Morgan le Fay – and the Arcane Veil

Introduction

This is a different kind of article than what I usually write.

Most of my work has focused on understanding the current meta—breaking down builds, testing interactions, and explaining what works in real PvP environments. Recently, though, there’s been a shift in discussion, particularly within my Discord community. More players have started looking beyond the current state of the game and asking a more important question: what is the meta actually missing?

That’s where this article comes in.

This is the first time I’m featuring a player-made immortal concept design, created by VictorSeven. The goal isn’t just to showcase the idea, but to use it as a foundation for a broader discussion—how players can identify gaps in the meta and design solutions that feel grounded in real gameplay.

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A Meta That Continues to Evolve—But Not Evenly

There has been a steady push to improve different parts of the meta, especially in PvP across seasons. You can see this most clearly in how physical damage has been developed over time.

On Legendary and Conquest servers, physical teams have received meaningful support through immortals like Medusa and Apollo, along with skills such as Eternal Battlelust and Arcane Hunter. These additions didn’t just increase damage—they improved consistency, scaling, and overall viability of physical compositions.

Even with those improvements, the overall balance hasn’t shifted as much as expected.

Outside of Chaos-focused builds, the meta remains heavily mage-centric. This is particularly noticeable in seasonal environments, but it also carries into Conquest. One of the main reasons is access to key skills. Tools like Divine Blessing and other high-impact defensive options are not always available depending on progression, which limits how effectively players can deal with sustained magical damage.

The result is a familiar pattern:
Mage teams remain reliable and accessible, while consistent counters to magic damage are limited. At the same time, certain elements—especially Holy—are still restricted to narrow roles focused on sustain rather than pressure.

These are not balance issues in isolation. They are structural gaps in the meta.

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Featured Concept: Holy Mage – Morgan le Fay

This is where VictorSeven’s concept design becomes relevant.

Morgan le Fay is designed as a Holy Mage, something players have been asking for over multiple seasons. More importantly, the design is not just about adding a new archetype—it directly addresses the gaps outlined above.

At the core of the concept is the ultimate skill, Arcane Veil. It deals AoE magical damage while applying a debuff that reduces enemy magical damage by 15%, prevents beneficial effects, and grants control immunity to allied backline units for a duration.

From a design perspective, this is doing several things at once.

It introduces a Holy-based damage dealer that can function as a real mage, not just a support. At the same time, it weakens enemy magic output directly, disrupts buff-dependent setups, and stabilizes your own backline against control effects.

This is not just a new unit idea. It’s a response to how fights actually play out in current PvP environments.

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Answering What the Meta Is Missing

The strength of this concept comes from how clearly it targets existing problems.

First, it creates a true Holy Mage archetype. Right now, choosing Holy means trading damage for sustain. This design removes that limitation and allows both to exist in the same slot. That alone opens up new team-building options that simply don’t exist today.

Second, it provides a practical counter to mage-heavy metas, especially in pre-Legendary seasons. Instead of relying on rare skills or very specific setups, this concept builds anti-mage tools directly into the immortal’s kit. Reducing magical damage, blocking buffs, and protecting the backline creates a layered response to the most common threats players face.

From a gameplay perspective, this shifts combat away from simple damage races. Fights become more controlled, with more room for decision-making and adaptation rather than relying purely on output.

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Why Player-Driven Design Matters

What makes this worth paying attention to isn’t just the concept itself—it’s the approach behind it.

Most players spend their time adapting to the meta. Concept design flips that around and asks what the meta should look like instead. That leads to a different kind of discussion, one that focuses on systems, gaps, and long-term balance rather than short-term optimization.

VictorSeven’s design works because it’s grounded in actual gameplay experience. It identifies real problems and proposes solutions that fit within the logic of the game.

That’s the kind of thinking that pushes a community forward.

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Building Something Larger

This article is a starting point.

There has already been a lot of discussion around concepts like this in the community, and it’s clear there’s interest in taking it further. My hope is that this turns into something more structured—a space where players can come together to:

Discuss the meta in a deeper way,
Identify what’s missing across different stages of the game,
And develop immortal concepts that address those gaps in a meaningful way.

Join the discussion on the ik-wiki discord

If that continues to grow, there’s real potential to build a dedicated concept design community. And if enough strong ideas come out of that, it’s not unrealistic to think about taking it further—refining designs, organizing community input, and potentially even presenting those ideas to the developers.

Whether anything gets implemented is always uncertain, but that’s not really the point. The value is in the process and the level of understanding it creates.

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Conclusion Summary

This is the first concept design article I’ve done, and it’s a direct response to what the community has been asking for.

By featuring VictorSeven’s Holy Mage concept, it shows how player-driven ideas can highlight real gaps in the meta and propose practical solutions. In this case, it introduces a long-missing archetype and offers a clear way to deal with mage-heavy PvP environments.

More importantly, it opens the door to a different kind of conversation—one where players don’t just follow the meta, but actively think about how it could be improved.

If that idea continues to gain traction, there’s a lot of potential in where it could lead.

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Published: 11-04-2026