Let's talk about Boss Wolf

General Discussion
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Okay folks!
Since our E&P team announced that our boss wolf got little bit of his power back:

  • Boss Wolf: Increased duration of all status effects from 3 to 4 turns and increased enemy mana reduction from -24% to -34%.

So what are your thoughts on him now?
Is he less bad now??

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Still a total badass.

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Still a badass? Which means he has already been good before the update…?

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He might be viable now. Still not impressed though.

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It’s a decent start I still think going from very slow to slow recharge would be the last piece he needs to be viable. I still think any hero with a very slow recharge should bring some serious pain, because you will be lucky to even get there special off once… And although this is a step in the right direction it still needs a tweak if they insist on a very slow recharge. Still glad to see our concerns didn’t fall on deaf ears.

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Agreed. Defensively, very slow Mana is an easy target if you bring 3 yellow heros to attack. You can even take a few moves to set yourself up a big yellow attack without fear that he’ll fill.

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I believe even a level 4 mana troop takes Very Slow to Slow status.

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Not quite, but close. :slight_smile: A very slow hero normally charges with 13.5 (=14) tiles. With a lvl 1 mana troop, he charges with 13 tiles. And with a lvl 23 mana troop, he charges with 12 tiles (which is equal to a slow hero).

Reference: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/310499702355263489/475090561204748288/StarsCheatSheet.png

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I checked your reference, but I could not understand the part with the mana troops at all. Could you explain it? Thank you.

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Sure thing.

So the upper box explains how many tiles it takes for each mana speed to fully charge, e.g.:
very fast: it takes 6.5 (= 7) tiles to charge a very fast mana character
fast: it takes 8 tiles to charge a fast mana character
and so on… understood? :slight_smile:

Now the second box explains how leveled mana troops are affecting the number of tiles needed for each mana speed to be charged up.
So with a lvl 1 mana troop, a very slow character is now fully charged with 13 tiles only (it normally takes 14 tiles to charge a very slow character).
A lvl 23 mana troop charges a very slow character with 12 tiles (instead of 13 or even 14).
A lvl 17 mana troop charges a slow character with 11 tiles (instead of 12).
A lvl 23 mana troop charges an average character with 9 tiles (instead of 10).
A lvl 29 mana troop charges a fast character with 7 tiles (instead of 8).
A lvl 11 mana troops charges a very fast character with 6 tiles (instead of 7).

So yes, unless you have a very slow or very fast hero, mana troops only make sense once they are at least at level 17!

I hope I explained it well enough? :slight_smile:

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Many thanks, got it now.