Who are you talking about? This thread is about Isrod and heās not out yet???
Yes he is, all the Villains heroes were available during the last event.
Oh, my bad. 
(didnāt pull for Villains)
Have him up to +12 now. Experimented with him and he is good if you like riposte.
I kept forgetting that he hits for damage as well since he is the only riposte hero I have used that does (Boril early days and more recently Sif). Good attack stat so even though his percentage damage is low, the absolute number is decent.
As with Sif, Isrod gives decent tile damage which was always what was troubling about Boril if down to last heroes.
The mana gain helps, it isnāt as strong as I had hoped but every little extra helps.
Am trying out some other heroes at the moment and would like to test him on defense once he has more emblems. I donāt believe he will be better than the current setup. My defenses are always vulnerable to dispellers as I am buff heavy and that would be the knock on him in defense.
I like riposte a lot so do not regret giving him the rings. He does not fit everyoneās playstyle so be sure you LIKE this method of playing (fire and invite the enemy to hit you) before feeding him the rings.
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I have him at 4.80 +19 and he is still one of my favorite heroes. I use him almost everywhere. I also instantly noticed that as soon as I had him levelled and with a handful of emblems, my defense team started winning more with him as tank than it previously had done. Not by a huge amount but there was a noticeable increase in green numbers.
I still think his reflect should be buffed a little. 80% is very low for such a rare 5*, but other than that I am really grateful for having him.
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Iāve recently maxed mineā¦ Works well in tandem with BK (fire together and then BK gets ready again more quickly, usually) and I quite like him against minions too.
Heās not earth shattering but in a well considered team heās a solid B+ in my book.
He cannot be much worse than Sif in the middle of a double defense formation, can he?
Are you saying that Sif is good or bad? I canāt tell from your statement above. So then Isrod would be as good or as bad as Sif, right?
Sif is the best of the best in this position. Isrod should be fairly good also but you never see him in raid defense. He should be a poor manās Sif, but maybe Elena is preferred over him?
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Elena over Isrod when both are available?
I have my doubts although it is possibleā¦
He is a Paladin and will survive to fire most all of the time, sheā¦probably wonāt in the majority of the battles.
Even Elena-C looks frail in comparison due to her extremely low Def stat (in emblemed 5* arena with high attack stat heroes she melts far too easily in my experience)ā¦
Her advantage is a slim one but it exists:
She is an AoE hitter and he just hits 3, her riposte damage is better too IF she fires at slow vs his averageā¦
One of Elenaās outstanding features is her attack stat but Isrod is not too far behind and then his Def and HP are another level to her base form entirely.
Isrod: Att 758 Def 768 HP 1423
Elena: Att 809 Def 578 HP 1312
Elena-C: Att 845 Def 588 HP 1494
Isrod vs Sif - Much closer. Sif has a better riposte damage than Isrod and it can be the difference between dying via riposte and being badly hurt. Her 50% damage reduction is outstanding and catapults her into the ranks of the elite.
Isrod is more robust and any ally that is hit while under his buff gains mana. Period.
Sif boosts any mana gained but needs mana to be generated in order to boost it.
Thing is, Elena can be enticed to join your team much more easily than the other two (all special summoning portals as well as red elemental and then TC20). Unfortunately her costume is as tricky to get as Isrod or Sif.
IMO in most circumstances: Sif > Isrod > Elena-C > Elena
Titans the color matters (you would not take Sif over Elena on a green titan):
Elena-C and Elena have a tile damage advantage over Isrod which is THE metric that matters once you have your attack buffer, elemental debuffer and defense down sorted (when available to you).
EDIT: Forgot to mention. Elenaās (costume and base) special lasts 5 turns, Sifās 4 turns and Isrodās a mere 3 turns.
To make Isrod an object of desire a bump to 4 turns at 100% riposte damage. 3 turns at 80% leaves him as pretty good
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Have Isrod at +18 now.
Tried him as part of a war defense team a few times now and the defense ate up some flags. Hard to say that he is the solution on defense since I hardly see him on the teams I attack.
On offense I have taken him along and he is fun. I like riposte and I have a mana boost team, Isrod, Toxicandra and Sif work well together. With a mana blocker on the team the enemy has a pretty tough time. This works best against teams with strong AoE hitters and no debuffers.
He hits three hard so he isnāt just a suicide squad specialist like Sif is.
I like him, if my squad were smaller I would love him.
I do not change my raid team often, never to accommodate an opponent so he rarely comes along.
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I got this guy (trying for Toxicandra) and am intrigued as I have a max Sif I used all the time. Curious if I put Sif and Isrod on Flank and some strong tank how that would work as the tank would get both Sifs mana boost and Isrods. Anybody doing this currently. I see one person talked about using them in tandem.
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And this is where Chakkoszrot comes in 
It works.
The riposte (damage reflect) specials overwrite one another so you may have his reflection or hers but it doesnāt matter.
The mana buffs stack and her damage mitigation remains as well so the things you care most about are all in effect regardless of the order in which they are fired.
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Cool thanks, I was all set to final ascend Isrod, but then I got Zenobia so now Iām not so sure, lol.
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Wellllll, Zenobia will lead green titans to their death. Depends on what you need.
Congrats on summoning her, she was my target since first seeing her on the Beta Beat but in spite of some foolish summoning she did not join my team.
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Well, with the recent update of reducing nearby radius, isrod became an average hero at least on double/reverse double formation defense to mediocre. I will not talk about his offense since he was already mediocre right from the start.
His damage is low for a target and nearby average speed hitter. Glenda and Dr moreau has 270% damage. Even Devana has a higher 255% damage and offers better skills.
His counter attack is low and only for 3 turns while Sif has 4 and thus most of the time negligible. I tried it on friendly attack using an alliance mateās account.
His mana gain on counter sucks. The small amount really is equal to miniscule and it even diminishes. What is smaller than miniscule? Sif definitely offers better specials than him.
But hey, at least dark lord and crystallis got a buff and isrod never really did need it right? Good decision from Small Giant. Keep it up.
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Still canāt decide if this guy is worth a final ascension. I did Zenobia, sheās great. Just canāt decide to pull the trigger on Isrod or wait for a better match.
He needs a buffā¦ weak hero
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Finally, Isrod got a much needed buff.
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