Suggestions for those low on ISO
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I was typing a comment in a thread about how to not run out of ISO all the time but I had come up with so many ways I felt I needed to write out a list. I’ll separate them into a few sections based on method and explain below.
Lower tier EQ/side events
Many people who are low on ISO have one thing in common, they haven’t yet completed/explored heroic/master EQ. Now it may seem like a lot of effort but just completion runs on both award:
2 ultimate crystals
Around 2 PHCs
1000 4* shards
120 units
Whilst they may look underwhelming in terms of ISO value they are quite significant.
Ultimate crystals can become 4* duped, PHC the same (although I wouldn’t count on it) 1000 4* shards could get you another 4* and 120 units is more than half a Cav which could be even more ISO.
Side quests count as well. This month exploring the master and heroic side quests give
3500 4* shards
1 Ultimate crystal
1 Legendary crystal
1000 5* shards
14000 epoch shards
That’s nearly 2 full 4*s, possibly another from the ultimate, almost certainly one from the legendary, and 3 featured Cav crystals from which getting 4/5* dupes are possible. This means just doing those 2 quests could give you 168 T5 class ISO
Arena
Arena grinding, whilst time consuming, also awards ISO. I myself hardly ever grind but if you wanted ISO I advise doing the 4* featured and some 4* basic arena.
The 4* featured can award you an instant 24 class ISO of (pretty much) a class of your choice. Not only this but if you do miss and don’t place within the top 800 you get 800 4* shards.
When it comes to the 4* basic try grinding to 1.5/2 mil points. This usually places people in the top 11-25% bracket, giving 500 4* shards.
UC arena crystals can give you a 4* Punisher and units you make along the way can be spent on Cav crystals if you really need the ISO.
100% the UC EQ
It may take a long time and not give as good rewards as the Cav EQ but it gives 4* shards for each quest (4200 to be precise)
If you have a deep and developed roster who knows, you might end up duping a 5* with the shards you get as well.
John Mulaneys champion challenge
Exploring early chapters gives a 4* and a 4* nexus. (Oh and 500 shards). Don’t miss out.
Solo objectives
Finally the solo objectives. These days for UC and Cav players many of the milstones give T5B ISO. If you’re exploring the EQs or just arena grinding maybe use a specific class depending on the objectives.
Hope this helps a few people looking for ways of making ISO. Happy holidays and don’t sell champions.
Lower tier EQ/side events
Many people who are low on ISO have one thing in common, they haven’t yet completed/explored heroic/master EQ. Now it may seem like a lot of effort but just completion runs on both award:
2 ultimate crystals
Around 2 PHCs
1000 4* shards
120 units
Whilst they may look underwhelming in terms of ISO value they are quite significant.
Ultimate crystals can become 4* duped, PHC the same (although I wouldn’t count on it) 1000 4* shards could get you another 4* and 120 units is more than half a Cav which could be even more ISO.
Side quests count as well. This month exploring the master and heroic side quests give
3500 4* shards
1 Ultimate crystal
1 Legendary crystal
1000 5* shards
14000 epoch shards
That’s nearly 2 full 4*s, possibly another from the ultimate, almost certainly one from the legendary, and 3 featured Cav crystals from which getting 4/5* dupes are possible. This means just doing those 2 quests could give you 168 T5 class ISO
Arena
Arena grinding, whilst time consuming, also awards ISO. I myself hardly ever grind but if you wanted ISO I advise doing the 4* featured and some 4* basic arena.
The 4* featured can award you an instant 24 class ISO of (pretty much) a class of your choice. Not only this but if you do miss and don’t place within the top 800 you get 800 4* shards.
When it comes to the 4* basic try grinding to 1.5/2 mil points. This usually places people in the top 11-25% bracket, giving 500 4* shards.
UC arena crystals can give you a 4* Punisher and units you make along the way can be spent on Cav crystals if you really need the ISO.
100% the UC EQ
It may take a long time and not give as good rewards as the Cav EQ but it gives 4* shards for each quest (4200 to be precise)
If you have a deep and developed roster who knows, you might end up duping a 5* with the shards you get as well.
John Mulaneys champion challenge
Exploring early chapters gives a 4* and a 4* nexus. (Oh and 500 shards). Don’t miss out.
Solo objectives
Finally the solo objectives. These days for UC and Cav players many of the milstones give T5B ISO. If you’re exploring the EQs or just arena grinding maybe use a specific class depending on the objectives.
Hope this helps a few people looking for ways of making ISO. Happy holidays and don’t sell champions.
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Comments
But yes. All of this. Also spend units on energy refills if you have to. More often than not you get a return on your spend, especially if you have one path to complete to get 100% of a chapter, you can get 30 units back. Essentially a free refill.
master gives a t1a for each chapter completed as well. Not a lot, but it’s something.
Thing I could still do in game are farm lower content and arenas. I don’t want the only way to get ISO-8 be a boring grind. I’ll lose sense of why I play the game.
I do arena, most difficulties, time dependent, AW, the only extra place I could realistically get shards is incursions, but even that is only going to be one extra dupe per month. No, the only current solution to the ISO shortage is to buy crystals or dramatically slow down the pace of rank ups and let’s resources expire.
It’s funny people can’t understand that iso is a real problem in the 5* and especially the 6* meta.
Another tip is to not level up 3/4*s to boost base hero rating. I did that once and it cost me over 5 mil gold and maybe 3/400 ISO chunks which increased my base hero rating by like 100k max
For those same resources I could probably take a 5* straight from R1 to R4.
I do all that extra stuff every month, I get extra shards everywhere I can and I still have nothing after a big rankup today. If you dont buy crystals there's no way to have extra iso. I have three 6* champs I could R2 right now if I had the iso.
I think you shutting out people due to their progress level is a bit wrong. No matter what level you are you need ISO, unless you spend on Cav crystals.
I currently have 3 R3 5* who are level 1, a R2 6* who is level 1, I’m going to have to R2/3 another 6* this month or let T5B expire. The reason they’re all level one is because the catalysts will expire if I don’t make the rank ups.
The only way for catalyst to not expire is to not complete content but then I won’t have shards for ISO. There’s a real ISO drought towards the top end of the game. If you buy cavs you’re fine for ISO, but if you don’t your monthly ISO is sucked up by 2 weeks worth of progression, let alone if a new piece of permanent content is released like V6/Act 7.