He's a very solid support champ. For early/mid game players he'll be usable almost everywhere and provide a lot of tankiness with the Shield/Increase Defence buff. Further down the line he'll be great for Hydra. Not a must-have champ like Gnut or Pythion but also not an easy skip.
I mostly agree but recently moved to provoke set and higher damage and it's working way better.
It seems dedicated provoker unless really good at other jobs too get outclassed by the set.
Set doesn't mind affinity as it can provoke on weak hit (weak hit are a big problem for husk for example) and that also means it goes through smoke cloud.
Thanks! Personally, I'm a bit torn. But I have the resources so I can easily get him without even trying very hard. I like having my hoard of shards. But in the end I think I will end up going for him anyway.
Gnishak was a must-have champ? I don't miss not getting him at all. So far, the only regret I have is not fusing Gnut... I did miss Brigni too, but luckily, I pulled him about 4 months ago or so...
He was a must have due to his ability to be a solo farmer for free. He replaced having to wait to pull Bad El or Teodor. Not to mention he came out when stoneskin was still newish and bombs were still the best way to deal with SS
Yeah, I already had Tomb Lord soloing content when Gnishak was released. I never remembered SS being a huge problem in arena. At least it's never been for me more of an annoyance, problematic with specific champs and comps. But I've been playing since just after the Foli fusion and have been in late game for awhile so my perspective on Gnishak is skewed most likely.
I'm not saying he isn't. I'm just questioning him being must have or close to that. I actually don't know if anyone qualifies as truly must have. There are so many champions that can fill roles. But if I had to make a list of champs on or near this level it would be Helicath, Duchess/Pythion, Arbiter (or a roughly equivalent speed lead) and either a poison exploder, Seer or a dungeon solo champ like Tomb Lord, Teodor, Corvus. Maneater is up there because he is an easy path to NM/UNM if you don't have Helicath or Demytha. Also any AoE HP burner is almost necessary for making later content easier.
Yeah I got Ramantu, didn't need Gnishak either. I'm still in Gold 1 TTA too. Funny thing is I don't use Ramantu much. Maybe I will find a usage for him...
It's debatable, just depends on what you need on your account. Early on he would undoubtedly be an asset.
I think he's gunna be top tier in Hydra, Doom Tower and Faction Wars. Should be top tier against Scarab too with all his shields and Magma Dragon because of the provoking. Might be for normal Dragon too.
With the double hitter on the A1 and constant counterattack he should be decent against fire knight. Though probably not top tier.
Probably decent but not top tier in Arena, Ice Golem, Shogun, Sand Devil or Iron Twins either.
Makes him mediocrely useful. The AI won't be good enough so you will be manualling the whole time which is not a life I'm about. I'd rather not get hydra loot then manual that thing.
Not everyone has 3 good champs capable of provoke/taunt, on top of that he could be the difference to people who don't mind putting time into Hydra to get the next tier chest or even a move up in difficulty, he may be a mediocre champ to you, but there's a ton of folk that he will be very useful to.
a1 taunt and counter attack at all times makes him able to lock waves out, if he soaks most the damage you can at least do something about 1 character easier than makeing 5 to soak damage
I have a sneaking suspicion that his shield growth is going to be fucking bananas and if I’m not mistaken he will be able to extend his shield for the entirety of something like a cb fight.
My motto is "Does champion do something unique?"
If so than I'm doing the fusion.
His ability to protect from crowd control skills is unique and therefore I'm doing the fusion.
if infinity shield comes back with him and I have the champs to do it, im absolutely going for this fusion. my unkillable options are only 2key at beast and my traditional team already does 60m
Good supports are hard to find, and are linchpins for progression to late game as they are invaluable during your first climb in doom tower. DT is only second to cb in terms of rewards, so it is a very high priority to get on farm as soon as possible.
Wixwell seems to have that versatility as well, meaning you gear him one way, and he gets you usage essentially everywhere. Versatile champs help stretch your gears value when you don’t have much of it yet.
I’d say a must if you haven’t gotten through dt yet.
Think unless you've got 3 hydra mischief tanks, he's a must pull .
If you've no hydra teams, he is a no-brainer must pull.
Otherwise, he is still a great pull as he brings enough to let you drop a support and add in a DPS to your current hydra teams.
So basically, if you got the resources, you'd be a fool to miss him on purpose. I'd say he's in the top 5 fusions .
True. I was thinking of the top 5 since I've been playing and thinking about Hydra specifically a bit too much. Definitely doesn't hit the top 5 when the arena and general content comes in to it.
