Oh yes! Using magic troops gives defence a distinct advantage in activation speed because defence mana build up counts in decimals.
Using magic troops will expedite your defence team activation.
Say a Fast defence team:
Using magic troops => 6.66 tiles
Using mana troops => 6.95 tiles
That is already a 0.3 tile mana saving.
Throw in mana boosts from FB, Passive, Emblems, Costumes ā¦ it can mean 1 turn less to activate.
First, it takes time to setup correct team for raid, next you realise it doesnt amount to much anyway, win or loose 
They really need to implement some ladder system with rewards and some recurring quests for raids and milestones, be it weekly or monthly ( become nr 1., 10, 100, be victorius 5, 10, 15 times consecutively. win 5 consecutives with all elements in diamonds, win 5 consecutives with mono in diamond,ā¦
Currently, there is no meaning if you are best in raids or 50.000, holding to diamond arenaā¦
Thank you for explaining! Makes sense
It would be nice for some incentive. Itās just about filling the chest for me. And when Iām not, Iāll try different things because while the food and iron is a bonusā¦itās not a āgotta haveā.
Sooooo many troops and it still takes millennia to level just one .
ā¦still epic troops. I wonder when the legendary troops are comingā¦
Thx, I have fixed it
Wow, red and dark are the only two MTs Iām missing too lol
glad i didnāt use etts on magic portals, till now;
imo:
3ninja 2styx for titans
5styx for raids
rest is everyone choice, but it seems that stys rainbow is gonna be the meta on defenses
Small sample size in the poll buys itās been 50-50 every time I look.
Does this mean these troops are well balanced?
It depends on each playerās troop needs/wants.
For a top tier player with full set of mana, magic, possibly ninja too, Styx troops is an upgrade on Ninja in a way.
For someone whoās just starting on troops, If it was me, I would pick Magic over Styx for versatility.
You would need to drive into details if you want a more complete picture on poll results.
Did anybody already mention that the following combination:
Would allow a slow hero to charge with 9 tiles and a fast hero to charge with 6?
Mana bonus in beta for 2 costumes is now same as for 1 costume, idk if that affects your calculations
Yes, this means there is no change in the above scenario compared to any hero with 5% costume bonus, and proper class and Magic troop.
Best troops remain the old fashion mana troops
They are balanced
Remember the boards are the most important
Too many heroes + too many troops = only to milk more money
It does affect. Thanks for pointing this out.
Magic / Styx Troop = 20%
S1 C Mana bonus = 5%
Emblem mana node = 4%
Total 29% mana boost before FB, Passive etc etc
Fast = 8 tiles => 6.20 tiles
Average = 10 tiles => 7.75 tiles
Slow = 12 tiles => 9.3 tiles
Attack => 7, 8, 10
Defence => as calculated above
Indeed, and if the double costume bonus was left to be 10% (it is no longer so) then you could see that slow and fast would have reached 9 tiles and 6 tiles.
Yup. Zynga/SGG finally realised that and nerfed the S1 C-2 mana bonus.