivet]

Ack, my Rogue run was shit 😅 I was not feeling RNGJesus' love whatsoever, in fact I probably pissed him off taking his name in vain again or something

In other news, current #1 is Arcanist 😮

(with THIRTY-TWO Talents nonetheless. Jesus chr...Oops sry my lord, plz don't tank my next run too)

lol he didn't even have a single Nova card either. Even removed the initial Fire Nova card...savage disrespect for this week's theme tbh 😔😂

[keen rivet]

The one that disables card upgrading might have some relevance this week, maybe not if you're depending on Bone Nova tho (Anger scaling works too I suppose)

OH and isn't there a malignancy that gives Jack of All Trades?

Might as well apply that one too since you already have that Talent AND the Lockets give you all-color card access too, which the malignancy also gives iirc

EDIT: Oh damn, it also re-enables the card expansions the Weekly banned...YMMV here methinks 😅

[restive hornet]

Seems a new person is also reaching level 5 before first boss and getting 31 talents, huh

[proud storm]

GG @restive hornet, you just advanced to level 9!

[keen rivet]

Huh, yeah the Timeline does indeed indicate that. I think the Timeline feature on BB might be bugging out/not properly coded for Weeklies tho (possibly due to the fact you start with various Talents already unlocked?)

It's not showing Lv5 right away for, say, @proven fulcrum 's run (though it does show Lv10 before killing Melchor which I assume didn't happen, eh Jon?)

[proven fulcrum]

Lmaooo yeah idt that happened 😂😂

[proven fulcrum]

Given I was only level 8 at the end of the run lmaooo

[proven fulcrum]

And yeah I think it’s cause of talents you have unlocked at the start, this week you have 4 so

I just saw the “and why is it seeker” note on the intro to the challenge, NICE LMAO

[glass saffron]

lol yeah that starting setup needs some work - had not considered it turned off all soul payoffs

[frail umbra]

Cordelia the Silent
Arcanist [XLII]
💀💀💀 [Hard]

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🏆 Total score: 10140
🔥 Top damage: 5729
👑 Deck value: 395
🪙 Gold remaining: 1055
Spine damage: 6666
🕐 Duration: 03:38:38

⚔️ Spellbinders
🚀 Fire Nova
🎲 5A4C903ACF [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (30%)
Decked Out (5%)
Pantheon of Trickery (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Bonfire (10%)

Bosses slain: Weeping Mother, Count Vesparin, Bolgar Blightbane, Viola Skysworn, Gorn Tagdahar, Statue of Ilthar III, Queen of Decay, Spine of Night

Decklist (31)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Casa Nova
2x Chaos Nova
1x Combust
1x Coven's Sight
1x Crone's Recipe
1x Divine Focus
1x Fan the Flames
3x Fire Nova
3x Frost Nova
1x Glimpse of Evil
1x Greed
2x Holy Nova
1x Mind Nova
1x Occult Secrets
1x Occultism
1x Rogue's Locket
1x Sand Nova
1x Spellsnap
1x Storm Nova
1x Surge of Intellect
1x Surgestone [+2]
1x Warrior's Locket
1x Wicker Crux
1x Witching Hour

Talents (18)
Elemental Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Compassionate
Malice
Sacred Zest
Alchemist
Greater Intellect
Stormscarred
Supernova
Headhunter
Blessing of the White Rose
Diamond Mind
Frozen Heart
Fire Immunity
Repetition

[ornate meadow]

Cordelia the Silent

Arcanist [XLII]
[Hard]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 18710
+8570 Bonus Points

[normal lion]

I gotta get that Nova talent again time to go next every canto 1 if I don't find it lmaoo

If I believe in the nova it will grant me its power

[keen rivet]

Yeah all except perhaps one (the legendary card from Voodoo set that grants max HP/heals based off Soul Count iirc) but yeah obviously the point remains...

...perhaps a simple swap to the Totem Basics would work?

