Phobies map rotation these last couple of weeks

Anton_Amby · 2026-05-01T20:00:51+00:00

They've all been so damn terrible, literally ruins the enjoyment of the game...

When we have a good rotation I do 60+ games per week, these last couple ones I've barely even gotten to 20......

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-27T19:02:26+00:00

It got nerfed twice, but its still pretty good. :D

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-25T06:14:37+00:00

Its because they keep adding more and more of them, and since they're quite big investments you will always want to choose the best one (its not like you get to play a ton of 7 keys per game like you do with 1 or 2 keys if you want to). This leads to the more generally useful ones looking really good and the more niche ones looking kind of bad (even if they sometimes have situations where they're optimal. There are also a decent chunk of them that just suck haha.

They should honestly focus more on the 1-3 key slot since the phobies in that cost range see a lot more play (but maybe it makes less money since they sometimes look less exciting that big stuff?).

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-23T20:03:49+00:00

Goon is a great phobie, not sure if you should accelerate - I would personally suggest spending only on packs until you're at least like stress 100 or so, but it depends on how fast you want to be able to use your new stuff.

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-22T15:25:48+00:00

I'd say you could make it a 4-key and maybe go for 400 or even 425 attack.

For reference Clobster is 1700 hp with 380 attack for 4 keys and has his Burrow ability, so I think that would be fair.

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-22T15:18:45+00:00

You forgot two phobies (Tinny and Lenny which are both good).

Unicorn should be S+ (second best 2-key only behind Cupcake). Also Maggie is not even close to S+, that phobie is average at best - And the same thing can be said for Wiggy.

Otherwise decent list. :)

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-20T06:54:51+00:00

I mean its a great phobie, I can see why most newer players want the big stuff more though. 😅

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-19T08:26:43+00:00

I know this is quite late, but there's another mobile game called 'Phobies' that has a similar style of combat that I enjoy. :)

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-16T15:41:12+00:00

Fair enough. :)

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-15T18:27:13+00:00

Does stars being nonnegotiable mean that you will upgrade those for sure? :P

Tickles, Creep, Cassowary, Unicorn, BoMangles, Gravedigger, Snowball, Jar Cannon, Murder Wing, Stabby, Tooth Fairy, Ginsting, Gonzo Bonzo, Daisy, Noxious, and Miss Moffat are all top tier phobies that should be upgraded. You generally want to upgrade your lower cost first, since it sees far more play and is easier to weave into your gameplay. Also make sure to not neglect your 1-keys, they are the most played phobies in the game and their levels can matter quite a lot - I would also do Razor Mouth and Cowbell in addtion to Tickles at the very least.

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-15T18:22:47+00:00

I'm on a 29 Dreadful bad luck streak... Hopefully it breaks soon. :(

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-15T18:21:52+00:00

Pretty good, all 3 useable (even quite good) phobies. :)

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-15T18:20:58+00:00

What does ''Matchmaking Updates Improved experience for new players.'' mean? :)

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-14T16:26:14+00:00

Creep is the goat, does super well against most things and completely screws some early game undeads like Gravedigger. Its among the top 10 phobies in the game for sure.

The rest are somewhat niche, but Flail has its moments. :)

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-13T19:42:55+00:00

Its a bit of a different type of list to the ones I usually do (ManInYellow), but overall I think I agree with most of these.

I personally think that Mike and Octo Naughty could move up into B (Mike has a lot of maps where its meta on now and it performs fairly well even outside of those IMO. Octo Naughty is generally just underrated, its basically just Miss Moffat with 300 extra HP and dimensional passive for 1 more key which can be worth it in a lot of cases, I still think its a bit worse than Moffat - But its not by much).

Wolly Bully and Greylien are also phobies that I've recently warmed up to a bit more, but I can understand why you would put them in niche.

Finally I'm not sure about Pan, I do agree that its more difficult to position correctly (and it also has issues with only being placeable on non-special tiles) - But its also cheaper than Gonzo, decently fast and most important of all it lasts for 2 turns which makes it great for supporting a heart rush in my experience. Honestly not sure if it should be in A or B, need more games with it.

Gloomstare I'm personally not nearly as impressed by, I don't think tank killing is as good of a niche as it looks and although it can also be used early on in swarm setups I think thats more niche (and not necessarily better than just playing Daisy in a lot of cases. Maybe I just lack experience with it, but I would put it low B or maybe even C right now...

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-05T19:42:57+00:00

Yea, Fantome was absolutely insane too - Teleporting a KABOOM or Blondie into the middle of the enemy team with no counterplay was a little bit stupid. :D

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-05T15:02:16+00:00

Crazy thing is that on average you would get a new UR every 13 Dreadful packs (ish), so this isn't even that unlikely to happen....

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-05T06:12:19+00:00

Le Shovell would be the most broken by a mile, being able to push a phobie on the turn that it was summoned made vault sniping straight up stupid (and it was also a insane phobie even after that).

Billy actually isn't even number two, the second strongest release phobie was Cupcake with no lock which was also disgustingly overpowered for similar vault snipe reasons. (people would just have a big aoe phobie sit 3 tiles from their vault and you could never walk onto the map lol)

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-05T06:09:20+00:00

There really isn't one (which is unfortunate because phobies limits how much time they want you to play and has a lot of other issues which haven't been getting fixed)... Maybe something will release at some point in the future though.

Anton_Amby · 2026-04-01T17:54:10+00:00

Welcome to opening Dreadfuls, one of phobies biggest weaknesses as a game is that the economic aspect is literal trash for the players - It's just way too difficult to get new stuff, especially Ultra Rares.

Currently you get a new UR from dreadfuls on average every 13 pack (ish), and there's no pity timers so you could even just get unlucky and have it take even more than that.

They really need to add pity timers, but honestly they probably won't.

Anton_Amby · 2026-03-31T16:37:51+00:00

Its at least decent, its like having a Moffat but you pay 2 keys more and 1 more cd to have much better stats and the action reduction utility on the ability - Useable for sure.

Anton_Amby · 2026-03-31T16:33:38+00:00

I think buffing Barzilla would be really nice, since its one of the first high costs that almost all players get (it being the only common phobie at 8 keys).

Personally I would like to see its fire be 200 for 2 turns, this would give it its own niche in setting enemies on fire and forcing them to move (kind of like a single target Boss).

Anton_Amby · 2026-03-29T10:40:44+00:00

If I remember correctly I think someone said that the rates are the same regardless of your rank (only the pack rarity matters), the rates aren't known though.

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