Ash, this is the content I am here for. As a newish player at around 100 days, it is incredibly helpful to know the best champs in each faction as I begin working on my faction teams. Also the edits are top notch as always :)
I second Odachi being worth building out. Took the clan quest to kill ice golem with all Shadowkin champions and failed miserably until I maxed out Odachi and put Ninja in regen gear. Odachi in a reflex+immortal gear set combo and warmaster mastery did nearly as much damage as Ninja, and blocked the debuffs from the ice golem adds very well.
I feel people are sleeping on Lifetaker and on Assassin. Lifetaker has a 30% (40 when booked) 2 hit A1 with a 100% Heal Reduction. She has a 3 hit 4 turn (3 Turn when booked) A2. Each hit has a 50% chance (75% when booked) of decreasing the target's Turn Meter by 10%. Third hit has a 50% chance (75% when booked) of placing 30% Decrease Speed debuff for 2 turns. She's good for Fire Knight. Then Assassin. He's got a 10% Speed Aura, which is great if you don't have one other than High Khatun. His A1 does has a 50% chance (75% booked) applying a 5% poison. A2 has a 50% chance (75% booked) to increase all debuffs on the enemy by 1 turn. His A3 has a 75% chance (100% booked) to apply a 15% weaken. This guy could help Clan Boss.
Me too I have him he is like Pitiless one people say he's trash but u can just about one shot Any1 in arena with him except maybe high HP people in shield set if I could post video I would
y'all need to really revisit Gory. everyone's issues with Gory was always the conditional aspects of his kit that required targets to be under freeze, and then they gave everyone ninja for free which is a 100% AoE freeze within this faction. Gory is going to be a cleanup specialist when paired with ninja, especially for faction wars when it drops.
I feel like Hotatsu easily deserves to be an A tier champion (regardless of rarity). He is probably the guy you want to bring if you want to keep your team alive; he has increase defense, decrease attack, leech and continuous heal and an aura that works everywhere. The only other defensive thing he doesn't have is Strengthen when it comes to mitigation but few champions have that anyway. If I got him before my rather extensive roster, I would have definitely built him out without hesitation - I'd say there are very few champions that not only helps reduce the damage your team takes but also heals them.
Hotatsu is almost always my lead on DT waves. on top of being an incredible defensive champion, he hits like a truck with that a2. his passive also helps keep him alive and is really underrated.
For FW I intend to use Gory as a glass cannon who pairs well with Ninja's freeze and gets revived by Sachi. It the fears from that revive seem useful, I might build out Nobel and see if that's a good ticket to victory.
I maxed out Oboro and her steal all buffs on the A2, helped me a bunch starting out in magic keep and arena. It's a bummer that it's conditional on being under perfect veil, but it can boost her damage and survivability a lot. Awesome video Ash!
I'm currently debating on her or kael, just wish her multiplier on her a3 was a little bit stronger, and her being spirit makes her lose points in that regard for me
@@komordian5803 people get caught up in her shield removal and miss the point that the cooldown for her A3 resets when she kills 4 mobs. It's perfect for campaign farming - she goes in, A3 - dead - A3 - dead - A3 - dead - done. She's not a speed runner due to the length of the animation, but she's much easier to gear up than Saurus and much quicker than Relic Keeper. She has neutral affinity matchup in 12-3, so while it could be better she's fine. well worth the investment.
Lifetaker is a good early game FTP team filler for fire knight while you're still assembling your roster. Both active skills are multi hits, + a reflect damage and heal reduction.
You skipped past Sachi's resurrection. I don't have her, but I've had the tables turned on me in arenas by her a few times just by her killing one of my guys and then passively resurrecting one of hers plus putting fear on my group when she does it. It's like a 3 for 1 deal. So if I go in it's 3 to 1 and I'm almost done with the fight, but she hangs on, she kills one of my guys and rezzes, makes it 2 to 2, and then fears my group giving her the go ahead on another turn.
Oboro has been my hands down favorite epic from the Shadowkin Faction. Her skills with miscreated monster, blind seer and roshcard the tower together are by far beautiful and consitent. I run this team in just about anything. i do switch blind seer in and out though for high katun, or my gala longbraids. Depending on situation.
I really like Oboro - she was among the first Epics I ever pulled, and because I already had Stag Knight (my FIRST Epic ever) and pulled Bad el Kazar around the same time period (my first LEGO ever), I was able to exploit the crap out of her A1 in Arena. Stag would drop INC ATK & DEF, then BeK would drop two poisons, and if even one opponent got all four debuffs, that was enough for me to target them and make Oboro's AoE kick in. The only reason I don't use her in Classic Arena anymore is because I whaled for Genbo during his 10x event, and LAWD does he chew through PvP. She is still the cornerstone of one of my 3v3 teams, though. :) On top of that, her A2 is an amazing game saver on Auto runs when there are Unkillable or Block Damage champs in the waves, and you bring too much turn meter control with you (for the boss) to ever let that one last champ have a turn. She always does her A3 first to put her Veil up, which activates the second ability of her A2, and then she steals every buff the target has with it.
@@127srinivas.k.l7 It was fairly close to the beginning, but it was a while ago now so I'm not totally sure. Somewhere between 4-8 weeks after starting.
@@127srinivas.k.l7 You just have to have patience. Unless you want to throw a whole lot of money down the tubes, this is not a game meant for instant satisfaction. Luck only gets you so far. Play with the champs you have, and only pull expensive shards during 2x events. :)
Hubby and I went to the movies last week for the first time since before the pandemic and like you we also had the theater to ourselves! That aside thanks for the video. All my shadow kin so far are level 40-50 and while I have Lydia already, I still want to complete shadowkin when it's done.
Genzin will be god tier in Faction Wars since he's the only AoE Dec Def in the faction. If you don't have him the waves are going to be really painful. Sachi as well, all attack a1 perfect for stun set and only reviver.
Good information in the video. So far Shadowkin is a shadow of a shadow. I built Ninja up to 6 60 with all 4-6 star 16 artifacts and accessories. Really looking for 6 star speed boots to replace the 4 star level 16 speed boots. Speed right now would go from 171 to 186 because I booked his stats in masteries. Artifacts: 2 perception sets 1 Divine Life set that has crit rate 60% Looking to get a crit damage amulet Overall an ass-kicker in Clan Boss, Doom Tower, Tag Team Arena and Faction Crypts. Good for campaigns and dungeons. M'shalled is another one of the big guns. I have him dying in first round of every Classic Arena, then he gets revived by Scyl O. T. Drakes and by the end he is the only one left standing and he's taking down the other side. He has done same in Doom Tower Bosses. Working to at least get a team together of Shadowkin for Faction Crypts.