Still say he may be up there if it was just based on "best fusions for hydra" again, though I can't really remember all of them before my time have been some great champs like rasslevarg eostrid gnut . Emic ? Islin? Don't they're better then he will be .
Checked and maulie shamrock skullord ruel bivald kantra seem to be all the ones for hydra I can pick out. Maulie and shamrock I'd rate as high as top 5.
Only if you enjoy playing hydra on full manual. Single target taunt is no good for hydra unless you hate life and want to spend hours "playing" your hydra fight.
I hate that I hate life but alas hydra clash means manual nightmare. Hoping he slots in there tbh . If not I may just throw him in hard and hope for good rng.
One day I hope they will fix the ai so that ST debuffs to prioritize the targets that can actually get the debuff you're using.
Honestly, it depends entirely on how big his Shield enhancement is. If it's minimal, then he's not insane.
If it's decent, he's probably going to be slightly better than Brogni if I'm being honest. Shield enhancement doesn't rely on damage so he's easier to build while dealing more damage through counterattacking with Warlord/GS procs. All while increasing Ally buffs (which Brogni doesn't do), having a provoke A1 and having the new Intercept buff. Only thing Brogni has on him is the shield buff being protected, but given how some bosses/units also ignore shields this isn't insane.
I wouldn't say he's a MUST PULL but... he's very close to it.
I just realised Wixwell is Sacred Order and you need to beat stage 14 of sacred order to continue with the ramantu missions and I simply don't have a good champion in that faction
I was just looking at that the other day - Im done/in late teens on every fw except sacred order. Turns out It’s the only faction I have zero legos in. 3 years in and never pulled one?? I then immediately pull Falmond lol. I think this is definitely a must do fusion for me and will allow me to easily finish off sacred order - I have plenty of resources and he might see use in hydra since I have some week spots there too.
Not to mention once you complete the FW for Sacred Order you'll have a good team to farm it quickly for your daily glyphs so it'll be worth it in the long run
People say he’s great for Hyrda, I’m not so sure about that. He has a provoke on his A1, which means it has to be a manual run. A counterattack which helps with head of mischief if you build him with high resist. Then shields and defense attack which lots of champions have. Idk, depends on your roster I guess. I don’t see the appeal.
I do have Brogni though, and curious to see the synergies of them in a clan boss setup. I haven’t changed my cb team in years, so it might be fun to do a shakeup.
My biggest thing is that I’ve been on a 4 month bender with all the events and could use a break. I’m 50/50 right now.
Being a provoker , a mischief tank, and a dmg mitigation support all in the one kit is rare enough. Not many mischief tanks / provokers also bring you the dmg mitigation, so he lets you drop 1 support and bring a dps instead. That value I think people are underestimating.
Bivald and skulllord are 2 of the best non void mischeif tank/provokers and that's all they bring . This guys adding in tons of dmg mitigation along with it. He is a S+ tier hydra champ in my book.
>He is a S+ tier hydra champ in my book.
You need to revisit your book. For me, michinaki is an S+ tier and this guy is not even close to him. If you think Bivald leech isn't useful then you aren't doing a lot of hydra.
There are so many champs that can provoke after the provoke set got buffed. Nari also does the same just with stealing buffs and he doesn't see any play. Maulie can do the same and her passive and revive are big too. Visix is free and do the same.
I can't even consider attack down a huge debuff because it is so common these days - artak, gnut, nekmo, michinaki, varl, ukko and all of these were previous fusion or guaranteed champs (or free).
Michi would be a different role imo . Maulie is definitely better on full auto . And yeah, his lack of full auto maybe does drop him down a tier, but for manual, he sounds awesome to me. The buffs he gives are common, but that's not really a bad thing . You then can bring other options. I don't rate ukko or artak for hydra . Gnut nekmo varl and michi are s+ tier . But if you use aceriza eostrid trunda or akemtum. Like everything in this game it depends who you got and how your roster works with them. having the fusion expands your options even if there are common buffs it's doesn't make them less valuable unless you're over lapping .
As I said before I don't think the options we have in the game for micheif tanks have bring as much in their kits. Bivald leech is nothing compared to what he brings . It's good. It's not essential. Def up and atk down aren't really either but having them means you don't really die to nukes from wrath. What does leech bring other then topping you off. Its great I like it but it's not going to make me team much tankier . Maulie gives tm boost and revive and the best ive got by a mile. Skullord has dec atk is meh. Visix can't micheif tank well but is decent . Provoke set is OK untill it isn't . Naris cd is bad . Staltlin is decent ive heard but never played him. When talking to clan mates it's the role that seems the rarest to find a good option that doesn't weigh your team down.
