Skul: The Hero Slayer for Nintendo Switch has received an update bring the game to version 1.5.2. There have been a lot of changes to the skulls, items, and writings. Also, the team has fixed many bugs in many different ways.
Long patch notes incoming
Skul: The Hero Slayer 1.5.2. patch notes
- Map and NPC changes were made.
- With the most recent update, the game got a lot of new items, but the number of items users could get stayed the same. This became a problem because it made it hard for users to mix and match items the way they wanted to.
- Due to the fact that Skul users can only hold a limited number of items, the recent update made the game harder.
- So, with this patch, we lowered both the price of the item and the price of restocking it. We did this to make a quick fix, but we don’t think this is the best way to fix it.
- We will find a more fun way for users to get items in the next update, taking into account the number of items and how hard it is to get them.
- Prices of items sold by the Collector will go down at all stages.
- At all stages, the Collector’s restock price for items he sells will go down.
- When restocking often, the rate at which prices go up will go down.
- The amount of gold that the field NPCs “Little Gust” and “Lion’s Sword” need will go down.
- The rate of Grace of Jealousy against NPCs goes up when there is a change in the physical attack. 50 percent 80 percent Evil Druid of the Demon King’s Castle
- The problem where the Poison Gas Trap on the event map “Dangerous Box” sometimes did more damage has been fixed.
- Skull
- As we got ready for the Major Overhaul for Skul’s Items, we paid a lot of attention to the boss fight with the Frost Skull.
- It’s cool to use Freeze to stop the boss, but if it’s used too often, the boss won’t be able to do anything and will be defeated inside the ice.
- When this happens too often, it could make the battle less exciting and less tense.
- Before this patch, the Frost Skull’s skills were more than enough for the new Freeze system to kill the boss.
- The easiest way to solve this problem was to make Frost Skul’s Freeze effect based on chance, but we didn’t want Status Effect skills to be based on chance.
- We overestimated the Frost Skull’s ability to stop the boss, so we made it weaker than we thought it would be.
- This patch brought the Frost Skull’s abilities up to a good level, but we still don’t think that too much Freeze and Stun in boss fights is the best thing.
- We’ll fix this problem as soon as possible by making bosses more resistant to status effects.
- In this patch, we’ll use “alternative measures” to bring the abilities of Frost skull and Status Effects like Freeze and Stun up to the right level for the Status Effect system as it is now.
- But in the next update, we’ll use the Status Effect system to make the boss battle much more interesting.
- Frost Skull
- <Applies to all skulls> Skill
- All skills have had their before-cast and after-cast times cut down.
- Frost Skull> Skill
- [Iceberg]
- Changed the cooldown from 24 seconds to 17 seconds.
- Damage went up
- [Glacial Charge]
- Changed the cooldown from 21 seconds to 15 seconds.
- Damage went up
- [Freezing Field]
- Cooldown changed from 26 sec to 18 sec.
- Damage went up
- [Glacial Blade]
- Ancient Frost Skull now has a 14-second cooldown instead of 20 seconds.
- Passive
- For 5 seconds, nearby enemies take more damage.
- [Iceberg]
- Changed the cooldown from 24 seconds to 19 seconds.
- Damage went up
- [Glacial Charge]
- Changed the cooldown from 21 seconds to 17 seconds.
- Damage went up
- [Freezing Field]
- Changed the cooldown from 34 seconds to 21 seconds.
- Damage went up
- [Glacial Blade]
- Cooldown changed from 20 sec to 16 sec.
- Frozen Soul does more damage.
- Passive
- For 5 seconds, nearby enemies take more damage.
- Changed the hit count for “Glacial Cut” from 1 to 2.
- The skill “Glacial Cut” now does more damage.
- [Iceberg]
- Cooldown changed from 30 sec to 27 sec
- Damage went up
- [Glacial Charge]
- Changed the cooldown from 21 seconds to 19 seconds.
- Damage went up
- [Glacial Blade]
- Cooldown changed from 20 sec to 18 sec.
