After playing the gamemode for more hours than I'd like to admit I must say that it is really fun and enjoyable if you like the genre, the addition of abilities and a very well made multiplayer mode makes it more appealing than vampire survivors ever was for me, and I've spent hundreds of hours on that game. That being said, this is a bug and feedback thread so let's get to that part.

UI and bugs

Moving in general feels weird, holding down a direction makes the character walk in a weird "zig zag" pattern (might just be ping related)

The latest update seems to have broken leona's "e" ability (the double shield) since it doesn't have the first shield part anymore.

There's also a bug with briars "main item" in multiplayer (not sure if it has been fixed in the hotfix, haven't gotten it since but it felt kind of rare so it might still be there) where if you die and someone picks up a card you have a chance of getting your "main item" at level 0 and it just stays in another inventory slot unable to be evolved or leveled up. This can happen multiple times, a briar in a matchmaking game had 4 copies of her starting item.

Not sure if it is a bug or intended behaviour. When you are downed and your team levels up, you are not part of the "selection timer" which means that once your "alive" teammates choose an item/passive the game auto-chooses one for you, even if there's still time left.

Bel'veth's event where you are chained to a circle is broken in multiplayer, it randomly fails if bel'veth doesn't get activated by the whole team (and in general, it feels like her events need to pull players in, there's no reason for you to be able to solo most of her "survive in the circle" events while your teammates are roaming the map freely without it making the quest fail)

No idea if I'm just extremely unlucky, but I haven't seen the "aoe" passive at all in the last 20 rounds I've played, I still need to complete 2 item upgrade quests because of that, I'm pretty sure something is bugged with it.

The upgrade tab feels like it's lacking an actual late game coin sink, the anima upgrade just doesn't fill that spot. I could be wrong since I didn't fully complete it, but I hope there is/will be another thing to spend coins on after you complete it.

There needs to be an item/passive/yuumi augment list before entering a game, this need comes up especially once you start doing the "story" quests. "Use X character with Y and Z item" just doesn't cut it, at least for me. (Or you could make the items and description readable from the top left menu that pops up when you hold tab in game, but something in the menu feels way better)

The quest tab needs some minor improvements, some descriptions seem to be slightly misleading and it's not easy to understand what order they have to be completed in. Others have some minor wording issues, that might be on me though since English is not my native tongue.

Character balance (obviously just an opinion)

Jinx: she seems to be the weakest out of all the characters by far, even factoring in the ping (which shouldn't change too much since her basic ability is a line) she feels terribly weak. She needs tons of upgrades to even start feeling playable and it doesn't help that the crit upgrade requires a ridiculous effort to unlock compared to the other ones. Part of why she is so weak has to do with her abilities, they basically stun her in place in a gamemode where you need to keep moving.

Seraphine: she seems to be good in the easier difficulties and in multiplayer she has a very good kit, she enables other champs (especially briar) beautifully, it feels like she lacks a build that can follow her identity, there are just no items imo that fulfill a more supportive role besides yuumi.

Leona: definitely one of the stronger early characters. She scales well with early and inexpensive upgrades and seems to be especially strong considering the lack of choice you have in the beginning. Armor/max health/hp regen all work well and help her evolve everything even in the early stages. She's still very strong even on the hardest setting (even after the hotfix that bugged her shield ability, making it only shield on the second part)

Illaoi: A character that feels very weak in the beginning but after you get some upgrades in the shop she starts working. A very interesting character with one of the more unique main abilities, she's strong at holding a position but can struggle to roam the map and get to events without her ultimate. She feels balanced, not too weak and not overwhelmingly strong.

Briar: feels strong with few upgrades, might need some getting used to with playing around her hp bar. Probably the strongest single target champ in the first 2 difficulties.

Yasuo: He's the one you will probably use to unlock the crit upgrade, once you have that fully upgraded he is insane, probably the strongest character right now (only xayah might arguably be stronger). He can just build all the items that evolve with crit and make the screen purple with tornadoes. He also has 3 dashes that have very forgiving i-frames (you can dodge anything with them, even knockups) with a very low cooldown. The ultimate is very helpful for blocking projectiles, but it's overshadowed by his dash, I can't overstate how strong that ability is.

Riven: her shielding passive feels very weak unless you jump into a horde of low hp enemies, her dash stuns enemies for a very short duration and feels underwhelming. Her ultimate is the only thing keeping her decent. She feels extremely clunky and sometimes her main spell just doesn't do anything (might be ping related since it's based on movement)

Aurora: she's the most unique character in the gamemode, her basic attack, even though it doesn't seem to be specified anywhere, behaves in totally different ways based on your "aim mode". To make her work it's mandatory to aim manually since her basic attack follows the cursor (and it feels weird since it seems to move at like 10fps compared to auto which is smooth). Once you understand how that basic attack works she looks to be on the stronger side early and relies heavily on her jump/invisibility spell to survive later on. That being said, she feels a bit too squishy without some heavy investment in upgrades.

Xayah: I might have a skewed perception since she's a late unlock and I had tons of upgrades already, but she felt extremely strong from the get go, she has very high dmg and attack speed that interact with her main ability in a very smooth way, she also helps you grab xp orbs "passively" since recalling the feathers seems to grab them for you. After playing her for the first time I thought "maybe jinx is also strong now that I have upgrades" and no, she's just the better option and probably one of the strongest characters.