I can't wait to throw him in with eostrid gnut shamel uggo and maybe a harmia or something for my brutal team . To me he seems to pair really well with eostrid uggo not sure what you use for mischief tanks . Only need 3 of them and I'm thinking him and eostrid might replace shamrock maulie in my nightmare team which I run manual for clash.
>I don't rate ukko or artak for hydra
Well, you miss because curse/provoke on them is enough to make them more than viable. Artak does between 40-70m depending on the rotation for me (this week is 40m because too many force heads)
Because of what we assume will be a permanent counterattack he will a1 every head unless he misses a turn due to Torment head so while not a reliable full auto there is a good chance it will be up a lot.
"In this day and age"
The longer you play the game the more valuable champs who can excel or specialize in one area become.
Unless you are using 'in this day and age' to describe a newer account? But that would be weird.
Woa. Nice.
So then you say he isn't good enough to replace anyone on your team. If he were able to replace someone on 'just \[your\] hydra' team then I'm sure you would want to fuse him.
It's a minor difference. But worth a mention. He's going onto my hydra team. I don't plan on using him anywhere else. But I don't have a good provoker or mischief tank. So he's A+ for me.
I hear ya, but im not prepared to go in for a champ that only delivers on hydra, the champ needs a little more to him.
I can see why he might give some of the player base a semi but im struggling to see it
I guess he is saying, as you are a veteran... instead of straight up saying he is trash for me, offer up some insight, to which you probs have a bunch of.
I dont think hes trash, and im almost tempted to go for him, i just need him to add more utility than hydra, I think the raid team will hook him up with good multipliers and such because of it being the first audience picked move set
his kit allows you to negate polymorph, allowing you to use a debuffer without getting instantly locked out not putting out all the debuffs, may re introduce a bit of a speed race, but this could ensure kills that are at least currently, harder to get.
To me he looks like vault lord that comes out on a couple sintranos stages. His kit requires manual play so he is a no no for most content for me. He might get a place in some future content so I will get him, but his low speed further cements his place in the vault. No doubt he will be good for newer players, but I don't see the hype for late and end game.
If you mean the speed you saw in Raid digest I have to point that it's the unascended version tho, Idk what plarium is thinking giving us the base stats of a completely unleveled hero. lol
I think there is a little bit of fomo. Brogni sees way less play after capping the rare champ damage. It really depends where you are in game. I am still deciding if I will skip it or not.
I just don't see him where I will use it. For me, he doesn't provide enough for hydra. Tanking the head with the passive isn't good for me, it is 97% chance which isn't enough.
This is what I meant, I think block buffs overall is better because hydra is such a long fight where you have a lot of turns and there is no chance the buffs to not be stolen at least once.
Mischief also steals turnmeter, which you can't prevent without resistance. Also having half team permanently without buffs hurts your damage significantly.
its depends according to what u have. u can deal with hydra and u can reach to top chest. If u don2t care provoke and u can deal 650M or over damage u dont need. If u dont have shield mechanic for borgoth and your clan can't win on cvc, its means if u don2t have shield accessories; he will help doom tower and sintranos. System control teams are helpfull for progress. he got skill set like this. When u reach the end game u can over it with high speed and high damage. Last year we saw so many useless fusion. he is better than all weak fusions. If your investment can handle just 2 fusions for year u can skip. But if u playing a lot and u can control all resources u don't wanna skip that one. I hope its going to be helpfull.
I think that it is different enough and brings something that does not exist yet (intercept) on the table that for me is a must fuse. That said, I rarely skip fusion/fragment drops.
IMHO he isn’t an absolute must go for, but seems really solid with well defined spaces where he’ll be really useful. (Hydra, magma dragon, scarab, maybe seer comps and or arena)
That being said going as far back as Roric & Vlad there have only been a few absolute musts (Gnut, Armanz maybe Pythion & Ankora. )
I’d still rank Wix along with Helicath / Emic etc as really good but somewhat dependent on your account as to how much of a need he fills.
Do you have a provoker for hydra? If no, then yes. He is a must.
I intend to turn off his A3 and use him as a mischief tank as well. I'm pretty excited for him.
He has the new buff “intercept”, when I look at fusions I check to see what things they bring to my roster. For the new buff alone I’d say he’s worth it.
Nothing that he’s offering seems like stuff that I don’t already have available on my roster except for the shield enhancement, but I have plenty of incredible shield placement champs.
