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This thread is to provide early insights and discussion on the May 2024 HOTM, Bo & Runt
All Information from Beta is Subject to Change!
Don’t get attached
Details from beta, especially brand-new beta content, don’t tend to be very reliable for actual hero release.
It’s incredibly common that heroes 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 skills to be removed or reworked, or for radical changes to stats to be made.
Bo & Runt Beta Info & Stats (Extremely Likely to Change)
Fancy name: Leaders of the Pack
Gender: Male (with a dog)
Power: 944
Attack: 1021
Defense: 887
HP: 1528
Element: 
Nature (Green)
Class: Ranger
Family: Legends 2024
Aether Power: Attack Up
Innate Resistance: Resist Minion Removal
This character has innate resistance against Minion removal
Innate Ability: Mana on Minion Summon
When a Minion is summoned to an ally, this character gains 5% mana. This effect can activate only once per turn
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Command the Pack
- Deals 400% damage to the target.
- Deals additional 25% damage for each Minion owned by the allies, up to 600% damage in total.
- Summons a Loyal Hound Minion for the caster with 35% HP and 35% attack inherited from the caster.
- When summoned the Loyal Hound Minion give +40% attack for tis owner as long as the owner has Loyal Hound Minions. This effect can’t be dispelled.
- Element Link gives all Nature allies +5% dodge chance for 6 turns. This effect cannot be dispelled.
Avoiding Overspending & Heartache 
Or: How many summons are needed to get a HOTM?
Special thanks to @Garanwyn for assistance on summoning odds and proofreading for this section.
It’s important to remember that HOTM have very low summoning odds. No amount of summoning will guarantee a HOTM.
On average, in a 10-pull, you have a 12.3% chance of summoning the HOTM.
But that statistic can lead our minds astray in exactly how our odds play out as we continue summoning.
Some useful insights:
- 73 times out of 100, you’ll get a HOTM by pull 100
- 95 times out of 100, you’ll get a HOTM by pull 229
- 99 times out of 100, you’ll get a HOTM by pull 352
Putting that in Perspective
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27 out of every 100 people won’t get the HOTM by the 100th pull
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If 1 Million players each summoned 100 times, 270,000 of those players wouldn’t get the HOTM
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5 out of every 100 people won’t get the HOTM by the 229th pull
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If 1 Million players each summoned 229 times, 50,000 of those players wouldn’t get the HOTM
More Insights & Reading
I highly recommend reading these two threads for more information and context on summoning odds:
- How much should I spend?- HotM cost, and odds, analysis
- What exactly is a Gacha? (Read before posting things about “unfair pulls”)
- [WARNING] A Summons Experience - Chasing Guardian Panther - A Warning for Chasing Heroes
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. 
For a full list of items currently in beta testing, as well as their related threads, please see the master beta-beat thread:
