šŸ—æ [May 2021] Guardians of Teltoc Challenge Event ā€“ Guides, Discussion & Summoning Results

The recipe is quite straightforward if youā€™re willing to use battle items

  1. Get enough Red tiles and combos to finish off wave 1 and charge all your heroes within 30 seconds
  2. Blast wave 2 with dragon attacks and bombs
  3. Fire all your heroes at the bosses
  4. Feed full mana potions to buffed up Khagan and watch him blast the bosses weakened by the def down and elemental def down
  5. Profit?
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Well Iā€™ll park these here for now.

Rare & Legendary might need tweaking but the cupboard is bare of Mana pots so Iā€™ll recharge today and see where we stand tomorrow



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Dragon bombs and super mana pots? :cold_face::cold_face:

See I knew there was a reason why I quit (trying to) compete in these events, because I value these expensive items way too much to blow them on these events where the ROI could end up being 0 if Iā€™m unlucky. I try to get through stages with minimal (or no) item usage, maybe sparing some minor mana pots and a few axes or at most a bomb if the situation warrants it.

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Hereā€™s my list of items I used last event.

If I didnā€™t use any items Iā€™d get top 100k/50k/100k. With using items I get top 10k/5k/1k. I do it for the 6 EHT. Since Iā€™m f2p those summons are worth a lot to me.

Itā€™s not a total waste and random chance of getting loot because I track my scores monthly and rely on help from others who post their scores so I know whatā€™s enough to get me to where I need to be.

Perhaps I could be using these items on titans instead. Thatā€™s the biggest question Iā€™ve had. Competing and ranking in challenge events does bring a level of satisfaction outside of the item ROI. I think itā€™s worth it to push myself to see what I can do.

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ROI is being used here so letā€™s consider that for legendary

The main difference is 3 EHT for top 1k. In real terms thatā€™s 900 gems of summons in the Seasonal portals. Yes the game gives EHT but they arenā€™t common. So doing this gets you 36 summons a year which again in gems is 10,800.

Super mana & Dragon attacks can be made with items available through game play and as you get better at doing it the cost of those big ticket items decreases. Iā€™ve used 50 of each this time as I use them in selective bursts.

Of course only 1000 people will get these and that means the person in 1001 will really feel like theyā€™ve missed but I rather be in with a shot than not.

ROI can be easily assessed on Farmable items vs Unfarmable.

Ie what will I get for investing items I make each month for the event. In real terms for me thatā€™s 6 ETT, 6EHT & 2 4* Materials. This is with the time and effort for me but as always YMMV

So just to add in Annual numbers thatā€™s 72 EHT, 72 ETT & 24 4* mats. When put into that context competing in events is worth it

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I looked forward to this challenge event because of the elemental defence down heroes. I was only hoping for either Guardian Jackal or Guardian Falcon to improve my titan hits in their respective colours. I am aware that the odds of challenge event portals are among the worst in the gameā€¦

But RNGesus blessed me anyway. Someone else arrived.

I finally have my first legendary hero from a challenge event. :heart_eyes: :cat:

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I think @Ruskin505 and @Cheds have listed some good points, but personally speaking thereā€™s one other thing that needs to be added to the equation, i.e. the heroes needed.

As a C2P with a limited roster, there arenā€™t many events where I can finish in the top 1k without needing a big stroke of luck. But here, I was lucky enough to pull Guardian Falcon and I just need 4 more ā€˜cheapā€™ S1 heroes to build a team strong enough to consistently put up high scores. Even for Events that reflect Red, you can compete with S1 Blues.

Batlle items wise, this time Iā€™ve used up 3 WE flasks, 57 dragon attacks, 97 bombs, 59 axes, 59 full mana potions so far for all 3 difficulty levels. Khaganā€™s damage buff has really helped reduce the need for them at the Legendary level. Iā€™d probably use some of the left over items for Epic once I get cColen leveled up.

Is this use of resources (and the repeated playing of stages) worth it? To me, thatā€™s a big yes. Itā€™s mainly iron that is being used and lumber which Little John spent most of Atlantis Rising farming.

Edit : Forgot one more thing. The match bonus is reliant on getting lots of diamonds (even those of other colors) and combos. Since the puzzle side of things are where I enjoy the game, replaying the levels donā€™t seem as much as a chore once it becomes a challenge to manipulate the tiles for this.

Edit 2 : I think I should be discouraging others from trying instead, to reduce the competition :rofl:

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With SG moving to a 4-week cycle instead of a monthly one, itā€™s now 13 events in a 52-week year.

