Rainbow 3* team would you replace any

[Gryphonknight]

yellow 5* heroes

@Noble_Weasel

I know my chances of pulling a HotM are ridiculously low as F2P, and it seems HotM are almost always better than classic 5-stars

Joon is the yellow 5* Hero that makes many HotM look silly ( looking at you Thoth-Amun and Aegir ).
Some players really like yellow 5* Healer Vivica.

Personally, I like Onatel better than Classic yellow 5* heroes Justice and Leonidas.

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However, 4* 4.70 are stronger than 5* 3.70 - this is by design. Personally I would want 4x yellow 4* 3.60 and 2x yellow 4* 4.70 heroes ( total of six yellow heroes ) before leveling a yellow 5* Hero ( the exceptions being Joon, Delilah and Guinevere which I would immediately take to 5* 3.70 ).

5* Heroes

I have been paying since 2017-Sep and I have no 5* 4.1+ heroes, 2x 5* 3.1+ heroes ( Perseus and Joon ) and 4x 5* 2.60 for class quests and war ( 5* 2.60 are stronger than 3* 3.50 heroes ).

@Gryphonknight

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

Almost all content can be completed with a Level 17 Forge ( 100% mana potion), two rainbow 4* 3.60 teams and one GOOD rainbow 4* 4.70 team ( total of 15x 4* heroes)

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I advise getting training camps to 1x 20, 3x 11 then raising a Forge to 17, since a Legendary training ( RT 20 ) produces a 4* hero every 10 days on average and Extra low cost training ( RT11 ) is the most hero XP per recruit, requires no ingredients ( and little food ) BUT is very very slow so running multiple really helps.

Getting a second training camp to 19 lets you do Legendary and Extra fast ( RT19) at the same time.

Notes

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@Gryphonknight

Minimum buildings for Legendary training

@Gryphonknight

TC11 Recruit bank
( The TC11 Recruit Bank )

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

@Gryphonknight

First 4* team
Part 2 ( linky, linky )

Hero XP

The biggest problem is not 4* ascension items, though that sucks. But the Hero XP and food needed for 5* Heroes ( or 4* troops ).

@Gryphonknight

==Yearly Hero XP==

You can raise
2- 3 rainbow 5* teams per year,
OR
4- 6x rainbow 4* 4.70 teams per year
OR
8- 12x rainbow 4* 3.60 teams per year from training camps alone.

So leveling two, or three, rainbow 4* 3.60 teams, then raising five heroes to 4* 4.70, then leveling two, or three rainbow 4* 3.60 teams, then raising five heroes to 4* 4.70, then leveling zero to two rainbow 4* 3.60 teams will give you 20x 4* 3.60 heroes ( the most powerful in the game with 1*/ 2* ascension items ) and 10x 4* 4.70 heroes ( the most powerful in the game with 1*/ 2*/ 3* ascension items ) and consume roughly a years worth of training camp results.

Thirty 4* 3.60/ 4* 4.70 heroes are a good base for war, and classes, and by then you will have all the 4* ascension materials needed to start leveling your 5* heroes. You may even have better 5* heroes at that time.