It's not too relatively boring a solution since Knight also has a setup that basically mirrors one of its normal game starting loadouts. Warrior too...also Rogue 😅 ok forget this last paragraph

Otherwise, yea literally anything but Kamas/Duskblade (duh 😅) and voodoo stick

[proven fulcrum]

Yeee totem nova would actually be really interesting lol

[keen rivet]

I just like my initial thoughts about the Soul totem recursion helping with the bloat added by Lockets etc

[proven fulcrum]

Yessss

[keen rivet]

(in terms of deck consistincy ofc)

[proven fulcrum]

I mean sorcery amassing + Triglaive + sand Nova made it so I was literally ftking everything, alter memory took it to extremes

[proven fulcrum]

Yeee ofc ofc

[proven fulcrum]

I also transmuted the potion instantly to symbol of unity, which really helped

[keen rivet]

I felt sad adding Unique. But it better have Unique lol

(or not, I dunno shit about balancing the Nova archetype for a given class 😅)

[proven fulcrum]

OH MY GOD

PLEASE SUBMIT THAT FOR THE NEXT DESIGN COMP

[keen rivet]

Already did

[proven fulcrum]

I think it’s tough enough to get going that it’s worth it

[keen rivet]

There

[proven fulcrum]

Yeee

[proven fulcrum]

If they want to nerf it, it could be exclusive to the tundra?

[keen rivet]

You referring to the snow canto? GORN TAGDAHAR'S crib?

(gotta capitalize his name always to emphasize he's always pissed off and ready to wrestle)

[proven fulcrum]

Yee

[normal lion]

How did you beat the first few fights with this? Once I had it going I was good but I felt like I needed to save scum to survive with sorcery amassing because of the locket bloat

[proven fulcrum]

I got a shrine of evo off the bat, and changed the potion to symbol of unity, which let me basically use the lockets to get a free focus/evasion/anger then instantly draw to replace it

[proud storm]

GG @proven fulcrum, you just advanced to level 13!

[proven fulcrum]

what difficulty/malignancies are you using?

[normal lion]

I only do impossible nowadays but so far I'm running trickery shrines commons only rotting

[normal lion]

Nice not a bad idea

[gusty pine]

Issalyth the Corrupted
Rogue [XLII]
💀💀💀 [Hard]

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🏆 Total score: 16298
🔥 Top damage: 5150
👑 Deck value: 680
🪙 Gold remaining: 588
Spine damage: 6666
🕐 Duration: 02:19:14

⚔️ Khanjali
🚀 Poison Nova
🎲 81B47D5BDF [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (105%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Boundless Spoils (15%)
Monstrous (30%)
Slow to Act (45%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Garvin Greaves, General Ral-Dagar, Avatar of the Pyre, Melchor the Cursed, Priest of Agony, Lord of Despair, Spine of Night

Decklist (22)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Burst of Radiance
1x Code of Chivalry
1x Code of Hope
1x Divine Focus
1x Flying Carpet
1x Hidden Flurry
1x Mind Nova
1x Pocket Aces
1x Poison Nova
1x Potion Sash
1x Radiant Recovery
1x Recite
1x Represent
1x Rogue's Locket
1x Roll the Bones
1x Sand Nova
1x Simulacrum
1x Sleight of Hand
1x Venomancing
1x Warrior's Locket
1x Word of Purity

Talents (15)
Baneful Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Toxic Triage
Perception
Benevolent
Survival Instincts
Balor's Blessing
Greater Dexterity
Fire Resistance
Endless Arsenal
Strategist
Blighter

[ornate meadow]

Issalyth the Corrupted

Rogue [XLII]
[Hard]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 28003
+11705 Bonus Points

[gusty pine]

might go one more with higher malignecy

kind of slow going but the momentum starts building up towards the end

[proven fulcrum]

common only is a good pick!

[gusty pine]

i was using a lot of sand nova via sleight of hand, pocket aces, roll the bones, and simulacrum

[proven fulcrum]

tbf

you can legit just

take a bunch of sand novas

and spam them

[normal lion]

Basically all the novas are common and tbh if I get the talent to get all of them Ive won anyways

[gusty pine]

or i can get a big score from having 5000 max damage

[normal lion]

Figmenting a sand nova and chain nova were my wincons

[proven fulcrum]

yeah thats truth

[ornate meadow]

Aura of Blight

At the start of your turn, inflict [[enchantmentStacks]] Poison then increase this by 1. Unique.

[proven fulcrum]

whats the aura that gives you energy whenever you give poison?

[normal lion]

Avatar

[ornate meadow]

Avatar of Blight

This combat, gain when you inflict Poison.<br>: Gain 1 Potency. Unique.

