Perhaps you missed that Telluria was nerfed already. I think really what the poster’s complaint is that Telluria is a strong hero. Yes, it is, but some are strong, like Gravy, Kunch, Guin, and some are weak, like Anzogh, Neith or the guy on the mule. Just go and pull for Telluria, and if you get her/him, be happy.
Damage output is pretty low at 130% of 661 (on the card you posted). In fact, I think it may be the lowest AoE/5 in the game.
Minions are decent strength, this is true. They get annoying in numbers. Not really OP as minions go though. Lady of the Lake and Seshat minions are way more annoying (my opinion of course).
Health recovery is pretty low at 411 over 3. Might get you another 1/2 turn, but I wouldn’t really think it’s an OP benefit on defense.
Minions give all allies instant 277HP, with a 411 HP over 3 turns.
Her being tank, on average speed, with that defence and health, means its easy to get 2 or 3 minions on her other heroes BEFORE you manage to kill her.
I completly disagree, new hero should be more powerfull then before.
And at this times it is just too early to judge Telluria is an OP, just like Guin, Kunchen, etc… we should try to create a new strategy with our new heroes… like example anti-Telluria: Grazul with very fast block status, and… Anzogh with resist to mana generation… and … Grimble to remove all minions except Telluria…
Or any other strategy with S3 heores… and so on.
I also disagree. I think there needs to be a couple a great tank options of each color. This will help with war tank as well as raiding variety. Before Telluria we only had a very hard to get Yunan for green. With the addition of another solid green tank, we’re looking at seeing more than just blue, purple and yellow in Wars.
I also echo what @jinbatsu noted - there are plenty of counters to her specials. Think carefully about what you want to avoid and look at what you have available. Try different heroes like Proteus or Hansel (if available) to shut down her special. Stack several red on your team and target her first. Use mana reducers like Chao, Li or Leo. She’s tough, but she can be beat.
I am 2-0 against Telluria tanks in raids, one with 18 emblems. An incredibly small sample size, but clearly she(?) is not so OP as to be unbeatable with good/decent boards and a strong mono red team.
Not to pile on, but Green needed a real tank. Everything else was too slow.
Besides… there are so many red options to burn Telluria and the surrounding forest, I’m not sure you can even call it OP. Just because you cannot beat the hero or don’t like it, doesn’t mean it is OP.
Does it make a raid less of a sure thing to have Telluria vs another green tank? Yes. So. What.
Yunan, in my opinion, does the same to people (depending on flanks).
Play differently or avoid Telluria tanks. You’ll be fine and the rest of us will continue to absolutely destroy Telluria.
I should note: I have almost none of the new HOTM, no S3 5* and none of the new event 5*
games that start arms races die out in less than a year. Speaking as someone who does not have Guin, nor Gravemaker, I get that you want strong heroes that aren’t Guin or Gravemaker, but as someone who does spend in the game, I don’t want the game to die, and be out all I have invested