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Adding in Legendary scores

Stage 3 Rare 4 Epic 5 Legendary
01 29,936 37,124 56,375
02 32,499 38,591 59,239
03 36,869 44,186 54,501
04 34,712 41,227 57,250
05 37,023 49,979 58,335
06 33,621 56,209 57,696
07 36,180 57,901 65,574
08 42,809 57,264 61,727
09 54,944 80,033 95,910
10 50,793 62,377 73,879
11 48,636 56,712 76,311
12 53,798 69,227 83,640
13 67,561 84,795 111,004
14 65,922 78,337 107,280
15 84,497 87,366 101,240
Total 709,800 901,328 1,119,961
Rank 2,021 821 304

Still feel good that Rare and Epic are good enough. Iā€™ll probably want to improve a few Legendary stages. 1.142M was good enough for top 1K each of the past two months so Iā€™ll aim for something close to that.

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I hope this will be enough for top500


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Like others have experienced, this portal has been very elusive for any legendary heroesā€¦.until now:

Very happy to have panther to level now.

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I still think, those tournament numbers must be increased, especially since now Hero academy lets you make troops (ETT tokens).

10 EHT and 10 ETT for 1-100 those players already got strongest heroes most of times anywayā€¦
6 EHT and 6 ETT for top 101-1000
etc,ā€¦
And few coins from different portals on topā€¦
this would push more players to go for this tournament with intent and spend battle items

:slight_smile:

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As usual, waste of time and money: 20 pulls (10 with coins + a 10 pull with gems) ā†’ dupe Azlar.

Iā€™m not dissuading anyone from competing, but since I can reliably finish in top 100k/50k/10k with minimal or no item usage, I prefer to save these expensive items elsewhere for events that really matter to me (mainly ninja tower and mythic titans). I get the argument for more EHTs and summons especially if you;re f2p/c2p, but given my own luck, I really do not need another 20 Dawas or Ulmers at the cost of hundreds of dragons/tornadoes/super mana pots that could be better spent on the aforementioned events where I value the rewards much more anyway (emblems namely).

When considering cost/ROI I also have to take into account the hidden opportunity cost of using these items elsewhere to get a better ranking, or the ham cost of 50x super mana pots that could be used to level heroes and upgrade troops. I do burn up a lot of dragon bombs and tornadoes for ninja tower because as I mentioned I value emblems much more, and placing top 1k nets me 600 emblems total (700 emblems if I get some lucky boards and place top 500). As they say, different strokes for different folks.

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Updated scores

Stage 3 Rare 4 Epic 5 Legendary
01 29,936 37,124 56,375
02 32,499 38,591 59,239
03 36,869 44,186 65,876
04 34,712 41,227 57,250
05 37,023 49,979 58,335
06 33,621 56,209 57,696
07 36,180 57,901 65,574
08 42,809 57,264 61,727
09 54,944 80,033 95,910
10 50,793 62,377 73,879
11 48,636 56,712 76,311
12 53,798 69,227 83,640
13 67,561 84,795 111,004
14 65,922 78,337 107,280
15 84,497 87,366 108,654
Total 709,800 901,328 1,138,750
Rank 2,276 938 228

Rare should be good for around 6K.
Epic I think Iā€™ll finish in top 2K.
I think Iā€™ll finish around 500 for Legendary. I can always replay any stage from 4-8 to get a few more points. I got 1.142M in each of the past two months. In March that was good enough for rank 308 and in April 550. So I think Iā€™ll be fine.

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Iā€™m with you on this. I just recently was able to put together teams that would get me top 100k/50k/100k. and while iā€™m not drowning in crafting mats or any resources really, my scores do inch up a bit every time.

i donā€™t think i realized you got that many emblems for finishing ninja tower. maybe iā€™ll try harder next time. got to 30 last time.

top 500 in epic seems harder achieve then usual, currently at 956k and dont think it will hold i think i need to stop competing waste of battle items.

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My scores for rare and epic if anyone would like a reference.

Normally I wouldnā€™t compete for 4* mats in more than a single tier per event due to the resource and time commitment it takes but scopes and tonics are my scarcest of ascension mats.

I think epic 500 is done, rare 1000 Iā€™m not so sure. No idea where to improve on rare if I need to.

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More than once Iā€™ve missed the previous tier by <100 places. Yes I couldā€™ve done more board farming or used more items or whatever. Point is more than once Iā€™ve been burned by these events with absolutely nothing to show for all the items wasted, and so Iā€™ve decided to not even bother beyond collecting my completion rewards, and instead focus on what that really matter to me, which is mythic titans and ninja tower.

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A reference for people hoping to make top 10k rare or top 5k in epic:




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I likely need a bit more work on each prob 10k more for each one should guarantee it

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