[normal lion]

Also whenever you spend green you gain potency

I wish I'd found it in the seeker run after I got the talent to increase basic attack damage by potency would have let me go off on the damage

[keen rivet]

Electrosurge+20 Chain Novas+Zap mirite?!
Knight [XLII]
💀💀💀 [Hard]

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🏆 Total score: 7418
🔥 Top damage: 2375
👑 Deck value: 295
🪙 Gold remaining: 169
Spine damage: 6666
🕐 Duration: 02:41:06

⚔️ Stormblade
🚀 Storm Nova
🎲 44F376AC35 [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (15%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Garvin Greaves, Bolgar Blightbane, Dawnbringer Solspear, Melchor the Cursed, Statue of Ilthar III, Rathael the Slain, Spine of Night

Decklist (23)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Blinkstrike [+6]
1x Conduit
1x Consecration
1x Divine Focus
1x Electrosurge
1x Rogue's Locket
1x Spell Echo
3x Storm Nova
1x Storm Shield [+6]
1x Storm Shield [+7]
1x Storm Shield [+9]
3x Stormblade [+6]
1x Stormblade [+7]
1x Surge of Intellect
1x Surge of Strength
2x Tempest Blast [+5]
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (20)
Grounding Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Storm Scholar
Quick Study
Sanctifier
Forgery
Thundergod's Blessing
Greater Intellect
Emporium Discount
Fast Recovery
Fire Resistance
Skylars Kiss
Strong Arms
Blessing of Serem-Pek
Watched
Balor's Blessing
Sharp Mind

[ornate meadow]

Electrosurge+20 Chain Novas+Zap mirite?!

Knight [XLII]
[Hard]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 13624
+6206 Bonus Points

[keen rivet]

There; gottem

Once I managed Remented on my Storm Nova, then Levity made it free, then the game let me copy it....all before the end of C4, well...

Just a Chain deck lol

[proven fulcrum]

damnnnn nice

[keen rivet]

Oh my luckiest break might have been Electrosurge in bandit camp.

Suddenly I can cycle through my deck in a couple turns instead of, like, 4

Well, once I was able to memorize it that is

(oh, "Remented" was totally intentional. It's my new term. Hint: it's a portmanteau 😅)

[proven fulcrum]

ahhhhhh v nice

I'd just call that

"barely nerfedecho"

[keen rivet]

What, Recall?

Figmented existed alongside Echo I think. From the Shrine that is

[proven fulcrum]

no recall and figmented

[proven fulcrum]

idr, I think i only REALLY started becoming active in the community just after echo got nuked

[keen rivet]

Recall replaced it in the Trickery Shrine methinks

Heh, after using Levity to make the card free, then I could just refer to my Figmented+Recall+Costless card as "Freemented" which might be a portmanthree???

Tho Recall being in there isn't as obvious. Whatever 😅

[vocal jewel]

This week was challenging for me to get a good build going. But did get a run with Malignancies at 95%. Pretty happy with that one

And I managed to remove all those cursed lockets lol

No fragmented or recall keywords, kinda unlucky

[normal lion]

Removing lockets 0-0

[simple pond]

Just spent a level up choosing pirate parlor amd it isnt working 😢

[restive hornet]

Volska Starlight
Hunter [XXXVIII]
💀 [Normal]

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🏆 Total score: 4510
🔥 Top damage: 82
👑 Deck value: 395
🪙 Gold remaining: 186
🕐 Duration: 01:24:53

⚔️ Soul Kama
🚀 Bone Nova
🎲 9052C3D90D [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (120%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Haunted (30%)
Mana Flux (30%)
Slow to Act (45%)

Bosses slain: Mudfang Kingpin II, Garvin Greaves, Empowered Hydra, Avatar of the Pyre, Melchor the Cursed, Statue of Ilthar III, Lord of Despair

Decklist (21)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Bone Nova [+72]
2x Divine Focus
1x Fire Nova
1x Frost Nova
1x Holy Nova
1x Lost Lagoon
1x Mind Nova
1x Poison Nova
2x Rogue's Locket
1x Soul Nova
1x Soulbinder
1x Spell Thief
1x Stone Nova
2x Surge of Dexterity
2x Surge of Strength
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (16)
Ritual Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Wild Infusion
Hide Armor
Butcher
Peace of Mind
Greater Strength
Fire Resistance
Quick Crafting
Sanctifier
Hellforged Weapons
Craftsman
Vexing Alteration

[ornate meadow]