Use the rare sickle chick, in fire knight. Works pretty good and you get the added benefit of sounding like you just took down a AT-AT on Hoth. I ended up building two and the booked 5s does surprisingly well in life drinker, speed. The only downfall is the turn she does nothing but veil herself. (Must be on Cool down)
I love Toragi, the biggest issue is I can't use him and Draco at the same time for CB because they put so many poisons on that other debuffs get blocked. So I ended up swapping in Rotos to pair with him.
Could say so many things - But the Vagabond edit deserves the 2021 Internet Award - by far!!! hahaha!!! I watched horror movies for years - And that edit was the best out of them all! Cheers mate!
I use Fenshi for Clan-Boss. He did unbooked more damage than my nearly fully booked Kael AND Kael's equip was better. (1/4 - 1/2 of Ninja's damage) I'm running Fenshi in Toxic to buff his A3 even further. His survivability is an issue... he dies first everytime. Currently I'm booking him and got new equip from the Dragon for the Tourney, so he will be even better.
Thanks ASH, I needed this confirmation that most of my Shadowkin are going to be food. The good ones my accounts have are Ninja, Jenbo, and Oboro on FTP1 then Ninja, Burangiri and Odachi on FTP2.
Ash, I have a maxed Genbo, His A1 and A2 is clutch against annoying buffs in waves and bosses, like in magic keep he steals her massive shield, he becomes shielded for max health, it's hilarious really
@@YxKUZA21 well if we're just saying random stuff for no actual reason other than be lucky if one person reads it and learns sumthing....I wanna too........ yes also peydma is such an old , original legacy character that the wording on her a3 is how they used to label stealing buffs. Also on that same skill, she one of the even rare for back then, champions with cool down -1 sandwiched between damage up skills books . Plus peydma takes all buffs guaranteed as long as not resisted....then goes on a 3 turn (5 turn if unbooked) Genbo it's his A1 and only has a chance to steal per hit (it hits twice) plus best part about him (and this is just me guessing, if there's lore on him I've never seen or heard it but I may go looking). Is that he is the dishonoured, because by the look of his chopped off wings....he could be a fallen angel. And some would say you don't get more dishonoured than that lol
@@YxKUZA21 oh wow it only took one reply to your comment to put you in the same spot you put me in, make me think "when did anyone ask? now you know how I felt. But keep those "trying to be condescending" short few words to yourself this time. No one cares about how salty you are over your sandy vagjna 🙄
Great video Ash! Hey can you do a video on Countess Lix & Astralon as a pair, due to the 10x chance this weekend for Astralon (on Saturday) and Countess Lix (on Sunday). Tnx. 💜 your channel.
Conscript has a 6.5 A2 smack I've taken to 4 star and he destroys at low-mid level. 1 hit kills. If you have the resources, for even faction wars, he's viable. Maybe only there.
Am I going to the movies? I have been to 13 in the past 3 months, 4 of those in the last 2 weeks. Almost every showing was empty, so go enjoy them. Don't allow movie theaters with thier 50'-100' foot screens and unparalled surround sound disappear because you want to stream it on a pansy 55" TV with a soundbar at home. Nothing beats the movie theater experience. Movies I saw the last couple months: Tennet, Croods 2, Wrath if Man, Finding You, F9: The Fast Saga, Boss Baby 2, Black Widow, G.I.Joe Snake eyes, Jungle Cruise, The Green Knight , The Suicide Squad, Respect, Free Guy
I am SO glad I finally have a champion (Scyl of the Drakes) that is featured in all of Ash's videos on at least ONE account it feels really weird to finally be able to use her got her to lv 40 so far will be raising her further. She seems to be missing the "Boundless life" feature but I've yet to entirely explore the champion I have a strong suspicion it might involve ascending her or a mastery. For Shadowkin my most prized is Toragi the frog rank 1, Burangiri rank 2 and rank 3 is Ninja in that order.
@@TheAalen I finally got 2 Scyls on 2 different accounts but only one of them got built out I am planning to build the second one out but for different reasons than the first one because I had Reliquary Tender for a reviver on the 2nd account for a long time!
Ok So Odachi is ACTUALLY valuable for non food purposes thank god because I was beginning to question whether I should use him for some kind of fusion or use him for food and I'm glad I didn't do either.
First I have to say it's a shame this review hadn't been out earlier. I went stupid crazy on all the lower level players, booked and leveled them up to 4*, not to 6*, but still. Now I have Ninja 6* and Odachi 5* and both is awesome. Ninja is a little squishy still which I'm trying to figure out. Odachi was great in campaign paired with Elhain. I took the both all the way from Normal through Brutal and they just killed it. Now I just have to figure out how to get some of those good players you mentioned. Thanks for your insights. And yes I did get the reference to Burangiri. LOL
This is really helpful, i'm still new and pulling loads of random champs so guides like this are really helpful when deciding who to upgrade next. thank you
Problem with adding new champions is that Plarium does not increase the base chance of pulling them from shards. Therefore our chance of getting any particular Champ goes down.
Can I use Odachi at clan boss instead of Sepulcher Sentinel? Odachi can block debuffs at every 3 turns while Sentinel can do it once at 4 turns. Or the only solution is making Sepulcher Sentinel fast enough to catch a 4:3 turn ratio?
I personally think stew and BGM are two fools, i was happy when they was banned by plarium, what a two clowns... but i like ash, hh, Jgigz, darth, and dragon as well xdd.
@@blohnnie7395 I don't like them because of their "great" personalities, I don't like BGM because he's a crybaby, and I don't like the bald man because he's a clown, they both showed people how to use a cheat engine, and on top of that they were funny, what a laugh It hit me when plarium closed their mouths blessing them, now they are careful, and dragon is the type of oriental appearance that makes videos of doom tower, duos, threesomes etc nice videos. and I suppose I should explain to you that xdd is XDD (yamki version i guess or bad sarcasm version).
