When to make the switch to featured crystals....
Squirrelguy
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As a side note, if anyone has spreadsheets already made for either of the featured crystals, they would be very welcome.
On to the main point. How deep of a 5 or 6* roster do you think is necessary before a summoner should start to consider the featured crystals seriously? This is not taking into account just really loving a specific champ, or the odd fling, but when would it make sense for them to seriously consider opening one or several featured crystals?
I know the math basically always favors opening the basics because then you will accumulate more champs and higher shards/etc. over time, but that is what makes this a subjective question.
On to the main point. How deep of a 5 or 6* roster do you think is necessary before a summoner should start to consider the featured crystals seriously? This is not taking into account just really loving a specific champ, or the odd fling, but when would it make sense for them to seriously consider opening one or several featured crystals?
I know the math basically always favors opening the basics because then you will accumulate more champs and higher shards/etc. over time, but that is what makes this a subjective question.
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Me personally I have never opened a feature 6 as I can't justify the extra shards. No champ is that important in game that you need right now and can't wait for them in the basic.
I don't think it's ever necessary to make a permanent switch to featured. The basic pool will always have more options that would help anyone's roster. But if you're really desperate for one particular champ, then featured may be the way to go.
However, if arena is no concern for you ( for me it isn't, I rarely grind) then It's certainly not an issue of "How many 6* champs do I need to have in order to start opening featured" , but rather " How many Good/Beyond God champs do I already have as R5 5* and R2 6*?".
In my case, I think I had around 25-30 6* when I opened my first featured. At that point I had as R5 5* or R2 6* the following champs: CAIW, Doom, NF, Aegon, Red Mags, AA, OR, CMM, Venom, SymSupreme, Human Torch, Warlock, Sentinel, Quake, among others ... so I actually already had the roster needed to tackle quite a lot of content in the game. Thus at that point , it wasn't about " How many 6* do I already have?" But more like " Which specific champs would greatly impact my roster in a way that would allow me to tackle even more content?
This happened almost exactly a year ago, right by the time that legendary CGR/Apoc/Prof X/Ghost/Falcon/iHulk/DragonMan featured crystal came about. That particular crystal was unusually loaded with champs that would add something to my roster that I didn't meaningfully have ... so it was a no brainer for me. Pulled the trigger even if I had just 20 something 6* ... and I don't regret it one bit because the gamble paid off at the end : got CGR, Ghost (duped her too), Falcon, DM among some other pretty useful champs.
So my advice to the OP is the following, Forget about counting how many 6* you have. Instead, critically look at your r4/r5 5* and 6* roster and ask yourself :
1- What can I accomplish with this roster?
2- What can I NOT accomplish with this roster?
3- What sort of champs do I need in order to accomplish what I cant already?
4- Look at the featured crystal and count how many champs are in it that are also in your answer to Q3 above.
5- If your answer to Q4 is around or higher than 16 ( which equals 66% of the champs in the featured) then you're definitely better off opening featured crystals, because you'll have better odds for pulling champs you need as opposed to opening basics.
Give it a try. I am pretty sure that if you don't care about arena numbers and you follow the simple steps outlined above, you'll likely reach the conclusion that featured is the way to go. It certainly is the way to go for me and I have about 70 6* champs already, and the simple reason is that this featured is unusually loaded with good champs. Not as good as that Ghost/Apoc one I mentioned before but still definitely above average.
Hope it helps.
The new featured is clearly a better featured with regards to the quality of the bulk of the champs - very few ‘duds’, however for my roster it is not as beneficial as the last one. I did pull a few this week as I wanted to dupe my Nimrod. Luckily I did so, but even more luckily I pulled Hyperion, who is one of my favorite champs. As such I’ll probably pull a few more of them to try to get him duped, then go back to the basic pool.
Long winded way to say : I don’t recommend going for the featured till you have least some critical mass on your 6* roster, and even then only if the featured is a REALLY strong fit with key gaps in your roster.
Waste 5k shards cause its a game
Pull og iron man , and laugh, cause its a game.
So do what you want, theres never a certain peek of champs you need to decide if u want to have fun and gamble at a feature.
Im that type of player that works with what he gots, I explored act 1 - 7.3 and my 6* roster isnt THAT developed, I go for feature cause I pulled nebula x4 times from prev 1 and Spidey2099 and both are r3 now, I use the "meme" tier as they call it to clear my content and dont wait for specific champs.
My 2 fav are my R2 WS and R3 KM. When I duped my WS I was actually happy as he was my first 6* and I loved him. I Wanted to R3 aegon and KM so took KM first and now I can do Winter soldier and play for fun.
It is a game afterall
1. I have a 5 star roster that can carry me
2. I get junk from the basic crystal
3. I like to target champs that are new and I like
4. I have a backlog of champs I want to rank up so extra shards aren’t a big deal
Then factor in the additional cost of the featured (you can get 3 basic for 2 featured) and you should have your answer.
I believe he has a link to a spreadsheet another community member made that you can copy and use
Yep, courtesy of Verzzzz, who also private messaged me about it since apparently he’s still blocked on forums.
For (a), I would suggest breaking down the featured pool into simple tiers—additive vs. non-additive, best upsides vs. worst downsides, with a special emphasis on the basic champs and their effect on your roster. Most players get carried away by the featured 6* champs, and while they may all be solid like this month, it’s 3X more likely you wind up pulling one for each individual crystal (see:https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability-events-independent.html for calculating probability over multiple pulls). For example, in the last featured, I had several dupes I would have considered additive (Iceman, Rogue, War Machine, e.g.) in addition to the featureds I wanted. It is also important to factor in the low end of the crystal—for me, there were only a few champs I didn’t want at all (like America Chavez) or had already awakened (Guillotine, Rags), so the downside was limited.
For (b), last month-plus was a shard bonanza, increasing my chances for getting a desired champ. Put simply, it is easier to get a good pull if you pop more crystals. If you don’t get a lot of shards, don’t buy featureds, even if you “feel lucky.”
For (c), I tried to utilize the Sigil for featured 6* at 13K as much as possible last month-plus. Discounts matter.
I’m currently over 100 6* champs, so it’s featureds all the way for me now, unless the pool is terrible or doesn’t progress my roster much at all. This pool is solid for me—all 6 featureds are good to great, the OG champs (Hypo and Voodoo) are desirable even if they need awakening, and several of the basic champs I do not own as 6* (GR, YJ, Cable, Hit Monkey, e.g.) and some are dupes I’d like (Emma, Dragon Man, e.g.). Overall, over 15 possible pulls are “additive” for me.
That’s how I look at it. Hope that helps.
Dr. Zola
Back to basic 6* since I have a smaller 6* roster.