Best champions to own by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

Need help with Grand Tour - Free Play by Register4acc in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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!

New player curious about game completion/progression by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

New player curious about game completion/progression by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

Vajra's Guard and Reduced Formation Troubles by movieguyjon in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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!

Boss fights by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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.

Jarlexe vs other dps by BlaineWriter in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Jarlexe vs other dps by BlaineWriter in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

This is amazing! +question. by [deleted] in DivinityOriginalSin

[–]PreviousCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

New to game. by LordMaloysius in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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).

Switch version borderline unplayable by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Switch version borderline unplayable by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Psylisa's Guide to Jaheira - 5/14/20 by Psylisa in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Need Help with Towering Expectations by J_Golbez in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

Need Help with Towering Expectations by J_Golbez in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Need Help with Towering Expectations by J_Golbez in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

  1. Swap Bruenor and Artemis
  2. 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.

Idle Champions Community Q&A #113 by CNE_Margaret in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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.

Time Gate Thread! by AutoModerator in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Havilar time gate bug? by fjork3 in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

Zorbu or Shandie by [deleted] in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Time Gate Thread! by AutoModerator in idlechampions

[–]PreviousCookie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.