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March 6th
Champion Update: Deekin 
Posted in Idle Champions.

    A former member of the Dripping Fang clan, Deekin was once a Skald for a White Dragon named Tymofarrar. Once he was released from Tymofarrar's service, he set out to become the most amazing storyteller in all of Faerûn. He yearns to sing and tell stories of heroic deeds, but his songs often devolve into 'tales' of the doom that is coming to him or his companions.
The Story of Doom continues for Deekin Scalesinger.

The kobold whose life was doomed to fail has received a significant rework, modernizing his design, tweaking the numbers, and introducing some new abilities. It's time to take the Story of Doom to even greater heights!

Learn about the Deekin Champion Update below!

Deekin

Deekin
name
1
seat
2.5%
crit chance
100%
crit damage
Male
gender
28
age
Neutral
alignment
5
overwhelm
Kobold
species
Bard
class
Support / Speed
roles
None
affiliation
8
str
14
dex
15
con
10
int
10
wis
18
cha
75
tot
Patron Eligibility: Vajra, Elminster (until March 11th, 2029)

Abilities

Basic Attack

  • Building Suspense (ranged) - Deekin takes aim with his crossbow and fires at a random enemy.

Formation Abilities

  • Story of Doom - Deekin gains a Doom stack every 1.5 seconds, to a max of 20 stacks. Champions adjacent to Deekin do 10% more damage per Doom stack, stacking multiplicatively. Each enemy killed reduces the current Doom stacks by 20%.
  • Confidence in The Boss - When Deekin has 5 or fewer stacks of Story of Doom, he causes enemies to spawn 100% faster.
  • Boss Wants Speed - Deekin's Confidence in the Boss ability is increased by 20% for each familiar you have assigned to attacking enemies, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Current Heroic Saga - When you complete an area with Deekin in the formation, he sets his Current Events stacks to the area number. The effect of Story of Doom is increased by 2.5% for each Current Events stack, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Middle of the Action - Deekin increases the effect of Story of Doom by 100% for each Champion he is adjacent to, stacking multiplicatively. Hew Maan counts as three Champions for this ability.

Specializations

  • Unorthodox Stories - Deekin increases the damage of Story of Doom by 100% for each Champion in the formation that is not a Standard Species, stacking multiplicatively. Standard species are Aasimar, Dragonborn, Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Goliath, Halfling, Human, Orc, Tiefling, Half-Orc, and Half-Elf.
  • DOOOOOM From Afar - Deekin increases the damage of Story of Doom by 150% for each Champion in the formation with a Ranged base attack, stacking multiplicatively.
  • Troubadour Troupe - Deekin increases the effect of Story of Doom by 200% for each Bard in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

Ultimate Ability

  • DOOOOOOOM! (melee) - Deekin shouts DOOM as loud as he can, dealing massive damage and setting Story of Doom to max stacks for 30 seconds.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff
slot 1
Current Heroic Saga Buff
slot 2
Story of Doom Buff
slot 3
Buffs all Specializations
slot 4
Middle of the Action Buff
slot 5
Ultimate Cooldown
slot 6

Feats

Uncommon
  • Minstrel
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Specializations by 20%
  • Meek Performer
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Middle of the Action ability by 20%
  • Selflessness
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
  • Humble Beginning
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Current Heroic Saga ability by 20%
Rare
  • DOOM DOOM DOOM
    Changes Deekin's Story of Doom ability to target all Champions
    Available as an Event Reward
  • Breakout Performer
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Middle of the Action ability by 40%
  • Rising Action
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Current Heroic Saga ability by 40%
  • Overconfidence
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Confidence in The Boss ability by 40%
  • Certain Doom
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Story of Doom ability by 40%
  • Inspiring Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
  • Nimble
    Increases the Dexterity score of Deekin by 1
Epic
  • Doom Intensifies
    Increases Deekin's maximum number of Doom stacks by 5
    Available as an Event Reward
  • Spotlight Performer
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Middle of the Action ability by 80%
    Available in the Bard of the Dragon Queen Deekin Theme Pack
  • Story of DOOOOM
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Story of Doom ability by 80%
    Available as an Event Offer
  • Hyperconfidence
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Confidence in The Boss ability by 80%
  • All Together Now
    Increases the effect of Deekin's Specializations by 80%
  • Prodigal Leader
    Increases the damage of all Champions by 50%
  • Heavy Lifter
    Increases the Strength score of Deekin by 2

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March 4th
Idle Champions: Fleetswake 9 
Posted in Idle Champions.

    The party is recruited by one of Waterdeep's merchant guilds to look into a number of mysterious ship disappearances over the past year. Superstitious folk blame Umberlee, but the merchant guild isn't so sure, and as the Fair Seas Festival gets underway your party begins their investigation in the Dock Ward of Waterdeep...

Fleetswake Year 9 finally brings the Heroes of the Lance to Idle Champions, and for us, there was only one choice in who should come first: Raistlin Majere.

Raistlin is available now. We hope you enjoy him. Next week, on March 11, a major update will arrive for Deekin Scalesinger, everyone's favorite troubador who sings about doom. Learn about the changes to Deekin's design when his Champion Update Blog arrives on Friday, March 6.

Learn everything you need to know about Fleetswake below!

Featured Champions

Raistlin

Born frail yet gifted with an uncanny aptitude for magic, Raistlin Majere is the Sorcery to his older twin brother Caramon's Sword. The youngest wizard ever to attempt the Test of High Sorcery, Raistlin was forever changed, marked by white hair, golden skin, and hourglass eyes that see the accelerated passage of time...


