⚖️ Hypnos - 5* Fire / Red from Tower of Styx

[PlayForFun]

New Styx hero is released: Hypnos

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

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Hypnos

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed
Legendary	Fire/Red	Sorcerer	ST Styx

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/80	846	780	1503
4/85	912	841	1620
4/90	1043	962	1854

Origin	Family
Tower of Styx	Styx

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Special Boost	At the start of each turn, this Hero’s Special Skill deals an additional +30% damage for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Ability: Decreased Minion Health Enemy Minons inherit 50% less Health when summoned.

Ability: Resist Defense Ailments This character has innate resistance against status ailments that affect defense. Applies also to status ailments that affect elemental defense.

Special Skill: Sweet Dreams

Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100% / 200% / 300% mana: 1x Mana Charge: Deals 220% damage to all enemies. All enemies are immune to new status effect buffs for 2 turns. 2x Mana Charge: Dispels buffs from all enemies. Deals 320% damage to all enemies. All enemies are immune to new status effect buffs for 3 turns. 3x Mana Charge Dispels buffs from all enemies. Deals 385% damage to all enemies. All enemies are immune to new status effect buffs for 4 turns.

Note on Styx Mana speed:

• Exactly 6 tiles are needed to charge to 100%
• Exactly 3 more tiles so 9 in total are needed to charge to 200%
• Exactly 3 more tiles so 12 in total are needed to charge to 300%

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

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Family Bonus

Heroes become stronger when teamed with other unique heroes of the same family

Styx Family
Bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:

• 40% / 60% / 80% chance to cast -30% mana generation to all enemies for 2 turns when this hero casts their Special Skill.

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Balance Changes

Nov 2022

@EmpiresPuzzles

Family Bonus for 1/2/3 Styx Heroes

• OLD: When this Hero receives a defense status ailment, 40%/60%/80% chance to cast the received ailment to all enemies.
• NEW: When this Hero casts their Special Skill, 40%/60%/80% chance to cast -30% mana generation for 2 turns to all enemies.

Styx Passive

• OLD: The duration of defense status ailments this Hero receives from Special Skills is decreased by 2 turns.
• NEW: This Hero has innate resistance against defense status ailments and elemental defense status ailments.

Hypnos

• x1 Charge
  • Direct damage: 170% → 220%
• x2 Charge
  • Direct damage: 270% → 320%
• x3 Charge
  • Direct damage: 335% → 385%

Jun 2023 (Big Balance Update)

@EmpiresPuzzles

Hypnos

• Stats increased
  • Attack: 826 → 846
  • Defense: 760 → 780
  • Health: 1446 → 1503

November 2024

@EmpiresPuzzles

New Passive Skill: Reduce Minion Health

• Reduces the inherited Health of all enemy Minions by -50%
• Added for the Styx family

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Changes from Beta

There appear to be no changes to Hypnos from last-seen Beta stats, skill, and design.

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on New Styx Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v48]

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What do you think of Hypnos ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Hypnos.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Hypnos worth summoning for?

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

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Hypnos ?

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

• Would you give Hypnos Sorcerer Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

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

• If you Summoned Hypnos and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Hypnos, 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 Hypnos when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Hypnos, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Hypnos (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Hypnos), 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 New Styx Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v48]

[PlayForFun]

Feedback Poll - Hypnos (post release)

Is Hypnos worth Summoning For?

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

How many copies of Hypnos 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 Hypnos’s Primary Purpose is?

• Damage Dealer (Immediate)
• Buff Immunizer
• Dispeller

What do you think of Hypnos 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 Hypnos’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Hypnos’s Base Stats?

Note this means her Class, Attack, Defence & HP Stat

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

Is Hypnos worth giving Sorcerer 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 Hypnos is best used?

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

How do you think Hypnos 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 Hypnos worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes
• No

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

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

[Kilted]

Wow he looks good. 20cr

[Violette]

Not gonna lie, all else aside I was hoping for more of a Hades vibe design-wise.

[Tidyup]

@PlayForFun

When this Hero recieves a status ailment affecting defense, 40% / 60% chance to cast the received ailment to all enemies.

So this family is a bunch of baby myzteros?

[PlayForFun]

Yes, it is a bit similar .

[raistlin76]

Note on Styx Mana speed:

• Exactly 6 tiles are needed to charge to 100%
• Exactly 3 more tiles so 9 in total are needed to charge to 200%
• Exactly 3 more tiles so 12 in total are needed to charge to 300%

Do mana troops affect this, or we can use ninja or critical troops for them as mana speed is not affected by troops?

[PlayForFun]

Mana speed can be increased with troop.
The above numbers are shown without any mana troops or talents.

[Mr.Spock]

Do we know how troops can improve the above numbers?

[Shere]

How does Styx speed work during Rush wars? Is it 6.5 tiles to charge from 100% to 200% and another 6.5 tiles from 200% to 300%?

[nonareeves]

Here. 20 characters.

@PlayForFun

Tiles to Charge Mana

[Tidyup]

Has anyone pulled this hero yet? I feel that he’s really good. Red dispeller like C G Kong, that alone makes him unique

[Tidyup]

Anyways, saw one at top 100 with LB already lol

[byzanthia]

Pulled him today and he’ll be useful (I love my C Sabina but this guy is a 5*) but boy I wish they would just redo that card. He looks like an obnoxious, pre-pubescent brat.

[PlayForFun]

I suspect all charges take 6.5 tiles, but it was not tested during Beta as I recall.

[mpolo]

And he dispels before applying damage, defeating Ferant and the like. Didn’t get him though, and not going to sell a kidney to do so.

[RyanJunior]

@Tidyup

Has anyone pulled this hero yet? I feel that he’s really good. Red dispeller like C G Kong, that alone makes him unique

Just got Hypnos from a 10pull OMG

Red dispellers are hard to come. So he’ll be handy.

Good luck on your pulls!

[Kay-o]

Pretty excited. Got him with a 10-pull. Killhare, too, who I always wanted, but sadly that bad-#@! bunny hasn’t aged well.

Hypnos dispel all and then block all enemy status buffs is awesome. Even the first charge (I think 6 tiles) blocks ALL new enemy status buffs for 2 turns, which I think will be really useful to get a head start in wars, raids, and tournaments.

Dunno how I feel about his artwork, though. Doesn’t seem like this young lad lounging carelessly atop a fluffy cloud really matches with his 335% damage to all enemies power. Still… very pleased.

Happy summoning and good luck to you all!!!

[Kenzo]

Yeah he reminds me of a red Onyx, except that Onyx only hits all in his final charge but does more damage and dispels last

[r3vo]

Luckiest Summon ever… had only diamonds left for one try and voilà!

Very happy with him, red Dispeller as well as Dispeller in general is seriously lacking in my current roster!