Empires & Puzzles - Ssnake's Equalizer War Defense 

Thanks so much Abehjha Kibuuka! I'll cover Heimdall and Frigg as one of the first heroes for you, so you can get a better visualization and to compare how each one performed.

Also, give it a few wars to see how this change works. You don't want rely on one or two because there could have been good or bad boards on the other side. Let me know if your new setup improves survivability for you. I'd love to know.

Thanks Scott!

Thank you Barb, that means so much to me!

My pleasure John! The hundreds of hours I spent on this don't do anyone any good if I keep it looked away.

Thanks SS!

Great feedback, thanks Satish. I can't go back to add it to my videos that are already published, but I will incorporate your idea into my version 2 videos when those numbers are available. Cheers, and thank you for taking the time to write.

No problem Robin, I hope you enjoyed it and that it helps!

ac7491, that is a popular request I've heard and I will deliver it!

@@ssnakepitgaming also, do you think in 2 healer wing tank if having 1 reviver on wing has benefits over no revivers?

@@ac7491 I believe so. But let me crunch some numbers for you.

Ok ac7491, I looked into this for you and here's how it breaks down further for 2-healer formations where one healer is on the wing and one at tank for Equalizer wars: 2-healers W-T, where neither can revive (29): 29.7% 2-healers W-T, where only the Wing can revive (15): 28.1% 2-healers W-T, where only the Tank can revive (11): 25.9% 2-healers W-T, where both can revive (3): 41.0% Not much benefit to having the healer on the wing be a reviver compared to no revivers. It gets worse when the only reviver between them is at Tank (I think this is because the tank is first to die normally so the revive is often useless and their healing is less than what other healers can do; with that said, there is difference between using MN, Alberich, and Heimdall here). Now, if both are revivers, then you are looking at an incredible jump to 41%. Don't get too excited about this though as there were only 3 occurences of this particular formation and one bad war will change that score drastically. This is the data I have, I hope it help shed some light on what you were looking for. Cheers

@@ssnakepitgaming thank you! I saw the 41% and did think "wow!" and then saw the sample size of 3 and took that with several grains of salt. It looks like I'm going to go no healers for this upcoming war. I appreciate you looking over the data for me and so quickly too! Love your content and keep up the good work!

Bartz, thanks so much for your comment, and I must apologize to you as I owe it to so many regarding the lack of content in the past year. There is a reason for this, and I'll likely do a video soon to keep people in the loop. I am still here, still play daily, and still enjoy the game. Now, as for taking on a leadership role, congratulations. It brings none of the glory that some envision, but a lot of responsibility. I could talk all day about this as I've been either a Leader or Co-Leader for 6 years. Perhaps that is a video I could do to help those avoid the same mistakes... If I can offer some advice, stick with your gut about not rocking the boat too much. I always allowed, even encouraged people in my alliance to do what they wanted outside of tank colour rules. No matter what I saw, I'd rather people had the joy of knowing they controlled their own team and played how they wanted to. This pays off 2-fold. It keeps them happy and a happy alliance is a strong one. The other reason is the "outside the box" defence helps establish what works, and what doesn't if you are tracking. I wish you the best and again, I can't thank you enough for stopping by and taking the time to write. I'll have something coming soon. Kind Regards, Ssnake

@@ssnakepitgaming I’m glad the game still has that value for you. Enough gushing for one thread. I actually had to bail on that same alliance today…for reasons. But I just stepped into a small one that’s eager to sort this game out. It may be another stepping stone or a long term home.

I can check Kungfu, that's the beauty of having all that raw data. However, I want to finish off the heroes that can provide healing first so it will take some time. When I release the individual healer data, that may also give you an early indication by looking at the heroes in those groups and how they perform in each position and war type. I may just to shorts for the heroes if 60 seconds is enough time to cover them. That way I can speed through them and start looking at these types of questions. I'll put it on the list, thanks for your suggestion!

Family bonuses are safe when it is a stat increase or something of the like. If you are talking about elemental links, those will be removed.

Thanks Linda! Just ask if there is something you don't understand!

Hi Hummingbird, thanks for your question. Because the tank is often the first to die as it has the biggest footprint and central location for tiles, a reviver at tank may not ever get that special off. And if they do, likely nobody else is dead so the revival portion may be useless. With that said, not all reviving healers are created equally. Heimdall provides over-healing which is useful and Alberich helps with mana generation which is also very beneficial for your team so the revive is not all they have going for them. I'll get to them soon in individual hero analysis so you will see where each one is more effective. Stay tuned!

Do you like the Equalizer wars Joe?

