Kastiel

[e][h] Kastiel

Orphan of Wintros

Hero Information

Type:

Ground

Defense:

 1200  25

Attributes:

Biological, Heroic, Heavy

Energy:

100/100

Speed:

5

Introduced:

H73832

Attack1: Nethersword

Target:

Ground

Damage:

100

Attack Speed:

2

DPS:

50

Range:

1

Attack2: Soulblade

Target:

Ground

Damage:

80

Attack Speed:

2

DPS:

40

Range:

1

The Sovereign of Arkhos is wise in the ways of war; having survived the Desolation of Wintros, Kastiel knows all too well that tomorrow is not promised. To his ends, he gathers resources across worlds to increase Arkhos' power, binding his time until he can enact his final plans...

Progression

• Lvl 1
• Lvl 2
• Lvl 3
• Lvl 4
• Lvl 5
• Lvl 6
• Lvl 7
• Lvl 8
• Lvl 9
• Lvl 10

Improved Ground Forces

• Gain access to the Hero Kastiel
• Start with a Kuzuri
• Combat Vehicles (Vector, Saber) cost 50% less to produce
• Scout and Caster units (Cabal, Animancer, Scanner) cost 25% more to produce

New Unit: Eradicator
Argent is replaced with the Eradicator:

• Polarized Shield passive: While the Eradicator is above 50% health, it is protected by a shield bubble that reduces incoming damage by 20%
• Unlocks the Time Shift upgrade: When a target is hit with an Eradicator's basic attack, it creates a time-alterating vortex at the target's location, Slowing the movement of any enemy ground unit moving throught it for 2.5 seconds

• Unlocks the King's Watch top bar ability: Sovereign's Watch can now be cast on Hero Kastiel and no longer requires a friendly Collection Array to be within range of a target structure

Cascade Controller
Unlocks Cascade Flex:

• Link Nodes now warp in 1 second when created in Cascade Field
• Eradicators within their own Cascade Field charge their beams to maximum power 2x as fast
  

• Unlocks Hero Kastiel's Cascade Conduit passive: hero Kastiel is attuned with raw Celestial power and radiates his own Cascade Field around himself

New Unit: Kuzuri
Kri is replaced with the Kuzuri:

• Shadow Mantle passive: The Kuzuri is Stealthed while out of combat
• Unlocks the Time Repulsors researchable upgrade: Kuzuri cannot be Slowed

Firefall

• Unlocks Hero Kastiel's Firefall Ultimate ability: Kastiel channels for 1 second before warping up to the fleet above and rocketing back down to Earth in a column of dark flames. Upon impact, the ground around him explodes, dealing 200 falloff damage in a large area of effect
• Unlocks Guardian Barrier: Friendly untis gain a shield that blocks damage from one attack or spell every 60 seconds
• Unlocks the Cancellation Pulse top bar ability: A pulse of energy reveals and dispels all magical effects in an area. Summoned units within the pulse are instantly killed. Each cancelled effect adds an additional five stacks of Kastiel's Cull the Unworthy

New Unit: Arkhos Arcship
Arcship is replaced with the Arkhos Arcship:

• Affinity Link passive: while Hero Kastiel is alive, the Arkhos Arcship's movement speed is increased to 4
• Animus Absorption passive: the Arkhos Arcship collects Animus from enemy units killed in range of it
• Soul Cannon ability: the Arkhos Arcship fires a Soul projectile that can target any unit or structure in vision, converting 50 Animus into 150 damage on a single target. Killing a target with Soul Cannon heals the Arkhos Arcship.

Unlocks Insatiable Power:

• Kastiel's power-granting structures have their Power output increased by 25%
• Collection Arrays can now produce Prisms

Animus Duelist

• Hero Kastiel's Darkfire ability now Taunts nearby enemies for 5 seconds
• Hero Kastiel's Soulblade ability now refunds a charge of Darkfire
• Unlocks the Animus Reserves reserchable upgrade: each constructed Link Node increases the maximum Animus cap by 5

Animus Heretic

• Unlocks the Arkhos Arcship's Harvest Biomass ability: All tress and corpses in a 4 radius around the Arkhos Arcship are transmuted into resources. Each corpse grants 20 Therium, and each tree grants 20 Luminite.
• Unlocks the Eradicator's Overkill passive: When a target is killed by an Eradicator, the enemy explodes and damages nearby enemies
• Unlocks the Soul Harvester Tier I researchable upgrade: the maximum stacks of Kastiel's Cull the Unworthy are increased from 100 to 150 stacks

Animus Manipulator

• Unlocks the Kinetic Lifeblades researchable upgrade: Kuzuri heal for 20% of damage dealt on their attacks
• Unlocks the Animus Shields teamwide passive: All friendly headquarters have a shield that absorbs 50% of incoming damage. 10% of the prevented damage is stored as usable Animus for the Arkhos Arcship
• Unlocks the Soul Harvester Tier II researchable upgrade: the maximum stacks of Kastiel's Cull the Unworthy are increased to 200 stacks

Animus Gladiator

• Unlocks the Spectral Warrior top bar ability: Target any hero to create summoned spectral version that is controllable for 30 seconds, including the Hero's abilities, passives, and weapons. The summoned version starts at full vitals, regardless of the target's current vitals.
• Hero Kastiel's Firefall ability now does an additional 25 damage per second for 2 seconds in a large radius

Abilities

 Darkfire

15 Recharge Time: 8s Hotkey: Z Caster: Kastiel Charges towards a target enemy ground unit or structure, slamming it with his shield and dealing 100 damage. Also Taunts nearby enemies for 5 seconds.