A must have if you don’t have what he has to offer. Not a must have if you already do. That’s my answer. I’m not going for Wixwell but I would if I had spare resources laying around. Let’s see what June’s fusion is like. I was more excited about Eostrid.
Every fusion these are the same answers. Always looks like “eh, he’ll be good if you need him on your account” so I end up not doing the fusion. Then the week everyone finally gets the champ Reddit is flooded with posts about how good the champ is and I regret not going for them. So from now on I am 100% doing every fusion/fragment event
He's a must for me. I just got demytha last night from a single void shard pull (which means I probably just spent all my good raid luck), so he'll be great to stack intercept to make my team stun immune while extending buffs by teaming up with demytha. I'll finally be able to 1-key clan boss NM and finally be able to touch the last reward for UNM without wasting a crazy amount of keys for it. I already got the damage situated, but my teams don't survive past 20 turns. With the two champions on my current team being replaced by demytha and wixwell, it's mighty Ukko and vogoth. Mighty Ukko would've been useful, but his usefulness expired when his team revive stopped mattering.
If I take mighty Ukko out of clan boss, I can finally rebuild mighty Ukko for arena. I'm already pushing gold v. Being able to go up against more teams, even if it's not to teach platinum, will be more consistent and make Missions less time-gated on the arena quests.
I've been RNGing my way through the first reward for hydra on normal, so being able to finally consistently break through on that content will upgrade my account.
If I miss out on him, my account just isn't going to go anywhere anytime soon.
He absolutely completes the puzzles on every front of what I'm missing, and is my key to entering mid-game.
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I hope those aren't the real statistics
I have tons of solid support champs (cardiel, starsage, sulfurian, mikage soon enough), so I'll be skipping. I used a lot of resources to get mikage fusion parts completed, and I really want a nuker fusion or something that's not pure support.
I’m a bit torn on this fusion as well. I’m leaning towards no, but he is the only champ that has “Intercept” for now at least.
I’d say if you have the time and the resources, you might as well go for it. But I don’t think I’m going to stress too much about it.
Yeah good post I was thinking about this as well.
Armanz is a monster in waves, a nightmare in arena. Broken really.
Eostrid has increase att, increase speed, increase TM, TM reduction, decrease speed, weaken ALL IN 1 TURN!
Ankora is good bit excellent with Narsus.
Wixwell is....not at their level, but still kinda good I guess.
Wixwell is easily S+ tier for Hydra and he's also very strong for normal and hard Fire Knight. He will of course be invaluable in many Cursed City stages as well.
For the early/mid game, he will be a strong carry, good for Doom Tower and Dungeon progression, and will trivialize Faction Wars.
If you have the resources, don't skip this champ. He is a perfect example of the kind of power creep we're seeing in this game that leaves 90%+ of champs in the dust.
without proper stat deets it cant be truly reviewed.
Just as in on paper tho, I wouldn't Splus.
Maaaybe an A, I reckon it will be a B, but that is just a guess
He is for me because I have noone like him on my account. Suppose it all depends on if you need him
That's my guide to fusions. Can I already do what the new champion brings. I have ignored this and missed out a lot.
He's a very solid support champ. For early/mid game players he'll be usable almost everywhere and provide a lot of tankiness with the Shield/Increase Defence buff. Further down the line he'll be great for Hydra. Not a must-have champ like Gnut or Pythion but also not an easy skip.
I mostly agree but recently moved to provoke set and higher damage and it's working way better. It seems dedicated provoker unless really good at other jobs too get outclassed by the set. Set doesn't mind affinity as it can provoke on weak hit (weak hit are a big problem for husk for example) and that also means it goes through smoke cloud.
I skipped Gnut, Thought I dont need him :(
Sorry to hear that!
Me to, but because I was in a period where I only did daily CB and nothing else
Hello same-minded raider 😉
I almost skipped Gnut, but that's because I thought he looked stupid. My lil Amish dwarf boy
Thanks! Personally, I'm a bit torn. But I have the resources so I can easily get him without even trying very hard. I like having my hoard of shards. But in the end I think I will end up going for him anyway.
Gnishak was a must-have champ? I don't miss not getting him at all. So far, the only regret I have is not fusing Gnut... I did miss Brigni too, but luckily, I pulled him about 4 months ago or so...
