When did you endgame players stop focusing on 5 stars?
udyedagain
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So I just opened my 48th 6 *. It was bishop, I guess he is good now??
Anyway, I have been pulling some good champs but they are 5 stars. Like namor and professor X. Thing is that I have no desire to use resources to take them to max rank.
Is this normal or am I crazy?
Anyway, I have been pulling some good champs but they are 5 stars. Like namor and professor X. Thing is that I have no desire to use resources to take them to max rank.
Is this normal or am I crazy?
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I am an end game players myself but still use most of my 5* a lot , even more than 6* in some situations . Example - if i have a 6* r2 unduped Ghost and a 5/65 max sig Ghost i would without a doubt use my 5/65 . Same is the case with Guardian when it comes to my roster.
5* can trackle any content in the game and in most situations are better than 6* .
I will upgrade any 5* if Alliance events demands the rankup, I'm also pretty sure future content(7.3, 7.4, variant etc ) will need a counter which I will not hesitate to upgrade.
Personally as soon as 6* rank up resources were released I started focusing on taking any good 6*s I had to r2, even unawakened.
Against the forums advice I took an unawakened Beardo to r2, and he became my MVP for the next 18 months.
I also still r5ed 5*s back then, but only if they were needed counters. Today I have more 6*s r2 or better than I do 5/65s.
The reality is that the 6-star pool is bloated and mostly can’t be controlled the way 5-star dual class crystals offer. Awakening gems barely exist and sig stones are rare.
I have an army of 5/65/200 champs, but just 7 rank 3 6-stars. I still routinely turn to my 5-stars for content, and I rank ones that fill niches in my roster or that I just like. Angela and Stryfe are coming up now, but Stryfe had to wait on 6-star Prof X going to 3/45. The iso costs are minimal early and variant has given me some rankup gems to minimize the catalyst impact. Sig stones are plentiful so focus on champs who merit being 200.
5* Chi
5* Swigil
5*s are still great.
I still rank up plenty of 5*s since there is a lot of content where they still really shine and they are easier to pump full of sig stones, but it definitely feels like Kabam has pushed the 6*s to the forefront in a similar way to how 5*s were pushed forth when Act 6 launched.
Luckily they didn't put a hard 6* gate on Act 7. I would have hated that. While I try to bring in 6* champs to get the boosts, I simply don't have enough great ones to cover everything that my 5*s can do.
I consider myself an end game player meaning 100% done with content , almost no items on content, prestige 13.300( working on surfer now for 13.6-13.7) map 7 ally etc etc.
My T5cc is overflowing and my T4cc cannot keep up so I can’t spare the resources.
However , a newer end game player I believe should still focus on 5*.Having 6* R3 champs/ R2 won’t be as friendly to you as having a bigger 5* roster. You can see this effect happening in SOP and if you tested the beta for 7.3 it’s a lot more specific counters.
I’m in a top 20 ally in AQ and everyone still uses their 5* in AQ and to tackle stubborn cav bosses.
It’s something you will regret later if you don’t have a deep enough roster, especially because you are seeing them counter the meta!
Content wise: I explored everything (even all carina challenges)
When to rank up a 5* : only if he/she gonna help in clearing the content or if that champ is needed for synergies.
It depends where you stand in the game. Every content requires specific champs. So if you feel that your current roster can handle that content without much problems then just leave ranking up a 5* to save few revives.
Further which 5* to focus (even if you wanted to rank up) : those who require higher signatures levels to be great.
At this point I’m holding 3 generic 5* awakening gems and 3 skill, 2 science and 1 tech gems from very long. They are eating dust because I already ranked up good 5* of each class already and most of my 5* are duped.
Hence you need to analyse your roster and situation where you stand in game at the moment before wasting resources as 6* champs requires same t4cc, t5b and t2a which might be in short supply when you need them for a 6*.
5*'s still do the job and can clear anything in the game but I feel like the further we get into act 7 the more you'll need the 6*'s