Another one that’s close-but-not-quite is Adana. The introduction of the Mechanist class plus the Sparkgrinder + Carnex combo makes it seemingly attractive but it’s not quite there.
A few problems that stand out:
- The Mechanist class bonus is for Brown, but there aren’t a lot of brown-based weapons the synergize well. The most obvious one to use is Golden Cog to make Carnex a beast, but its R/Y. The class weapon doesn’t have any synergy either. Which just leaves Anvil of Might (R/Br) or Prismatic (All). The 2nd trait is mostly worthless (and really should be Fire Link). I’m hoping the Legendary Trait does something cool in terms of synergy but we’ll see.
- Very poor colors in that it’s a lot of duplicates and especially a lot of Red. Carnex is R/P, Sparkgrinder is R/Y, & Tankbot is R/Br. Cog is R/Y and Anvil is R/Br. So your 4-troop team is definitely 3x Red, 1x Purple, 1x Yellow, 1x Br. Then you either have to pick more Red, plus one of two colors you already have and thus have no Bl or Gr, or you have to go Prismatic to cover Bl & Gr. This would help a little if one or two of the troops had Fire Link, but they don’t.
- Lastly, Carnex needs a some design work. First, its skill only gives 3 armor, which is super low given end-game stats. Scaling with magic, or a significantly higher amount seems fair. Second, the 3rd trait gives bonus skull damage yet its skill explodes skulls. This also limits the handiness of Sparkgrinder buffing the crap out of Carnex’s Attack since Carnex is always clearing skulls. It’s anti-synergy. What Carnex’s 3rd trait should really do is something like Gloom Leaf’s trait where any time Carnex is damage it deals back 25/50% of Carnex’s armor in damage.
Again, wouldn’t take a lot to make a really cool, unique, and fun team: Mechanist class gets Fire Link for 2nd trait and something synergistic with 3rd trait. Ideally Fire Link swapped out for Sparkgrinder’s or Flame Cannon’s 1st trait as well. Buff to Carnex’s skill and 3rd trait.