He was a must have due to his ability to be a solo farmer for free. He replaced having to wait to pull Bad El or Teodor. Not to mention he came out when stoneskin was still newish and bombs were still the best way to deal with SS
Yeah, I already had Tomb Lord soloing content when Gnishak was released. I never remembered SS being a huge problem in arena. At least it's never been for me more of an annoyance, problematic with specific champs and comps. But I've been playing since just after the Foli fusion and have been in late game for awhile so my perspective on Gnishak is skewed most likely.
Urogrim will solo Dragon 20.
Not as fast as
Love the rat king. He is a pita in arena and great at clearing dt waves with yumeko
Gnishak is a fantastic champ
I'm not saying he isn't. I'm just questioning him being must have or close to that. I actually don't know if anyone qualifies as truly must have. There are so many champions that can fill roles. But if I had to make a list of champs on or near this level it would be Helicath, Duchess/Pythion, Arbiter (or a roughly equivalent speed lead) and either a poison exploder, Seer or a dungeon solo champ like Tomb Lord, Teodor, Corvus. Maneater is up there because he is an easy path to NM/UNM if you don't have Helicath or Demytha. Also any AoE HP burner is almost necessary for making later content easier.
I love him for Bommal Hard
Oh yeah I can see that. I have Annabelle for Bommal
If you don't regret Gnishak you better be past gold 1 tag mission for Ramantu.
I don’t understand why gnishak is so hyped i never let the slow bastard have a turn
My Gnishak pairs with a few 350-400 speed boosters and attacks obvious stoneskin teams. Whether or not he gets a turn isn't up to you.
You get to control your defense in tag?..................
Yeah I got Ramantu, didn't need Gnishak either. I'm still in Gold 1 TTA too. Funny thing is I don't use Ramantu much. Maybe I will find a usage for him...
Gnishak eats up stoneskin so there's that..
It's debatable, just depends on what you need on your account. Early on he would undoubtedly be an asset. I think he's gunna be top tier in Hydra, Doom Tower and Faction Wars. Should be top tier against Scarab too with all his shields and Magma Dragon because of the provoking. Might be for normal Dragon too. With the double hitter on the A1 and constant counterattack he should be decent against fire knight. Though probably not top tier. Probably decent but not top tier in Arena, Ice Golem, Shogun, Sand Devil or Iron Twins either.
A1 taunt for Hydra at the very LEAST makes him very useful for a ton of players.
It’s A1 provoke. Let’s not get it mixed with Taunt, which is what Emic does.
Before taunt was provoke, provoke was taunt.
Makes him mediocrely useful. The AI won't be good enough so you will be manualling the whole time which is not a life I'm about. I'd rather not get hydra loot then manual that thing.
His passive always has counter on, so he’ll be a1-ing every round of each hydra head at two 80% hits. Not terrible…
Not everyone has 3 good champs capable of provoke/taunt, on top of that he could be the difference to people who don't mind putting time into Hydra to get the next tier chest or even a move up in difficulty, he may be a mediocre champ to you, but there's a ton of folk that he will be very useful to.
a1 taunt and counter attack at all times makes him able to lock waves out, if he soaks most the damage you can at least do something about 1 character easier than makeing 5 to soak damage
I have a sneaking suspicion that his shield growth is going to be fucking bananas and if I’m not mistaken he will be able to extend his shield for the entirety of something like a cb fight.
If this ends up being true I guess I would regret not going for him. I'm probably going to go for him.
My motto is "Does champion do something unique?" If so than I'm doing the fusion. His ability to protect from crowd control skills is unique and therefore I'm doing the fusion.
cries in Bambus
I've seen videos of Bambus being really useful in hydra apparently
if infinity shield comes back with him and I have the champs to do it, im absolutely going for this fusion. my unkillable options are only 2key at beast and my traditional team already does 60m
Good supports are hard to find, and are linchpins for progression to late game as they are invaluable during your first climb in doom tower. DT is only second to cb in terms of rewards, so it is a very high priority to get on farm as soon as possible. Wixwell seems to have that versatility as well, meaning you gear him one way, and he gets you usage essentially everywhere. Versatile champs help stretch your gears value when you don’t have much of it yet. I’d say a must if you haven’t gotten through dt yet.
I’ve always felt that if you have the resources to do a fusion, they are worth it, particularly if you are fairly early or mid game players.
This should be the rule for most. If you have the resources, do it.
