Siege Alterations

Siege Alterations are changes applied to certain behaviors, items and skills in Battlegrounds, King of Emperium, War of Emperium and/or Draft War of Emperium environments, which are made in an attempt to balance the game and create a more engaging Player vs. Player experience.
Current Patch: 173

General Customizations

The following changes are applicable to all Siege environments:

Game Mechanics

• All players receive 85% less damage from skills and 50% less damage from auto attacks.
• All players receive an innate 20% after cast delay reduction bonus.
• All Baby characters are considered Medium size, including baby Dorams.
• Items and skills which ignore reflect have a cap of 30%.
• General Fixed Cast Time reduction has a 0.7 seconds cap. Proc chances, such as Zaha Doll Hat, can exceed this limit and stack.
• Critical Wounds lowers the effectiveness of healing received by 10% per level instead of 20%.
• Any methods of identifying items, such as Magnifiers or Identify, are disabled.

Items

• All equipment and shadow gears from Nightmare Toy Factory are disabled.
• All equipment and cards from Thanatos Tower are disabled.
• All shadow gears from Thanatos Tower Hard and Juperos Expedition are disabled.
• All temporal circlets from Glast Heim: Challenge Mode are enabled except:
  • Temporal Circlet (Rune Knight)
  • Temporal Circlet (Sura)
• Evil Gloves does not grant Spider Web nor autocast Kimi's Mind Confusion.
• Mad Bunny and its [EVT] variant's Physical Reflect and autocast of Magic Mirror are disabled.
• Mettle, Magic Essence, Acute, Master Archer, Adamantine, Affection or Unyielding higher than level 5 are counted as if being level 5.
• Vellum Flail applies Critical Wounds instead of No Recovery at a lower chance.
• Purified Knight's Shield's DEF and MDEF bypass enchants are disabled.
• Endeavor Token Shop consumables are disabled, aside from Gin Sacred Draught.
• Piercing Shadow Gear, Reload Set, 2nd Job Set and 3rd Job Set are disabled.
• All items not listed below have a 5-second cooldown:
  • Mega White Potion, Mega Blue Potion, Violet Potion, WoE Blue Potion, BG Light Blue Potion, and their boxes, all Genetic Syrup Potions, Cursed Fragment, Butterfly Wing, Yggdrasil Seed, Ancilla, Pertz Runestone, Box of Gloom, Green Potion, Panacea, Aloevera and Warlock Spellbooks.

Cards

• Dark Priest effect only works with autoattackss.
• Mutated White Knight Card and Mutated Khalitzburg Card are disabled.
• [MVP] Sarah Card will keep its old effect for Siege environments: If the user receives damage greater than their current maximum HP amount, this card will decrease the damage received by a large amount.
• Sropho Card effect only works with autoattacks.

• All [MVP] cards follow a tiering system. The card can be limited or allowed based on its Tier. All MVP cards have their respective Tier listed on their description.
  • Tier 0

  Cards in this tier are banned from any Siege game mode. This tier is generally reserved as a blacklist for cards that have not yet been obtained and/or implemented at the time they are classified as Tier 0.

  • Tier 1

  Cards in this tier are limited to 3 per Guild in War of Emperium, and disabled in other Siege game modes.

  • Tier 2

  Cards in this tier are limited to 5 per Guild in War of Emperium, and disabled in other Siege game modes.

  • Tier 3

  Cards in this tier are disabled in King of Emperium but have no use limitations in all other Siege game modes.

Classes

Arch Bishop

• Status Recovery can remove Stasis effect.
• Increased Adoramus damage by 100% in all Siege game modes

Genetic

• All Homunculus S are considered Demi-Human.

Guillotine Cross

• Cross Impact's damage reduced by 40%.

Kagerou and Oboro

• Increased the damage of Flaming Petals and Wind Blade by 50% in all Siege game modes.
• 16th Night will now provide 100% MDEF Pierce for its duration in all Siege game modes.

Mechanic

• Self Destruction's damage increased by 100%.
• Arm Cannon's range of Arm Cannonto 14 cells in all Siege game modes.

Ranger

• Detect removes Shadow Form at 100% success rate.

Rebellion

• HP increased by 150%
• Fallen Angel does not consume 'coins' and is usable with any/no weapon equipped.
• Anti-Material Blast has a fixed 100% chance of applying its debuff.
• Reduced the Fixed Cast Time of Shattering Storm to 0.7 seconds
• Reduced the Fixed Cast Time of Slug Shot to 0.7 seconds.
• Increased the damage of these Rebel skills by 100% in all Siege game modes:
  • Banishing Buster
  • Shattering Storm
  • Hammer of God
  • Fire Dance
  • Dragon Tail
• Platinum Alter will now grant 25% Defense Pierce while active in all Siege game modes.
• Anti-Material Blast now also applies Crimson Marker on hit targets in all Siege game modes.