 Soulblade

20 Cooldown: 20s Hotkey: X Caster: Kastiel Kastiel ignites his Nethersword, gaining 40% bonus attack speed for 5 seconds. His attacks with Soulblade deal 80 damage in a 100 degree/5radius arc. Also refunds a charge of Darkfire.

 Cull the Unworthy

25 Cooldown: 30s Hotkey: C Caster: Kastiel Kastiel sacrifices a target unit, restoring 33% of his maximum health and 10 energy per supply of the targeted unit. Kastiel gains 4 bonus damage per supply cost until he dies. Cooldown: targeting an owned unit decreases the cooldown on Cull the Unworthy by half. Cooldown is dependent on the current health of the targeted unit.

 Firefall

50 Casting Time: 0.5s Cooldown: 300s Hotkey: V Caster: Kastiel Kastiel channels for 1 second before warping up to the fleet above and rocketing back down to Earth in a column of dark flames. Upon impact, the ground around him explodes, dealing 200 falloff damage in a large area of effect. Also does 25 damage per second for 2 seconds in a large radius.

Traits

 Culling Blade

Caster: Kastiel At 50 stacks of Cull the Unworthy: +5 Armor At 100 stacks of Cull the Unworthy: +10 Armor At 150 stacks of Cull the Unworthy: +15 Armor At 200 stacks of Cull the Unworthy: +20 Armor

 Cascade Conduit

Caster: Kastiel Kastiel generates a Cascade Field around him, allowing friendly Celestial structures to be built nearby.

Astral Interventions

 Power Surge

Hotkey: CTRL + Q Caster: The Celestial Armada, Auralanna, Kastiel Targets one of your structures, granting it its Surge Bonus at the cost of 10 Power or disabling its Surge Bonus, refunding 10 Power.

 King's Watch

Cost: Pow 15 Recharge Time: 90s Hotkey: CTRL + W Caster: Kastiel Imbues any target friendly structure with the ability to attack nearby enemies for 20 seconds, dealing 30 damage per second. Can also be cast on your Kastiel hero.

 Cancellation Pulse

Cost: Pow 15 Hotkey: CTRL + E Caster: Kastiel A pulse of dark energy reveals and dispels all magical effects and buffs in an area. All summoned units within the pulse are instantly killed. Each cancelled effect adds 5 stacks to kastiel's Cull the Unworthy stack count.

 Spectral Warrior

Cost: Pow 30 Recharge Time: 120s Hotkey: CTRL + R Caster: Kastiel Target any Hero to create a summoned spectral version that is controllable for 30 seconds, including the Hero's abilities, passives, and weapons. The summoned version starts at full vitals, regardless of the target's current vitals.

 Purify

Cost: Pow 20 Recharge Time: 120s Hotkey: CTRL + T Duration: 10s Caster: The Celestial Armada, Auralanna, Kastiel Requirements: Arcstation Summons a beam of light at a target location for 10 seconds, which restores 5 energy per second to friendly units, drains 10 energy per second from enemy units, and continously dispells debuffs on friendly units and buffs on enemy units from the area.

Upgrades

 Research Animus Reserves

Cost: Lum 100 The 100  60 Hotkey: C Researched from: Therium Purifier Each constructed Link Node increases the maximum Animus cap by 5.

 Research Soul Harvester Tier I

Cost: Lum 100 The 100  60 Hotkey: V Researched from: Therium Purifier Kastiel's maximum stacks of Cull the Unworthy are increased from 100 stacks to 150 stacks.

 Research Soul Harvester Tier II

Cost: Lum 100 The 100  60 Hotkey: V Researched from: Therium Purifier Requirements: Research Soul Harvester Tier I Kastiel's maximum stacks of Cull the Unworthy are increased to 200 stacks.

Units

Unit	Lum	The			Hotkey	Macrokey	Type	Built From	Req. Building
Unique Units
Eradicator	50	0	1	18	D	W + D	Ground	Creation Chamber
Kuzuri	100	25	2	26	F	W + F	Ground	Creation Chamber	Guardian Nexus
Standard Units
Prism	125	0	2	30	A	W + A	Air	Arcship, Arcstation, Arcfortress, Mythia Arcship, Mythia Arcstation, Mythia Arcfortress
Scanner	50	25	1	20	G	W + G	Air	Creation Chamber	Arcstation
Cabal	125	75	3	32	Z	W + Z	Ground	Creation Chamber	Arcstation
Morph Core	100	0	2	25	X	W + X	Air	Arcship, Arcstation, Arcfortress
Vector	150	50	3	32	A	E + A	Ground	Starforge
Scythe	200	75	4	38	S	E + S	Air	Starforge	Arcstation
Saber	225	125	6	45	D	E + D	Ground	Starforge	Arcstation
Seraphim	100	75	3	30	Z	E + Z	Air	Legion Hall
Animancer	100	150	4	40	X	E + X	Ground	Legion Hall	Ascension Matrix
Archangel	400	300	12	65	C	E + C	Air, Ground	Legion Hall	Arcfortress
Unvailable Units
Argent	100	0	2	26	D	W + D	Ground	Creation Chamber
Kri	100	25	2	28	F	W + F	Ground	Creation Chamber	Guardian Nexus

Patch Changes

Balance Patch History
Patch	Release	Balance Changes
Early Access 0.1.1	2024-10-03	King's Watch no longer gains the damage bonus from Cull the Unworthy. Kastiel’s base weapon damage has been lowered from 120 to 100.