Hi there . Did anyone noticed how Ninja(boy) when killed in arena , flies back behind everyone like piece of paper , while every other champion falls down very close to where they were originally staying before killed ? sorry if you already mentioned this , I didn't see it .... for me that blue haired kid is aesthetically the worst looking character(not champion) in the game , like if you put that pinky power ranger to fight alongside Bruce Willis in Die Hard . Am I evil ? Should Ninjas look more Ninjous ?
To be fair, Genbo gets defenstrated too when he dies. He also looks like he's probably all dessicated monk muscle under his clothes, so in my mind it makes sense. :) And yeah - they botched the merge on Ninja's face. It's like they farmed it out to one of the devs' middle school kids for a beginner Photoshop project.
Chonoru is better than you say, sir. I built her out (no books) and she is fun for waves. Are there better? Absolutely. But I think she will be a solid FW choice.
I use Fenshi in Clan Boss fights, he brought me from 6 mil to 8-9 mil on brutal mode. And hes not built out yet. Level 12 gear, and not many books. I cant imagine what he ll do booked and geared out. He was a game changer for me. Fenshi.
Vagabond has 6xatk multiplier, he's actually very good as well as being scary. and Maurader is quite good as well, looks trash on paper but using him he surprised me - i built two now. I attempted FK21 with all rare shadowkin elite quest and Maurader was the star of the show - needed lifetaker for the multi hits but he was key to keeping her up and actually did a surprising amount of damage on his aoe.
I'd love to get some of the shadowkin champions but every time I use a blue shard or a purple shard I get a trashy champion or a duplicate and I've been running about the same 5 champions for everything besides ninja hes only in my clan boss team
I kind of like Marauder. A1 25% stun, A2 is AOE Dec atk, and he hits pretty hard for an HP champ. He has provoke as well, but it places a shield on him to go with it directly, which in better than Odachi in my opinion. It also throws a reflect damage up, making a possible FK champ on top of it. 21k Base HP. Only downside is that the % landing is 100, but he is a rare after all, they can't ALL be Warmaiden.
people are sleeping on Chonoru as a farmer. I was vaulting her for months while at the same time praying to get a bellower or fellhound. pulled the trigger on getting her to 60 and she does 12.3 in 8 seconds on PC and 9-10 sec on mobile. not crazy fast like fellhound but way better than most campaign farmers. she also has insanely high base Attack which means that even with only level 2 masteries, crap gear, 5 star ascension (no banner) and with zero books, she gets the job done.
I took Chonuru to 60 as soon as I got her (soon after her release). I was greatly disappointed. One of those I will regret. Should have done apothecary instead.
Chonoru is a campaign farming beast ash. You have to revisit. Stat threshold is very low too I was at about 4500 attack 210 CD and felt I could go lower.
While I haven't tried her, I think Chonorou would work as a campaign farmer, her multipliers aren't the worst and neither is her attack when compared to a lot of other campaign farmers. The cooldown of her A3 decreases by 1 turn for each enemy killed by it, which should allow her to do it every round. I haven't tried her, so I can't confirm it, but on paper she doesn't sound that bad. Maybe niche at best. That said, there are cheaper and easier farmers out there.
that scary "mommy" audio during the vagabond overlook gave me flashbacks to over a decade ago when we used to use it to prank ppl late at night at scary places such as a cemetery hah..
Sachis one of my most used epics in the game she’s sooooo good. My resistance gear is junk so the decrease accuracy keeps debuffs off me, the -crit keeps bad RNG off my champs, leech heals. Increase attack and TM. She is so underrated.
What's up Ash. Could you please do something about the mechanics of HP Burn and explain what it does and how it works? No RUclipsr has spoken about it. To me it just looks like Poison with aesthetic differences.
When poison hits it only hits the target. HP burn goes off and damages everyone. It is a MUST have in the higher Spider levels. Also, HP burn does a little more dmg to the target but you can only have 1 HP burn debuff on at a time.
Idk if this helps but what the hey. So one thing you will notice is that there can only be one HP burn on a target at a time, while poison is stackable. Also HP burn decreases in effectiveness against the clan boss the higher the difficulty (it gets capped). It only does 3% max HP damage but it effects ALL units on the team. So if the entire enemy team has HP burn and one poison debuff then they will take more damage from burn then poison because they will take damage not just from their own burn but their allies burns as well.
Yea AOE hp burn is THE BEST WAY to kill spider 15+ (if you don't have double Coldheart or something like that) and it becomes a MASSIVE help in doomtower as well. Very strong stuff, don't sleep on it
I built up genzhin, did not regret at all, he just cleared 12-7 NM in 2minutes for the shard, he's on my fast FK20 team and 3v3s team. 10/10 would build out.
I've got Fenshi in Relentless on my FTP and he's a monster. The only issue with him is his survivability; I've got him paired with Uugo so that helps quite a bit but he's a bit on the squishy side
I built Genzin out and he hits really hard but he can't be speed tuned for anything.. I've noticed one wave he'll go third and the next wave he goes first. It's weird.
Theaters have been dead for all the movies I have seen as well. They space the seating out as well and still maybe 20 people per theater. I am loving it!
Ash we have to agree to disagree with you thoughts on Chonoru! Put her in a Reflex Set and watch her do work. She literally kills waves and constantly smacking with Lay Bare! You are sleeping on her..lol
I've got Ninja, Gory, Burangiri and 3 Fenshis. I think that will be enough to progress to the second boss of FW, but after that missing def down and revive is really going to hurt.
Marauder is a great rare. Look at that hp…I put him in a shield set and he helped me clear spirit rare hard doom tower secret rooms. Way harder content than fw waves there
Ashe, question: Is Riho Bonespear better than Duchess Lilitu? Because I keep reading their specs and convincing myself she is, yet a bunch of peopler argued I am incorrect. You have both(I am assuming), which do you use more?
Toragi is awesome. My first SK to 60 and an essential member of my CB team. Got some of the others so might have a team, although only legos are Ninja and Yoshi. Epic team looms?
Don't sleep on Yoshi! He's a good Arena lead, he's amazing for a Spider lead (his fear helps kick off burns without taking damage), he can tank, his raise accuracy is good, and he puts out tons of stuns on his A1. Tank him up and let him drive. You will be surprised.
I am a relatively new player, day 135, and I have only 3 Legos so far. I was given Ninja, and pulled Yannica and Lugan the Steadfast. Ninja is the worst of the 3 but he was a giveaway after all and you get what you pay for. I opened 50+ Ancients on this past 2x event trying to get Trunda. I watch these champion reviews knowing I will unlikely see any of the Legos and few of the Epics. It will keep getting worse as they dilute my chances by adding more and more champs to the game. In the end you build what the game gives you, for bad and worse.
