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Why herc to R5?

I've seen so many people ranking herc to R5 and acsending him, because he apparently isn't coming out as a 7 star (rightly so)
But why?
Wouldn't someone like Galan or CGR benefit more from the rank up and attack increase and combat power rate increase?
Edit: Also anything you can herc with a R5 ascended, you could probably also herc with a R4 albeit with a couple more revives probably. Is that not the case?
But why?
Wouldn't someone like Galan or CGR benefit more from the rank up and attack increase and combat power rate increase?
Edit: Also anything you can herc with a R5 ascended, you could probably also herc with a R4 albeit with a couple more revives probably. Is that not the case?
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Then you have your answer
Am extra rank on CGR, Galan or Hercules does exactly the same thing, saving you future resources. And I prefer to bet my money on Herc
I'm not a good at immortality cheezing. I need him at good health. If I trigger immortality many times I end up dying.
In your face long fights.
But with herc who certainly never gonna get released as 7* (or might be the last champ to enter the pool), I can rank him up without any fear.
Edit: and if you say herc will come later, by the time those 3 are 7 stars, r5 gems will be candy to get
The 6 champions that enter the Titan pool are 4 new ones (two months worth) plus two old ones.
Nobody voted on Jabari and Spider-Ham to join the four new champions that just joined the Titan pool.
So what that means is Kabam has total control over whether the powerhouse cosmics will make it as 7-stars.
To OP’s question - Ascension is not just a wager of who won’t become a 7-star, but it also lets you continue to use your old champions as Defender nodes and HP’s increase. As of right now, you are correct that R5 Ascension just saves you on revives, but as the months go on, it will also save you on the champion becoming as ineffectual as Vision’s pillow hands. This will save you on rank up materials in the future, as you don’t have to rank an undesirable 7-star cosmic to be able to handle content; you can save those resources for when you finally pull a 7-star Cosmic you like while you continue to use an ascended Herc.