Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
Steam News 22 January 20263mo ago

King of the Hill Season 50: "Season of PUNY HUMANS"!

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Puny Humans" • "Season of the Labyrinth" is over! The changes from that season (more rooms!) remain in the game (for now!) Welcome to the "Season of Puny Humans," - the season of YOU, pun…

Update log

Full Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator update

The complete published notes, normalized for clean reading and source attribution.

Extracted changes

0 fixes3 additions24 changes0 removals
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
added• Mutation Tree Balance •Added two extra levels of Mana Regeneration to the mutation tree in modes with "King of the Hill": Level 5 — 13 regeneration for 100 tokens Level 6 — 16 regeneration for 120 tokens
added• Mutation Tree Balance •In the Brawl mode we’ve also added two levels of "Mana Regeneration" to the mutation tree, but with slightly different values: Level 5 — 13 regeneration for 50 tokens Level 6 — 16 regeneration for 100 tokens
changed• Mutations Balance •Mass Taunt weakened (yes, again…): cooldown time multiplier 0.2 ➔ 0.1; number of Tanks required to increase Taunt duration: 10 ➔ 13
changed• Mutations Balance •Effective Taunt nerfed: duration bonus 2 ➔ 1
changed• Mutations Balance •Cleansing buffed: cooldown reduced 5 seconds ➔ 4 seconds
changed• Mutations Balance •Strike a Light buffed: damage 1200 ➔ 1600

• Seasonal Mutation: "Season of Puny Humans" •

"Season of the Labyrinth" is over! The changes from that season (more rooms!) remain in the game (for now!)

Welcome to the"Season of Puny Humans,"- the season of YOU, puny humans!

Seasonal Mutation: In this season, newbies became twice as strong, but they also now cost twice as much.

We always appreciate your feedback regarding seasonal mutations. Regularly — usually one week before the season ends — we hold calls with players on our Discord server to discuss game balance and upcoming changes. Join us!

• Mutation Tree Balance •

  • Added two extra levels of Mana Regeneration to the mutation tree in modes with "King of the Hill":

    1. Level 5 — 13 regeneration for 100 tokens

    2. Level 6 — 16 regeneration for 120 tokens

  • In the Brawl mode we’ve also added two levels of "Mana Regeneration" to the mutation tree, but with slightly different values:

    1. Level 5 — 13 regeneration for 50 tokens

    2. Level 6 — 16 regeneration for 100 tokens

• Mutations Balance •

  • Mass Taunt weakened (yes, again…): cooldown time multiplier 0.2 ➔ 0.1; number of Tanks required to increase Taunt duration: 10 ➔ 13

  • Effective Taunt nerfed: duration bonus 2 ➔ 1

  • Cleansing buffedcooldown reduced 5 seconds ➔ 4 seconds
  • Strike a Light buffed: damage 1200 ➔ 1600

  • Mana Denial buffed: mana burned 40 ➔ 60

  • Guard buffed: bonus damage from Newbies 240 ➔ 300

  • Raise Dead changed: cooldown 5 ➔ 3, mana cost 45 ➔ 70

  • Napalm buffed: damage 600 ➔ 1200

  • Stunning Beauty buffed: proc chance 25% ➔ 30%

  • Right in the Heart now reduces provoked enemies’ max health by 3% ➔ 2%

• Class Abilities Balance •

  • Tanks' Taunt nerfed:

    1. Level 1: duration 4 ➔ 3

    2. Level 2: duration 5 ➔ 4, armor 120 ➔ 100

    3. Level 3: duration 8 ➔ 6, armor 200 ➔ 150

• Cursed Mutations Balance •

  • Curse of Magicall Humans’ health reduced by 40% ➔ 45%

• Brawl Mode Balance •

  • Mass Taunt nerfed (yes, again…): cooldown multiplier 0.2 ➔ 0.1; number of Tanks required to increase Taunt duration: 10 ➔ 13

  • Cleansing buffedcooldown reduced 5 seconds ➔ 4 seconds
  • Strike a Light buffed: damage 1200 ➔ 1400

  • Mana Denial buffed: mana burned 20 ➔ 40

  • Guard buffed: bonus damage from Newbies 260 ➔ 300

  • Raise Dead changed: cooldown 5 ➔ 3, mana cost 45 ➔ 60

  • Stunning Beauty buffed: proc chance 25% ➔ 30%

• Items Balance •

  • Fencers' items slightly buffed:

    1. Tier 1, Just-a-Sword: damage 55 ➔ 60

    2. Tier 2, Excalibur: damage 110 ➔ 120

    3. Tier 3, Chainsaw: damage 170 ➔ 190

    4. Tier 4, Laser Sword: damage 210 ➔ 230

  • Newbie price in the shop increased: 2 ➔ 4

  • In modes without food, Newbie price now grows twice as fast, and the price cap increased: 11 ➔ 22

  • In the Director's Cut mode, each Newbie’s price now increases by 3, and the cap increased: 25 ➔ 33

• Modes Balance •

  • In the Mutagens mode with and without food, the number of tokens earned has been reduced

King of the Hill Season 49 Results

WINNERS:

🥇Dayemon
🥈スヴァット(Suvat)
🥉The Wrinkled Dinkler

Congrats! Your victory medal has been added to your name on the leaderboard.

Season 50 starts right

Source

Steam News / 22 January 2026

Open original