@@seanforbes1034 On paper, Ninja looks to be the best damage dealer, Yannica less damage but more balance of skills, and Lugan best all round and team player. In practice Ninja trails Yannica in damage on my Clan Boss team, and they both trail Elhain by a lot. Lugan I have yet to build but he looks to be my Banner Lords Faction Wars leader by a longshot. Ninja does his best work for me right now in Tag Team Arena. It could also be a gear issue. I just subscribed to Hell Hades Gear and Champion optimizer. When it rates 90% of my gear Bin(Trash), Very Weak, or Weak, I know I have a problem. I also know he is an end game player and the tool rates gear as such. So like champs, you use and level up the gear the game gives you.
Hey Ash. I'm replying in reference to the Scarab King 100 on normal Doom Tower. I have Lyssandra, Armiger, Miscreated Monster, Metalshaper, and Visix. I'll have shield up on all allies and the Scarab King removes the shield and starts provoking us all to death. I have speed tuned and manually played and can't beat him. Help please.
I have a very good faction wars team. Sucks they’re going to move Lydia up instead of just adding another reward. It seems very very unfair to newer players.
I've used Fenshi in CB while still at level 50 and he works well although he is usually the first to die. Needs a good healer/ resurrector to work. Used him with Frozen Banshee. Will probably take him to 6 stars eventually.
I worked at a couple theaters for about 20 combined years. I would never willingly set foot in a theatre again, or at least not as a paying customer. :)
Ash on Gory: If you are looking for a dependale freeze for faction wars, you could build him ... Me: Or you could just use Ninja, whom you would build anyway and who puts out a ton of damage on top of that. But I guess Gory might become relevant for those who start playing after the Ninja advertising campaign has ended.
Lifetaker, that rare you didn't like lol. I built her up to 50 and booked her while progressing in the game. Best decision I've ever made. She's not worth pushing past 50. I threw her in perception gear and retaliation set and she because crucial for progress in fire knight before I was able to get cold heart. Her turn meter manipulation is very strong, and her a1 applying heal reduction comes in handy when you can't quite keep the fk turn meter down. Unfortunately she's weak affinity for 20. If she was force, void, of spirit affinity I would actually take her to 60 because the amount her a2 actually does is impressive.
Life taker is slept on. Solid Multipliers turn meter Control and Good for Fire Knight with that multi hitter....also Blood Mask Hits Hard on my account??? So...also Marauder is solid
I use Chonoru as my campaign farmer, built her decent speed 100% crit rate and good crit damage (~130%) and she runs 12-3 brutal in 10-14seconds, otherwise I don't use her except in tag arena and now faction war.
bunigiri is doing wonders for me with his, vogoths and sun wu kongs passives, with a cheeky runic warder thrown in because he just keeps working. he doesnt be sheep, and punches wukong hard along with alot of other ppl. my 1st 5 purple star champ, and i think im going to take him further.
Ash, this is the content I am here for. As a newish player at around 100 days, it is incredibly helpful to know the best champs in each faction as I begin working on my faction teams.
Also the edits are top notch as always :)
Love to hear it Ron! Glad the videos have been helpful
I second Odachi being worth building out.
Took the clan quest to kill ice golem with all Shadowkin champions and failed miserably until I maxed out Odachi and put Ninja in regen gear.
Odachi in a reflex+immortal gear set combo and warmaster mastery did nearly as much damage as Ninja, and blocked the debuffs from the ice golem adds very well.
I feel people are sleeping on Lifetaker and on Assassin. Lifetaker has a 30% (40 when booked) 2 hit A1 with a 100% Heal Reduction. She has a 3 hit 4 turn (3 Turn when booked) A2. Each hit has a 50% chance (75% when booked) of decreasing the target's Turn Meter by 10%. Third hit has a 50% chance (75% when booked) of placing 30% Decrease Speed debuff for 2 turns. She's good for Fire Knight.
Then Assassin. He's got a 10% Speed Aura, which is great if you don't have one other than High Khatun. His A1 does has a 50% chance (75% booked) applying a 5% poison. A2 has a 50% chance (75% booked) to increase all debuffs on the enemy by 1 turn. His A3 has a 75% chance (100% booked) to apply a 15% weaken. This guy could help Clan Boss.
You should do that kind of video for every factions
(PS: still waiting for this Nogdar review :) )
nogdar in frenzy with high hp,Thats all you need.
@@ozark209 how you supposed to get high hp bruh. His max is 12k!
@@Chubbyunicorn60 high is a relative term. But really, Nogdar in Frenzy set is amazing!
Me too I have him he is like Pitiless one people say he's trash but u can just about one shot Any1 in arena with him except maybe high HP people in shield set if I could post video I would
Nogdar is awesome on the right team
y'all need to really revisit Gory. everyone's issues with Gory was always the conditional aspects of his kit that required targets to be under freeze, and then they gave everyone ninja for free which is a 100% AoE freeze within this faction. Gory is going to be a cleanup specialist when paired with ninja, especially for faction wars when it drops.
I just pulled Gory today, and was thinking the same thing.
Just got and instantly 6*’d gory, he’s great
i knew he'd be a great champion. just pulled him also
I feel like Hotatsu easily deserves to be an A tier champion (regardless of rarity). He is probably the guy you want to bring if you want to keep your team alive; he has increase defense, decrease attack, leech and continuous heal and an aura that works everywhere. The only other defensive thing he doesn't have is Strengthen when it comes to mitigation but few champions have that anyway. If I got him before my rather extensive roster, I would have definitely built him out without hesitation - I'd say there are very few champions that not only helps reduce the damage your team takes but also heals them.
I agree. He's actually really good.
Couldn't agree more he is the 1st I put my best HP Def & perception gear on him as well
Yeah in a faction short on heals and lacking Rez (outside of Sachi's weird passive thing) leech and HOT are crucial. It's demonspawn all over again.
Hotatsu is definitely going on my faction war team, he's basically a newer version of Tayrel
Hotatsu is almost always my lead on DT waves. on top of being an incredible defensive champion, he hits like a truck with that a2. his passive also helps keep him alive and is really underrated.
