🏯 Tora - 5* Dark / Purple from Ninja Tower

New Ninja Tower hero is released: Tora

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


Tora

Rarity Element Class Mana Speed
:star::star::star::star::star:
Legendary
:new_moon:
Dark/Purple

Barbarian
C
Charge
Level Attack Defense Health

4/80
:crossed_swords:
1233
:shield:
1102
:heart:
1728
4/85 1329 1187 1862
4/90 1521 1358 2131
Origin Family
Ninja Tower Ninja
Image Aether Power Description
special-boost Special Boost At the start of each turn, this Hero’s Special Skill deals an additional +30% damage for 6 turns.
In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.
:no_entry_sign: Resist: Resist Negative Minion Effects
This character has innate resistance against incoming negative effects and damage from Minions.
:dizzy: Special Skill: Hunt For Prey
  • Special Skill has a different effect when charged with 100% / 200% / 300% mana:
  • 1x Mana Charge:
    • Deals 400% damage to the target.
    • Deals additional 35% damage for each Minion or Mega Minion owned by the enemies up to 750% damage in total.
    • The attack bypasses defensive buffs. (This include counterattacks)
  • 2x Mana Charge:
    • Deals 425% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
    • Deals additional 35% damage for each Minion or Mega Minion owned by the enemies up to 775% damage in total.
    • The attack bypasses defensive buffs. (This include counterattacks)
  • 3x Mana Charge:
    • Deals 450% damage to all enemies.
    • Deals additional 35% damage for each Minion or Mega Minion owned by the enemies up to 800% damage in total.
    • The attack bypasses defensive buffs. (This include counterattacks)

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


:hugs: 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.


:balance_scale: Balance Changes

October 2024


:test_tube: Changes from Beta

  • Attack is increased from 1215 to 1233.
  • Initial Charge 1 damage is increased from 350% to 400% with a maximum of 750% instead of 700%.
  • Initial Charge 2 damage is increased from 375% to 450% with a maximum of 775% instead of 725%.
  • Initial Charge 3 damage is increased from 400% to 450% with a maximum of 800% instead of 750%.

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


:thought_balloon: What do you think of Tora ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Tora.

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

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

  • Is Tora worth summoning for?

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

  • Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Tora ?

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

  • Would you give Tora Ranger Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

  • What do you think of special?

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

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


:money_with_wings: Avoiding Overspending & Heartache :broken_heart:

More Insights & Reading

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

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. :slight_smile:


:thinking: 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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Feedback Poll - Tora (post release)


:question: Is Tora worth Summoning For?

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

:question: How many copies of Tora 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
0 voters

:question: Tora’s only Purpose is dealing damage.

:question: What do you think of Tora compared to other Heroes?

  • Over Powered (OP)
  • Little stronger than Most
  • On Par with Most
  • Little Weaker than Most
  • Completely Broken (Under Powered)
0 voters

:question: How does Tora’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Tora’s Base Stats?

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

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

:question: Is Tora worth giving Ranger Emblems to?

  • Yes absolutely
  • Depends on who else you got
  • Hmmmm, not sure yet
  • No I don’t think so
  • No… Not at all.
0 voters

:question: In Defence, where do you think Tora is best used?

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

:question: How do you think Tora is best used?

  • PvP Raids/ War attack
  • Normal Defence
  • War Defence
  • Titans
  • Farming
  • Tournaments
  • Event Teams
0 voters
Choose up to 3 options

:question: What do you think is Tora worth Limit Breaking ?

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

:question: If you would emblem Tora 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)
0 voters

:question: What do you think about the artwork ?

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

That is one sexy card :heart_eyes:

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

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Looks pretty strong given that she’s immune to all the stuff Minons are doing offensively and goes around everything they do defensively + very nice damage.

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125 pulls netted mica, amethyst , ekanite, another amethyst. (All dupes) and finally…

Going to start to level her and report back…

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I got her at 4/80 now with some emblems. Testing her before I pull the trigger on lb.

She hits hard but the extra damage does not apply that often since there are not that many Defs with minions, apart from diaochan, so the damage is not really op in my opinion.

One thing I noticed is that she also ignores stoneskin and softskin. I do not have sorbek etc so I was not aware that such buffs are also ignored.

Here is a hit on toon Richard .
Richard has 1379 normal def, plus 344 „paladin def boost“ and stoneskin, which are both bypassed

Tora is at 1621 atk including troop bonus.

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The „resist minion effect / damage“ passive, does not protect her against mega minions.

Here an example in which she is hit by shimmerscale‘s mega minion for 1300 and bleed is applied as well.

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But she would still bypass a mega minion’s counter-attack while doing extra damage?

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Yes, counter attack from mega minions is also bypassed.

Here an example with scrollbeast.
Tora‘s attack is so low, because she already has wither -600 attack.

General observation: tora is quite a glas canon, at least at 4.80 with emblems alone, she dies pretty quickly

This shouldn’t happen according to the description.

Tbh the most interesting part would be to see her second charge hitting 3 with at least 2 minions. If that hit really is > 500 % to 3 then she’s an absolute beast.

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Got her… :grin:

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The special mentions specifically minions and mega minions. However, the passiv just mentions minions.

So dispite all other inconsistencies that SG has produced, I think this behavior is actually consistent with e.g. lunar heroes and thus correct.

Lunar heroes do not block mega minions either.

I needed purple the least, but I’ll happily take her!



I have a fair amount of Ninjas, but Myo and Tametomo arrived too late to get priority. I have Vander, Carta and Medea waiting for tabards, but Tora might scoot to the front of the Line…

For those who already have her, it is super Nice you are posting in action shots and reporting bypass on stone/soft skin. That in itself is a major reason for advance!

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Happy to land her! Took 23 pulls, but should fit swimmingly into countering today’s beasts.

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Damage example: 3rd charge + 4 minions

Tora is now lb2 with 20 emblems
Her attack with troop bonus is at 2086
(I don‘t have the best 5*troop for her yet)

Def of enemies:
Garten 1957
Violet 2078
Zhuge liang 2199
Von rothbart 1801
Hammerclang 1757

3rd charge means 450% damage + 4 minions * 35% + 30% lb2 special boost → 620% damage

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I found the key to Tora ist to use her with Growth and Wither. Because the attack stat is already nuts she is becoming insane when combined with Demilune.

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Omg! Today i got one more…

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Just a few more. The game heard my misery about the diaochan tanks ruining my wars

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Remake of an old movie…

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