TB- No more R5ing?

Hi all,
Not sure if anyone else feels the same, but recently became TB and now the T5CC are coming thick and fast, especially with SOP ending.
Loads of my last few 6* pulls have been highly rated champs that I already have at R5 and it feels like a waste to then rank the 6s and annoying that all the resources and time to have already ranked the 5*s. (I know some won’t be awakened or high sig but it’ll come)
Aside from doom and apoc, I have all the champs that appear on the top of the tier lists as 5*s and have cleared majority of content (not a flex, been playing 6 years so I’d hope so by now lol)
TLDR; is it worth ranking 5*s as a thronebreaker when you can do most content, or save materials for 6*s?


These don’t show the r2 and R3 6*s
Not sure if anyone else feels the same, but recently became TB and now the T5CC are coming thick and fast, especially with SOP ending.
Loads of my last few 6* pulls have been highly rated champs that I already have at R5 and it feels like a waste to then rank the 6s and annoying that all the resources and time to have already ranked the 5*s. (I know some won’t be awakened or high sig but it’ll come)
Aside from doom and apoc, I have all the champs that appear on the top of the tier lists as 5*s and have cleared majority of content (not a flex, been playing 6 years so I’d hope so by now lol)
TLDR; is it worth ranking 5*s as a thronebreaker when you can do most content, or save materials for 6*s?


These don’t show the r2 and R3 6*s
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So yes
5 star's are still in the meta
Otherwise, they tend to sit. Just like 4*’s did way back when.
Examples: 5* iBom, 5* Torch, 5* CGR, 5* Cable. (Of course, I now have the 6* R3 version of Torch and CGR).
Dr. Zola
1. You are ranking the champ because you enjoy playing them and don’t have them as a 6*
2. You are ranking a champ for a specific purpose like abyss, war, carina challenges, a difficult path, etc. and you don’t have them as a 6*
3. You are ranking a champ for 6.2 exploration because of those BS gates that restrict you from using 6 stars
However, outside of those situations no. 5 stars are not worth ranking
Plus 6* dupes are still much harder to come by
People are blazing through and not developing deep rosters just to get to TB. So not everyone will be in a position to focus on 6*'s because they still don't come that fast and you're not going to get roster breaking champs every pull. Many Cavs and newer TBs still need 5*'s.
I'd say if you have 100+ 6*'s, sure, focus on them.
Obviously, "the future of the game" holds an important influence over my rank-up decisions, but my point is that I don't need 6*s to counter Cavalier EQ nodes for example.
As more and more t5cc begin to trickle into my account, and I'm beginning to amass more and more really good 6*s, things will most likely change. The Act 7 boosts to 6*s definitely influence my decisions greatly and if there is a 6* that I really want to rank up, I'll rank them up ahead of a 5* I'm equally interested in.
I just haven't left 5*s completely behind, is all I'm saying. They absolutely still have their uses in the content I run.
Becoming Thronebreaker wasn't the trigger for the switch, by the way, although it changed the equation somewhat. It was more a question of when I had enough and was earning enough 6* champs fast enough to focus on them by default. That actually happened before I became Thronebreaker, not after.
Example - this week I R5’d Shang-Chi and Diablo. Both will help my account (Diablo for AQ since I have acid wash on my path) and would happily run a 6* Shang-Chi too.
These two rank ups were my 37th & 38th R5, while I have 15 R3 champs with a mutant t5 waiting + whatever summer of pain brings me
Developing roster breadth is equally important as developing roster depth. A pyramid is always more stable with a larger base.
There’s something about getting the champ as a five star that increases the odds of landing them as a 6 star. Don’t go all DNA on me…there’s no scientific analysis behind it…just what I observed my many nights working night shift playing this game lol!!!!
Plus 6-star shards are becoming more common and 6-star champs get a nice benefit in Act 7. Gotta think long-term with this game.