After the design of the Yan Wang card was completed, Xie Mingzhe began to conceive the design of the linkage technique.
There is an official limit on the number of cards that can be linked at one time. No more than 5 cards can be linked at one time, otherwise the data calculation will be too complicated and confusing. Xie Mingzhe also knows that it is not realistic to link all ten cards at the same time, but it is possible to link them separately according to the type of card.
Among the Ten Kings of Hell, King Biancheng's "City of Wrongful Death" locks up all the death cards in the formation, King Yanluo's "Return to Life and Redress" temporarily resurrects, and King Lunzhuan's "Six Paths of Reincarnation" is reincarnation and resurrection. The skills of these three cards are related to each other and can be linked.
——The joint skill "The Lord of Life and Death of the Ten Kings of Yan" is effective for King Biancheng, King Yanluo, and King Lunzhuan.
——When King Biancheng opens the gate of "Wrongful Death City", if King Yanluo and King Lunzhuan are present, they will both gain an earth-based invincible shield that lasts for 5 seconds.
In future games, once the opponent is familiar with Nirvana's playing style, when King Biancheng opens the city gate and releases the death card, the opponent will definitely immediately use single control skills to restrict the actions of King Yanluo and King Lunzhuan, making it impossible for them to successfully revive the cards.
Invincibility is the highest priority of all skills. The combined skill will give Yanluo King and Rotation King an invincibility shield at the same time, ensuring that the actions of the two resurrection cards are not restricted in any way, and the resurrection skills can be released smoothly. This combined skill has no buff effect on the card itself, but the setting of "ensuring the smooth release of the resurrection skills" is actually very critical in team battles.
The output cards in the Ten Palaces of Hell include the Third Palace, the Fourth Palace, the Seventh Palace, and the Eighth Palace. Xie Mingzhe also made linkages for these four cards.
——The joint skill "The Ten Kings of Hell's Jealousy" is effective against the Emperor of Song, the Five Senses King, the King of Mount Tai, and the City King.
——When Emperor Song, King Wuguan, King Taishan, and King Metropolis were present at the same time, the four Yan Kings hated those evil cards and believed that they should be punished more severely.
——The basic attack power of Song Emperor's "Black Rope Hell" and Five Senses King's "Blood Pool Hell" increases by 50%; when the effect of Taishan King's "Oil Pot" and Urban King's "Stifled Pot" skill ends, an additional critical damage of 50% of the attack power is generated.
All four cards are output cards. When they are on the field at the same time, the linked skills enhance the output. This design can maximize the output of Yan Wang.
The remaining three cards are all support cards, including King Qin Guang, King Chu Jiang, and King Pingdeng.
As auxiliary control cards, Qin Guangwang's Evil Mirror Platform rebounds, Chu Jiangwang's Ice Hell reduces attack speed, and Pingdengwang's evenly distributed damage can all work wonders when used at critical moments. The most important thing about auxiliary cards is the skill cooldown time. As long as the cooldown time is shortened, you can use one more skill in a team battle, which will have an immeasurable impact on the battle situation.
Therefore, when designing the linkage skills of these three cards, Xie Mingzhe started with the aspect of "cooling and reduction".
——The joint skill "Reincarnation of Karma of the Ten Kings of Hell" is effective on King Qinguang, King Chujiang, and King Pingdeng.
——Cause and effect, good and evil will eventually have retribution. When King Qin Guang, King Chu Jiang, and King Pingdeng are on the field at the same time, the skill cooldown time of all three cards is reduced by 20%. The faster skill cooldown allows them to release control skills multiple times.
Xie Mingzhe first designed the linkage skills on a draft paper, and then added descriptions of the linkage skills to the skill descriptions of each card. He also wrote a very detailed card encyclopedia, and improved the settings of the Ghost Realm King Yan from the First Hall to the Tenth Hall.
He would then give the card encyclopedia to Chi Yingying to polish and modify it, and then put it on the cards.
At this point, his Ten Kings of Hell deck is complete.
