🏯 Ekanite - 5* Nature / Green from Ninja Tower

[PlayForFun]

New Ninja Tower hero is released: Ekanite

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

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Ekanite

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed
Legendary	Nature/Green	Fighter	C Charge

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/80	850	803	1563
4/85	916	865	1684
4/90	1049	990	1927

Origin	Family
Ninja Tower	Ninja

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Attack Up	At the start of each battle, this Hero gets +20% attack for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Special Skill: Order Ambush

Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100% / 200% / 300% mana: 1x Mana Charge: Deals 200% damage to all enemies. Summons a Shinobi Minion for each ally with 8% HP and 10% attack inherited from the caster. Shinobi Minion gives its owner the ability to counterattack with 60% of the damage received for as long as the owner has a Shinobi Minion. The effect can’t be dispelled. 2x Mana Charge: Deals 280% damage to all enemies. Summons a Shinobi Minion for each ally with 16% HP and 16% attack inherited from the caster. Shinobi Minion gives its owner the ability to counterattack with 60% of the damage received for as long as the owner has a Shinobi Minion. The effect can’t be dispelled. 3x Mana Charge: Deals 360% damage to all enemies. Summons a Shinobi Minion for each ally with 22% HP and 26% attack inherited from the caster. Shinobi Minion gives its owner the ability to counterattack with 60% of the damage received for as long as the owner has a Shinobi Minion. The effect can’t be dispelled.

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

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Family Bonus

Ninja Heroes have a family bonus for unique heroes of the same family.

Ninja Family
Bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:

• 5% / 10% / 15% chance to dodge normal attacks and Special Skills
• 5% / 10% / 15% chance to counterattack with 60% / 90% / 120% of the damage received

The two effects have individual sequential processing. So one may not trigger while the other might.

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Balance Changes

Jun 2023 (Big Balance Update)

@EmpiresPuzzles

Ekanite

• Stats increased
  • Attack: 828 → 850
  • Defense: 780 → 803
  • Health: 1491 → 1563

August 2024

@EmpiresPuzzles

Ninja family

• Family Bonus buffed:
  • OLD: For 2/3 unique members; 5%/10% chance to dodge normal attacks and Special Skills, 5%/10% chance to counterattack with 60%/90% of the damage received.
  • NEW: For 1/2/3 unique members: 5%/10%/15% chance to dodge normal attacks and Special Skills, 5%/10%/15% chance to counterattack with 60%/90%/120% of the damage received.

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Changes from Beta

• Charge 1 damage is decreased to 200% from 290%.
• Charge 2 damage is decreased to 280% from 330%.
• Charge 3 damage is decreased to 360% from 385%.

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 4 of Ninja Tower Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v54]

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What do you think of Ekanite ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Ekanite.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Ekanite worth summoning for?

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

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Ekanite ?

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

• Would you give Ekanite Fighter Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

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

• If you Summoned Ekanite and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Ekanite, 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 Ekanite when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Ekanite, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Ekanite (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Ekanite), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Legendary 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

• https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-gacha-read-before-posting-things-about-unfair-pulls/29490?u=playforfun

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 4 of Ninja Tower Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v54]
• ⚖ Hero Balance Discussion: Elkanite

[PlayForFun]

Feedback Poll - Ekanite (post release)

Is Ekanite worth Summoning For?

• Yes, absolutely
• Only if you’re P2P
• Yes, but only when featured.
• Not really
• Not at all

How many copies of Ekanite would be useful to keep & Level?

Note - this is roster space dependent & isn’t the same for everyone!

• Zero
• Just one
• 2
• 3
• All of them

What do you think Ekanite’s Primary Purpose is?

• Damage Dealer (Immediate)
• Minion Summoner
• Counterattack Buffer (by minion)

What do you think of Ekanite compared to other Heroes?

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

How does Ekanite’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Ekanite’s Base Stats?

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

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

Is Ekanite worth giving Fighter Emblems to?

• Yes absolutely
• Depends on who else you got
• Hmmmm, not sure yet
• No I don’t think so
• No… Not at all.

In Defence, where do you think Ekanite is best used?

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

How do you think Ekanite is best used?

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

Choose up to 3 options

What do you think is Ekanite worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes
• No

If you would emblem Ekanite then which Emblem Path would you select ?

• Sword path
  (Selecting Attack talent nodes when possible)
• Shield path
  (Selecting Health and Shield talent nodes when possible)

[Nightmare2048]

Geez. Deals almost as much damage as Sobek for half the charge. And summons Liu Bei’s minion’s knock-off as well. I think this will be toned down on last minute before release.

[Wiamz31EP]

Very desirable this one …

Would not mind get multiple if release in this state …

With a bard can activate first charge in 4 tiles …

Wiamz31

[Grimmson]

Lol that one is even more gamebreaking and stupid than the other one…

They clearly don’t give a sh** anymore If this hero gets released Like that. Every week it feels more and more Like the last big Cash Grab…

[DrkDiddy]

It makes me sad. Loved this game but as previously ptp, it is really has become an insult. They should not have even considered 290 to all at first charge. I can tolerate a necessary nerf for viable reasons but it is clear, after having multiple heroes nerfed, that they truly want more money at the expense of loyal customers. I wish everyone the best with their pulls but if they release these guys as is, maybe legally it’s better to run the player base away than to shut the game down? I truly cannot understand the insane power creep and how this cannot be intimidating to new players.

[Tidyup]

Is this a man or woman? Looks like a woman but that arm is quite muscular for a female. And it’s blocking the chest so I can’t see properly.

[Calling_Demon]

Damage was significantly reduced, basically also for the other new ninja hitters…
But still useful I think against waterpipe especially

[Nightmare2048]

Just for info: the thread title has Elkanite instead of Ekanite. Must be because of the dreaded force of this game named Elkanen.

[PlayForFun]

Yeah, must be that.

I have fixed it.

[Kenzo]

I believe Ekanite is a woman, just a fit/muscular one but I’ve seen plenty of female bodybuilders so it’s not hard for me to see it haha.

[Tidyup]

Ekanite uses shinobi Minions though, and shinobi is male. If ekanite was female, it would be kunoichi.

[BlaH84]

According to E&P Facebook post, Ekanite uses the pronouns He/Him. Mystery solved.

[Bank]

So, his minions give him the counterattack but it’s deemed a buff and he takes 200 damage from El Nadda’s buff blocker. Intended or a bug?

[Tellybelly]

Ninja family bonus seems very underpowered compared to meta family bonuses

[Kvothe]

Not much here said about Ekanite, which may speak volumes itself. Still, having just pulled him in Solstice, and knowing the polls likely reflect his stats from beta, I am curious if anyone has been using him… how you are liking him? best uses?

Thank you & happy gaming!

[DrkDiddy]

Im surprised there is nothing as I thought he looked pretty decent. A hit all liu bei. I know he was one of the ninjas I wanted.

[Kenzo]

Ekanite is a top hero, not much said because not many people have him - this is usually the case with heroes that have yet to be featured (e.g. Charon in the Styx portal).

[wuorange]

He is an absolute beast! Seconds ago fully emblemed him. That minion counterattack is making attackers die so easy.

[Kenzo]

Nice stats, thanks for sharing I never realised how similar he was to Liu Bei but guess the fact he hits all makes him slightly better?