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.
Special Skill: Head Hurl
Deals 300% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
All allies with dispellable status ailments that affect attack get +50% attack for 3 turns.
The target and nearby enemeis get -34% defence for 3 turns.
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Family Bonus
The new heroes form the “Starfall” family and have a family bonus for each unique hero in the team:
Starfall Family
Bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:
50% / 75%/ 100% chance to cleanse the Hero’s most recent dispellable status ailment at the end of each turn.
Balance Changes
Feb 2022
Beta Changes
Marcel recieved a boost to direct damage from 275% → 300% compared to his last seen beta build.
Or: How many summons are needed to get an Epic Challenge Event Hero?
It’s important to remember that Challenge Event Heroes have EXTREMELY low summoning odds. No amount of summoning will guarantee a Challenge Event Hero.
On average, in a 10-pull, you have a 17.5% chance of summoning Marcel.
But that statistic can lead our minds astray in exactly how our odds play out as we continue summoning.
Some useful insights:
69 times out of 100, you’ll get Marcel by pull 20 (5,200 gems)
95 times out of 100, you’ll get Marcel by pull 156 (46,800 gems)
99 times out of 100, you’ll get Marcel by pull 240 (62,400 gems)
Putting that in Perspective
31 out of every 100 people won’t get Marcel by the 20th pull
If 1 Million players each summoned times, 309,196 of those players wouldn’t get Marcel
5 out of every 100 people won’t get Marcel by the 156th pull
If 1 Million players each summoned times, 56,280 of those players wouldn’t get Marcel
1 out of every 100 people won’t get Marcel by the 240th pull
If 1 Million players each summoned times, 10,013 of those players wouldn’t get Marcel
More Insights & Reading
I highly recommend reading these two threads for more information and context on summoning odds:
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.
Yes most definitely. I used to run Buddy on titans for his defense down but those minions really slow things down, plus 3 turns just isn’t enough, and Buddy’s tile damage is, for lack of a better phrase, pathetic.
I got two Marcel. I plan to level both of them. In my opinion, he is an offensive version of Buddy.
Without considering his defense down and situational attack up, the fully emblemed Marcel (attack, health, defense path) will offer 747 attack, 680 defense, 1483 health, which is getting close to Killhare status (741, 756, 1382). He is the best offensive green 4* star hero!!!
By using two of them, you can also enjoy his family bonus.
I have Hansel maxed and fully emblemed. He is great and I used him a lot. I agree He probably has slight edge over Marcel in War raids. But Marcel is definitely more useful for event and weekly tournament. None of them is really good for Titian or on defense. So I would say that it is a tie. IMO, weekly tournament and event is more rewarding in terms of loots and emblems. I would like to have powerful hero for those events. For war, the single hero has much less impact on the overall performance.
Marcel is no doubt a winner and slightly better than the pulverizer trio (though the defense downs sticks for only half the turns). The situational bonus +50% attack puts him over the top IMO. I’d still crown Hansel as overall raid/war winner for 4* greens however. His special at fast mana speed is one of the best.
Strongly disagree. Unless you have Frigg, Marcel is the closest thing to a green ramming pulverizer and almost a must for titans. Yes there is Buddy but his attack stat is just plain pathetic, and the minions also slow you down during titan hits so he’s actually not the best to drag to titans if you have better defense down alternatives.
For event and tournament, mana speed is not that critical. I agree Hansel is better suited for raid/war. But there are so many heroes that you can use for war.
If you need a mana controller then Hansel can’t be replaced; if you need a green defense dropper to enhance the power of your green stack you take Marcel. Marcel+Almur/Evelyn/Fogg will make snipers one shot just about everything, but Hansel will stop dangerous heroes from wrecking your whole team. They do very different things and have very different roles and I don’t think you can say one is “better” than the other.
Special Skill: Head Hurl
Family Bonus
Balance Changes
Beta Changes
Avoiding Overspending & Heartache 
times, 309,196 of those players wouldn’t get Marcel
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