Painted One

Powerful guardian of a small village in the Sacred Ridge.

Caligos has watched over the village of Tei for lifetimes now. It is a small place, appearing on no maps, and its inhabitants earn their keep farming small plots of rice and keeping goats. However, they also have an old, well-tended garden with many pigment-producing plants. These are carefully harvested and ground up, and a few times each year Caligos steps lightly through the humble abodes and down the dirt street, finally lying down in the center of the hamlet. The dragon is then pampered as the villagers file away at chipped scales and then meticulously repaint the beautiful red and white patterns that stretch across wings and body. Old, old magics sing through these patterns, and so the villagers repay Caligos’ protection by restoring the dragon’s power.

Legendary Wind Sorcerer

Breeding Pair: Lupin (16) & Montague (12)

Spells

PAINTED AEGIS - Active | White | 1 Rage

Shield prevents incoming damage (3) seconds or until it absorbs damage equal to (60)% of its modified HP.  it explodes and damages nearby towers for (26)% of the dragon's modified HP.

SYMBOLIC POWER - Active | White

Two-stage spell that transitions between Brushstroke and Splatter.

• BRUSHSTROKE - Active | White | 1 Rage

  • Deals (2000)% of the dragon's attack power as damage to all towers in the target area.

• SPLATTER - Active | White

  • Fires (8) projectiles at nearby random towers, each dealing (12)% of the dragon's modified HP as damage. The cooldown is (4) seconds

SATURATE - Active | Red | 2 Rage

Deals (16)% of dragon's modified HP as damage to nearby towers and freezes them for (3) seconds. Affected towers take (50)% increased damage from all sources.

INFUSION - Active | Blue | 1 Rage

Restores (3) rage on cast and cause the dragon to heal for (14)% of its modified HP whenever it destroys a tower. The cooldown is (4) seconds.

Design Intent

Caligos is a spell-heavy sorcerer with an abundance of AOE damage. 

Caligos’s main offensive ability is the two-stage spell: Symbolic Power. The spell’s first stage is Brushstroke, which fires a high damage projectile at a small target area. Brushstroke is Caligos’s most reliably means of tower destruction, and is key to enabling the dragon’s two colored spells. After casting Brushstroke, Symbolic Power transforms into Splatter, which fires a number of projectiles at random nearby towers. Splatter is more effective when its damage is divided among fewer targets, so the spell is excellent for finishing off an island’s last towers. After casting Splatter, Symbolic Power will go on a brief cooldown before transforming back to Brushstroke. 

Caligos’s next two spells provide both offense and defense. Painted Aegis shields Caligos from a large amount of damage for a brief period. After the shield expires, or if its damage threshold is exceeded, the shield will explode and heavily damage all nearby towers. Painted Aegis can be used defensively to protect Caligos from an island’s barrage of attacks, but it can also be carefully timed to detonate immediately upon engaging a new island. Caligos’s third spell is Saturate, which damages and freezes all nearby towers. Any tower affected by Saturate is also debuffed to take increased damage. While costing a lot of rage, Saturate is very versatile. The spell can disrupt mage tower supershots, prevent incoming damage, and strengthen Caligos’s other spells. Combining Saturate’s damage debuff with Painted Aegis’s explosion damage is a particularly effective combo. 

Caligos’s last spell is Infusion, which restores some rage on cast and causes the dragon to heal whenever they destroy a tower. Caligos is quite rage hungry, so casting Infusion often is key to the dragon’s success. Brushstroke is an excellent way to trigger Infusion’s healing ability, though Caligos can also score a massive heal if it destroys multiple towers with Painted Aegis.