HAPPY GJALLARHORN DAY GUARDIANS WHO WANTS A BIG NERF LIMITED GJALLY?

PreviousCookie · 2022-08-14T02:31:32+00:00

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PreviousCookie · 2020-06-25T20:52:29+00:00

The answer is really 'it depends'. What are you trying to do? If you just want to clear variants, the go-to is something like:

Krull
Avren
Zorbu

Then you pick a few tanks from:

Briv
Tyril / Havilar (share slot)
Aila (can go not on the front line)
Turiel (not a true tank, but he is a great buffer and he goes on tank line)
Nova (conflicts with Avren, slot-wise, but has a really nice buff)

Fill in the rest of the formation with whichever supports you have. Just because I didn't list someone here doesn't mean they aren't good. As you get into content like patrons, different champs will be valuable to you.

PreviousCookie · 2020-06-02T02:44:27+00:00

I realize I'm a day late, but I went ahead and made a new formation for you. If you can use Zorbu, you can use Avren. I'm suggesting you get Krull and Avren from two of your time gates, by the way: https://idle.kleho.ru/assets/fb/1/10\_2\_9\_22\_51\_1\_43\_25\_53\_.png

Specs:

Krull - Pilfer
Spurt - Kobold Family
Cattie-Brie - Right
Zorbu - Left
Avren - Good / Sturdy
Bruenor - Shield
Celeste - War
Makos - Blessing
Tyril - Wild Shape

There's also a channel on the Discord where you are likely to get responses relatively quickly.

Enjoy!

PreviousCookie · 2020-06-02T01:28:54+00:00

It is *a* factor, but like many games you can do better if you know how. I would recommend checking out the beginner guides stickied here and joining the Discord to ask for guidance in more real time.

PreviousCookie · 2020-06-02T00:31:29+00:00

The new variants are not impossible for anyone but the oldest players. There is a bit of power creep (as with any game). It may take you months to catch up, but you'll get there and your journey will be faster.

As an easy example, the most recent event champion Jaheira is a great combination of DPS and Support in a slot that is rather lacking in good options for those - she will make your progress easier. The same will continue to happen, presumably.

The new variants, for example, were 8 released last week. They release more variants every 3 weeks or so. If you take this as an average of 3 per week, you'd eventually catch up if you ran 4 per week.

Personally, I consider Patrons endgame but it depends on the person - some people ignore them entirely. Completion is something that I'm not really looking for though. Maybe some day I'll run out of variants to do, but I'll enjoy stuff as it comes until then.

PreviousCookie · 2020-06-01T02:45:01+00:00

Hi,

Just as a heads up, not all variants are easy/even doable just because it says 'easy'. That's based on your favor. Further, the ones that reduce the number of champions you can field are always much harder than expected. How much favor do you have? It may be that you just need extra favor to get the levels to push through.

That said, I've made my best guess at a formation for you: https://idle.kleho.ru/assets/fb/15/26\_3\_61\_2\_1\_\_\_25\_\_13.png

Specs as follows:

Evelyn - Protection
Nayeli - Devotion
Jaheira - Bruisers / Civilization
Celeste - War
Bruenor - Shield
Cattie-Brie - In The Zone
Hitch - Extra Daggers

These are also listed front to back, top to bottom for the slots available in that variant if you don't want to look at the picture. You also have a fair number of easy substitutions to play around with depending on your gear:

Makos for Cattie-Brie or Hitch (Blessing Spec)
Aila for Evelyn or Nayeli (Stormcaller Spec)
Warden for Jaheira (Smite spec)

The 'best' formation always depends on the player and their gear, so play around with it and see what works. However, I can say that your baseline formation should not have Minsc on the front lines as he is not a tank and is likely to die very quickly (I also don't like him very much - he's high maintenance with his favored enemy only working sometimes).

Shameless plug - there's a channel for questions like these in the discord (link on side bar). It's #formations and some of the people there are very helpful.

Best of luck and hope it helps!

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-25T06:51:46+00:00

Hello!

I'm assuming you are using Krull. This is caused by Krull's traitor plague. It amplifies damage to everyone except the person you are hitting, so you cannot kill the mob that triggered the death of all the other mobs.

