Sand Empire Hero RETURNING: Gafar!
Hero Card
Stats
Rarity | Element | Class | Mana Speed |
---|---|---|---|
Epic |
Dark/Purple | Cleric | Fast |
Attack |
Defense |
Health |
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711 | 633 | 988 |
Special Skill: Sand Gale
- Deals 260% damage to the target.
- The target receive 228 damage over 4 turns.
- The target gets -100% healing received for 2 turns. This effect canāt be dispelled.
- Dispels status ailments from the caster.
What do you think of Gafar?
This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Gafar.
Based on preferences of Forum members expressed recently, please try to stick mainly to Gafar and not wander off topic too much to other heroes.
Some Popular Questions for Discussion
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Is he worth summoning for?
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Would you use him on Defense? Offense? War? Quests/Events? Titans?
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Would you give Gafar Cleric Emblems? Which Talent Grid path would you choose?
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What do you think of his special?
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What do you think of his character design?
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The theme of Sand Empire heroes is non-dispellable healing reductions. What do you think of this sort of special skill?
Avoiding Overspending & Heartache
Or: How many summons are needed to get Gafar?
Special thanks to @Garanwyn for assistance on summoning odds and proofreading for this section.
Itās important to remember that Seasonal Event Heroes have extremely low summoning odds. No amount of summoning will guarantee a Seasonal Event Hero.
On average, in a 10-pull, you have a 14.9% chance of summoning Gafar.
But that statistic can lead our minds astray in exactly how our odds play out as we continue summoning.
Some useful insights:
- 80 times out of 100, youāll get Gafar by pull 100 (26,000 gems)
- 95 times out of 100, youāll get Gafar by pull 185 (48,300 gems)
- 99 times out of 100, youāll get Gafar by pull 285 (74,300 gems)
Putting that in Perspective
- 20 out of every 100 people wonāt get Gafar by the 100th pull
- If 1 Million players each summoned 100 times, 200,000 of those players wouldnāt get Gafar
- 5 out of every 100 people wonāt get Gafar by the 185th pull
- If 1 Million players each summoned 185 times, 50,000 of those players wouldnāt get Gafar
More Insights & Reading
I highly recommend reading these two threads for more information and context on summoning odds:
- How much should I spend?- HotM cost, and odds, analysis
- What exactly is a Gacha? (Read before posting things about āunfair pullsā)
If youāve read them a million times before, you may consider reading them again before deciding on your budget for summoning. A little time spent deciding on how much money you want to risk on summoning goes a long way to avoiding disappointment, frustration, and regret later.
Epic Hero Tokens Can Be Used for Seasonal Summoning
The Seasonal Summons replaces the regular Epic Hero Summons.
Because of that, unlike Challenge Event Summons, the Summoning Portal for Seasonal Events allows using saved up Epic Hero Tokens that can otherwise normally only be used for Epic Hero Summons.
That makes Seasonal Events the only place you can currently use Epic Hero Tokens for a chance at non-Season 1 heroes.
Many people regard Sand Empire as having good Seasonal Event heroes to use tokens for. For more discussion of this, please see: What is the best Seasonal Summons?
Youāll also have the same chance at the HOTM as usual when using Epic Hero Tokens.
Because Sand Empire 2019 is expected to run from the end of June until the beginning of July, you should have an opportunity to Summon while either HOTM is available.
For information on the June and July HOTM, please see:
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June HOTM: Ranvir ā New June 2019 HOTM (Hero of the Month): First Thoughts & Discussion
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July HOTM: Is There Early Information on July 2019 HOTM? (Seshat)
Wondering About Your Personal Situation?
Feel free to discuss your team and roster here, and ask for advice from other Forum members.
If youād like more extensive advice on sorting out your particular roster, I recommend creating a new thread in Gameplay Help & Tactics, and posting screenshots of your hero roster, along with your questions.
Have an Insight on Gafarās Game Mechanics?
This thread is a great place to discuss anything and everything related to Gafar.
Once those discussions have yielded notable insights, I encourage others to make reference guides in Player Guides that synopsize specific questions and answers about Gafar.
Topics that are most appropriate for that are ones that players are likely to be searching for or wondering about in the future.
Creating a guide is a good way to make that information findable in the future without having to read through a ton of posts. You can make use of the Forum quote feature to avoid having to rewrite explanations that have already been well written.
Hereās an example of such a post: [GUIDE] How does the Queen of Heartsā Taunt work with AoE specials, or specials affecting nearby enemies in addition to the target?
Polls
Do you already have Gafar from a previous Sand Empire?
- Yes, I have Gafar already from a past Sand Empire
- No, I tried to get Gafar previously, but didnāt succeed
- No, I was playing during Sand Empire last year, but didnāt try for Gafar
- No, I wasnāt playing during the last Sand Empire
0 voters
Do you plan to Summon for Gafar this Sand Empire?
- Yes, I want to try to get Gafar this Sand Empire
- No, I already have Gafar, and donāt want to try for another
- No, Iām not interested in Gafar, or donāt think itās worth trying with the Summoning odds
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Overall, what do you think of Gafarās usefulness?
- I think Gafar is one of the very best heroes
- I think Gafar is above average
- I think Gafar is very average
- I think Gafar is below average
- I think Gafar is one of the very worst heroes
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Be sure to share your detailed thoughts in comments below!
What do you think of Gafarās design?
- Gafar is one of my MOST favorite hero designs
- Gafar is one of my LEAST favorite hero designs
- Iām indifferent to Gafarās design, I donāt have strong feelings either way
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