ℹ Costumed Guardian Panther – 5* Dark / Purple from Guardians of Teltoc

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New Guardians of Teltoc Costume is released: Costumed Guardian Panther

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

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Costumed Guardian Panther

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed	Mana CB
Legendary	Dark/Purple	Paladin	F Fast	5%

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/80 +1 Costume	766 972	644 805	1369 1916
4/85 +1 Costume	825 1047	694 867	1476 2066
4/90 +1 Costume	944 1198	795 993	1689 2364

Origin	Family
Challenge Festival	Guardian

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: Roar of the Panther
Deals 285% damage to all enemies. All enemies get -34% defense against Dark for 3 turns. All enemies are immune to new buffs for 3 turns.

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

Guardian Family Bonus

Challenge Event Heroes have a Family Bonus when multiple unique heroes are used on the same team.

Family Bonus for 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Heroes:

• +5% / 10% / 15% / 20% defense
• +4% / 6% / 9% / 13% healing

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Balance Changes

Dec 2022

@EmpiresPuzzles

Costume Guardian Panther

• Defense against Dark debuff: -64% → -54%

Feb 2023

@EmpiresPuzzles

Costume Guardian Panther

• Direct damage: 280% → 285%
• Elemental defense against Dark reduction: -54% → -34%

Jun 2023 (Big Balance Update)

@EmpiresPuzzles

Guardian Panther (Costume)

• Stats increased (due to Costume Bonus increase)
  • Attack: 804 → 819
  • Defense: 676 → 689
  • Health: 1505 → 1546

August 2023

@EmpiresPuzzles

Challenge Festival I Families (Pirate, Guardian, Wonderland, Grimforest, Avalon)

• OLD: +8% attack / +8% defense / +12% health / +5% mana generation
• NEW: +17% attack / +17% defense / +30% health / +5% mana generation

Apr 2024

@EmpiresPuzzles

Challenge Festival I

Costume Bonus increased for legendary heroes of Pirate, Grimforest, Avalon, Guardian and Wonderland families:

• OLD: +17% attack/+17% defense/+30% health/+5% mana
• NEW: +20% attack/+20% defense/+35% health/+5% mana

Jun 2024

@EmpiresPuzzles

Costume Bonus buffs for Legendary Heroes

• Guardian, Pirate, Avalon, Grimforest, and Wonderland Families
  • OLD: +20% attack/+20% defense/+35% health/+5% mana generation
  • NEW: +27% attack/+25% defense/+40% health/+5% mana generation

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Changes from Beta

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

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Challenge Event Hero Costumes [Part of The Beta Beat v44,v48]

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What do you think of Costumed Guardian Panther ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Costumed Guardian Panther.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Costumed Guardian Panther worth summoning for?

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

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Costumed Guardian Panther ?

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

• Would you give Costumed Guardian Panther Paladin Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

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

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

• What exactly is a Gacha? (Read before posting things about "unfair pulls")

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 Challenge Event Hero Costumes [Part of The Beta Beat v44,v48]
• ℹ Guardian Panther – 5* Dark/Purple from Guardians of Teltoc
• ⚖ Hero Balance Discussion: Costumed Guardian Panther

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Feedback Poll - Costumed Guardian Panther (post release)

Is Costumed Guardian Panther 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 Guardian Panther 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 Costumed Guardian Panther’s Primary Purpose is?

• Damage Dealer (Immediate)
• Defense Debuffer
• Buff Immuniser

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

Note this means her Class, Attack, Defence & HP Stat

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

What do you think which version of Guardian Panther is better ?

• Normal Guardian Panther
• Costumed Guardian Panther

Is Costumed Guardian Panther worth giving Fighter Emblems to the original hero?

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

In Defence, where do you think Costumed Guardian Panther is best used?

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

How do you think Costumed Guardian Panther 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 Guardian Panther worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes
• No

If you would emblem Costumed Guardian Panther 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)

[Nightmare2048]

Rift Lepus: does 280% AoE damage and slows his mana generation
C-Guardian Panther: does 208% AoE damage and debuffs enemy team so hard they’re as good as dead

[HaSKoW35]

Will the last 3 costume heroes be available at the same time?

[Noxyking]

If I get the costume for Panther, I’d still use the original version. Dispel > hit all.

[JGE]

We said in Beta she was overpowered and would be formidable…
I desperately want the costume as it was in Beta ….
But let’s see what SG do with the feedback given in Beta

[gcheng668]

Hit all pairs well with C Killhare. With -64% EDD, it will be a wipe-out.

[Orion_Fervor]

I’ve been hoarding my challenge coins for this upcoming portal… all 3 look very appetising, and not for food!

[Dudeious.Maximus]

I wouldnt mind one or two
Great hero in costume and original form
If you pulled this hero and thinking should i max … The answer is YES

[Danoh70]

Are they buffing the original version? The version I have hits three only

[Nomad2021]

Another candidate for super-fast nerf in my book, at least on the offensive side he would be one of the best purples, if not THE best.

[Noxyking]

Ckillhare is avg speed.

[Rduke77]

And? Easy to make fire her 9 tiles. It’s game over with C Panther + Killhare and 9 purple tiles.

[gcheng668]

With 23 mana troop, she can fire her special in 9 tiles. I paired her with panther often.

[Giaman]

One of the best Costum upgraded heroes, if not the best Costum upgraded hero.

I’ve not seen any other heroes with such great changes.

[mogulemon]

attention everybody!!!

i have made c.panther nerf thread lol

Please NERF Costumed Guardian Panther

Yay i am the first who made nerf thread of c.panther reason for c.panther nerf: fast speed with too awesome special skills, compared to easter bunnies, c.panther has got all the bunnies awesomeness plus another additional awesomeness except the negative self ailment. so, please nerf c.panther. anybody else want to add why c.panther should be nerfed… soon? write your complaint here. note: mod, don’t delete this thread as it will come eventually (maybe). i just want t…

[Ham.Cheese]

Ckrampus.

Y’all know the story

[Photon]

also, Costume Panther is a glass cannon. her defense is in the 600s. She may not have the bulk needed to hang in there.

[CL_Fire]

Yey, with addition of one of the least common thing in game, also high leveled, you can make base hero mostly beginner are using, faster!

[BanGan]

One hero does not solve anything in this game. You need to assemble a team and be able to manage the board to win. Otherwise, shout louder about the nerf.