Xie Mingzhe excitedly took the cards to find his master.
When Chen Qianlin saw the ten cards he handed over, his expression froze slightly: "So many?"
Xie Mingxing smiled and nodded: "These ten cards are a complete set of Yan Wang cards. Because the number of linked skills is limited, they can only be designed separately. I think it would be more useful to design linked skills according to the types of different cards."
Chen Qianlin looked back at him and said, "What I mean is, can you tell who is who among so many cards with similar names?"
There are too many cards in the team competition, and cards with similar names are easy to confuse. Chen Qianlin's worry is not unreasonable. King Chujiang, King Qinguang... Ten cards are all called "xx King". It is really difficult for people who don't understand the culture of the underworld to remember so many Yan kings.
Xie Mingzhe lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "I will explain the design ideas to Xiao Ke in detail so that he can understand and remember them. I believe that with Xiao Ke's intelligence, he will be able to remember them quickly."
"Well, it would be best if you also have a detailed design idea." Chen Qianlin said nothing more. Card memorization is a basic skill for professional players. The skill settings of the ten Yan Wang cards are extremely complex. Xiao Ke has to remember the cooldown time of each skill and practice the operation in actual combat.
"Master, can you please take a look and see if there are any mistakes in the skill description?" Xie Mingzhe asked seriously.
Chen Qianlin carefully read through the ten cards. He was used to his apprentice's various weird designs, but the skills designed this time still made him feel that his worldview was about to be overturned. Especially the resurrection skill of "Six Paths of Reincarnation". There were countless cards with resurrection skills in the major clubs of the alliance, but he had never seen a skill that completely changed after resurrection and started a new "card life".
Thanks to Ah Zhe for thinking of it. Usually everyone says to let go of the past and start a new life. But now, the cards also have to forget the past and start a new life...
Chen Qianlin rubbed his temple helplessly and said, "From the data, there are no major problems with these cards. In terms of skills, the most controversial one is the Six Paths of Reincarnation. After resurrection, it will become another card, but you stipulated that the reincarnation card can only inherit one skill, and it cannot be turned into an instant death card or a deathrattle card. In this way, the strength is about the same as the general resurrection skill. As for whether it can pass the review, it depends on the attitude of the official."
The master's analysis made sense. All Xie Mingzhe could do was to try his best to design according to the official standards. He had no control over whether it would pass in the end. If the data analysts were in a bad mood and wanted to kill the creativity of his card, he couldn't go against the officials.
Chen Qianlin followed closely and said, "The skill designs of these cards of yours are quite special, such as Black Rope Hell, Oil Pot, Stifled Pot, Mirror of Evil, and City of Wrongful Death. You just described them with words, and the system cannot automatically generate skill special effects."
Xie Mingzhe was stunned: "Yes, I almost forgot about this!"
Chen Qianlin looked at the problem more carefully and pointed out the key point directly: "It is best for you to design the special effects of new skills yourself and add them to the special effects database for direct reading. Otherwise, your skill of oil pan will likely be generated by the system as a large iron pot for cooking rice. If you just put a large mirror on the mirror table, it will definitely not look good."
Xie Mingzhe: “…”
That scene is ugly just thinking about it.
Although the combat effectiveness of a card is only related to its statistics, even if its skill effects are ugly, it will not reduce its strength. However, pleasing skill effects will make players more comfortable when operating it.
Most of the card skills, like "Fire Attack" and "Freeze", have a lot of special effects in the special effects library, and the plant-based petals falling special effects also have fixed templates, but the card skills designed by Xie Mingzhe are very special - there are definitely no materials such as "Oil Pot" and "Evil Mirror Table" in the special effects database, so the official special effects engineers have to redesign them, and the results may not necessarily conform to the style of Yan Wangpai.
The special effects of this batch of Yan Wangpai must be checked personally.
That night, Xie Mingzhe called Qin Xuan over and told him his thoughts.
