It occurred to me today that omen it lasalle, or umbriaā¦ Would pair nicely with the the pets because when the friend duplicates, they hit all.
Mind youā¦ I did it with 3 waffles and a chomperā¦ But i think with luna also healing and removing insanity a bitā¦ It is a great pairing with omen.
Given the choices for this Soul Exchange, Iām guessing the pending release of the Outfitter has all but eliminated the chance of costumes being included with SE heroes.
Iām okay with that. Honestlyā¦ It makes the fated summons a heck of a lot more desirable. Suddenly an outdated mother North is marginally useful in the right settingā¦ Iām 18 months, perhaps my pengi will return to be useful.
I agree; more of an observation than a complaint really, lol. Iām definitely excited about being able to buy Lokiās costume!
Buying costumes? Whatād I miss?
Thereās a new feature with that option in testing. Sounds great for breathing life back into some of my favorite, older heroes.
The 15 months limitation does temper my excitement, though only a little. It just means I likely wonāt take someone from SE purely to grab their costume. Iād be interested in Sobek this SE, for example, but that costume was released in July of this year. On the other hand, the Guardian Gazelle I just plucked out of Fated Summon will benefit greatly.
1.5 year old costumes might be gettable with just gems. in beta there is a thing called outfitterā¦ I thinkā¦ it is a real gift to the community.
First of all, if you donāt need/want another red generally, or a red healer specifically, then of course skip.
But Melendor? Sure, he has the Toon immunities, but at some point ā especially in PvP ā stats also matter.
I think you may be overestimating toon!Melendorās stats.
(It also doesnāt help that Melendorās stats are kinda the wrong way around for a healer ā at least before fully cranking him up with Master Emblems, heās a healer with offense > defense.)
Blossom at 4/80 (no LB, LB2, zero emblems, much less master emblems) has defense 1003, health 1889. āCan even LB2, ME Melendor match that?
According to Blossomās thread, pre-buff Blossom at 4/90 (full regular emblems, no master emblems) had defense 1275, health 2509.
Now, yeah, if you want a real budget deal, sure, toon!Melendor costs less, and if you are playing in environments (PvE or PvE) where not-Gandalf holds up under incoming fire just fine, then you probably donāt particularly want or need Blossom in for increased sturdiness, itās true.
But even without 100% maxing, Blossom is bigger, and with 100% maxing, quite a bit bigger.
And, as pointed out above, her heal can be quite a bit bigger than Melendorās if she dispels anything and/or if her (āpassiveā!) Construct Core boost is charged up at all.
Blossom is also attention-getting because:
and recall that, somehow, Blossom is a 10-soul choice and Ignazio is 20.
(Yes, Ignazio is Fast instead of Average, and cleanses instead of dispels, but also more tile-dependent and a generally smaller heal and slightly lower stats.)
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Finally, spending resources on āoutdated heroesā being a bad bet isā¦ only a bad bet if you have a lot more recent heroes.
If all your heroes are significantly less than a year old, including your healers, and those in red, then sure, yeah. But if you have that many shiny new modern monsters, SE isnāt going to do much for you no matter what.
My own discussion here is assuming that folks making a choice of SE are doing so amongst heroes that are potentially relevant compared to their current rosters.
If I had 20 souls (14 now) and 6 Tabards (0 now) I might have been tempted for Luna. But I moved away from Meta 2 months back and dont really bother setting top defences.
And for some whatever reason I never found Luna very strong when she was hooting her way in the meta. She was at best annoying. But she is a mana cutter and that is desirable, and she will age well. She will fit in the defense for wars but that is it for me.
But I can potentially do a 15 exchange and definitely do a 10 exchange.
So I am looking at Amethyst, Furd, Blossom and Aradia.
Amethyst is out as 0 tabards. I love her and wanted her back in the days as I never had fiend cards outside the red HOTM girl.
Furd - He used to give me nightmares in RUSH format and with the lack of dispellers he used to overwhelm me in wars. But his stats are not relevant and his heal is a joke by todayās standards.
That leaves me with Aradia and Blossom.
Aradiaās stats are dated but I have a thing for max heal cutters. I use Smart tongue in all my raids, and she is amazing. Aradia can burn the team and soften them and her over heal debuff is also pretty useful. But she needs a good support cast to keep her alive. That make her a liability and she is a non-starter against toons.
Blossom is fairly recent, and I see her as the Japanese Cleopatra. Her heal is HUGE. And she is a dispeller which I really love to have as my other dispellers are Violet, Isarnia toon, Timius, Milena, and Deadboot and Persa for their buff steal.
So, I will settle for her for now for wars. But she wonāt get into the raids as Hathor is still undisputed there.
Luna is a great decision. If I didnāt have her already I would
Yeah thats a fair argument.
I have Melandor fully maxed (including LB2 and master emblems), he has defence 1181 and health 1705. Hes not part of my main attack teams but I swap him in for one of my other healers when I really need a dispeller . This is at 3000 trophies so generally up against teams in the 6800-7100 range (although not full of meta heroes) and he survives decently, although obviously he is quite squishy. Superior stats would definitely be nice (and as you say, its annoying that his stats are the wrong way around), but to me I think there are other 5* heroes who are better suited to rare alpha aethers and MEs /(depends who you have I guess). Im not really saying that toon melandor is better, jsut that Blossom doesnt feel like that big an upgrade to me.
I think you are undervaluing how much better the extra defence (+34%) from Melandor is, especitally if your tank has a paladin legendary troop which increaest that bonus by a further 30% or whatever it is.
Farrah - she is great. I got her too (her and Ramona). Good luck whatever you choose.
I am really excited about getting Gazelleās costume. And Lotl, Athena - unfortunately i fed Arial away. Oh wellā¦
My thoughts about this SE. some good options available in all tiers.
To understandā¦ Watch Blossomās hero reviews on my & other YouTubersā¦
She is an excellent option / deal @ 10 heroesā¦
I am temptedā¦ but donāt need a 
healerā¦
I fed away salmon lokiā¦ I probably would have traded for his costumeā¦ But ā¦ Thatās the only question mark i have.
Blossom sounds great, but i need to free up spots. And thatās the main thing cause, going back to Hohenwert, none or only one hero got levelled. I have great heroes in including C Gestalt, Scoria and Rust, but my newest blues are Grimsteel and Ghealach. Arrgh!
I was looking for a solid blue at SE, but thereās nothing. So itās a toss up between Luna and Frond. I really donāt knowā¦
Great review. Helped me a lot cause i was considering Oni or Camilla. I was about to ignore the stats and thats not a good idea.
Nice summary of 10 cost heroes!
Imo, having Blossom, she would be a great addition for anyone. Her dispel + up to a 25% health boost bonus on top of the mega heal is awesome.
Since I have Blossom, I would choose Ferbuus as my second option as he would fit a lot of what I currently face in pvp (dd, dots, and spam fiends). He would be great alongside some of my other heroes, as well. I am finishing Rhineglow now and his health boost over time buff will not be overwritten by ferbuusās heal over time buff. Very convenient!
TLDR, Blossom, Ferbuus are both great 10 cost options.
