Mega Minions in the Crosshairs! Another E&P June Balance Update

Empires & Puzzles just received another June Balance Update, and there’s no hiding it, Mega Minions are in the crosshairs.

It’s crazy to think that on Wednesday, I was celebrating the capture of my very first 5-Star Moth (Auricarc), and now, a couple of days later, he’s subject to this update.

The second June Balance Update has already gone into effect, and it introduces a bunch of buffs to some premier families.

Let’s take a quick look at the paperwork before discussing the implications.

June 2025 Balance Update Part 2 (Empires & Puzzles)

Here are the details from Part 2 of the June Balance Update:

Woodland Faun Family

• New Passive Skill: Minion Blind
  • All enemies’ Minions have -60% accuracy. All enemies’ Mega Minions have -50% accuracy
  • Affected Heroes: Verity, Saskia, Peregrine, Ysabel, Araminta, Bramble, Isidore, Ascian, Myrtle, Jolyon, Philomena, Yolanda, Maud

My initial thoughts: I hate missing and -50% for all Mega Minions will be significantly annoying to live with. But let’s not ignore the effect on regular Minions… -60%! If you take a look at the Woodland Faun Heroes, you’ll notice that they already have some monster Passives! They already resist Insanity and Status Ailments, Stacks, and Wither effects on Attack. Yet more, their Family Bonus allows them to resist mana reductions and lets them slap Minions/Mega Minions even harder!

Moth Family

• New effect for Moth Dust:
  • Mega Minion’s current health is reduced by 50% each turn
  • Affected Heroes: All Heroes of the Moth Family

My initial thoughts: Well, on paper, this is great news if you’re struggling with Mega Minions… However, it’s not so great for Auricarc. It was a commenter on the E&P Forum who highlighted the issue, you see, Auricarc steals Mega Minions, and it’s a key part of his Special Skills; meanwhile, this new Moth Dust effect could kill or weaken a Mega Minion before he gets to it! Remember, though, the Moth Dust targeting is random, so it might not hit the one with the Mega Minion. Auricarc’s issue aside, this isn’t as decisive as the Woodland Faun Passive but could still be impactful.

Wild Cat Family

• Family Bonus buffed:
  • Dodging Special Skills now damages the attacker for 100/200/300 damage (with 1/2/3 family members in the team)
• “Nine Lives” passive skill buffed:
  • Chance to revive increased: 75% → 80%
  • Mana on revival increased: 75% → 80%
• Clawing damage buffed:
  • Extra damage and defense reduction now also applies to enemies with active defense buffs

My initial thoughts: The 80% revive chance stands out to me. It might be hard to finish these cats off with the code starting at 80% (it reduces when triggered). The Clawing damage looks like it will now also affect defensive buffs… So with Leonie, that’s 400% instead of 250% damage for enemies with a defensive buff. And they receive -35% defense for 6 turns. If I’m reading it correctly, her Special will now act to reverse a defensive buff. Pretty handy.

Leonie

• Max Clawing damage increased: 375% → 400%
• Clawing damage defense reduction buffed: -30% → -35%
• Stats increased:
  • Attack: 1308 → 1351
  • Defense: 1100 → 1143
  • Health: 1996 → 2119

Rajesh

• Direct Mana boost from the Hero’s effects increased
  • Mana per cleansed ailment: 5% → 10%
  • Mana per bypassed defensive buff: 10% → 15%
  • Mana per resisted negative mana effect: 15% → 20%
• Attack stack increased: +30% → +35% per stack
• Stats increased:
  • Attack: 1279 → 1320
  • Defense: 1137 → 1180
  • Health: 1998 → 2121

Mechanic updates

• Minions and Mega Minions no longer deal elemental Weak or Strong damage, unless specified.

Fixes

• “Lithe Frame” Trait updated to also resist status effects affecting defense against specific Elements

Release notes were obtained and can be found at the Empires & Puzzles Forum.

Empires & Puzzles Mega Minion June Update: The Sequel

My final thoughts:

This update focused on Mega Minions. We’ve had new Heroes and new Passives of late, all slowly impacting the Mega Minion, but so far, they’ve prevailed.

Will this update make a difference to you when facing or fielding Mega Minions?

I’ve had a quick look at the World Leader Board, and at the moment, it seems a bunch of Mega Minion Heroes have been subbed out to warm the bench.

What are your thoughts? Feel free to share them in the comments below.

[Please always check in-game Hero Cards to confirm details and never chase Heroes]

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