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3 At a glance
Functional impact
An instant area spell — drop it on your own push. Inside the splash zone:
- Buff — your own cards move and attack about 35% faster
How to play
Drop it on a pushing swarm or a tank crossing the bridge to melt towers fast. Combo with cheap units to overwhelm before the boost fades.
Bait it out with small pushes, then punish the empty hand. Big single-target hitters and area spells clean up boosted swarms before they cash in.
Flavor
Pour the hot sauce on your crew — they move and hit faster in the splash zone.
Turn up the heat!
Backstory
Thirty years ago, the Chilli Charge was an actual person — a chef named Vikram who challenged anyone to eat his ghost-pepper noodles in under 90 seconds. His regulars hit a kind of trance state, working faster, hitting harder, eyes watering. When the original Foodogeki tournaments started, no one could find Vikram. They found his recipe instead, brewed it into an aerosol, and patented it as the Chilli Charge spell. Vikram still owns the patent. He just doesn't show up to collect.
Progression & economy
Rare cards upgrade from level 3 to 14. These costs are standard for the rarity — they are not specific to this card.
| Level | Cash | Cards needed | XP earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 250 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | 750 | 20 | 10 |
| 5 | 2,000 | 40 | 25 |
| 6 | 5,000 | 100 | 50 |
| 7 | 10,000 | 200 | 100 |
| 8 | 20,000 | 400 | 200 |
| 9 | 40,000 | 800 | 400 |
| 10 | 100,000 | 1,600 | 600 |
| 11 | 250,000 | 2,000 | 800 |
| 12 | 500,000 | 4,000 | 1600 |
| 13 | 1,000,000 | 4,000 | 3200 |
| 14 | 2,500,000 | 10,000 | 6400 |
Advanced / theorycraft
- Deploy time: 1s
- Projectile: none
- Ramp scaling: none