History VideoGame / AngryBirdsEpic

* BigBad: King Pig, [[spoiler:though he gets betrayed by Wizpig.]]

* DropTheHammer: One of Red's Set Items is a pair of hammers. The weapon hammer has a chance to stun enemies, the offhand one gives bonus damage, and if you have them both the stun lasts for two turns.

* HPTo1: [[spoiler:Wizpig cannot be finished off by a bird, and instead will survive the hit with one hit point. You must deal the finishing blow with [[HeelFaceTurn Prince Porky]]]].

* HPTo1: [[spoiler:Wizpig cannot be finished off by a bird. You must deal the finishing blow with [[HeelFaceTurn Prince Porky]]]].
* InstrumentOfMurder: Several of Matilda's weapons are harps that she uses to bludgeon enemies with.

* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Bamboo Forest is primarily based on FeudalJapan (with the bulk of enemies being Ninja and Shogun pigs), but also has some Chinese-themed enemies (such as the Mandarin pig).
* InstrumentOfMurder: Many of Matilda's weapons are based on harps. The crowning example of this is the Doom set's weapon, a ''SinisterScythe'' with harp strings tied to it.

* MetalSlime: The Golden Pig shows up in a random level once per day. It hits fairly hard and can drain your Rage Chili, but drops one Snoutling every time it’s hit, and drops a [[PremiumCurrency Gold Snoutling]] when defeated.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The Howler, summoned by Wizpig as a gatekeeper to the Star Reef, really makes sure that you know how to deal with undead pigs and exploit your enemies’ weaknesses. The boss has lots of HP, a powerful DamageOverTime attack which only the Blues can reduce the damage of, and can summon ghostly reinforcements, forcing you to balance between wearing the enemies down and keeping your birds alive. You’ll also need to knock out the boss and all of its minions within 2 turns of each other, or else they’ll revive with full HP. Undead pigs have appeared before, but this is the first time a boss makes sure that you're paying attention to the pigs' special abilities and the state of the battle.

* FlunkyBoss: Several of the bosses fight alongside flunkies. For example, Prince Porky calls other pigs and [[ActionBomb bombs]] to assist him, the Howler summons other ghost pigs, and [[spoiler:Demonic Wizpig]] has two ghosts alongside him to annoy you and divert your birds' attention.

* HerdHittingAttack: Chuck's lightning attacks hit all the pigs at once.

* {{Pirate}}: Bomb's classes: Pirate, Cannoneer, Capt'n and Seadog. The only ones that doesn't quite fit are Berserker and in an update, Frost Savage. However, they both resembles a Viking headgear. Vikings were pirates so it still counts.

* SpamAttack: Chuck's LimitBreak makes the other birds attack random enemies 5 times.

* BonusBoss:
** The tenth level of each cave in Chronicle Cave contains one.
** If you have obtained the submarine, tap on the whirlpool. It brings up the maelstrom stage, in which you get to fight a level 40 Poseidon Pig, once the strongest enemy in the game.

** Freckled Pig, in his Prince Porky persona, has an even bigger discernible appearance within this game now that he's wearing a wig and a hat.

* BigBad: King Pig, though he gets betrayed by Wizpig.

* CoDragons: Prince Porky and Wizpig are the two highest-ranking pigs, serving directly underneath King Pig.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted in the case of King Pig. While he has a passive ability that increases his allies' attack power and an attack that can disable a bird's [[LimitBreak Rage Skill]] for two turns, he's an incredible pushover (the Rage disabling attack, for instance, does a negligible amount of damage), and is only a threat because he's fought alongside [[CoDragons Wizpig and Prince Porky]], the latter of which better fits this trope.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While still has it's fair share of humors, this game is more serious and dramatic than it was in the original Angry Birds games.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The Howler, summoned by Wizpig as a gatekeeper to the Star Reef, really makes sure that you know how to deal with undead pigs and exploit your enemies’ weaknesses. The boss has lots of HP, a powerful attack, and can summon ghostly reinforcements, forcing you to balance between wearing the enemies down and keeping your birds alive. You’ll also need to knock out the boss and all of its minions within 2 turns of each other, or else they’ll revive with full HP.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This game is more serious and dramatic than it was in the original Angry Birds games.

* DarkerAndEdgier: This game is more serious and Dramatic than it was in the original Angry Birds games.

* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: The Blues have one part of an epic set (obtained from the Golden Pig Machine) called ''Angry Birds Plushies''.

As usual, King Pig orders his minion pigs to steal the birds' eggs. But this time, with the help of Wizpig (Chef Pig's alter-ego) & Prince Porky (Freckled Pig's alter-ego), they're taking them to various locations across Piggy Island, which leaves the birds in hot pursuit and battling pigs with all kinds of special abilities along the way.

* KingMook: The majority of bosses and mini-bosses in the game are simply larger and stronger versions of normal enemies, sometimes with different names and slightly different moves to set them apart. One of them, Captain Red Beard (basically a stronger version of Pirate Captain), has two looks. He looks completely different and/or is larger. [[spoiler:The final boss of Chronicle Cave 25 takes this trope UpToEleven--not only does the Alphapig have ''[[MarathonBoss over a million HP]]'', but he's also essentially a stronger version of the Stick Pig. ''[[TheGoomba The very first enemy in the game.]]'']]

