My guild switched to Purple tanks. The next war is Field Aid.
I would be happy for advice choosing between the 3 following options (+ learning on the way):
Option 1
Pros: Good synergy between Rigard (+Att) and Tibertus (-Defense)
Cons: two healers in field aid may be too much healing in place of firepower.
Option 2
Pros: Proteus is higher level, no more two healers. Enjoy +5% defense family bonus.
Cons: AI may paly Proteus very wrong (bad target/timing)
Option 3
Pros: Rigard and Tiberius synergy again, Sonya has high defense and adds extra firepower and new utility (dispel)
Cons: Skip the excellent Ariel?! (probably my best hero right now)
All options âsufferâ from double dark heroes. My red options are problematic for field aid (BT = another healder, Wilbur = if dispelled help enemy, Falkon = not relevant, Scarlet = too little defense, not emblemed). I supposed this is not that bad since attacker will stack yellow that will also get stronger hits by my dark heroes.
Iâm really not sure whether Proteus or Rigard will make a better tank - both have downsides.
If not field aid I will probably put Proteus as tank and BT+18 as flank.
Donât double your tank colour except in very specific circumstances - this is a big con and makes you a real points cow for low level mono flagburners (this is a tactic that really works for players without a full 30+ strong hero war bench - rolling up with incomplete or unleveled 4*/5* in mono can score points from good boards, and without proper levelled teams youâre not likely to score much otherwise!).
Your darks donât do extra damage to holy, so you wonât be punishing holy stacks.
Other notes: Guardian Jackal sucks in defence⌠Ideally, heâd be out.
Of the ones youâve got, cRigard is by far the best suited to tanking.
Ariel is your best hero, so sheâs got to be in.
This means you have two healers, which is fine but you donât want a third.
Lianna has better defence stats than your cTibs or Proteus, and sheâll hit more often from flank (even without Arielâs mana boost)⌠In a full 5* team sheâs generally a wing, but Iâd put her flank in your position right now.
So Iâm starting from a position of the middle being:
Ariel - cRigs - Lianna.
So whatâs left at ideally fast mana (and not healers) for your wingsâŚ
Scarlett and Jackal have the required speed but both are glassy (have you gone with the standard attacking path on GJ?).
Li has a useful special, but is average (I presume no costume?) - it could work with Arielâs help.
Wu wouldnât be my pick on defence generally anyway, especially not if you arenât running AoE attackers (the miss% will cause more problems if your sniper misses than if your AoE doesnât hit all).
Without all the answers⌠Iâd probably lean towardsâŚ
Li - Ariel - cRigs - Lianna - Scarlett.
It might not be your highest TP defence available, but it should function as a defence.
Instead of Caedmon Iâve considered Grim+18 as well, but he is average - so I skipped.
Two questions I will appreciate:
Why Jackel is not good for defense? He is very fast and hits fairly. I understand his debuff is irrelevant - but I did consider him as a solid yellow winger (actually - it was my default for a long while).
I did consider granting him a little more defense (tier 19 emblem), btw.
Second Question: why Li Xiu costume is that relevant?
It is a fair buff - thatâs for sure, but I assume stacking +5% and +24% is not that reliable (defense team get some mana each turn, may be unbuffed when being hit) - so I assumed this is not a game changer.
Very low defence and HP stats⌠Heâs just far too easy to kill.
It doesnât help that a key part of his special is irrelevant (as this is factored into power rating), but heâs just too squishy.
Just a general rule to try and keep wings fast speed - with costume bonus and decent troops your average hero gets closer to fast anyway.
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Makes sense to put Caed there also, especially with lots of emblems.
Grimm yes is average but also is squishy - on top of that, two blues encourages green stacks with zero punishment to the tiles with no reds in there (ie: green tiles would be strong on two, neutral on three, weak on none)
This team looks much more capable than your first three
Costumes are important especially for Average mana speed heroes. With the 5% mana bonus they get, it only takes a level 5 mana troops to charge in 9 tiles, making them functionally âfastâ speed.
Youâve been given excellent advice so far, but my personal preference would change the order up a bit.
Caedmon - Ariel - C. Rigard - Li Xiu - Lianna
Since the double green are on wings, a red stack wonât be as helpful against you. That also puts your Avg speed heroes all up front, and the wings at fast, as they should be ideally.
I think thereâs also a case to be made for using Non-Costumed Rigard. The all-at-once heal can mean a lot, since it canât be dispelled, and you donât have to wait.
This is also well worth considering and good logic⌠Or trying out both and seeing which creates more 2+ flag kills.
I could personally go either way on it - Lianna still has better defensive stats and stacking reds makes Ariel a struggle, especially as sheâs the best hero there (my personal choice would still be to use yellows and/or greens against it either way).
Weâre splitting hairs a bit here relative to the original three through, which shows how much better itâs gotten
