Im not very fond of this HOTM.
i mean , his healing is really big , he has well rounded defensive stats.
However being slow is a big drawback nowadays, plus the fact he is expensive to max(need scopes) so the competition with others 5* blue is important , and he may not be the top blue priority of anyone.
His other competitor is costumed Kiril. A cheaper and faster healer in blue .
Anyways i wont complain if i pull raffaele
Kiril is cheaper and faster, yes. But not easier to pull.
And it is a main reason why people dislike him. But in new DoT meta he can be good off-color support, because can save near-dead team (and dispel in defence rarer than in offence).
I rate him just comparable with Vivica (without costume).
For me Vivica is worth maxing, and Raphaelle too.
But yes, Ariel is clearly better.
Since I don’t have Ariel, I’ll settle for getting ol’ Raff, seems like a solid addition to an all-ice team that I might try on war defence 
wonder if he’d have good synergy with costume-vivicia, or will two ‘slow’ healers on a team be a bad idea?
This guy can do over 7,000 points of healing between the initial ‘return to half’ and subsequent DoT. Really surprised not more love for him, even at slow and with pure tank stats.
Also that innate ability - not great, not bad. Useless more than anything.
@Dan7 his healing factor is highest in the game now.
But he is slow, and it is a main reason why people dislike him.
But I will not complain if I will got him in Atlantis, Teltoc, Valhalla or other event.
Yes , i mean , the only real “drawback” of this hotm is the slow speed . But if you have the scopes and not other better option to spent the scopes on so this hotm addition will be very welcomed
In my case im only 1 scope from maxing c.richard.
I think that between this hotm and c.richard i will lean towards richard purely because i need his versatility and im a little covered with kiril in terms of healing .
Do not agree.
For example, I have many great fast blues waiting for scopes (Vela, C.Magni, Lepus, Fenrir), but Rafaelle can play well in slow blue team with Isarnia and other slow blue AoE.
I will choose him over vanilla 5*, for example (but not over costumed 5*).
Not really interested with him at all.
Even if I got from any coin summon, he will not get scope at all.
He is like 2nd last to ascend cause the last one is Thorne (maybe Raffaele Will be on the last spot if Thorne costume is good)
Once again, in defense you don’t have a good advantage of it at all.
People can just try to avoid that condition by bringing enemy down directly or just hurt till 40% up then it’s useless heal and wait their Dispel hero when Raffaele charge.
So it’s only 10% healing and Regen one turn. That’s it.
You can imagine yourself how many Dispel 5 stars heroo already in E&P especially Purple and Green. (Sorry don’t count Red 5 cause it’s none / sad story but true)
I prefer to bring a Direct Heal like Vivica or Ariel.
Ariel is way way better than Raffaele on defensive and offensive.
And in Offense, You are gambling with your Hero If you want them to get below 50% or not to get back to 50% and risking your ally to get sniped and dead.
*Unless good thing you have fully Emblem Fighter and he revived after dead. Then it’s a good deal for Raffaele. Other than that. He is not good at all
This Mechanic 50% things is not really interesting for me at all. Maybe also for others.
Good points!
And agreed on other healers - but they all seem to be cleric. Mother North has my cleric emblems and doesn’t like to share! At least with monk can get two healers up to speed.
Only use is as a tank…kind of a blue vivica…dont see many people will use him or try to pull for him
His resist for a support-hero is very weird …
Why do you don’t use the main thread for him?
He might be quite a good tank with his stats. And on offense the heal over time and the dispel will be useful. People are just not excited because he is slow and there are so many fast blue hitters.
But the innate ability is really useless for a non-hitter, that could have been chosen better
Sorry, I used the outdated version from Jeeves. It’s updated now.
I am sure this will sound controversial, but I am (no sarcasm, though I realize even saying “no sarcasm” has the perverse effect of making what I am about to say sound sarcastic - I seriously mean this not at all sarcastically) pretty happy with this hero, as released. Here are my reasons:
Given the power explosion from late Atlantis heroes, S3 heroes, and early 2020 HOTM’s, this is a refreshing change. There is really no chance that the hero represents a quantum leap in the game state, the way it became apparent almost immediately that Telluria did.
Relative to the rest of the pool of HOTM’s, some of them have to be below average, by definition. One of them even has to be the worst. Not saying I necessarily think Raffaele is (way too early to call that), but now that Margaret was buffed, the seat is open. That’s all true even if someone believes all HOTM’s should be better than all non-HOTM’s (I disagree, but I get it), or some other similar statement.
I believe it is shortsighted to look at a hero only in the context of the current game conditions. Many did not see Vela’s true impact until Telluria came out and then were bummed they didn’t pull for her. I’d say the same was true upon Grazul’s release. I’m still holding out hope that Grimble appreciates in value. Or Anzogh, who I believe was criticized as the worst HOTM at the time of his release. As we, for the most part, cannot anticipate these changes, it is substantially more difficult to speak about Raffaele’s value x months from now than it is to talk about his current value. Yet most of his usage will occur in that nebulous future.
Lastly, it seems increasingly valuable to look at various game values as starting points. Hero stats of course, but also building recipes, inputs, outputs, PoV challenges, etc. SGG has been testing and revising value more and more frequently. I acknowledge that it sounds foolish to attempt to summon a hero based on a potential future buff, so I will not go that far. I will instead say these are all factors that I think should be taken into account. As a historic example, I will cite Aegir: given the massive outcry, it became increasingly apparent he would be buffed, and he was. When that happened, some complained that, had they seen his current form, they would have drawn for him, and now wanted an opportunity. And I believe he was another hero who was widely decried as the worst HOTM at the time of his release.
A blue monk healer would compete with too many of my other heroes for resources and usage. If I fluke out and get him, fine. If not, no biggie.
Yes, but this keeps his from getting really very weak. 
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