- Damage went up
- [Iceberg]
- <Applies to all skulls> Skill
- Petty Thief <Wanderer> Skill
- [Backstab]
- Changed the chance of stun when hit from 30% to 50% (Outlaw)
- Skill
- [Backstab]
- Changed the chance of stun when hit from 30% to 50% for all skulls (Alchemist).
- [Backstab]
- [Backstab]
- Skill
- [Liquid Nitrogen Flask] Cooldown changed from 25 sec to 20 sec.
- [Liquid Nitrogen Flask] Damage went up
- [Neurolepsis Flask] Changed cooldown from 27 seconds to 22 seconds
- [Neurolepsis Flask] Damage went up
- Rock Star <Applies to all skulls>
- Skill
- [Climax] Cooldown changed from 20 sec to 14 sec.
- Skill
- Minotaurus
- This is true for all skulls.
- Skill
- [Bludgeon] Changed the cooldown from 24 seconds to 19 seconds.
- <Pierrot>
- Skill
- [Hide-and-Seek Knives]
- Changed skill cooldown from 21 seconds to 17 seconds.
- [Hide-and-Seek Knives]
- Changed the cooldown from 21 seconds to 17 seconds.
- Skill “The King”
- [The Wolf Trap]
- Archlich’s cooldown went from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.
- This is true for all skulls.
- [Deadly Chill] is a skill. Cooldown changed from 25 sec to 18 sec.
- [The Wolf Trap]
- Items
- We think that Status Effect items that were common had less value than we thought. Instead of changing how often these items appear, we added abilities that could help players get through the game’s early stages.
- Toxic Pendant
- Added the effect that increases Physical Attack by 20%.
- Broken Dagger
- The effect has been added: Attack speed is 15% faster.
- Cogwheel by Manatech
- The effect has been added: Magic Attack is 20% stronger.
- Wedding Ring Left Behind
- Cooldown was added as a new effect. The speed is 25 percent faster.
- Cross Old
- Added the effect: The chance to get a critical hit goes up by 5%.
- The Bone of Speed
- Dash Attack and Mana Gauntlets both deal more damage.
- Dash Attack and the Warrior’s Steel Mace both deal more damage.
- When more damage is done, a shaking effect is added to the screen.
- Inscriptions
- We overestimated how the Inscription could be changed and how it could be used in different ways. As a result, the limit of growth got lower, and inscriptions didn’t work as well in the end as they used to. We looked at the overall value of Inscriptions and how hard enemies were, and we made Inscriptions better overall.
- By this measure, we kept the growth cap at the same level as before.
- Heirloom
- With 4 Inscriptions, the effect is that damage changes from 20% to 45% more.
- When 4 Inscriptions are used, the rate at which damage is reduced changes from 35% to 45%. Arms
- With 2 Inscriptions, the rate at which your physical attacks get stronger changes from 35% to 45%.
- With 4 Inscriptions, the damage of Additional Attack goes up.
- With 6 Inscriptions, the damage of the Additional Attack Artifact goes up.
- With 2 Inscriptions, the rate at which Magic Attack goes up changes from 35% to 45%.
- With 4 Inscriptions, the damage of Additional Attack goes up.
- When you have 6 Inscriptions, Additional Attack Fairy Tale does more damage.
- Change in Spirit attack cooldown time if you have 3 Inscriptions. Rate of speed increase for every 1 Spirit: 20% to 25%
- With 5 Inscriptions, the attack of the Spirit gets stronger. King\sRelic
- With 4 Inscriptions, the Additional Attack Hidden Blade does more damage.
- Effect of having 2 Inscriptions: Change in damage increased from 25% to 35% for Fortress
- When 4 Inscriptions are used, the rate at which damage is reduced changes from 30% to 40%.
- With 2 Inscriptions, the rate at which Physical Attack and Magic Attack go up changes from 30% to 35%.
- With 2 Inscriptions, the amount of gold found in chests goes up.
- With 4 Inscriptions, chests will have more gold in them.
- Manatech
- With 4 Inscriptions, the rate at which casting speed increases changes from 60% to 100%.
- With 2 Inscriptions, the rate at which Quintessence cools down faster changes from 50% to 65%.
- With 4 Inscriptions, the change in damage is increased from 25% to 40%.
