I finally have enough Scopes to upgrade either Thorne or Richard. I’m almost done maxing Grimm and Sonya was maxed early on as a building block to my basic raid team. What I care the most for at the moment is Titans. I have read a lot that Thorne and Richard are not worth the scopes. Other then yellow I have 2 4s of each color maxed and I think Li xu is getting my second set of orbs (thoughts on that would be greatly appreciated as well). I also have Kiril and Boril in the blue 4 department and my two healers maxed are BT and Rigard. What would you do?
Also I only have two capes at the moment.
Richard over Thorne if you feel the need to use them right now, but I would strongly recommend waiting if you can 
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Upgrade Kiril, you need him. Keep the scopes for a better hero. Dont spend Orbs on Li Xui, you will regret that later.
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If you have any other 5* blue maxed already then don’t waste the telescopes. Otherwise Richard is good enough.
I’m in the same boat OP. Richard or Thorne? Neither for me until I get Magni, Isarnia or any other blue for that matter. I also love Titan hits so Isarnia is the one I really want.
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Richard is a solid tank for your defensive line. Thorne, even after his recent rounds of buffs, is still a bad design and should be ignored.
The one sure way to draw Isarnia is to give the scopes to Richard. 
Seriously, the decision depends largely on how often you summon heroes and/or train in TC20. If you are just using one, or even two, TC20 the odds of getting a specific 5* are eye-poppingly low—about 0.3% per draw. That is, you’d expect to draw that hero (on average) every 320 pulls from TC20, or 740 days or about 2 years. You’ll have more telescopes by then. 
If you buy gems and do ice Elemental Summons, you might want to hold the scopes.
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