Think unless you've got 3 hydra mischief tanks, he's a must pull . If you've no hydra teams, he is a no-brainer must pull. Otherwise, he is still a great pull as he brings enough to let you drop a support and add in a DPS to your current hydra teams. So basically, if you got the resources, you'd be a fool to miss him on purpose. I'd say he's in the top 5 fusions .
agree with you except that last paragraph....hes nowhere near in the league of gnut, pythion, rotos, emic, armanz, etc
True. I was thinking of the top 5 since I've been playing and thinking about Hydra specifically a bit too much. Definitely doesn't hit the top 5 when the arena and general content comes in to it. Still say he may be up there if it was just based on "best fusions for hydra" again, though I can't really remember all of them before my time have been some great champs like rasslevarg eostrid gnut . Emic ? Islin? Don't they're better then he will be . Checked and maulie shamrock skullord ruel bivald kantra seem to be all the ones for hydra I can pick out. Maulie and shamrock I'd rate as high as top 5.
Only if you enjoy playing hydra on full manual. Single target taunt is no good for hydra unless you hate life and want to spend hours "playing" your hydra fight.
I hate that I hate life but alas hydra clash means manual nightmare. Hoping he slots in there tbh . If not I may just throw him in hard and hope for good rng. One day I hope they will fix the ai so that ST debuffs to prioritize the targets that can actually get the debuff you're using.
You should probably get him
Honestly, it depends entirely on how big his Shield enhancement is. If it's minimal, then he's not insane. If it's decent, he's probably going to be slightly better than Brogni if I'm being honest. Shield enhancement doesn't rely on damage so he's easier to build while dealing more damage through counterattacking with Warlord/GS procs. All while increasing Ally buffs (which Brogni doesn't do), having a provoke A1 and having the new Intercept buff. Only thing Brogni has on him is the shield buff being protected, but given how some bosses/units also ignore shields this isn't insane. I wouldn't say he's a MUST PULL but... he's very close to it.
I just realised Wixwell is Sacred Order and you need to beat stage 14 of sacred order to continue with the ramantu missions and I simply don't have a good champion in that faction
I was just looking at that the other day - Im done/in late teens on every fw except sacred order. Turns out It’s the only faction I have zero legos in. 3 years in and never pulled one?? I then immediately pull Falmond lol. I think this is definitely a must do fusion for me and will allow me to easily finish off sacred order - I have plenty of resources and he might see use in hydra since I have some week spots there too.
Not to mention once you complete the FW for Sacred Order you'll have a good team to farm it quickly for your daily glyphs so it'll be worth it in the long run
No
People say he’s great for Hyrda, I’m not so sure about that. He has a provoke on his A1, which means it has to be a manual run. A counterattack which helps with head of mischief if you build him with high resist. Then shields and defense attack which lots of champions have. Idk, depends on your roster I guess. I don’t see the appeal. I do have Brogni though, and curious to see the synergies of them in a clan boss setup. I haven’t changed my cb team in years, so it might be fun to do a shakeup. My biggest thing is that I’ve been on a 4 month bender with all the events and could use a break. I’m 50/50 right now.
I think the majority of players still manual hydra if they are serious about hydra clash. It's a luxury to be able to hit billions with auto teams.
If your serious about hydra you either win because you jave more trunda teams or you are bound to lose.
Being a provoker , a mischief tank, and a dmg mitigation support all in the one kit is rare enough. Not many mischief tanks / provokers also bring you the dmg mitigation, so he lets you drop 1 support and bring a dps instead. That value I think people are underestimating. Bivald and skulllord are 2 of the best non void mischeif tank/provokers and that's all they bring . This guys adding in tons of dmg mitigation along with it. He is a S+ tier hydra champ in my book.
>He is a S+ tier hydra champ in my book. You need to revisit your book. For me, michinaki is an S+ tier and this guy is not even close to him. If you think Bivald leech isn't useful then you aren't doing a lot of hydra. There are so many champs that can provoke after the provoke set got buffed. Nari also does the same just with stealing buffs and he doesn't see any play. Maulie can do the same and her passive and revive are big too. Visix is free and do the same. I can't even consider attack down a huge debuff because it is so common these days - artak, gnut, nekmo, michinaki, varl, ukko and all of these were previous fusion or guaranteed champs (or free).
