Morellia

**Morellia** is one of the Masters in Minion Masters. This master is unlocked with 1500 Shards or 775 Rubies.

## Caption

Morellia the Lich Queen, Ruler of the Cursed lands, Queen of Souls, and Dragon Binder. Her magical power is rivaled only by her sister Milloween, but unlike her sister, Morellia uses her powers mercilessly in pursuit of her own ambitions.

Wielding the Book of the Dead, she can call upon a host of powerful Death Magic to decimate her foes. However, the ancient soul trapped within the book is forever plotting its release.

In the end all will serve the Lich Queen.

Learn more about Morellia in the Audiobook "The Lich Queen" by clicking here

## Description

Morellia the Lich Queen is a versatile spellcaster. She draws upon her Book of the Dead to grant her mastery over accursed magic, and she can call her pet dragon to her aid.

## Abilities

### Basic Attack

Necrotic Touch. Channels a beam of necrotic energy for 6 damage every 0.3 seconds with 10 range.

### Perks

 **Book of the Dead** (Unlocks at 20 XP)

* Adds a One-use Card, Book of the Dead, to the top of Morellia's deck every 28 seconds.
* **Book of the Dead:** replace your hand with 4 options:
	+ Skeletons: Summon 3 skeletons.
	+ Spirit: give a random friendly minion **Spirit**.
	+ Drain Life: Drain 100 health from the closest enemy Minion, transferring it to Morellia
	+ Forbidden Knowledge: 1 of Morellia's 4+ mana spells costs 1 less until played. Does not Stack

 **Unholy Bargain** (Unlocks at 60 XP)

* Morellia unlocks the deepest mysteries from the sentinent **Book of the Dead**, empowering its effects:
	+ Skeletons: Summon 6 skeletons.
	+ Spirit: give 2 random friendly minions **Spirit**.
	+ Drain Life: Drain 100 health from the 2 closest enemy Minions, transferring it to Morellia
	+ Forbidden Knowledge: 3 of Morellia's 4+ mana spells cost 1 less until played. Does not Stack

 **Queen's Dragon** (Unlocks at 120 XP)

* Add the card **Queen's Dragon** to Morellia's deck. Can only be played once.
* **Queen's Dragon:** Summons Nyrvir the Fallen who breathes spiritfire on the battlefield before she lands.

## Notes

* Morellia's **Book of the Dead** can't be added to your deck more than once at a time. This means that you need to play the card and then wait 25 seconds to get the Book again.
* Morellia is unable to attack while you are choosing between the options of the Book.

## History

* Morellia was added in Update 1.2 - Morellia the Lich Queen (19 Jun, 2019) as part of the Bones and Bravery Battle Pass theme and lore.
* In Update 1.3 (17 Jul, 2019) Morellia received the following changes:
	+ Basic attack:
		- Range reduced from 12 to 10
	+ Perk 2:
		- Spirit: Summoned spirits reduced from 3 to 2
	+ Perk 3:
		- Queen's Dragon: mana cost increased from 6 to 8.
* In Update 1.5 (11 Sep, 2019) Morellia's Book Cooldown was increased from 25 seconds to 30 seconds.
* In Mini-Update - Mal’Shaars Malicious Malediction! (21 Nov, 2019) Morellia's Basic attack received the following changes:
	+ Damage increased from 5 to 6
	+ No longer slows minions to a speed of 4.
* In Update 1.14 (25 June, 2020) the number of skeletons summoned from Morellia's first and second perk was reduced from 4 and 8 to 3 and 6, respectively.
* In Update 1.26 - Best Plan No Plan! (1 July, 2021), Morellia's Book Cooldown was reduced from 30 seconds -> 25 seconds.
* In Update 1.27 - Best Plan NO PLAN! (5 August, 2021), Morellia received the following changes:
	+ Mana cost of her perk 3, Queen's Dragon, was increased from 8 to 9.
	+ Spirits were reworked:
		- Before: Give 200 health to a minion, or 100 health to a flying minion.
		- Now: Gives a minion +50% extra health (up to +300)
* In Update 1.28 - Malediction (20 September, 2021), Spirits were changed to grant at least +50 health, and up to +400 health.
* In Update 1.34 - Frost Dragon's Lair (7 April 2022), the cost of Queen's Dragon was increased from 9 to 10.
* In Update 1.35 - Frost Dragon's Lair (5 May 2022), Morellia received the following changes:
	+ Mana cost of Skeletons increased from 0 to 1
	+ Mana cost of Drain Life increased from 0 to 1
* In Update 1.38 - Wanderlust (August 4, 2022), Morellia received the following changes:
	+ Mana cost of Book of the Dead increased from 0 to 1
	+ Mana cost of Skeletons, Drain Life, Forbidden Knowledge reduced from 1 to 0
* In Update 1.39 - Slithery Sacrifices (September 1, 2022), Morellia received the following changes:
	+ Now summons 3 Skeletons with her book (8 after perk 2)
	+ Attack cooldown of Skeletons increased from 2 seconds to 2.2 seconds
* In Update 1.45 - Arcane Anomalies (March 9, 2023), Morellia received the following changes:
	+ Mana cost of Book of the Dead reduced from 1 to 0
	+ Forbidden Knowledge option now reduces the cost of a single 4+ cost spell by 1 (instead of reducing 2 spells)
	+ Upgraded Forbidden Knowledge now reduces the cost of 3 4+ cost spells by 1 (instead of 2 spells by 2)
* In Update 1.50 - Highland Hijinks (7 September 2023), the cooldown of Morellia's book was increased from 25 to 28 seconds.
* In Update 1.51 - Hail to the King (12 October 2023), the number of Skeletons summoned by Morellia's book was reduced from 4 to 3 (from 8 to 6 with perk 2)