Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-28992768-20170505142519/@comment-25856498-20170522031352

Crazy History of the Heal Spell

A long time ago, the Royales considered the addition of the Heal spell, to go along with the existing Lightning, Rage and Freeze spells (Poison and Clone would later be added to the mix). They decided against it, as it would be too powerful to keep low-health troops such as Archers alive.

The Kings took note of this and carried on. Over the period of a few months, some Kings had an idea to add the Heal spell to the game, despite objections from the Royales; their claims earlier had ruled out any chance of the Heal spell from being added into the Arena.

Pressure grew as the number of Kings wanting a Heal spell increased. At the same time, the opposition increased in numbers as well. Eventually everyone was forced to take a side.

Out broke what seemed to be civil war, as battles raged between pro-Heal and anti-Heal Kings. Entire clans fell apart to the arguments caused by the hypothetical Heal spell. The Royale world was plunged into chaos, and the Royales needed to find a solution to this. So they created a Heal spell in development, against their own wishes, in order to satisfy both sides. They needed to be very delicate with the balancing; otherwise it would plunge the Royale world into even more danger.

So, when the Heal spell was finally announced to enter the Arena, it was met with massive controversy. Anti-Heal Kings claimed that using it on powerful cards such as the Three Musketeers and cancerous cards such as the Elite Barbarians or Royal Giant would only make things worse. Pro-Heal Kings defended the statement, partly by claiming that it would benefit them in ladder for the same reason.

A while later, the Royale Spell Factory finally created the Heal spell, much to mixed reception; some were thrilled by the Heal while others were not. Turns out, the Heal was not as powerful as players thought it would be, even though its healing was understated by many predictors. Seeing that the Royales had done a decent job in making the Heal spell work, the two sides reconciled and all was well.

As things stand in equilibrium, people wonder if the Royales would ever introduce the Healer to the Arena. It could well be a different story...