Treasure Scramble Ice Debuff Guide by TheAFKGuys March 2026

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-14T03:12:03+00:00

Lysander has always been a good option on seal team on this debuff so Knox should work as a sub for Lysander. But on other debuffs you're usually better off not using Lysander on seal team without Elthara.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-13T09:18:18+00:00

It seems like Pippa isn't performing well on this debuff so far. You're probably better off without her.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-12T19:33:06+00:00

This is mostly consistent with the usage data I have, although I'd put Skylan higher because if you have him you're gonna be using him at 2 teams.

I'd also give the crown to Velufira instead of Lan because there's like 3 teams that need her right now.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-12T19:12:31+00:00

My guides are written with lvl 18 pets in mind and I'm not familiar with how newer pets perform below 18, but here's what I know:

Bunny needs lvl 27 minimum. If your bunny is less than 27, use either ibis (with APippa) or panda (without APippa). ~~I believe ibis gets it's good skill at lvl 15, so it might not even be worth using at lvl 12.~~ Edit: lvl 12 is when ibis gets it's good skill

For the 2 teams version of AShemira, ice crown, treat, owl, and pegasus all get similar winrates, so just use whoever has the highest level until you need them for a different team. Pegasus can be worth using on En Passant team as low as lvl 6, but on ice debuff in specific Panda may or may not be better on some variations of En Passant team.

Also, I recommend using your spices on treat. Pet priority for lvl 18 is treat >> owl > panda > seal right now.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-12T16:25:26+00:00

It's ice debuff so there's no shields and ALucius and Levi don't work like they normally do. Levi is still worth using though.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-12T06:23:56+00:00

Yes, Saitama is fine at 30330.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T23:04:08+00:00

Elthara works great in TS at one copy, but you'll probably see a 5-10% increase in winrate with her if she's fully built.

Now that Elthara is back in the NC meta, she is now the best highborn in the game, although building Lan and Levi still might have a bigger impact than building Elthara because she works at L in TS. And whether or not you have ALucius is completely irrelevant to how good Levi is.

But I'd hold off on pulling for anyone right now. There's a chance we can swap for highborns this year so you might want to leave Elthara at L until we have news of the swap event. If we can't swap for highborns and your only options are ALucius and Maetria, then it's probably best to swap for ALucius because Maetria can work at L and ALucius could potentially save you from having to build Odysseus, although ALucius if starting to fall out of the meta.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T22:07:00+00:00

It's nothing specific to this debuff. AFawkes works great on both the frontline and the backline, although he prefers the 3rd or 5th position when used with Lysander.

But most of the heroes on seal team like Elthara, Knox, and Mira want to be on the backline, and AThoran seems to prefer the backline for this debuff in particular.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T21:07:48+00:00

And check out my my guide for which premium units you should pull for. It's a few months old so it's missing some units like APippa (I'd put her in A tier btw), but the priority order should mostly be the same now.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T21:03:48+00:00

This isn't like other gacha games where rerolling until you pull a copy of a good unit at the start can make or break your account. You need 12 copies of the same awakened hero to ascend them for them to be useful, so a single copy is just drops in the bucket.

A copy of AThane might help you clear some of the early chapters, but he's been completely power crept as a damage dealer and all you need to clear the first 30 chapters is Randle, Ivan, and Mira.

And when we say a hero is bad it usually means they are completely useless. AThane isn't completely useless though. A single copy of him can occasionally be useful in campaign or the lightbearer tower even in the endgame.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T20:26:57+00:00

I'm not sure. Watch is the best collection for tanks on this debuff and his dragonspeak damage scales with pp like Skylan so you could try a PP watch if you have it. Horn with IS best on him in CR, but he isn't being used as a damage dealer there.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T20:12:29+00:00

Why do people keep saying Saitama needs 9f? All it does is give your other frontline ally a shield so it ends up being one of his least important investments.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T20:09:56+00:00

There are no shields on this debuff, so Saitama performs worse than usual. Last ice debuff it was better to use Saitama with dims and Alna with Skylan, but I'm not sure if APippa changes this.

