🧌 Salniss – 5* Holy / Yellow from Astral Dwarfs

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New Astral Dwarf hero is released: Salniss

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

Salniss
Rarity Element Class Mana Speed
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Legendary		 :sun_with_face:
Holy/Yellow
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Ranger		 F
Fast
Level Attack Defense Health

4/80		 :crossed_swords:
1215		 :shield:
1161		 :heart:
1864
4/85 1309 1252 2009
4/90 1498 1432 2298
Origin Family
Astral Plane Astral Dwarfs
Image Aether Power Description
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 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.
:hourglass: Ability: Bypass Minions
All damage done by this character bypasses Minions.
:no_entry_sign: Resist: Resist Negative Minion Effects
This character has innate resistance against incoming negative effects and damage from Minions.
:hourglass: Ability: Perfect Accuracy
This character’s Special Skill never misses its targets.
:dizzy: Special Skill: Double-barreled Starstick
  • Deals 460% damage to the target.
  • The target gets silenced for 3 turns.
  • Deals 425% damage to a random enemy. (This effect target the same enemy as the first hit enemy if there are no valid targets.)
  • The target of the second hit receives +50% increased damage for 3 turns. The effect is increased by +10% for each Minion or Mega Minion owned by all enemies, up to +100% in total.

All-in-one still under construction. Card image to be added when available.

:hugs: Astral Dwarfs Family Bonus

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

Astral Dwarfs Family
Bonus for 1 / 2 Heroes:

20% / 25% chance to dispel a random dispellable effect buff from all enemies at the end of each turn.

:balance_scale: Balance Changes

January 2025

:test_tube: Changes from Beta

  • Attack is increased from 1207 to 1215
  • Defense is increased from 1153 to 1161.
  • Health is increased from 1864 to 1868.
  • Family bonus dispel chance is increased from 10% / 20% to 20% / 25%.

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 1 of Astral Dwarf Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v73]

:thought_balloon: What do you think of Salniss ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Salniss.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

  • Is Salniss worth summoning for?

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

  • Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Salniss ?

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

  • Would you give Salniss Ranger Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

  • What do you think of special?

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

  • If you Summoned Salniss and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Salniss, 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 Salniss when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Salniss, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Salniss (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Salniss), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Legendary Event Hero.

:money_with_wings: Avoiding Overspending & Heartache :broken_heart:

More Insights & Reading

I highly recommend reading these three threads for more information and context on summoning odds:

If you’ve read them a million times before, you may consider reading them again before deciding on your budget for summoning. A little time spent deciding on how much money you want to risk on summoning goes a long way to avoiding disappointment, frustration, and regret later. :slight_smile:

:thinking: Wondering About Your Personal Situation?

Feel free to discuss your team and roster here, and ask for advice from other Forum members.

If you’d like more extensive advice on sorting out your particular roster, I recommend creating a new thread in Gameplay Help & Tactics, and posting screenshots of your hero roster, along with your questions.

:link: Related Threads You May Be Interested In

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Feedback Poll - Salniss (post release)


:question: Is Salniss worth Summoning For?

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

:question: How many copies of Salniss 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
0 voters

:question: What do you think Salniss’s Primary Purpose is?

  • Damage Dealer (Immediate)
  • Silencer
  • Damage Increaser
0 voters

:question: What do you think of Salniss compared to other Heroes?

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

:question: How does Salniss’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Salniss’s Base Stats?

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

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

:question: Is Salniss worth giving Ranger Emblems to?

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

:question: Is Salniss worth giving Master Emblems to?

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

:question: In Defence, where do you think Salniss is best used?

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

:question: How do you think Salniss is best used?

  • PvP Raids/ War attack
  • Normal Defence
  • War Defence
  • Titans
  • Farming
  • Tournaments
  • Event Teams
0 voters
Choose up to 3 options

:question: What do you think is Salniss worth Limit Breaking ?

  • Yes, but only once
  • Yes, twice
  • No
0 voters

:question: If you would emblem Salniss then which Emblem Path would you select ?

  • Sword path
    (Selecting Attack talent nodes when possible)
  • Shield path
    (Selecting Health and Shield talent nodes when possible)
0 voters

:question: What do you think about the artwork ?

  • Amazing
  • Refreshingly new
  • It’s ok
  • It could be better
  • Very bad
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Got her - can def see that she is good on offence not sure about defense though

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Also good for titans if Gastille is not available.

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Doesnt seem amazing apart from the stats. Its fine I guess

“underwhelming Fast speed heroes” seems like a trend tbh

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3rd of 3 free pulls. I really didn’t want to spend :money_with_wings::money_mouth_face::money_with_wings: on this summons, so this was a nice surprise.

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This is so LIT! :fire::firecracker::sparkler:

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Strong against titans and MTs. I’m sure the mythic Titan’s cronies counts as minions as well. Which means wait for 5 of them for the 100% DMG amp

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I’d wait until Costume Ludwig drops before writing her off as non pvp worthy.

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I figured she would be excellent vs C Diaochan / C Zhuge teams.
Someone is going to take a lot of extra damage so bit by bit the opponent should be whittled down (can’t aim the second hit so THAT is down to luck but the enemy should have enough minions to make the damage amplification meaningful almost immediately C Diao fires once, three minions is +80% damage amplification, an auto-mega minion and we are flirting with the +100% limit).

Alone she isn’t enough but she is a handy card to have and because of that she became my Holy project, stopping Wealhtheow in her tracks.

My concern about her and all ailment casters is the now common resists. Class, family, costumes and specials all work to block/reflect/disable ailments.

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Attack path

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Is there a reason you chose mana/health instead of Dx/attack?
Will mana node make a difference?

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On defense it will. Mana never ages and I’d guess we see mana 5 star troops soon enough

Also I’ve kind of given up worrying about min maxing in this game so i just emblem with my heart now :grin:

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How do you like her on defence - can see your currently running heron wing

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Seems to be doing well but its always tough to really judge one hero.

She is pretty great on offense as well deals around 1200-1300 each hit, if she hits the same target with each they are basically dead.

Don’t run into as many w3k defenses anymore but the damage debuff when facing Mega minions is pretty great.

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The hero card is updated with the latest balance changes.

I could not find this hero. So If someone has this hero, then please let me know if the damage to the random enemy is changed too.

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Yes, the damage to random enemy is 460% as well.

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