Volska Starlight

Hunter [XXXVIII]
[Normal]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 17254
+12744 Bonus Points

[restive hornet]

Hunter was pretty fun! I leaned hard into the reaping hp aspect and just focused on buffing bone nova to the max. Took a lot of damage, tho, tried mana flux instead of amassing and it was hard to play defensively without losing my ability to close a battle

No soul cards showed up until very late, but the card i got worked great with the ethereal malignancy

[normal lion]

Most of the soul package isnt enabled 😢

Bone nova is so good though

[gusty pine]

im going to do a run on imp with knight since it appers to be unpopular...i thought it might be broken and did a test run and it works fine

[keen rivet]

#1425920809200910397 message

Now, two zero-cost Storm Novas with Remented could be considered busted 😅 (nah getting them to that point isn't trivial)

But yeah with Electrosurge (even more important than usual given Locket deck bloat) I was drawing my whole deck by turn 2 usually

(Consecration was just my Spine solution)

(...Tempest Blast is always worth mentioning too. Thx to Mr. Josh Bruce for that little piece of awesomeness 😅)

[keen rivet]

My favorite thing about your run is the total deletion of Soul Kamas 😁

||Ugh I know Rey said he forgot to consider Soul Hunter cards being disabled this week, which is fine, but Soul Kama ought to get a buff/minor redesign imo. It's weak whether Metamorphosis is enabled or not lol||

[restive hornet]

LOL I got rid of them ASAP, it also made my talent that upgrades a card after a fight always choose bone nova

[idle ginkgo]

https://blightbane.io/deck/1760188781916

I got so unlucky with Novas, but I've managed to remove all the lockets

[gusty pine]

Geoffrey Virccinetti
Rogue [XLII]
💀💀💀💀 [Impossible]

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🏆 Total score: 19988
🔥 Top damage: 7335
👑 Deck value: 680
🪙 Gold remaining: 805
Spine damage: 6666
🕐 Duration: 02:19:54

⚔️ Khanjali
🚀 Poison Nova
🎲 FDFDB7FE94 [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (105%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Boundless Spoils (15%)
Monstrous (30%)
Slow to Act (45%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Garvin Greaves, General Ral-Dagar, Avatar of the Pyre, Melchor the Cursed, Priest of Agony, Lord of Despair, Spine of Night

Decklist (22)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Burst of Radiance
1x Code of Chivalry
1x Divine Focus
1x Dragon Punch
1x Flying Carpet
1x Fur Hide
1x Mind Nova
1x Pacifism
1x Pirate's Parley
1x Poison Nova
1x Radiant Assault
1x Represent
1x Rewind
1x Righteousness
1x Rogue's Locket
1x Sand Nova
1x Simulacrum
1x Spoils of War
1x Storm Shield [+1]
1x Venomancing
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (16)
Baneful Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Toxic Triage
Perception
Headhunter
Benevolent
Balor's Blessing
Greater Dexterity
Fire Resistance
Warpriest
Strategist
Blessing of Serem-Pek
Sacred Shield

[ornate meadow]

Geoffrey Virccinetti

Rogue [XLII]
[Impossible]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 31693
+11705 Bonus Points

[gusty pine]

al right done with rogue i swear, on to warrior

rogue is just too much fun

[late crag]

Do you have to play on a specific difficulty for the “bonus objective” points to apply? Had my last run end with a deck between 18-22 cards but didn’t get +3000 at the end.. sorry new to this

[restive hornet]

Nope any difficulty works ^^ it just means on higher you do have to beat spine

[late crag]

I see.. one other q then, how do you share the score here

Nvm figured that out, thanks

Still don’t know how I finished last run and didn’t get +3k but all good

[oak falcon]

The bonus points are scored in Blightbane, not part of the in-game score

[late crag]

Ohhhh thank you much

[oak falcon]

If you paste the archive snippet here you’ll see the final score

[late crag]

People say you can get 250 fateshards for the weekly, but that didn’t seem to apply for me either, any idea why not?

I figured it was because of not getting the bonuses, I guess I didn’t share here?

[proud storm]

GG @late crag, you just advanced to level 1!

[oak falcon]

That happens at the victory/defeat screen. Sometimes you have to wait on that screen for a bit for the message to pop up. If you don’t have an internet connection at that time then it may skip it

[late crag]

Interesting okay, thank you much!

