Chess Ascendant

Dungeons

Two floors, then a boss

  • Generated every run
  • Pits, lava and rubble
  • Lost pieces stay lost
  • Recruit with gold
  • Chests, captains and bosses drop gear

Ten tiers

Enemy rating

  • I500
  • II711
  • III922
  • IV1133
  • V1344
  • VI1555
  • VII1766
  • VIII1977
  • IX2188
  • X2400

Gear

Weapon

Power

Armour

Shrug off captures

Boots

First-capture Combo

Head

Combo

  • AscendantItem level 64
  • CommonItem level 10
  • EpicItem level 32
  • LegendaryItem level 46
  • RareItem level 20

Eight sets

Two pieces: a bonus. Four: a new class.

Bonecrown

2 pieces+5 Power for every piece in the graveyard.

4 piecesLich (Necromancer): raises an undead pawn beside it every 5th turn, and once a round, instead of moving, can raise a captured enemy to fight for you.

Ember

2 piecesAlways alight: its captures score the fire bonus.

4 piecesInferno: every turn it burns an adjacent enemy.

Goldweave

2 pieces+1 gold for each capture.

4 piecesMidas: its kills score x1.5 and pay 2 gold.

Holy Order

2 pieces+1 Combo on captures while beside your king.

4 piecesTemplar (Cleric): once a floor, instead of moving, bring back your last lost piece beside it.

Iron Guard

2 piecesGuard +1: shrugs off one more capture each floor.

4 piecesBastion (Sentinel): once a floor, blocks an enemy capture of itself or a piece next to it.

Shadowstep

2 pieces+15 Power on captures.

4 piecesPhantom (Rogue): its captures score x1.5 and it may step a square after each.

Stormcaller

2 piecesIts captures arc from x6 Combo.

4 piecesTempest: every 3rd turn it strikes the best enemy it attacks.

Warborn

2 pieces+1 Combo on captures.

4 piecesWarmonger (Berserker): each capture this floor gives +1 more Combo than the last.

The Armoury

Keep every find.

Scrap

Break down the rest.

Ascendant Shards

Forge the best gear.

A lone king on a long road toward a burning throne, in oil paint

Progression

The Road of the Ascendant

  • 100 stages to the Ashen Throne
  • Every stage saved
  • Retry any loss
  • Replay any stage reached

Seven gems

  • SapphireThe Blue Keep
  • AmethystThe Royal Court
  • EmeraldThe Emerald Wilds
  • AquamarineThe Drowned Court
  • AmberThe Dwarven Hold
  • DiamondThe Frozen Throne
  • RubyThe Inferno

18 titles

Your enemies use them.

The Hall of Ascendants

For those who beat stage 100.