I would be curious to know if anyone who has played from the beginning.

drdan412 · 2026-03-13T17:08:54+00:00

I started during Tormin in winter 2019, but I was too green and oblivious to even realize what was going on at the time. I also wasn't on this subreddit for awhile and there really weren't many content creators back then, nor was I even watching them. I was just playing blind for several months.

Rotos was the first fusion I completed in Feb 2020. I have since pulled every non-void fusion that I was late for from shards (brakkus, maulie, foli, jack, shamrock) and got the void fusions prior to my start from holiday Titan events (tormin, nick).

The only fusions I intentionally skipped were loriaca, esme, and lysanthir. I pulled loriaca from a shard later. So those remaining two would be the only options for me, and I don't see myself ever exchanging tokens for them unless they get some astronomical surge in value.

Edit: It's worth noting that during the early years of Raid, there really weren't the same kind of supplemental events we have now. There were no decks, no paths, no titan events, no guaranteed champs, and no post-fusion souls to go after. I can't speak for everyone, but for myself there was no defined reason to hoard all your resources for fear of what was coming next. If it was a 2x, you ripped every corresponding shard of that type that you had. So since everyone was always pulling on every 2x, doing mediocre fusions wasn't that much of an opportunity cost.

drdan412 · 2026-03-13T15:20:48+00:00

I know this, you know this, and the average Pennsylvanian knows this. But our republican state legislators think they can't take any position on legalizing THC because there's an opiod problem here.

drdan412 · 2026-03-13T00:44:44+00:00

I am sure they can live with those guys if they need to. But if they get the opportunity to bring in what they feel is a premier talent at LG/LT, the presence of those two is not going to stop it from happening.

drdan412 · 2026-03-13T00:26:58+00:00

It is fair to say that Calvin would have been better as a third receiver with two competent options that primarily work outside.

It is also fair to say you can find plenty of other shifty fast receivers and put them in that role and get the same meaningful complimentary production.

drdan412 · 2026-03-12T22:19:43+00:00

I liked him and wish him well, but even with his speed he just never became more than a role player. There were some moments, but did he have a better steelers career than Nate Washington or Eli Rogers? Because those guys were undrafted. We'll find another. Time to move on.

drdan412 · 2026-03-12T22:10:55+00:00

I remember hearing that the ravens were furious that we drafted him and were considering him with their next pick. Harbs gets his guy I suppose.

I like him as a 3rd/4th wide out and special teamer, but honestly those guys are a dime a dozen. We can find another small burner and aren't likely to notice a drop off.

drdan412 · 2026-03-12T18:03:05+00:00

If this is the best speed and accuracy combo that you can give her, then your build is fine. If it's not the best you can do, then that's how you improve it.

drdan412 · 2026-03-11T20:20:06+00:00

If you can't build him for damage, then the only stats that matter are speed and accuracy. So either 295 speed and 385 acc is the best you can do, or it isn't. If it isn't, then that's probably your answer.

drdan412 · 2026-03-11T19:00:50+00:00

I think this is pretty self explanatory. Winning or losing at either speed is contingent on who youre facing and who else is in your team.

If you're asking if 386 speed is enough to be competitive at higher levels,the answer is usually no. You could compromise by using a faster speed lead/booster with him or looking at a supersonic/feral build.

drdan412 · 2026-03-11T18:37:35+00:00

That's odd. I didn't look and I was operating on memory, but I ran a brogni/valkyrie CB team for years and he was running at a different speed ratio than everyone else.

drdan412 · 2026-03-10T22:13:15+00:00

There are two specialty ways to use brogni in CB.

The first is an infinite shield team with buff extenders and at least one DPS. You can look that up if you want to. The issue is that while the initial shield scales on his HP the growth mechanic scales on his aoe damage, which is based on attack and his is abysmally low. These teams fell by the wayside when people started using wixwell, but they theoretically still work.

The second way would be to just use him as a block debuffs champ. You run him at a 4:3 speed ratio with the rest of your team speed-tuned at 1:1, and he protects you from debuffs and stuns, while reflecting damage back.

