Higher on the Pyre

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Originally published at: Higher on the Pyre – Gems of War

New Guide Troop: Scorchfly Scorchfly will be available in the Journey Shop, and will appear in Glory, Gem, Guild, and VIP chests in 3-4 weeks’ time. Please note the Pathfinder trait is a unique Trait, this means the Trait cannot be stacked with itself, and only one Troop with the Pathfinder trait will apply its…

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Yay, Journey event!:raising_hands:

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The Glory shop troop is like a mini Underspire Sentinel, so it’s not bad. (Should have gotten stoneskin at least though). Even the smallest change can make the biggest difference.

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I got my doubts.. especially when the Red Giant Gems eventually replace a Red Gem instead of being an additional benefit…

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My take is that the Glory Shop troop is like a Flame Troll in different colors. Almost (but not quite) as good as a Flame Troll, but it gives you an alternative just in case blue/purple doesn’t work with the rest of the team you have in mind.

So it’s “Diet, Discount, Store Brand” Flame Troll?

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Pyre Troll seems like an upgraded Flame Troll with the :red_circle::brown_circle: storm from magama dragon and “should” generate mana and loop reliably for Broken Spire restrictions. So many Glory shop troops are just for collection. Key word: "should.":rofl:

But my mind is wrapped up in Vulcanus, who should be an Elemental/Giant and generate 2 volcanic gems per turn. Then, maybe we could try some shenanigans with a :red_circle: storm using multiple copies in the future. The Campaign Mythic is almost a carbon copy of Obsidius, who honestly has more of a use, and he was released ages ago.

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I don’t think Broken Spire has a problem with generators. It’s lacking in good damage options..

Sadly the dragonite dragon is going to be a hard crutch and it’s going to be another 10 years before we see another half-decent addition..

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That’s what I mean though. If you have Meteoridan, you just build a team around him, and mana generation is fine with Jeweled Golem or Ogress. You can even cleanse your allies with Sheggra’s heart with plenty of supporting options.

With over 1800+ troops, it’s hard to create anything that has a unique identity or adds something that makes us change how we play Underspire or other game modes with a Kingdom restriction.

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I actually don’t think it is, though these dragonite dragons don’t help in that regard..

Like this week in the Underspire, I used a Scorpius/Immortal Scorprio team build to clear. Topasarth would be another possible troop. Queen Beetrix is another option. Shahbanu Vespera for the scenic route etc.

It’s just that a lot of these kingdom don’t have fun options and troops like Vulcanus don’t help..

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Almost as if troops aren’t designed to only use solely that kingdom for a complete team. :roll_eyes:
So whenever events require 1 kingdom only troops it is going against the designed intentions for fun.

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