Eric is the Cavalier of the group of friends trapped in the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons. Known for his sarcasm and frequent cowardice, he's often the butt of jokes. Yet, when danger strikes, Eric's bravery emerges, and he uses his magical shield to protect his friends. Despite his complaints and fears, his loyalty and courage make him an essential part of the group's quest to find their way home.

Eric is a Support, Tanking and Gold Find Champion who reluctantly protects his friends while trapped in a foreign world. He enhances his allies' knockback capabilities while shielding them from ranged and magical attacks. This Cavalier is versatile in how he buffs the formation, all while keeping an eye out for Gold and Corrupted Gems.

For details on this sarcastic Cavalier, read on!

Eric the Cavalier

Abilities

Basic Attack

• Forceful Bash (melee) - Eric hits the closest enemy with his shield, dealing one hit and knocking them back a short distance.

Specializations A

• Trait: Cautious - Eric increases the damage of all Champions by 100%, increased by 100% for each column they are in front of him, stacking multiplicatively.
• Trait: Brave - Eric increases the damage of all Champions by 100%, increased by 100% for each column they are behind him, stacking multiplicatively.
• Trait: Sarcastic - Eric increases the damage of adjacent Champions by 600%.

Formation Abilities

• Cavalier's Code - Eric increases the effect of his Trait specialization choice and the party's Gold Find by 20% for each enemy that has spawned in the current area, stacking multiplicatively up to 100 enemies. Boss enemies count as 25 enemies for this ability.
• Shield of the Cavalier - Eric increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of his max health, and when any Champion in the formation gains temporary health, the amount gained is increased by 100%.
• Preferred Target - All Ranged and Magic attacking enemies target Eric before any other Champion in the formation.
• Keep Away - For the first 60 seconds in any area, Eric increases the distance of all knockback effects by 100%.
• Corrupted Gem Scavenger - Eric can help scavenge up to 5000 additional Corrupted Gems when killing bosses. While this cap is not reached, Eric has a 10% chance of 10 Corrupted Gems each time a boss is defeated. The cap increases by 150 every day.

Specializations B

• Unassuming Force - Eric increases the damage bonus of his Trait specialization choice by 100% for each Champion in the formation with a total ability score of 78 or less, stacking multiplicatively.
• Youthful Valor - Eric increases the damage bonus of his Trait specialization choice by 100% for each Champion in the formation with an age of 20 or less, stacking multiplicatively.
• Treasure Hunters - Eric increases the damage bonus of his Trait specialization choice by 100% for each Champion in the formation with the Gold Find role, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

• Protective Field (magic) - Eric's shield projects a powerful force field, dealing 1 ultimate hit to all monsters while protecting the Champions from all damage for 10 seconds.

Equipment

Feats

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Stami Gackle was a fun-loving and reckless youth, but she fled her home when this carefree nature invited tragic loss into her life. She found shelter in Waterdeep with the monks of the Order of the Even-Handed, who gave her a new name and trained her in their ways. Now a capable adventurer, Stoki approaches problems with intense focus and careful consideration, having earned a reputation for being uncommonly stoic. However, Stoki's patient demeanor belies a warrior's ferocity, as she unleashes a rapid flurry of masterful blows to any foe who refuses to back down.

Stoki has received a significant rework along with a new niche focused on Champions who attack quickly. To support her kit, we are updating the Champion Search starting today as builds roll out to allow players to search by Champions based on their base attack cooldown. Let's talk about all things Stoki!

Stoki

Abilities

Basic Attack

• Flurry of Blows (melee) - Stoki leaps out and attacks random enemies with her fists.

Formation Abilities

• Focused Strike - When Stoki attacks, she gains a Focus Point for each enemy she hits. She increases the damage of all Champions with a base attack cooldown of 4.0s or faster by 10% for each Focus Point she has, stacking multiplicatively. Focus Points cap at 100 and are reduced by 50% (rounded down) when changing areas.
• Golden Palm - Enemies that have been attacked by Stoki at any point in the current area drop 100% more gold when killed for each Focus Point she has, stacking additively.
• Building Focus - Stoki keeps track of the total Focus Point she has gained in the current adventure. If Stoki's Focus Points are capped for a given area, she still counts new ones towards this ability. Upon reaching certain milestones, the following effects activate:
  
  - 100 Focus Points: Encouragement - Champions adjacent to Stoki have their base attack cooldowns lowered by 0.5s.
  - 1000 Focus Points: Flurry of Blows - For every 1000 levels Stoki has, she attacks an additional target with each attack. She prefers to attack different targets but will attack the same target multiple times if she has already attacked everyone.
  - 5000 Focus Points: Leadership - Champions adjacent to Stoki have a 0.45% chance to reset their base attack cooldown after attacking for each Focus Point she currently has. Caps at 90%.
  - 12500 Focus Points: Overflow - When Stoki attacks an enemy that she already attacked, there is a 20% chance the enemy will be stunned for 3 seconds.
  - 25000 Focus Points: Explosion - If Stoki hits the same enemy two or more times with the same base attack, power radiates from the enemy, dealing 5 seconds worth of BUD damage to itself and all other nearby enemies. Triggers with each extra hit.
• Frenzied Friends - Stoki additively increases the Focus Points cap of Focused Strike by 10 for each Champion in the formation whose base attack cooldown is 4.0s or lower.

