King of Time
The Chronomancer of the Eternal Hourglass
The master of past and future. The King of Time can bend the flow of years, setting up portals that replay previous seasons while retaining permanent infrastructure gains.
Citadel Ability & Signature Mechanics
Hourglass Citadel: Rewinds the final 3 seconds of a disastrous battle once per run, or accelerates production by 25%.
Your Citadel is the heart of your realm. Maximizing its orthogonal adjacency vector dictates where your vanguard and support towers must be stationed.
Signature Faction Engine:
Temporal Loop – The Portal building allows players to loop back 2 years in time while retaining their board state, triggering double council decrees.
When warring against neighboring domains, your primary objective is drafting off-faction support cards that compensate for King of Time's inherent trade-offs while multiplying its core strengths.
King of Time Signature Cards
Chrono Sentinel
Armored guardian wielding a pendulum blade that decelerates enemy movement by 30%.
"Every tick of the second hand is a cage."
Chrono Sentinel
Pro Strategy: Place in Tile 8 to bottle up elite boss waves while your ranged towers unload.
Temporal Portal
Mystical rift that warps retreating enemy units back to the top of the battlefield lane.
"You thought you had reached the gates. Begin again."
Temporal Portal
Pro Strategy: Creates infinite fire corridors where enemy bosses must traverse the battlefield twice.
Chrono Tower
Defensive spire firing chronal beams that age enemy armor, reducing defense by 5% per hit.
"Rust claims the proudest shield in mere moments."
Chrono Tower
Pro Strategy: Essential counter against high-armor boss waves like King of Stone rams.
Recommended 3x3 Territory Formation
To survive high-difficulty runs (King VII through IX), proper formation geometry is non-negotiable:
- Vanguard Row (Tiles 1, 2, 3): Position high-durability absorbers in Tile 2 to prevent enemy vanguard rushes from collapsing your lines.
- Center Nexus (Tile 5): Never place standard baseline units in Tile 5. Reserve this plot for Arcane Library, Beacon, Blacksmith, or Amplifier to radiate four-way buffs.
- Rear Sanctuary (Tiles 7, 8, 9): Safe haven for your primary ranged damage carry (Archmage, Longbowman, Gatling) and your Royal Citadel.
Core Tactical Strengths
- •Unmatched late-game scaling potential through repeated years
- •Can retry high-risk encounters and fine-tune placement
- •Synergizes wildly with cards that scale per year elapsed
Weaknesses & Counters
- •Steepest learning curve; mistakes in time loops can lock players into tough waves
- •Low raw baseline damage without combo setup
Chronicles of the Sovereign
"Watching millennia collapse into grains of sand, the King of Time knows the outcome of every war before the first arrow is notched. His victory is not a battle; it is an inevitability."