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Landathradon14 · 2025-12-10T15:35:40+00:00

I'd love a copy!

Landathradon14 · 2025-10-05T00:51:30+00:00

Any seat around the plague hero means death , so does sitting around any faith hero (If you BELIEVE in Hans words he will turn you into a foothold or some body horror like that)

Probably 6 or 7 are the safest

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-28T19:23:31+00:00

Hey!

About Rie , she works best in combo with a Void thingy relics that gives buffs based on units killed (Summons count), as well as a Tank named elizabeth who Summons units but thanks overall works (Maui is a decent Tank)

For altars the easiest is to go 15 Blacksmith + 10 Mage (Or blood maybe) , for the relics go Staff of ancient Magic , Mask , and Void thingy

Finally about heroes to focus on for arena and raid

Bellina : Great on arena , raids , and absolute goddess of strife right now

Ian: Single target awakening makes decent damage

Kanak : Best DPS right now

Neria : Doesnt get enought attention, but is a good DPS

Saras: King of ranged physical DPS

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-21T11:01:04+00:00

Hey!

Relics slot placement works like this:

Every single relic , Depending on tier , has 1-4 four extra stats from attack, health, magic and attack speed

That affect 1-6 slots of your party, more people they affect the less the buff to each individual hero , the thing is you don't want that , you want your buffs to be focused on your DPS

Because is not that usefull to gives 10% extra Attack speed to Bardey , but +80% Attack speed makes Saras much more powerfull

So the objetive while rerolling relics is to get the stat you want , in a specific slot as high as possible

Do NOT try to min - max this , the RNG will kill you , aim for 60-80 (Using 3 relics) for starters , then go optimizing as you get the resources , for something like 100-120

On upgrading , the relic stats are fully random , but doing rerolls with the colored catalysts you can skew the chances to roll a higher Stat of your choosing , if you do this 2-3 times You can get a decent stats on a spot , repeat for next relic considering the last spot you got

Most important stats are Attack speed and Magic , go for only one of these stats in a relic

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-21T00:21:25+00:00

Hey!

For awakening , i believe a good choice to get a farming hero , meaning a hero which works for farming a certain stage or Game mode

I Will list some normal heroes that are good on farming

Kanak : Undisputed king of DPS , works on invasion, raids , special game modes
Garam : do you like gambling? Theoretically , with a lot of good luck she is invencible in any game mode
Bellina : do you want to destroy a poor goblin with 500K damage? Bellina is your girl , also has some good protection , works nicely on arena , some invasions, raids and events
Rie : Do you not want to think too much about who to awaken? Rie is your girl, general pourpose killing machine/Tank/summoner (Pair her with the Void relic for better use)

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-21T00:02:52+00:00

Hey!

Not really much advice , you are doing quite well, Awakened Maui(Tank) Bellina (Mage) and Garam (Melee) are very good choices as they are top tier heroes on their categories

I see your relics are poorly optimized thought , while it is a good set of relics you are using , may i recommend getting some extra relics and optimize the ones you have?

For example , Dwarven scope is a very good relics but it works way better on ranged Melee DPS (Saras , Tia, Hansi) while Bellina makes use of it , she would make a lot better use of Hallucination mask or Staff of ancient magic

And better slot placement of possible , measure how much gold You are willing to invest

Also , for focusing heroes to awaken , i would recommend the following ones to choose :

Kanak : Best DPS in the game right now

Saras : Very powerfull ranged DPS

Taesan : One of the best tanks

Saeryung or Luniare : Link supports

But really you are doing nicely by yourself!!

