I changed setup from last time. I went with:
Santa +8/9 - Wukong +7 - C.BT +19 - Joon +costume+10 - Wilbur +20
I had no troubles even though bosses fired more than once. Santaās debuff and minion shield, Wilburās protection and Joonās blinding were enough of a cripple. I just had to be patient for Wuās gambling to be successful.
Monk emblems piling up for Joon, Paladin emblem for Sonya last nodes and then maybe some 3*. Trainer went to Uraeus.
Same team as last time used health time stops antidote. Board gave me green and blue.
Monk jooon, padalin storage trainer jackal 3.
I gave the final board a shot with Zulag, Wu, Bane, Tyrum, and Sonya, everybody maxed except Zulag at 3/70. put Zulag between Bane and Tyrum, and she kept them alive an admirably long time, but I just didnāt have the firepower to finish after the bosses took out Wu and Sonya.
lack of a proper healer was definitely a problem. crossing fingers i get BTās costume some time soon.
Easy peasy as always.
I did use 2 minor antidotes though.
Otherwise, no problem at all.
This time it was easier and I didnāt need to use any object.
The combo Wilbur - Richard - QoH protected the team really well.
Trainer for Uraeus and the emblems will be saved.
Good luck and take care. 
My team this time:
Weird as it sounds, my change was to switch out Joon +19 for Costume Colen. Last time, the Boldtusk, Wilbur, Falcon combo worked better than expected, so I thought throwing another red into the mix might be even more effective. Wilbur kinda limits a sniper like Joon anyway, and heās at a color disadvantage against the bosses. Most people would switch out Thorne instead of Joon, because most people hate Thorne, but I am not most people. I use Thorne a lot.
I got a little worried in the first couple of stages by how reliant I was on getting red tiles and only having one healer, but those red tiles hit so hard that you donāt have to get a lot of them. Wiped out entire mob waves pretty easily. Spent some time trying to set up the board while I just had one mobling left on the final wave. Entered the bosses with all specials charged and a setup for a red diamond ready to go. No snipers means just blast away, which I did. Then, make the red diamond and set it off. Recharge Thorne and administer the always satisfying triple boss kill Icecold Finisher. It really felt like it went that quickly. The supercharged red tiles are just brutal.
Paladin emblems saved for Heimdall. Monk emblems saved for Raffale. Trainer to Gullinbursti. As you can see, Iāve got some nice options coming up for this trial. No idea what my team for this trial will look like in a month or two.
Does Giga-Thorne get reset?
Right now, Iām thinking no. I still use him too much. But weāll see. Iād have to swap in Magni on my blue mono squad, and I have A LOT of fighters, so no emblems for him.
EDIT: Just woke up when I replied to this. A more detailed answer: Thorne is a fixture on my paladin teams, since I donāt have many hitters in that class. Heās especially important in this trial, where I also lack monk hitters outside Joon. And heās the finisher in my mono blue team, which is usually Kiril - Grimm - Sonya (in or out of costume) - Thorne - Vela. Hopefully keep Grimm alive to fire, then Thorne + all attack nodes + Kirilās boost + Grimmās def down is usually a pretty good wallop. Magni without emblems would be another glass cannon, where Thorne without emblems wouldnāt pack enough punch to be effective, imo.
Heimdall is a GREAT support hero, but I have lots of support heroes in the paladin class. I could use him on defense, but I already have Krampus at tank with a Brynhild flank to keep him alive. Iād have to shift strategies to put Heimdall on the wing and hope for a late revive if I moved him into my defense. He may not need that many emblems out on the wing, though. If raid formations come back, that would be a different story. He and Krampus in a double tank formation could be nasty.
Heās only at 3^58 currently, so I havenāt gotten to use him much. Not sure how to use him in PvE content or offensive raids yet. Will have to play around with that before I decide for sure what to do about emblems. I also have 415 paladin emblems in storage, plus 65 that I can (and probably will) reclaim off Zulag. By the time heās maxed, I should have a nice little chunk without having to reset Thorne.
And the team changed yet again!
Liz+19 replace Clarissa+0 from last time. Basically these days I look for every excuse to trot out Liz since she is a lot of fun to use on offense, and she definitely did not disappoint. Mob waves went down easy enough, and on my last turn an unintended combo caused me to prematurely burn up a purple diamond, which I was pretty frustrated about, but then RNGesus smiled at me and gave me what Iād call a miracle board. Seriously just look at the board going into the boss round:
RNGesus is basically saying, āson if you donāt get a perfect run on this one you should QUITā. I mean there are 10 purple tiles on the board, and 3 (technically 4) different ways to make a diamond. Best of all the purple tiles are lined up just under the right heroes. So I fired all my specials, and made the purple diamond under Joon. Then just another two or three moves later it became this:
The amount of ailments on Justice is frankly slightly ridiculous, she is
Not to mention the underwild gem gives another āfreeā flat 50 damage every turn. Well I just made the purple match into the diamond and that was it.
Item tally: None
Emblems saved (3 paladin away from getting Roostley to +17), trainer will go to Kingston.
second change in a row because, as rho said, i too am trying elizabeth everywhere in the game.
C.BT +19 - Wu +7 - Wilbur +20 - Joon +costume+15 - Elizabeth +3
Wukongās rate was awful this time, so Elizabeth really made the difference. Lost the monkey because all the bosses managed to fire, but i was never in danger and didnāt need any item.
Everything saved, yellow trainer much appreciated to Uraeus.
Tried again and failed again. lack of a general purpose healer is a real problem. slightly different lineup than last time, though.
wasnāt even really close, again, although i guess i almost had Richard down. terrible board didnāt help at all. Zulag was the last to fall, no surprise there. really donāt know how iām going to finish this one without costume Boldtusk or some serious board luck. 
not wasting 20 WE trying again. weāll see what happens next time.
Do you have cyprian? With Cyprian beside Zulag, at least have a chance to deal damage.
And bring mana, heal, time stop, dragon, bombs, revive scroll maybe?
thanks, yeah, I have Cyprian - at 1/1. 
heās been way down the list of purple heroes to level for quite some time, but iāll get to him eventually. i brought bombs, heal, mana potions, antidotes to cure attack debuff / blind, used almost all of them. yeah, maybe next time iāll bring revive scrolls. or maybe a miracle scroll, i never use those for anything else.
MY TEAM THIS TIME:
Really risky with no healers.
I arrived at the final stage without any problem and it was going fine, but suddenly the tiles didnāt come and Justice almost defeated my whole team. I had to use some objects to get the victory.
Trainer for Uraeus, paladin emblems for Vollermork (Voldemort for me) and the monk ones will be saved.
Take care.
My team this time:
Today was āuse your fun new heroes dayā at Casa del Weasel. Finished Heimdall and Raffale this week and wanted to try them out. Thorne is my only holdover from last time. (In hindsight, I also finished Justice last week and could have used her as well. )
Yes, Heimdall and Raff give me too much support and not enough attack. Raff stayed charged basically the entire first four waves, but I didnāt need him. Entered the boss wave with all specials charged. Donāt remember beans about how it went - was earlier this afternoon - other than I was significantly overhealed and only used Raff to clear Justiceās blind-all. Bosses went down faster than expected for this bunch. New heroes get a 
from me. No idea what Iāll do next time.
Paladin emblems take Heimdall up a talent. Monk emblems saved. Hoping to pull Yang Mai, but if not, Leonidas probably gets darts next and will make better use of emblems than Raff. Trainer hero to Gretel, whoās apparently a quick study. Only 2^15, but her special is already 7/8!
