Corvus is a Support Champion in Paladins, added on April 29th, 2020.
Lore
The most difficult decisions test even the strongest of wills, but his will has never wavered, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. He is Corvus, The Magistrate’s Blade. He is the son of Karne, the powerful leader of the Magistrate, but it is by his own merit that he has earned the absolute loyalty of his men and instilled fear in his enemies.
A charismatic leader and brilliant tactician, Corvus will stop at nothing to see his goals realized: a peace to surpass that of the Golden Age, under the Magistrate’s rule. With the near-limitless energy of the Abyss, bent to his iron will, and those soldiers still loyal to his vision of peace, he is doing what no other is capable of. By his own strength, the Resistance will fall, and peace will be forged for the Realm’s citizens, with or without their cooperation.
Summary
Corvus functions similarly to Jenos, both being able to give minor buffs to their allies using their healing abilities. Corvus is capable of healing allies that are out of sight using Mark of Fate, although his healing is reduced and he has to have an ally in his line of sight. Placing a Mark of Fate on a frontline is essential as healing a marked ally will not only increase heals given but reduce the cooldown of Abyssal Reconstruction by 1 second, allowing for more healing. Projection allows him to escape tight situations and gives him one of the best mobility options that many supports lack. Corvus lacks offensive potential in his main kit, and should avoid approaching targets that are aware of him, unless running his stun talent, Stunning Visage. To avoid being killed, Corvus should stick near corners, allies, or areas that players can use Projection effectively to escape. His ultimate is good for zoning specific chokepoints and pressuring enemies off a point or payload for a moment. Since Entropic Breach deals percentile damage, it can also be used as a finishing blow against opponents with low health. Entropic Breach is also effective as a zoning ultimate during team-fights, usually to slow down or prevent enemies from retreating. Using Chronos is required to play Corvus as a healer, as the reduced cooldown will greatly aid him in his healing.
Skills
70 /0.07s
350 over 0.5s — 800
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Talents
Cards
This is a list with all cards available to Corvus:
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| Abyssal Effluxion | 
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Reduce the damage taken by an ally Healed by Abyssal Reconstruction by 4% for {0.8|0.8}s after being Healed. |  Abyssal Reconstruction
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| Abyssal Shift | 
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Reduce your damage taken by {6|6}% while your Projection is out. |  Projection
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| Battle-Ready | 
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Increase your maximum Health by {50|50}. |  Armor / Weapon
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| By My Will | 
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Increase your maximum Ammo by {4|4}. | Armor / Weapon
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| Condemnation | 
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Increase the Healing you do by {5|5}% while at or below 70% Health. | Armor / Weapon
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| Crushing Expectations | 
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Increase the Movement Speed of any ally Marked by Mark of Fate by {3|3}%. |  Mark of Fate
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| Extraplanar Power | 
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Increase your Movement Speed by {6|6}% for 3s after activating Projection. | Projection
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| Grand Design | 
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Grants Marked ally {2.5|2.5}% Lifesteal and Corvus shares 100% of the Healing done due to the Marked target’s granted Lifesteal. | Mark of Fate
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| Magistrate's Might | 
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Gain a {130|130}-Health Shield for 3s after dropping to or below 35% Health. |  30
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| New Resolve | 
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Grant a {40|40}-Health Shield to an ally for 2s when you Mark them. | Mark of Fate
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| Ominous Relic | 
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Generate {3|3} Ammo after Healing an ally with Abyssal Reconstruction. | Abyssal Reconstruction
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| Priority Targets | 
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Healing an ally with Abyssal Reconstruction reduces the Cooldown of Projection by {0.5|0.5}. | 5
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| Shadow Tribunal | 
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Mark of Fate now provides to its target an additional {5|5}% of the Healing done to other allies with Abyssal Reconstruction. | Mark of Fate
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| The Price of Salvation | 
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Heal for {80|80} over 1s after Healing an ally with Abyssal Reconstruction. | Abyssal Reconstruction
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| Unexpected | 
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Regenerate 10 Ammo every 0.5s for {0.5|0.5}s after using Projection. | Projection
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| Unyielding Discipline | 
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Reduce the Cooldown of Projection by {0.5|0.5}s for each enemy hit by it. | Projection
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- Priority Targets triggers even if Projection is not on cooldown.