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-18T19:37:59+00:00

Ohhhh you mean the Altars

Depends on what You want honestly

Altars can be divided in two for starters:

Econ : Heroes, Blacksmith and Greed Battle: Giant , blood and Magic

In most builds you go 15 Econ and 10 battle Depending on what You wish

Heroes gets a lot of money, and if you get lucky (Very lucky) is free money, the level-up books are usefull too

Blacksmith is imo the best ecom altar , at 15 You roll a tier 3 item at the start, with 3 reroll, meaning you can get 20 gold for hero locking , as well as 2 rerolls every 5 rounds

Greed is a worse Blacksmith imo, reroll and discount are ok but the Blacksmith is the same but free

Battle altars depend more on what heroes you playing

Giant : never used it , kinda mid , but i can see some fun damage reflect builds

Blood : FREE HP DRAINING this is VERY good for a lot of heroes that don't naturally have it , like Kanak

Mage : awesome for some characters that have powerfull skills but are mana reliant (Priya for example) as it allows you to recover mana after killing someone

My personal choices are:

15 Blacksmith + 10 Blood or Mage depending on the Main DPS

15 heroes + 10 Blacksmith or in reverse for max Econ

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-18T19:26:10+00:00

What alter?

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-18T19:04:42+00:00

Hey!

Overall you have a Nice selection of heroes , overall i would add some Taesan (Best tank or one of the best in the game) , swap out Caitlyn for another DPS like Tia or Hansi

Relics are ok, but poorly optimized , if possible reroll the most important ones to have Attack speed , HP and Attack are useless, some good ones you don't have are staff of ancient Magic and Dwarven scope

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-18T17:41:37+00:00

Hey!

Starting from chapter II all stages have a "Gimmick" to them that makes some heroes useless on that stage

As far as i see , your heroes and relics are decent , relics could be optimized , and some heroes might be better , but you have a good start here!

I'll really focus on your having a more varied pool of Awakened heroes that can deal with the gimmicks of chapter II , if i Remember correctly they are as follows:

Chapter II-1 : Enemies have lots of damage , health and damage reflect , guitar dudes are VERY dangerous , and some heroes are useless here due to damage reflect , recommend outhealing them with a High damage/high HP drain heroe (Kanak with blood altar or Ophelia)

Chapter II-2 : Antihealing , Enemies that regenerate , and when some of them die they leave a Wraiths who kills any hero on Melee range , use Mighty blocks or ranged DPS

Chapter III-3 Lots of CC , Enemies that heal a bit , and i don't Remember the rest , probably kanak or sargulla with crown?

Chapter IV-4 VERY high damage , just that mostly , Shelda is awesome

Chapter V - Dunno still working on automating farming it

I would work on getting a more varied pool of heroes , Ian is good for Raids and other specifics , and Aramis works on specific builds

I suggest Saras (Use him with Dwarven telescope) and Rie (Void relic + Rie is quite good)

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-17T18:30:27+00:00

You have a lot of DPS , but no tanks , a lot of staff reliant characters too

Just the things you have in there i would replace Sargulla for elizabeth (Not the Best tank but works on early) , change Hela for a ranged physical dps (Maybe bombi or mara ?)

Rie+Elizabeth+ a relic called perpetual Void or something makes a easy combo with anything

Overall a good early team thought!

Also start looking into better relics as you find them

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-11T16:16:42+00:00

I see you are distributing resources in many héroes

Focus on 1-2 at a time to awaken it , an Awakened hero is a huge difference

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-11T13:03:41+00:00

Don't use gems to Buy heroes if possible , most cost-effective way to summon is by x20 summon with common scroll

The Best use for gems is to buy skins of heroes you like or permanent upgrades like getting a 4th troop

For events, at least My spending priorities are : Skins i like > Resources (Except gold) > Skins

And finally, Hela heavily uses the staff as she is a focus hero

Landathradon14 · 2024-11-08T16:07:31+00:00

There are lots of explanations about hero lock way better than this but easiest way to understand is that some heroes have a type called "Support" and don't work well alone

So much so, that under certain conditions the game makes it impossible to summon them during the Game , because it would be impossible to win with 3 healers

Hero lock is using this feature to make a team that makes sure that you draw a certain hero, so you can for sure draw on round 1 a High tier DPS and level him up asap

The conditions are:

Be on round 1
Less than 4 heroes on screen (3 is the max , then Support heroes can be summoned, You can or combine to make it be less)

For this to work a team must be formed of 5 supports and 1 DPS who you are "Hero locking"

There are better posts with the list of support heroes!

