Santaâs Challenge Hero RETURNING: Santa Claus!
This is deprecated / duplicate topic, which is not getting updated with balance changes.
Please use the following topic to discuss Santa Claus
Hero Card
Stats
Rarity | Element | Class | Mana Speed |
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Legendary |
Fire/Red | Monk | Slow |
Attack |
Defense |
Health |
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618 | 830 | 1437 |
Special Skill: Ultimate Gift Sack
- Deals 150% damage to all enemies.
- Summons an Elf Minion for each ally with 10% HP and 10% attack inherited from the caster.
- All enemies get -34% attack for 3 turns.
- All enemies get -44% defense for 3 turns.
What do you think of Santa Claus?
This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Santa Claus.
Based on preferences of Forum members expressed recently, please try to stick mainly to Santa Claus and not wander off topic too much to other heroes.
Some Popular Questions for Discussion
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Is he worth summoning for?
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Would you use him on Defense? Offense? War? Quests/Events? Titans?
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Would you give Santa Claus Monk Emblems? Which Talent Grid path would you choose?
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What do you think of his special?
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What do you think of his character design?
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The theme of Santaâs Challenge heroes is Minion Summoners paired with hitting and negative effects (except Mother North, who pairs Minions with healing and reviving). What do you think of this sort of special skill?
Avoiding Overspending & Heartache
Or: How many summons are needed to get Santa Claus?
Special thanks to @Garanwyn for assistance on summoning odds and proofreading for this section.
Itâs important to remember that Seasonal Event Heroes have extremely low summoning odds. No amount of summoning will guarantee a Seasonal Event Hero.
On average, in a 10-pull, you have a 2.96% chance of summoning Santa Claus.
But that statistic can lead our minds astray in exactly how our odds play out as we continue summoning.
Some useful insights:
- 26 times out of 100, youâll get Santa Claus by pull 100 (26,000 gems)
- 95 times out of 100, youâll get Santa Claus by pull 1000 (260,000 gems)
- 99 times out of 100, youâll get Santa Claus by pull 1530 (397,800 gems)
Putting that in Perspective
- 74 out of every 100 people wonât get Santa Claus by the 100th pull
- If 1 Million players each summoned 100 times, 740,000 of those players wouldnât get Santa Claus
- 5 out of every 100 people wonât get Santa Claus by the 1000th pull
- If 1 Million players each summoned 1000 times, 50,000 of those players wouldnât get Santa Claus
More Insights & Reading
I highly recommend reading these two threads for more information and context on summoning odds:
- How much should I spend?- HotM cost, and odds, analysis
- What exactly is a Gacha? (Read before posting things about âunfair pullsâ)
If youâve 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.
Epic Hero Tokens Can Be Used for Seasonal Summoning
The Seasonal Summons replaces the regular Epic Hero Summons.
Because of that, unlike Challenge Event Summons, the Summoning Portal for Seasonal Events allows using saved up Epic Hero Tokens that can otherwise normally only be used for Epic Hero Summons.
That makes Seasonal Events the only place you can currently use Epic Hero Tokens for a chance at non-Season 1 heroes.
Many people regard the Christmas heroes as the best Season Heroes, and therefore prefer to save their Epic Hero Tokens for December or early January during this Santaâs Challenge Event. For more discussion of this, please see: What is the best Seasonal Summons?
Youâll also have the same chance at the HOTM as usual when using Epic Hero Tokens.
Because Santaâs Challenge 2019 is expected to run from through all of December into the beginning of January, you should have an opportunity to Summon while either HOTM is available.
For information on the December and January HOTM, please see:
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December 2019 HOTM: Grimble â New December 2019 HOTM (Hero of the Month): Thoughts, Discussion & Summon Results with Feedback
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January 2020 HOTM: đ§Ș Early Information on the January 2020 HOTM (Vela)
Wondering About Your Personal Situation?
Feel free to discuss your team and roster here, and ask for advice from other Forum members.
If youâd 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.
Have an Insight on Santa Clausâs Game Mechanics?
Click for Info on Creating Player Guides
This thread is a great place to discuss anything and everything related to Santa Claus.
Once those discussions have yielded notable insights, I encourage others to make reference guides in Player Guides that synopsize specific questions and answers about Santa Claus.
Topics that are most appropriate for that are ones that players are likely to be searching for or wondering about in the future.
Creating a guide is a good way to make that information findable in the future without having to read through a ton of posts. You can make use of the Forum quote feature to avoid having to rewrite explanations that have already been well written.
Hereâs an example of such a post: [GUIDE] How does the Queen of Heartsâ Taunt work with AoE specials, or specials affecting nearby enemies in addition to the target?
Polls
Do you already have Santa Claus from a previous Santaâs Challenge?
- Yes, I have Santa Claus already from a past Santaâs Challenge
- No, I tried to get Santa Claus previously, but didnât succeed
- No, I was playing during Santaâs Challenge last year, but didnât try for Santa Claus
- No, I wasnât playing during the last Santaâs Challenge
Do you plan to Summon for Santa Claus this Santaâs Challenge?
- Yes, I want to try to get Santa Claus this Santaâs Challenge
- No, I already have Santa Claus, and donât want to try for another
- No, Iâm not interested in Santa Claus, or donât think itâs worth trying with the Summoning odds
Overall, what do you think of Santa Clausâs usefulness?
- I think Santa Claus is one of the very best heroes
- I think Santa Claus is above average
- I think Santa Claus is very average
- I think Santa Claus is below average
- I think Santa Claus is one of the very worst heroes
Be sure to share your detailed thoughts in comments below!
What do you think of Santa Clausâs design?
- Santa Claus is one of my MOST favorite hero designs
- Santa Claus is one of my LEAST favorite hero designs
- Iâm indifferent to Santa Clausâs design, I donât have strong feelings either way