Pre-Built Loadouts
All of the following cards are in Corvus' pre-built loadouts:
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Cosmetic Items
These are the Cosmetic Items currently available for Corvus:
Champion Skin Collections
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| Weapon | Default Officer's Pistol | ||||
| Rarity | Common | ||||
| Availability | Standard | ||||
| Release | April 29th, 2020 | ||||
| Cost | Free | ||||
| Voicelines | Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
| Cost | Free | ||||
| Voicelines | Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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| Weapon | Exemplar's Virtue | ||||
| Rarity | Epic | ||||
| Availability | Exclusive | ||||
| Release | April 29th, 2020 | ||||
| Cost | 60,000  • 300  •  •  •  Season Pass 2019 - 2020 (Exemplar Corvus Collection) | ||||
| Voicelines | Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
| Cost | 60,000 • 300 • • • Season Pass 2019 - 2020 (Exemplar Corvus Collection) | ||||
| Voicelines | Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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| Weapon | Abyssal Acolyte's Instrument | ||||
| Rarity | Rare | ||||
| Availability | Limited | ||||
| Release | April 29th, 2020 | ||||
| Cost | Season Pass 2019 - 2020 (Abyssal Acolyte Corvus Collection) | ||||
| Voicelines | Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
| Cost | Season Pass 2019 - 2020 (Abyssal Acolyte Corvus Collection) | ||||
| Voicelines | Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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| Weapon | Pyre-Lord's Arbiter | ||||
| Rarity | Epic | ||||
| Availability | Exclusive | ||||
| Release | April 29th, 2020 | ||||
| Cost | 800 • •  •  •  (Pyre-Lord Magnus Corvus Collection) | ||||
| Voicelines | Pyre-Lord Magnus Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
| Cost | 800 • • • • (Pyre-Lord Magnus Corvus Collection) | ||||
| Voicelines | Pyre-Lord Magnus Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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| Weapon | Golden Officer's Pistol | ||||
| Rarity | Legendary | ||||
| Availability | Mastery | ||||
| Release | April 29th, 2020 | ||||
| Cost | Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Corvus Collection) | ||||
| Voicelines | Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
| Cost | Rewarded at Mastery Level 50 (Golden Corvus Collection) | ||||
| Voicelines | Corvus voice lines | ||||
| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ • ▶️ | ||||
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| Rarity | Common | |||
| Availability | Standard | |||
| Release | April 29th, 2020 | |||
| Cost | Free | |||
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| Rarity | Rare | |||
| Availability | Exclusive | |||
| Release | April 29th, 2020 | |||
| Cost | Season Pass 2019 - 2020
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| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
| Cost | Season Pass 2019 - 2020
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| Voice Pack Preview | ▶️ • ▶️ | |||
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| Rarity | Epic | |||
| Availability | Exclusive | |||
| Release | June 23rd, 2021 | |||
| Cost | Beach Bash Event Pass Trials of the Realm Stone Keep (Roaming Emote) | |||
| Cost | Beach Bash Event Pass Trials of the Realm Stone Keep (Roaming Emote) | |||
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| Rarity | Common | |||
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| Release | April 29th, 2020 | |||
| Cost | Free | |||
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| Rarity | Rare | |||
| Availability | Exclusive | |||
| Release | April 29th, 2020 | |||
| Cost | Season Pass 2019 - 2020
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| Availability | Exclusive | |||
| Release | October 28th, 2020 | |||
| Cost | Arcane Pacts Battle Pass Level 113 
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Trivia
- While not explicitly stated in his bio, as mentioned here, Corvus was kicked out of the Magistrate after he had been tricked into summoning Raum.