* DuelBoss: The Sword Spirit boss.

* KillItWithWater: The Rainbird, one of Chuck's classes, attacks by raining down acid rain on every enemy.

* LeakedExperience: Levels are gained collectively, not individually.
** Partially {{Averted}} with the new Mastery system. Only the classes present in any given battle can earn Mastery from that battle, so you can end up with a specific bird (or more like a specific class) being a Mastery level or two higher than all the others.

* MightyGlacier: Brutes (including the similar ones). They can withstand a lot of damage, but luckily, it takes 2-3 turns for them to unleash their devastating attack. This can be delayed if they're stunned, however or had their charge time delayed with the Treasure Hunter or Chuck's Reset Set.

* JackOfAllTrades: The Blues can do a bit of everything, ranging from the Trickster's high damage/buffing to the Rogue's poison/counterattacking.

* PlayEveryDay: The Golden Pig battles. Replaced in an update with the Daily Streak calender.

* TotemPoleTrench: The Blues control as a single character, despite being three birds wearing one costume.
** Amusingly enough, one of their classes even has them wearing a trench coat.

* TokenEnemyMinority:

* StandardStatusEffects: Poison, Ivy, Stun, Attack Reduction.

* KingMook: The majority of bosses and mini-bosses in the game are simply larger and stronger versions of normal enemies, sometimes with different names and slightly different moves to set them apart. [[spoiler:The final boss of Chronicle Cave 25 takes this trope UpToEleven--not only does the Alphapig have ''[[MarathonBoss over a million HP]]'', but he's also essentially a stronger version of the Stick Pig. ''[[TheGoomba The very first enemy in the game.]]'']]

* GameplayAutomation: The lower right button of the screen allows you to relinquish control of your birds to the AI.

* {{Pirate}}: Bomb's classes: Pirate, Cannoneer, Capt'n and Seadog. The only one that doesn't quite fit is Berserker. However, it resembles a Viking headgear. Vikings were pirates so it still counts.

* SkippableBoss: While it is possible to fight Pigiana Jones[=/=]Adventurer Pig during the middle of the game (and appears on the overworld map like all the other main-story bosses that aren't fought in one of Wizpig's towers), you don't have to fight him in order to progress the story.

* UndergroundMonkey: The Brutes, the Foreman Pigs, the Knight Pigs, the Shamans, and the Wizard Pigs have variants for nearly every type of pig within the game, to the point where it borders on the NinjaPirateZombieRobot trope. However, they're not the only types of pigs that have variants to them; ordinary pigs, the bombs, the Pigmies, the ghost pigs, the zombie pigs, and the ninja pigs have several variants as well.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: You can finish the game with levels in the late teens, but the cap itself is balanced for the postgame Chronicle Cave and keeps rising as more Cave levels are released (25 to 29 to 37 to 41 to 45 to 50, and the soft release originally didn't even ''have'' a cap).

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: In early versions of the game, the daily Golden Pig is fought on top of a golden cloud full of golden pigs, candy and coins. Averted as the daily Golden Pig is now found within ordinary levels instead.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: For those that are going the solo route (ie, [[SocializationBonus not using the game's multiplayer features]]), the game provides a few simulated "friends" that play the game alongside you, complete with giving you the same bonuses you'd get if the "friend" used a feature that benefits you and vice versa with you using a feature that benefits them. It's also possible to challenge their teams in the PlayerVersusPlayer feature of the game.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: There are five potential party members, but you're only able to use three in battles. Some stages may occasionally increase it to four, but it's rare.

* BrutalBonusLevel: Chronicle Cave is a massive step up in difficulty from the campaign. In addition to the tough enemy pigs, every floor has a unique effect that benefits the pigs. Additionally, [[SocializationBonus unless you have friends]] that can loan you birds, [[FakeLongevity you can only play a maximum of 3 times per day]] without coming in seriously crippled.

* MightyGlacier: Brutes (including the similar ones). They can withstand a lot of damage, but luckily, it takes 2-3 turns for them to unleash its devastating attack. This can be delayed if they're stunned, however.

* PlayEveryDay: The Golden Pig battles.
* {{Pirate}}: Bomb's classes: Pirate, Cannoneer, Capt'n and Seadog. The only one that doesn't quite fit is Berserker.

* StandardStatusEffects: Poison, Ivy, Stun.

** Pigiana Jones (AKA the Adventurer Pig) is technically a Pirate pig who wears a fedora instead of a pirate hat and wields a whip instead of a pirate weapon.

