Richard - 5* Ice / Blue from Season 1

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This thread is for discussing strategy related to Richard, as well as your thoughts on him.

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Richard

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed	Mana CB
Legendary	Ice/Blue	Paladin	A Average	5%

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/80 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume	644 676 805 966	817 857 1021 1225	1260 1386 1575 2142
4/85 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume	694 728 867 1041	881 925 1101 1321	1358 1493 1697 2308
4/90 +1 Costume +2 Costume +3 Costume	795 834 993 1192	1008 1058 1260 1512	1554 1709 1942 2641

(So far no secondary costume is tested in Beta.)

Origin	Family
Season 1	Classic

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Attack Up	At the start of each battle, this Hero gets +20% attack for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Special Skill: Cloud Hammer
Deals 415% damage to the target and minor damage to nearby enemies. The target and nearby enemies get -34% attack for 6 turns.

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Classic Family

Heroes become stronger when teamed up with unique heroes of the same family.

Classic Family Heroes need to be fully ascended to receive the Family Bonus.

Bonus for 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Heroes:

• +1% / +3% / +5% / +7% attack.
• +1% / +3% / +5% / +7% defense.
• +1% / +3% / +5% / +7% healing.

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Balance Updates

@EmpiresPuzzles

Our much-beloved Classic (Season I) Heroes will finally be forming a Family — and on top of that, they’re getting exclusive access to Superior Talents!

• Classic Family Bonus
  • When 2/3/4/5 fully ascended Classic Heroes are teamed up, they get +1%/+3%/+5%/+7% Attack, Defense, and Healing
• Superior Talents (activated when a Classic Hero’s final Talent Node is taken)

November 2023 (2nd Balance update)

@EmpiresPuzzles

Toon Costume Bonus

• OLD: 30% Attack/30% Defense/55% Health/5% Mana
• NEW: 35% Attack/35% Defense/60% Health/5% Mana

Feb 2024

@EmpiresPuzzles

Legendary Toon Costume Bonus changes

• OLD: 35% Attack / 35% Defense / 60% Health / 5% Mana
• NEW: 40% Attack / 40% Defense / 65% Health / 5% Mana

May 2024 (2nd Balance update)

@EmpiresPuzzles

Legendary Toon Costumes

• OLD: +40% attack/+40% defense/+65% health/+5% mana generation
• NEW: +50% attack/+50% defense/+70% health/+5% mana generation

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What do you think of Richard ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Richard.

Based on preferences Forum members have expressed, please try to stick mainly to Richard and not wander off topic too much to other heroes.

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Richard worth summoning for?

• Would you use Richard on Defense? Offense? War? Quests/Events? Titans?

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Richard ?

• What heroes would you take when facing Richard as an opponent?

• Would you give Richard Paladin Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

• What do you think of Richard’s character design?

• If you Summoned Richard and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Richard, and whether/how you plan to make use of them.*

*NOTE: Summon Results posted without any commentary/feedback at all should be flagged as Off Topic and removed, based on preferences expressed by the Forum community. Please include some comments about what you think of Richard when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Richard, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Richard (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Richard), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Legendary Event Hero.

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Related Threads You May Be Interested In

• Costumed Richard - 5* Ice / Blue from Season 1

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Feedback Poll - Richard (post release)

Is Richard worth Summoning For?

• Yes, absolutely
• Only if you’re P2P
• Yes, but only when featured.
• Not really
• Not at all

How many copies of Richard would be useful to keep & Level?

Note - this is roster space dependent & isn’t the same for everyone!

• Zero
• Just one
• 2
• 3
• All of them

What do you think Richard’s Primary Purpose is?

• Damage Dealer (Immediate)
• Attack Debuffer

What do you think of Richard compared to other Heroes?

• Over Powered (OP)
• Little stronger than Most
• On Par with Most
• Little Weaker than Most
• Completely Broken (Under Powered)

How does Richard’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Richard’s Base Stats?

Note this means Richard’s Class, Attack, Defence & HP Stat

• Perfectly
• Better than Most
• On Par with Most
• Worse than Most
• Terribly

Is Richard worth giving Paladin Emblems to?

• Yes absolutely
• Depends on who else you got
• Hmmmm, not sure yet
• No I don’t think so
• No… Not at all.

In Defence, where do you think Richard is best used?

• Left Wing
• Left Flank
• Tank
• Right Flank
• Right Wing
• Not on defence at all.

How do you think Richard is best used?

• PvP Raids/ War attack
• Normal Defence
• War Defence
• Titans
• Farming
• Tournaments
• Event Teams

Choose up to 3 options

What do you think is Richard worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes
• No

If you would emblem Richard then which Emblem Path would you select ?

• Sword path
  (Selecing Attack talent nodes when possible)
• Shield path
  (Selecing Health and Shield talent nodes when possible)

[Pr0spero]

Can someome tell me Richard’s fancy name?

[Kvothe]

Here you go…