Life Elf – Cuthalion Earthmissile
A Beastform Design Concept

Another one of my punny names, this spell is one of the ways that Life spells can be updated to deal with Myth’s minions. Since most Myth minions, if I’m not mistaken, have 100 health, if they have 125, then this spell should do 125. The point is, Life should have a 0-pip hit that counters Myth’s minions since it’s also 0-pips. If you’re not going against a Myth form, then this spell will at least do 50 dmg, which is on par for Life forms.

The afterlife this time give the team blades, and it is my favorite afterlife apart from the Life Draconian’s healing one since it will actually make the opponents hesitant about killing them. Surprisingly, no other forms has a blade as their afterlife, and it fits perfectly with the Life school and will help greatly with the team you leave behind. The blade being 100 is the same value as the Draconian’s afterlife blade, and I thought that fit. It takes 1 pip of value on that card, and since Life Elf should be a little better, it can do 0-pips. I can see this being used almost immediately, especially since Life Elf has such low health.

This spell is a simple 1-pip 100 spell, which a low damage form greatly needs and the Fairy also has. The condition on this guy is to give a 100 HOT if you cast it with a blade. With the blades that this form has, it fits right in. I know the card SHOULD have “(self)” after the 100 HOT part, but not every spell has “(self)” on there where it should be, like the Clever Imp, and there was also no room for it. I’m also excited since, surprisingly enough, the Nature’s Wrath spell animation has not been added yet.

First of its kind, the Life Elf has a 1-pip heal that is not over time. This gives a significant advantage since no matter how many pips you have, you can always save a teammate, even if only a little bit. Also, this gives a 25 blade, which isn’t a lot, but it will help forms meet any charm conditions they have and every little bit counts! The spell is quite simply a smaller version of existing spells, so there’s nothing too wild here.

Possibly the most important spell here is the Spider Bite. It does damage far above DPP when the opposing team has a minion up. Now not only can the Life Elf take the minion out if he wants to, but can also do extra damage to the enemy players. This will make Myth forms think twice about summoning their minions, which is exactly what a Myth counter SHOULD be doing. Myth doesn’t have much identity other than minions, so having this will help bring down the power that is Myth forms.

Bull Restore is a bit of a play on words, and I know that the Minotaur is typically used as a damaging hit, but since the Life Mino’s version of this spell also heals, I didn’t see a problem in doing this. Plus, the double hit animation of the Minotaur would work perfectly here. This mechanic of healing then doing an over time heal is super common in the main game. Regenerate, Sprite, Wings of Fate, and a few others do this, so we know the devs at least have the tools to make this happen. I’m guessing the reason this hasn’t been always in Beastmoon is because HOT spells don’t revive players. That way, keeping them alive and bringing them back to life had to use 2 separate turns. I do understand that mindset, but here’s why I think this is okay to do… First of all, the initial heal is 25, so if the opponent want to re-kill the player getting healed, they will be able to do so with 0-pips, or 1 if one turn has past. Second, Life’s healing has not been used and abused currently, and as a Life form, it’s almost always worse to heal than to hit, even if you don’t have hits that do as much. With this type of spell, Life will have a better way to heal their defeated teammates, and even if they’re not defeated, this will still be a decent heal. Doing 300 over 4 turns is typical for a 2-pip spell right now, so I think this would be great for this form to have, although it’d be even more helpful on a higher health Life form.

One of the coolest mechanics that Life has right now, is the Life Draconian spell, “Harvest Spirit,” that puts on an afterlife on the opponent that gives your team a buff when that enemy is defeating, AND it does a decent amount of damage itself. I think this type of thing is amazing and all Life forms should have it. This time, I made this concept into a slightly less powerful version. It does the same damage, but for one less pip, the afterlife just gives yourself 1 pip rather than giving the whole team a blade. This would be an amazing finisher to use and I really hope we can keep this utility alive and is not just conditional like the Life Colossus and Fairy versions are.

This one is pretty simple. It’s a higher pip version of a spell that already exists. I shifted more of the damage to the initial hit as well to give the Elf a large damage hit. At the 100 DPP mark, this spell should do around 300, but with the powerful condition, I found knocking it down by 50 (half a pip) was appropriate. I like keeping this condition since it’s something that requires a teammate to help you do more damage. I enjoy cards that make players think about which forms to team up together.

For all the reasons I explained in the Bull Restore, I think Life deserves a spell like this that heals a little bit to revive, then do an over time. The numbers on this are consistent with other AOE HOTs and I think it’d be a solid addition to the form. Surprisingly enough, no other Life form has a Sprite spell with this art and animation! I have no idea why, but it fits right in, especially with the new Sprite Swarm spell that just came out.

Another new animation for Beastmoon, this spell is a larger version of the Spider Bite. Currently, there’s no Life AOE that does more than 200 initial damage without the condition met. Although 250 would fit with the 100 DPP, I went with 200 since the spell would most likely not be used unless the condition is met, and I do want this form to specifically counter Myth in this way. Even if there is no Myth (or Fire) on the other side with a minion up, then the 200 is at least on par with other forms.