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I recently became valiant so... IM COOKED

It depends on how you plan to use them. I don’t have Zola, but my understanding is that his sig primarily helps him on offense. I pulled Yelena yesterday and haven’t had time to put her through her paces (other than BGs, where she got banned twice and won me a round the only time I could draft her) but my understanding is that her sig helps her most on offense. So, if you primarily plan to use them for defense, I wouldn’t use the gems.

I pulled Kushala after a year of trying, and immediately used my mystic AG on her.
Then pulled her again a few days later.
Now I need a mystic AG for Tigra and am kicking myself...
Save your AGs for champs who aren't available in the current crystals, unless you absolutely love them.

Both, they're both dual threats and fun on attack but red skull is better for sure.

I've had defenders parry striker. I wonder if they are counted as "non contact basic hits". That would explain why they don't take damage from Korg or Attuma. Also why It counts for Things' rock stacks.

And photon can parry stun non contact basic hits.

Assuming of course, there wasn't any other interaction

Don't worry, they are still in the process of reversing bans/suspensions. I've only user Google play and my account is still suspended, however these things take time so they can't get it all done in one batch.

I got Rulk early on and actually put in a gem (had multiple science gems) for war lane 9 and used him a few times just before the map change.
Now i've pulled him 3 times.I do like him, just need some slight adjustments to bring him up to modern standards. Things like his immunity which isn't and removes Debuffs only.. needing resistance from his sigs. just some weird stuff that needs some cleaning up. Maybe switching up his sp2 and sp3.. having a damage payout on sp2 and sp3 for a regen makes more sense.

I do like him but just can't justify any use of him other than some rare war fights after the map change

Unrelated, but how is your son's Thronebreaker account somehow in a Plat 6 alliance? Seems shady to me

It’s not. That’s a long standing bug where if you look at someone else’s profile it shows the placement of your own alliance. If you look closer, you can see his kids alliance has a war rating of 374 so definitely not plat.

The length and difficulty are fine.
Just remove portals, keep it simple to make planning easier, I personally don't care for fancy map designs.
No more relic nodes, switching relics is annoying.

Zola's sig ability is purely offensive, keep that in mind. Doesn't need awaking for defense at all.