Gems . Keep them? Atlantis vs Guardians

[Gryphonknight]

@Rigs

In guardians, you’re hopin for 2 4* heroes, jackal&falcon, any 5* would be icing on the cake

I agree.

Boldtusk+ Falcon+ Gormek ( later Wilbur) is a nasty 3x strong / 3x neutral stack.

After 2+ years, most of my accounts STILL do not have falcon, though one account has 4x Wilbur and 4x Proteus ( including 2x leveled Proteus).

1x or 2x Jackal would just be a bonus.

2x Jackal ( or 2x Valeria from Halloween) work very well on the same team.

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Basic Color stacking

Color stacking

Color stacking, Empires hidden buff

@Gryphonknight

Double strong color, no weak color, teams==

Now that you have two rainbow teams ( one 3* 3.50 and one 4* 3.60 ) you can create double strong color, no weak color teams.

If you are attacking a Green Boss, then Red heroes are better because they are strong against green, so Green bosses takes double damage. The opposite is true of Blue heroes. Blue heroes cause half damage to a Green boss. The other colors ( Green, Purple & Yellow ) do neutral damage or no increase or decrease in damage.

When attacking a Green boss, remove your BLUE 4* 3.60 hero ( half damage against Green ) from your rainbow 4* 3.60 team, and replace it with your RED 3* 3.50 hero ( double damage against Green ) for a double red, no blue team.

You will do 1 HP of damage with blue matches/ board damage, since you are missing a Blue hero. But your two Red heroes will do double damage. Even if your Red 3* 3.50 hero dies against a Green boss, twice its attack stat will still be added when doing matching/ board/ physical damage.

==Weird color teams==

Other teams:

triple strong color,
quadruple strong color,
double neutral color,
double neutral three color teams and
single color teams.

Once you have more experience with rainbow teams and double strong color, no weak color teams, you can learn more about these weird alternatives.

==Elemental shields or Reflect color enemies==

When you fight an enemy with an elemental shield, it is weak to a color, strong to a color and REFLECTS a color. Example: A Reflect green boss takes double damage from Red heroes, half damage from Blue heroes, and reflects all damage from Green heroes back to that hero. So a triple red, no blue, no green team OR a double red, double yellow/ double purple, no blue no green team works better than a rainbow team. Example you can remove your Blue 4* 3.60 and Green 4* 3.60 heroes and replace them with one Red 3* 3.50 hero and one Purple/ Yellow 3* 3.50 hero.

So having a rainbow 3* 3.50 and a rainbow 4* 3.60 lets you take on Reflect color enemies until you level up a second rainbow 3* 3.50, second rainbow 4* 3.60, etc.

Neutral color stacking

@Garanwyn

Let’s say you stack 3 of the same hero as your color stack. Then the tile damage for that color would be:

Average Tile Damage = 33*(3*Single_Attack/Defense)^1.35

We can actually factor the 3x out if the equation like so:

Average Tile Damage = 33*(Single_Attack/Defense)^1.35 * 3^1.35

Now, 3^1.35 = 4.4

So instead of your 3-stacked tile attack being 3x as powerful as a single-hero tile attack, it’s 4.4x as powerful. That’s huge.

Red 4* heroes

@Gryphonknight

Red 4* Heroes have Fighter Boldtusk ( only 4* Fighter healer ), Paladin Falcon ( only elemental defense down for target AND nearby that is 4* hero ), Wilbur ( Wonderful feast ), and Gormek ( Ramming Pulverizer ). Not only are these powerful heroes, they are very sturdy ( defense and HP ) and stand on their own. While Scarlett, being a glass cannon like Jackal, really needs two healers.

Jackal and Falcon on defense

@Gryphonknight

Defense damage is colorless so Jackal and Falcon lose the Elemental defense debuff.

Defense damage does not color stack so Jackal and Falcon lose that hidden buff.

Defense damage does not get combo bonuses so that buff is lost.

4* limited time heroes

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@Gryphonknight

Challenge offer for Guardian Falcon

Until summon Guardian Falcon ( only three target elemental defense debuff 4* hero ),
Challenge offer 1000g for $4.95 USD,
in shop 400g+ 850g costs $14.98 USD [ $4.99 + $9.99 ] or $9.99 USD as part of $99.99 gem bundle,
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Jackal versus Falcon

This is an old post ( before buddy) but still useful.

@Gryphonknight

People get confused by Jackal because he is very fast mana but forget his special skill has very low damage. But Jackal is insanely glassy for a glass cannon. Only two yellow HotM 5* 4.80 have a higher attack stat than Jackal 4* 4.70, but his DEF & HP are very low. So Jackals biggest advantage is his grave damage ( matching/ tile/ board damage from dead heroes ) and color stacking. I would give Jackal’s emblems to ATT, ATT and ATT.

I would level a second, and a third, Jackal to 4* 3.60 just for the ATT stat. I used my second Wu Kong at 4* 3.60 for Wu Kong’s high ATT stat and Jackal’s is higher. An Wu Kong being yellow and high ATT stat boosts yellow tile damage a lot on the same team with Jackal, even if Jackal’s special skill is never used. Joon is the rare sniper Classic 5* Hero that is a glass cannon instead of High DEF & HP sniper. So Joon used with Jackal further ramps up the matching/ tile/ board damage.

As a bonus, Jackal is a Rogue, so at 4*+15 his talent effectively increases his HP against direct damage. If a shot would have killed Jackal, one way to think of Evade is an instant revive and heal.

Falcon is the diamond in the rough. Only one red HotM 5* 4.80 has a higher DEF stat than Falcon 4* 4.70. Falcon is the only three target elemental defense debuff that is not a 5* hero AND Falcon has a matching color Ramming Pulverizer ( Evelyn and Jackal do not have a matching Ramming Pulverizer or Athena’s Bow or Wonderful Feast ). Even better, Gormek can be switched out for Wilbur. Because Falcon has low HP, you can color stack him with Boldtusk ( Devs had to nerf Boldtusk multiple times before he stopped being a hidden 5* Hero ). And if Boldtusk dies, he has a chance to Revive, then use a Revive scroll/ Miracle scroll / mana item to heal Falcon. So Falcon, Boldtusk, and Wilbur are the rare heroes that take color stacking to insane levels and are game changers ( HP & DEF for all three ).

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