Anime Vanguards Update 1: Cursed Showdown

Released on October 21, 2024, the Cursed Showdown update brings a massive content drop to Anime Vanguards, the popular Roblox tower defense game. Players can look forward to new units, stages, modes, and numerous improvements that enhance gameplay and quality of life. Here’s a full breakdown of everything new:

🗺️ New Story Chapter & Stages

The update introduces a brand-new story arc inspired by Jujutsu Kaisen. The highlight is the Shibuya Station chapter, which features the intense Shibuya Massacre stage—available as a high-difficulty Legend Stage.

🧙 New Units

A total of 13 new units were added, spanning several rarities:

• Epic: Nazuka
• Legendary: Inamuki, Nobaba
• Mythic: Todu, Chaso, Gujo, Jag-o, Itaduri
• Exclusive Units:
• Tuji – Exclusive drop
• Julias – Battle Pass exclusive
• Mechamar, Mohato – Tournament exclusives
• Legendary Super Brolzi – Leaderboard exclusive

Noteworthy: Todu brings a new gameplay twist by allowing unit position swapping.

🌟 New Game Modes & Features

• Tournaments: Weekly competitive events featuring Traitless and Trait Enabled brackets. These offer two chances each week to earn exclusive rewards.
• Cursed Shop: Trade Cursed Fingers (dropped in Infinite Mode at Shibuya Station) for valuable enhancement items.
• Gold Merchant: Spend in-game Gold on items like Essence Stones, Stat Chips, and EXP Food for your units.

⚔️ Combat & Gameplay Enhancements

Element System Introduced

Units and enemies now feature elemental types like Fire, Water, Nature, Spark, Holy, Curse, Unbound, Blast, Cosmic, and Passion. This system adds new depth through elemental strengths and weaknesses.

Paragon Card Updates

Card mechanics were overhauled with rebalances and additions:

• Revitalize: Restores 7.5% health
• Strong: +10% enemy health per card
• Regeneration: Heals 0.4%/sec per card
• Shield: Adds +1 shield per card
• Speed: +5% speed per card
• Quake: Units stun nearby targets every 5 seconds
• Immunity: Grants crowd control immunity
• Champions: Spawns a miniboss every 6 waves
• Dodge: 4% dodge chance per card
• Drowsy: Increases unit SPA by 4% per card

🛠️ Quality of Life Improvements

User Interface

• Fuzzy search support for item lookups
• Unit teams can now be named; hover to view stats
• Improved tooltips, showing cooldown details
• Quest UI overhaul with visible daily/weekly timers

Profile Customization

New banners now appear on leaderboards:

• Yuruicha: Earned via the Yuruicha Unit Achievement
• Goddess of Love: Buy for 500 trophies
• Mankind’s Weakest Hunter: Unlocked with Song Jinwu and Igros
• Pawsome: Buy for 30 trophies

Gameplay Tweaks

• New "Damage in Range" stat beside DPS for better tactical planning
• Pop-up ability usage tips added
• MVP counter now shown in profiles
• Teleport icon added to Dungeons in the Raids section

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Fixed abilities not triggering properly, including Isdead (Romantic)’s Mahokarada and Orehimi (Faith)’s ICHIGA!!!
• Resolved incorrect item obtainment details and missing enemy data
• Addressed gameplay issues like skip vote timers and upgrade buff glitches