🎅 Buster -- 3* Fire / Red from Santa's Challenge (Winter)

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New Santa’s Challenge (Christmas) Hero is released: Buster

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

Buster
Rarity Element Class Mana Speed
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Rare		 :fire:
Fire/Red		 image
Barbarian		 S
Slow
Level Attack Defense Health

3/50		 :crossed_swords:
509		 :shield:
451		 :heart:
825
3/55 577 512 935
3/60 713 632 1156
Origin Family
Santa’s Challenge Winter
Image Aether Power Description
dodge Dodge At the start of each battle, this Hero gets +20% chance to dodge Special Skills that deal damage for 6 turns.
In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.
:dizzy: Special Skill: Frosty Punches
  • Deals 275% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
  • Summons an Elf Minion for the caster with 10% HP and 10% attack inherited from the caster.
  • All damage the target and nearby enemies receive is increased by +24% and a further +2% increase per each Fire shield on the board for 4 turns, up to +40% increased damage.

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

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:hugs: Family Bonus

Christmas (Winter) Heroes now all have a family bonus for unique heroes of the same family.

Winter Family
Bonus for 2 / 3 heroes:

  • +2% / +3% health for Minions
  • +5% / +10% attack for Minions

:balance_scale: Balance Changes

November 2023 (2nd Balance update)

:test_tube: Changes from Beta

There appear to be no changes to Buster from last-seen Beta stats, skill, and design.

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on New Santa's Challenge Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v53]

:thought_balloon: What do you think of Buster ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Buster.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

  • Is Buster worth summoning for?

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

  • Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Buster ?

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

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

  • What do you think of special?

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

  • If you Summoned Buster and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Buster, 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 Buster when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Buster, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Buster (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Buster), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Rare Event Hero.

:money_with_wings: Avoiding Overspending & Heartache :broken_heart:

More Insights & Reading

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

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. :slight_smile:

:thinking: 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.

:link: Related Threads You May Be Interested In

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Feedback Poll - Buster

:question: Is Buster worth Summoning For?

  • Yes, absolutely
  • Only if you’re summoning for other heroes
  • Not at all

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:question: What do you think of Buster compared to other 3* Heroes?

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

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:question: How many copies of Buster is it worth keeping & levelling?

Note this will be roster dependent & not the same for all players.

  • None (zero)
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four +

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:question: How does Buster’s Special Skill match Buster’s Base Stats?

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

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

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:question: What do you think Buster’s Primary Purpose is?

  • Damage Dealer (Immediate)
  • Minion Summoner
  • Damage Increaser

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:question: Is Buster worth giving Barbarian Emblems to?

  • Yes absolutely
  • Yes, but only if you are focused on Event Competition
  • Yes, compared to other 3* heroes
  • Hmmmm, not sure yet
  • No… Not at all.

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:question: Where do you think Buster is best suited on defence (in a 3* arena)?

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

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:question: How do you think Buster will be best used?

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

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:question: What do you think is Buster worth Limit Breaking ?

  • Yes
  • No

0 voters

:question: If you would emblem Buster 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)

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So many slow red 3* heroes. Rufus, Waqas, Sudri, Jahangir, Li…. did we really need another one?

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While yet another Slow 3* Fire hero is certainly annoying, I will say I am happy to have him and I will use him for Titans. Currently my anti-Nature team is C.Wilbur-Sun Shangxiang-Khufu-Asterius-Ruby. I am going to drop Ruby and put in Buster thanks to his damage increase ailment.

I will limit break him and max emblem him along a shield/health path to be more survivable against Titans.

:+1:

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Please let us know how well he works for titans! I pulled him today and am wondering… I don’t have Franz

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I bought tokens and I have him twice. I think he can be of use.

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Yep he worked out great, wasn’t sure if the damage increase he provides would offset the loss of attack power from Ruby to Buster, but it did!

Dependent on the other conditions it seemed to increase my damage per tile in the 300 to 600 range, so it was a good choice. This will increase as I plan to change his emblems along an attack path, as he wasn’t surviving a hit from 14* titans, so a defense/health path means little anyway at least against 14* titans.

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Is this the ugliest card in rhe game or not? Even Gremlins were prettier! (even after feeding rhem after midnight)

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Even if stats are better than other cards, cant say I would use him (or even hold him on roster,).

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Love the drunk artwork :joy:

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Wasn’t sold on him initially… But in events he does wonders. In Gargoyle Sanctuary everyone at top has him in their teams. Even in Legendary tier.

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he definitely makes a good alternative to Franz, especially as Gargoyles is Green reflect (making Franz a suboptimal choice)

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Limit broken and went the attack route.

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Did you pick the mana bonus or defense bonus?

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Mana

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Thank you :blush: I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Hi @Frostbite,

Thanks for sharing your emblems pathway.

Do you find his defence a little weak since your went the Sword path?

Does he die easily?

I supposed you would be putting him in either left or right wing?

I don’t think we will be able to use his as a tank or in either flank, unless we go the Shield/Health pathway?

Thanks in advance for your advice. :+1:

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I also went attack path. I use him mostly on titans. Wilbur helps keep him alive, but without wilbur he’d get one shot either way (14 star titans).
In events, it’s a speed battle so staying alive isn’t important there either.

I don’t use him much in rush events because I want hit all and not just hit three.
I do put him on right wing so he summons less minions for titans and events.
I’d rather use Bauchan or Waqas as a tank.

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Thanks for sharing, @Ruskin505 :+1:

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Finally got him back after consuming him before I knew he was very useful. My strong titan green titan team is Sharkai - Khufu - BT - Sun Shang - Zenobia. Would buster replace any of the one mentioned?

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Depends on items you wish to use. You will get (on avg) higher scores putting Buster in for Boldtusk, and using bear or titan banners to replace BT’s att up. But there is less survivability, and you will probably need enough time stops/tornados to never let the titan attack.

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