(Ranged) Blight monsters attack foes which are not directly in their path.

Hey guys,

During the creation of any league, we do a fair amount of inhouse playtesting. Blight was no exception to this. One of the core things that we noticed was that there was a lack of danger for Ranged players in particular, as standing out of the Blight lane meant that no Blight monsters would come to attack you. This meant that you were essentially fighting monsters that would very rarely fight back. As such, one of the things that we did was adding skills to various monsters and adding ranged Blight monsters. These ranged monsters are intended to provide an element of danger during Blight encounters, both to Melee and Ranged characters alike.

We recognise that the original preview of the Blight League mentioned that monsters would only attack foes directly in their path and realise that the current version of Blight differs from that preview. That said, we feel that the existence of ranged mechanics on Blight monsters is a better alternative to them not fighting back at all.

Apologies for not having addressed this sooner. Hopefully this clears up any uncertainty about our intentions with regards to Blight encounters.