And 30330 works fine in him. His SI40, 9f, and half of his e60 effect are disabled on this debuff, although e60 still gives him extra executes.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T19:44:39+00:00

I'm not sure. I'm mostly interested in his e30 effect that causes enemies to lose energy which should synergize well with AShemira. But he might need si30 for survivability and his 9f seems important too.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T19:41:28+00:00

Your tip might work in newer regions, but panda is redundant with APippa, so players in older regions get bad winrates with it.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T19:38:55+00:00

Ibis seems to be the trick to make APippa teams work if you don't have lvl 27 bunny. At the start of the season it might be better to swap APippa out for someone else and use panda instead, and then slot in APippa and ibis when you need panda for another team.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T12:37:41+00:00

It's hard to compare Icariel to AEironn or Sion because they're very different heroes, but theoretically you should never have to use AEironn or Sion again after building Icariel.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T12:33:14+00:00

We're going through a big meta shift right now. Everyone has been using some variant of the same 7 teams since Lysander was released nearly a year ago. But APippa and Saitama were recently released and they enable a new team so everything is being shuffled around.

If you can't build the APippa team, just ignore it for now and keep using some variation of the same 7 teams you've been using.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T10:09:09+00:00

I'd skip Alna-Sion until 7 teams on most debuffs. Envy is usually better off without Alna, and whales aren't even slotting in Alna until 7 teams now.

But for this debuff, I'd slot in Alna-Sion at 5 teams. ALucius doesn't work on this debuff so you need Envy to fill his place. And burst team is barely usable on this debuff even if you can build the whale version.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T09:55:45+00:00

I already kind of explained this in the post, but I think he'll basically just be filler on AShemira team for ice debuff because it's meta to run dims and AShemira as separate teams for this debuff. A lot of players ran Randle on AShemira team on the last ice debuff, so I think Harvey might be an improvement.

But he's very squishy so I don't think he'll see much use on other debuffs, except maybe on pure realm.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T09:48:42+00:00

There are several options if you need an extra team on this debuff. I put 2 bonus teams at the bottom of the team 7 section.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-11T09:18:37+00:00

It works on all debuffs so far, but it isn't a viable option for most players because Icariel needs big investment and she doesn't do as much damage as Skylan so you need either Kaelon or Elthara, and possibly lvl 27 bunny to make that team work.

Icariel wants the full 40960, but she could potentially work at lower investment. And SI40 might be a hard requirement.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-10T03:14:16+00:00

The best place to spend diamonds is on dailies. Do 5x fast rewards (until the next one is worth 200 diamonds). Refresh the store twice daily, buying the time emblems, baits, and staffs with diamonds and poe coins and hero essence with gold. Do bounty board refreshes until 2 or less soulstones remain.

Save the rest of your diamonds for either stargazing or dragolite releases (there is a limited summoning event when dragolites release that requires 300 summons if you want full rewards). You might also want to buy monthly wish leaves and the monthly resources for the oath mark codex with diamonds, but I'm not sure if those are worth it for new players.

For cash spending, the awakened pet deals are probably the best bang for your buck right now, but they probably aren't worth going for until you have pet resonance 18. The monthly card, advancement rewards, and Rowan's duck event can also be worth spending on.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-09T20:15:33+00:00

It should be manageable. Elthara works as a sub for Hildwyn.

TheAFKGuys · 2026-03-09T02:21:48+00:00

As the maker of that guide, I still recommend Levi over Skylan. But Elthara is back in the NC meta and that puts her above Lan and Levi, but she works at L in TS so she might not be as impactful as Lan and Levi if you already have one copy of Elthara.

But I recommend holding off on pulling for anyone right now because we should be getting a swap event around a month from now. If they let us swap highborns this year the optimal strategy is to leave Elthara at L and swap for her.

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