# Is Yao Guai worth 800 diamonds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 3, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176 "2018-09-03T22:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tru38atl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tru38atl](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/tru38atl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/1 "2018-09-03T22:07:28Z")
I’m a fairly new player & I finally accumulated 800 diamonds. Should I use the diamonds on Yao Guai or continue saving for something in the future? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/2 "2018-09-03T22:08:05Z")
Yao worth 2000 diamonds Its a nice troops but if you need a mythic you might want to keep saving for them first But if you decide to craft him you wont regret i use him alot ---
**Author:** ![Andrewmbrown1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@Andrewmbrown1981](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Andrewmbrown1981)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/3 "2018-09-03T22:08:35Z")
Absolutely. It is worth more than half the mythics in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/4 "2018-09-03T22:17:06Z")
From a collectors’ standpoint I’d advise against it, however… with your first 800 diamonds? I’d say do it, he’s strong as hell and combos with some easily-acquired troops. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e8c25b/32.png) [@Nonsheep](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nonsheep)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/5 "2018-09-03T22:18:04Z")
Absolutely! Get it before you regret it! ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/6 "2018-09-03T22:39:03Z")
If you have some event keys, you can wait till the next Shentang event coming soon It is a good troop though ---
**Author:** ![BRchell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/brchell/32/30489_2.png) [@BRchell](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BRchell)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/7 "2018-09-03T22:46:19Z")
Definitely worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Shimrra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/shimrra/32/87_2.png) [@Shimrra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Shimrra)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/8 "2018-09-03T22:51:46Z")
> [@TheIdleOne](#): > > event keys I’d use Event Keys _now_ trying to get Infernus. ---
**Author:** ![Gouki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gouki/32/22405_2.png) [@Gouki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gouki)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/9 "2018-09-03T22:55:53Z")
I’d advice against ever direcly aiming for a specific mythic with event keys unless you swim in event keys because you are in a guild flooding you with them through tasks, in which case you are probably not here on the forums asking if a particular troop is worth 800 diamonds in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Andruwjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Andruwjones](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Andruwjones)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/10 "2018-09-03T23:13:14Z")
Only if you have specific teams in mind. Not worth crafting if you don’t have the supporting troops. ---
**Author:** ![Maxthor2789](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Maxthor2789](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Maxthor2789)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/11 "2018-09-03T23:35:22Z")
Yao guai doesn’t need any support he can solo a whole team lmao. He is the best legendary maybe the dragon soul for newbie is better but besides that none come close. Yao guai is better than at least 80% of all mythic. In bounty he is a godsend, in PvP he can easily fit into many team. ---
**Author:** ![tru38atl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@tru38atl](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/tru38atl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/12 "2018-09-03T23:53:19Z")
I got him. Thanks for the advice guys. ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/13 "2018-09-04T00:06:22Z")
Eh, it’s too late but what troop you should shoot for depends on what you have. TDS should be priority #1. It kicks butt _and_ farms souls. The traditional choices after that are Pharos-Ra, Infernus, and Ubastet, but I would not blame someone for detouring and jamming Yao Guai in between. That said, 800 diamonds isn’t a lot, so if you made the “wrong” choice here you got a really strong card and didn’t lose much. ---
**Author:** ![Draprion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/draprion/32/8238_2.png) [@Draprion](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Draprion)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/14 "2018-09-04T03:20:06Z")
I agree. I think you can’t go wrong with Yao guai ---
**Author:** ![NowayJoe2Go](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nowayjoe2go/32/14045_2.png) [@NowayJoe2Go](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/NowayJoe2Go)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/15 "2018-09-04T03:35:16Z")
Yes, absolutely, so long as you have 800. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Zepp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zepp/32/42136_2.png) [@Zepp](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zepp)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/16 "2018-09-04T04:32:08Z")
He is pretty great. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![BilboBaghead](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/bilbobaghead/32/48335_2.png) [@BilboBaghead](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BilboBaghead)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/17 "2018-09-04T06:44:25Z")
Do you have Pharos Ra? If the answer is no, then don’t. Get PR first. Legendaries are easy enough to get in time. ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/is-yao-guai-worth-800-diamonds/45176/18 "2018-09-04T20:20:40Z")
If you have Gorgotha, then yes go for YG. As @shimrra says, YG is very strong and easy to combo into. Otherwise wait for Gorgotha. It’s the one troop that’ll be a base for so many team designs. Edit: and then I read the thread and realised you already did it. Skills.