Costumed Cyprian - 4* Dark / Purple from Season 1

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This thread is for discussing strategy related to Costumed Cyprian, as well as your thoughts on him.

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Costumed Cyprian

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed	Mana CB
Epic	Dark/Purple	Sorcerer	A Average	5%

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/70 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume	529 555 608 618	665 698 764 778	1328 1460 1593 1620
4/75 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume	574 602 660 671	722 758 830 844	1443 1587 1731 1760
4/80 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume	666 699 765 779	837 878 962 979	1673 1840 2007 2041

Origin	Family
Costume Chamber	Classic

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Damage Reduction	At the start of each battle, all damage received by this hero is reduced by 10% for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Special Skill: Deadly Riposte
All allies counterattack with 60% of the damage received for 4 turns.

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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.

Balance Updates

@EmpiresPuzzles

Our much-beloved Classic (Season I) Heroes will finally be forming a Family — and on top of that, they’re getting exclusive access to Superior Talents!

• Classic Family Bonus
  • When 2/3/4/5 fully ascended Classic Heroes are teamed up, they get +1%/+3%/+5%/+7% Attack, Defense, and Healing
• Superior Talents (activated when a Classic Hero’s final Talent Node is taken)

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What do you think of Costumed Cyprian ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Costumed Cyprian.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Costumed Cyprian worth summoning for?

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

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Costumed Cyprian ?

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

• Would you give Costumed Cyprian Sorcerer Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

• What do you think of Costumed Cyprian’s character design?

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

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Related Threads You May Be Interested In

• Cyprian - 4* Dark / Purple from Season 1
• Costumed Cyprian (Secondary Costume) - 4* Dark / Purple from Season 1

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Feedback Poll - Costumed Cyprian (post release)

Is Costumed Cyprian worth Summoning For?

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

How many copies of Costumed Cyprian 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

Costumed Cyprian’s only Purpose is Riposte.

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

Note this means Costumed Cyprian’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 Cyprian is better ?

• Normal Cyprian
• Costumed Cyprian

Is Costumed Cyprian worth giving Paladin 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 Costumed Cyprian 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 Costumed Cyprian 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 Costumed Cyprian worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes
• No

If you would emblem Costumed Cyprian then which Emblem Path would you select ?

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

[Muchacho]

Use this for costume bonus on the base form only. It is better to riposte at a higher percentage on 3 than a lower percentage on all. At least outside of some weird, rare, very specific circumstance that has been my experience.