Welcome back to our Weekly Challenge Report, Travelers!

The machines are rising. The heat is unbearable. The air crackles with arcane feedback and failed automation. This weeks challenge, Rise of the Machines, drops you into constructs and pressure-cooked mistakes. Every room could be your last unless your boons stack faster than the damage does. The weathers heating up. So is the map. Might as well melt with purpose!

What Youre Dealing With:

Extreme Burning Burn deals double damage if enemies have 2 or fewer curses. Stack smart, or catch fire fast. Contained Fury Fury now boosts damage by +2% per stack, but no longer causes Bleed. Clean hits and heavy impact make for a good win. Double Boons boon you gain is doubled. You can snowball or combust. Spiritual Monsters +10% resistance to Holy, Shadow, and Mind. These constructs dont care about your sacred rituals. Vigorous Monsters +25% HP across the board. Bring stamina and sustained damage. Lucky Easier event rolls. A bit of good fortune where everything else really, really hates you. Like a lot. Sorry. This is a challenge built for synergy and speedyoull need to punch through heat-hardened defenses and outpace the flame before the constructs rebuild themselves around your ashes.

Party Report Forge Squad Alpha:

Ottis Sanctifies, dispels, and sweats through it all. The healer who deserves hazard pay but doesn't get any. Cornelius The firestarter. With Double Boons, he doesnt burn enemieshe erases them. Grukli Smashes steel like it insulted his beard. Zero finesse. Infinite rage. Magnus The line between you and immediate death. Holds it well. Usually. Together, theyre less a party and more a walking furnace with a healing pig in the back. Tip of the week: Double Boons = Double Momentum. Prioritize cards and your heroes that can generate buffs quicklyBarrier, Energize, or even Fury chains. A well-timed Inner Fire or Fortify can snowball your run if stacked early. Just dont forget your dispels, and you might just survive long enough to see Act 3!

Rewards From the Depths:

Survive to Floor 3 and unlock two new card backs: One forged in the inferno, and the other chilled by contrastbecause even the machine gods respect balance.

Post-Forge Debrief: Drop Your Run Logs!

• Did Cornelius nuke an enemy with a cool card combo?
• Did Magnus stand alone while Ottis cooked on the back row?
• Found a double-boon combo that made you feel like a genius?

Let us bear witness to your triumphs, tragedies, and tactical errors this weekend and drop your tales in the comments below! Drop your stories in the commentsor join our official Discord to swap strats, cry about how everything hurts and you need help, and/or argue over the best way to stack Fury. This challenge doesnt care how good your build is. It only cares how fast you melt. Sharpen your cards. Gather your courage, and we'll see you again next week for more. The ATO Team

[ 2025-05-23 18:13:02 CET ] [ Original post ]