Plating
Buff
At the end of your turn you gain unpowered Block equal to the stack count, timed early so it is up before end-of-turn damage. When your next turn begins the stack count drops by 1, except on your first turn of the combat. Sources: Stone Armor 4 (6), Neutron Aegis 8 (11), Eternal Armor 9 (12), Gorget 4 each combat, Heart of Iron 7.
Kind
Buff
BuffStacks
Yes
Applied by
5 enemies, 3 cards, 1 relic5 enemies, 3 cards, 1 relic, 1 potion
Where it comes from
Cards that apply Plating
Eternal Armor
Power
3
Gain 9 Plating.
Eternal ArmorGain 9 Plating.
Neutron Aegis
Power
1
5
Gain 8 Plating.
Neutron AegisGain 8 Plating.
Stone Armor
Power
1
Gain 4 Plating.
Stone ArmorGain 4 Plating.
Relics and potions that apply Plating
Enemies that apply Plating
Frog Knight
Lagavulin Matriarch
Mysterious Knight
Sewer Clam
Slumbering BeetleNotes
Who starts with it
Enemies with Plating also gain their Block before your first turn: Frog Knight 15 (19), Slumbering Beetle 15 (18) until it wakes, Lagavulin Matriarch 12 until it wakes, Sewer Clam 8 (9), Mysterious Knight 6.- In multiplayer an enemy's Plating is multiplied by 3 with two players and 5 with three, and it decays by the player count.
Orichalcum checks your Block before Plating fires, and No Block does not stop it.
Rules and timing
In co-op an enemy receives more of it: the amount rises with the number of players.
Changes by version
- Buffed Eternal Armor card: Plating increased from 7(9) to 9(12)
- Nerfed Eternal Armor card: Plating decreased from 9(11) to 7(9)BuffMysterious KnightStrengthInternal playtestBuffed Mysterious Knight event fight: Strength and Plating increased from 5 to 6
- Buffed Frog Knight: Plating now scales with Tough Enemies Ascension from 15 to 19ChangeInternal playtestPlating now scales with Ascension from 8 to 9ChangeInternal playtestPlating now scales with Ascension from 15 to 18
All 28 patch notes25 older
- Plating decreased from 5(7) to 4(6)
- Nerfed Slumbering Beetle: now loses all Plating when he wakes up
- Buffed Slumbering Beetle: Plating increased from 10 to 15
- Starter Flare relic no longer wakes Lagavulin Matriarch up before she can gain block from her Plating power
- Buffed Heart of Iron potion: Plating increased from 5 to 7
- Changed Lagavulin Matriarch: now loses her Plating when she wakes up (like the Lagavulin in StS1)
- Plating power decrements faster for enemies in multiplayer
- Infested Guardian now gives more Block and Plating
- Now has Plating instead
- Heart of Iron potion now properly grants 5 Plating instead of 8
- Plating decreased from 8 to 5
- Plating power now gives you block before Slithering Strangler enemy's Constrict power deals you damage
- Enemies with Plating like Frog Knight now start with Block equal to their plating, similar to Slumbering Beetle
- Plating increased from 10(13) to 15(19)
- "Gain 20(25) Block. Gain 10(13) Plating. Exhaust."
- No longer gains Block or Plating on its Buff turnChangeInternal playtestNo longer starts with Plating
- Added Plating hovertip to Neutron Aegis card
- Chain Mail Pants card now applies Plating to Osty, not Necrobinder
- Changed Heart of Iron potion: gives 6 Metal to gives 9 Plating
- Updated Plating description to match new behavior
- Plating no longer decreases when damage is received. Instead, it reduces by one every turnCostInternal playtestEncase cost increased from 1 to 2 and Plating lowered from 10(15) to 7(9)Bug fixSlumbering BeetleInternal playtestSlumbering beetle no longer gives player Plating instead of itself
- "Lose 1 HP. Osty gains 10 Plating."
- Orichalcum relic now triggers before Plating and other end-of-turn effects
Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.
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