[oak falcon]

It should look like this

[late crag]

Ahhh it’s because I didn’t submit it here then

Didnt realize how tied the site is to the app, pretty cool

Thanks again

[vocal jewel]

Sam your build isn’t even a nova build haha, but you got a much higher score than me! I need to rethink this…. 😝

[gusty pine]

i used 3 novas, i just used other cards to duplicate them (dont need a ton of novas with nova master talent)

[vocal jewel]

Yeah ok, but i thought you got a lot of points if you had all the nova cards in your deck, but i guess they are pretty low value

[gusty pine]

thats right...they werent worth much, which is fine because it lets you specialize

[vocal jewel]

good point!

[normal lion]

50 pts per nova really the only nova worth much is mind nova for 2000

Having said that I'm glad I full committed all novas was a pleasant run

I'm hoping I can pull it off again with malignancies I did a run for 19k with no malignancies so

[proud storm]

GG @normal lion, you just advanced to level 13!

[vocal jewel]

Yeah I had a full nova build it it got crazy in the end, super fun challenge this week too

im way too addicted to this game 😩

[karmic dagger]

Quite the same

But I got bored after winning in hard

[plush fog]

I just noticed that letting the minic steal your lockets and get away removes them. Also, demon lady will remove your divine locket (but also your holy nova) if you recruit her

[proud storm]

GG @plush fog, you just advanced to level 1!

[vocal jewel]

Good to know!

[proven fulcrum]

RIGHT??

[late crag]

There’s not any way to remove cursed cards anymore right? No events or anything?

[karmic dagger]

Look a few messages up

[vocal jewel]

I used quick adaptation to remove my cursed cards, swap them for any monster card and then remove those at a campfire or something

[proud storm]

GG @vocal jewel, you just advanced to level 2!

[normal lion]

Time for impossible

[normal eagle]

impossible is jeol's terrority

[plush fog]

Fantastic move!

[normal lion]

I play impossible too 😭

I have a 20k score this week and working for a 30k

[normal eagle]

oh thats awesome

i mostly play on normals

[vast fjord]

Was surprisingly difficult to stay on the nova theme despite the insane starting talents. Got all of them except frost and poison I think.

Super fun challenge @proven fulcrum 🙌
Affliction nova really shuts down the Spine.

[normal lion]

The cheat you do is get the talent to give you all the novas leof

I ended up one turning spine with 6 sand novas a figmented chain nova and a free mind nova + 1 of every other nova

I gotta figure out how to crack higher damage though figmented chain got me to like 800 idk maybe it's recall + figmented chain because of how fast I can churn through the deck could probably play 4 copies in a god and jump to 2400

Oh shoot it's definitely simulacrum

[vast fjord]

Yeah was really hoping for that talent 😅
Mind Nova was also eluding me the entire game and only showed up in the very last Julius.

[normal lion]

[vast fjord]

Found it easier to get the 5K damage bonus early in the game. Just play lots of non-lethal novas to generate momentum and cycle through your deck 6-7 times per round.
Then once the nova count has reached a high number, spam as much fire or chain during a single turn and hit it 💥

Seeker has a pretty high fatigue resistance. Don't remember if it's 6 or 7 cycles.

[normal lion]

Oh that's actually good to know I've been too much of a coward to test fatigue past like 3 lmao

Usually when that deck grows purpley enough I quit

[normal lion]

Idk how y'all crazy people did this sorcery amassing for this run lockets have ended so many fights

The grave dog keeps killing me too lmaoo

[gusty pine]

i might do one with SA but i really dont want to do a seeker run or knight (both are draw decks especially when using sand nova)...too easy for me so not really interested

probably going to do another run tomorrow as warrior

maybe 125% malignecy

[normal lion]

good luck!! I don't know I like ftk decks so if my decks don't draw I get scared

[normal lion]

Since adding sorcery amassing I've lost so many runs lmao

If it weren't worth a whole run worth in multipliers I'd have dropped it by now

[glass saffron]

https://tenor.com/view/the-woobles-woobles-pierre-penguin-cheerleader-gif-12509240942260499237

[normal lion]

Thanks rey

Someday I'll learn the way of sorcery amassing without save scumming this week may not be it lol

Ive lost 6 runs to a locket draw just ending a fight

[gusty pine]

Artus Stoneborn
Warrior [XLII]
💀💀💀 [Hard]

