First world problems... Too many 5* single source damage dealers?

[Gryphonknight]

@Bosnian

Or should I ascend joon, but wait till HotM come back and I can get Athena or isarnia? And if I am to keep and ascend both fully, what if I get marjana? I know each of them is good, but Is team consisting of 5 single damage dealers really good?

It sounds like you have HotM envy. I know I do. Almost all HotM are fast mana with one to three additional effects, with rumors of a very fast mana red HotM in the works. In war, fast mana is king.

Also 5* take a lot of ascension materials and XP. 200% of the 3* ascension items and 212% of the XP of a 4* hero (Note 1). Almost all of which you lose if you use them to level another 5* hero.

The question is what do you NEED right now?

If you want to join an alliance fighting 10* titans, and rumors of 14* titans, than 5* sniper tanks are always a good investment. Grimm has a very nice attack stat, but most snipers have better defense and HP ( helpful against titans and raid defense healers hiding in the corner ).

I don’t see Joon being replaced by a HotM anytime soon and his blind is insane, so he is probably the safest bet to take to at least 5* 3.60 ( still a lot of unrecoverable XP ).

If you don’t have a good rainbow 4* 4.70 team and a good rainbow 4* 3.60 team, you might want to concentrate on 4* heroes.

4* hero teams with double strong, or double strong and double neutral color, can do more damage than a team of all 5* against a titan, quest boss or a partially damaged war defense team. ( Note 2 ). This happens when the 4* team has good heroes with also good synergy ( AKA they compliment each other’s special skills ) while the 5* team has poor specials/ they don’t stack/ short duration/ minor effect/ etc.

Finally reflect red and reflect green challenge events will add three 5* heroes for a total of six new 5* heroes.

If you need the 5* sniper tanks now, you will still need them later.

If you don’t have enough good 4* heroes ( all heroes are not good, some suck, looking at you Oberon & Thorn ), then the 5* heroes you have are not going anywhere and can be leveled later.

Note 1

@Gryphonknight

4* heroes take 47% of XP and half the 3* ascension items of a 5* hero, so you want a good team of 4* first. Preferable two good 4* rainbow teams so you can use double strong colors against a titan and remove your weak color from you attack team.
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Joon is insane with 40% accuracy debuff. But TWO 4* yellow heroes take 94% of the XP and the same amount of 3* ascension items as Joon. So leveling two decent 4* yellow would be my priority

Note 2

@Gryphonknight

I am all about the hoarding of recruits, finished extra low cost heroes, and ascension materials once you have a decent 4* 4.70 rainbow team, and two decent 4* 3.60 rainbow teams ( total of three heroes of each color, total of fifteen heroes ).

A 4* 4.70 takes 47% the XP of a 5* 4.80 and half the 3* ascension materials. Which is good for resources, a deep bench, Rare Ascension Item Quests and Challenge events.

But any nonfarmable ascension material you use on 4* heroes will not be recoverable for 5* heroes. Any 4* 4.70 hero use to level a later 5* hero loses 90% of the XP invested in it. Or 42.3% of the XP needed to level a 5* 4.80 hero.

Later, creating one 5* 4.80 rainbow team and two 5* 3.70 rainbow teams will take the same 3* ascension items as four rainbow 4* 4.70 teams.

In fact I am more tempted to hoard until the final four 4* heroes are revealed ( reflect red and reflect green events ) and the Devs strategy for past HotM is revealed