Qin Xuan's artistic talent is much higher than Xie Mingzhe's. The previous Grand View Garden splicing scene map was so stunning that even the official was impressed and used it as the All-Star battle map. Xie Mingzhe wanted Qin Xuan to help with the skill effects.
Xie Mingzhe drew rough drafts of the new skills such as the Blood Pool Hell, the Black Rope Hell, the Mirror of Evil, and the Hometown Viewing Platform, and asked Qin Xuan to perfect them. The Wrongful Death City was also built in the style of the ghost world, with three bloody characters "Wrongful Death City" written on the tall city gate, and some wandering souls were floating in the empty city...
Oil pot, hollow copper pillar, suffocating hell, these skill special effects were all designed by Xie Mingzhe himself. After discussing and finalizing them with Qin Xuan, he handed them over to Qin Xuan to make them into card special effects.
Qin Xuan's work efficiency was extremely high. He completed the special effects of all ten cards in just one week. Xie Mingzhe took them to the virtual room of the game and tried to release the skills. The special effects of each skill were carefully matched and very consistent with the style of Yan Wangpai. The dark-style skill effects almost completely reproduced the horrific scene in hell!
Xie Mingzhe was extremely excited. He patted Qin Xuan on the shoulder and said, "So handsome!"
Qin Xuan's talent in art can help Nirvana make every card extremely exquisite. The skill effects of Yan Wang's cards are particularly cool. Once this batch of new cards is released, it will definitely make the audience shine.
"Should we call Xiao Ke over to take a look? The details can still be modified." Qin Xuan asked.
"Don't tell Xiao Ke yet." Xie Mingzhe said, "He has been busy practicing the operation of Gongsun Jiuniang's new cards recently. These ten Yan trump cards have not yet passed the review. They may be rejected by the official. I don't want Xiao Ke to be happy for nothing. I will notify him after all the reviews are completed. Then let him try it out in actual combat. We will talk about it if the special effect details affect the operation."
Qin Xuan nodded.
Qin Xuan saw how serious Yu Ke was these days. Ever since he got the new cards of Gongsun Jiuniang, Yu Ke stayed in the simulation training room from morning till night, repeatedly practicing the operation. It was not difficult for Gongsun Jiuniang to release skills. He only needed to control the number and angle of the ghost fire, which he could already master. He still couldn't control the husband-and-wife combination of Qiao Sheng and Lian Cheng. Not to mention the Five Ghost Emperors. Once the highway in the ghost world was opened, his ghost cards were completely messed up.
Although he was very busy, Qin Xuan could see that Xiao Ke was very happy because these were all new cards that Ah Zhe had customized for him. He was like a child who got a new toy and played with it until midnight every day without feeling tired.
Ah Zhe was busy making joker cards, Xiao Ke was practicing new cards, and Chen Xiao was also busy making new plant cards. In comparison, he seemed to be the one with the least time? Qin Xuan was actually quite happy to be able to help with the special effects design. Thinking of this, he looked at Xie Mingzhe and said, "If you need help, feel free to come to me. I don't have anything to do these days."
The auxiliary cards that Chen Xiao wanted to give him had not been completed yet, so Qin Xuan had been very free these days.
Xie Mingzhe thought for a moment and said, "There's still one card that hasn't been made yet. Let's just submit it after we finish it. I'll also need your help in designing the special effects."
Qin Xuan immediately agreed: "No problem."
Xie Mingzhe said, "When this batch of joker cards is finished, I will give you some to practice controlling. It is impossible to give all these joker cards to Xiao Ke. When necessary, you have to help him share the pressure."
Qin Xuan nodded: "I understand."
In addition to the endless mode, the team competition can also choose the light and dark card mode. If the joker card is used at that time, Qin Xuan must be able to control it accurately - character cards, dark plant cards, joker cards, as long as they are Nirvana's auxiliary cards, he must master each one.
The war is imminent and everyone is busy.
The busier Xie Mingzhe is, the more energetic he becomes.
The next morning, he struck while the iron was hot and made the last joker card he had in mind.
——The Great Emperor of Fengdu, the Lord of the Ghost World.