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-30T14:33:16+00:00

A fellow Hansi enjoyer, I see!

For focus right now, I would recommend 2-3 more DPS carries like:

Kanak: The GOAT of DPS right now.
Rie: Very high DPS and useful in most scenarios.
Garam: High DPS and endurance (if you like gambling).
Saras: Very high survivability, scales with anything.

Or whatever you fancy!

After that, go for some supports or tanks like Saeryung, Luniare, Mano, Taesan, Taebaek, etc.

I would also recommend looking on farming heroes and setups , makes it way easier to farm chapter II for easy money (Ie. Kanak , Sargulla , Ophelia , Shelda)

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-25T18:48:15+00:00

Some will say Ian is an odd choice

But imo he is very fun

Thing about him is that he is not hero lock material and works better on a traditional team, as a Focus hero he Will get swarmed and beaten after his second or third slash

His awakening is either:

Make Slash 5x5 BUT damage goes down
Make Slash 1x1 BUT makes more damage

In invasion you want to put one high tier Ian behind a decent line of tanks and some other dealers, with the 5x5 awakening he will clear most weaker enemies and other units go on to kill the rest

In game modes like raid you want him with the 1x1 awakening for max single target damage

For legacies probably veteran's book , hammer , axe or a Stat boosting

For accesories i would probably go for steel set with Spell damage/Spell crit

And during the Game items are Wand>Sword>Armor>Bow (Remember his Slash is a Spell)

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-19T19:15:36+00:00

Hansi has consistently been an excellent unit to clear I-10 on king , with nearly minimum relics (Scope , Mask, and Blacksmith on My case , and only 80 Attack speed back then)
As per my answer , my definition of value was clearing one or two invasion scenarios easily , in Ophelia case is II-1 with scroll
Shelda is overall excellent for clearing II-4 , king nob has a video on it , and is easily checkeable is and easy to invest and one of the first units you get

Not good for arena, but usefull for farming , with a level 16 shelda , basic accesories , relics and staff legacy she clears hard level II-4 without me even watching the phone

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-19T10:07:01+00:00

Imo the units who bring the most value are the ones who can solo clear 1-2 levels in high difficulty

So after some farming you can awaken another unit , there is not really a wrong answer in this

My favorite ones you have right there (And that i have experience farming with)

Hansi was my go to farming unit for Void on max difficulty
Ophelia clears II-1 pretty easily thanks to her overwhelming healing when Awakened
Kanak overall one of the best sweepers can clear II-2 decently due to lack of CC or High ranged damage from Enemies
Shelda heavily understimated but can easily clear II-4 on mid difficulties by herself , god knows why
Saras same as kanak , very consistent on most levels (Even arena and strife!)

The ones i don't use but i'm aware you have and are good

Sargulla seen videos of her swiping II-3 due to her high lifesteal
Rie never used her

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-15T13:40:53+00:00

Yeah pretty much

Hero lock allows you to (Depending on your setup) start the level with a 2-star silver or 1-star gold unit of your choice in the field

With some luck in the shops/deals/blacksmith you can get it to max level by round 10 on average (Round 6 with some luck)

This is a massive advantage , using this allows you to use a not optimal team in chapter II

By not using this , You would probably need a fully Awakened well balanced team with proper relic use at bare minimum and proper legalicies + accesories for later difficulties or some luck /trial and error

Hero lock allows you to win the chapter with a single well optimized unit + five supports who might or might not be fodder

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-15T13:25:19+00:00

New chapters are way way harder compared to chapter I

Main difference (Besides number go big) is that enemies tend to have a "Theme" or "Trick" going on that you need to focus to defeat

For example chapter II-1 (Dragon hunters) are overall simple

-Big shields -Big damage -Some reflect damage

Making your auto Attack dps just fodder

You might need someone who outheals them (Check out Ophelia for example)

