⚖️ Dante - 3* Fire / Red from Tower of Styx

[PlayForFun]

New Styx hero is released: Dante

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

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Dante

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed
Rare	Fire/Red	Rogue	ST Styx

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
3/50	537	472	709
3/55	608	535	803
3/60	752	662	993

Origin	Family
Tower of Styx	Styx

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Special Boost	At the start of each turn, this Hero’s Special Skill deals an additional +30% damage for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Ability: Resist Defense Ailments This character has innate resistance against status ailments that affect defense. Applies also to status ailments that affect elemental defense.

Special Skill: Dante’s Inferno

Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100% / 200% / 300% mana: 1x Mana Charge: Deals 105% damage to all enemies. The attack bypasses defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks. 2x Mana Charge: Deals 125% damage to all enemies. The attack bypasses defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks. All enemies receive 120 Burn damage over 4 turns. 3x Mana Charge: Deals 205% damage to all enemies. The attack bypasses defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks. All enemies receive 160 Burn damage over 4 turns.

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

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Family Bonus

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

Styx Family
Bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:

• 40% / 60% / 80% chance to cast -30% mana generation to all enemies for 2 turns when this hero casts their Special Skill.

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Balance Changes

Nov 2022

@EmpiresPuzzles

Family Bonus for 1/2/3 Styx Heroes

• OLD: When this Hero receives a defense status ailment, 40%/60%/80% chance to cast the received ailment to all enemies.
• NEW: When this Hero casts their Special Skill, 40%/60%/80% chance to cast -30% mana generation for 2 turns to all enemies.

Styx Passive

• OLD: The duration of defense status ailments this Hero receives from Special Skills is decreased by 2 turns.
• NEW: This Hero has innate resistance against defense status ailments and elemental defense status ailments.

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Changes from Beta

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

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 2 of Tower of Styx Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v50]

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What do you think of Dante ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Dante.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Dante worth summoning for?

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

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Dante ?

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

• Would you give Dante Rogue Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

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

• If you Summoned Dante and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Dante, 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 Dante when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Dante, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Dante (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Dante), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Rare 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 Round 2 of Tower of Styx Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v50]

[PlayForFun]

Feedback Poll - Dante

Is Dante worth Summoning For?

• Yes, absolutely
• Only if you’re summoning for other heroes
• Not at all

What do you think of Dante compared to other 3* Heroes?

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

How many copies of Dante is it worth keeping & levelling?

Note this will be roster dependent & not the same for all players.

• None (zero)
• One
• Two
• Three
• Four +

How does Dante’s Special Skill match Dante’s Base Stats?

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

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

What do you think Dante’s Primary Purpose is?

• Damage Dealer (Immediate)
• Damage Dealer (Over Time)

Is Dante worth giving Rogue Emblems to?

• Yes absolutely
• Yes, but only if you are focused on Event Competition
• Yes, compared to other 3* heroes
• Hmmmm, not sure yet
• No… Not at all.

Where do you think Dante is best suited on defence (in a 3* arena)?

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

How do you think Dante will be best used?

• PvP Raids/ War attack
• Normal Defence
• War Defence
• Titans
• Farming
• Tournaments
• Event Teams

What do you think is Dante worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes
• No

If you would emblem Dante 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)

[Chadmo]

This could be a great 3 star, but seeing there’s no three star counter attack heroes, this one falls flat.

[PlayForFun]

You have forgotten about Jing:

Jing – 3* Nature/ Green from War of the Three Kingdoms

New War of the Three Kingdoms hero is released: Jing This thread is for discussing strategy related to Jing, as well as your thoughts on him. Jing Rarity Element Class Mana Speed Rare Nature/Green [image] Fighter F Fast Level Attack Defense Health 3/50 500 484 766 3/55 567 549 868 3/60 700 679 1073 Origin Family War of the Three Kingdoms Kingdom Image Aet…

I do not recall any other either.

[Chadmo]

And I have Jing, LOL. Shows how much I use him. Thanks PFF!

[drdare]

Wonder if it will bypass the WOK minion counterattack cards. Li and Jing could be candidates. I see them in a lot of tourneys now LB and annoying

[Chadmo]

Yeah, that’s a good question. Seems like they are beefing up the 3 star skills to account for newer ones.

[osbeug001]

He can also be deadly against Gunnar as he will bypass the def up buff but enemies will share the max damage from Dante.

[Liam_K]

He also bypasses the 2 Gargoyles’ stoneskin.

Might be interesting to use in Gargoyle’s Event Rare

[Predatorhunter]

Could be good will level him soonish.

[Holodigm]

Interesting to note, if you compare him to Waqas they have almost the exact same stats, and Dante’s 3x charge delivers the same 205% hit to all.

I can see where Dante’s defense counter is better than Waqas’ health reduction, but Waqas’ is really only used in rush tournies, and Dante would be useless there. So where exactly does he fit?

[Kenzo]

That’s an interesting analysis. Quick question, but how do charge heroes (such as Styx, Ninja and Magic) charge during VF tournaments?

[Holodigm]

Each charge takes 6.5 tiles, so VF events actually slows them down - 6.5 tiles for Dante’s 1x charge, 13 tiles for his 2x charge, and 19.5 tiles for 3x charge.

[MountainMann]

[0valRainbow]

This attack power looks sick for a rare hero!

[PlayForFun]

The hero card is refreshed with the family bonus and passive change.

[Frostbite]

Well there are some events (clash of knights) where the enemies at stages have counterattack. Dante would be perfect for there waves.

[BobTheSnark]

….if you don’t have Joukahainen (who is also good for, well, quite a bit else, with the whole dispel-then-hit-then-buffblock thing).

[Frostbite]

Limit broken and maxed.

[Spghost]

I opted to make him a little less squishy.

Debating on 2 LB for him. Unlike when this hero was first introduced, there are more 3counterattack heroes now. You can also bypass defense up, so I think he is useful still in 3 tournaments. Would be nice if he could bypass dodge too!