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🏆 Total score: 9450
🔥 Top damage: 1046
👑 Deck value: 250
🪙 Gold remaining: 369
Spine damage: 406
🕐 Duration: 01:56:22

⚔️ Radiant Mace
🚀 Stone Nova
🎲 F933FBDC50 [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (75%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Sanguine (15%)
Basic Chaos (15%)
Monstrous (30%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Garvin Greaves, General Ral-Dagar, Avatar of the Pyre, Melchor the Cursed, Priest of Agony, Lord of Despair
Slain by: Spine of Night

Decklist (22)
1x Arcanist's Locket
3x Bash
1x Bunker Down [+1]
1x Bunker Down [+9]
1x Divine Focus
1x Holy Nova
1x Living Fort
1x Not Dead Yet
1x Rogue's Locket
1x Sanguine Surge
1x Savagery
1x Stand Your Ground
7x Stone Nova
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (15)
Unyielding Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Weapon Training
Skylars Kiss
Headhunter
Greater Strength
Endless Arsenal
Fire Resistance
Darksteel Plating
Sanctifier
Hellforged Weapons
Lionheart

[ornate meadow]

Artus Stoneborn

Warrior [XLII]
[Hard]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 17942
+8492 Bonus Points

[gusty pine]

lost to spine i think i will give warrior another try

[idle ginkgo]

For me it's either an early Cauldron or I'm gonna die, so yes, I concur.

What helps is picking Hunter or Seeker basic (Hunter soul totem is an extra draw per turn, Seeker is momentum).

But since I hate playing with it, I usually don't and try meme builds :3

[normal lion]

Well yeah seeker is working but if I don't find more ways to keep up momentum I lose, or if I just hit the lucky 4 consecutive lockets

It's my personal preference to never save scum fights even if I will for transmutes lol

No fun if I can't lose been liking the challenge in weeklies where I just sit down and go with as many malignancies as I can

[normal eagle]

i usually go for quick adaption, which then can be transmutted into a common nova card

[normal lion]

Technically I survived walked away with 1 hp lmao

Hmm I'll just stick to what I got 90% malignancy was enough and pretty easy with seeker but I can't figure out sorcery amassing this weekend without alt f4ing the second I brick into a locket

Good challenge though the run where I get all of them was hella fun

[vocal jewel]

wait you can play on PC?

[normal lion]

There's emulators and stuff I personally have an emulator and my phone alt f4 was really just me saying close the game lol

[vocal jewel]

right, i see. my bad!

[formal ice]

Daphne Miller
Seeker [XLII]
💀💀💀 [Hard]

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🏆 Total score: 20150
🔥 Top damage: 3055
👑 Deck value: 195
🪙 Gold remaining: 1030
Spine damage: 6666
🕐 Duration: 01:54:03

⚔️ Triglaive
🚀 Sand Nova
🎲 B43D382EF1
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (160%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Slow to Act (45%)
Sorcery Amassing (50%)
Rotting (50%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Garvin Greaves, General Ral-Dagar, Avatar of the Pyre, Melchor the Cursed, Statue of Ilthar III, Lord of Despair, Spine of Night

Decklist (22)
1x Arcanist's Locket
2x Bone Nova [+5]
1x Casa Nova
1x Chaos Nova
1x Consecration
1x Deathwish
1x Fire Nova
1x Gluttony
1x Greed
1x Holy Nova
1x Mind Nova
2x Poison Nova
1x Pride
1x Rogue's Locket
1x Sand Nova
1x Soul Nova
2x Stone Nova
1x Storm Nova
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (19)
Surging Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Perception
Endless Arsenal
Momentous Strikes
Whimsical
Energized
Skylars Kiss
Supernova
Fortuitous
Emporium Discount
Brain Training
Wavedancer
Bad Intentions
Insatiable Curiosity
Mythology

[ornate meadow]

Daphne Miller

Seeker [XLII]
[Hard]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 34887
+14737 Bonus Points

[frail umbra]

Amerinth of the Blightwood
Hunter [XLII]
💀💀💀 [Hard]

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🏆 Total score: 9620
🔥 Top damage: 2717
👑 Deck value: 390
🪙 Gold remaining: 1007
Spine damage: 6666
🕐 Duration: 02:05:51

⚔️ Soul Kama
🚀 Bone Nova
🎲 65CC4B2670 [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (30%)
Decked Out (5%)
Pantheon of Trickery (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Stable Magic (10%)