- Vivian was originally going to mock Corvus for being kicked out, but it was later decided to have her join him due to seeing use in Corvus, as revealed here. As also stated there, Vivian probably doesn't like Corvus, while he probably doesn't trust her.
- Corvus is the one responsible for releasing the Darkness in Atlas' timeline, as can be seen here, as well as officially confirmed here.
- Despite it potentially seeming otherwise, as stated here, Corvus wholeheartedly believes in his goal of ensuring the future of the Realm.
- Corvus looks up to his father, Karne, due to all the good and hard work he's done towards making a civil Realm, as stated here.
- As mentioned here, Corvus initially didn't tamper much with the Abyss in respect of his father's ideals, at least until he became desperate enough and listened to Seris.
- Corvus is the one controlling Terminus, as stated here.
- Magistrate's Archives is Corvus' personal study, as stated here.
- Corvus obtained his knife by constantly encountering the Abyss and doing research on it, as stated here. Seris had nothing to do with him obtaining his abilities, as stated here and here.
- Corvus originally worked with the Outer Tribunal, and originally started working with the supernatural after receiving a medal related to his work regarding it, as stated here.
- As also implied here, Corvus may have worked with Lex and Androxus, possibly also being present when Androxus was cursed.
- It was stated here that Corvus' time with the Tribunal shaped his early life.
- His Exemplar skin may be how he appeared during his time with the Tribunal, as implied here, the skin is of Corvus prior to joining the Magistrate, which would likely be during his time at the Outer Tribunal.
- Corvus' default skin features a modified Outer Tribunal symbol under the cloak on his back, as stated here. This can be seen more clearly here.
- When Corvus uses Projection, the indicator showing where he'll teleport to features the same symbol that appears when Talus uses Rune of Travel.
- According to the card Ominous Relic, Corvus obtained his necklace during a crystal raid.
- Scars can be seen on Corvus' body in the cards Battle-Ready and somewhat in Unexpected as a result of Io's attacks against him from her card Protectors.
- Based on a dev statement revealing Viktor to be around 5'9 or 175cm tall, it was discovered that Corvus would be around 5'4 or 163cm tall.
- Corvus is present in Io's card Protectors and Raum's card Desperation, both prior to Corvus' reveal as a champion.
- Corvus appears alongside Seris and Terminus in Yagorath's card The Great Worm.
- Terminus and Vivian are present in the cards Grand Design and Magistrate's Might, with Cassie and Sha Lin being present in the latter card as well.
- Raum is present in the cards New Resolve and Unexpected, as a small broken figure in the latter.
- Seris is also present as a small broken figure in Unexpected as well.
- Cassie, Tyra, Koga, Grover, and Valera are present in the card Priority Targets as pictures.
- Karne is present in the card Crushing Expectations as a statue.
- Corvus appears in The Rise of Furia lore cinematic, Atlas, Io, and Raum's teaser trailers, all prior to his reveal as a champion.
- Strix, Tyra, Viktor (modern design), and Vivian all appear in Corvus' teaser trailer.
- Corvus is one of the only default characters to mention Karne by name (▶️), as well as a once more as "Father" (▶️). He shares this trait with Vora and Overlord Khan.
- Corvus appears in the Unstable Power avatar.
- He also appears in the Paladins' 3rd Birthday spray.
- Corvus also appears on various pieces of Paladins merchandise featuring the Heal the World artwork.
- One of Corvus' jokes "I have the power of the Abyss and Magistrate on my side! Aaaaaaaaaah!" (▶️) is a reference to a famous vine where an adolescent menacingly tells a person off-camera that they have "the power of god and anime on his side". The video ends with him screaming.
- The video can be seen here.
- Another of Corvus' jokes "Summon an Abyssal Lord they said, it would be fun, they said." (▶️) is a reference to a phrase commonly seen in older memes.