The family bonus does work in war too Ramon and 20% for each hero on any stat is pretty significant. Thank you for your message, it is greatly appreciated.

She might Kevin, but I have only a single appearance from Lady Woolerton at my alliance's level. I agree with you though, that special effects that are applied instantly are better than those that are spread over time, or that last for a certain amount of turns. It is hard to get around it though as most new heroes are complex and come with a bag of tricks. Sorry for the late reply by the way, we had a big storm recently and I had no power or internet for numerous days. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Best of luck with the upcoming war!

@@ssnakepitgaming No problem, thank you for replying! And thanks for the great video's and all the work you put into analyzing different scenario's, it's really helpful!

@@kevinvancapelle You are quite welcome!

I have another question: Which tank would you choose for your war defense team in war equalizer? Li Xiu(826 energy), Costume Vivica(948 energy) or Inari(923 energy) (all limitbroken and fully talented)? I'm in doubt about this, because the Li Xiu's special is a lot better than the special of the 5* heroes, but her energy and therefore her durability is a lot lower.

For your first question, I suspect yes but I don't like to suspect things so give me some time and I'll go through all the hits and provide you with the numbers. I'll get back to you on this after the weekend.

For your second question; tough call. I'm assuming your alliance is running yellow tanks but would they allow 2 yellow flanks as an alternative (see my video on the the war study for details of why I ask). If not and you must go holy up the middle, this is a tough one as I have very limited data on holy tanks (barely anyone uses them) to back it up. Personally, here are my thoughts without knowing who else you are fielding and can build synergy off of. Equalizer War is not a fast mana speed war so the advantage of Inari and Li Xiu's Average speed make them better suited for the tank roll than Vivica's or Costume Vivica's slow speed. But with that said, Li Xiu and and Inari both have lower defense than Vivica and might not last long enough to fire off their specials (of course this depends on which path you took). More on that, Vivica and costume version have low defence for a healer when compared to other heroes designed for the same role. Li Xiu's special is the only "instant results" special that will not be affected by the Equalizer. Vivica and Inari both have some instant results but part of their specials can be wiped clean right after they are casted. To be honest, neither of these are great tanks because of their low defence, and slowish mana speed (average or worse). If we compare Costume Vivica to Kunchen (who is also slow, heals, and gives a defence ailment), he shows up in the average category, on the low side). I have not seen Li Xiu at tank anywhere during my version 1 study but I have seen Guin who is a Li Xiu on steroids. She fared average, again on the low side so I don't think Li Xiu would do better. As for Inari, again, no usage of her as tank during the first year of my study. But if we were to make a comparison, we could look at Costume Kadilen. In this case, we are comparing Kad, a fast hero, worse dodge but higher defence against Inari who is average, better dodge, ,but more fragile so this is truly apples to oranges but it is the closest comparison. Costume Kad as a tank is 30.3% in Equalizer, where the average is 27.6%. My gut says Inari won't do as well unless you took a defence/hp path for her. I would say she will fall into the average category somewhere which could be better than what Vivica will get you. Again, with no other details about your other heroes and alliance rules, I would recommend Inari or Vivica between the 3, with a slight edge to Inari if you set her up with a defensive path. If not, Vivica would be my choice. One last note about Li Xiu. I know we were talking about Equalizer, but for Rush, Li Xiu is insane. Right when I wrapped up the first study, we met a team in Rush with holy tanks. The first time in at least a year in a half we saw this at the 400ish global rank level. We thought it would be a simple win because almost all of our opponents had Li Xiu as a tank. That little 4* didn't let us charge up in most fights and we got demolished in the end, losing by 1000 points or so. Guin is a goddess in that war type because of the mana reduction but Li Xiu is also effective. Long story short, save Li for rush, but use the other two for normal speed wars. Well, there's my 2 cents, hope it helps. Try them out and record how you did with them at tank. But, if you can use 2 holy heroes at flank and use a dark tank instead that is better suited for tank position, that is the way to go. Cheers

@@ssnakepitgaming I took a defense/hp path with Inari, so I'll put her in the tank position. My alliance currently has 2 purple flanks. Do you think a purple tank with yellow flanks is better? I thought it had the same effect: attacker uses a strong color against the tank which is weak against the flanks. Thanks a lot for the advise!

@@kevinvancapelle It does have the same effect, as going dark flanks/holy tank. So if your alliance is doing that already, see if they would let you go two holy flanks and dark tank. The attacker is still in the same conundrum for dark/holy, but it would allow you to run dark tank if you have better suited heroes in that element for that position. How did Inari do? I'm very curious!