Current version of classes ( I expect an upgrade in 1- 2 years ) gives Ameonna Delay which goes well with her special skill ( anti reflect damage ) and Proteus Jinx, with is terrible with his special skill ( zero initial damage, DOTs only increase from permeant stat increases not temporary buffs ).
The more we learn about color stacking attackers, and colorless AI defense, the more Ameonna looks better and better as my second purple 4* Sorcerer after ( Edit: Sabina - who is a big help in both sorcerer class quests ). I am going to at least take both to Sorcerer 4*+1.
While Form- Ghost removes all buffs, it does not remove color stacking, the hidden buff. In fact her special skill goes well with an attack focused talent grid and a 4* mana troop.
Click for more on color stacking, the hidden buff
Missing link
So instead of your 3-stacked tile attack being 3x as powerful as a single-hero tile attack, it’s 4.4x as powerful. That’s huge.
Fudge. Totally missed this. But it follows from the base design of MMOs. Usually in MMOs a 5* hero does exponentially increased damage versus 1* enemies to encourage updgrading heroes.
Color stacking just turns this effect up to 11. Further increasing the euphoric rush.
From a game design point of view it further reinforces the use of color specific 3*/4* ascension items making rosters of five rainbow 5* teams even more powerful and desirable than two rainbow 5* teams.
But.
Missing heroes doing a fixed 1 HP damage does balance this out especially with the 90 seconds of terror known as titans.
I will now change how I assign 3*/4* troops and class nodes for heroes I usually color stack.
This piece of info appears to be the missing link for Gryphonkit’s insanely powerful Obakon, Rigard, Tiburtus, Cyprian, Hansel attack team ( the largest factor being how their specials interact ).
Click for 4* purple hero details (how many of these can you nest?)
Normally I say “It depends on your roster” but not this time.
If you have Rigard, I would level Rigard and Proteus to 4* 3.60, then Rigard to 4* 4.70 then Proteus to 4* 4.70 ( see notes on Purple 4* heroes ).
Many people have wanted a 5* Rigard for a long time. If you do not get rumored blue 5* Ariel, then 4*+19 Rigard is just as good.
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If you do not have Rigard, I would level Proteus to 4* 3.60 then, if you have them Sabina 4* 3.60 or Tiburtus 4* 3.60 ( see notes ).
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I am also a big fan of getting a good rainbow 4* 3.60 team before leveling any hero to 4* 4.1 ( see notes )
Notes
purple 4* hero order and reasoning
Currently I am leveling to 4* 4.70, so I can unlock 4*+1
Cleric Rigard
Ranger Tiburtus
Wizard Proteus ( level after Rigard and before Tiburtus )
( see Notes for explanation)
All Defense/ HP grids
And if I had Cyprian I would add him to the end of the list as all attack grid Paladin Cyprian. But all defense grid Paladin Guardian Falcon would go first for emblems if I ever get either hero.
And if I ever get through all the above 4* purples- Sorcerer Cheshire Cat is rumored to be a 4* purple so Cat would be after Sabina for emblems but I would immediately take him to 4* 3.60 because OMG
So the above is my personal recommendation of purple hero order.
How to level your first 4* team
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.
Breaking Empires with purple 4* heroes
Background
[Primer] Basic explanation of Trophies or Where do Trophies come from and why do I lose them?
> Gryphonkit, my wife, reached #30 on the Global Top 100 player list from players revenging against her reaching #58 on the Global Top 100 player list. She screen shot at #58 , I logged in to check and screen shot at #30 .
5* heros are worthless so save your money! 4* Heroes are almost as powerful and cheaper!
> Gryphonkit, my wife, raids in high diamond with 5* 4.80 Obakan, 4* 4.70 Hansel and three more purple 4* 4.80 heroes ( her defense team is all 5* heroes).
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> Recently she was #30 on the Top 100 Global list.
Reflect Damage ability
A lot of players think reflect damage is a defense buff.
Obakan & Cyprian are not defense heroes but attack heroes and I will explain how.
The stronger their opponents- raid, quest bosses, titans- the harder the enemy hits them and the higher their reflect damage.
Since defense stat is non- linear, an ally +10% defense buff is better than an enemy-10% attack debuff. This also means doubling defense has a higher impact than doubling attack. But for a reflect damage hero, lowering its defense stat ( many enemies do this, very common on Season 1 map) results in a substantial increase in incoming AND reflected damage.
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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