The New FTP Strategy

This is highly logical. You are making me think I need the Rat now lol as a dual purpose titan and war hero.

But I also agree with this sentiment, Ive never prioritised titans because the loot is completely random.

I remember getting a tabard for coming last or for a titan escaping…

Question: Between the Rat and Tarlak who is better for war and raids. I’m thinking Rat is a good all rounder (titans and raids etc)

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Do what you feel. In both cases you probably will not get Franz in these 4 months (umless you are going to make several 30-pulls) :wink:

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I would say Rat is better in more areas outside titans, but Tarlak is better for titans. That is based on you being a mono player. If you’re not Tarlak may have an edge.

:beers:

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also keep in mind that Rat’s contribution will mainly be felt if you stack Green. Would you then be going green-heavy against all colors of Titans?

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I checked the forum for the answer for that question and I found out that Tarlak is a better hero.

I am aware that Tarlak and Ratatoskr are a better choice for my roster, they will improve my titan damage and so on, but as others said, titans are boooooring… I’m comfortable with hitting 10* titans and I don’t want to chase heroes just for titans.
Freya! You’ll be mine soon! Maybe not soon, but next year for sure!

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IMO Tarlak would come on all titans but Rat only against blue. Rat would be great in a 3-2, 4-1 or mono squad for just about anything. Probably Tarlak still comes for wars but that depends on depth.

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tough one, Franz is a very key hero BUT the odds are really low… chance of getting ANY 4* Cok Hero is only 8%, and there are 3 of them.

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re Tarlak: he is good, but against the 4*-6* Titans my alliance faces, Bertulf and Sergei are more than enough. might be something to think about @FrenziedEye ,

Bertulf - All allies get +100% normal attack for 4 turns. This effect can be active in addition to effects that alter attack in general. Normal attacks can have a total maximum of +160% increased power while this effect is active.

Tarlak -
All allies get +100% normal attack for 4 turns. Stacks with similar status effects up to a maximum of +160% normal attack

Sergei - * 2x Mana Charge:

  • All allies get +100% normal attack for 5 turns. Stacks with similar effects up to maximum of +160% normal attack.

all give +100% normal attack, and the stacking is similar… so if you get Bertulf or Sergei instead, would you really need Tarlak? (his HoT isn’t very good either). yes you lose out on the +60% normal attack, but if you also have an EDD, normal def dropper, and overall attack booster will that +60% really hurt? can go for another hero with a different use/niche instead.

*I do have Bertulf and Sergei, so I am going to skip on Tarlak myself

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Bertulf is only a 3*, so may have trouble to survive against bigger titans.
Sergey is slow to charge (and helping with pots is for him expensive)

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yes, agree, that’s why I specified I only face up to 6* Titans. those facing stronger titans might think differently

although, Tarlak is average with base charge 10 tiles, if I am right Sergei’s magic 2x charge takes 12 tiles, so the difference is not super big? but I agree that Sergei is still more expensive re mana pots

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There is also a great thread from @Guvnor

Not done with Rat, but I think his benefit is situational. Basically Ranvir and Wu do big damage in high risk, high reward. Someone like Tarlak can average out ahead by simply not missing. This also prolongs survivability by misses causing failure to stun.

:beers:

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Last time I was faced with this dilemma, I went CF2. I think it was the best decision for me, and I highly recommend it. This time, I have most of the 3s and 4s in both CF portals, so I’ll probably opt for BF.

I have used both of the 3s to great effect in the relevant rarity tournament. I haven’t leveled Cillian yet, but I’m almost done with Orla. I’m expecting her to be good. They do take a bit to get the stacks going, but once they do, look out. And they get a chance for a stack every turn, I think, so it’s not as bad as someone like Jarvur or Mireweave that only stacks on specials. I can’t speak to the 5s, though.

Mine is just behind yours at 4^42. All ranger emblems are being hoarded for Tahir right now, though, so it will be a while before I have her truly ready. Let me know if you gain any insight on cool ways to use her.

This is always a consideration for me. I kinda wanted to go after the CoK portal this time, but the current HotM looks like trash, and the Fated Summon counter won’t go live until next week, so I’m holding off. I will get 2 more coins for finishing rare CoK, so I might go ahead and do that summon for the heck of it. Would love to grab Aderyn for a purple three-star healer. Chances are about 12.5% or something.

A lot of folks will be hacked off if that happens.

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Same for both of these reasons. I’m glad that Rayne is the featured hero because, while he is good, he doesn’t have the appeal that Ludwig or some of the others have for me.

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As F2p majority for your pulls will come from other things - keys, coins, tokens.
Diamonds are luxory remember you plan to have many heroes i see running tc 20’s ha 10 expand your roster to comfort zone say over 330ish :). Sometimes it might be worth pulling singles with diamonds, 10x yeah can save you some in long run but portal must be very good with no s1 heroes also the chest preferable emblems etc. F2p knows well …

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Rayne is not featured. He (edit: she?) is just ‘on the poster’. There are no feater heroes in CoK portal.

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You are right-I didn’t realize CoK doesn’t have a featured hero. Thanks. The summon page definitely says, “featured.” They should probably clarify that!

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Slayers are underrated. I absolutely love them. I have Senan, Cilian and Aodhan maxed. Both 4* are emblemed and LB.

Their specialls aren’t crazy good but their main streght are stacks. With 3 slayers in team they get full stacks quickly and then they are hard to kill and are fast. Senan + Aodhan (or double Aodhan) is great against heavy healing teams/minion teams.

5* Slayers don’t even need emblems if you have 3 Slayers for full family bonus.

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Even the most hoardingest of FTP players would be lucky to get a set like that in the seemingly random grab that is Black Friday. :crossed_fingers:

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You are right, if someone want Slayers then CF2 is better portal for this.

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Yeah, Black Friday looks good for players who don’t want anything specific, which could suit many FTP players just fine. We don’t typically have many non-S1 heroes and there won’t be much risk of duplicates.

IF there is a good (or thereabouts) HotM in November, this could be one to go for.

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