Help! Teams, Ascensions, What now?

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Hi Guys!

So, I want to caveat this post by saying that I am still relatively young to the game, but I probably made some silly decisions early on to pull hard in certain portals. I was however, greeted with some luck in this regard, so it’s not all bad! I have now, however, benched my spending and plan to keep it that way. Anyway(!), I am getting to the point where I almost have enough mats to level my first 5* rainbow team, and I’m super excited!! But I just don’t know what to do.

For background / information, i’m listing my materials, emblems, and roster info here:

Ascension Materials
  • [4*] 5x Damascus Blade
  • [4*] 6x Tome of Tactics
  • [4*] 6x Farsight Telescope
  • [4*] 5x Mysterious Tonic
  • [4*] 6x Mystic Rings
  • [4*] 2x Poison Darts ( :sob: )
  • [4*] 5x Royal Tabard
  • [3*] 7x Compass
  • [3*] 6x Fine Gloves
  • [3*] 8x Warm Cape
  • [3*] 10x Sturdy Shield
  • [3*] 12x Hidden Blade
  • [3*] 6x Orb of Magic
  • [3*] 6x Trap Tools
Emblems
  • Barbarian = 681
  • Cleric = 760
  • Druid = 583
  • Fighter = 581
  • Monk = 707
  • Paladin = 396 (:sob:)
  • Ranger = 647
  • Rogue = 562
  • Sorcerer = 497
  • Wizard = 573
  • Resets = 3
Roster

This list is a combination of my non-S1’s (that I think are viable), and the ones I am thinking about ascending are in bold, but i’m too nervous to commit!
5 Stars
:purple_square: Hulda [3/70]; Hannah [3/70]; c. Marie Therese [3/70]; Khonshu [1/1]
:red_square: Zenobia [3/70]; c. Guardian Kong [3/70]; Kravekrush [2/60]
:yellow_square: Prof. Lidenbrock [3/70]; c. White Rabbit [3/70]; Guardian Owl [1/50]
:green_square: Phileas Fogg [3/70]; c. Lady of the Lake [3/70]; Lughaidh [1/1]
:blue_square: Morel [3/70]; c. Finley [3/70]; Passepartout [2/60]; Alice [2/60]; Sobek [1/1]

4 Stars
:purple_square: Sergei [3/60]; Merlin [3/60]; Rigard (no c.) [2/50]
:red_square: Mack [3/60]; Ferant [3/60]; Junaid [2/50]
:yellow_square: Griffin [4/70]; Anastasia [3/60]; Wang Yuanji [3/60]
:green_square: Anton [3/60]; Tettukh [3/60]; Peters [2/50]
:blue_square: Zila Lei [3/60]; Azmia [2/14]

I’m very fortunate to be in a great alliance where we are killing 10-11* titans daily, and do pretty well in wars, so I know that the materials will keep coming (slowly but surely).

In raids, I tend to hover somewhere around 1900-2100 cups, and i’m pretty happy at that level. My defence team tends to be: Morel | Phileas Fogg | Hulda | Prof. Lidenbrock | Zenobia, and I tend to run 3-2 on offence, pretty successfully.

As a concept, I really like the idea of running a full team of the costumed Challenge Heroes, even though I know that they’ll come at a cost compared to the S4 heroes… But I also don’t enjoy the lack of synergy with c. Rabbit’s defence down and Finley’s Defence down! :sweat_smile:

Anyway, this post got longer than expected! If you need any more information please let me know! Otherwise, looking forward to your answers!

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You have griffin on 4.70 in this list.
Is this the only max hero you own? (personally I doubt it when you describe were you raid, but it can never hurt to ask)

No matter what, I would still start with your 4* heroes. Pretty much all you highlighted are great and absolute worth ascension.
Zila Lai is the only one I don’t use that much, so I would probably ascend her later than sooner.
And depending on what you already have as healers I would still do rigard even without costume.

For the 5* heroes I can’t say too much.
Marie without costume is bad and Hulda much better. But I don’t know if she gets much better with costume, so probably wait for someone with experience on her.
The rest I would probably choose the same heroes you did. :+1:

And what about your 3* heroes?
Do you have enough for tournaments and good placement in events. A good event team is cheap to lvl and top 10k is doable without much effort if the team is good and top 1k with only a little effort with a great team. This gives another source of pulls and ascension mats.

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You have griffin on 4.70 in this list.
Is this the only max hero you own? (personally I doubt it when you describe were you raid, but it can never hurt to ask)

It actually is my only maxed hero :zipper_mouth_face: beyond a few of my 3*'s - see below:

And what about your 3* heroes?

