Update: Guild Wars have been pushed back to April 24. Read the details here.
Exciting news! 3.0 was released today, with an all-new feature, Guild Wars. Join your guild in battle against other guilds and receive valuable rewards, including troops exclusive to this new mode. Read more about Guild Wars in the official 3.0 patch notes.
The first set of new troops is:
More will be added as time goes on; check here and on the official forum for announcements as they show.
3.0 brings a number of balancing changes as well, including a sorely-needed adjustment to Bone Dragon.
Abynissia
Mana cost reduced from 24 to 22
Bone Dragon
Spell now strips up to a max of 25 Armor
Skull boost ratio reduced from 1:3 to 1:4
Base Skulls created increased from 8 to 9
Mana cost increased from 14 to 15
Carnex
Skull explosion now fixed at 10 Skulls
Armor gain now scales off Magic
Base Armor gain changed from 8 to 3
Dokkalfar
Damage now scales with magic, as well as summon level.
No longer gains Magic at Levels 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19
Base damage decreased from 10 to 4
Mana cost reduced from 13 to 11
DRACOS 1337
(Mech Bond, Armored, Technomancy) to (Mech Bond, Impervious, Technomancy)
Mana cost reduced from 17 to 15
Ghiralee
Damage now scales with magic, as well as random skill point steal
Base damage decreased from 10 to 1
Mana cost reduced from 14 to 13
Gloom Leaf
(Defender, Huge, Thorns) to (Huge, Impervious, Thorns)
Attack Steal increased from 2 to 4
Mana cost reduced from 17 to 16
Goblin King
Spell changed to summon a random Goblin troop
Mana cost reduced from 16 to 14
Base life gain increased from 5 to 8
Ketras the Bull
Mana Cost reduced from 24 to 22
Marsh Raptor
Damage now gains x4 boost from Blue allies (to synergize with Water Link)
Change bonus on enemy kill from "Attack + Magic buff" to "Create X Blue Gems if the enemy dies"
Plague
Aspect of Plague effect increased from 2 to 3
Spell now also poisons all enemies
Roc
(Nimble, Grudge, Arcane) to (Nimble, Grudge, Armored)
Skill point buff to Attack and Life now scales with Magic
Shadowblade
Base damage increased from 1 to 3
Tankbot 2000
Armor steal now scales off Magic
War
(Pyromania, Armor Piercing, Aspect of War) to (Armor Piercing, Infernal Armor, Aspect of War)
Now gains an extra turn if he kills the enemy
Mana cost reduced from 24 to 22