šŸŒ“ Sand Empire 2019: Teams, Strategy, FAQs, Discussion, and Links

Sorry, I didnā€™t saw it :crazy_face:

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Thanks for all the info as usual! You are doing an amazing job :clap:

Really looking forward to the seasonal event. I have too many EHT to use!

Besides Miki being a Titan specialist (same as Ranvir anyway), what is not to be liked about him? I am wondering why you consider he needs a buff. My view is Iā€™ll probably pass on Ranvir and go for Miki (more damage buff than Tarlak, same turns, + silence). He is slow, but you can mana pot him when needed I guessā€¦ I am just tired about Wu Kongā€™s misses (and Ranvir would miss even a little bit more), which can often ruin your stuns.

Anyway, just wondering about your reasons or different views.

In my case, I will most probably use all my EHT in July to go for Seshat. I might get Ranvir if Tarlak is featured in atlantis and I use some gems trying to get him though.

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Click for somewhat off-topic thoughts on Miki, in the context of planning Summoning timing for Sand Empire

With a 3-target, 4-turn Silence, heā€™s actually in theory very interesting for Offense too ā€” especially for my play style, as I really love mana control and utilizing tile damage.

The problem is heā€™s quite squishy. My success rate getting him to fire before dying in Beta has been quite low.

Tarlak is even squishier, but at least adds a small HoT at Average speed, which can help offset that a bit. Miki doesnā€™t have a straight HoT like Tarlak, and his Element Link is mana generation, not healing. So in the cases where Iā€™ve gotten him to fire, he often dies shortly after unless I have good luck on timing with a healer, or have two healers to help keep him afloat.

That can be mitigated somewhat on Titans with item usage, but it makes him challenging to use reliably on Offense, which largely defeats the usefulness of his 3-target Silence.

Heā€™s sturdier than Proteus, whom I use in every Raid. But Iā€™ve so far found I prefer Proteus nonetheless, because mana control at Slow is hard to rely on, particularly where Iā€™m using mostly 4* heroes against mostly 5* heroes in Diamond and Wars. Itā€™s not useful to have a last-minute Silence in a fight if the rest of the team has suffered heavy damage or deaths by the time it fires.

Several people have suggested adjustments to his survivability (he got a little bump to HP already). There have also been several suggestions for changing him to Average with a drop of his Silence to a single target. I think thatā€™s likely the right direction to maintain his balance while helping his usability considerably.

Alternatively, his HP could be upped considerably, which would limit cases where his attack buff would apply to himself on Offense, while making his Slow Silence a bit more usable ā€” but I think thatā€™s a less likely direction, and could make him overpowered for Defense. A third option would be to add a healing component, but that would make him less distinctive from Tarlak.

Iā€™ll play with him more, and see if I can adapt to him, but so far I have trouble imagining using him on Offense, which makes his Slow mana balancing out his 3-target Silence feel quite useless if heā€™s only going to be used for Titans.

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@zephyr1
Did the usage of tokens get nerfed?

Rumors from Beta say Miki is not only slow but a glass cannon like Gobble, Wu Kong and Ranvir. So dies before use it versus high level titans and bosses.

Additional his Tarlak like buff is dependent on HP like Ranvir. So you might get his buff off in a raid, war, or tourney, and your other heroes may not get the attack bonus.

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EDIT: I found old screenshots where Seasonal is mentioned. But my understanding of the reason theyā€™ve always worked is because Seasonal replaces the Epic Hero Summon.

I think that text about Seasonal Summons was added a while ago, it may be an inadvertent reversion. Iā€™ll ask about it.

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Thanks for your thoughts on Miki, guys!

Since I am only looking forward to a Wu replacement for titans, I guess Iā€™ll stick to my idea of Miki over Ranvir and use my EHT during Sand Empire in July for Seshat.

The fact that Miki is slow, which hurts his use in offense, doesnā€™t bother me too much, since I am focusing on Titans when looking for him. And, even if he is squishy, he is the tankier of the 3 (Tarlak, Miki, Ranvir).

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Thanks @zephyr1. That makes sense to me. I just picked one up today and wanted to make sure that it was still worth saving for Sand Empire instead of spending immediately.

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I messaged the Staff to ask for confirmation, but donā€™t expect a reply until after the weekend at least.

In the meantime, Iā€™d advise holding onto it, since theyā€™ve worked before, and it seems unlikely to me that theyā€™d have abruptly changed that. At the least I think itā€™s worth waiting to confirm.

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0.6% For legendary seasonalā€¦ Seriously?

Even worse if you want one of them in particularā€¦

Thatā€™s why I include a section about Summoning odds in all of my posts about heroes, like:

Click for example from Legendary Seasonal, Master Lepus

I also recommend reading these two posts repeatedly until irrational hope fades, and youā€™re ready to set and stick to a budget for yourself:

Click for first post ā€” HOTM example, so higher odds
Click for second post ā€” added context for Seasonal Heroes
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I already have MN 4:70 +2, Evelyn closing in on 3:70 with mats for 4:80, and Alby 1:1. Also have Joon 4:80 +1, Onatel 2:60, and just got Guin 1:1. I think Iā€™ll be saving my tokens on this one.

Yesā€¦ it is said there up

During each of the Seasonal Events, your Base is updated in the spirit of the season.

For Sand Empire, this includes palm trees and beach balls scattered around your Base.

use token at second week , it should be up with new hotm , Seshat is good sniper

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Confirmed! Itā€™s just a visual change:

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Great news, thank you so much!

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so do we have confirmation of event date? 25th Jun ?

I havenā€™t heard any update from the Staff to indicate otherwise, but Iā€™ll ask for confirmation.

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I heard back from the Staff, they still expect June 25 to be the start date ā€” again with the caveat that itā€™s always possible it may be changed.

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How much HP did (*will) the final bosses have on advanced?

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