Costumed Boldtusk (Secondary Costume) - 4* Fire / Red from Season 1

[PlayForFun]

New Season 1 Secondary Costume is released: Boldtusk

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

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Boldtusk

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed	Mana CB
Epic	Fire/Red	Cleric	A Average	5%

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/70 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume +4 Costume	599 640 688 700 712	722 772 830 844 859	1060 1176 1272 1293 1314
4/75 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume +4 Costume	651 696 748 761 774	785 839 902 918 934	1152 1278 1382 1405 1428
4/80 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume +4 Costume	754 806 867 882 897	910 973 1046 1064 1082	1335 1481 1602 1628 1655

Origin	Family
Season 1	Classic

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Special Armor	At the start of each battle, this Hero gets +40% defense against Special Skills for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Special Skill: War Song
All allies regenerate 288 boosted health over 4 turns. Boosted heakth can exceed max HP. All allies get +45% attack, and a further 20% increase every time they are hit during 4 turns.

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

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Classic Family

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

Classic Family Heroes need to be fully ascended to receive the Family Bonus.

Bonus for 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Heroes:

• +1% / +3% / +5% / +7% attack.
• +1% / +3% / +5% / +7% defense.
• +1% / +3% / +5% / +7% healing.

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Changes from Beta

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

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 3 of Secondary Season 1 Hero Costumes [Part of The Beta Beat v54]

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What do you think of Boldtusk ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Boldtusk.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Boldtusk worth summoning for?

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

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Boldtusk ?

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

• Would you give Boldtusk Cleric Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

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

• If you Summoned Boldtusk and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Boldtusk, 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 Boldtusk when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Boldtusk, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Boldtusk (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Boldtusk), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Epic 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 3 of Secondary Season 1 Hero Costumes [Part of The Beta Beat v54]
• Boldtusk - 4* Fire / Red from Season 1
• Costumed Boldtusk - 4* Fire / Red from Season 1

[PlayForFun]

Feedback Poll - Boldtusk (post release)

Is Boldtusk worth Summoning For?

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

How many copies of Boldtusk 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 Boldtusk’s Primary Purpose is?

• HP Booster (Over Time)
• Attack Buffer

What do you think of Boldtusk 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 Boldtusk’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match his Base Stats?

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

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

What do you think which version of Boldtusk is better ?

• Normal Boldtusk
• Costumed Boldtusk (Old Costume)
• Costumed Boldtusk (Secondary Costume)

Is Boldtusk worth giving Fighter Emblems to the original hero?

• Yes absolutely
• Yes, but only if you don’t have a 5* Option
• Yes, but only if you’re focusing on 4* Heroes/ Events
• Hmmmm, not sure yet
• No, I don’t think so.
• No… Not at all.

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

Note, as a 4* hero, please consider with this question up-and-coming players not just end-game players (where 5* heroes are a luxury not a given).

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

How do you think Boldtusk 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 Boldtusk worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes
• No

If you would emblem Boldtusk 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

[marki]

288 over 4 turns omg

[mpolo]

Kiril gets 400 overheal in one turn and BT only gets less than 300 over 4 turns??

[CL_Fire]

@marki @mpolo Basic Boldtusk regenerate 27% of health, which is the same amount as Sha Ji (2*) and Sharon (1*). Even Kiril heals more than basic BT. He was never The Healer, his main purpose was that sweet +48% attack.

With this costume BT is basically 4* Brienne, a 3* hero many people were bringing to titan team just for the attack boost back then, even against as powerful as 9* titans. There was even a person running with her for 12* titan, and it was before limit breaking was a thing.

+45% attack for all allies with easy increase (stupid minion hit adds 20%) is a big powerhouse people shouldn’t sleep on. Especially high double costume survivability bonus. Definitelly titan slayer and with secondary healer next to him good raider.