Plarium needs to pause new champ releases and rebalance some of the older ones. Many legacy legendaries pale in comparison to some of these new epics.
if you pay them to do it I'm sure they would
How did the pause new champs worked out ?
Would love to see this for every faction even a faction war tips for each faction
For FW I intend to use Gory as a glass cannon who pairs well with Ninja's freeze and gets revived by Sachi. It the fears from that revive seem useful, I might build out Nobel and see if that's a good ticket to victory.
What set gear you put on him?
I maxed out Oboro and her steal all buffs on the A2, helped me a bunch starting out in magic keep and arena. It's a bummer that it's conditional on being under perfect veil, but it can boost her damage and survivability a lot. Awesome video Ash!
people are sleeping on Chonoru - she's a beast of a campaign farmer with her A3 that resets each round when you level 4 mobs.
I'm currently debating on her or kael, just wish her multiplier on her a3 was a little bit stronger, and her being spirit makes her lose points in that regard for me
@@komordian5803 people get caught up in her shield removal and miss the point that the cooldown for her A3 resets when she kills 4 mobs. It's perfect for campaign farming - she goes in, A3 - dead - A3 - dead - A3 - dead - done. She's not a speed runner due to the length of the animation, but she's much easier to gear up than Saurus and much quicker than Relic Keeper. She has neutral affinity matchup in 12-3, so while it could be better she's fine. well worth the investment.
Lifetaker is a good early game FTP team filler for fire knight while you're still assembling your roster. Both active skills are multi hits, + a reflect damage and heal reduction.
lifetaker is really good for spirit keep and fireknight, when you book her out. I use her as a backup when coldheart doesnt land her heal reduction.
You skipped past Sachi's resurrection. I don't have her, but I've had the tables turned on me in arenas by her a few times just by her killing one of my guys and then passively resurrecting one of hers plus putting fear on my group when she does it. It's like a 3 for 1 deal.
So if I go in it's 3 to 1 and I'm almost done with the fight, but she hangs on, she kills one of my guys and rezzes, makes it 2 to 2, and then fears my group giving her the go ahead on another turn.
Oboro has been my hands down favorite epic from the Shadowkin Faction. Her skills with miscreated monster, blind seer and roshcard the tower together are by far beautiful and consitent. I run this team in just about anything. i do switch blind seer in and out though for high katun, or my gala longbraids. Depending on situation.
Good to know. I just pulled her and my FreeTooPlay brain wants to know what the hell im gonna do with her.
I really like Oboro - she was among the first Epics I ever pulled, and because I already had Stag Knight (my FIRST Epic ever) and pulled Bad el Kazar around the same time period (my first LEGO ever), I was able to exploit the crap out of her A1 in Arena. Stag would drop INC ATK & DEF, then BeK would drop two poisons, and if even one opponent got all four debuffs, that was enough for me to target them and make Oboro's AoE kick in. The only reason I don't use her in Classic Arena anymore is because I whaled for Genbo during his 10x event, and LAWD does he chew through PvP. She is still the cornerstone of one of my 3v3 teams, though. :)
On top of that, her A2 is an amazing game saver on Auto runs when there are Unkillable or Block Damage champs in the waves, and you bring too much turn meter control with you (for the boss) to ever let that one last champ have a turn. She always does her A3 first to put her Veil up, which activates the second ability of her A2, and then she steals every buff the target has with it.
when did you pull your first lego?
@@127srinivas.k.l7 It was fairly close to the beginning, but it was a while ago now so I'm not totally sure. Somewhere between 4-8 weeks after starting.
I am playing for 3 months no luck
@@127srinivas.k.l7 You just have to have patience. Unless you want to throw a whole lot of money down the tubes, this is not a game meant for instant satisfaction. Luck only gets you so far. Play with the champs you have, and only pull expensive shards during 2x events. :)
Hubby and I went to the movies last week for the first time since before the pandemic and like you we also had the theater to ourselves! That aside thanks for the video. All my shadow kin so far are level 40-50 and while I have Lydia already, I still want to complete shadowkin when it's done.
See anything good?
@@ASH-RAID Free Guy with Ryan Reynolds, it was overall enjoyable.
Genzin will be god tier in Faction Wars since he's the only AoE Dec Def in the faction. If you don't have him the waves are going to be really painful. Sachi as well, all attack a1 perfect for stun set and only reviver.
His animation speed is also pretty underrated. He's shaved off 20+ secs of my lvl 24-25 dungeon runs by just being really fast.
His aoe multipliers need a buff Kael out damages him in the same gear for me
@@StevenJohnson-kc2dw maybe except kael doesnt do decrease defense.
Jintoro in an unkillable clan boss team is crazy, also helps in the spider dungeon stopping her have a turn
Good information in the video. So far Shadowkin is a shadow of a shadow.
I built Ninja up to 6 60 with all 4-6 star 16 artifacts and accessories. Really looking for 6 star speed boots to replace the 4 star level 16 speed boots. Speed right now would go from 171 to 186 because I booked his stats in masteries.
Artifacts: 2 perception sets 1 Divine Life set that has crit rate 60%
Looking to get a crit damage amulet
Overall an ass-kicker in Clan Boss, Doom Tower, Tag Team Arena and Faction Crypts. Good for campaigns and dungeons.
M'shalled is another one of the big guns. I have him dying in first round of every Classic Arena, then he gets revived by Scyl O. T. Drakes and by the end he is the only one left standing and he's taking down the other side. He has done same in Doom Tower Bosses.
Working to at least get a team together of Shadowkin for Faction Crypts.
Oboro is a beast! Almost have her fully booked and will max out her masteries when I get the gems. She can crush it in the arena.
Use the rare sickle chick, in fire knight. Works pretty good and you get the added benefit of sounding like you just took down a AT-AT on Hoth. I ended up building two and the booked 5s does surprisingly well in life drinker, speed. The only downfall is the turn she does nothing but veil herself. (Must be on Cool down)
I love Toragi, the biggest issue is I can't use him and Draco at the same time for CB because they put so many poisons on that other debuffs get blocked. So I ended up swapping in Rotos to pair with him.
Could say so many things - But the Vagabond edit deserves the 2021 Internet Award - by far!!! hahaha!!! I watched horror movies for years - And that edit was the best out of them all! Cheers mate!
I use Fenshi for Clan-Boss. He did unbooked more damage than my nearly fully booked Kael AND Kael's equip was better. (1/4 - 1/2 of Ninja's damage) I'm running Fenshi in Toxic to buff his A3 even further.
