What lvl are you?
Not really at the moment. Maybe when we get the the impervious buff
Well,
- Heās the only troop that uses purple mana from Adana, potentially helping your Adana team which is a task that regularly cycles
- He has the impervious trait so heās one of the few actually viable anti-maw troops, once that patch is released on console
Other than that, heās not particularly amazing. I guess he could be decent in a skull generation team (like with bone dragon & maybe Infernal King) after being fully traited but there are generally better combinations out there.
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Carnex is great as a Defense troop right now. Between his spell destroying skulls and his Armored & Impervious traits heās one of the best counters to the current meta (Maw & Mab). But his usefulness stops there.
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very good with sparkgrinder!
about glory, best home kingdom to have is whitehelm.
Cheers. I have whitehelm as my home kingdom and its my only 3 star one too. Made a huge difference. Aim to 3 star all the glory kingdoms first
While that might work best for Glory, if you donāt have any other 3 stars Kingdoms yet. I strongly
suggest you start with the Kingdoms you currently have at least 8+ troops in. I canāt imagine how hard it would be for a newer player to upgrade 7 troop Kingdoms like Wild Plains with out having all 7 troops at lvl 20 Mythic.
I suppose the reality is I will need 9 troops to 3 star a kingdom. Not overcome with traitstones
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I pulled Carnex a couple weeks ago. I tried him out a bit but now I donāt even use him when I have to do a construct task. With all his traits, I could see the value, but without, not so much.
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Heās situational and, as you can see by all the replies, there are MANY situations heās useful in
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True, I have a Mythic level 20 triple traited Carnex, with Mythic lvl 20 Sparkgrinder and I only use them to do Tasks. But Carnex will put out a major wallop after he gets āUpgradeā cast on him. The key is to not use āChain Reactionā once youāve boosted him so he has skulls to match.
Thatās a lot of resources to sink into something you only use for tasks. I canāt speak for @Robert, but Iām not at the point where I can drop 28 arcanes and I donāt know how many souls into a Carnex/Sparkgrinder combo for the times when I happen to get an Adana or construct task.
I have met that combo in PVP and always look carefully at construct teams before assuming it will be an easy fight nowā¦
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@Stan
Donāt bother for Tasks, save the resources. But, If you enjoy Constructs by all means go for it.
I do my Tasks in PvP and for me Carnex does 73 damage after a single āUpgradeā Cast. I hardly ever have time to double cast āUpgradeā before the match is over.
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Yeah, I try to do my tasks in PVP wherever I can, but sometimes I just canāt afford the investment to get a particular task team strong enough to trust in PVP. I save the challenges in new kingdoms for those situations. Iāve got a workable construct team going, but it is one of my least favourite tasks when it comes around. I think Iāve finally got a decent Beast lineup going.
I still remember the first time I ran into a team running Sparkgrinder with constructs. He double-upgraded a fortress gate and it was hitting me for 45 damage or something stupid. I was using a sub-optimal task team at the time and they mopped the floor with me. Lesson learned.
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73 damage?
Who would you use with Carnex/Sparky? There is no room for a skull gen and Valkyrie 
Edit: I only noticed Carnexeses 3rd trait adds more damage!
Valkyrie is no good with Adana or construct teams since no one uses blue. Itās one of the reasons I hate getting that task (along with: I donāt have the troops very levelled or traited; I canāt generate any synergy with those troops; and I want to choke Sparkgrinder to death every time I hear his snivelly voice).
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I must admit I have never considered team bonuses for any of my teams. Always just picked who naturally match regardless of their class/kingdom. Not the smartest I guess but I donāt like being restricted
Same here i would put
Gorgotha
Carmex
Rowanne
Spark
Are you looking to cast Sparkgrinder on Carnex or Rowanne?
I was thinking more about task teams, where Iād need at least 3 from the same kingdom or troop type. For my straight PVP teams, I donāt often constrain myself by focusing on that, but some of the toughest defence teams I face are taking advantage of those bonuses. For example, a good Fey/Forest of Thorns team can be extremely tough to deal with. Goblins are another good example.