Araminta – 5* Fire / Red from Woodland Faun family

[PlayForFun]

New Woodland Faun hero is released: Araminta

This thread is for discussing strategy related to Araminta, as well as your thoughts on Araminta.

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Araminta

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed
Legendary	Fire/Red	Barbarian	F Fast

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/80	1126	1071	2078
4/85	1214	1154	2239
4/90	1389	1320	2562

Origin	Family
Wilderness Summon	Woodland Faun

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Special Boost	At the start of each turn, this Hero’s Special Skill deals an additional +30% damage for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Resist: Resist Insanity This character has innate resistance against Insanity.

Resist: Resist Attack Reduction This character has innate resistance against status ailments, stacks and Wither effects that affect attack.

Special Skill: Forceful Advance
Deals 260% damage to all enemies. Stack (Max: 10): All damage all enemies recieve is increased by +7% All allies gain 10% mana after 2 turns, or immediatelly if the effect is removed before the duration ends.

All-in-one still under construction. Card image to be added when available.

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Family Bonus

Heroes become stronger when teamed with other unique Heroes of the same family.

Woodland Faun family
Bonus for 1 / 2 Heroes:

• 75% / 100% chance to resist mana reductions and mana status ailments.

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Changes from Beta

• Attack is increased from 1095 to 1126.
• Defense is increased from 1054 to 1071.
• Health is increased from 2053 to 2078.
• Damage increaser stack is changed from 5% to 7%.

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 2 of Woodland Faun Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v70]

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What do you think of Araminta ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Araminta.

Based on preferences Forum members have expressed, please try to stick mainly to Araminta and not wander off topic too much to other heroes.

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Araminta worth summoning for?

• Would you use Araminta on Defense? Offense? War? Quests/Events? Titans?

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Araminta ?

• What heroes would you take when facing Araminta as an opponent?

• Would you give Araminta Barbarian Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

• What do you think of Araminta’s character design?

• If you Summoned Araminta and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Araminta, and whether/how you plan to make use of them.*

*NOTE: Summon Results posted without any commentary/feedback at all should be flagged as Off Topic and removed, based on preferences expressed by the Forum community. Please include some comments about what you think of Araminta when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Araminta, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Araminta (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Araminta), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Legendary Event Hero.

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Avoiding Overspending & Heartache

More Insights & Reading

I highly recommend reading these three threads for more information and context on summoning odds:

• How much should I spend?- HotM cost, and odds, analysis

• [WARNING] A Summons Experience - Chasing Guardian Panther - A Warning for Chasing Heroes

• https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-gacha-read-before-posting-things-about-unfair-pulls/29490?u=playforfun

If you’ve read them a million times before, you may consider reading them again before deciding on your budget for summoning. A little time spent deciding on how much money you want to risk on summoning goes a long way to avoiding disappointment, frustration, and regret later.

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Wondering About Your Personal Situation?

Feel free to discuss your team and roster here, and ask for advice from other Forum members.

If you’d like more extensive advice on sorting out your particular roster, I recommend creating a new thread in Gameplay Help & Tactics, and posting screenshots of your hero roster, along with your questions.

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Related Threads You May Be Interested In

• 🧪 Early Information on Round 2 of Woodland Faun Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v70]

[PlayForFun]

Feedback Poll - Araminta (post release)

Is Araminta worth Summoning For?

• Yes, absolutely
• Only if you’re P2P
• Yes, but only when featured.
• Not really
• Not at all

How many copies of Araminta would be useful to keep & Level?

Note - this is roster space dependent & isn’t the same for everyone!

• Zero
• Just one
• 2
• 3
• All of them

What do you think Araminta’s Primary Purpose is?

• Damage Dealer (Immediate)
• Received Damage Increaser
• Mana Increaser

What do you think of Araminta compared to other Heroes?

• Over Powered (OP)
• Little stronger than Most
• On Par with Most
• Little Weaker than Most
• Completely Broken (Under Powered)

How does Araminta’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Araminta’s Base Stats?

Note this means Araminta’s Class, Attack, Defence & HP Stat

• Perfectly
• Better than Most
• On Par with Most
• Worse than Most
• Terribly

Is Araminta worth giving Barbarian Emblems to?

• Yes absolutely
• Depends on who else you got
• Hmmmm, not sure yet
• No I don’t think so
• No… Not at all.

Is Araminta worth giving Master Emblems to?