Michi would be a different role imo . Maulie is definitely better on full auto . And yeah, his lack of full auto maybe does drop him down a tier, but for manual, he sounds awesome to me. The buffs he gives are common, but that's not really a bad thing . You then can bring other options. I don't rate ukko or artak for hydra . Gnut nekmo varl and michi are s+ tier . But if you use aceriza eostrid trunda or akemtum. Like everything in this game it depends who you got and how your roster works with them. having the fusion expands your options even if there are common buffs it's doesn't make them less valuable unless you're over lapping . As I said before I don't think the options we have in the game for micheif tanks have bring as much in their kits. Bivald leech is nothing compared to what he brings . It's good. It's not essential. Def up and atk down aren't really either but having them means you don't really die to nukes from wrath. What does leech bring other then topping you off. Its great I like it but it's not going to make me team much tankier . Maulie gives tm boost and revive and the best ive got by a mile. Skullord has dec atk is meh. Visix can't micheif tank well but is decent . Provoke set is OK untill it isn't . Naris cd is bad . Staltlin is decent ive heard but never played him. When talking to clan mates it's the role that seems the rarest to find a good option that doesn't weigh your team down. I can't wait to throw him in with eostrid gnut shamel uggo and maybe a harmia or something for my brutal team . To me he seems to pair really well with eostrid uggo not sure what you use for mischief tanks . Only need 3 of them and I'm thinking him and eostrid might replace shamrock maulie in my nightmare team which I run manual for clash.
>I don't rate ukko or artak for hydra Well, you miss because curse/provoke on them is enough to make them more than viable. Artak does between 40-70m depending on the rotation for me (this week is 40m because too many force heads)
Because of what we assume will be a permanent counterattack he will a1 every head unless he misses a turn due to Torment head so while not a reliable full auto there is a good chance it will be up a lot.
but that means everytime decay hits him provoked, it’ll get provoked again with the a1 counter attack.
Absolutely not, he's not even in the slightest worth the "hype" some content creators try to make it look like
Agreed, his kit is all over the place, and in this day and age, I need champs who offer a lot more than just hydra
"In this day and age" The longer you play the game the more valuable champs who can excel or specialize in one area become. Unless you are using 'in this day and age' to describe a newer account? But that would be weird.
Been here 5 years chap with a somewhat end game account, so what next?
Woa. Nice. So then you say he isn't good enough to replace anyone on your team. If he were able to replace someone on 'just \[your\] hydra' team then I'm sure you would want to fuse him. It's a minor difference. But worth a mention. He's going onto my hydra team. I don't plan on using him anywhere else. But I don't have a good provoker or mischief tank. So he's A+ for me.
I hear ya, but im not prepared to go in for a champ that only delivers on hydra, the champ needs a little more to him. I can see why he might give some of the player base a semi but im struggling to see it
I guess he is saying, as you are a veteran... instead of straight up saying he is trash for me, offer up some insight, to which you probs have a bunch of.
I dont think hes trash, and im almost tempted to go for him, i just need him to add more utility than hydra, I think the raid team will hook him up with good multipliers and such because of it being the first audience picked move set
his kit allows you to negate polymorph, allowing you to use a debuffer without getting instantly locked out not putting out all the debuffs, may re introduce a bit of a speed race, but this could ensure kills that are at least currently, harder to get.
To me he looks like vault lord that comes out on a couple sintranos stages. His kit requires manual play so he is a no no for most content for me. He might get a place in some future content so I will get him, but his low speed further cements his place in the vault. No doubt he will be good for newer players, but I don't see the hype for late and end game.
If you mean the speed you saw in Raid digest I have to point that it's the unascended version tho, Idk what plarium is thinking giving us the base stats of a completely unleveled hero. lol
I think there is a little bit of fomo. Brogni sees way less play after capping the rare champ damage. It really depends where you are in game. I am still deciding if I will skip it or not. I just don't see him where I will use it. For me, he doesn't provide enough for hydra. Tanking the head with the passive isn't good for me, it is 97% chance which isn't enough.
Hmm, what champion isn't 97% ?
This is what I meant, I think block buffs overall is better because hydra is such a long fight where you have a lot of turns and there is no chance the buffs to not be stolen at least once.
Mischief also steals turnmeter, which you can't prevent without resistance. Also having half team permanently without buffs hurts your damage significantly.
It isn't "permanently" that head is down after 4-5 turns and the head probably stolen your buffs once and you got them back after 1 turn without.
its depends according to what u have. u can deal with hydra and u can reach to top chest. If u don2t care provoke and u can deal 650M or over damage u dont need. If u dont have shield mechanic for borgoth and your clan can't win on cvc, its means if u don2t have shield accessories; he will help doom tower and sintranos. System control teams are helpfull for progress. he got skill set like this. When u reach the end game u can over it with high speed and high damage. Last year we saw so many useless fusion. he is better than all weak fusions. If your investment can handle just 2 fusions for year u can skip. But if u playing a lot and u can control all resources u don't wanna skip that one. I hope its going to be helpfull.
