Patch 0.17 — Champions Awaken | Blood & Nectar Patch Notes

Blood & Nectar Patch Notes

Patch 0.17Champions Awaken

March 30 – April 5, 2026

Champions stop being static cards. A shared status-effects engine, per-champion ability handlers, and duels you can watch. The pace starts climbing here and never really stops.

Pushes

Hours in

63 pushes · 53 h

Total so far

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SYSTEMS

Status Effects Engine (BnN v7)

Shared buffs, debuffs and DoTs, plus live viewer stacks and onDamageTaken hooks for reactive kits.

Champion Handler Framework

Per-champion ability code split into individual handlers behind a central registry. First 6 champions live in the demo.

Observer Mode

Duels can be watched now, not just played.

Full Patch Notes

Added the champions system and observer mode.
Status-effects engine, champion handlers, live stacks, damage hooks.
The week the game stopped being a card binder and started being a fighting game.