Open Beta Leaders are "Spawn"ed.

[frbfree]

Open Beta Leaders are "Spawn"ed.

They are Gold, and technically immune to things like Savage Bear and Dandelion anyway, and Monster passive is gone, but I wonder if there is a significance in the choice of deployment for them. Was there something I missed from the Twitch Stream that otherwise differentiated "Spawn" from "Play"?

 

[Nimraphel]

I believe they just made it so for consistency; played implying it was directly played from hand or mustered from deck (a card you include), spawned implying it is a token or arriving into play from a source outside hand or deck.

 

[Flowneppets]

I think giving them a body makes it easier to balance if some leader's abilities are a bit stronger or weaker then others.

 

[NlelithZ44]

Hmmm, players can't choose spawned unit's position on the row. Not sure if devs intended leaders this way.

 

[nhk3]

Actually players can choose for some of the spawns. Rot tosser is a good example.

 

[NlelithZ44]

Yeah, if spawned unit is agile. And it seems like all leaders are bound to a single row.

 

[Dominika]

There are four ways of cards appearing on the board:

1. When you play a card from your hand.
2. When you summon a card (keyword: Summon) – meaning it will be pulled from your deck. If you don’t have that card, summon does nothing.
   
   Example: Wild Hunt Hound will summon the Biting Frost from your deck.
   
   
3. When you spawn a card (keyword: Spawn) – meaning a card will appear, it will be created. Leaders are spawned because they are NOT in the deck.
   
   Example: Fire Elemental will spawn 3 Lesser Fire Elementals.
   
   
4. When you use an ability that allows you to move cards between locations (from graveyard to the board etc.)

I hope I cleared that up for you.

 

[frbfree]

There are four ways of cards appearing on the board:

1. When you play a card from your hand.
2. When you summon a card (keyword: Summon) – meaning it will be pulled from your deck. If you don’t have that card, summon does nothing.
   
   Example: Wild Hunt Hound will summon the Biting Frost from your deck.
   
   
3. When you spawn a card (keyword: Spawn) – meaning a card will appear, it will be created. Leaders are spawned because they are NOT in the deck.
   
   Example: Fire Elemental will spawn 3 Lesser Fire Elementals.
   
   
4. When you use an ability that allows you to move cards between locations (from graveyard to the board etc.)

I hope I cleared that up for you.

Sound explanation! Thanks for clearing it up. Was hoping there might be a hidden dynamic I was missing, but it looks pretty straightforward!