🧪 Early Information on Plane of the Astral Elves Quest [Part of The Beta Beat v65]

[PlayForFun]

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This thread is to provide early insights and discussion on the Plane of the Astral Elves Quest.

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Don’t get too attached

Details from Beta, especially brand-new Beta content, don’t tend to be very reliable for actual release.

It’s incredibly common that features are changed during Beta testing, or sometimes even after testing but before release. That is, after all, the purpose of Beta testing.

So I wouldn’t get too attached to any of this — it’s not unheard of for entire portions of features to be removed or reworked, or for radical changes to functionality to be made.

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The Plane of the Astral Elves Quest

This is standard 10 level Quest.
Each level can be played once.

Special Rule: The Plane of the Astral Elves

This battle takes place on The Plane of the Astral Elves

Hero mana generation is doubled.
All status effects cast by Heroes only last for 1 turn. Only applies to status effects where duration is specified. All enemies are unaffected.

Enemies steal 15% Mana from all Heroes every 3 turns.

As it is written in the rules all ailments and buffs casted by your Heroes are lasts only 1 turn.
The bosses in the event can still cast buffs and ailments, which will last more than 1 turn.
The mana generation is doubled of your heroes, and it also includes the mana provided by battle items.
So minor mana potion gives 50% mana, while the mana potion gives 120% mana, and the super mana potion gives 200%. The Tornoado gives 80% mana.

Astral Summon

• Astral Elves Heroes can be found in this summon:
  • 🧪 Early Information on Round 2 of Astral Elves Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v65]
    And the already released Sparklight and Starwalker.

The Appearance Rates

• Rare Hero: 56.8%
• Epic Hero: 20.8%
• Legendary Hero: 1.6%
• Rare Event Hero: 14.2%
• Epic Event Hero: 5.7%
• Legendary Event Hero: 0.5%
• Legendary Featured Event Hero: 0.4%
• Bonus Draw (Legendary HoTM): 1.3%

For each summoned Legendary Astral Elf, you will get another Legendary Astral Elf as a bonus.

The Summon Costs:

• Single Summon: 400 Gems / 100 Astral Coins
• 10x Summon: 3400 Gems

Featured Heroes:

• Starwalker
• Moonflower

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Astral Elves Quest Stages

Stage	WE	Recommended TP	Wave	Reward	Enemies	Bosses
1	4	1800	3	5x Astral Coin	Purple + Red	Lionstring (G) + Starswift (R) + Moonflower (N)
2	5	2200	3	5x Astral Coin	Blue + Red	Starswift (R) + Starwalker (B) + Hammerclang (R)
3	6	2600	3	10x Astral oin	Purple + Blue	Lemonwood (Y) + Dreadstar (P) + Loinstring (G)
4	7	3000	3	10x Astral Coin	Purple + Blue	Dreadstar (P) + Moonflower (G) + Starwalker (B)
5	7	3400	3	15x Astral Coin	Red + Purple	Starswift (R) + Loinstring (G) + Hammerclang (R)
6	8	3800	3	15x Astral Coin	Blue + Purple	Lemonwood (Y) + Dreadstar (P) + Moonflower (G)
7	8	4200	3	20x Astral Coin	Blue + Red	Hamerclang (R) + Starwalker (B) + Sparklight (R)
8	9	4600	3	25x Astral Coin	Purple + Red	Sparklight (R) + Starwalker (B) + Lemonwood (Y)
9	9	5000	3	30x Astral Coin	Purple + Blue	Moonflower (G) + Loinstring (G) + Starswift (R)
10	10	5400	3	45x Astral Coin	Purple + Blue	Starwalker (B) + Dreadstar (P) + Lemonwood (Y)

Total: 180 Astral Coins, 73 WE

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Guide Created by @birksg

Thanks @birksg

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For a full list of items currently in Beta testing, as well as their related threads, please see:

• 🧪 The Beta Beat (V65) - Timesaver VIP, Gargolye balance update -- Sharing the Big Picture on What's Going on in Beta

[sleepyhead]

@PlayForFun

This is standard 10 level Quest like Masquare for example.

thanks for your hard work, PFF! I think you mean “Masquerade” here?

[sleepyhead]

@PlayForFun

Hero mana generation is doubled.
All status effects cast by Heroes only last for 1 turn.

huh! looks like the heavy hitters, minion makers, and straight healers/overhealers will be coming out for this one! (and mindless attackers, they just need to be timed well)

[PlayForFun]

@sleepyhead

thanks for your hard work, PFF! I think you mean “Masquerade” here?

This was the copied in the Goblin Quest’s Beta, but I have removed that so that it does not confuse anybody.

