Ok, So I see everyone asking what are the best 3*, 4* & 5*'s, but what are the ones to stay away from and use to feed the better ones?
The problem with this is it really depends on who you have.
Thorne is widely considered a crappy 5*, but if heās the only blue 5* you haveā¦ then heās not too bad. 
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That always depends my dear. Every hero had is pros and contras. Thorne is a bit bad thoā¦ too low defense for a five star.
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In my often uneducated opinion:
Friar Tuck - heal three is much less useful than belith
Greymane, Renfeld and Prisca - the hit a bit/heal a bit thing just dilutes them. And why does purple need two?
Carver - armed with a small stick and a pen knife, this guy is less intimidating than a teenager on a street corner. But does this translate to game utility? Yes, heās trash.
Dawa - āleaping attackā? Really? Donāt worry Balthazar, save your electric shock of death, Iāllā¦jump at themā¦
Skittleskull - high tile damage is nullified by her kill-ability and underwhelming special compared to Little John and Colen
Melendor/Sabina - too fragile and quake in Rigardās mighty shadow
Friar Tuck - also, whatās in his big green bottle-balls?
Hu Tao - no wonder pandas are almost extinct with his lame flashlight special, to quote Toy Story:
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No one can complain about Thorneās defense (793) and health (1421). The problem is with his attack stat, that is lower than most 4* blue heroes have.
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Not quite feed, but commonly kept to 3/70 or less 5*. Kadelin, elkanen are pretty underwhelming. Obakan is sometimes nicknamed obacrap.
Then there are event or HOTM thatās pretty bad. Guardian owl, boss wolf, ThothAmun are pretty close if not trash tier.
5*: Thorne, Guardian Owl,(Boss Wolf)
4*: Hu tao, Boomer
3*: Tuck, Greymane, Prisca, Renfield, Dawa, Jahangir, Oberon
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Re Melendor/Sabina, you donāt think the buff removal makes up for the squishiness?
Donāt get me wrong, I love me some Rigard. Heās the first hero I ascended to 4th tier. But heās not so helpful when the enemy pops a Wu Kong or BT. Or a defensive buff, like tankzilla the lizard. Or reflect damage (which is shockingly lethal in gold tier without a buff remover).
Also, you seem to have an unhealthy fascination with Friar Tuckās flail
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I consider Dawa to be the 3* Thorne. I donāt understand what purpose she was created for. Oberon is also pretty unappealing.
I canāt think of a āworstā 4* for some reason. Hu Tao is very āmehā compared to others in his class but im not sure if heās truly bad. I accidentally fed unlevled Hu Tao to Vivica when I was selecting feeders too quickly and didnt really regret it however.
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Note: I am most familiar with 4* heroes, so Iāll be using them in my reply.
Sabina is a great 4* healer. I donāt know why people on the forums have been dumping so much hate on her. I swapped to rigard for a few offensive raids and quickly swapped back to her. The reason? Just about everything that woulda killed her killed him too, and she can cleanse reposte and defense buffs from my enemies.
She was my first maxed 4* hero and Iāve loved having and using her. Thereās also a lot of hate for chao, my first maxed 4* yellow, and again Iāve used him with great effect and donāt regret maxing him.
A lot of the 4* heroes people are mentioning work well on defense (I hate when a hu tao goes off on me) and Iāve heard other people use and love them on offense.
Whatever team you end up using the most often will likely become your favorites, even if other people consider them bad. The reason is because you learn how to use them; you learn their strengths and weaknesses and how to synergize them with the rest of your team.
Pick the heroes with the specials and mana speeds that interest you and seem to fit your play style the best and go with it. It doesnāt cost any nonfarmable items (warm capes, compasses, gloves, etc) to get a 4* hero to ascension 3 level 60, so if theyāre not working for you by then, set them aside to use for wars and try another hero.
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3* heroes are relatively quick to level. So the harm in dumping recruits into one is minimal. Unless youāre P2W, you may as well level the 3* you get while youāre waiting for a 4* or a better 3* to come along. If you really happen to have a ton of 3* and want to know who not to waste effort on, my votes would be:
Friar Tuck: you need healers that heal the whole group far more than you need +mana at low levels.
Graymane, Priscia, and Renfield: They just donāt do damage fast enough; killing the enemy fast saves a LOT of hit points, while self-heal only restores a few. Their reduced damage is a bad trade for their self-heal.
Ishtak, Karil and Dawa: area of effect damage that doesnāt also apply a status effect is weak. Much better to just hit one enemy hard than three enemies softly. One dead enemy is gone from the match; three weakened enemies can still do damage and can still heal.
Carver: The mana reduction is just too small to make up for the weak area of effect damage
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Healing effect of Sabina and Rigard is the same 42%. Sabina has higher attack (699 vs 595 of Rigard). Actually, it is good to have both of them. If you deal with Colen, Azlar, Gravemaker and other heroes that curse your team, Rigard is invaluable and no other 4* can replace him.
Sabina is important against reposte and buffers.
On the other hand, as a dispeller she can be replaced with Caedmon or Sonya.
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Mel has a really high tile damage, a solid heal, and enemy dispel. Not bad. Ideally you will eventually(hopefully) have all 5 4* healers leveled for versatility in raids/wars/challenges. I just wouldnāt say any of them are ābadā. Iād rather have any of them than say, kelille
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Pretty sure Jonah was just having fun. Thereās no hate on Sabina, not really.
I also prefer the stats of Sabina over Rigard tbh. If you get screwed by the board, Rigardās defense wont save you. Thatās true. But stats isnāt what makes Rigard shine. Rigard is preferred and picked to level before Sabina (assuming one has both) because his team cleanse is a rarer special. Maybe not a big deal for PvM but pretty huge for raid/war. You can get Sabinaās dispel enemy buffs from 3 other common 4 stars heroes, Melendor, Sonya, Caedmon. To get a team based cleanse youād need to move to 5* heroes like vivica, lady Locke and Zimkitha. That alone makes Rigard valuable in ways Sabina couldnāt match. Itās not Sabinaās fault sheās more replaceable on a roster but it is what it is. I think both are fine heroes though.
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Indeed, indeed.
My answer is a little over the top. Too much sitting on the fence doesnāt make this kind of thread very entertaining.
Although I do think that Rigard is the superior 4* healer, the others all have uses.
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I wouldnāt say replaced exactly, as they serve different purposes with their main skill. If you donāt have room on your team for two healers, or you need for example boldtusk for the second healer because of his att buff, and your enemy has more reposte and team buffing heroes than DOT heroes, you want sabina on your team over rigard.
I know that sounds very specific, but believe it or not that happens more often than not on my raids. Rigard is quite valuable and Iām happy to have him, but Iād rather bring Hansel over Caedmon and grimm over sonya, so i tend to favor sabina. She is quite irreplaceable on my team.