His survivability is an issue... he dies first everytime.
Currently I'm booking him and got new equip from the Dragon for the Tourney, so he will be even better.
Thanks ASH, I needed this confirmation that most of my Shadowkin are going to be food.
The good ones my accounts have are Ninja, Jenbo, and Oboro on FTP1 then Ninja, Burangiri and Odachi on FTP2.
Ash, I have a maxed Genbo, His A1 and A2 is clutch against annoying buffs in waves and bosses, like in magic keep he steals her massive shield, he becomes shielded for max health, it's hilarious really
Peydma does it.
@@YxKUZA21 well if we're just saying random stuff for no actual reason other than be lucky if one person reads it and learns sumthing....I wanna too........ yes also peydma is such an old , original legacy character that the wording on her a3 is how they used to label stealing buffs. Also on that same skill, she one of the even rare for back then, champions with cool down -1 sandwiched between damage up skills books . Plus peydma takes all buffs guaranteed as long as not resisted....then goes on a 3 turn (5 turn if unbooked)
Genbo it's his A1 and only has a chance to steal per hit (it hits twice) plus best part about him (and this is just me guessing, if there's lore on him I've never seen or heard it but I may go looking). Is that he is the dishonoured, because by the look of his chopped off wings....he could be a fallen angel. And some would say you don't get more dishonoured than that lol
@@DavidQuessy when did I ask?
@@YxKUZA21 oh wow it only took one reply to your comment to put you in the same spot you put me in,
make me think "when did anyone ask?
now you know how I felt.
But keep those "trying to be condescending" short few words to yourself this time.
No one cares about how salty you are over your sandy vagjna 🙄
Big movie fan, went to school for film and video game production! Just saw 'Free Guy' and 'Old' both great movies!
Great video Ash! Hey can you do a video on Countess Lix & Astralon as a pair, due to the 10x chance this weekend for Astralon (on Saturday) and Countess Lix (on Sunday). Tnx. 💜 your channel.
Conscript has a 6.5 A2 smack I've taken to 4 star and he destroys at low-mid level. 1 hit kills. If you have the resources, for even faction wars, he's viable. Maybe only there.
Damn that's awesome lol
Love these kind of videos. Would love to see some faction wars guides with ranking of champs and good team make up
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I run Oboro as my defense down/nuker on fire knight 25. She’s a MONSTER.
Am I going to the movies? I have been to 13 in the past 3 months, 4 of those in the last 2 weeks. Almost every showing was empty, so go enjoy them. Don't allow movie theaters with thier 50'-100' foot screens and unparalled surround sound disappear because you want to stream it on a pansy 55" TV with a soundbar at home.
Nothing beats the movie theater experience.
Movies I saw the last couple months:
Tennet, Croods 2, Wrath if Man, Finding You, F9: The Fast Saga, Boss Baby 2, Black Widow, G.I.Joe Snake eyes, Jungle Cruise, The Green Knight , The Suicide Squad, Respect, Free Guy
I watched it Ash!! And then when you mentioned it today, I went back and watched it again! It was beautiful. Keep up the great work man!
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I built Chonoru as a campaign farmer because of the reset on the A3, works like a charm!
where is the download link for her he's talking about?
I am SO glad I finally have a champion (Scyl of the Drakes) that is featured in all of Ash's videos on at least ONE account it feels really weird to finally be able to use her got her to lv 40 so far will be raising her further.
She seems to be missing the "Boundless life" feature but I've yet to entirely explore the champion I have a strong suspicion it might involve ascending her or a mastery.
For Shadowkin my most prized is Toragi the frog rank 1, Burangiri rank 2 and rank 3 is Ninja in that order.
Bro you could literally look it up which takes 2 seconds. But you’ll go months using her without wondering why 🤦🏻♂️
@@TheAalen I finally got 2 Scyls on 2 different accounts but only one of them got built out I am planning to build the second one out but for different reasons than the first one because I had Reliquary Tender for a reviver on the 2nd account for a long time!
Ok So Odachi is ACTUALLY valuable for non food purposes thank god because I was beginning to question whether I should use him for some kind of fusion or use him for food and I'm glad I didn't do either.
First I have to say it's a shame this review hadn't been out earlier. I went stupid crazy on all the lower level players, booked and leveled them up to 4*, not to 6*, but still. Now I have Ninja 6* and Odachi 5* and both is awesome. Ninja is a little squishy still which I'm trying to figure out. Odachi was great in campaign paired with Elhain. I took the both all the way from Normal through Brutal and they just killed it. Now I just have to figure out how to get some of those good players you mentioned. Thanks for your insights. And yes I did get the reference to Burangiri. LOL
i keep coming back to your vids.., really enjoy them
Jokes on you ash since I'm a fan of ninjas I lvl up all shadowkin champions.😂😂😂😂
@V.N. LAXMAN I play for fun I'll let the whales stockpile resources. 😎
Same 😂😅😅
They are all crap
... hilarious
I love ninjas so when I got ninja I was very happy 😁😁
This is really helpful, i'm still new and pulling loads of random champs so guides like this are really helpful when deciding who to upgrade next. thank you
Glad it’s helpful James. Thanks for watching
Problem with adding new champions is that Plarium does not increase the base chance of pulling them from shards. Therefore our chance of getting any particular Champ goes down.
Can I use Odachi at clan boss instead of Sepulcher Sentinel? Odachi can block debuffs at every 3 turns while Sentinel can do it once at 4 turns.
Or the only solution is making Sepulcher Sentinel fast enough to catch a 4:3 turn ratio?
Interesting idea. I wonder if that could work.
Man I love Ash. I love the whole raid creator com. Darth, JGigz, Hades, Stew and Scratch.
I personally think stew and BGM are two fools, i was happy when they was banned by plarium, what a two clowns... but i like ash, hh, Jgigz, darth, and dragon as well xdd.
@@Ner0-Angel0 They have big personalities so I can understand being rubbed the wrong way.
Never heard of xdd or dragon. I'll look into them.
@@Ner0-Angel0 You're a fool.
Coldbrew?? The armiger finder legend ??....the king of low budget f2p !!