- Yet another of Corvus' jokes "Look, it's a nice coat, yes, but what I wear DOESN'T DEFINE ME!" (▶️) may be a reference to how prior to Corvus' name being decided on, the developers had nicknamed him "coat guy", as revealed here.
- Corvus wielding a knife in-game may possibly be a reference to his most accepted fanmade name prior to his official reveal, with said fanname being "Knaifu the Waifu Stealer" or "Knaifu" for short; a name created due to Corvus' initial appearance featuring him with a knife, along with his "stealing" of Abby.
- The line "Power overwhelming!" (▶️) may be a reference to a line from StarCraft II.
- The line "I do what I must, because I can." (▶️) may be a reference to a line from the song Still Alive from the game Portal.
- As revealed here, as well as mentioned numerous other times such as here, Corvus was not initially meant to be a recurring character, but instead a generic Magistrate officer.
- Part of the reason Corvus' design changed from his initial appearance had to do with making him more suited to do actions a playable character could do, with an example being how running would be difficult for him in his original appearance, as stated here.
- Corvus, Dutchman Makoa, Mernos Jenos, Battlesuit Godslayer Androxus, and Berserker Torvald are all voiced by the same person (Ricco Fajardo).
- While inspecting Corvus' knife, Seris can be heard saying "It's been awhile... friend."
- As Karne's son, Corvus is the fifth champion added to the game who is confirmed to be related to another canon character (The others being Seris & Furia and Lex & Atlas).
- Corvus is the only one to not be related to another playable character.
- Corvus and Jenos's skin Mernos have somewhat related "Curses!" VGS Command, owing to the fact that they are both voiced by Ricco Fajardo.
- Corvus' default skin features his iconic large collar, however, an alternate version of the default splash art exists, showing Corvus without his collar, which can be seen here.
- In an effort to promote Corvus prior to his release, special packages were sent out to various Paladins influencers between March 23rd, 2019, and March 26th, 2019. Each influencer was sent a small box, containing a large number of purple crystals, as well as a few in a jar, alongside a unique letter. Each letter can be read here. The influencers included in this promotion were Jay Flare, Supabounce, Vex30k, and Incinsion.
- As shown here, one of the initial proposals for Corvus suggested him as a Damage champion, and also featured him wielding a railgun.
- Later pre-final concepts for Corvus show a few differences from his final design, seemingly possessing a "Shadow Walk" ability, and enemies affected by Entropic Breach temporarily gaining a pair of horns.
- While somewhat similar-looking, Corvus is not present in Octavia's trailer, with the soldiers present being generic Magistrate soldiers, as stated here.
- As also mentioned there, Corvus was the template for these soldiers.
- Several early concepts of Corvus can be seen here.
- There are a number of skin concepts for Corvus that ultimately went unused; these include the Abyssal Prince, Magistrate Royal Guard, Shadow Stalker, Thousand Hands, Dragon Slayer, Plague Doctor, Lych, and Vampire skins.
- The Pyre Redeemer skin ultimately became Pyre-Lord Magnus, and was seemingly also fused with the Pyre "Echo Champ" Caleb skin to a degree.
Exemplar
Exemplar- Exemplar is a person or thing that serves as a typical role model.
- As implied here, this skin shows Corvus prior to him joining the Magistrate, likely during the time he was part of the Outer Tribunal. While it's not explicitly stated it's this skin in particular, with Corvus' only other skins at the time being the "what-if" Abyssal Acolyte and the Echo Skin Magnus, it leaves only the Exemplar skin remaining.
- Abyssal Acolyte
Abyssal Acolyte- An Acolyte is one who assists and/or follows in religious services and beliefs. In this case, Corvus would be an acolyte for the Abyss.
- As mentioned here, this skin is a "what-if" version of Corvus showing him if he fully embraced the Abyss.
