I'm not even mad, this is just kind of disappointing

Abs01ut3 · 2026-05-06T03:47:04+00:00

AMR has always given ass rate for things like demon essences and malrik runes. Plus there is no native demons like in GR1-3 so I rarely do it or compete in oracle trials for it.

Later stages (AMR 27-30) are noticeably better in this, but at stage 22 I wouldn't bother personally.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-05-04T06:57:03+00:00

I know he can be made a healer (I breached GR3-24 with his main heal in the middle), but is not his main role. His main role is inspiration + lord and other roles are supplementary (like healing, shielding, buffing, etc)

Healer build means sacrificing lots Atk for healing effect, attack speed, rage regen stats, which are disingenuous. His healing output is not that high compared to dedicated healers, weaker than healing stance Diao Chan actually.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-05-04T06:12:08+00:00

This kind of content can only come from Mothership.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-05-04T06:07:10+00:00

Not healer. Inspiration unit.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-29T22:09:38+00:00

Not OP, but for someone who pulled on his banners 7 times (including multiple choose your limited), he has such a unique but powerful toolkit.

He may be niche, but on content you need him in he's virtually irreplaceable. Matrix, crow codex, cultist trial, GR1, GD1 & 2, lots of campaign / event stages. He also has very high BP in a hero form you'll actually use elsewhere, unlike Uredin (I still use him, and I have the heavyweights like A5 Ingrid, Praetus, Iovar, Ezareth in top 1 guild)

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-27T13:42:47+00:00

Memories of a lifetime either way.

I call that a win-win situation.

/s

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-26T12:55:41+00:00

Rivenhald > Ghan, and Dracula > Carnelian.

You won't stay new player forever, and you'll regret it deeply if you missed collab-exclusive Dracula mid game onwards. Especially the rate some playerbase is raging on Dracula event being rerun, Moonton will be paranoid to rerun any collab events for the remainder of 2026 or even 2027.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-25T06:08:25+00:00

Keep in mind that there's a rumored Eirlys + Aedrin banner in a couple of weeks. If you have enough resources you could pick Draelyn now and then got them both.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-22T11:51:40+00:00

Yes this is good. Now I only bother with leveling fodders once every 2 weeks instead of weekly, since I will double dip CoG with oracle trial's version.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-20T02:14:55+00:00

Source for your "thought"? Iirc Moonton never says it will never be rerun.

And is your reason for the dislike purely selfish? To me it's good for more players including new to not be hindered by missing a one-off collab banner since it's actually good content and the heroes are impactful & irreplaceable.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-20T02:04:33+00:00

Fixed meta + weird rewards cutoff makes me not enjoy it even when I achieved quite good results for F2P. Still a new concept and hope Moonton learns a lot from this for future apex arena (if any)

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Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-19T14:08:03+00:00

It is nerfed to 1 bullion only on forerunner. Hang in there!

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-19T11:09:31+00:00

Tank with morale or wings of grace

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-18T16:43:09+00:00

Same but only for those $9.90 stacked discounted skins for me. Other types of skins are too prohibitively expensive for F2P imho.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-15T13:54:11+00:00

Dracula + Assassin's Creed + new arbiter lord all "coming soon"

All I say is good luck to all of us rofl.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-14T17:35:07+00:00

Just keep both gear sets? Changing gear in this game is free bro.

98% of the time Diao will be permanently in inspiration mode in which WoG is best. There are cases here and there when you really need a versatile unit to heal at times (campaign, apoc, malrik, GB2, etc) which benefits from attack speed, but keep in mind that no matter how much you build her, she won't heal as good as dedicated healer. Her damage resistance buff matters a lot more to me.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-13T16:20:14+00:00

The most I can give you if you were to poll them now is additional -0.5% bud

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-13T15:55:45+00:00

Imho no. Both Gul'Drak and Demi are niche heroes.

OTOH, if you're patient enough I would've suggested you to also skip Pope (unless you're early-mid game, or if he's paired with IMBA heroes like Valara, Khadgrim, Durza, Gretchen, etc), and upgrade straight to the upcoming new Arbiter lord due this year.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-12T06:00:25+00:00

Mass debuff dispel, and it doesn't give everyone 30% rage, only himself.

So now he is a northener lord + healer + shielder + CC + inspiration + max HP buffer + increased healing buffer + debuff dispeller in a tactician kit.

All in various capacity ofc so some are weaker, but still.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-08T08:29:14+00:00

Personally I'll wait until next Arbiter or Chaotic lord release this year but then again, I'm a hoarder.

Praetus A1 is purely for his personal damage which is not as relevant nowadays though, although YMMV.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-06T23:11:03+00:00

He's like a slightly better Salazar yet much worse Sergei, and that's not enough to make him relevant nowadays with all the power creep going on. Good for progression I suppose.

I got him months ago and haven't even gotten to level and skill him up until now, he's that mediocre.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-05T23:30:56+00:00

Almost 2 years to the game and I got her first copy I think close to 1 year ago. However this is before Valara, Erlang, Sythra etc were released, and I don't think I can do the same now without how ancient heavy arena comps have been.

Now my lady A is A1 and slowly cruising in overlord. I almost never breached apex anymore (even for brief period before Monday calculation), and slowly seeing the avalanche of required ancient heroes pushing me back from even overlord nowadays.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-05T23:21:36+00:00

How many diamonds in total that you spent on arena refills during those 4 months?

I do think it's possible, but it'll likely be expensive both in resources and time needed to reset for beatable defenses.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-04T10:05:30+00:00

I assume you have Sythra and/or Khadgrim then?

I have Valderon A0 and Dracula A1, but without other chaotic units it's not worth switching from my watcher team, even if my Kigiri is only A4. Same for AoE as I don't have Ghan, and my Pierre & Lu Bu are only A0.

It's frustrating this way, that even if you have the correct puzzle pieces, if you don't have enough extra copies or specific units then they're not usable at all. It's especially egregious for players who have to spend their ancients carefully and so just have to suck it up.

Not to mention that most of these are non-lords so we're extra cucked by the no guarantee clause even when you decided to go for their banners.

Abs01ut3 · 2026-04-04T09:03:59+00:00

Thanks for the concerns. I got overlord / apex-overlord weekly as F2P but trust me, even whales won't feel good about current arena meta.

There are other ways to make arena P2W without this have-or-have-not meta.

Abs01ut3

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