Royal Guard

• Devotion automatically transfers the status effects Defender, Auto Guard and Reflect Shield to the target, without requiring a recast.

Rune Knight

• Dragon Breath's and Dragon Breath Water's damage reduced by 25%.
• Using Dragon Breath will now put Dragon Breath Water into a 0.5s cooldown and vice-versa on all Siege game modes.

Shadow Chaser

• Manhole cannot be used repeatedly to trap targets already under its effect.
• Shadow Form is removed instantly by Ruwach, Sight or Phantom Menace.
• Full Strip and Strip Accessory can now be removed with Dispel, Clearance and Gospel (only the Royal Guard himself) in all Siege game modes.

Sorcerer

• Land Protector removes Escape Ankle Snare unit.

Soul Reaper

• HP increased by 150%
• Curse of Wicked Souls status effect increases Shadow Property damage for Soul Reapers only.
• Soul Reapers do not lose souls on death.
• Enabled Espa and Eswhoo to be able to be used against Players in all Siege game modes.
• Reduced Espa and Eswhoo fixed cast to 0.7s in all Siege game modes.
• Reduced Soul Division fixed cast to 1s in all Siege game modes.
• Reduced Soul Explosion cooldown from 60s to 30s in all Siege game modes.
• Reduced Soul Explosion soul cost from 10 to 5 in all Siege game modes.

Star Emperor

• Reduced the HP consumed by attacks while affected by Solar, Lunar and Stellar Union from 8% to 4% in all Siege game modes.

Summoner

• Doram-race characters are considered Demi-human/Player race instead of Brute and Medium size instead of Small.
• Summoners are allowed to wear WoE Robe set.
• Spirit of Life gives its full damage bonus (100%) regardless of current HP.
• Silvervine Root Twist has a non-reducible 2-second cooldown and does not refresh its duration if used on an already rooted target.
• Increased the damage of Picky Peck by 100% on all Siege game modes.
• Catnip Meteor element follows element weapon element for Fire, Water, Wind and Earth only in all Siege game modes.
• Reduced the cooldown of Catnip Meteor to 1 second in all Siege game modes.

Sura

• Cursed Circle can be removed by Dispell.
• Cursed Circle cannot be cast on top of the Emperium.
• Gates of Hell damage is altered.
• Knuckle Arrow will no longer moves the caster to the target.

Warlock

• Stasis does not block the cast of Status Recovery.
• Mystical Amplification is disabled.
• Comet does not apply the Magic Intoxication status effect.
• Comet's Mind Slots Cost got increased from 22 to 29.
• Chain Lightning fixed cast time has been decreased from 1 second to 0.7 seconds.

Battlegrounds Customizations

The following changes are applicable only in Battlegrounds:

Game Mechanics

• Every player receives the skill Freedom.
  • An exclusive Battlegrounds skill that instantly cures the caster from any negative effect and can be use while disabled. Has a 2-minute cooldown.
• Weapons with refines greater than 15 will be treated as +15 inside Battlegrounds (except the MVP-On BG version).
• Negative status effects last a maximum of 20 seconds.
• All gear break chances are halved.

Items

• Illusion Immaterial Sword's SP Drain effect and chance are reduced by 10% each and SP Drain effect can only be applied through Auto Attacks.
• Concentrated Golden Syrup Potion has its heal amount reduced by 25%.

Cards

• Sropho Card grants -2 ASPD in Battlegrounds.

Classes

Genetic

• Crazy Weed's Cooldown cannot be reduced below 4 seconds in Battlegrounds.
• Full Chemical Protection has a 7-cells cast range in Battlegrounds.

Guillotine Cross

• Increased the cooldown of Cross Impact from 0.35s to 0.7s in BG.

Kagerou and Oboro

• Increased the damage of Kunai Explosion by 50% in Battlegrounds.
• Increased the damage of Freezing Spear by 25% in Battlegrounds.
• Reduced the cooldown of 16th Night to 30 seconds in Battlegrounds.

Mechanic

• Arm Cannon's damage increased by 25% in Battlegrounds.

Minstrel / Wanderer

• Decreased the damage of Metallic Sound by 25% in Battlegrounds.
• Increased the damage of Severe Rainstorm by 100% in Battlegrounds.

Ranger

• Reduced the fixed cast time of Aimed Bolt from 1 second to 0.7 seconds.
• Increased the damage of Cluster Bomb by 100% in Battlegrounds.

Rebellion

• Increased the damage of these Rebel skills by 100% in Battlegrounds:
  • Slug Shot
  • Round Trip

Royal Guard

• Reduced the cooldown of Prestige and Inspiration to 30 seconds in Battlegrounds.

Rune Knight

• Decreased the damage of Ignition Break by 25% on BG
• Decreased the damage of Storm Blast by 25% on BG.
• Reduced the damage of Crush Strike by 40% on Battlegrounds.
• Disabled the Turisus effect of increasing auto-attack damage by 2.5x when Crush Strike is being used in Battlegrounds.

