again, only used 2 axes for attack debuff at the beginning of the boss stage and a couple of minor and regular mana options, all for cRigard to keep everyone healed and buffed. it felt much easier this time though. Also, i put cScarlett between Sonya and Chao so they would get an attack buff from Scarlett when she fired. Leanna went down first, and never hit me thanks to Bai. Scarlett got off several good hits and that additional poison damage is now almost 200 per hit with the emblems and troop.
Trainer to Krampus, paladins to Sonya or Zulag, ranger to Tibs since heâs the next closest ranger i have to being maxed, or who knows, maybe one of my 3* rangers. Speaking of which, iâll probably bring Tibs next time instead of Sonya. weâll see.
Pretty sure it is different from last time. I think Athena came last time. Anyways, avoided my attacking blues due to weak on mob color.
This is one of the few trials I still havenât managed to get a healer for. Buddyâs minions are my pseudo heal. I recently reset him for all HP/D so his minions are noticeably beefier. I also used Boril to maximize full team coverage. Riposte and minions play weird, but what can ya do . I would rather riposte than not and the minion-heal is a good safe guard for bad boards.
Boss battle went pretty well. I used a healing pot for Justice of all heroes. Borilâs riposte had just worn off and Chao was already dead. Richardâs and Liannaâs mana were both under half so I figured I would let it go a turn. I triggered a massive tile cascade and both enemies charged, fired, and hit Justice. The fact she lived speaks to her sturdiness.
It was nice to take Tibs out for a stroll, he doesnât get a ton of play. Same with c-Boril. I am sure I will change it next time on a whim, per my usual.
Ranger emblems stored for Athenaâs next node. Paladin are sitting ⊠for now. Richard is +19 and that last node is 250 emblems. I am weighing if that 20th node D boost is worth it or if I should start Justice. Other option is Cyprian, but I do not play with him enough to warrant them on him. Decisions, decisions âŠ
Trainer to Malicna. She is almost done (75/80)
I got Thorne to 3:1, then had some good luck. I got Malicna (current project that is almost done), my first Vivica from HA, and then Zimkitha from HA. I donât have enough heroes to color level so I do them one at a time. When Malicna is done Zimkitha is next, then Vivica. After that Horghall and Thorne to 3:70. Thorne is stuck there but Horghall can ascend if nothing else comes around by that time.
Same team, with just Domitia fully emblemed. Easy trial, the three bosses really love suiciding on Cyprian
Ranger emblems stored, paladin went to Cyprian, donât remember up to which node.
Trainer to Elizabeth
Compared to last time, Lianna is up three talents, and I swapped out Buddy +19 for Khagan. What? Khagan AND Thorne - two of the most dumped-upon heroes in all of Empires and Puzzles - on the same team? Some people - like me - just want to watch the world burn, I guess. Seriously, Khagan hits harder than Buddy and has a color advantage on the mobs. This is already my best trial, and a harder hit-3 should just make it easier.
Mobs were easy, per usual. Rigard + Tiburtus + Khagan almost wiped out wave 3 entirely. Entered the boss wave with all specials charged and green and red diamonds on the board. Fired Rigard + Tiburtus + Khagan + Thorne + Lianna at Boss Lianna, and she was almost dead. Popped the green diamond, and Boss Lianna was history. Also recharged my Lianna, who unloaded again on Richard. Popped the red diamond, and Richard went down, while Khagan recharged. Chao did manage to meekly fire once against Tiburtus before I brought him down, too. Dump on Khagan if you want to; I enjoyed using him to mop up this trial on short order. And now they are planning to buff Khagan and Thorne? Yes, please. I still like them.
Ranger emblems take Lianna up to +18; sheâll probably stay there because the last nodes are so expensive. Really thinking about embleming Khagan next. Paladin emblems saved for Heimdall. Trainer to Raffale.
I switched out my team from last time with a (not quite fully levelled) Lianna.
My team was Lianna, Chao, Costume Rigard, Costume Tiburtus, and Sonya.
The first two stages were very easy, but the final one really made me doubt my choice to take in Tiburtus over Guardian Falcon. The abundance of red on the board didnât help. There were several times during the boss fight where the only matches possible were reds and the purple seemed to be absent almost entirely, meaning it was impossible to charge up Rigard or take advantage of the two dark heroes against Chao. Consequently I did have to resort to some items at the final boss stage, including 5 bombs, a few healing potions and a mana potion.
Very happy with Lianaâs performance so far and hopefully she will be fully levelled by the time this trial comes round again.