@@blohnnie7395 I don't like them because of their "great" personalities, I don't like BGM because he's a crybaby, and I don't like the bald man because he's a clown, they both showed people how to use a cheat engine, and on top of that they were funny, what a laugh It hit me when plarium closed their mouths blessing them, now they are careful, and dragon is the type of oriental appearance that makes videos of doom tower, duos, threesomes etc nice videos. and I suppose I should explain to you that xdd is XDD (yamki version i guess or bad sarcasm version).
I seriously love Sachi. I use her literally everywhere and she hits hard.
Hi there . Did anyone noticed how Ninja(boy) when killed in arena , flies back behind everyone like piece of paper , while every other champion falls down very close to where they were originally staying before killed ? sorry if you already mentioned this , I didn't see it .... for me that blue haired kid is aesthetically the worst looking character(not champion) in the game , like if you put that pinky power ranger to fight alongside Bruce Willis in Die Hard . Am I evil ? Should Ninjas look more Ninjous ?
To be fair, Genbo gets defenstrated too when he dies. He also looks like he's probably all dessicated monk muscle under his clothes, so in my mind it makes sense. :)
And yeah - they botched the merge on Ninja's face. It's like they farmed it out to one of the devs' middle school kids for a beginner Photoshop project.
Chonoru is better than you say, sir. I built her out (no books) and she is fun for waves. Are there better? Absolutely. But I think she will be a solid FW choice.
I build Chonoru too and she is rly good,she is my fav.from shadowkin and she remind me of maiko from sin city 😁
I'll give you a big like for giving my babe Sachi some credit. That thumbnail almost gave me a heart attack LoL
Sachi was my first 6 star from the faction.. her revive is important, and she can hit HARD.
A1 perfect for stun set and only revive in the faction, she'll be an MVP there for sure.
I use Fenshi in Clan Boss fights, he brought me from 6 mil to 8-9 mil on brutal mode. And hes not built out yet. Level 12 gear, and not many books. I cant imagine what he ll do booked and geared out. He was a game changer for me. Fenshi.
JUST pulled odachi and came straight back here 60 seconds later to double check him. Thanks again ash for all you do!
Vagabond has 6xatk multiplier, he's actually very good as well as being scary. and Maurader is quite good as well, looks trash on paper but using him he surprised me - i built two now. I attempted FK21 with all rare shadowkin elite quest and Maurader was the star of the show - needed lifetaker for the multi hits but he was key to keeping her up and actually did a surprising amount of damage on his aoe.
@ASH we need a book mixer like the potion mix; where say, 5 rare books will make you 1 epic book, 5 epic books will make you 1 legendary book
I'd love to get some of the shadowkin champions but every time I use a blue shard or a purple shard I get a trashy champion or a duplicate and I've been running about the same 5 champions for everything besides ninja hes only in my clan boss team
I kind of like Marauder. A1 25% stun, A2 is AOE Dec atk, and he hits pretty hard for an HP champ. He has provoke as well, but it places a shield on him to go with it directly, which in better than Odachi in my opinion. It also throws a reflect damage up, making a possible FK champ on top of it. 21k Base HP. Only downside is that the % landing is 100, but he is a rare after all, they can't ALL be Warmaiden.
people are sleeping on Chonoru as a farmer. I was vaulting her for months while at the same time praying to get a bellower or fellhound. pulled the trigger on getting her to 60 and she does 12.3 in 8 seconds on PC and 9-10 sec on mobile. not crazy fast like fellhound but way better than most campaign farmers.
she also has insanely high base Attack which means that even with only level 2 masteries, crap gear, 5 star ascension (no banner) and with zero books, she gets the job done.
Chani is a beast especially with her A2, deals massive amounts of damage, almost one shots every one she comes across. And her A3 is no joke either.
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I took Chonuru to 60 as soon as I got her (soon after her release). I was greatly disappointed. One of those I will regret. Should have done apothecary instead.
Oh-dah-chi
And for sachi you forgot to mention her passive. Which, if you're beginning the game, can bump your spider team up several levels
Chonoru is a campaign farming beast ash. You have to revisit. Stat threshold is very low too I was at about 4500 attack 210 CD and felt I could go lower.
Great vid, would love to see more videos like these for other champions.
While I haven't tried her, I think Chonorou would work as a campaign farmer, her multipliers aren't the worst and neither is her attack when compared to a lot of other campaign farmers. The cooldown of her A3 decreases by 1 turn for each enemy killed by it, which should allow her to do it every round. I haven't tried her, so I can't confirm it, but on paper she doesn't sound that bad. Maybe niche at best.
That said, there are cheaper and easier farmers out there.
that scary "mommy" audio during the vagabond overlook gave me flashbacks to over a decade ago when we used to use it to prank ppl late at night at scary places such as a cemetery hah..
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Burangiri suddenly clutch in Doom Tower…. Nice style of Video Ash. Thanks.
i've pulled nobel in last x2. I think i will make some use for him as force champion in team with elder skarg (my 1st leggo
I think he’d pair very well with Elder Skarg.
Sachis one of my most used epics in the game she’s sooooo good. My resistance gear is junk so the decrease accuracy keeps debuffs off me, the -crit keeps bad RNG off my champs, leech heals. Increase attack and TM. She is so underrated.
What's up Ash. Could you please do something about the mechanics of HP Burn and explain what it does and how it works? No RUclipsr has spoken about it.
To me it just looks like Poison with aesthetic differences.
When poison hits it only hits the target. HP burn goes off and damages everyone. It is a MUST have in the higher Spider levels. Also, HP burn does a little more dmg to the target but you can only have 1 HP burn debuff on at a time.
Idk if this helps but what the hey.
So one thing you will notice is that there can only be one HP burn on a target at a time, while poison is stackable. Also HP burn decreases in effectiveness against the clan boss the higher the difficulty (it gets capped). It only does 3% max HP damage but it effects ALL units on the team. So if the entire enemy team has HP burn and one poison debuff then they will take more damage from burn then poison because they will take damage not just from their own burn but their allies burns as well.
Yea AOE hp burn is THE BEST WAY to kill spider 15+ (if you don't have double Coldheart or something like that) and it becomes a MASSIVE help in doomtower as well. Very strong stuff, don't sleep on it
All of these comments were a massive help. I get it now !! 😭 Thank you all very much!
I think you overlooked Genzin's A1 is a triple hitter that fills TM by 18%, also Sachi passive is a revive if you kill enemy, good for FW
I built up genzhin, did not regret at all, he just cleared 12-7 NM in 2minutes for the shard, he's on my fast FK20 team and 3v3s team. 10/10 would build out.
