This update is a really big one! Here is a full list of all the patch notes. This patch will be going live at 8 PM PST. (In about 3 hours from the posting of this announcement)

Changes

• Teams can now be selected before the match starts in the lobby.
• Greatly increased the range of Phoenix's Fire Breath absorption.
• Nerfed Rain of Fire's damage from 15 to 10 per fireball.
• Buffed Comet's base damage to 90, and it now digs slightly into terrain before exploding.
• Changed Mega Boulder to 6 bounces x 20 damage per bounce.
• Nerfed Mud Blast's initial damage from 30 to 10.
• Removed the sandbox dummy's knockback resistance.
• Buffed Tree of Life's hp from 35 to 50.
• Increased snowflake count for Snowflake Blast from 16 to 20.
• Fissure will now spawn a minimum of 6 Rock Scatter projectiles on its 2nd turn.
• Increased the range of the toxic fumes for mushrooms.
• Storm Titan's thunderstorm now no longer activates immediately after the titan is summoned.
• Branch of Yggdrasil has been replaced by a new spell, Summon Ent, and its effects have been moved and modified into buffs for Full Nature (see Full Book Bonuses section).
• Added new minion spell Vine Bridge to the Ent minion.
• Added a visual effect to Ice Golem's aura.

Fixes

• Fixed wrong radius being used for the cursor after sinking while overgrown.
• Fixed wrong order of operations for if an entity with Substitute set up is hit by a Spore Ball.
• Clams now have a cap of 7 damaging bounces to prevent the infinite bounce bug.
• Arcane damage no longer hurts friendly minions.
• Fixed minion summoning radius being too small when overgrown.
• Fixed wrong radius values being used for most minion spells with a summoning range.
• Fixed lightning rod sinking through entities if on an entity that is mounted on a minion.
• Flying minions no longer lose their collision after not moving for a long time and then moving vertically only.
• Updated visual indicators for Fissure, Whirlpool, and Whale, to match Volcano's indicator.
• Fixed players continuing to move if pressing tab to open chat while still pressing left/right.
• Fixed Arcane Portals still being allowed to spawn on towered players.
• Added missing stun immunity for Rock Golem.

FULL BOOK BONUSES

Arcane

• Arcane Arrows and Arcane Bomb spawn 2 extra arrows.
• Arcane Glyphs spawn an extra outer ring of glyphs.
• Glyph Ball leaves behind a trail of glyphs.
• On activation, you and all your current minions gain the following passive: at the start of your turn, shoot an arcane arrow towards the nearest enemy.

Fire

• The Phoenix's egg form becomes permanently unbreakable.
• Increase the explosion radius of all your explosive fire spells by 50%.

Earth

• Gain permanent Stone Skin (with 2 instead of 5 damage reduction), and replace the Stone Skin spell with Rollout.
• Mud rock projectiles create more terrain.

Water

• Gain permanent Water Skin, and replace the Water Skin spell with Dive.
• Waterball and Water Jet spawn 10 extra droplets.
• Spring Shower spawns 10 extra droplets per turn.
• Whirlpool's height is increased.

Frost

• Gain immunity to being frozen.
• Ice Ring becomes a targetable spell.
• Ice Golem spawns a Frost Imp on death.
• Convert Comet into Mini Comet: drop a small comet that's half the size and damage of Comet, but with a 2turn cooldown and more digging.

Storm

• Lightning Bolt and Lightning Bomb shoot 2 extra bolts.
• All your Chain Lightning projectiles bounce an extra 8 times.

Nature

• Acorns create terrain around where they spawn.
• Overgrowth makes entities even larger.
• On activation, all your existing mushrooms gain the following passive: at the start of your turn, shoot a spore ball towards the nearest enemy.