⚔ [29 Dec 2024] - 297th Raid Tournament - 4* Buff Booster, No Fire/ Red

:spiral_calendar: Schedule

Preparation Phase Begins Battle Phase Begins Rewards Distributed
2024-12-29T08:00:00Z
(08:00 GMT)
2024-12-30T08:00:00Z
(08:00 GMT)
2025-01-04T08:00:00Z
(08:00 GMT)

:no_pedestrians: This Week’s Restrictions & Special Rule

:fire: :leaves: :snowflake: :sun_with_face: :new_moon_with_face:
Elements Allowed
:superhero: :star2:
Hero Rarities Allowed
:person_fencing: :star2:
Troop Rarities Allowed
:snowflake: :leaves: :new_moon_with_face: :sun_with_face:
No Fire/ Red
:four: :star:
or lower
:three: :star:
or lower

:dizzy: Special Rule: Buff Booster

Each buffs adds an attack multiplier!

:timer_clock: History

=> Most Recent Occurrence of This Format: ⚔ [12 May 2024] - 264th Raid Tournament - 4* Buff Booster, No Fire/ Red

=> Click Here for Log of Past Tournaments



:left_speech_bubble: Before, During & After the Tournament: Share & Discuss Your Teams, Thoughts, Feedback, and Questions!

:speaking_head: Some topics to start off with:

Click for some suggested discussion points
  • 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?

:clipboard: Defense Team Tracking

Hat tip to @wineybrit for originating this thread idea with the second Raid Tournament

Click for suggestions on information to include in Defence Team Tracking
  • 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?

:gem: After the Tournament: Share Your Results & Rewards!




:world_map: 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.

=> Click Here for: :medal_sports: Raid Tournaments – Log, Overview, Attacking, Matchmaking, Scoring, Restrictions, Special Rules, and Rewards

JekylandHyde XXV medal:

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Something like this:


I don’t suppose this tournament will be a source of any great innovations when it comes to defense.

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I will try this.

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But we can sure try! This is my first time using Mulgog

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I really wanted to try Lionstring as tank, but I don’t have enough rare nature aethers to get him leveled past 76 :frowning:

Here is my setup.


Buff booster mode is usually quite difficult for me to find the right balance between attack, health and buffs :flushed:

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I mean it’s kinda hard to argue against “75%” :wink: immunity to dispels (and buff-blocking!) generally during a Buff Booster — much less absolute immunity to dispel and extended duration for same-color buffs.

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My defence :+1:

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Almost worst possible start vs Greg tank and no greens to take him down the minion bleed was bad and took me team rather quickly, but mvp Lived somehow and …

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My last match was not a very good start. And it ended badly too, but I did kill 2 of them.

4-1 today

The starting board that I got, and it didn’t get much better at all.

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Went with this

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Tried something different this tournament, attacking with tMelendor - Shar’Khai - tCyprian - c2Rigard - Greg. With Greg being the only hitter, it’s dependent mainly on tile damage boosted by the Sharkster’s crit and attack buffs to take advantage of the max hp cut. Greg’s mega minion and it’s spreading bleed did the rest of the damage.

Had good boards today and 5-0 start though lost a couple of heroes to a tCyprian tank in one match and flank in the other. It may seem counterintuitive to use a Purple stack against a Purple tank, but the weak damage limited the counterattack hit to my heroes.

Not many Toons in the defenses faced yet. That will certainly change the rest of the week. Defense is still 0-0.

Good luck everyone!

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My defense is doing terrible, the last I saw it was 0-3 :rofl:

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Mine is 2-4 already lol. Managed 4-1 offense, started with a loss that I took a couple with me, so not awful. 4* tourneys are pretty boring though

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Started with 4-1 in offense. Last Opponent with tCyprian, Double tCaedmon and practically no tiles didn‘t go well.
Defense surprisingly currently at 2-0.

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Day 1
Offense: 5-0 as i was matched against poor teams / had favorable boards. So i’ll probably loose them all today or by Wednesday :stuck_out_tongue:
Defense: 0-2

Good luck everyone!

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Same attack team as yesterday, but boards not as cooperative today.

First loss came against a tCyprian tank with tCaedmon and tKashhrek flanks. Got nibbled to death in this one. The danger of trying to outlast the defense is that the plan goes out the window if one of your healers die early. In this case, it was my tMelendor. Did manage to kill one flank to avoid the zero.

Wasn’t as lucky in the 2nd loss in the 4th match. Facing a Lionstring tank, all the matches were in the middle of the board and he just kept firing before I could get tCyprian’s riposte up. Ugly zero.

Defense started with 3 losses, but 3 wins in a row and it’s back up to B.

Day Offense Defense Score Def Score Total
1 5-0 1-3 E 3,782 200 3,982
2 8-2 3-3 B 6,424 6,424
3 -
4 -
5 -

Good luck everyone!

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Very lucky today and I went 5-0 which is great. But my defense is doing terrible at 1-6 total haha

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5-0 today, for 9-1 total. Only saw one Cyprian, so lucky day, made it easy. Defense getting plenty of reps, 6-7 at the moment. Hoping to tip back into B. Good luck all!

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Going 10-0 currently. Position 37 on the charts.

I don’t know what it is with 4* tournaments, but every time I hit a combo with my Toon Tiburtus + Toon Grimm everyone just dies instantly. It certainly doesn’t happen in 5* tournaments even with a comparable combo such as Pepperflame + Nomad. The only thing to watch out for is not to hit with Toon Grimm against a counterattack, as that will kill him every time.

Toon Kiril is essential for dispelling even for toon defenses, as tile dispelling sometimes works.

Defense is A-A.

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