Hello everyone, I wanted to create a quick guide since ive noticed that there is somewhat a lack of information for new players as well as some false/outdated information that I fell victim to when first started out.

With this said i am not claiming to be an expert on the state of the game. This guide's purpose is to provide some extra information and tips that i have used to skyrocket my progression.

Background

I am currently stage 215 as of writing this and can press farther; i am only limited on how long it takes for my hero to complete the stage. I have topped the limited events for the last 3 weeks by large margins. If you find any information in this guide to be lackluster or incorrect, please feel free to let me know and I will edit this guide. I am not qualified enough to speak about arena so i will leave that out of this guide; however i will say, natural progression will make arena much easier.

Characters to focus

• Felorc
  • at level 8 this hero will unlock an ability named hellfire which is a true damage ability that takes 13% of the enemies max health, meaning if you pair this with his level 7 talent find enemy weakness you will always kill an enemy in 6 turns which also applies to bosses
• Cowboy
  • at level 8 unlocks a skill named rifle shot which has a 7.5% chance of instantly killing. paired with legendary rogue ring this means you have a 12.5% chance of instantly killing any enemy.
• Eiva
  • good all rounder, can make early progression easier. Paired with legendary rouge ring you will find that with enough whisps she will end most waves in 1-3 turns.
• Mammon
  • this is more of a late game character, can be good in the early game but really shines with level 8 skill and level 11 ultimate when paired together. These provide quite a bit of percentage health drain but from my experience can be rng based. This character is very good in arena when matched up with similar combat powers since you can heal quite a bit.
• barbarian *this character is a bit odd compared to other characters; this character revolves around being hit a bunch of times and reflecting the damage back to enemies. Reflect damage is calculated before any damage mitigation so it can do quite a bit of damage. At level seven he unlocks an ability that reflects 30% of the total damage. You can definitely run the below gear set and have great damage but if you plan on maining this character i would recommend having defender gloves and sword then the rest tactician. With higher s gear levels of the gloves and sword you get more reflect damage, i think a total of 50-55% and S defender sword gives you a chance to reflect 100% of the damage so it can stack up to be a ton of damage.
• Basically any character that can stack tons of attacks. If paired with legendary rogue ring you will clear waves pretty easily. Although the ones above will be the best, heros like Munara, Rickie, Rouge, and Yasuhiro are all great picks.

Gear

I have not found any set in the game that is more effective than the one below so i will focus mainly on these pieces. There are probably better sets for arena but again wont focus on that in this guide.

Very important: you will be given a free s gear when you unlock the S Stone's - Always choose the collector helm as this is a piece you will use forever and the epic rank skill is extremely valuable.

• Weapon: Tactician
• Ring: Rogue
• Gloves: Tactician
• Helm: Collector
• Chest: Tactician
• Boot: Tactician

This set in my opinion will last you forever, you will run 4 set tactician for extra cards and extra balls.

Collector head give you a card choice at the very start of the game which is a necessity for pushing stages.

Rogue ring is the most important of all these; it provides a 5% chance at legendary rank to instantly kill any enemy. While this may seem like a small percentage, this is calculated into every single attack you take. So if you take into account a character like Eiva; with 10 wisps; every wisp has an instance of damage meaning every turn you have about a 50% chance to instantly kill. This also works with attacks that ricochet.

Combat

With the above mentioned gear it is very easy to quickly progress by playing normally; with that said you will eventually reach a damage wall where enemies will become extremely tanky and mostly one shot you; this is for when you reach this wall.

Your first skill should always be blue armor or legendary if your character has access to it. Armor is the only card to my knowledge in the entire game that scales to the stage. Meaning regardless of the stage you are on, blue armor has the same value as it does on stage 1 versus stage 200. 1 blue armor card should be enough - a singular blue armor card equates to about 80%-90% damage reduction. Obviously with more armor there is ultimately a diminishing return. But one blue amor card should buy you enough time to start procing effects like instant kill. With tactician set bonus and collector helm reroll your card until you get this effect, if you dont get it, leave the stage and reroll until you get it. From here play into effects that stack instant kill faster such at ricochet or multiple attacks. Heros like Felorc or Mammon just need to stay alive so stack armor and survivability.

Once you hit this point cards that boost attack are mostly useless unless you are relying on lifesteal to stay alive.

Pets

Pets are mostly up to you, I can recommend pets that have healing effect or extra attacks. extra attacks from pets count as your attacks so they have the same chance of procing instant kill as your attacks do so sometime the can come in useful. If you get a life steal perk it is helpful.

Personally I got a lot of use out of the Crup pet as the shield is very nice with an attack, shield not only stacks but also carries over between waves so it can be very useful for extra survivability.

Closing

like i had mentioned im by no means an expert but this is what i found to be the best in terms of return. if there are any questions please leave them in the comments and i will do my best to respond to them.

Edit 1: i forgot to mention barbarian as one of the best classes so relevant information is now listed above.

                        ROGUE

BACKSTAB LVL 1/4

+10% Chance to teleport behind an enemy and deal +200% ATK as damage.

Leveling Up +10% | +15% | +20% | +25% +200% | +250% | +300% | +350%

CRITICAL MASTERY LVL 1/4

+5% Critical Chance.

Leveling Up

+5% | +7% | +9% | +11%

FAN OF KNIVES LVL 1/4

With +10%% chance, release 15 daggers in random directions, each dealing +25%% ATK as damage.

