Go for Blade featured 5* shard crystal or regular crystal?

Atticus9090Atticus9090 Member Posts: 521 ★★
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Lets hear some opinions. I have 15k 5* shards ready and waiting. Just need to know which one Ill have a better chance at getting a decent 5*. Don't want to waste a crystal on a 5* spider gwen or something.

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  • DNA3000DNA3000 Member, Guardian Posts: 19,846 Guardian
    Atticus9090 wrote: »
    Lets hear some opinions. I have 15k 5* shards ready and waiting. Just need to know which one Ill have a better chance at getting a decent 5*. Don't want to waste a crystal on a 5* spider gwen or something.

    Depends. The odds of getting a "decent" champion are better with the featured crystal. Blade is almost unanimously considered a "decent" champion even by most of the people who think he is overrated. So it is mathematically guaranteed you have a better chance of getting a decent champ from the featured vs the basic champ.

    But for some people, the question is whether that increased odds is worth spending 50% more shards. That's a harder question to answer. But the math in general says if you just want a better than average champion you are better off opening three basics rather than two featureds. If you are looking for top tier champions, where top tier is the top 10% of all champions (however you would judge them) then the odds favor opening two featureds rather than three basics.

    The break even point is about one in seven. Meaning: if you look at the basic crystal contents and more than one in seven is a champion you are trying to get, open basics. If less than one in seven is a champion you are trying to get, open the featured. And Blade is your last chance to make this choice.
  • beyonder8421beyonder8421 Member Posts: 881 ★★★
    In my personal situation. I am playing the 5 star arena, and although I already have more than 30 five stars, I really need more, as I want more 6 star shards. So from this point of view, 5000k gone for a chance at Blade would make the wait a bit longer.

    I have an awakened 4 star Blade at rank 5. I am still getting used to him, and using him with Sparky, mostly to benefit Sparky. Sometimes he is good, sometimes I do not understand what's wrong with him, but That's just me getting used to him (his Regen in particular is hard to understand sometimes, even at full power).

    And because all the champions I want are in the basic crystal already (including Blade), I would rather awaken or get new champions. Wost case scenario i get a crappy champion for only 10k shards (the same crappy champion is in the featured). I really do not like the odds against me there. How long will this crystal run for anyway? A week?
  • Ou_YeahOu_Yeah Member Posts: 45
    If you are really trying to grow your 5 star roster, then basic is better. I have 12 5-stars, almost all of whom are not that great. Never opened a featured before. I am at a point where I feel another not-so-great 5 star is not going to make that much of a difference. So I will take the plunge and try for one. It will be my one and only featured for a while since the featured crystal has been changed, and the only way I will buy another one in the future is if all six featured champs in that crystal are really good.
  • SnaggleSnaggle Member Posts: 226 ★★
    Go with Basic.
  • Atticus9090Atticus9090 Member Posts: 521 ★★
    Well speak of the devil. I jinxed myself. Said I didn’t want to end up with a 5* Spider Gwen and guess who I pulled? A 5* Spider Gwen. At times I feel like Kabam is out to get me. No good 5*s since 6 months ago...
  • Atticus9090Atticus9090 Member Posts: 521 ★★
    Atticus9090 wrote: »
    Well speak of the devil. I jinxed myself. Said I didn’t want to end up with a 5* Spider Gwen and guess who I pulled? A 5* Spider Gwen. At times I feel like Kabam is out to get me. No good 5*s since 6 months ago...

    I’m gonna go shed a single tear before calling it a night. Later
  • sawe5456sawe5456 Member Posts: 33 ★
    Did u open basix or features?
  • Atticus9090Atticus9090 Member Posts: 521 ★★
    sawe5456 wrote: »
    Did u open basix or features?
    Basic
  • DHCVoLtDHCVoLt Member Posts: 266 ★
    Blade. Everyone who says he’s overrated doesn’t have him lol
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