Bosses slain: Weeping Mother, Count Vesparin, Bolgar Blightbane, Dawnbringer Solspear, Gorn Tagdahar, Priest of Agony, Lord of Despair, Spine of Night

Decklist (26)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Bone Nova
1x Bone Nova [+5]
1x Broken Amulet
1x Burning Resolve
1x Casa Nova
2x Chaos Nova
1x Cloak and Dagger
1x Divine Focus
1x Enfeeble
1x Fire Nova
2x Frost Nova
1x Holy Nova
1x Idolize
1x Innervation
1x Mind Nova
1x Poison Nova
1x Rogue's Locket
1x Shard of Malice
1x Soul Nova
1x Stone Nova
1x Storm Nova
1x Toxic Relation
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (18)
Ritual Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Perception
Headhunter
Strategist
Mobility
Greater Intellect
Innate Knowledge
Fire Resistance
Craftsman
Battle Prowess
Thundering Strikes
Dark Ritualist
Supernova
Emporium Discount

[ornate meadow]

Amerinth of the Blightwood

Hunter [XLII]
[Hard]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 18710
+9090 Bonus Points

[glass zephyr]

Nora Frostgard
Knight [XLII]
💀💀 [Challenging]

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🏆 Total score: 3853
🔥 Top damage: 59
👑 Deck value: 295
🪙 Gold remaining: 442
🕐 Duration: 05:01:09

⚔️ Stormblade
🚀 Storm Nova
🎲 15077F367F
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (15%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Spirit of Aethos, General Ral-Dagar, Viola Skysworn, Melchor the Cursed, Statue of Ilthar III, Lord of Despair

Decklist (25)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Aura of Divinity
1x Battlecry
3x Blessed Strike
1x Clarity
1x Divine Focus
1x Frost Nova
1x Holy Nova
1x Mage Armor
1x Poison Nova
1x Righteousness
1x Rogue's Locket
1x Searing Radiance
1x Spellstrike
1x Storm Nova
2x Storm Shield [+5]
1x Stormblade [+4]
1x Surge of Intellect
1x Tempest Blast [+5]
1x Warrior's Locket
2x Word of Purity

Talents (20)
Grounding Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Storm Scholar
Compassionate
Quick Study
Benevolent
Greater Intellect
Blessing of Aethos
Emporium Discount
Keen Mind
Magical Aptitude
Thundering Strikes
Repetition
Blessing of the White Rose
Trovan's Blessing
Purity
Tough Bones

[ornate meadow]

Nora Frostgard

Knight [XLII]
[Challenging]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 10190
+6337 Bonus Points

[daring drift]

Owen Godwin
Seeker [XLII]
💀💀 [Challenging]

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🏆 Total score: 6988
🔥 Top damage: 80
👑 Deck value: 265
🪙 Gold remaining: 453
🕐 Duration: 02:05:51

⚔️ Triglaive
🚀 Sand Nova
🎲 A41685A6F0 [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (115%)
Decked Out (5%)
Pantheon of Trickery (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Slow to Act (45%)
Sorcery Amassing (50%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Garvin Greaves, General Ral-Dagar, Viola Skysworn, Melchor the Cursed, Statue of Ilthar III, Queen of Decay

Decklist (22)
1x Agile Mind
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Aura of Rime
1x Bone Nova [+10]
1x Bone Nova [+2]
1x Chaos Nova
1x Code of Steel
1x Cursed Cauldron
1x Divine Focus
2x Fire Nova
1x Frost Nova
1x Frostblock
1x Infernal Racket
1x Mind Nova
1x Rogue's Locket
4x Sand Nova
1x Storm Nova
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (17)
Surging Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Sanctifier
Compassionate
Headhunter
Endless Arsenal
Balor's Blessing
Perception
Greater Strength
Strategist
Insatiable Curiosity
Blessing of the White Rose
Profane Ward
Infuse Power

[ornate meadow]

Owen Godwin

Seeker [XLII]
[Challenging]

[marsh pebble]

Brien the Moth
Seeker [XXXVI]
💀💀💀 [Hard]

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🏆 Total score: 6600
🔥 Top damage: 89
👑 Deck value: 170
🪙 Gold remaining: 438
Spine damage: 6666
🕐 Duration: 02:05:56

⚔️ Triglaive
🚀 Sand Nova
🎲 E97952EC99
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (20%)
Decked Out (5%)
Weapon Obsession (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)

