Yep, one thing I didnât even mention in my post above is the stoneskin. That has saved me and wasted the enemies specials more times than I can count. So yeah, now add that 1 damage the next 3 times they receive damage. Come on, and yeah, if you have another gargoyle, all the better. The immunity to poison is another thing thatâs helped on occasion. Dudes awesome.
Heâs a fun well balance hero whose niche is not only relegated to fiend control. Even without fiends he can hold well as a healer. His strength of fast summoning up to 10-15 minions is also his biggest weakness in the form of anti minion heroes. You can easily bait him with a fiend spawner and heroes like grimble
I like to bring Arco next to Black Knight⌠both have the ability to drop damage to 1 and are really annoying if you canât get rid of them or their minions fast. Of course you can bring an Anti-Minion Hero to this defense, but they are either yellow or purple (ok, except for costume Gormek) or donât fit to Arco or Black Knight properly, so the chances are pretty good for the other team members to hit hard behind a beefy cover. Arco is not invincible, but if you have only one Gargoyle, then this combination is pretty nice
Iâve faced and used Bera as my anti-Arco hero. She kept him from summoning any minion.
Hulda didnât stand a chance either when Bera released butterflies
And Bera is fast. So she fires at 7.
Not everyone has Bera but sheâs a reasonable alternative against Arco
The victory, of course, depends on whoâs sided with her
This one will age very well.
(Since I think weâve only seen the beginning of fiends)
No one worry about Noxyâs opinion - he hates everything
The passive is now changed with the latest balance updates.
I use 3 to 4 healers in most my raids
Just trying to help players save their precious materials and money. Knowing the odds are mostly the same for pulling the hero you want, itâs better to go for a hero that are more useful. Hence why you want to go for a healer that cleanse and/or add mana. Nothing wrong with my statement itâs not made up. Just go ask any top player.
Itâs simple logic really, if you donât have a healer that cleanse for you, youâll need to add another hero that cleanses, this makes pairing really hard. If your healer adds mana too, you might not need to move a tile for your offensive heroes to cast! This literally turns the tide of the match. Often times you move a tile, opponent cast first and you lose. Hence why a healer that adds mana = GODLY.
Nothing wrong with Arco, he heals a lot and have high survivability. But cleansing and adding mana is on a whole another level.
Replacing a fiend with two, 500hp minions with a sick overheal is GODLY.
Yes! Exactly what you said @Ugk26, it bears repeating, so Iâll quote you and get the cool gray box:
Replacing a fiend with two, 500hp minions with a sick overheal is GODLY.
Arco is loved by some of the strongest players in the game, watch some videos (Jeckyl & Hyde for example) can choose anyone (he has them, and has them maxed) and he uses Arco on his green team.
Top players already have healers that can cleanse and/or add mana or at faster speedâŚ
They can use the 24+ ascension materials to lvl up any new hero.
What I am trying to say is prioritization. Unless you already got fast healers that cleanse and/or add mana, Arco doesnât come first. The worst mistake is seeing someone lvling a hero and think you should to. Remember they already lvled up the heroes that needed prioritizing.
Arco is a situational avg speed healer that doesnât cleanse. There are already heroes that will heal cleanse at fast speed or even very fast! Think twice before lvling a hero that can be âreplacedâ so easily. A faster speed healer or avg speed that cleanse or add mana will last you a lot longer.
How is Arco situational and a cleansing healer isnât?
A cleanser that doesnât cleanse anything is just a healer.
A cleanser that cleanses DOT - well you can calculate the amount of damage that DOT would have caused and compare it directly to the amount of heal that another healer can give.
A cleanser can cleanse blind or other ailments that can impact gameplay, sure that is valid. Or again - they can cleanse nothing.
Arco gives an unconditional overheal (worth more than a heal) plus unconditional minions that are in total worth about 1000 overheal. Conditionally in the best case scenario he gives an overheal equivalent of about 5100. (3 800 hp fiends converted into 500 hp minions + 1200 overheal roughly). That is insane! And between worst case scenario and best case scenario you will often get 2000 or 3000 overheal from him. To me that is a lot better than Arielâs conditional heal & cleanse (and mana gain up), and often better than Dr Zuriâs conditional heal and cleanse.
Please stop giving bad advice based on your limited understanding of the game (and playing for 4+ years clearly isnât enough to elevate that knowledge). Arco is one of the absolute best healers in the game period and nobody could ever regret using mats on him. But if you feel you canât get by without a cleanser in your team - pair him with someone like Dr Zuri and cover all your angles, and get a great synergy while you are at it.
Thing is Arco is not easily replaced. Esme even with the buff canât complete with how Arco handles fiends. Not only is he the best conditional healer, he is the fastest condition summoner in game.
Is the game trying to compete who can heal the most? Or trying to kill the opponent team before they kill you? What happens when you heal but opponents are still alive? You still need to move tiles and kill them right? Moving tiles boost the opponentâs mana right? Yes, Iâve been playing for a while. And I do understand that killing the opponents = the best strategy. Support heroes are meant to give your attacking heroes a few more chances to cast. But shouldnât be the strategy to help you win.
For the record, I have 2 Arcos not lvled.
Very simple - you continue the game! Battles are a balance between defending and attacking. And Arco is so valuable because none of this huge overheal/minion boost go to waste, giving you plenty of turns and moves to set up your attack.
Just showing you only have one narrow minded view of how to win
lol you know how often you cast Arco and ended up losing. Opponent can murder your heroes when cast together. Despite you have minion or not. Especially how hard they hit nowadays.
Toxicandra for example, have saved me countless times by allowing my attack heroes to cast first and kill 3 opponents before they cast.
Again, nothing wrong with Arco. You do you. Just saying for those who havenât pulled. Go for a better and longer-lasting alternative.
When you have limited roster and pull Arco, that is your top priority, you cant prioritize much more than that
Very sturdy minions, technically fast healer on attack, overheal, protection vs fiends⌠He is the best green healer in game, period⌠Toxicandra could be second though
She is decent. But a small heal that wonât kill off many fiends. You fire her and get a couple of wrongly timed tiles set off and you are dead. Arco will keep you alive through enemy specials until you are ready to attack. I would level Arco over her any day.
Different styles of play and very wrong to discount one over another just because it is not one that you are familiar with.
Oh weâre factoring in fiends now? Ok thatâs situational.