Comic #823: Apply Yourself (Patreon)

I liked the idea that Keydar would finally figure out how to avoid mechanics, but ended up avoiding positive spell effects too. I have to admit it took me a long time early in the expansion to realise that certain ground spell effects were being cast by players and not enemies.

Wild Spirits is a Hunter Night Fae ability which fits the mold pretty perfectly. It creates the giant blue swirl pictured in panel 3. It also happens to match Skolex's (A boss from Seplucher) Devouring Blood ability almost exactly.

I was surprised to find out that I haven't actually drawn Legolas (the dwarf hunter in this comic) since #509, nearly 7 years ago. I have used his name in various dps meters and group queues, but I haven't actually drawn him in a long time.

His dialogue in the last panel was originally "Hey boss, maybe I stop casting wild spirits? It make our rogue run a lot." In my canon for the comics, the character Legolas is foreign, and tends to speak in slightly stilted English. There is something about that that I find endearing. It gives him an honestly and a bluntness that I enjoy. The problem is how hard that is to convey in a comic with only text. Especially for a character that hasn't appeared in 7 years. So I ended up making it a little more grammatically correct. Maybe in the future I will introduce that concept a little more clearly.