As usual, King Pig orders his minion pigs to steal the birds' eggs. But this time, with the lead of Wizpig (Chef Pig's alter-ego) & Prince Porky (Freckled Pig's alter-ego), they're taking them to various locations across Piggy Island, which leads the birds in hot pursuit and battling pigs with all kinds of special abilities along the way.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: For those that are going the solo route (ie, [[SocializationBonus not using the game's multiplayer features]]), The game provides a few simulated "friends" that play the game alongside you, complete with giving you the same bonuses you'd get if the "friend" used a feature that benefits you and vice versa with you using a feature that benefits them. It's also possible to challenge their teams in the PlayerVersusPlayer feature of the game.
* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: There are five potential party members, but you generally are only able to use three in battles. Special events may occasionally increase it to four, but it's rare.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Averted in the case of King Pig. While he has a passive ability that increases his allies' attack power and an attack that can disable a bird's [[LimitBreak Rage Skill]] for two turns, he's an incredible pushover (the Rage disabling attack, for instance, does a negligible amount of damage) and is only a threat because he's fought alongside [[CoDragons Wizpig and Prince Porky]], the latter of which better fits this trope.

** The tenth level of each cave in Chronicle Cave each contain one.

* BrutalBonusLevel: Chronicle Cave.

* CombinationAttack: Chuck's LimitBreak gives the birds five attacks to random enemies.

* EasyModeMockery: In earlier versions, the difficulty scale has a baby pig on the green part (left), indicating that the following level is very easy because the selected birds are so strong. The possible {{Irony}} is that the level may still be hard depend on your birds' set up.

* GameplayAutomation: The lower right button of the screen allows you to relinquish control of your birds to the AI. FThe AI is very skilled at controlling the birds to the best of their abilities, for the most part.
* TheGoomba: Ordinary minion pigs serve as this, tending to be weaker than their brethren and, in the case of a certain subtypes, have a "joke attack" where they just stumble where they were, not hurting any enemy whatsoever or, in the case of the rouges, sneer at their opponents instead of actually attacking.

** In the final battle against Wizpig[[note]]Not the other [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing Wizpig]] [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant you were more familiar with]].[[/note]], Prince Porky joins the birds on the second wave in retaliation for Wizpig's betrayal immediately prior in the plot. In Chronicle Cave, he can be chosen as an ally.

* JobSystem: [[FighterMageThief Red gets Fighter classes, Chuck gets Wizard classes, the Blues get Rogue,]] Matilda gets [[CombatMedic Cleric classes]], and Bomb gets Pirates. Classes are changed through the bird's {{Cool Helmet}}s.
* KillItWithWater: Chuck's class, Rainbird, has its attack as raining down acid rain on every enemy... Yeah.

* KingMook: The majority of bosses and mini-bosses in the game are simply larger and stronger versions of normal enemies, sometimes with different names and slightly different moves to set them apart. The final boss of Chronicle Cave 25 takes this trope UpToEleven--not only does the Alphapig have ''[[MarathonBoss over a million HP]]'', but he's also essentially a stronger version of the Stick Pig. ''[[TheGoomba The very first enemy in the game.]]''

* NerfArm: Some pigs are armed with feathers tied to sticks. They prevent the Rage Chilli from charging up.

* NoSell:
** Class that deals light/multiplied damage vs. an enemy with Ironclad.[[note]]For example, Class deals 43/72 × 2 damage while the enemy ignores damage less than 100.[[/note]]
** Class that deals heavy damage vs. an enemy with Dodge.[[note]]For example, Class deals 211 damage while the enemy ignores damage more than 89.[[/note]]
** [[FinalBoss Demonic Wizpig]] won't take anymore damage from birds (except from Prince Porky or [[OneHitKill Mighty Eagle's favorite dish]]) if he has 1 [[HitPoint HP]] left.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Birds at a certain level will deal 666 damage.

* OneHitKill: ''Mighty Eagle's Favorite Dish''. It is placed in the middle of the pig's side when given to any bird, summoning Mighty Eagle and hitting every pig. Contrary to popular belief, he's the only bird that can kill [[FinalBoss Demonic Wizpig]].[[note]][[HeelFaceTurn Prince Porky]] can kill him too, otherwise the battle would be impossible to beat without him.[[/note]]

* PaperThinDisguise: The Bluebird's Classes are distinguished by being shoddy pig costumes; except for their Epic-tier class, which is a ConspicuousTrenchcoat and Fedora ensemble.

* PowerupLetdown: The gambling mechanics for obtaining loot have a chance to give you an item that is Administrivia/TheSameButMoreSpecific to one you currently have equipped, or even give you a worse one.

* SinisterScythe: [[CombatMedic Matilda]] of all birds gets one as part of the Doom set.

* TotemPoleTrench: The Bluebirds control as a single character, despite being three birds wearing one costume.

* UndergroundMonkey: The Brutes, the Foreman Pigs, the Knight Pigs, the Shamans and the Wizard Pigs are the only pigs that have variants that are essentially counterparts to various Pig types within the game (to the point where it borders on the NinjaPirateZombieRobot trope as well). However, they're not the only types of pigs that has variants to them, as there are other types, like ordinary pigs, the bombs, the Pigmies, the ghost pigs, the zombie pigs and the ninja pigs.

** Piggy [=Mc'Cool=], the game's merchant, wears the exact same PaperThinDisguise he wore within ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'', presumably to invoke this trope in order to tell the other birds who he is (so that they don't attack him on site).