Just started this...I'm such a sucker for games like this...
Any advice?
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That is the latest tier list, do worry to much about getting the best heroes when you start out, as there is no such thing as a bad 5 star when you are starting out. What is key to remember on the list is never ever use any of the top 3 tier heroes as fodder when starting out. Look at the creation circle any hero that can be turned into a 6 star is worth spending resources on at lower levels when promotions stones and hero upgrade exp are hard to come by.
Norma is quite a common hero but is very powerful at low levels most people will run with her in the front slot. Starlight as well is in the same postion very easy to 6 star and great for tower/aspen/brave at low levels but keep her in the back row
If you are going to spend money I would recommend the monthly package it will help you out a lot with the gems and also push you closer to vip 3 which is where you can pretty much cover all the best benefits of vip, 10 casino spins for 8 tokens and heroic summon rewards.
When starting out I would recommend to go agaisnt the advice of save everything, the key is to get a decent 5 star lineup asap if you save everything you are going to wait a long time to get it, the exception to this is arena tokens and casino tokens as you don't get any real benefit from spending them at all outside of a event. Once you have a decent 5 star lineup (which won't take long) and maybe a 6 star then hunker down and don't spend anything until the required event is on. Unless you spend big you are never going to complete a heroic summon event or prophet orb event but you will get better odds of summoning decent heroes during them events.
Join a guild as soon as you can (level 26 i think it is ) and spend them guild stones on tech upgrades it might be tempting to spend them on heroes in the guild store but I would reccomend not to do, the tech tree is the difference at higher levels and guild stones are not easily farmable compared to other items at higher levels.
Fill your friends list up fast you might get luckly with a friendship summon and get a 5 star from it, as long as you stay active people will keep you on their list no matter your level and they will help you kill the mauraders which is a good soruce of gems.
For Monster go snake from the start it is a slow process leveling a monster but when you get it to the last evole state that pet will push you on so far all on its own
Any questions just post in here, lots of active people on the forums play game so should not take long to get a answer.