Shoggo - 4* Dark / Purple from Shadow heroes

[PlayForFun]

New Shadow Hero is released: Shoggo

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

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Shoggo

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed
Epic	Dark/Purple	Druid	A Average

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/70	711	701	1300
4/75	773	761	1413
4/80	896	883	1638

Origin	Family
Shadow Summon	Cultist

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Defense Up	At the start of each battle, this Hero gets +20% defense for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Special Skill: Lantern of Insanity
Deals 250% damage to all enemies and inflicts 10 Insanity on them. All enemies are immune to new status effect buffs for 4 turns. Inflicts 55 Insanity on the caster.

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

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Family Bonus

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

Cultist family
Bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:

• +20% / +30% / +40% defense.
• +20% / +30% / +40% health

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Changes from Beta

• Attack is increased from 703 to 711.
• Defense is increased from 692 to 701.
• Health is increased from 1275 to 1300.
• The Insanity for enemies is reduced from 20 to 10.
• Self Insanity is increased from 25 to 55.
• Some rewording in the skill.

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 2 of Shadow Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v67]

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What do you think of Shoggo ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Shoggo.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Shoggo worth summoning for?

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

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Shoggo ?

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

• Would you give Shoggo Druid Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

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

• If you Summoned Shoggo and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Shoggo, 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 Shoggo when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Shoggo, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Shoggo (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Shoggo), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Epic 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 2 of Shadow Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v67]

[PlayForFun]

Feedback Poll - Shoggo (post release)

Is Shoggo worth Summoning For?

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

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

• Damage Dealer (Immediate with Insanity debuff)
• Buff Immunizer

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

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

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

Is Shoggo worth giving Druid Emblems to?

• Yes absolutely
• Yes, but only if you don’t have a 5* Option
• Yes, but only if you’re focusing on 4* Heroes/ Events
• Hmmmm, not sure yet
• No, I don’t think so.
• No… Not at all.

Is Shoggo 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.

In Defence, where do you think Shoggo is best used?

Note, as a 4* hero, please consider with this question up-and-coming players not just end-game players (where 5* heroes are a luxury not a given).

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

How do you think Shoggo 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 Shoggo worth Limit Breaking ?

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

If you would emblem Shoggo 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

[Sternman]

The 3* and Shoggo seem like “bargains” in that their self inflicted insanity is so much less than the 5* insanity casters.

Would (love to) set up something like this:
Goldie / Shoggo / Goldie / Shoggo / Goldie

Need another Goldie to do that but could have Goldie as tank and a third color healer, fast if possible. Perhaps Toon Kiril on the wing… something like that.
Maybe? 40% Insanity on the opponent’s team after each fires but only 25% insanity for each Shoggo.

[MountainMann]

[sleepyhead]

[PlayForFun]

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

[Shogo]

2,8% and he is weaker than most of the 4* toons.

[yorkaturr]

This. Can’t really see this character pull anything off against a team full of 4* toons, and quite frankly that’s the only thing that matters for 4* heroes.

[Oliz]

Wait…this card is named after you?

[Sternman]

Got to love the difference between Beta and Release.

The increase to the self inflicted Insanity puts Shoggo in-line with the already released heroes from this line but the cut to the insanity inflicted on the opponent seems excessive (the ratio of enemy insanity / own insanity seems too skewed).

At least I did not summon this one (yet) and have to look at it as it moulders aways.

[Nightmare2048]

Don’t like it gives only 10 insanity to all while he himself takes 55. The buff blocker is useful but C2-Sabina does that without getting 55% of shooting herself in face next time she fires. On the other hand when it does backfire an enemy gets hit with 55 insanity, so that may result in, well, insanity. Just have Rigard ready to cleanse that buff blocker (or use him with Toons).

[BuffOlderHeroes]

10% insanity is mediocre just like any other released epic hero in the last 3 years.

[Nightmare2048]

Goldie, Greg, that blue 4* Construct and that red Softgoyle would like to have a word with you.

I think Shoggo might be useful with some setups, but will need to investigate. Certainly it is not on the level of those 4 above or 4* Toons.