šŸ§Ŗ Early Information on the January 2020 HOTM (Vela)

Just for resisting minions, i am going to like her. All those minions can be infuriating especially LOTL minions. Sign me up

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I have no useful heroes to provide any helpful feedback on these mattersā€¦
My presumption would be youā€™re using that setup (with an emblemed Kiril) for the following benefits

Frida/Arthur (Elemental Debuff) - Kiril (Attack/Defense Buff) - Miki (Silence/Attack Buff/Mana Regen) - Athena (Defense Debuff) - Vela (Attack Debuff/Crit Boost)

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Thanks zephyr! :slight_smile:

Iā€™ve said it before in Grimbleā€™s thread, but this is one of the best element links to have :slight_smile: +10% crit chance can really turn a color-stacked tile into a bomb.

Her resistance is basically useless, or at least itā€™s useless as the current meta stands. The only hero that negative effects applies to right now is Lady of the Lake, but youā€™d be stacking the weak color against teams with herā€¦ and hilariously the only other place where the resistance wouldā€™ve been useful, is the Avalon event that reflects blue :stuck_out_tongue: That resistance, is useless, even more niche than Mikiā€™s.

But aside from that, she seems like a great hero. Sheā€™s a blue version of Zeline against red enemies instead, except instead of dispelling she casts a DoT to all enemies. That makes her 2nd Ice hero that has a DoT, and since the only other one is the unreliable Rumpelstinker (skull card with poison damage), this makes her pretty unique.

Iā€™m lacking a blue 5*, so Iā€™m tempted to wait on Christmas summons until the event rolls over to January now :slight_smile:

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Her ability is very useful in raids/wars/tournaments. Her design is for being a flank. And most 3-2 players have the same strategy. 3 for the tank, 2 for the most annoying flank. In this situation, 2 greens for her. And the attacker may bring one of the most dangerous heroes in attack, LotL. But cannot stop Vela :slight_smile:

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The fast DoT seems a little insane on the entire opposing team. I am curious about how the minion immunity is going to workout. I donā€™t imagine people would specifically bring her for that but it is a nice fringe benefit. Itā€™s also kind of funny that she has minion immunity and as a druid she can get minions.

@CtrlV Her DoT isnā€™t awfully high imho, my Cat has a lot higher, non-dispellable and itā€™s definitely not a game changer for me if she goes off on offense.

Definitely interesting hero, though, new type of DoT will be appreciated for sure :wink:

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new DoT is interesting as it increases buff possibilities for the older heroes. Agwe being the main one i can think of but sure there are others that would look better with this added

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@zephyr1 Have you used her together with Isarnia, Arthur/Frida and Miki against a titan?

So another hero aimed at minion wielders? Dang, SG must really have it out for Delilah, not to mention Red Hood, QoH and the newly released LotL. BTW, has anyone else noticed a trend in SG creating blue heroes that counter green heroes?

Let me try that again.

Ironic that a hero naturally resistant to minions is a Druid class whoā€™s emblemed skill is generating minions.

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We know a thing or two cause weā€™ve seen a thing or two.

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As far as I can see she is a nice damaging heroine that could help making green tanks a thing.
The attack reduction only affects fire heroes and this keep it balanced, the AoE, DoT and extra damage resemble the Gravemakerā€™s ones but the DoTā€™s duration doesnā€™t make this too oppressive, so she have a nice damage and a situational utility.

We could say that she is how Azlar could have been.

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Last year the Christmas event rolled over to January, so this year no question Iā€™m gonna save up my EHTs for January :stuck_out_tongue:

Not that Grimble looks bad (in fact, Iā€™m quite happy they are making a useful version of Gobbler) but Vela looks more useful for many more situations than Grimble.

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Same, I think Iā€™d get a lot more use out of Vela than Grimble.

Plus that way I can hold out hope for longer, and experience a more fully satisfying letdown when I donā€™t get anything useful. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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She sounds like sheā€™d be good flanking a green tank.

Now we just need one of those.

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Yunan.

20 more would be good

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Horghall and Kadilen rise again ??? :open_mouth:

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Her artwork actually reminded me of the Veelas from Harry Potter. That may be intentional. Aside from the similarities in the name, the ā€œaxe handleā€ that she is using looks a lot like a broomstick.

Iā€™ll probably end up with 1 since Iā€™m saving for big time draws in January Atlantisā€¦ so Iā€™m kind of excited for her. My roster is a lot of snipers I need a fast multi hit hero.

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LotL 4 center, Frida left flank, Vela right. Ariel left wing, Missy far right.

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