4* dupes and general advice

Got some good advice already. Except for Danzaburo. Get rid of Danzaburo. Feed it away and don’t look back.

Y’all are underselling Danza. The S1 epic yellows are all pretty meh, so it isn’t like he has to be amazing to crack into a lineup or two for most F2P/C2P players. 2/3 of the time, Danza does something awesome. 1/3 of the time he does nothing, but doesn’t really hurt you that much, either. He’s also survivable, with good HP and def stats. If you need him to win a match, you’ll be disappointed sometimes. But he was my first - and for a long time, only - epic yellow, so I used him A LOT, and I think it’s an overstatement to say he will lose the match “often”. The times he disappoints just tend to stick out more if you don’t use him much, but over the long haul, you’ll see him work over a whole time with his swords special as often as he disappoints.

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Have Sabina and Rigard fully leveled, limit broken, full emblems x 2. Only have one 5* healer, Vivica.
Only one LiXu in costumed, leveled and emblem. Although, I don’t use her much.

I find healers that can dispel or cleanse, while not taking damage like other dispellers, very useful.

Maybe if I had other 5* healers, I may not, but have had the rngJesus bless me with those yet.

I see Zila Lei up there on your roster…I am a huge fan of hers. I actually limit broke her on my alt and have her +15 on emblems right now. At fast mana, she can do some damage to the snipers/hitters that tend to be on the wings. I think she is a worthwhile max.

I personally keep multiple copies of healers, because they are crucial for tower events. And both Sabina and Rigard are great healers.

Danzaburo was my first and only 4* yellow for a long time as well. The OP isn’t in that situation. They have other choices. Mats towards him would be regrettable in their situation.

Almost done with her myself. Glad to see this positive review. Won’t have emblems for a while, though.

We can agree to disagree on that. The only yellow epic hero on OP’s roster that I see as a clear cut upgrade over Danza is Griffin. Wu is great for titans, of course, but I have never found Li, Chao, or Hu Tao terribly effective at much of anything. YMMV, of course.

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I hope I’m not too late seeing this thread - please don’t eat the cat! I can’t deny it’s very niche, but unique and fun, and looks glorious! Also, being a challenge event hero, it’s very difficult to replace. If you ever decided you wanted one after all, you can’t just say “I’ll save the next one that pops up” because it quite possibly never would.

Edit: a hero from one of the retired challenge events, no less. So it may never be available again or, more likely, only once or twice a year at best.

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You can get it at HA8….

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Please don’t follow this advice. Cheshire Cat shines on purple (mythic) titans.

Edit: I meant holy titans ofcourse…

Ahahahahahahahahaha

Well, true, yes, you could

Try trevil and/or Wilbur…
Only def down is not so much…

Happy gaming

Do you even know what Chesire Cat does? It’s not a normal def down. You can use him on top of all other defence downs (even edd) against holy.

Wow that’s a lot of advice in here! Appreciate all of them! I decided to feed away dupe li and Rigard (waiting for his costume).
As of purple I’ll max viscaro now, then Cheshire cat if nothing better pops up.
For green is Franz, then Brynhild and almur(Evelyn does his job).
I also think I’ll max vivica since I luck yellows except Danza and s1 heroes.
Red I’ll go with falcon now. Got some other good heroes so I’m happy here

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Danzaburo on Defense

I agree 100%

My Danzaburo 4*+1 is currently on all my War defense teams

My Danzaburo 4*+1 is currently on my Raid defense team ( low Platinum )

Class quest

I really like Danzaburo 4*+1 for both Rogue Class Quests ( see notes )

LB?

This may change when I LB my first yellow heroes, or if I decide to level Hanitra to 5*+1 ( testing Hanitra at 5* 3.70, biggest drawback, Hanitra special skill is not useful against mobs while Wu Kong c^4*+18, 2x Jackal, and Danzaburo 4*+1 are useful against mobs, and Bosses )

See also

(Danzaburo VS Guardian Jackal - #14 by Gryphonknight)

(🔵 [Master Discussion] -- Trials of Shadows - Guide, Sharing & Discussion - #89 by Gryphonknight)

(🔵 [Master Discussion] -- Trials of Survival - Guide, Sharing & Discussion - #117 by Gryphonknight)

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Danza +18 was my raid defense tank (pre-formations) and held me on the border between gold and platinum pretty reliably.

Yes, there were days where he basically owned these quests all by himself. That swords special is really something. Would link to the summaries of those battles, but I think they were before Guvnor consolidated the trials into master threads, so it would take some looking. But honestly, I remember him throwing three or fours swords in a row. It happens, people!

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Cat is a normal defense debuff ( same normal defense debuff stats as Pseudo 5* Wilbur if you are lucky enough to have Wilbur ), but only applied to yellow opponents

See also

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RNG

Happens all the time, if you use Danzaburo ( 1 in 81 odds of FOUR Swords in a row about, same odds as 5* HotM summons chance )

Danzaburo Bottle is also incredibly powerful and has saved my teams many times, especially in Class quests and friendly matches / practice against my Raid defense

I want to try Danzaburo on Yellow LB quest but it will depend on my roster when it first comes around for me ( missed initial appearance )

Class quest Master topics

I try to remember to add links to the old topics when I post to the new master topics, but the forum search function can be finicky, and my memory for 2+ year old posts, not great

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I stand corrected. I was always under the impression that it was something special. Still got me my best titan score though, so I’ll keep using him on yellow titans instead of Wilbur.

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Wording

Rumor from Beta
The wording fooled a lot of testers

Stacking

In the old, old days, 4* debuffs and 5* debuffs stacked

Edit
Found this in the draft tab

PS Happy forum cake day!

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Yellow titans ( edit2 )

This is a smart strategy

Cat is strong normal damage / tile damage / matching damage versus yellow

Wilbur is strong normal damage / tile damage / matching damage versus blue

Most titan damage is from normal damage / tile damage / matching damage

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