Before, During & After the Tournament: Share & Discuss Your Teams, Thoughts, Feedback, and Questions!
Some topics to start off with:
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Do this week’s restrictions on hero/troop rarity and elements make your bench depth better or worse suited to this Raid Tournament than Regular Raids?
Are there heroes you’re likely to use for this Tournament that you normally don’t make use of anymore?
Are there heroes you plan to power level for this Tournament, or level before the next time a Tournament like this one rolls around?
Do Costumes affect your team selection at all?
What are you thinking about using for your Defense Team?
Are there heroes you expect to see on Enemy Defenses that you think you’ll have a harder time dealing with than usual because of the restrictions or special rule in this Tournament?
Which of your heroes will you be likely to use on your Attack Teams?
Will the restrictions or special rule of this Tournament change your usual approach to color stacking or team building?
Are there elements of this week’s Tournament that are unclear to you?
Do you have feedback on the Tournament matchmaking?
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Which day of the Tournament is it?
How may times have you been attacked today, and in total?
What is your Defense Team’s win/loss record today, and in total?
What Defense Grade does your Defense Team have?
Which heroes make up your Defense Team?
What is the Team Power of your Defense Team?
What is your current Tournament Score and Ranking?
After the Tournament: Share Your Results & Rewards!
Log & Guide to Raid Tournaments
A Log of past Tournaments, and an overview of how Raid Tournaments work, including Special Rules and Restrictions, Attacking, Matchmaking, Defense Grade, Scoring, and Rewards.
I would like to use cCaoCao as a tank, but for now there is no chance for talents and breaks (regular is only at 4.15), so I think I will risk the faster Mielikki…
Day 1 - unexpected 5-0 in Offense and 1-0 so far in defense.
Chose as many fast heroes as possible as shown below (although bloody battle, C Perseus is on the team as i don’t have a better blue hero + corresponding lego troops)
This is going to be a bloody short tournament. That I started 3-2 isn’t a big surprise. The surprise is that the 2 losses were with my Purple stack (c2Obakan - Darkfeather - Deadboot - Pophit - Gwynn) which is my strongest war team.
Losses came in Matches 2 and 5 against a cZhuge and a Shimmerscale tank respectively. Little chance in both, killing just 1 defender.
Defense is at least A (2-0) for a start. Need another 9 kills to complete the PoG weekly challenge. Hopefully can get that before getting knocked out.
Surprisingly started with a 5-0 score using my regular attack team of Starlass-Toon Khagan-LOTL-Pepperflame-Nomad. I’m bringing LOTL because I don’t have any other greens who tick all the boxes of being LB2 with master emblems and a matching maxed legendary troop. While she does not heal, at least she brings some mana reducing minions. I tried Queen Anne, but she’s too squishy to survive out there unless fully maxed. Maybe tomorrow I’ll try to break my principle of 3+2 colors every time.
First day offense was 4-1. My only goal was to complete PoG mission and I need 4 more kills. Defense is 2-0 for now. Freya C is great for bloody battles. I ll use her in my bloody war defense too
Despite a 3-2 record, the first defense faced was Thalassa - cZhuge - cPhorcys - Shimmerscale - Gestalt. Thought about going with my Yellow stack, but the 2 Yellow flanks made me change my mind to go back to my Purples but with Xiaotu to counter cPhorcys’s minions. Got Deadboot to steal the tank’s taunt, but it went to my Pophit who got wiped out by Gestalt’s cubes. My DF and c2Obakan charged but only one extra hit from my remaining 4 heroes. Things went downhill after that and another zero.
Next opponent was just a bit easier in cFrancine - Eron - tSartana - Mistra - Bearnadette. 2 heroes that do extra damage against Yellow meant that was a no-go. Shrugged and decided to go with my Purple stack who were 0-3 up until then. Lost Gwynn and Deadboot, but Pophit’s Softskin was enough to pull out the win. A lucky cascade to take out the Bear lady as she was about to paint the portraits of my heroes also helped.
That got some momentum back, and just rolled over the next 3 opponents (Daroga, Pepperflame, Ultrox tanks) with my Red, Blue, and Yellow teams. Not only was that enough for the weekly PoG challenge, but also took care of all the dailies. Now just need to hunt Yellow heroes for the rest of the week.
Challenging tourney indeed and 7k power is the new 5k! Lost 3 battles today on Offense and many more on defense. I praise my maxed TJoon + lego troops, saving many battles for me. Overall
O: 7-3
D: 2-4 (D).
Out tomorrow i guess, so enjoying it while it lasts
Yesterday I lost unluckily… today it was due to my own stupidity
My greatest enemy, being too hasty, has defeated me again. I forgot to change the regular CaoCao (which I am constantly upgrading) to a costume (already at 4.80)…
…the difference in statistics was not big, but in the HP of the minions it was huge (450 vs 1000).
Another cZhuge tank in the first match. Couldn’t stop him from summoning his minions and fiends, but Xiaotu at least blocked the counterattack of his allies. Wasn’t perfect, but just managed to win it.
The reward for winning that was a matchup against cZhuge as a flank to a cDiaochan A chance to test out newly maxed tJoon even though he was only level 80 with 2 costume bonuses instead of 3. Killed the tank and the Pepperflame flank but my Yellow heroes were no match for the wing Timius.
Defense is still A (6-2) so could end up with an acceptable ranking.
Wasn’t planning on buying back in, but woke up this morning feeling great. Won 6 raids and a tough clean against a cDiaochan tank in the war. 10 heroes short of opening the Raid chest and said “Why not?”. Had some newly maxed heroes in tJoon and Verity to test anyway.
Won all 3 remaining matches against Waterpipe, Hathor, and Mena tanks. The last one was the only one that started badly, but a cascade of Red tiles took the tank out before he could fire and it was smooth sailing after that.
Schedule
This Week’s Restrictions & Special Rule
Special Rule: Bloody Battle
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Before, During & After the Tournament: Share & Discuss Your Teams, Thoughts, Feedback, and Questions!
Some topics to start off with:
Defense Team Tracking
After the Tournament: Share Your Results & Rewards!
Log & Guide to Raid Tournaments
Raid Tournaments – Log, Overview, Attacking, Matchmaking, Scoring, Restrictions, Special Rules, and Rewards 
A chance to test out newly maxed tJoon even though he was only level 80 with 2 costume bonuses instead of 3. Killed the tank and the Pepperflame flank but my Yellow heroes were no match for the wing Timius.