• Yes absolutely
• Depends on who else you got
• Hmmmm, not sure yet
• No I don’t think so
• No… Not at all.

In Defence, where do you think Araminta is best used?

• Left Wing
• Left Flank
• Tank
• Right Flank
• Right Wing
• Not on defence at all.

How do you think Araminta is best used?

• PvP Raids/ War attack
• Normal Defence
• War Defence
• Titans
• Farming
• Tournaments
• Event Teams

Choose up to 3 options

What do you think is Araminta worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes, but only once
• Yes, twice
• No

If you would emblem Araminta then which Emblem Path would you select ?

• Sword path
  (Selecting Attack talent nodes when possible)
• Shield path
  (Selecting Health and Shield talent nodes when possible)

What do you think about the artwork ?

• Amazing
• Refreshingly new
• It’s ok
• It could be better
• Very bad

[Hed_Bussa]

Just pulled this Card. First one here, cool.

[L33tVortex12596]

Congratulations!
I tried about 50ish pulls…got 1 HotM and some fodder.
Good luck everyone!

[Bobblez]

Seems like a fun one. I like the picture a lot, too!

[Dorkus]

She seems like a fine hero and glad to pull her on spin 9. Not crazy OP, it is a fairly weak stack and the extra delay to mana gain buff offsets its utility (vs Hathor who is immediate). But the passives on fauns are useful so I think she’ll have longer term offensive use than just a pure hitter or debuffer.

[Bank]

Probably needs a buff, no one is pulling for her

[MountainMann]

I want Muscle Mommy Fawn hero

( pulled 2 Tamlin tho)

[Dorkus]

Playing with Araminta more - both effects are underwhelming. Zarga is the same color and speed but his increased damage stack is better as has a good chance to apply multiple times automatically with bleed status effect. I can’t think of a realistic situation where Araminta would ever reach her max +70% increased damage stack by firing 10 times, even in rush.

The mana gain buff should’ve been an “enhanced” status effect like other fauns which cannot be blocked, stolen or reflected and applies even more effect (e.g. +20% mana) if removed or replaced. It’s not cool that if she fires on successive turns you get penalized. Or even more interesting would be since she is a “stack” hero, if she had a stacking mana gain- something like +3% mana per turn stack (max 10). That would be exciting.

[RedKnarf]

I am completely with you but wanted to point out that Zarga only hits one target while Araminta hits all enemies by default.

[MountainMann]

Awwwww yissss

[Violent.Wounds]

Gave into the temptation to try my luck…bought the 9 pull offer from the webstore…and here’s the first pull

Edit:
…and the remaining 8 coins got me a dupe of her!! Not sure if I need 2 of her… would’ve liked one of the other Fauns…but damn! Can’t complain!!

Edit 2: Apologies in advance for a non -Araminta post but just had to share this!
I got greedy given the hot streak with the first 9 pulls…so bought another offer, and 3 pulls later…

I’m done pushing my luck now…
(No Hunter for me, but I’m more than happy!)

[MountainMann]

Fully emblemed for durability
Stats with matching 5 star troop

[Violent.Wounds]

Thank you for sharing this… I’m planning to emblem for defense as well!

[Cerevan_the_Omni]

Congrats!

Put both Aramintas on flanks of Nautica if you have her, and you have the most deadly setup

[Violent.Wounds]

Haha…true…that was my first thought too!

I’m thinking one on flank and another on the opposite wing to stagger their 2 turn delayed mana gain… don’t want them firing too close together since they overwrite each other

[Zues1]

She is very weak, hitting between 400-500 damage . Stacks are pointless as the battle is likely over before you get 2. Mana gain after turn is much less useful than say hathor. Your turn may charge the hero making it useless unlike hathor where you can fire her after your other heros to guarantee the team will get the mana boost. No synergy, she absolutely needs a huge buff. I would like to see her hitting closer to lazara. This hero is completely broken and useless for high level players.

[marki]

look newer hero bonzo he is even worst ,i don’t think she will be buffed except new passive she will got

[alonyor]

I actually have good experience with her
She plays well In my red stack.
Her damage is starting low but progress quite well. So does everyone else

And in couple of weeks we will face the ancient terror war and for that the insanity resistance will be golden

My Araminta is 85+20
Results for 90+25 are much higher

Some damage numbers
First hit

Second hit

Third hit

[Zues1]

Not much difference between stacks. 500 damage against 4000 hp defenses is not that impactful. Will be more useful now with increased damage to minions