Windmakers

Windmakers is one of the cards in Stormbound: Kingdom Wars.

Overview
Windmakers is a rare rodent unit that can push stronger enemies away while dealing damage to them. The damage done can be increased by leveling it up. Windmakers sees play in control decks, especially.

Strategies
Windmakers' unique ability to push away multiple units and in different directions creates a lot of strategic possibilities for it.
 * While Windmakers can be used against a single strong enemy to push it back and deal damage, its 2 movement makes it also possible to deal damage to another enemy to the side of the first.
 * The push effect of Windmakers can be used to delay an enemy's advance, much like other pushing effects.
 * Windmakers' 2 movement can also be used to attack the enemy base quickly.
 * If the pushed opponent has exactly one empty space behind them, then Windmakers will push and damage them once, move forward, then damage them again, and then attack. This can result in massive amounts of damage dealt for the cost.

Change History

 * August 14, 2017: Increased mana by 1
 * January 31, 2018: Removed range from pushback
 * July 9, 2018: Decreased mana by 1
 * February 13, 2019: The push effect is executed before the damage
 * May 9, 2019: Decreased mana and strength by 1

Card Versions
Initial Version=

Differences
This is the original version of the card.



August 14, 2017=

Differences
Windmakers's mana cost was increased by 1.



January 31, 2018=

Differences
Windmakers's ability was updated to use the new push mechanics.

Previously, pushing had a range of 1 tile. Units would only be moved back 1 tile when pushed. Now, units are pushed as far back as possible until they are blocked.



July 9, 2018=

Differences
Windmakers's mana cost was decreased by 1.



February 13, 2019=

Differences
Windmakers's ability was changed to push the enemy unit back before dealing damage to it.

Previously, this caused any on-death or damage triggers to occur at the unit's original location. Now, they occur at the new location.



May 9, 2019 (Current)=

Differences
Windmakers's mana cost and strength were decreased by 1 at all levels.