First defeat against this team:
I can’t say anything about the difficulty of this opponent, because it was a really bad board I attacked with two greens (cMelendor, c2Elkannen) and three blues (Magni, Raffaell, cSonya) and there were no blue tiles on the board Using greens I managed to kill the tank and the right flank, but there were not enough “good tiles” for me to do more.
Second defeat against this team:
This time the board was average, but this defense was too strong for me. I bounced off the wall - first “0”
Survived Day 3 with just another loss. Switched between 4 Purple and 4 Blue (vs Hohenwerf and Tetisheri tanks) with Grazul being the off-colour healer. Boards were good with nice cascades for the most part.
The single loss was against a c2Obakan tank flanked by Morel and Bastet. Got my 6 Purple tiles but an unlucky cascade charged Obakan. Dispelled and killed him but his Superior Revive kicked in and he fired again. Did managed to kill off the right 3 defense heroes so got some points from it.
The next match, Killhare revived 5 straight times before I finally killed her
Defense lost 3 straight yesterday to wind up at 3-5 (D). No attacks today and it looks like the offense will have to provide the points this week
So I’m limping through this tournament like I always do with 5 star tournaments, but I just came here to say that the wizard superior talent is incredible here. Who needs a dispeller when cbIsarnia is clearing all the buffs?!?
Against weaker teams, maybe could have played my way out, but against those heroes
None were zero point losses but no chance in any of them.
Can’t remember the last time I lost 4 matches in a day in a tournament. Of course, with only 10 heroes killed, I needed to win all 6 raid flags to open the chest and promptly did so
Defense is down to D (4-8) so just gonna finish off tomorrow and see what it brings. Can’t do worse than today
I feel your pain buddy, it seems 5* tournaments are now more board dependent than ever. It used to be if I put together a well thought out 3-2 or 3-1-1 team, I could win 85% of my matches even with a terrible opening.
But now, if I don’t get 9 tiles of my color in time before the tank fires, I have at least a 50% chance of losing. And oh yes I’ve tried doing almost rainbow teams (2-1-1-1) and nope they don’t work, because I’m too scattered, and simply don’t have enough firepower to bring down even the tank sometimes.
I honestly don’t remember the last time I felt this stressed during a buff booster tourney (even last week’s rush against Freak tanks didn’t feel this bad) but here we are I guess. Looking forward to the bloody battle one in a few weeks
And btw c2Obakan is a bastard, way worse than Hawthorn or even Ludwig tanks I’ve found.
I was not going to post in this 5* tourney thread, but I did decent… apart from the all purple defense that I threw together without lots of thought. The way I see it, my defense saved me 75 gems. Stats…
Offense = 14-4. Just lost my final match today. A couple zeroes, a couple 170 points or so, on my 4 losses.
Defense = Really bad. 3-5. (E/E/C/?/?). I was not expecting much from a 5* tournament.
Currently at 10,924 points (before defense calculations on Days 4 and 5) which is Top 25% as of now. And that’s fine with me; there is no reason to buy back in.
Best of luck to people still in it , with their Day 5 attacks.
Footnote about last week’s loot…. I got Top 5% for the first time, and was satisfied with it. Another warm cape and some ice aethers, plus the emblems and other stuff. But I have been summoning lots of blue heroes lately, so it will be useful down the line.
Almost a repeat of previous tournament except my def is all B this time.
O : 19:6 (4-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-1, 4-1)
D : 4:3 (B,B,B,B,X) If my def stays B, I should end up with 18190 points. Wondering if it will be enough for top 1%, if yes, I’m gonna get unexpected 2 5* tourneys in a row with top 1%, but I have such feeling that it won’t be enough.
Lost against these tanks (I know whole def is important, not just tank, but too lazy to take screenshots) :
1 C Obakan, haven’t faced another one
1 Aflrike out of 3
1 M&M, haven’t faced another one
1 Diaochan out of 2
1 Ludwig out of 4
1 Hulda out of 2
Also won against : 1 Ursena, 1 Viscaro, 1 CB Krampus, 1 Louhi, 1 Bastet, 1 Agrafena, 1 Xnol, 1 Quenell, 1 Set, 1 Liu Bei, 1 Waterpipe, 1 Onyx
Most probably will end up top 25%. Looks like all the luck went into regular raids these past 2 days as I went 30-0 and got a tonic in the latest Raid chest.
Liam, love following your adventures in the weekly tournaments! Please keep up your reporting.
I went mono all week, won 18/25 and is currently around place 1900 (only one loss was a zero). I’m more focused on 3* and 4* tournaments where I have fully built out rosters. 5* tournaments is usually about being the underdog for me as I’m not prepared to invest enough to be a big dog
@PlayForFun would you mind changing the number in the title for this topic from 181 to 191? I believe the tournament numbering is off by 10 this week. Cheers!
Thanks, but it’s been more misadventures lately in the 5* tournaments Though, in research, finding out what doesn’t work is sometimes as important as finding out what does
Loot : woohoo! After all these years finally 1st 4* mat from tournament and another reset token. I’m still waiting for my 1st special book from tourney loot.
Managed to make top 1% in the end.
Score 18732, rank 4752
Went 18-6 on offense and defense was ABCCC I think. Surprised it even managed A and B on the first two days since I put out something really dumb: Athos-Tethys-Khepri-D’Artagnan-Kai. I just wanted to have some fun with musketeers, and would’ve tanked Aramis had I leveled him up in time.
Tournament started well through the first 3 days, and then came a streak of bad boards on Day 4 when it mattered most against the 5200+ teams😅
Defense was bad mostly but 2 wins on the last day pushed it back above C and kept me in top 10%. Didn’t matter much in terms of loot.
4th lost in early of day 3. So, I decide to buy back. Then I get many win until I lose in 4th attack of day 5 due to bad board .
I think after when you buy back once, you will get much easier opponent. I happen to me every time when I buy back in 5* tournament.
D : ABCCC
My Mielikki tank defense drop to C grade in day 3 and stay there. Well, not bad for 4* tank in 5* tournament. In fact, I think she do better job than my Dr. Moreau 85+20 tank in the previous 5* no yellow tournament .
I attacked with two greens (cMelendor, c2Elkannen) and three blues (Magni, Raffaell, cSonya) and there were no blue tiles on the board 
Using greens I managed to kill the tank and the right flank, but there were not enough “good tiles” for me to do more.
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