[marki]

well if you think this is enough to have in hero just attack up and nothing more, in this sea of better heroes and to use him once in a week when green titan comes ok, i will not level this costume and give him so precious feeders and resources

[newuser]

Exactly. I remember people use to gospel about melendors tile damage. Dont hear that anymore. The boost number is fixed. The regular boldtusk is a percentage so we get more from that. Heroes now commonly have 2000hp.

[Kenji69666]

It’s a decent card for a 4*

[PlayForFun]

The costume arrived without any change. Polls are now enabled.

[TTT]

27% heal at least recovers a decent amount of taken damage but 288 over 4 turns is not enough… this forces another healer to be present in your team.

The attack increase is indeed nice.

Against titans I use normal version, in raids I use the C1 Boldtusk to get that extra 10% heal.

If I can build a team around C2 with another healer that does more than just healing then I would consider using him for sure.

Regardless I would level him and give him a shot.

Idk about his artwork though seems very odd

[yorkaturr]

My initial thought is that this costume is only useful if you don’t have Wilbur costume for titans, but of course the costume bonuses are nice to have.

[Liam_K]

cWilbur’s buff stacks with normal attack up

[yorkaturr]

Obviously yes, but why would you use this costume instead of regular Boldtusk? It caps at 140% with costume Wilbur, so you will end up with the same damage increase with either regular Boldtusk or this costume, except this costume heals for less.

However, if you don’t have costume Wilbur, then this costume has the potential for more damage increase compared to non-costume Boldtusk, but it takes a few more turns to max out.

This costume would be a 2% damage increase if you have Oceanus though, because his damage increase can stack up to 170% with a base increase of 120%.

[Beendead25]

He got the qorse of 2nd costume! I am not one bit pleased with this. Why not boost health like rigard and kiril? 288 over 4 turns? Poison and burn will kill him before he even heals. No cleanse or debuff at that. I really dont understand when you will use him? Attack up then die. Seriously messed up. The attack increase over 4 turns? Guess what? He’ll die before anyone gets any type of attack up. I rather have more healing, than attack up over time. This is the worse 2nd costume out of all the costume. Very dissapointed in E&P. Absolutely useless. Will only level up to get bonus. Other than that def. No LB him, wouldnt even give him emblems if i had a choice. I have t gotten anyone good in 3 months just 1st costume duplicates. When i get a 2nd costume, its absolutely trash. This is why i sometimes hate this game. Because ive been playing for 3 and half years. I now have to pretty much play again and get all these costumes that they came out with. Already not pleased with that, then you come out with crappy useless costumes.

[Liam_K]

He’s great for CF2. The poison from the Villain stages and the Starfall damage both count as ‘hits’ that will increase the attack up

[brano]

288 over 4 would not be enough 5 years ago. Zynga keeps trolling players…

[milkyjoe001]

Pathetic !! Even an instant boost to health isn’t enough at this level. Needed to be at the very, VERY least at Rigard or Kirils boosted health amount to be relevant. Some r really special, Li Xiu, Caedmon, Gormek even Grimm but this !!! Wow !! They really hate the BT !!! He was my 1st ever 4* & I used him for soooo long he has a special place in my heart. Aaaaaaww !!! How sweet but with this cozzie they’ve just really cast him to the back of the drawer to be forgotten about until a 3rd cozzie where he reduces defence by 34% 1st, then attacks all for 250% & finally gives 25% accuracy to all !!! LOL !!! Suddenly everyone wants him !! Right now he’s a stinker ! What is 288 now as a % ? Approx. 12.5% heal !! Awesome !!

[MarthaStewartReally]

Now that i have all 3 costumes, which ones are actually worth leveling up??? Which one/ones do you actually use?

[Chadmo]

I prefer the original by far. Some like the second costume, only thing for sure I haven’t seen anyone use the first costume

[MarthaStewartReally]

I had never seen the war song costume … but then again, I had never seen the pulverizing abacus costume for Gormek and I received it (along with pulverizing ham) and now I wonder if those are worth doing anything with either?