Shadow Chaser

• Altered the weight of DEX on Masquerade-type skills formula in Battlegrounds.
  • Note: The actual change is a reduction to the minimum chance by about 20% and the maximum chance by 50%.
    • Minimum chance: DEX / 20 -> DEX / 25
    • Maximum chance: DEX / 4 -> DEX / 8
• Triangle Shot has 2 seconds CD after using Feint Bomb in Battlegrounds.
• Full Strip is disabled in Battlegrounds.

Sorcerer

• Vacuum Extreme is disabled.
• Spell Fist's damage is increased by 25% in Battlegrounds.
• Diamond Dust's damage increased by 75% in Battlegrounds.
• Poison Burst's damage increased by 75% in Battlegrounds.
• Psychic Wave's damage increased by 75% in Battlegrounds.
• Earth Grave's damage increased by 75% in Battlegrounds.
• Varetyr Spear's damage increased by 75% in Battlegrounds.
• Mind Breaker is disabled.

Soul Reaper

• Soul Reapers receive Soul Linker Spirit status at spawn.
• Kaite increases physical damage taken by +50% instead of +400%.

Star Emperor

• Star Emperors receive Taekwon Master Spirit status at spawn.
• Solar, Lunar and Stellar Perception and Solar, Lunar and Stellar Opposition are enabled on Battlegrounds.
• Solar, Lunar and Stellar Union cannot be dispelled.

Warlock

• Mystical Amplification is enabled in Battlegrounds.
• Comet's damage is reduced by 50% in Battlegrounds.
• Soul Expansion's damage is reduced by 33% in Battlegrounds.

War of Emperium Customizations

The following changes are applicable in War of Emperium, Draft War of Emperium and King of Emperium:

Game Mechanics

• Barricades receive only 20% of the damage/healing inflicted.
• All Barricades and Stones will now be auto built upon a castle break.
• Increased the HP of castle Stones by times 10.
• Players take double damage from any source while casting Emergency Recall.
• Emergency Recall cancels and prevents the effects of skills that prevent taking direct damage or being interrupted.
• All players are affected by Proximity Resistances.
  • For each guild member on a 15x15 area, the player receives 3% less damage, up to 54% (or 18 guild members nearby). This reduction is applied after all other damage calculations.
• Players that have died more than 100 times in a single War of Emperium will now be unable to re-enter the castle.

Items

• Illusion Immaterial Sword's SP Drain effect can only be applied through Auto Attacks.

Classes

Genetic

• Crazy Weed's Cooldown cannot be reduced below 4 seconds.
• Full Chemical Protection has a 7-cells cast range.
• Banana Bomb can be used.
  • This follows the old Item Sling skill numbers. Duration of the sit effect is 3 seconds, with a 1-second cooldown, usable by Genetics only.
• Pyroclastic does not prevent weapon swapping in War of Emperium
  • Note:Swapping weapon will remove Pyroclastic's effect.

Kagerou and Oboro

• Increased the damage of Freezing Spear by 50%.

Mechanic

• Arm Cannon's damage increased by 50% in War of Emperium.

Minstrel / Wanderer

• Ensembles and choruses may now be performed with partners in the same guild rather than the same party.
  • This change also applies to Invulnerable Siegfried

Ranger

• Reduced the fixed cast time of Aimed Bolt from 1 second to 0.7 seconds on War of Emperium.
• Reduced Aimed Bolt damage by 40% in War of Emperium.

Rebellion

• Slug Shot can be endowed in War of Emperium.
• Increased the damage from Slug Shot to +150% in War of Emperium

Rune Knight

• Algiz Runestone can be used.
  • Algiz applies the effects of Millennium Shield, 175 MDEF, and 50% increase in healing effectiveness to all party members (excluding the caster) in a 9x9 area and has a 1-minute duration and cooldown.

Shadow Chaser

• Decreased the damage reflection from Reject Sword from 50% to 25% in War of Emperium.

Sorcerer

• Mind Breaker is disabled.
• Spell Fist's damage is increased by 100% in War of Emperium.
• Diamond Dust's damage increased by 100% in War of Emperium.
• Poison Burst's damage increased by 100% in War of Emperium.
• Psychic Wave's damage increased by 100% in War of Emperium.
• Earth Grave's damage increased by 100% in War of Emperium.
• Varetyr Spear's damage increased by 100% in War of Emperium.

Soul Reaper

• Kaite increases physical damage taken by +50% instead of +400%.

Warlock

• Comet's damage is reduced by 25% in War of Emperium.

Draft WoE Customizations

The following changes are applicable only in Draft War of Emperium:

Classes

Genetic

• Full Chemical Protection is not removed by death.

Minstrel

• Poem of Bragi applies to the caster's entire guild instead of just their party.

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