- Pyre-Lord Magnus
Pyre-Lord Magnus- Pyre-Lord Magnus is one of the few skins that is considered an "Echo Champion", alongside Remix Pepper and Ripjaw Buck; an Echo Champion being an alternate reality version of the original champion, as can be heard here.
- As his name would seem to suggest, Magnus is a Pyre-Lord, similarly to how Raum is an Abyssal Lord.
- Though it was stated that Magnus is a servant of the Pyre, possibly implying he isn't a Pyre-Lord after all.
- Magnus' design is reminiscent of armored Magistrate soldiers often seen with Corvus, such as in the Rise of Furia lore cinematic, and Corvus' cards Battle-Ready and Shadow Tribunal.
- The lines talking about "Balance" along with the angelic theme of the skin might be a reference to the archangel Raguel, always referred to as the archangel of justice, fairness and harmony which are related to an overall Balance and also the archangel of vengeance and redemption.
- This skin shares its theme with Fallen Androxus, Archangel Tyra, Pyre Warrior Drogoz, Eternal Retribution Koga, Dark Retribution Koga, Eternal Conflict Lian, Dark Conflict Lian, Eternal Guardian Khan, Dark Guardian Khan, Eternal Fervor Jenos, and Dark Fervor Jenos.
Videos
Ability Breakdown
Changelog
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Corvus' Projection ability could allow him to get above the normal play space of Primal Court, Jaguar Falls, and a few other maps.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed further issues with Corvus getting out of bounds using Projection.
- Talents
- Dark Gifts
- Increased Cooldown Reduction 10% ➞ 15%
- Increased Healing received 50 ➞ 75
- Stunning Visage
- Increased Damage 600 ➞ 800
- Spreading Influence
- Increased Healing Reduction on Marked Targets 15% ➞ 20%
Dark Gifts
Stunning Visage
Spreading Influence- Abilities
- Entropic Breach
- Now damages Pets & Illusions
Entropic Breach- Cards
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- Increased Cooldown reduction for each enemy hit {0.2|0.2}s ➞ {0.5|0.5}s
- Increased damage reduction {3|3}% ➞ {5|5}%
- Increased active time of damage reduction {0.3|0.3}s ➞ {0.8|0.8}s
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- Reduced Lifesteal scaling {5|5}% ➞ {3|3}%
- Increased healing {60|60} ➞ {75|75}
- Reduced healing time 2s ➞ 1s
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Corvus would receive more healing than intended from the Grand Design card when he marked a target that had one or more other sources of Lifesteal that were not from Corvus.
- Abilities
- Entropic Breach
- Increased the effectiveness of the Slow 33% ➞ 45%
- The Slow now persists on leaving the area for 0.5s
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Corvus’ Weapon Fire was causing other game audio to cut out on the Nintendo Switch.
- Fixed an issue in Spectator where Corvus’ Mark of Fate UI would persist on the HUD when swapping from Corvus to another Champion.
- Fixed an issue where the Slow effect on Entropic Breach was not continuing to slow after the first tick of damage.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Corvus would not be able to Mark Players who had disconnected from the match.
- Fixed an issue where Corvus would not be able to mark Imani after she used her Ultimate for the first time in a match.
- Fixed an issue where using Projection could allow Players to teleport out of the Spawn Room early on certain maps or get into “out-of-bounds” areas of several maps in certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where Corvus’ Ultimate ability could lose its VFX targeter under certain circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where the Advanced description of Projection incorrectly stated the range of the ability was 150 units instead of 120 units.
- Fixed an issue where enemy outlines would not change color when Corvus was in effective range for his Weapon.
- Fixed an issue where Pyre Lord Magnus’ Arbiter displays “muzzle flash” VFX through terrain for all Players.
- Fixed an issue where Pyre Lord Magnus’ Arbiter did not have reload VFX.
- Fixed an issue where Corvus’ model would be off-center when displayed on the Main Menu.
- Fixed an issue where the name of the “Unexpected Complications” card did not properly fit in the Card frame.
- Corvus was added to the game.
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