Maxing out heroes

[Gryphonknight]

Generic advise

It is usually best to concentrate on leveling one rainbow team at a time. Only level heroes with same color heroes for maximum hero XP and skill rolls.

I do two rainbow teams at once but I prefer attacking depth - and color stacking - over raw defensive power.

RT11

I love Extra low cost ( RT11 ) training. No items needed and highest Hero XP per recruit ( even if it is very very slow ).

But other prefer less Hero XP but faster ( see notes )

Alchemy Lab

What I find very interesting is the upcoming Alchemy Lab. If you need swords, kits ( backpacks) and Rugged clothes to upgrade your 2* ascension items to 3* / 4* ascension items, then individual players will have to decide if they need hero XP faster or 3* / 4* ascension items faster.

First rainbow teams

I am a big fan of 1x rainbow 3* 3.50 team then 1x rainbow 4* 3.60 team ( see notes )

4* 3.60 heroes

If it was not for emblems, I would use only 3* 3.50 and 4* 3.60 heroes. They are the most cost effective, versatile, available and useful heroes.

Notes

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TC11 Recruit bank
( The TC11 Recruit Bank )

Recruit & Food hoards
([Play style] Recruit (RT4/ RT11) & Food (RT13/ RT20) Hoards- Updated 4-14 )

Hero XP and deep bench

I am also a big fan of getting 3x rainbow 4* 3.60 before spending any 3* ascension items to get a rainbow 4* 4.70 team ( see Notes ).

Multiple rainbow 3* 3.50 / 4* 3.60 teams are cheap, versatile and useful for color stacking - Empire’s hidden buff.

Deep bench

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Some heroes are good, some suck, most are okay.

I have been playing since 2017-Sept and I just recently decided to level a second rainbow 4* 4.70 team. Mostly due to emblems. I prefer 4* 3.60 teams because they are so much cheaper, versatile, and useful for color stacking - Empires hidden buff.

My goal is to complete rare quests, Class quests, Challenge events, etc. with the least amount of battle items. I am usually in the Top 3 on titans due to color stacking and the original Wu Kong Cascade Squad.

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Hero XP

The biggest problem is not 4* ascension items, though that sucks. But . . .

How to level your first 4* team

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Level your first rainbow team from 4* tier 1 level 1 ( 4* 1.1 ) to 4* tier 3 level 60 ( 4* 3.60 ). Do not use 3* ascension items, yet.

Any 4* 3.60 hero is better than any 3* 3.50 heroes.

==Leveling your rainbow team to 4* 3.60==

4* 3.60 heroes are the most powerful in the game using only 1*/ 2* ascension items. 1* / 2* ascension items can be farmed on the world map along with recruits, food, iron, XP, ingredients, 1* / 2* troops and 1* / 2* heroes.

Two 4* 3.60 heroes take the same XP as one 4* 4.70. But the 4* 4.70 is not twice as powerful as each 4* 3.60 hero. While two 4* 3.60 heroes are more versatile, and with double color ( see below ) potentially more powerful.

If you level a 4* 3.60 hero to 4* 4.1 you use six 3* ascension items. If you buy them during special offers, this will cost $12+ USD. You can never get these 3* ascension items back.

Save your 3* ascension items, and the hero XP, until you know the game better and can select which heroes are good.

==Use only same color 1* / 2* heroes to level your 4* heroes==

Using matching colors doubles your chance of the hero’s special skill increasing, and gives you a bonus +20% hero XP.

Later you can experiment with off color/ random color leveling of heroes.

Other useful links

[Guide] “Rage Quit and back again” or How I learned to stop worrying (about 5* s) and Love the 4* s ( told in links )[ 1- 16 months, Manual, Road map]

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=Related Article==

([Links, Links, Links ] Waiting for 5* heroes or effective use of 4* and 3* Hero teams from Legendary training- Updated 2018-Jun-03 )

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