Specializations

• All Out Assault - Stoki tracks the number of attacks her allies have performed in the past 10 seconds and increases the effect of Focused Strike by 15% for each one, stacking multiplicatively.
• Bend It Like Birdsong - Stoki counts the number of Champions in the formation with a DEX score of 16 or higher. For each such Champion, her base attack cooldown is decreased by 0.1 seconds, stacking additively, and the effect of Focused Strike is increased by 100%, stacking multiplicatively.
• A Little Bit Faster Now - Stoki reduces the base attack cooldown of all Champions with a default base attack cooldown of 6.0 seconds or higher to 4.0 seconds so that they qualify for Frenzied Friends. Their damage is increased by 100% for every 0.1 seconds their base attack cooldown is reduced by this ability, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

• Quivering Palm (melee) - Stoki leaps out and attacks five random enemies with extremely powerful palm thrusts. Over the next 10 seconds, all affected enemies take massive damage over time.

Equipment

Feats

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Simril is ruined! Someone or something has been pillaging all the food stores of Luskan, leaving very little leftover for the feast of Simril, let alone the long, cold winter to follow. Your party has been hired to hunt down this ruiner-of-holidays and recover the stolen sustenance.

It is time to celebrate Faerûn's winter solstice once again, this time with the next companion character from Baldur's Gate 3 coming to Idle Champions along with a stunning rework of the first Event Champion we ever released!

Halsin the Archdruid has arrived all the way from the Emerald Grove. Our first Featured Champion is a devout follower of Silvanus who thrives in good-aligned formations. Halsin can be unlocked during Simril from December 4th through 25th.

The second Featured Champion is Stami "Stoki" Gackle, and she has received a significant reworked to focus on Champions who attack quickly. The 2024 Champion Spotlight for Stoki arrives on Friday, December 6th and the reworked Stoki will become available in Simril starting on Wednesday, December 11th.

For details on Simril 8 - and to learn about our Winterfest Celebration - read on!

Featured Champions

Halsin

Learn more about Halsin in his Champion Spotlight.

Stoki

Learn more about Stoki's Rebalance when her Champion Spotlight goes live on Friday, December 6th.

Flex Champions

Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired. This event's Flex Slot pool includes:

Event Augments

• Refreshing Boons: Event boons obtained during this event last for 21 days and don't expire when the event ends. Obtaining another boon at any point during the event refreshes this timer. If your boon persists into the next event, it will stack with that event's boon until it expires. However, it will not unlock the supporter slot.
• Boon Enhancements: An additional boon buff at each level increases gems dropped from bosses.
  
  

  Buff	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
  Gem Drops	20%	40%	70%	100%

  
  
• Auto-Blacksmith: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots if they don't already have better. Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!
• Worth the Wait: Rebalanced Champion Stoki releases at the start of week two of this event. Completing her tier 2+ variants awards double chests!

You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

Winterfest Celebration

It's finally time for our Winterfest Celebration! Players will be able to unlock daily curated rewards along with exciting participation rewards that include the new Potent Gale Skin and the Chosen of Mystra Feat for everyone's favorite Waterdhavian Wizard, Gale Dekarios. Winterfest comes to a close next Wednesday, December 11th.

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Halsin, the esteemed Archdruid of the Emerald Grove, is a wise and powerful elf dedicated to the protection and preservation of nature. After being captured by goblins allied with the Absolute, he escaped and now fights to protect his grove and its inhabitants from this encroaching evil. He channels his deep connection to the natural world to aid his allies in their quests.

Halsin is a Support, Healing, and Speed Champion who excels in formations with other Good Champions. He drives the Champions forward, potentially completing area quest requirements early, while his druidic healing keeps his allies alive.

Read on to learn more...

Halsin

Abilities

Basic Attack

• Thorn Whip (magic) - Halsin attacks the enemy with the most health, dealing one hit and pulling them a short distance towards the formation.

Formation Abilities

• Archdruid of Emerald Grove - Halsin gains a Harmony stack for each Good Champion in the formation, including himself. Halsin increases the damage of these Champions by 100% for each Harmony stack, stacking multiplicatively.
• Call To Action - In non-boss areas, every time the area quest progresses, there is a chance that you will just immediately complete the quest and move on to the next area. The maximum chance is 20% if the quest is one away from being completed but is greatly reduced based on the number of quest items left to collect or enemies left to defeat.
  
  
• Nature's Revival - Halsin heals Champions affected by Archdruid of Emerald Grove by 10 health every second.
• Vow of Harmony - Halsin provides benefits based on the number of Harmony stacks he has.
  3+ Harmony stacks: Nurturing: The effect of Nature's Revival is increased by 20% for each Harmony stack he has, stacking additively.
  5+ Harmony stacks: Hurrying: The effect of Call To Action is increased by 50%.
  7+ Harmony stacks: Recharging: When a Champion uses an Ultimate Attack, it recharges with 10% of the cooldown already done.
  9+ Harmony stacks: Growing: Increases the base value of Archdruid of Emerald Grove by 400%.

Specializations

• Harbinger of the Wilds - Archdruid of Emerald Grove now also grants Harmony stacks for Neutral Champions in the formation (on the Good/Evil axis).
• Sage of the Transformed - Halsin increases the number of Ceremorphosis stacks the party has by 40%, rounded down.
  
  
• Protector of the Grove - Increases the effect of Archdruid of Emerald Grove by your maximum chance of Call To Action triggering.

Ultimate Ability

• Bear Form - Halsin transforms into a bear for 20 seconds, and his base attack changes to Bear Strike.

Equipment

Feats

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