Bosses slain: Weeping Mother, Garvin Greaves, General Ral-Dagar, Serena Hellspark, Melchor the Cursed, Priest of Agony, Lord of Despair, Spine of Night

Decklist (22)
1x Arcanist's Locket
1x Bone Nova [+3]
1x Casa Nova
1x Chaos Nova
1x Fire Nova
1x Frost Nova
1x Mind Nova
2x Poison Nova
1x Rogue's Locket
9x Sand Nova
1x Soul Nova
1x Storm Nova
1x Warrior's Locket

Talents (22)
Surging Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Momentous Recovery
Perception
Repetition
Greater Intellect
Sacred Shield
Supernova
Mark of Taurus
Deadly Accuracy
Vexing Alteration
Deal with the Devil
Elemental Conflux
Mobility
Trovan's Blessing
Infuse Energy
Diamond Mind
Sharp Mind
Steelmind

[proud storm]

GG @marsh pebble, you just advanced to level 3!

[ornate meadow]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 19635
+12647 Bonus Points

Brien the Moth

Seeker [XXXVI]
[Hard]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 16020
+9420 Bonus Points

Demon Invader

Achievement unlocked by marsmoxie:

Slay the hidden boss Spine of Night with 6666 spine damage.

[marsh pebble]

This challenge was my first time beating the spine!!

[vocal jewel]

Borken the Moth
Seeker [XLII]
💀💀 [Challenging]

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🏆 Total score: 7995
🔥 Top damage: 35
👑 Deck value: 1220
🪙 Gold remaining: 1052
🕐 Duration: 01:26:59

⚔️ Triglaive
🚀 Sand Nova
🎲 FE522B0FB2 [OFF]
Version 1.15.012

Malignancies (105%)
Decked Out (5%)
Disenchantment (10%)
Boundless Spoils (15%)
Monstrous (30%)
Slow to Act (45%)

Bosses slain: The Pale Warden, Count Vesparin, General Ral-Dagar, Serena Hellspark, Melchor the Cursed, Statue of Ilthar III, Queen of Decay

Decklist (22)
1x Code of Hope
1x Coven's Sight
1x Divine Focus
1x Double Nock
1x Essential Oils
1x Flying Carpet
1x Majestic Grandeur
1x Mind Nova
1x Pirate's Parley [+7]
1x Power Armor
1x Pure gold
1x Revive
2x Sand Nova
1x Sanguine Shield
1x Taurus' Rage
1x The Journey
1x Time is Money
1x Tinkerer's Toolbox
1x Warrior's Locket
1x Vexing Echoes
1x Worldbreaker

Talents (18)
Surging Weapon
Nova Mastery
Nova Savant
Jack of All Trades
Legion Insight
Repetition
Mark of Taurus
Strategist
Momentous Strikes
Greater Intellect
Perception
Balor's Blessing
Strong Arms
Diamond Mind
Trovan's Blessing
Fortuitous
Blessing of Serem-Pek
Deep Studies

[ornate meadow]

Borken the Moth

Seeker [XLII]
[Challenging]

Run Submitted

Run has been submitted for The Nova Nationals!

Score: 19648
+11653 Bonus Points

Challenge Accepted!

Achievement unlocked by zashoo:

Complete a weekly challenge.

Am I being watched?

Achievement unlocked by zashoo:

Gain the talent Blessing of Serem-Pek.

Good Luck

Achievement unlocked by zashoo:

Gain the talent Trovan's Blessing.

[vocal jewel]

I don’t know how it works but I got the currently highest score in challenging difficulty with this run

But I’m not on the leaderboard. Maybe because I got a higher score on impossible difficulty?

[gusty pine]

thats correct you check in blightbane and blightbane shows the actual standings

https://blightbane.io/challenge/1759960518320

[vocal jewel]

wowowowowo!

really want one of those challange winner icons 🥇

[ornate meadow]

Winners

Normal: @proven fulcrum with 22111 points
Challenging: @vocal jewel with 19648 points
Hard: zerragon with 34887 points
Impossible: @vast fjord with 41127 points

Congratulations winners!

Checkout the next challenge here: https://discord.com/channels/455784011336384522/1428457638513086625

[vocal jewel]

GZ everyone!

[proven fulcrum]

LESGOOO

[glass saffron]

huzzah! Congratz 😄