ℹ Costumed Merlin – 4* Dark/Purple from Knights of Avalon

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New Knights of Avalon Costume is released: Costumed Merlin

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

Costumed Merlin
Rarity Element Class Mana Speed Mana CB
:star::star::star::star:
Epic		 :new_moon:
Dark/Purple		 image
Cleric		 A
Average		 5%
Level Attack Defense Health

4/70
+1 Costume		 :crossed_swords:
711
746		 :shield:
603
633		 :heart:
1017
1118
4/75
+1 Costume		 773
811		 655
687		 1106
1216
4/80
+1 Costume		 896
940		 760
798		 1282
1410
Origin Family
Challenge Festival Avalon
Image Aether Power Description
dmg-reduction Damage Reduction At the start of each battle, this Hero gets 10% reduction to damage received from status ailments for 6 turns.
In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.
:dizzy: Special Skill: Pulsar Blast
  • Deals 210% damage to the target, and nearby enemies.
  • The more mana the enemies have, the more damage they will receive, up to 270%.
  • The target automatically casts Mindless Attack on a random ally when mana is full at the start of a turn during 3 turns.

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

:hugs: Avalon Family Bonus

:test_tube: Changes from Beta

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

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 3 of Challenge Event Hero Costumes [Part of The Beta Beat v56]

:thought_balloon: What do you think of Costumed Merlin ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Costumed Merlin.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

  • Is Costumed Merlin worth summoning for?

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

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

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

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

  • What do you think of special?

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

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


:question: Is Costumed Merlin worth Summoning For?

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

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:question: How many copies of Costumed Merlin 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 Costumed Merlin’s Primary Purpose is?

  • Damage Dealer (Immediate)
  • Mindless Attack Debuffer

0 voters

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

Note this means Costumed Merlin’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 which version of Merlin is better ?

  • Normal Merlin
  • Costumed Merlin

0 voters

:question: Is Costumed Merlin worth giving Wizard 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.

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:question: In Defence, where do you think Costumed Merlin 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.

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:question: How do you think Costumed Merlin 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 Costumed Merlin worth Limit Breaking ?

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

0 voters

:question: If you would emblem Costumed Merlin 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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Just curious but why would anyone think the vanilla version is better when the costumed version does mindless to 3?

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Pretty sure the Costume only hits 3, but does MA to the target only… but I still think the Costume is better, since the hit to 3 will typically be the same as to 1 on the original

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That’s correct - it is mindless to one, but, the range on the hit 3 is far better in my view!

Normal is 220-250% to one, whereas costume is 210%-270% to three - so really, no reason to use normal unless you want to gamble on the Jinx talent proc’ing…

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This has probably been answered elsewhere, but as I’m still playing catch-up…Can you get the costume for these through HA8?

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Not this one yet. However the game does weird things so perhaps sooner than later?

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Was there any indication that costumes would be availble through HA8?

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No clue, I’ve never ran HA8. Good question.

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It would be nice if that were the case, but I don’t think I’ve heard mention of costume availability. They haven’t added any of the “new” heroes as of yet.

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Yeah, it’s quite possibly just wishful thinking on my part

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Would be a good question when they do another Q and A session.

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No, HA 8 is not giving cotumes.

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I’m thinking about attack path.

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I just got him and his costume from a free pull.
I already have regular him maxed (no emblems).
Do you all think the costume is worth it, and worth me finally giving emblems to?

Edit:
Just to add, I have literally NEVER used Merlin in anything, EVER, and I have had him for years

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Its worth maxing the costume if you got maxed anyway…
Mindless is handy and annoying sure only one not sure on emblems and how much will you use in raids or war …

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I have never used him before, ever. I use Proteus for my 4* Purple mana blocker, I have 2x Hansel and a Peters for green that I never use either (I know none of these are the exact same but all are similar to Merlin).

I have 240 emblems spare, no one else to put them on for now - was saving any Wizard emblems for Lord Loki when I get him from Fated Summon (that will be a while though, I have 75/100 right now and then I gotta max him)…

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Id save for loki being you have others with the same special and other mana block …
Once yah get loki it be worth it …
Plus how much do you see yourself using merlin

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The fact I haven’t used or even considered using him up to now, I doubt I would, however, if I stuck lots of emblems on him, i’d most likely start trying, but the fact I already have Proteus with +20 and LB1, I don’t think i’d want to or have any point in doing it.

I will max the costume though. Just finishing my 2nd Shrubbear first :smile:

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Both versions are the same except costume hits 3.

Both versions give mindless to only the target.

Costume will be nice stats boost and is useful hit-3 dark…

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