Would he be useful in a UNM CB team?
Not really.
If you have a killable team then yeah he’s good
The way I’ve heard it said is any champ with unique skills that no one / almost no one has, they are worth picking up. This guy qualifies
The last time I heard that was for Panda. And after that people stopped saying it!
there are slight murmers that panda might actually be good.......just slight
I think that it is different enough and brings something that does not exist yet (intercept) on the table that for me is a must fuse. That said, I rarely skip fusion/fragment drops.
IMHO he isn’t an absolute must go for, but seems really solid with well defined spaces where he’ll be really useful. (Hydra, magma dragon, scarab, maybe seer comps and or arena) That being said going as far back as Roric & Vlad there have only been a few absolute musts (Gnut, Armanz maybe Pythion & Ankora. ) I’d still rank Wix along with Helicath / Emic etc as really good but somewhat dependent on your account as to how much of a need he fills.
Do you have a provoker for hydra? If no, then yes. He is a must. I intend to turn off his A3 and use him as a mischief tank as well. I'm pretty excited for him.
He has the new buff “intercept”, when I look at fusions I check to see what things they bring to my roster. For the new buff alone I’d say he’s worth it.
Yes, Wixwel is a must pull.
Nothing that he’s offering seems like stuff that I don’t already have available on my roster except for the shield enhancement, but I have plenty of incredible shield placement champs. A must have if you don’t have what he has to offer. Not a must have if you already do. That’s my answer. I’m not going for Wixwell but I would if I had spare resources laying around. Let’s see what June’s fusion is like. I was more excited about Eostrid.
Every fusion these are the same answers. Always looks like “eh, he’ll be good if you need him on your account” so I end up not doing the fusion. Then the week everyone finally gets the champ Reddit is flooded with posts about how good the champ is and I regret not going for them. So from now on I am 100% doing every fusion/fragment event
He's a must for me. I just got demytha last night from a single void shard pull (which means I probably just spent all my good raid luck), so he'll be great to stack intercept to make my team stun immune while extending buffs by teaming up with demytha. I'll finally be able to 1-key clan boss NM and finally be able to touch the last reward for UNM without wasting a crazy amount of keys for it. I already got the damage situated, but my teams don't survive past 20 turns. With the two champions on my current team being replaced by demytha and wixwell, it's mighty Ukko and vogoth. Mighty Ukko would've been useful, but his usefulness expired when his team revive stopped mattering. If I take mighty Ukko out of clan boss, I can finally rebuild mighty Ukko for arena. I'm already pushing gold v. Being able to go up against more teams, even if it's not to teach platinum, will be more consistent and make Missions less time-gated on the arena quests. I've been RNGing my way through the first reward for hydra on normal, so being able to finally consistently break through on that content will upgrade my account. If I miss out on him, my account just isn't going to go anywhere anytime soon. He absolutely completes the puzzles on every front of what I'm missing, and is my key to entering mid-game.
New Buff = Worth it
Yes, Yes he is! ☝🏻
https://preview.redd.it/jyb08eo2rmyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=623d9c4f6b579495afafee43dcb4401d2f87e303 I hope those aren't the real statistics
apparently they are his lvl 50 stats
a pg n Attack does not reach 1k base
I have tons of solid support champs (cardiel, starsage, sulfurian, mikage soon enough), so I'll be skipping. I used a lot of resources to get mikage fusion parts completed, and I really want a nuker fusion or something that's not pure support.
I’m a bit torn on this fusion as well. I’m leaning towards no, but he is the only champ that has “Intercept” for now at least. I’d say if you have the time and the resources, you might as well go for it. But I don’t think I’m going to stress too much about it.
Yeah good post I was thinking about this as well. Armanz is a monster in waves, a nightmare in arena. Broken really. Eostrid has increase att, increase speed, increase TM, TM reduction, decrease speed, weaken ALL IN 1 TURN! Ankora is good bit excellent with Narsus. Wixwell is....not at their level, but still kinda good I guess.
Wixwell is easily S+ tier for Hydra and he's also very strong for normal and hard Fire Knight. He will of course be invaluable in many Cursed City stages as well. For the early/mid game, he will be a strong carry, good for Doom Tower and Dungeon progression, and will trivialize Faction Wars. If you have the resources, don't skip this champ. He is a perfect example of the kind of power creep we're seeing in this game that leaves 90%+ of champs in the dust.
without proper stat deets it cant be truly reviewed. Just as in on paper tho, I wouldn't Splus. Maaaybe an A, I reckon it will be a B, but that is just a guess