What's the best way to use signature stones?
Wubbie075
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I have a bunch of generic signature stones accumulated that I know I should be using, but I've just been so indecisive about the best use to get max value out of them. Most of my 3* are duped and I have a bunch who are approaching max. For 4* I've been saving both class and generic for specific Champs I am waiting to dupe. And, of course, none of my three 5* are duped. So while in my case the question applies mostly for 3*, others may face similar dilemmas for their 4* and 5*.
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I only have a few 4* awakened, but I tend to use the gems on my R4 and R5 champs.
For my 3* gems, I have a team of R4 champs I use for arenas and the gems are given to keep them all at roughly the same sig level (to balance the dupes). More often than not, they're spent to level up the "new" champs (Kingpin, Green Goblin, etc). Out of my 90+ 3* champs, I only really focus on 36 and several of those are sig 60+.
2* gems are spent exclusively on one champ for each class. Once those are maxed, I'll do the same to the next.
HOWEVER, that isn't near as important as using sig stones to boost prestige.
4* I save enough in case I get a bomb.com champion, otherwise the same principle applies.
Prestige is meaningless for me cause I don't do anything with alliances. I created one just for myself to get a few extra rewards but I don't do AW or anything.
Check this out for more details
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/165oQ_fihXmJk12-RwHzyDq66KkVS4W0yILnjrjRdnKw/edit?usp=sharing
For 5* champs, obviously you want to focus on an awesome champ for those sig stones.
When using signature stones it is important to first identify the end result from naturally duping that champ one, two, three or more times -- specifically making sure you do not waste any dupes upon reaching the max sig level.
Max Sig Levels
For example:
If I have a 3* unawakened Gladiator Hulk that i've just gotten out of a Crystal, or the Arena and I use an Awakening Gem on him, he will be at sig level 1 - upon duping him he will rise by 8 levels, and continue to do so for every dupe thereafter. What's important here is understanding, at which point, does he reach the max sig level, and whether or not any stones are wasted.
The best/easiest way to do this is to work backwards from the max sig level, decreasing in the amount of the increment
3* - 99, 91, 83, 75, 67, 59, 51, 43, 35, 27, 19, 11, 3
4* - 99, 79, 59, 39, 19
5* - 200, 180, 160, 140, 120, 100, 80, 60, 40, 20, 0
This means never apply more signature stones to put your champ on a number that is not listed above, otherwise you run the risk of wasting those stones when you naturally dupe them.
Imagine now the same 3* Gladiator Hulk is at sig 88, and you dupe him twice (+16 sig levels) because you forgot that he was on an unnatural sig level - this means you essentially wasted 5 signature stones that you could've placed elsewhere.
Rule of thumb - only apply as many stones to bring the champ back to the natural sig level - UNLESS you can guarantee you will get more stones prior to opening any crystals.
Note: Using an Awakening Gem on 4 & 5*s means you need to throw at least 18/19 stones on them so they get back to their natural sig level state.
I hope that helps.
Basically make sure you don't waste them, like ChunkerButtM8 mentioned above.
Every tier has a natural sig level you want to make sure you don't exceed.
3*s - 99, 91, 83, 75, 67, 59, 51, 43, 35, 27, 19, 11, 3
4*s - 99, 79, 59, 39, 19
5*s - 200, 180, 160, 140, etc
You do not want to leave your champ between any of these numbers, ESPECIALLY near the last natural sig level
91 for 3*s, 79 for 4*s, and 180 for 5*s
UNLESS you can guarantee you'll accumulate enough before you start opening crystals which might lead to them being duped and passing the max threshold.