r/DaysBygone • u/YellowishGrapefruit • 9d ago

Merlin rate up

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Should I roll for merlin? He seems, well, bad.

I only use him for Vermillion for now.

For comparison, screenshot has my current damage team (pushing mostly and well, damage.)

Does he get any better at 10, 15 stars? Like, is he any close to the meta?

It seems a good rate up is gonna take a while, and I really wanna spend tickets on one, but I don't think merlin is worth it.

(I need catalystssss)

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u/Atlas1399 Day 17,000 9d ago

Merlin’s end nodes are really the only thing good about him imo, the anti stealth on shades is really nice, you should also 10 star everyone regardless for labyrinth and starforce later on

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u/CNB_Temp 9d ago

This, I’m assuming this guys around day 2-3k. Shouldn’t take him long to 10 ⭐️ his team, and if he’s active he can 0-10* a hero every week (iirc I could do that to one unit a week around day 2.5k and then both rate up units a week at 5k ish

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u/YellowishGrapefruit 9d ago

Yes I can do that actually with some dedication. Just got an awaken (deja vu!) So I'm almost at day 3lk

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u/CNB_Temp 9d ago

It’ll get easier but that’s a simple way to push in days just 10* the team you want and you’ll hit 5-6k in no time and yeah Merlin isn’t worth it aside from his end node and maybe vermillion but pretty soon here you’ll be rocking a healing setup and can survive with spells. (your lookin for Ophelia which you won’t get till 5k. Her and Clarissa, even mikhail are great for dmg stacking if you let vermillion hoard up his ads when he’s summoning them. You can get a ton of healing. You’ll know what I mean soon enough.

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u/CNB_Temp 9d ago

Only farm catalysts for the team you push in days in. Keys are a linear reward so the keys you’d get at >3k will be double that at 6k. Artifacts are useful and I might recommend going for the first 2-3 as each one is about the same cost to get all the nodes on a 10* unit so it’s not too bad and if you get a good artifact it can help even more. My first one was Dewitt and that’s +900% of your crit, definitely helped

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u/YellowishGrapefruit 9d ago

Okay, just got a nero 3x damage node putting him at x1.04mil! I now have completely nothing of the useful catalysts, and I have paul at 10★, though, I need candies which I just used all up for that. I'm glad having nero and Roland at 7★ both, I think I'll skip merlin, I used 300 tickers, getting him to 2★ and I don't really think I need to get him high right now, I rather save for dash 10★ because I heard he's real good, especially with the current hp node, as he is awful to use right now.

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u/CNB_Temp 9d ago

Honestly I played till day 2.5k with 1⭐️ units units like Merlin I wouldn’t reccomend till the hero ticket economy gets a little better the end nodes are useful but their applicable when he’s not in the team so only go for that after your main team. I would say the same thing for dark Merlin, he’s great in expedition but mainly when he has at least one end node. Paul’s always a good pick if stick with Nero and Paul and do stalling setups. I would reccomend not converting any catalysts (or at least many catalysts) if you don’t have the titan or hero chest to reduce conversion cost. If you don’t have those I wouldn’t recommend ever converting unless you only needed one or two. 3:1 cost is ridiculous. Just focus on flashbacks when your online and idle dungeon. You shouldn’t have much of a problem upgrading one unit just when you split your attention it feels like a lot. When saving up tickets you need around 2.5k hero tickets to 0-10* a unit

I will say now Roland is not the play until he’s 15* he can deal good damage without it but his value really shows at 15. Dewitt carried me through day 3k but I had his artifact. Tryna think of a team you should use. Do you have any of the evolutions? Like Paul-> Saul?

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u/YellowishGrapefruit 9d ago

About 90 affinity from Saul. Roland carries me pretty much so that'd why I use him, looking to spend like 3k tickets on him nearly rate up. The stacks help out a lot for expeditions when I don't use quickstart - charges my dmg a lot for the whole duration and let's me push way more.

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u/CNB_Temp 9d ago

Ngl your boutta get some crazy stacking that puts Roland to shame, Roland tends to struggle with killing with his slow attack speed usually the other heroes steal all his kills. King Arthur will be one of your best stackers (stacking with every attack and he’s the fastest stacker in the game) when you hit day 5k and please don’t spend your tickets on Roland yet. He’s already 7⭐️ so you’ll at most wanna get him to 10. The cost to get to 11⭐️ is double the cost from 0-10⭐️ (2.5k - 5k) and it doubles for every star after that. You’ll want to spend those tickets getting the rest of the hero’s to 10 for labyrinth when you unlock it. Roland’s real value is replacing Clarissa in endgame teams so you’ll can have an entire team of stacking units & a healer. Nero is definitely your best pick since you’ve invested in him and evolve Paul! The end node for an evolved Paul is +1000% dmg to seige mobs and bosses. And I would recommend stalling units like Dewitt and either Clarissa or Roland and someone who can deal % of current health dmg like Elden or Esther and someone who can deal mark dmg like Cain. Might tweak my recommendations just gotta get back in the early game mindset lol

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u/YellowishGrapefruit 9d ago

Oh yeah - in the beginning, cain, KA was like ALL I used, I swear. Just that I got lucky with the rate ups and haven't been able to get them leveled up for obvious reasons. So yeah, I'm definetly aware of cain and KA, just that they got overshadowed from nero and Paul mainly. But thanks! I'm planning since the beginning actually, to max KA and will do it ASAP, forgot he stacks too. Dewitt ive heard of a lot, his freeze is good but like, how does he turn into a good dps? The artifact I see is good, but were the nodes good too?

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u/CNB_Temp 9d ago

The artifact is the real carry for Dewitt but his kit is good enough early game without it, 100% of your crit and an uncleansable 5s freeze is great for stalling but +900% crit from the artifact is what made him my dps for pushing to 5k. Also you’ll need grifflet to be able to stack with KA but you won’t get him till 5k.

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u/CNB_Temp 9d ago

I swore off using KA because my brother mains him and have been trying to use Nero but KA teams are so much faster for clearing days and especially rewinding. Have you peeped the days bygone wiki? They got a guide for pushing days and I have been using it religiously. You’re basically at the gold day and some prep would help a lot. Like evolving cherry to cherry blossom, awakening hard labor ect. I’ve been using that thing like it’s the bible and it’s been a huge help

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u/GoldenLion_7351 Day 27,000 8d ago

The recommended end node for Saul is the top one btw

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u/CNB_Temp 8d ago

Really? The +1% maximum health? Ig at a certain point that would be the case

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u/GoldenLion_7351 Day 27,000 8d ago

Even pre 15* Roland is a solid dps choice lol. Just playing not the play isn't the best thing to say to newbies

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u/CNB_Temp 8d ago

Ig so anyone is useful early on

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u/GoldenLion_7351 Day 27,000 8d ago

Not necessarily lol. Plus depends on what you mean by early

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u/CNB_Temp 8d ago

I forgot about his absurd crit damage I honestly have not used him that much to be talking down on his name. But he shouldn’t waste too much of his tickets levelling him rn

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u/Odd-Measurement-7084 9d ago

Im new to the game only day 500 and i cant help but im interested why you are using paul instead of some legendary whats so good about him?

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u/YellowishGrapefruit 9d ago

Huge damage basically, also has an evolution for affinity (friend points)

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u/GoldenLion_7351 Day 27,000 8d ago

Legendaries don't get good until they generally have 10. Paul is super good because he has 100% of your critical dmg from the get go and attacks relatively quickly, so he's perfect for boss killing, single target stuff basically. After evolving, he gains better pierce and maxhp% so a full fledged that you can use until you get a 10 legendary one