I am also seriously considering whether it would be worth levelling up Khagan as he is my only 5* fire option for this particular trial. By contrast, Zulag is my only 5* option for dark heroes for this trial, but I have no hesitation in taking in costume Rigard rather than her.
Opted out Cyprian for Rigard for some extra punch in attack. It went just as easy. Maybe with bosses suiciding against Cyprian it would have been a bit faster, but just cause i got a pretty nasty final board. After an initial purple diamond, it dried completely. Still had no issues.
Everything saved for now, will bring Rigard to his last node just for the satisfaction of having a trial team fully +20
Trainer to Magni
Changed it up this time because I finally got Tiburtus maxed. (yay!) i decided to bring him instead of Wonya for the defense down since dispel wasnât needed. So, i went with this:
cScarlett between Tibs and Chao to keep them both buffed continuously. just noticed i need to fix Bai and Chaoâs troops. i have yellow mana troops for both of them. dâoh!
This felt like it went SO much faster with Tibs on the team. monster waves almost went too quickly, and almost made it into the final board with nothing but green and blue tiles. so many, that diamonds were easy to make and clear them out right as the last monster died and i had a much more reasonable board, and everyone but Bai and Chao charged, but with a yellow diamond on the board. perfect. i hit everyone with the specials once and they were already down 1/3rd health. just had to do that twice again to finish basically. i lost Bai to a snipe from Leanna because i wasnât paying attention and didnât use an axe to debuff her, and of course she hit Bai, for 1050 hp of damage, instakill. he had already saved me from being hit by her twice, but the fight was almost over at that point so i was not concerned. i used the axe, though, to take out Richard right before he fired, which left me a pile of red tiles right under Leanna and she was gone. Chao is never much of a problem, but finishing him was extra easy with def down and extra purple tile power. special shout-out to cScarlettâs poison damage. iâve really come to appreciate the little extra kick that 200+ poison does.
So, trainer to Master Lepus, Paladins to Sonya or Zulag, Rangers to Tibs, but I have a bunch, so I may only take him to +12 or so, and save the rest for when i get Bai maxed, in like a year.
Managed to finish this one with rainbow and no healer⊠Which is strange as i tend to struggle with last stage without proper team.
Too bad there wasnât reset token.
Paladin and Ranger keep for now, trainer also keep, 2nd nordri is maxed, and start leveling 2nd Jott, Iâm not sure if I can max in time for Mythic Titan, let see⊠no rush thoughâŠ
Lianna is up one talent, and Khagan is up 4. Also, Heimdall is in for Noble Rigard +20. Rigard is a faster healer/attack buffer, but when you gots Heimdall, you uses Heimdall.
I wiped out wave 2 with Tiburtus + Khaghan + Thorne just for fun. Ended up firing Heimdall to overheal and didnât get him recharged for the bosses, but everyone else was. Made one green match to charge him, then fired everyone, leaving Lianna basically dead. A few more matches, and all the bosses went down without firing. I still feel like one day, Iâll find a way to kill Lianna with just my opening salvo.
Not enough emblems for Heimdall or Khaganâs next talents. Catching up some blues with costumes after leveling Krampus and Raffale, so trainer goes to Graymane.
I forgot to post this last time, but I still want to post it anyway because this is another moment for me when I did not use any battle items to complete a trial quest. I am happy that my roster is getting stronger as my selection of heroes for each trial quest expands.
Why is no one posting here yet for the current emblem quest? Haha.
Anyway, I used a slightly different team from the previous iteration of this trial quest, since I have new options to use. 4-1 Ranger-Paladin team as follows:
I am planning to use Paladin emblems on my Chick Jr. once he is fully leveled, as he will be part of my Rare event team sometime soon. For the Ranger emblems, I would like to complete Khaganâs talent grid, so I am saving them for him. I hesitated to level him before, but I have been loving to use him in my battles lately. And the trainer hero is saved for future use to complete the final levels of a hero I am working on.
I almost changed up my team but iâm kind of glad i didnât, it ended up being tougher than i expected. only change is Tiburtus is now up 4. so itâs:
The bosses really picked on cScarlett in the middle of the fight. direct hit from Richard and Chao one right after the other took her out. purple tiles were non-existent for the longest time, but Bai kept Lianna from killing anyone, heâs so very good that at. I used three bombs because PoV, each well timed to take out one of the three bosses. Board really turned around at the end, but Richard still managed to take out Bai before it was over. look at all the purple tiles at the end there!
Next time i might bring cBoril just to mix it up. He served me well in the trials of Justice. Probably replacimg cScarlett.
Trainer to Lepus, Rangers to Tibs probably. Paladins to Sonya or Tyrum.