Do you use mono, or deep red stacks, when you play? Because if so, especially if your go to is red, then I’d give Elena another thought just because she may fall closer to your priorities and preferred play-style over the rest. Though, the reason I mentioned events was because you already have Azlar maxed, so you already have a solid red with a high attack stat to use for extra tile damage, so unless you like stacking a lot of reds, use mono, or compete, Elena’s additional tile damage wouldn’t be as valuable. Not unless you plan on using them together often. Though, you do have most of the heroes to compete once they’re all maxed, but competing is a whole different level of commitment, so I’d be sure that’s what you want before maxing heroes solely for that. & Even still, without Falcon, idk if it would be possible to place in the top 100; that extra damage from elemental defense down is insane. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that if you don’t plan on stacking Azlar with Elena very often, and would end up using either or, I’d set her aside; the little extra tile damage isn’t that much of a benefit, and she’s extremely squishy. The only place for her outside of events would be vs green titans and in a red stack on offense. Defensively she just goes down way too easily. & Even though her attack and counterattack are brutal, I guess I just value what Santa does at that same speed a little more.
With Santa, even if you may not use his defense down as a go-to with Wilbur around (yes, his is better), he still offers attack down, defense down, minions for all, and attack all - all at the same speed as Elena. He makes a better tank, and will more often than not survive long enough to fire, where Elena more than likely wouldn’t. & Depending on how strong your Wilbur gets, Santa may still have more survivability in the long run, so a decent choice for defense down vs 14* green titans (absymal attack stat, though, so only when you need the additional survivability). & The attack down will help with that, too. So even if you were to max him just to use as tank, he’d still have a place on war teams, as well. But like I’ve said, if your preferred play-style is more tile damage based than anything else, then I’d safely put him aside, because he won’t help a whole lot in that department. & Maxing a hero just to use as your defense tank, that you doubt you’d use elsewhere, just isn’t worth it unless you’re willing to for-go the additional depth you could have for offensive play.
Grazul is much better on offense, where you can control her, than defense. Yes, she has the stats to hold up under pressure there, but with her immunity being dispellable and easily avoidable, it’s not a great example of her strength. But bring her along as an additional support hero, especially with someone like Vivica who’s slow to charge, and she’ll keep you alive til you can get them going. & Vs a lot of ailments, there’s no one better. Immunity on all was such an OP skill to have, that they completely removed it from Ariel, and it’s why Grazul’s only lasts 2 turns. Trust me, as long as you can time her right when you’ve got all of the dangerous heroes like GM or Justice to fire, you’ll be glad you have her. Though, her heal isn’t enough to run solo, so if that’s what you’re looking for- a dependable solo healer - then you’ll probably be disappointed. But her paired with someone like Ares should be enough to keep an entire team alive.
So that’s why I think Grazul is the easy, safe choice, because immunity and healing at very fast speed will definitely come in handy on offense more often than the rest. For the other two [on offense] Elena’s tile damage will be what benefits you most (about her), and Santa’s SS and survivability is what will benefit you most (about him). But with these two, speed is also a factor, which is why they’re behind Grazul in choice; you won’t always get a chance to fire Elena or Santa, but Grazul should come through more often than not [in war/raid attacks].
The thing with Justice is, do you see yourself ever really using her on offense? Cuz I never use her… ever. She’s terrible in a stack (low attack stat), so she also doesn’t fire hard enough even when she charges, and she’s slow - so that’ll happen very rarely, at that. The only positive qualities she has are her ability to blind all, and her survivability. Which makes her a decent tank, but past that, nothing great. Plus, you already have Hu Tao maxed [if you want blind], no need to spend 6 darts on a hero to just get that very same skill, at the very same speed, on someone who’s just a more durable version of him. So unless you really want to make her your new tank for defense/war, even though she wouldn’t be much different there than Onatel, I don’t think I’d bother.
At least with Leo you get a slightly faster hero (average speed isn’t too bad, but not too great for snipers) who can heal himself quite a bit, and cut mana while he does it. Plus, you don’t really have any solid offensive heroes in yellow maxed, so Leo could be that for you, which should make your decision even easier (hopefully)
So if you don’t plan on spending a whole lot this month, I’d go ahead with Leo. Though, if your gut is telling you to wait, and you’re still unsure, just wait til the month is over, and depending on your pull success, make the decision at the beginning of December, but I wouldn’t wait longer than that. A hero could drop anytime, so sitting around waiting for a hero that may never come isn’t worth it; work with what you have now.
White Rabbit is a holy event hero in Riddles, who lowers defense; he’s the only holy hero with defense down in the game, making him extremely valuable. & Last I checked [in beta] he was fast mana, too. I know he attacks, but can’t quite remember if he snipes or splashes (I’ll have to check when I’m done), so yeah, top-notch hero.
& Neith is awesome too - a new and improved Justice basically. So both worthy of maxing if pulled.
Yes, King Arthur and Grimm will stack, so you’ll have a lot of cumulative damage using both together. Using elemental defense down + defense down + another hero of the same element = kill whoever you want, guaranteed; it’s the best synergy in the game. Though, I’d definitely do Isarnia next; she may be slow, but damn, she hits like a truck, and with defense down on top of that, it’s very hard to come back from her hits. & She’ll be a better defense down hero to bring in against red titans once maxed, too.
Well, for green, you could wait it out. Though, you should only wait til you get 12 tonics, and if by then, you still haven’t gotten any new green 5* worthy of mats, I’d go ahead and max one of them. Cuz by that point, you’d be safe even if you did pull Lianna the next day out of TC20. Honestly, for me, it was basically a coin-flip choosing between them. Offensively, Elkanen is going to be a better hero to use when you want to kill a specific hero, where Kadilen would be more used as a kind of safety net/attack all, so will widdle them down so they’re easier to kill for your other heroes. Defensively, I find Kadilen much more dangerous, but that’s just me.
There are very few effects that still give me the same feeling of dread since I first started playing the game (even GM’s skill doesn’t scare me as much anymore), and Isarnia’s is one of them. But it seems Arthur will be much more helpful for all purposes since he adds to the defense down that Grimm provides (does he? I just realized that haha). He’s also a stocky sniper and that just fits my blue roster well, which is composed mostly of hard hitters.