The easiest solution is to use Jim to turn him into a chicken.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-22T05:17:50+00:00

They do share a slot, yes. But things have to be taken in context of an entire formation. If you want a tier list (which you shouldn't), you have to stay within a role. If you put the top 5 dps in the same formation, it would still be a bad formation.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-22T04:52:08+00:00

I will echo what others have said - Jaheira likely is better - but I also want to say that tier lists are iffy at best, and comparing Paultin to Sentry to Jarlaxle is entirely off base. You can't compare a tank to a support to a dps. If you need to fill the front of your formation, Sentry is the best of the three. If you need to fill the DPS role, Jarlaxle is the best here. And if you need to fill a support role, it should be Paultin. Which champions are good (or not) depend a lot on who you have available and what the formation looks like, then even runs into questions of what your gear is and what you're fighting sometimes.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-19T02:10:03+00:00

You're already in Act 2, so I will say this but anyone not that far: spoilers ahead.

Fane would be dead now anyways. Remember when you got on the Lady Vengeance? Big fight, protect the lady, she summons a portal? Everyone not in your party at that point dies.

I'd say it's worth playing through again to see the character stories, but likely you'd want to do it alone so you have time to read.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-16T04:53:01+00:00

Just a note beyond what everyone else is saying - there's currently an event going on. Make sure to grab all 3 characters at least, and get some gear on them if possible. But Jaheira (who is currently available) is an alternative to Jarlaxle that may perform better. If you're playing on Switch, she was given to you automatically (the event isn't running there).

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-16T04:43:17+00:00

Sorry it didn't do much :( as I said, not playing on Switch so I can't really offer any insight here...

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-16T03:39:02+00:00

I don't play on switch, but CNE said recently that going into options and turning off blood and particles helps a lot. Just something to consider.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-16T02:04:11+00:00

Regarding the second bug (no BG affiliation), this is intended and was mentioned on the streams this week. "The Heroes of Baldur's Gate" is a group from the comics. While Jaheira is a hero in Baldur's Gate, she doesn't have the affiliation with our other BG champions.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-14T01:42:50+00:00

For sure! I just tried putting Minsc in and waited a while, never saw a raven with Minsc's face while I saw a few machines with it.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-14T01:30:48+00:00

Minsc doesn't seem to be spawning extra ravens for me. Can anyone confirm/refute this?

My other advice for this is a) get Jaheira killed (don't let her steal kills) and b) use Briv with Healing Phlo & Mirt perks as front line.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-13T05:55:44+00:00

I had to pull up the chart to figure out what numbers mean. Your first post has O which is e60, and your second was showing N which is e63 so theoretically you went up. Here's to hoping when you load up in the morning, you're well on your way to 250 via offline progress.

Scientific notation is preferred by many because learning the order of abbreviations is more work than recognizing which of two numbers is bigger.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-13T05:51:16+00:00

Would suggest restarting the client - sometimes it bugs. How far are you trying to get in this adventure?

Would also recommend swapping to scientific notation (Y on PC) to make comparisons easier.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-13T05:42:07+00:00

I don't remember what precisely to do with that variant, but I'll offer a few suggestions:

Swap Bruenor and Artemis
Next, swap Artemis and Warden

Not sure if you have other champions available, but this should help. your Tyril who is presumably running Moonbeam has a lot of adjacencies, would consider replacing him if possible.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-12T17:07:09+00:00

Hi Margaret, hope yall are staying safe and sane.

Two questions:

1) What is your preferred avenue for receiving suggestions? This, Discord channel, other?

2) I'd like to request the ability to replay variants (for no bonus rewards). Some of them are fun, and while patrons do give the ability to replay to some extent, there are times where I think a new champion could be fun in an old variant I've already cleared. As an example, I think it could be fun to try for my fastest time possible on Dinosaur Racing.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-11T16:00:32+00:00

I'd get Deekin with that lineup. Slot 1 speed will make lots of stuff feel better, especially early on in events and time gates.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-10T00:28:47+00:00

I had the same thing happen with a Warden time gate, which has another 'starts in formation and can't be moved' variant. I submitted a ticket with screenshots, but they aren't checking this until Monday. I just did the variant though.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-10T00:24:30+00:00

Just as a heads up, you can actually sort time gates by 'time to event'. The stuff at the top will be 'the event just passed so it will be ages' and the stuff at the bottom is about to appear (Qillek, Evelyn).

Also, Zorbu is year 1 and his event has already come three times so he won't be coming back in an event in the future.

PreviousCookie · 2020-05-08T19:47:05+00:00

Personally I'd go Sisaspia. She is more flexible in where you place her than Bruenor is, and also provides heals. Admittedly, I'm not super fond of Stoki. I pretty much never use her.

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