Troops: keep levelling 1 of each color or level a few of each color?

[Gryphonknight]

Summons

Generally a level 1 troop is more powerful than a leveled troop of a lower rarity. But summoning them can be a problem ( see Notes).

So I advise teammates to keep 3 of each type. Gryphonkit, my wife, keeps 1 of each type.

One day I will have 3 of each type of 4* troop ( 30 total ).

Me

@mamibukur

What is your strategy?

@Gryphonknight

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Play style

I level all my troops half way since Challenge events and Tourneys award emblems but restrict troops.

My 2* level 7 troops were really helpful for 3* Tourney and Rare Tier Challenge events.

My 3* level 10 troops were really helpful for 4* Tourney and Epic Tier Challenge events.

My 1* level 5 troops are waiting for 2* Tourneys if the Tim follows through on the desire to have every hero in the game be useful.

Free storage

I actually keep three of every type ( total of 135 ) because troop storage is free.

But I only level one of each ( 20 total) because crafting troops is not out yet.

Notes

@Gryphonknight

In general, a 3* lvl 3 troop is better than a maxed 2* lvl 15 troop and a 4* lvl 1 troops is better than a 3* lvl 9 troop, so I keep three of every 3* and 4* troop for use with my 3 color teams since you don’t even have to level a 3* or 4* troop to have them become immediately useful, see above, but if you don’t have them, you can spend hundreds of summons trying to get them back

@Gryphonknight

Only epic troop token ( gold color ), has a chance of 4* troops. Based on RNG you could go months or years without a 4* Troop. Once you get a 4* Troop, you could go decades without a rainbow set of 4* troops.

Generally 3* lvl 10 troops = 4* lvl 1 troops and 3* lvl 20 troops = 4* lvl 11 troops so I would concentrate on your 3* troops for now.

Link

4* chart ( linky, linky)