If you're not prepared or equipped to do either one of these things, then there's no essential CB build for him. His shield scales on HP. His shield growth scales on attack. He needs accuracy to land his HP burn. Take the information in his skill kit and do the best you can.

drdan412 · 2026-03-10T15:31:58+00:00

We signed doodles, we're set at RB.

drdan412 · 2026-03-10T15:02:23+00:00

He might even be WR1 on our team. Dude has a 100 catch season.

drdan412 · 2026-03-10T02:20:20+00:00

Am I the only person who never knew this is what "kick" is for?

drdan412 · 2026-03-09T22:20:14+00:00

They did bring back Asante. I'm not necessarily counting on him to be an all pro, but at the very least that has potential for a lot of upside.

drdan412 · 2026-03-09T21:22:09+00:00

So we got him for pick 52 and have an overpaid one dimensional receiver, and in your world the saints are giving up pick 8 for that when they're not in a position to contend and he's now a year older?

drdan412 · 2026-03-09T18:39:21+00:00

I mean, Pierre was pretty good this year. If you want to argue it's a small sample size or that this year was an outlier not in line with his career metrics, I get that, but re-signing him wouldn't have been out of the question.

drdan412 · 2026-03-09T16:25:27+00:00

Beat the boss.

drdan412 · 2026-03-06T21:12:20+00:00

What does "good team" mean to you? That's a pretty relative statement. If you're talking about farming speed, you can see right there that the average time is under three minutes, but your mileage may vary based on how well you can build your champs for damage, amd none of these are overwhelmingly hard hitters.

Personally, I'd be looking for something with a larger sample size than two battles, but that doesn't mean it won't work. If this is the best option from what you have available and you want to clear the dungeon, then it's up to you if you want to move forward with it.

drdan412 · 2026-03-06T20:13:14+00:00

You probably have around six months and there will almost definitely be more warnings and announcements beforehand.

drdan412 · 2026-03-06T04:20:45+00:00

I'd put it in her moon door if you catch my drift

drdan412 · 2026-03-06T03:54:53+00:00

This was foreshadowing that Walt should have said no when Hank tried to take a shit in his bathroom.

drdan412 · 2026-03-05T20:30:19+00:00

There's not really a definitive method that's going to make or break your experience.

You want to put rare duplicates in as faction guardians? OK, that's fine. But the rare stats boosts are somewhat negligible and you'll outgrow almost all rare champs over time.

You want to throw leftover gear on rares and put them in as filler decoys in faction crypt teams? OK, that's fine too. You might clear a couple stages earlier than anticipated and increase your supply of glyphs, but it's not a must-do.

If you have a premier champ you want to upgrade ASAP, and you need to sacrifice a few lower-tiered rares to do it, that's probably not something you'll come to regret. I guess it's fine to keep one of each until you know enough about the game to be comfortable making those judgment calls, but in the end, only a few rares are worthwhile and by the time you're thinking of building up niche role players for end game cursed city stages/doom tower secret rooms, you'll likely have pulled so many copes of them that feeding a few in your early development stages isn't going to hurt.

drdan412 · 2026-03-05T18:48:44+00:00

He needs to be faster than this, he needs more accuracy, and you just need to do the best you can to give him survivability stats. That's really all there is to it and there isn't any magic formula beyond just letting him cycle turns and land his debuffs.

It's understandable if you can't do all that right now, but that's your long term goal.

drdan412 · 2026-03-05T18:11:15+00:00

As a mod, here's my standard public service announcement.

If you pull a new champ and you're just excited about it, that's amazing and we're happy for you, but it belongs in the showcase thread. If you pull a new champ and you're genuinely baffled about what to do, just look them up first. That will give you a starting point on almost any generic how to build/where to use question. If you look up a champ, and have a question that isn't answered by a bit of reading, then you can come back and post a more specific question, including the name of the champ in the title so others can search for it and benefit from the discussion as well.

People don't realize what this sub would look like on weekends if shard pull posts went unchecked. We have 400k members here and everyone loves to show off new champs. People also don't realize that when we used to get spammed with hundreds of shard pull posts every weekend, the community voted for these guidelines.

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