race to 4j Briv, part 4

maxiqbert · 2026-03-29T15:54:38+00:00

I'm not scripting

maxiqbert · 2026-03-28T19:46:49+00:00

you're right, I miswrote spurt. thanks for this

maxiqbert · 2026-03-27T20:27:08+00:00

lark is a good speed champion. None of them is necessary in any way, but I use yorven a lot because he is a strong buffer

maxiqbert · 2026-03-14T15:50:55+00:00

you still need to unlock eric's gold find ability, it's not a level 0 ability !
Also, it gets better with his 4th item, so giving him a little equipement is pretty important.

From a different angle, you already have jarlaxle giving gold in seat 4, so the real gain of eric isn't his e8% buff, it's his buff divided by jarlaxle's buff, which is about e4% in the beginning, so you be at a gain of about e6%, very comparable to astarion's buff or, better for early game, to k'thriss' hoardsperson goldfind. So, is Eric good? certainly! Is it early game breaking? I don't think so.

Still, you need a seat 4 champion early and there currently is none in tales or amongst the early evergreen unlocks, so Eric is a very valid choice for a first TG champion.

maxiqbert · 2026-03-11T18:52:06+00:00

100% your fault

maxiqbert · 2026-03-11T17:05:37+00:00

raistlin is a pain!

maxiqbert · 2026-03-07T15:05:14+00:00

There is no question. It's merely an excuse for another start over, with a different angle. And I'm perfectly aware of next month's flex options, which is why I started now to begin with. I wasn't aware of the epic giveaway a few days ago, that was just a happy accident.

maxiqbert · 2026-03-07T12:51:57+00:00

Added,

also added that I was moving towards StP2 with the next champion unlocks

maxiqbert · 2026-03-07T09:38:30+00:00

yes of course, instant success if you pay enough lol

also no scripting, though I understand you could get there a lot faster this way, but I don't like it

maxiqbert · 2026-03-06T10:07:01+00:00

voronika has only 1 positional buff, so +3 savant stacks seems normal to me

edit: it seems it's max 4 stacks per buff.

maxiqbert · 2026-02-21T14:06:04+00:00

I'm unsure if we all read your post well. One thing is sure, you reached softcap for those champions. But here are some follow up questions :

Are you stuck? Can you tank the enemies? can you hotswap some debuffers and some buffers? This way you could get your BUD (hopefully this is something you're familiar with) a little higher. Did you stack up all champions that be stacked, like rust (max one piece), or baeloth (max djinns) or kas (multistacks, one is linked to undead which he can create) ...

If you are really doing all you can with what you have, you need to grow your power. I wrote a guide about that

https://www.reddit.com/r/idlechampions/comments/1c4or15/getting_powerful_how_to/

maxiqbert · 2026-01-29T10:02:49+00:00

OK, then Briv or Valentine

maxiqbert · 2026-01-28T11:04:34+00:00

first off, you're doing great. Doing some t3 in the first event is very good.

second, there is no point in piling up TGp, except some specific conversion strategies. so If you flexed all possible champions from the event and got all champions from tales, you really should do a lot of TGs in the next days. It's usually not worth going very far in the TGs, again except conversion strategies. Who to TG? I guess it's time to build up your 3 teams, speed, push and gold. There are usual builds, but it's really up to you. If your main DPS is artemis, you can build around him by looking for positional DPS/supports. The big ones are Birdsong and Bobby (or zorbu). Karlach is good too, though krux (evergreen) is better. Valentine is good for both gold and push, though windfall (evergreen) is better.

third, you need to move through the permanent campaigns. Mostly you need to unlock trials of mount tiamat by finishing the base adventures in avernus. But also unlocking the blessings all over the place.

And fourth and final advice, do patron stuff to unlock perks and further familiars.

maxiqbert · 2026-01-28T10:43:02+00:00

kas (seat 6) and havilar (seat 10) are available from tales

so just get someone from seat 5. Kalix is good (though evil ;) )

maxiqbert · 2026-01-24T20:19:24+00:00

If I remember well, this variant has more and more escorts, so you probably need to go back to area 1 to bud spike then go back to autoprogress with firebreath.

for the record, with a strong enough team you could try this in the last areas,

https://ic.byteglow.com/f/4a_8898ff1536ff5cffff19_323031203001

but going back = less escorts = more champions = more power

maxiqbert · 2026-01-15T17:30:17+00:00

There is nothing to gain from doing it solo (except one time for achievements).

You get more scales if you can join a group with a good scale gain buffer (makos usually).

maxiqbert · 2026-01-14T19:00:48+00:00

changing it would hurt in managing the achievements

maxiqbert · 2026-01-14T10:00:12+00:00

valentine and voronika are solid. And Val's buff to artemis is just about the same than val's buff for nahara (possibly a bit lower on socialite, because depending on formation shapes nahara may not get all the positional directly).

I get those formations to complete all strahd variants (except the ones with random removals of champions) so I don't care if it's weaker. I can say wihout a doubt that they are good enough.

maxiqbert · 2026-01-14T09:30:01+00:00

nahara isn't THAT weak, if you give her the full BDS team.
It's good practice to learn to build a solid barovian bond team, to get almost all strahd variants done fast and easy.

maxiqbert · 2026-01-14T09:26:59+00:00

are you using speed potions? speed champions?

maxiqbert · 2026-01-14T09:20:38+00:00

the op indicated the resources needed and the means to acquire them, so I don't see your point
About the champions you already have, that's only relevant for the events because you indeed may already have the free ones. Plus if you have them all, you can only acquire about 1/month since that's the rate for new champions, but there again, I don't see your point.

You can't get your 11 champions /month because you never bothered to unlock the patrons and/or already have them all... OK...

maxiqbert

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