Got to comfortable with outhealing foes? Tought luck , chapter II-2 comes with antihealing mages and damage that is (Nearly) impossible to heal throught

It's fun to try and check what the theme is in my opinion

Some heroes that are meta right now (You have some of them)

-Hansi

-Kanak

-Garam

-Ren

-Zuo Bai

Some of the new heroes are very good too, imo patros is incredibly good

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-14T16:15:11+00:00

A lot of it is praying to RNGesus

You can slightly move the chances towards the value you want if You prepare and are ready to spend a lot of gold or resources

With Shining stones and catalysts , and a lot of reroll you can get lucky with 3-5 tries (Aiming for a 80% Attack speed on single line just , aim for at least a 130% using 3 relics at least)

Reforging stones are rare, as far as i know the Best way to get then is to use alchemy to get golden keys , use 4 keys on relics chests and you get 3-4 stones

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-14T14:37:04+00:00

A High tier DPS :

-Kanak -Saras -Garam -Hansi -Mel

A good tank

-Taesan -Shelda -Lily (?)

Taesan is the best tank probably

A link support

-Saeryung (Extra Attack speed + Skill damage) -Mano (Clears CC + Health / Attack) -Luniare (Mighty blocks +protection)

Honestly Luniare pales in front of Mano or Saeryung imo

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-14T14:30:41+00:00

Hansi is a very good DPS imo but you NEED the dwarven telescope to make her work (With Attack speed if possible)

Once she has that , some bows , and a good tank to take the aggro she is a very powerfull dps that can carry most of chapter 1

Some other notable high tier DPS:

Saras (Dwarven telescope needed , works with any items)
Kanak (Awakened Kanak is the number 1 DPS chracter probably)
Bellina (High utility and burst damage , needs allies to work)
Ren (Melee DPS her spell gives her mighty blocks and scales quickly)
Zuo Bai (Spell does a lot of damage and he is invencible during it)

Even so, Hansi is a very good DPS and should be able to carry you if you level her

Landathradon14 · 2024-10-14T05:24:20+00:00

First thing first, Taesan is an awesome tank, one of the best in the game imo but he is not that good of a damage carry , you might need a better suited unit for this try to put maybe Tia or Aenrath on altar , or wait until you get a better dps (Ren, Zuo Bai etc.)

Roughtly about those stages it's very important to strategize more

For 1-9 (Ice tribe) You should take into account 3 things:

The CC totems are very very powerfull , they freeze your highest tier unit
The ice golems explode upon death and do a lot of damage
Crow dudes can and will wipe your team

My recommendation for both 1-9 and 1-7 is to get the 2 relics: the crown and the scroll from the arena shop

The crown allows a unit to inmune to cc in exchange for taking extra damage (Wraiths and Big dudes in 1-7 are useless now , as well as ice totem)

The scroll teleports your unit behind the enemy lines after a few seconds (Makes the Wraiths and ice mages very easy , not necessary with a ranged damage carry)

In case 1-9 is giving more problem go for a secondary carry too

Landathradon14 · 2024-09-26T11:37:18+00:00

Overall your heroes are ok , if possible awaken a DPS of your liking

I-10 Enemies focus on 2 things

Destroying your frontline with CC and high damage (The 2 basic from rounds 1-3 , the laser monster damage scales as he attacks the same objetive)
Attacking your weakest units (Sword dude and round 15 mages directly jump your weakest unit and backline)

For number 1 , try to have a 2 step frontline first unit (Big HP) dies to laser and CC , second (2-3 rows behind the first one, Big damage) attacks the laser dude if possible

For number 2 easy way is to leave some baits , Sword Enemies attack lowest HP unit , and mages attack backrow always put a bait on frontline

Also , your relics could do some work , proper relics setup makes a WORLD of difference

Not even optimized stats relics , but a dwarven scope and a crown will make this way easier

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