- Courage
- With 2 Inscriptions, the effect is that the change in physical attack is increased from 15% to 20%.
- Effect with 4 Inscriptions: Change in Physical Attack is increased from 25% to 45%
- Wisdom
- With 2 Inscriptions, the effect is that the change in magic attack is increased from 15% to 20%.
- Effect with 4 Inscriptions: Change in Magic Attack gets stronger: 25% to 45%
- Rapidity
- With 2 Inscriptions, the rate at which Attack Speed goes up changes from 25% to 30%.
- Effect with 4 Markings 20 percent to 30 percent increase in damage change
- Mana Cycle
- With 2 Inscriptions, the rate at which a skill’s cooldown time goes up changes from 40% to 50%.
- With 4 Inscriptions, the change in damage is increased from 20% to 30%.
- Mutant
- With 2 Inscriptions, the effect is that the rate at which swap cooldown speed goes up changes from 35% to 45%.
- With 4 Inscriptions, the change in damage is increased from 25% to 35%.
- Misfortune
- Effect with Two Markings – Change in the critical rate: 10% to 15%
- Effect with 4 Markings The cooldown for buffs has changed from 35 seconds to 25 seconds.
- With 2 Inscriptions, the rate at which critical hits do more damage changes from 15% to 20%.
- With 4 Inscriptions, the effect is that deadly strikes do more damage.
- Chase
- Effect with 4 Markings – Duration of the change: 2 sec to 3 sec
- Effect with 4 Markings 20 percent to 30 percent increase in damage change
- Soar
- Effect: With 2 Inscriptions, the Critical Rate changes from 15% to 20%.
- With 4 Inscriptions, the change in damage is increased from 20% to 40%.
- Execute
- With 2 Inscriptions, the effect is that the damage is increased from 40% to 60%.
- Effect with Two Markings – Change in damage amplified: 1 percent (Max 10 percent) → 1.5 percent (최대 15 percent)
- With 4 Inscriptions, a change in damage is amplified: from a maximum of 20% to a maximum of 30%.
- Brawl
- When you have 2 Inscriptions, the effect is that Additional Attack Revenge does more damage.
- With 2 Inscriptions, the effect is that the damage of Additional Attack goes up.
- With 4 Inscriptions, the effect is that the rate at which attack speed and skill cooldown speed go up changes from 35% to 50%.
- When 2 Inscriptions are used, the time between damage ticks is cut down.
- When 4 Inscriptions are used, the time between damage ticks is cut down.
- Too much bleeding
- With 2 Inscriptions, the change in damage is increased from 50% to 60%.
- Arson
- With 2 Inscriptions, the change in damage is increased from 40% to 50%.
- When you have 4 Inscriptions, Additional Attack Absolute Zero does more damage.
- Effect with 4 Inscriptions: The number of hits needed to end the Freeze changes: 2 Hit → 3 Hit Dizziness
- With 4 Inscriptions, the change in damage is increased from 30% to 50% Quintessence Medusa
- Increase in Gaze damage
- Naias
- Bug fix: the explosion of an ice flower does more damage.
- Fixed a bug that caused the wrong type of extra attack damage to be shown for the Grudge Stone in some languages.
- Fixed a bug where the buff effect of the item Hate Stone was written wrong in some languages.
- Fixed the explanation of the damage type for the passive effect of Skull Balrog, which was originally written as “Magic type.”
- Fixed a bug where the [Kaboom!] cooldown for the Skull Demolitions Expert was not 0 seconds.
- Fixed a bug where the skull could move while in hibernation when ‘Skeleton-Bomber’ changes to ‘Frost Skull’ after an explosion.
- Fixed a bug that caused Elder Werewolf and Alpha Werewolf’s swap skill Charge Attack to only hurt one enemy.
- Fixed a bug that caused a paladin’s spear to land in a certain place in chapter 4
- Fixed a bug that caused an enemy to fall when bleeding damage was done. The effect of the item “Blood-Drinking Sword” no longer grows.
Everyone who plays Skul: The Hero Slayer on Switch can now download the 1.5.2 update.
