🏯 Sawano - 5* Ice / Blue from Ninja Tower

[PlayForFun]

New Ninja Tower hero is released: Sawano

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

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Sawano

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed
Legendary	Ice/Blue	Paladin	C Charge

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/80	1112	1297	1705
4/85	1198	1398	1838
4/90	1371	1600	2103

Origin	Family
Ninja Tower	Ninja

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Counterattack	At the start of each battle, this Hero counterattacks with 60% of the damage received for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Ability: Decreased Minion Health Enemy Minons inherit 50% less Health when summoned.

Special Skill: Purifying Ki

Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100% / 200% / 300% mana: 1x Mana Charge: Recovers 25% health for all allies. For the next 2 turns this character recovers 300 health to all allies after an enemy casts their Special Skill. (Each enemy can trigger this effect once per turn.) Cleanses status ailments from the caster. 2x Mana Charge: Recovers 30% health for all allies. For the next 4 turns this character recovers 350 health to all allies after an enemy casts their Special Skill. (Each enemy can trigger this effect once per turn.) Cleanses status ailments from the caster and nearby allies. 3x Mana Charge: Recovers 35% health for all allies For the next 6 turns this character recovers 400 health to all allies after an enemy casts their Special Skill. (Each enemy can trigger this effect once per turn.) Cleanses status ailments from all allies.

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

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Family Bonus

Ninja Heroes have a family bonus for unique heroes of the same family.

Ninja Family
Bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:

• 5% / 10% / 15% chance to dodge normal attacks and Special Skills
• 5% / 10% / 15% chance to counterattack with 60% / 90% / 120% of the damage received

The two effects have individual sequential processing. So one may not trigger while the other might.

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Changes from Beta

• Attack is increased from 1071 to 1112.
• Defense is increased from 1256 to 1297.
• Health is increased from 1699 to 1705.
• Cleansed skill is moved to last position from first.
• Healing radius is changed from target / target and nearby allies to all allies át charge 1 / 2.
• Passive is changed from “Resist Negative Minion Effects” to “Decreased Minion Health”

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 8 of Ninja Tower Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v69]

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What do you think of Sawano ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Sawano.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Sawano worth summoning for?

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

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Sawano ?

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

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

• What do you think of special?

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

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

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Avoiding Overspending & Heartache

More Insights & Reading

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

• How much should I spend?- HotM cost, and odds, analysis

• [WARNING] A Summons Experience - Chasing Guardian Panther - A Warning for Chasing Heroes

• https://forum.smallgiantgames.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-gacha-read-before-posting-things-about-unfair-pulls/29490?u=playforfun

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.

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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.

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Related Threads You May Be Interested In

• 🧪 Early Information on Round 8 of Ninja Tower Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v69]
• ⚖ Hero Balance Discussion: Sawano

[PlayForFun]

Feedback Poll - Sawano (post release)

Is Sawano worth Summoning For?

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

How many copies of Sawano 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 Sawano’s Primary Purpose is?

• Healer (Immediate)
• Healer (When enemy casts their skill
• Cleanser

What do you think of Sawano 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 Sawano’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Sawano’s Base Stats?

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

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

Is Sawano 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 Sawano is best used?

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

How do you think Sawano 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 Sawano worth Limit Breaking ?

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

If you would emblem Sawano 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)

What do you think about the artwork ?

• Amazing
• Refreshingly new
• It’s ok
• It could be better
• Very bad

[marki]

so is it tomorrow ninja or owl at the end ?

[L33tVortex]

Cleanse then heal but with a condition… offensively, I could see this working both for and against you … I can’t see him in a defensive support role. But then I suppose we shall just wait for release to find out for sure.
Good luck everyone!

[Ship]

Hopefully he gets reworked before release. Not interested in this one

[Wiamz31EP]

If he is released like this really WEAK, of course would have been too great to have 3 strong featured heroes

[Bobblez]

I suppose the strength of Sawano is the heal and cleanse at 5 tiles.

The 300-400 heal can help negate special skills, but I’m unsure how effective it will be.

[StroopwafelJack]

Needs a buff

[Tidyup]

She is very weak for a new gen ninja. Too little of a heal even at charge 3, with a reactive mechanic like moonflower. Cleansing is done first gen ninja style which is bad

[Tidyup]

@Bobblez

I suppose the strength of Sawano is the heal and cleanse at 5 tiles.

5 tiles just to cleanse herself through

[ahbombim]

She is good looking, and sexy!

[Domdom]

Very poor hero in current state, very little utility in current meta, charges 2 and 3 are barely better than charge 1 - SawaNOTHANKS

[PlayForFun]

Once again: Eliotty - Official calendar: 1:0

The Hero card is updated with the changes.
Polls are now enabled.

[BaronzOfficial]

But he now heals all allies even at first charge @PlayForFun

[PlayForFun]

Thx, I have focused on the numbers when I have updated to OP.

I have adjusted it now.

[Yomagn-tho]

I have been summoned!

Blah!!! I pulled her and at first was excited as I haven’t been keeping up on the game or new heroes, so I thought I might have gotten something good, but sadly no. Really wanted Malum but oh well

Simple buff solution:

• 1x Mana Charge:

  • Cleanses status ailments from all allies
  • Recovers 30% health for all allies.
  • For the next 2 turns this character recovers 300 BOOSTED health to all allies after an enemy casts their Special Skill. (Each enemy can trigger this effect once per turn.)

• 2x Mana Charge:

  • Cleanses status ailments from all allies
  • Recovers 40% health for all allies.
  • For the next 2 turns this character recovers 400 BOOSTED health to all allies after an enemy casts their Special Skill. (Each enemy can trigger this effect once per turn.)

• 3x Mana Charge:

  • Lifts all cleansable status ailments from the caster and all allies and randomly distributes them on enemies.
  • Recovers 50% health for all allies.
  • For the next 2 turns this character recovers 500 BOOSTED health to all allies after an enemy casts their Special Skill. (Each enemy can trigger this effect once per turn.)

[DrkDiddy]

I’m not even going to try to pull anything this tower because i know I’m my bones… I’d get her. It should all apply to all each charge, cleanse and all allies. 30, 40, 50 percent heal. Kinda easy fix and then still would not consider OP

[L33tVortex]

Really like the artwork on this one…that is one sexy card! …hoping for a future buff

[BaronzOfficial]

I got her, but not sure what I should think about her

[vinaamorim]

We see a lot of new o.p heroes coming out and seeing sawano is pretty disappointing.
First thing : cleaning status on last and target on 1x charge??
Second thing : bad % healing for a brand new hero
She needs immediately a buff
My opinion buff :
1x charge : clean all allies staitments
Recover 25% hp
300 hp each enemy skill for 2 turns
2x charge : clean all allies staitment
Recover 35% hp
400 hp each enemy skill for 4 turn
3x charge : clean all allies staitment
Recover 50% hp
450 boosted hp each enemy skill for 5 turn

NOTES : 3x charges ninjas are absolutely better than 1x and 2x charge, the way she is right now is all almost the same, today she seems pretty crap and nobody gonna use her