💂 Caelen - 5* Ice / Blue from Garrison Guards

New Garrison Guard hero is released: Caelen

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


Caelen

Rarity Element Class Mana Speed
:star::star::star::star::star:
Legendary
:snowflake:
Ice/Blue

Wizard
A
Average
Level Attack Defense Health

4/80
:crossed_swords:
1145
:shield:
1085
:heart:
1672
4/85 1234 1169 1802
4/90 1412 1338 2062
Origin Family
Goblin Village Garrison
Image Aether Power Description
Regen At the start of each battle, this Hero regenerates 420 health over 6 turns.
In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.
:no_entry_sign: Resist: Resist Mana Reduction
This character has innate resistance against mana reduction.
:hourglass: Ability: Guard Rally
Every 4 turns, removes all Wither effects from all allies.
:dizzy: Special Skill: Soothing Melody
  • Summons a Shield Guard Mega Minion with 65% HP and 180% attack inherited from the caster.
  • The Shield Guard Mega Minion cleanses the latest cleansable status ailment from all allies each turn. This does not trigger secondary effects.
  • All enemies fall asleep.
  • While asleep, the target can’t attack or gain mana.
  • All damage dealt to the sleeping target is increased by +70%.
  • The sleeping target is woken once it take damage. This excludes damage from Minions and Fiends.

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


:hugs: Family Bonus

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

Bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:

  • At the start of the battle, summons a Recruit Guard Mega Minion with 20% / 25% / 30% HP and 100% / 120% / 140% attack inherited from this character

:balance_scale: Balance Changes

Jun 2024


:test_tube: Changes from Beta

  • Attack is decreased from 1133 to 1128.
  • Defense is increased from 1036 to 1067.
  • Health is increased from 1573 to 1617.
  • Damage increase to sleeping target is increased from 40% to 70%.

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on New Garrison Guard Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v66]


:thought_balloon: What do you think of Caelen ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Caelen.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

  • Is Caelen worth summoning for?

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

  • Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Caelen ?

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

  • Would you give Caelen Wizard Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

  • What do you think of special?

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

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


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Feedback Poll - Caelen (post release)


:question: Is Caelen worth Summoning For?

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

:question: How many copies of Caelen 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
0 voters

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

  • Mega Minion Summoner (with Cleanser)
  • Sleep Debuffer (with Mana stop, and Damage increase)
0 voters

:question: What do you think of Caelen compared to other Heroes?

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

:question: How does Caelen’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Caelen’s Base Stats?

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

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

:question: Is Caelen worth giving Wizard Emblems to?

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

:question: In Defence, where do you think Caelen is best used?

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

:question: How do you think Caelen is best used?

  • PvP Raids/ War attack
  • Normal Defence
  • War Defence
  • Titans
  • Farming
  • Tournaments
  • Event Teams
0 voters
Choose up to 3 options

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

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

:question: If you would emblem Caelen 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)
0 voters

:question: What do you think about the artwork ?

  • Amazing
  • Refreshingly new
  • It’s ok
  • It could be better
  • Very bad
0 voters
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Since mega-minions don’t count as minions for minion removal/minion blocking/minion ignoring, do mega-minions wake up the target?

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Here’s your answer

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It does look like boom and fang mega minion will awaken enemies. But Caelen mega minion won’t awake the enemy

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It could be from the counterattack damage

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Good luck :heart:

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The OP is adjusted with the changes.
Polls are enabled.

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Got him myself. Very undecided whether he’ll be worth it to level or not. I’ve never liked the whole sleeping mechanism, especially when it’s easy to wake up after being hit with something, like elemental tile/bleed, etc.

If it takes 2-3 times to hit to wake up, I’d maybe consider it, but until then, I’ll wait and see what people say about this one.

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I think this guy does pretty well in Defence on the Right Wing. When any of his mates has fired he sends them to sleep.
Also I‘m wondering why several people voted: only for P2P. I can‘t imagine a hero who helps people with big rosters, but doesn‘t fit in a F2P roster. Any examples?

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Sleep I can imagine being really good at hunting down ‘M’ formation defences. Because the back rows can’t be attacked by tile damage, sleep is safe from being knocked off by even the slightest damage. It’s even better against an M formation nautica tank. You sleep the back rows and they can’t receive mana at the same time

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Why the hate for this hero?

He puts everyone asleep which means no mana gain or normal attack or specials… … constant safe cleanse…

Yeah youll probably wake some up with tiles but you can try to keep some asleep for as long as possible…then increased damage when you want to wake…

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On defense he won’t work because slash attacks will wake everybody up. He does no direct damage, his mega minion is the weakest attack stats for mega minions and his average speed isn’t appealing imho. He is very average.

Has the potential on defense to slow up an attacking team, even by a turn or two can be pretty catastrophic, especially if you have you move tiles to get to the next turn where you gain no mana. And a one two punch of him and a hit all is almost a death sentence.

I think sleep all is a 1 2 punch. Apply the sleep, then apply a big attack on all hitter with the same speed. So it is really just an extra damage ailment… but… you can also put to sleep a problematic hero at the end of a fight if you cleared the right side and they are the only ones left… just ghost tiles and let the mega minion kill the remaining targets on the right. Honestly… this is a solid hero… perhaps not overpowered… but definitely useful in a variety of settings. Perpetual cleanse… that alone… is significant.

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Another hero with sleep? Well I am glad he is there and I hope more come out. Eventually they will have to fix that idiotic sleep mechanic and make it useful.

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When Caelan sits in defence and put anybody asleep, the offence team won‘t wake up bye tiles, but fill the mana of the defence team with their tiles. :grin:

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I think Teddy put me to sleep and that stupid slash attack never hit the heroes i wanted to be woken up.

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As a proud Teddy owner I’m interested in the comments about this guy.



Short small aethers currently to take him to at least 85

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