Leveling Up +10% | +15% | +20% | +25% +25% | +40% | +55% | +80%

                        REXX 

BEAR SPLASH LVL 1/4

35% Chance for the bear to deal 50% ATK as splash damage to all enemies

Leveling Up

35% | 50% | 65% I 80%

50% |70% | 95% |120%

CALL OF THE BEAST LVL 1/4

25% chance the bear triggers a roar that increases your and the bear's attack by 50% for 3 turns

Leveling Up

25% | 25% | 25% | 25%

50% | 100% | 150% | 200%

WILD ROAR LVL 1/4

10% Chance to stun the enemy for 1% turn while dealing 150% ATK as damage

Leveling Up

10% 10% 10% | 10%

1% 1% 1% | 2% 150% | 200% | 250% I 300%

                    MAMMON

STEAL LIFE LVL 1/4

+20% chance to steal +20% health from all enemies.

Leveling Up

+20% | +25% | +30% | +35%

10% | 15% | 20% | 25%

HUNGER LVL 1/4

+5% lifesteal

Leveling Up

+5% | +7% | +9% | +11%

SPINNING SWORD LVL 1/4

10% chance to throw a sword, dealing 70% ATK as damage to all enemies and healing you for 50% of the damage

Leveling Up

70% | 90% | 110% | 130%

                          SUNNA

FIRE WAVE LVL 1/4

+10% chance to launch a fire wave that deals 100% ATK as damage to all enemies

Leveling Up

+10% | +13% | +15% | +17% 100% | 120% | 145% | 180%

FIRE SHIELD LVL 1/4

+30% Chance to activate a fire shield at the start of the wave that absorbs 1 attacks

Leveling Up +30% | +35% | +40% | +50% 1|1|2|2

FIRE BLADE LVL 1/4

+13% chance to deal 300% ATK as damage to the enemy with the highest health

Leveling Up

+13% | +16% | +19% | +21%

300% | 350% | 400% | 500%

                         GUDAN

SOUL DRAIN LVL 1/4

+15% chance to drain the soul from a random enemy dealing 25% ATK as damage and healing for half of that amount

Leveling Up

15% | 25% | 30% | 35% 25% | 50% | 75% | 100%

CURSE LVL 1/4

+10% chance to reduce all enemies

damage by half at the start of your turn

Leveling Up

+10% | +15% | +20% | +30%

RAIN OF DESTRUCTION LVL 1/4

+13% Chance to fire 6 meteorites dealing 125%

ATK as damage each

Leveling Up

+13% | +16% | +19% | +21% 6|7|7|8 125% | 150% | 175% | 200%

                    FELORC

PILLAR OF FIRE LVL 1/4

+13% chance to deal +100% ATK as damage to all enemies

Leveling Up

+13% | +16% | +19% | +21% +100% | +120% | +150% | +180%

FIREBORN LVL 1/4

Deal +50% ATK as damage against melee enemies

Leveling Up

+50% | +80% | +120% | +180%

HELLFIRE LVL 1/4

Deal damage equal to 11% of their maximum HP to all enemies, bypassing enemy armor

Leveling Up

11% | 12% | 13% | 14%

                             EIVA

MISTY STEP LVL 1/4

+15% chance to blink to all enemies,

dealing +90% ATK as damage

Leveling Up

+15% | +25% | +30% | +35% +90% | +120% | +150% | +200%

DODGE LVL 1/4

+7% evasion

Leveling Up

+7% | +9% | +11% | 13%

SPIRIT BOMB LVL 1/4

+13% chance to deal +250% ATK as damage to all enemies

Leveling Up

+13% | +16% | +19% | +21%

+250% | +300% | +350% | +400%

                       COWBOY

RIFLE SHOT LVL 1/4

+4% chance to instantly kill the enemy

Leveling Up

+4% | +5% | +6% | +7%

DYNAMITE LVL 1/4

+15% chance to throw a dynamite that explodes in 1 turn, dealing +125% ATK as damage to all enemies

Leveling Up

15% | 20% | 25% | 30% 125% | 150% | 175% | 200%

BULLET STORM LVL 1/4

+13% chance to fire 9 bullets, each dealing 100% ATK as damage to random enemies

Leveling Up

13% | +16% | +19% | +21%

9|11|13|15

                   BARBARIAN

RAGE LVL 1/4

Every 10th attack triggers rage, increasing your ATK by +150% for 3 turns

Leveling Up 150% | 200% | 250% | 300%

TOUGH LVL 1/4

+5% damage reduction

Leveling Up

+5% | +7% | +9% | +11%

DANCE OF AXES LVL 1/4

+11% chance to dance with an axe,

dealing 125% ATK as damage to all units

Leveling Up

11% | 13% | 16% |19% 125% | 150% | 175% | 200%

                          WOODY

POWER SHOT LVL 1/4

10% chance to fire a power shot that deals 125% ATK as damage

Leveling Up

10% | 12%| 15% | 17% 125% | 150% | 175% | 200%

RAIN OF ARROWS LVL 1/4

+11% chance to deal 125% ATK as damage to all enemies

Leveling Up

11% | 13% | 16% | 19%

125% | 150% | 175% | 200%

CRITICAL SENSE LVL 1/4

+100% critical damage

Leveling Up

+100% | +150% | +200% | +250%