I'm in bad shape, outside of Ninja and Yoshi, I really don't have anyone I can use to complete with if this faction was open now. 😩😩
I've got Fenshi in Relentless on my FTP and he's a monster. The only issue with him is his survivability; I've got him paired with Uugo so that helps quite a bit but he's a bit on the squishy side
I built Genzin out and he hits really hard but he can't be speed tuned for anything.. I've noticed one wave he'll go third and the next wave he goes first. It's weird.
Theaters have been dead for all the movies I have seen as well. They space the seating out as well and still maybe 20 people per theater. I am loving it!
Ash we have to agree to disagree with you thoughts on Chonoru! Put her in a Reflex Set and watch her do work. She literally kills waves and constantly smacking with Lay Bare! You are sleeping on her..lol
agree! I put mine on life stealer, and she practically carries my chickens through dragon, this last event!
Haha, Paw Patrol for mornings In The Night Garden for settling down time. 😉💙
3:51 This made me laugh so hard. I love your content Ash!! I always have fun watching your videos!!! 👍❤️
Thanks Antonio
I've got Ninja, Gory, Burangiri and 3 Fenshis. I think that will be enough to progress to the second boss of FW, but after that missing def down and revive is really going to hurt.
Marauder is a great rare. Look at that hp…I put him in a shield set and he helped me clear spirit rare hard doom tower secret rooms. Way harder content than fw waves there
Ashe, question: Is Riho Bonespear better than Duchess Lilitu? Because I keep reading their specs and convincing myself she is, yet a bunch of peopler argued I am incorrect. You have both(I am assuming), which do you use more?
Toragi is awesome. My first SK to 60 and an essential member of my CB team. Got some of the others so might have a team, although only legos are Ninja and Yoshi. Epic team looms?
The last pronunciation for Odachi was pretty good, Ash.
Don't sleep on Yoshi! He's a good Arena lead, he's amazing for a Spider lead (his fear helps kick off burns without taking damage), he can tank, his raise accuracy is good, and he puts out tons of stuns on his A1.
Tank him up and let him drive. You will be surprised.
Love the vids keep it up!!!
I am a relatively new player, day 135, and I have only 3 Legos so far. I was given Ninja, and pulled Yannica and Lugan the Steadfast. Ninja is the worst of the 3 but he was a giveaway after all and you get what you pay for. I opened 50+ Ancients on this past 2x event trying to get Trunda. I watch these champion reviews knowing I will unlikely see any of the Legos and few of the Epics. It will keep getting worse as they dilute my chances by adding more and more champs to the game. In the end you build what the game gives you, for bad and worse.
Bro ninja is arguably the best of those three. Though theyre all pretty solid
Edit: Nvm, lugan might actually be best.
@@seanforbes1034 On paper, Ninja looks to be the best damage dealer, Yannica less damage but more balance of skills, and Lugan best all round and team player. In practice Ninja trails Yannica in damage on my Clan Boss team, and they both trail Elhain by a lot. Lugan I have yet to build but he looks to be my Banner Lords Faction Wars leader by a longshot. Ninja does his best work for me right now in Tag Team Arena. It could also be a gear issue. I just subscribed to Hell Hades Gear and Champion optimizer. When it rates 90% of my gear Bin(Trash), Very Weak, or Weak, I know I have a problem. I also know he is an end game player and the tool rates gear as such. So like champs, you use and level up the gear the game gives you.
Hey Ash. I'm replying in reference to the Scarab King 100 on normal Doom Tower. I have Lyssandra, Armiger, Miscreated Monster, Metalshaper, and Visix. I'll have shield up on all allies and the Scarab King removes the shield and starts provoking us all to death. I have speed tuned and manually played and can't beat him. Help please.
I have a very good faction wars team. Sucks they’re going to move Lydia up instead of just adding another reward.
It seems very very unfair to newer players.
4:05 I GOT SERIOUS CHILLS FROM THAT
Im so excited just got jintoro ! Then came to watch this vid after i pulled him
I've used Fenshi in CB while still at level 50 and he works well although he is usually the first to die. Needs a good healer/ resurrector to work. Used him with Frozen Banshee. Will probably take him to 6 stars eventually.
I worked at a couple theaters for about 20 combined years. I would never willingly set foot in a theatre again, or at least not as a paying customer. :)
So what's your view on vagabond? You mentioned his looks but that was it
huge movie fan here ash used to go to the theater every week before the apocalypse lol
Ash on Gory: If you are looking for a dependale freeze for faction wars, you could build him ...
Me: Or you could just use Ninja, whom you would build anyway and who puts out a ton of damage on top of that. But I guess Gory might become relevant for those who start playing after the Ninja advertising campaign has ended.
Lifetaker, that rare you didn't like lol. I built her up to 50 and booked her while progressing in the game. Best decision I've ever made. She's not worth pushing past 50. I threw her in perception gear and retaliation set and she because crucial for progress in fire knight before I was able to get cold heart. Her turn meter manipulation is very strong, and her a1 applying heal reduction comes in handy when you can't quite keep the fk turn meter down. Unfortunately she's weak affinity for 20. If she was force, void, of spirit affinity I would actually take her to 60 because the amount her a2 actually does is impressive.
Life taker is slept on. Solid Multipliers turn meter Control and Good for Fire Knight with that multi hitter....also Blood Mask Hits Hard on my account??? So...also Marauder is solid
I use Chonoru as my campaign farmer, built her decent speed 100% crit rate and good crit damage (~130%) and she runs 12-3 brutal in 10-14seconds, otherwise I don't use her except in tag arena and now faction war.
bunigiri is doing wonders for me with his, vogoths and sun wu kongs passives, with a cheeky runic warder thrown in because he just keeps working. he doesnt be sheep, and punches wukong hard along with alot of other ppl. my 1st 5 purple star champ, and i think im going to take him further.
Hatatsu and Fenshi are my faves from from those mentions tho. Fenshi really fun to use.
Lady kimi is one of the most fun Champs I recently pulled
I do use Fenshi in my budget unkillable team as stun target & hes amazing getting me around 8-10mil (depending on the other DPS I use)
So you aren’t going to mention that sachi is one of the only support revivers for FW?
Jintoro works well on my Easy Double Maneater team.
He also smacks Dark Fae. A1 trample the entire clone lineup then A3 on Dark Fae.