2025年10月更新日志 – Merge Tactics

October 2025 Balance Updates: Three Major Patches

October brings a triple wave of balance changes across three maintenance windows (October 15th, October 2nd, and September 19th). These updates focus on reducing modifier dominance, buffing underperforming traits, and fine-tuning unit identities.

Maintenance: October 15th

Nerfs – Taming the Meta Dominators

刺客

4/4 Critical Chance: 50% → 45% (–10%)
4/4 Critical Damage: 50% → 45% (–10%)

Assassin's critical attacks were putting too much pressure on enemy backlines. This nerf makes engagements more fair and balanced.

训练

HP Buff: 100% → 50% (–50%)
Damage Buff: 50% → 30% (–40%)

Buffed benched troops were too strong, encouraging players to keep units out of battle rather than deploying them.

大师竞技场

HP Buff: 100% → 50% (–50%)
Damage Buff: 50% → 30% (–40%)

Some troops became overly powerful when buffed, creating frustration when players needed to move or sell them.

怪物饮料

HP Buff: 200% → 100% (–50%)
Damage Buff: 100% → 50% (–50%)

Buffed high-cost units were becoming extremely powerful. This reduction keeps things balanced.

Buffs – Rising Stars

电击巨人

Cooldown: 9/9/9/9 → 9/7/5/3 (–0/22/44/66%)

Electro Giant should tank using his special ability instead of just HP, but he was taking too long to charge up.

骷髅龙

Ability HP Cost: 50% → 30% (–40%)

Splitting should be a strength for Skeleton Dragons, but their reduced HP left them too fragile over time.

皇家幽灵

Hit Speed: 0.9s → 0.83s (+8.4%)

After adding a cooldown to his invisibility last season, Royal Ghost wasn't packing enough punch for his Elixir cost. He's back!

电击

2/2 Damage: 15% → 20% (+33%)

Electric's stun bonus was tricky to trigger, so we're adding more power to make it feel better.

游侠

Max Stacks: 15 → 25 (+67%)

Rangers were slow to ramp up and struggled against heavy tanks. This gives them more late-game power while keeping early appeal.

王牌

2/4 Heal from Damage Dealt: 0% → 40%
4/4 Captain Bonus Damage: 60% → 70% (+13%)
4/4 Heal from Damage Dealt: 50% → 70% (+40%)

Ace is a costly trait that depends heavily on the Captain, so we're giving it extra survivability to make it more reliable.

贵族

2/6 Buff Percentage: 20% → 25% (+20%)
4/6 Buff Percentage: 30% → 40% (+33%)
6/6 Buff Percentage: 45% → 60% (+33%)

Since Noble stopped buffing the whole team, it's felt weak. These buffs help it stand up to Clan and Goblin traits.

哥布林

2/4 Gain: 2-Elixir Goblin → 2 or 3-Elixir Goblin
4/4 Drop 3 or 4-Elixir Goblin: 60% → 100% (+67%)

Goblin Trait felt too random when aiming for 4-Elixir Goblins but getting 2-Elixir ones. This makes it more consistent.

Maintenance: October 2nd

Nerfs – Cooling Down the Hot Picks

飞龙宝宝

Attack Range: 4 → 3 (–25%)
HP: 690 → 650 (–5.8%)

Baby Dragon's massive AoE damage and Fire Trait scaling made it too dominant. These nerfs allow better counterplay while maintaining damage output.

火焰

2/2 Bonus Damage: 40% → 30% (–25%)

Fire units have strong AoE scaling, but once a troop is KO'd, they become unstoppable. This brings them back to earth.

法师

2/2 Rabbit Duration: 7s → 6s (–14%)

Everyone loves harmless rabbits, but they don't like being helpless for too long. For the good of all rabbit-kind!

爆破手

4/4 Bonus Damage per Hex: 20% → 15% (–25%)

Blasters were doing too well with additional range and built-in AoE. Even close-range troops struggled to counter them.

巨人

Shield Duration: 12s → 11s (–8.3%)
4/4 Shield Percent of Max HP: 60% → 50% (–17%)

Juggernauts offer great utility and survival, but we're tuning them down to make room for other tanks like Brawlers.

Buffs – Power Ups

哥布林投矛手

Attack Damage: 130 → 150 (+15%)

Since Blasters were nerfed, Spear Goblin gets some of his power back.

女巫

Skeleton Summon: 1/2/3/4 → 1/2/4/8 (0/0/+33%/+100%)

Skeletons took too long to summon and weren't strong enough for the Elixir investment. More skeletons = more value!

复仇者

2/2 Bonus Damage: 20% → 30% (+50%)
4/4 Bonus Damage: 40% → 60% (+50%)

We over-nerfed Avengers previously. Now they're once again ready to take on fearsome foes!

部落

2/2 Heal and Bonus Hit Speed: 30% → 35% (+17%)
4/4 Heal and Bonus Hit Speed: 60% → 70% (+17%)

Clan troops lost core carry potential recently, so we're adding power back to the trait. Clan bonds run thick!

Maintenance: September 19th

Buffs – Early Season Boosts

royaleking_mt

Hitpoints: 10 → 12 (+20%)

Royale King couldn't keep up with Spirit Empress as players learned to merge. +2 HP helps him maintain his kingly status!

吹箭哥布林

Attack Range: 4 → 5 (+25%)

With more ranged troops being added, Dart Goblin was losing his place. This range buff makes him stand out strategically.

骷髅巨人

Bomb Damage: 200/400/800/1600 → 300/600/1200/2400 (+50%)

Melee tanks are getting tougher from traits, making the bomb feel weak. This damage boost keeps his confidence booming!

Adjustments – Identity Refinement

王子

Damage: 100 → 136 (+36%)
Hit Speed: 1.25s → 1.42s (–12.5%)

Prince had little impact after his initial charge. Now he contributes more to each victory, though survival depends on player skill.

Meta Insights

What's Hot

电击巨人 becomes a much stronger tank with massively reduced cooldown at higher star levels
游侠 now scales into late game with 67% more max stacks
女巫 can flood the board with up to 8 skeletons at max level
复仇者 returns to relevance with a massive 50% damage buff

What's Cooling Down

刺客 loses some of its backline deletion power
训练, 大师竞技场, and 怪物饮料 all see significant nerfs to bench-buffing strategies
飞龙宝宝 requires closer positioning with reduced range
巨人 makes room for other tank options

Frequently Asked Questions

When were the October patches released?

The October updates came in three waves: September 19th, October 2nd, and October 15th, 2025.

Which unit received the biggest buff?

骷髅巨人 received a massive +50% bomb damage increase, and 复仇者 got a +50% damage boost at all tiers.

Why were so many modifiers nerfed?

训练, 大师竞技场, and 怪物饮料 were encouraging players to keep units benched rather than deployed, which wasn't the intended gameplay.

Is 刺客 still viable after the nerf?

Yes! The 5% reduction in critical chance and damage is noticeable but doesn't completely remove Assassin from the meta:just makes it more balanced.

What are the biggest meta changes?

The shift away from modifier-buffing benched units, the rise of 游侠 and 复仇者 comps, and the increased viability of 电击巨人 as a tank.

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