Is Onatel a viable tank for top 100?

how good do you think zeline-QoH-Kunchen-Onatel-Alice would be in defense

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That’s one heck of a defense!!! Onatel has use in all positions.

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I like to hit onatel with Hansel becuase onatel likes to kill herself with her mana regen… I kinda wish we had a 5* Hansel and that gretel worked in 3 hero’s

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With the recent buff to Aegir, who is one of the best flanks now in my opinion, Onatel will benefit greatly (as will other tanks) as Aegir will be able to give her even more survivability while having insane ammount of overall defensive stats.

My Onatel has been maxed for some time now, she is one of the best offensive heroes that I used and there were numerous times I was left with only her vs 2 or even 3 defending heroes and came out on top with smart tile management which only a handfull of heroes can do. On defense I have not used her as I think for her to be equal to Guin she needs emblem support and Guin is better for now, I was probably shruged off on my early opinion that she might challenge Guin but with the meta evolving and the introduction of Ariel and a buff to Aegir she becomes a staple in my planned center trio of Ariel - Onatel - Aegir to boost my own mana gen, dispell, heal, and share damage, couple that with 2 good heavy hitters and you got a formidable defence that will make a lot of people press that reroll button or be punished on mediocre or bad boards.

This interaction of her mana slow and Aegir survivability boost is something that will also be invaluable in the upcoming harder class quests and events adding to her versatility and making her a must have hero for almost every aspect of the game bar titans (she is usefull on titans but not as much as on other aspects of the game)

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Aegir likely won’t cast while Onatel is alive. And if he does, the offense was already in a really bad spot. Onatel isn’t a bad tank, I rank her 4th for yellow… and Aegir next to her could prevent a bad board recovery but she already does that by herself.

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In this case you are refering to a decent board which in most cases will end up with almost any flank not being able to fire off (with a rare exception of MAYBE Grave and Kage) and the tank would have died anyway.

With these types of board no tank will survive if stacked against.

In order to keep the discussions relevant to tank strength I think we need to look at team composition when facing mediocre or bad boards otherwise any defence or any tank is irrelevant because we all know any defence can be taken down because as a raider you have the ultimate upper hand at choosing your team to oppose the defense team and if you are at the top 100 level your rooster is deep enough that you will end up 6/6 or 5/6ing your flags anyway.

Having 2 3 dark gem combos will kill either Guin or Onatel anyway with my current offensive raid setup anyway.

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I have 3 Onatel’s. If I could I would level them all. She is great on offence. Since I levelled her after posting this question I never looked back. It is near impossible to log off & expect to stay in the top 100 these days, but is she a great tank? Hell yes. I often log in and gained cups. She easily keeps you in the 2700-2800 range, but it is on offence where she shines most. Season 2 hard mode, any boss fight, raids, she owns them.

My team currently:

Marjana | Ariel | Onatel | Queen | Sartana
The centre 3 emblemed to L3

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I am only just now beginning to experience consistent defending results with her. I was running Aegir for a while in the tank position and getting positive defends with small cup gains, but losing large cups against more consistently. Since switching over to her as tank, this has reversed. I am winning larger cup matches on defense as of this past week. I am still hovering around the 2600-2700 spot but am able to maintain much easier now. She’s definitely been worth the effort. My current defense is the following:

Zimkithka (3) l Aegir (2) l Onatel (3) l Kage (3) l Evelyn

*Parentheses denote emblem level.

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Not sure if it’s been discussed here but how does Onatel’s mana gain work on defense? On offense she gains by tile damage. What about on D? Thanks.

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On defense characters gain mana when they are hit by tiles and after every move (based on their mana speed.)

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Ok thanks, I thought so but I wasn’t too sure. This clears it up.

Now I’m torn whether to use darts on her or Poseidon. I’ll figure it out, it’s a good problem to have lol. :exploding_head:

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Poseidon.i have both and only use onatel on triple stack vs purple tank, or 4th hitter on dark titans. She is very good just not as good as Poseidon.

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I also have both. I have a ton of fast snipers, and with Ona you have someone that can totally shutdown one side of the defense team from firing specials while your snipers kill the other side. I do it all the time. But if you are lacking 5 star fast snipers, then yes I would go for Poseidon.

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Very true it all depends what you need

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Maybe I’ll go with Poseidon. I really like Onatel so I will still definitely ascend her. I do not have a lot of 5* fast snipers and also saving wizard emblems for Hel so it kind of makes sense to go the Poseidon route.

I really don’t mind that Hel can interfere with Onatel”s skill - I want to play them together.

Thanks.

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There exists no defenses to stay above 2700 for longer time in the current meta. And Onatel is not really a great tank. I have her maxed and used as tank, too. You can stay above 2500 - no problem, but not above 2700.

Glad to see others having this debate. These were my first two 5-star heroes (F2P), and I’m approaching the moment of decision. Depending on when/if I can complete Atlantis hard, I should have the mats by late May to late June.

You don’t find her mana control helpful enough to use on Legendary challenge events, seasonal events, and Atlantis hard levels? She’s single-handedly the reason I can complete any of those. I have no other highly leveled 5-stars (yet, Poseidon is on his way to 3^70, and Domitia and Thorne are my next projects in purple and blue, respectively). If I had a team of 5-stars, would that mitigate the need for mana control so significantly?

2500 is a significant threshold, though. Right now, I’m hanging out in the 1900-2200 cups range. I’d like to move above 2400 cups for diamond tier loot, so based on the contents of this thread, I was thinking of ascending Onatel to have my tank spot taken care of. I don’t really have any other great tank candidates. Would a rainbow team with a maxed Onatel tank and a supporting crew of emblemed 4-stars be enough to make that leap? Or am I better taking Poseidon to 4^80 (no other fast 5-star snipers, per @General_Confusion above) and just hoping to eventually pull a better tank?

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F2P and you got these 2 excellent heroes. Lucky you!!

No doubt! And they were my first two 5-stars ever. Can’t tell you how excited I was to pull them. Both on my second Atlantis summon for that month (January and March, respectively). A shame they are both yellow - hence this dilemma - but that’s a small price to pay to have two great heroes.

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