Still a couple to be levelled, but this is my list:
:purple_square: Treevil [3/50] x2; Aqeela [1/6]
:red_square: Phoenicus [3/50]; Li [3/50] ; Bauchan [1/1]
:yellow_square: Poppy [3/50]; Pixie [3/50];
:green_square: Jing [3/50]; Gnomer [3/50]; Dolgoon [1/1]
:blue_square: Hela [3/50]; Nordri [3/50]

Marie without costume is bad and Hulda much better. But I don’t know if she gets much better with costume, so probably wait for someone with experience on her

This was unfortunately my thought as well. I would have much rather gotten c. Jabberwock! but the way I look at it, is that the undispellable Defence Up, and health boosting is a nice touch, even if her Zombie revival isn’t the best. Plus, if nothing else, she can give the family bonus to Finley

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This already looks like a nice pool for tournaments. But I would probably still level the rest for some depth before going on with 5* heroes.

For events there are some key heroes, but no real team.
I would try to build 2 teams.
Green:
Dölgöön (second charge used), brienne (if available), 3 green hitters (preferable hit 3 or hit all)
Blue:
Gunnar c (if available), nordri, 3 hitters.

I for example use Gunnar c, 2x nordri, 2x chicken Jr. With similar teams at least top 10k is doable without much trouble which guarantees you some mats and at least a coin. Top 1k is also doable if you like events.

Than definitely start maxing the 4* heroes you marked. You can get all those max with the same amount of feeders you would need for a single rainbow 5* team.
And for example Ferrant is a great tank, good enough to be used as war tank by top 100 alliances (at least pre nerf) although I think we will still use him as main tank again once rush is over.

So you don’t need 5* heroes to be competitive, 4* are cheaper, much faster leveled, cheaper emblemed and often perform as good or better than 5* heroes.

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Ignore all the 5ers for now (they take forever to level)! You have a bunch of good options there for later. I agree with your highlights, but in purple I would highlight all except Marie.

Work on the 3 and 4 star heroes first!

4 stars again, I agree with most of your highlighted choices. Max all of them before you start on the 5ers. Rigard should be up there, too, maybe Zila Lei not so much. I would guess you have another whole bunch of useful 4 stars lying around that go completely ignored. Especially 4 star healers will serve you well for years to come!
You can use 4 stars in tourneys and events, but also on titans, raids and in war, basically you can use them everywhere. Use 5 stars later to improve your 4 stars. But you can make it to 2400 cups in raids without 5ers. You can build teams for war that can take out 5 star teams. And you can do all that at much lower cost if you use 4 star heroes.

3 stars: All of them and more! They are quick and easy to level, cost few resources and you can compete in tournaments and events with them for better rewards.

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Thanks both, already that’s given me some good insights, and I guess I was probably getting caught up in the hype. Never hurts to collect more of the 4* mats anyway!

I look forward to sharing a progress update soon once I change my priorities!

PS. You’re almost certainly correct about ignoring many other viable 4*'s since, I always keep at least one of every hero i’ve pulled…

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Just to give you some impression what’s possible with the right 3* and 4*.

Tavern of legend last level done with only 3* heroes.
In the same thread you will find a lot of inspirational teams with 3* and 4*.

From me finishing S4 normal with mostly S1 4* heroes (that was pre nerf, now it would be even easier, just mono yellow with 1 Manacontroll hero)

And I can recommend pretty much everything from @Saros
I think there you will find pretty much everything the game offers done with 4* heroes.

So in the end, I can just say 4* heroes should be the backbone of most rosters. (there may be some exceptions, if you invest a lot you will probably get enough 5* heroes, mats, feeders to make most things with 5* early on, but even those people need good 3* and 4* teams for events and tournaments).
In my mind you can never have to many 4* heroes…

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So many extraordinary heroes you have, congratulations :clinking_glasses:

I would focus a bit more on my 3 and 4 stars for now (and those all look great too!), but that´s coming from a player that rarely spends anything on the game, so my progress might be a tad slower than yours :sweat_smile:

But, you already have gotten great advice from the posters before me, and I will only speak parrot and repeat what they said, so :parrot:

I understand the eagerness to ascend and build your first 5* rainbow team. But I would advice to level all the heroes you are using a bit more “together”, also so matchmaking in tournaments won´t run you over like a bulldozer. (We are matched based on the most powerful heroes we own, so if you spend a lot of resources on a few heroes instead of spreading the love, it will lead to being overwhelmed in tournaments relatively fast. In my experience, anyway :blush: )

Best of luck ahead and enjoy the game :slight_smile: :four_leaf_clover:

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Out of curiosity, what is pretty hard pulling per portal for you?

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I’m also agreeing with those who’ve recommended filling out the 3 and 4* roster before devoting the intense amount of time and materials for a 5*.

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