On Quest Stage 6 and 9 where we have Moonflower this part of his skill makes him very dangerous as if you do not see that this buff is on him, then you are killing your own heroes if you firing some of your heroes in a row.

@PlayForFun

After an enemy casts their Special Skill during the next turn, this character deals 235% damage to all enemies.

Luckily dispellers can prevent this even if this buff is on.
I actually brought 4 of them with us to beat level 9 + C2 Quintus to prevent even this buff to be applied + Timestops.

On level 9 this hero is paired with Lionstring, who gives Dodge buffs, so even using dispellers is risky, as on dodge Moonflower will fire this 235% attack to all of your heroes.

So you need to be very careful.

This skill in Starwalker is also dangerous for cleansers as at cleanse it deal 2k+ damage at level 10.

@PlayForFun

All enemies get -35% defense for 3 turns. If this effect is removed before the duration ends, the target with effect suffers 551 damage.

[Oxide]

@PlayForFun

On level 9 this hero is paired with Loinstring

Loinsting ???

Really hope that’s Lion… not Loin… - some very different images there

[sleepyhead]

thanks for the tips! I will consult your post when the quest goes live in the game

@Oxide

Loinsting ???

eek. can’t think of a good photo to post here that won’t get flagged

[PlayForFun]

@PlayForFun

This is the hero’s sharable Beta image.

[Elioty33]

So that special rule is basically just magic night from season 2 with the normal damage cut in half replaced by mana steal every 3 turns.
I can live with that. Khonshu should love this event!
Only sad thing is that the quest gives only 1.8 free pulls again like the Goblins…

[Ruskin505]

Managed to autoplay the first 7 stages in beta. 8 and 9 were tough as I took a loss on each. Made it through ten first try. I was thinking it was hard but might have just needed to get used to it.

I used Goldie, quintin, proteus, Hansel, and waddles. It’s mana control as usual.

The hardest part is that turn the enemies steal your mana, you won’t have any specials ready to control them. Charge heroes and those that resist can work. I expect I’ll unload some items.

[BlackZed]

Wheee…, another new coin to collect. Guess this means that Goblins n (now) Elves will remain as independent quests for the time being.

Guess CFIII won’t be created anytime soon.

[Maciurella]

I expected sth more from that event.
It sounds like the combination of goblin village , magic night levels(S2) and pirates of Corelia levels(CF1).
Anyway it’s good to have more chance for 5*.

@PlayForFun

All status effects cast by Heroes only last for 1 turn. Only applies to status effects where duration is specified. All enemies are unaffected

How would it work with Ludwig/Onatel?
Will they give/steal 100% mana?
@PlayForFun can u test it?

[Maciurella]

@PlayForFun

On Quest Stage 6 and 9 where we have Moonflower this part of his skill makes him very dangerous as if you do not see that this buff is on him, then you are killing your own heroes if you firing some of your heroes in a row.

Dude, just use titan shield

[Elioty33]

Yes, their status effects should directly be at the “final” state (of giving/stealing 100%) since they will last only one turn.

[Ruskin505]

Today I see the new version notes say:

@EmpiresPuzzles

Enemies steal 15% Mana from all Heroes every 3 turns.

Here’s what I said in beta

@Ruskin505

The Astral Elves quest includes the description “enemeis steal 15% mana from all heroes every 3 turns”. However, if you kill all enemies in a wave on that third turn, the sequence seems to be:
1 enemies die
2 mana is cut (but stolen by noone since noone is alive)
3 new wave begins

Since there are no enemies alive, it would not be possible for enemies to steal 15% mana. I’m guessing this effect is intended, so the description could use a clarification update.

Something like “every 3 turns all heroes mana is reduced by 15% and allocated to enemies”.

Hi! Thanks for your feedback on the description. I will forward this info to the designers!

[PlayForFun]

At least this will make the event a bit easier.

[Aksu]

Considering saving my gems for this instead of Bday portal. 0,9% chance to get 2 legendary Astral Elves vs 1% chance to get a featured plus a non-featured legendary. But 90% of the non-featured legendaries aren’t ones I would level

[Arca89]

I will certainly do the same as you… Birthday portal is quite bad because of the non featured heroes which are (not all) more or less useless now (Odin ? Garnet ?)…

Astral elves will garantee 2 top heroes if you got the jackpot of 0.9%of luck

[Maciurella]

I think I’d save my coins from all AE events to do once a lot pulls in a row.
Chances for 5* are too low

[sleepyhead]

@Ruskin505

Charge heroes and those that resist can work. I expect I’ll unload some items.

thanks for the tip!

Looks like Seshat and Amethyst will be coming out for me…