Patch 0.35.0: Void Salvage

Crusader had drifted into an over-tuned reach-tank: a durable Fighter that
could sit in the back rank, strike over the front line, and simply outlast
whatever it faced. Rounds of health and melee inflation left it too hard to
kill for the pressure it put out, so it warped matches into attrition it
won by default. Pulling its health back to 9 and its swing to 4 keeps the
reach-tank role intact but makes it a Fighter you can actually answer,
instead of a wall that ended games on its own.

The Runner is the cheapest melee body in the pool, but at 1 health and 1
attack it was a Fighter nobody ever fielded: it died to the first hit and
chipped for nothing on the way out. Lifting it to 3 health and a 2 attack
gives this little melee body enough survivability and bite to justify a
slot, so a cheap aggressive line finally has a real cog to spend on.

Station Rat is a cheap ranged chip Fighter, but a 1-health, 1-attack body
evaporated before it fired and barely dented anything when it did. Bumping
it to 3 health and a 2 ranged shot lets the Rat survive a round and put out
damage worth paying for, so a low-cost backline finally has a filler that
earns its place on the board.

The Initiate is meant to be a sneaky melee striker that slips past the front
and hits the back, but at 2 health it died the moment anything looked at it
and never got to act. Doubling its health to 4 lets this glass sneaker
actually reach the board and land its strike, which is the only way its
whole reason for existing ever comes online.

The Sharpshooter is a glass ranged sniper built to pick off back-line
targets, but at 3 health it was knocked out before it could fire a
meaningful shot. Two extra health lets it weather the opening exchange and
stay on the board long enough to actually snipe, turning a dead pick into a
sniper you can build a line around.

Bulwark is supposed to be the wall the rest of your team hides behind, but
with only 7 health and 1 armor it folded too fast to protect anyone. The
extra health and armor point make this Fighter the durable front-line body
its protect kit was designed around, so it can soak the alpha strike and let
the Fighters behind it do their work.

The Forager is a sustain body that wants to sit in the fight and keep the
team topped up, but it kept dying before its healing could swing a match.
Health is exactly the right lever for a Fighter whose whole value is staying
alive to sustain, so lifting it to 13 lets the Forager actually reach the
point where its healing matters instead of falling over first.

At its mana this armored Fighter was a threatless tank: durable enough to
stand there, but hitting so softly the enemy could safely ignore it and
focus everyone else. Raising its swing to 5 gives the Smith a real threat,
so opponents have to respect it instead of walking past a tank that could
never punish them.

The Closer is a back-line finisher that slips in to erase a key target, but
it was dying before it could close the deal. Two more health lets this
finisher survive the round it takes to get in position and land the
kill, so the Fighter built to end fights actually lives long enough to do it.

The Capeless One is a signature anti-tank finisher whose payoff comes late,
once the board has thinned down to the one target its kit deletes. It kept
dying before that moment arrived. The extra health lets this Fighter outlast
the opening and reach the finish it was designed for, keeping its identity
intact while giving it the staying power to deliver on it.

The Magus is the anti-heal carrier: its affliction is what shuts down enemy
sustain, but it was the first Fighter to die and its debuff went with it.
More health keeps the carrier on the board long enough to keep afflictions
landing, and the extra melee gives it the pressure to force the hits that
apply them, so the counter to healing teams can actually do its job.