In raid defense, the A.I. ( computer ) gets 20% a bonus damage buff, a trickle of mana per turn in addition to mana per player match, and always attacks first after the board matching is finished. This is done because the AI is very limited, unlike players that can use tactics & strategy. In fact, these advantages are always constant so you can plan for them when setting up your raid attack, raid defense teams and choosing matches on the board.
20% bonus damage buff
Players can increase damage by making matches of a color strong against the defending hero. Since the A.I. Cannot, they get a flat 20% bonus ( which is roughly the bonus of a rainbow team against a single color boss due to strong matches versus a team of all neutral colors fighting the same boss ).
DOT damage scales with attack power, so as he levels, his DOT will also increase. Troops increase it even further. Talents that add attack power will add as well. Attack buffs do NOT increase it.
On titans I don’t use him (but one of my red team’s spot can be replaced by Black Knight if I were to pull him), on events neither as I bring a 100% direct damage team but on raids I bring him while against hard hitting blue heroes and I bring him in war in a 3-1-1 stack… with him being tge only red.
He doesn’t work well with direct damage empowering red heroes, I use him to peel targets for my 3-stack specials and tiles.
He works pretty well but you should plan some turns ahead to use him.
I’ve got a lvl 70 (pre-max ascension) JF, and he’s helped a lot against the Queen of Hearts in this event. She keeps cranking out those cards, then makes herself nearly invincible in the final stages until the card is gone, and by then she had enough mana to crank out another one. (I was doing the 2nd last fight in Advanced difficulty. Maxed 4* and non-maxed 5* heroes are all I have.)
But then I realized with Jean-Francois, I can just use him to burn the whole card away over 2 turns no matter what defense boosts she has. Then I’m free to attack whoever I please, and I didn’t even have to give the queen any more mana. Quite nice!
I just got the last ring I need for Jean Francois. Should I max him or wait for someone better? I have zimkitha, azlar, and black Knight maxed out for reds already
I’m kinda stuck on whether I should put the rings in JF. I see he is great on defense but I’m not too sure he would be very useful against the titan and and raids. I have he, Grazul, and Mitsuko sitting at 3-70. I’ll have Telluria as the tank in a week. I’m definitely waiting until after the next AS hoping for GM but if I don’t pull him, any suggestions and other thoughts?
Grazul is a great counter for Telluria. I have JF sitting at 3.70 with BK maxed, Grazul nearly maxed at 4.71, and Tyr on his way up. JF ONLY gets the rings after Grazul is done, Tyr is done, I don’t get GM, and the July HOTM doesn’t seem like a must have. Otherwise, he continues to wait.
It looks like JF is quite powerful when combined with Killhare. Some might even say he’s OP. Perhaps it’s time for a nerf JF thread. Hmmmm, but that might make the nerf/buff police’ heads explode.
I believe there is already a “Nerf JF” topic somewhere on the forum. It seems like I saw one, and yes, he is dynamite, especially in a standard defense. I’m shocked that I’m actually GAINING cups now from defensive raids more often now since I was able to get those last two Tonics for Telluria that allowed my defense to go from Boldtusk-Kingston-Seshat-Neith-Misandra to Seshat-Neith-Telluria-Jean-Francois-Misandra. Was waiting for the opportunity to incorporate JF into my defense. Really glad it’s working out so far.
I guess this has already been discussed but wouldn’t JF be quite nice in a red stack against the hundreds of Telluria tanks flanked by Vela?
Telluria is not only annoying because she is awesome herself, but also because she is so often flanked by Vela. I tend to want to stack red against her obviously, but then Vela comes along and make my life a misery.
Stacking red against Telluria while still keeping not becoming too fragile against water should help a bit, no?
Even better is to bring BK who effectively shuts down Telly and Vela provided he goes off first. Grazul helps as well. Unfortunately neither of those heroes are easy to obtain. But yeah, JF has high enough tile damage alone to contribute to a strong red stack. But if you don’t have a hero who can protect your reds or don’t get Vela off the board quick and JF hasn’t upped the ice def already, then your reds are in trouble JF or no JF. And I think JF ice defense protects only against initial Vela hit. I believe the DoT still applies regardless of the ice def up. If somebody knows otherwise please feel free to correct me.
Not sure that’s an accurate description of what happened here. What happened to Jean was more akin to commenting in January that you felt like you have been working too many hours lately, then the virus hits and your job shuts down completely. Careful what you wish for.
Nobody, to the best of my recollection, called for him to be cut fully in half.
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