Learn more about Raistlin in his Champion Spotlight.

Deekin

A former member of the Dripping Fang clan, Deekin was once a Skald for a White Dragon named Tymofarrar. Once he was released from Tymofarrar's service, he set out to become the most amazing storyteller in all of Faerûn. He yearns to sing and tell stories of heroic deeds, but his songs often devolve into 'tales' of the doom that is coming to him or his companions.


Learn more about Deekin when his Champion Spotlight goes live this Friday, March 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:
Gale
seat 1
Orkira
seat 1
Sisaspia
seat 1
Solaak
seat 2
Dynaheir
seat 3
Desmond
seat 4
Black Viper
seat 7
Sheila
seat 7
Nrakk
seat 8
Volo
seat 9
Orisha
seat 11
Zorbu
seat 12

Event Augments

  • Golden Offers: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.
  • 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!
  • Challenge Week: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation building skills and earn unique rewards.
  • Boon Enhancements: An additional boon buff at each level increases global damage based on the number of Dragonborn, Kobold, melee base attack, or Heroes of the Lance Champions in your formation, stacking additively.
You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

Kobold Feedback

What do you think of Deekin's Champion Update?

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February 26th
Idle Champions: March Augments Preview  
Posted in Idle Champions.

Welcome to the Event Augment preview for Fleetswake!

Fleetswake returns on Wednesday, March 4th. The seventh event of Year 9 introduces the famed mage from the Dragonlance novels, Raistlin Majere, and an update to the most doomed kobold of them all, Deekin! Check out the Augments below:

Fleetswake 9 Event Augments

  • Augment 1: Golden Weekly Offers (Returning Augment)
    Description: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.

  • Augment 2: Auto-Blacksmith (Returning Augment)
    Description: 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!

  • Augment 3: Challenge Week (Returning Augment)
    Description: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation-building skills and earn unique rewards.

  • Augment 4: Boon Enhancements (Returning Augment)
    Description: An additional boon buff at each level increases global damage based on the number of Dragonborn, Kobold, melee base attack, or Heroes of the Lance Champions in your formation, stacking additively.

Augment Feedback

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July 3rd, 2019
Idle Champions: Founders' Day 2 
Posted in Idle Champions.

It's a time of celebrations and festivities for Waterdeep. Founders' Day is a time of legendary displays of martial and arcane prowess from the notable Champions who call the City of Splendor home, where visitors and locals alike gather and share stories of Waterdeep's history.

Unfortunately, these festivities have also attracted the attention of one of the Lords of the Nine Hells, who has come to collect souls for the Blood War...

Founders' Day 2 introduces the Wild Elf Druid, Walnut Dankgrass, and brings back Deekin Scalesinger, the Kobold Bard. Players will have until Monday, July 15th, 2019 at 12:00pm PDT, to unlock them!

New Champion: Walnut Dankgrass

    Walnut is a child of the Enclave Panax Anima, an all-female clan of woodland defenders within the Kryptgarden Forest. Not only a frighteningly enthusiastic member of Acquisitions Incorporated, she also strives to protect the natural world by any means necessary. Did we mention she also has the goddess Mielikki living inside her? That seems important.
Walnut is a versatile Tank and Support Champion. Her Documancer ability can be customized for your formation needs through multiple specializations. When you want to add Walnut to your formation, you can swap her with Delina (Slot 8).

For more information about our latest Champion, check out the Idle Champion Spotlight: Walnut Dankgrass dev blog!

Returning Champion: Deekin Scalesinger

    A former member of the Dripping Fang clan, Deekin was once a Skald for a White Dragon named Tymofarrar. Once he was released from Tymofarrar's service, he set out to become the most amazing storyteller in all of FaerÈ—n. He yearns to sing and tell stories of heroic deeds, but his songs often devolve into "tales" of the doom that is coming to him or his companions.
Deekin is a Support Champion. He helps the party by buffing DPS and by attracting enemies (to help clear areas more quickly) with his Song of Doom. When you want to add Deekin to your formation, you can swap him with Bruenor (Slot 1).

Year Two Variants

  • Rain of Fire — Fireballs occasionally rain from the sky, damaging a random Champion. These Fireballs become more frequent the further you progress.

  • Close Quarters Combat — Only Champions with melee Base Attacks may be used.

  • Aww, Hells Nuts — Enemies become much more powerful over the course of the adventure. Walnut starts the adventure in your formation and cannot be moved, removed, or swapped out. Demonic Squirrels occasionally spawn. When killed, these squirrels drop Hell-Nuts, which increase the effectiveness of Walnut's Documancer ability and last until the end of the adventure, stacking additively.

Year One Variants

  • Spectator Sport — Three local farmers have joined in on the Founders' Day tussle, and won't take the hint that they should probably take a seat. It might be because they are pretty drunk. They take up a slot in your formation and change positions every 25 areas.

  • Doom is Coming to Waterdeep — Deekin must sing a song so everyone in Waterdeep knows that doom is coming. I know. We tried talking to him. However, he doesn't know which spot will give him the best acoustics. Deekin is always in your formation and will change positions every 10 areas. Deekin cannot be moved because, well, Deekin is singing a song.

  • The Blood War — Whenever you kill a demon, devils get stronger and demons get weaker, and vice-versa.

See the in-game FAQ for more information!