# New to game, loveing it, but I have some questions! **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [March 18, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374 "2017-03-18T01:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Valamist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/valamist/32/20939_2.png) [@Valamist](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Valamist)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/1 "2017-03-18T01:26:13Z")
So I started the game on a whim, as I was looking for a ‘Match 3 RPG’ akin to Doctor Who Legacy, but so far I am really enjoying it. I love the gameplay, and the fantasy style. That being said I am unsure of a few things, mainly… 1. Thanks to a bit of luck and spending some £ on gems, I have built a Goblin based team (Goblin King Legendary, Goblin Rocket Ultra-Rare, Goblin Common and Hobgoblin) is this a decent team? How far into the game could I get with such a deck? I have a few other Epic/UR troops, but not really tried them out yet. 2. Speaking of which, should I use my Hero? She seems rather ‘meh’ compared to some of the stronger troops I have and lack the bonuses. Is it alright if she is not on my team? Kinda feel guilty… 3. Should I start disenchanting any troops? Kinda keeping them all at the moment until I am sure where I want to go team-wise. Sorry for being a noob, and thanks for any answers! ---
**Author:** ![collectorofgems](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/collectorofgems/32/38138_2.png) [@collectorofgems](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/collectorofgems)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/2 "2017-03-18T01:34:54Z")
1. Goblins are the best to use to start out with. As you get and level other troops they do lose to much stronger troops. Especially once you get a fully traited team. 2. Your hero is usually one of the weaker troops in your deck no matter what level you are. Bonus is that you gain experience and level up whether the hero is in the teams you use or not. 3. As a low level player - don’t disenchant anything! You need multiple copies of troops to ascend them. This makes the troops stronger and once they are at mythic rarity and level 20 it benefits your efforts to power your kingdoms with stars. ---
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/3 "2017-03-18T01:42:59Z")
Goblins make an excellent starter build, and you’ve got some good ones. Your hero is pretty much just another troop. As you level up you’ll gain more hero stats. As you finish quest lines you’ll unlock classes that give your hero more stats and traits. If your build works without a hero, don’t feel guilty. If your build is better with hero, use them, if not, no loss. Never disenchant troops. When you have over 5 copies you can sacrifice 5 to ascend the troop to the next rarity level, so common becomes rare or an ultra rare becomes epic. This gives the troop more stats and allows you to level it up one more time for more stats. Each ascension for a troop requires more excess troops (5, 10, 25, 50, 100) so it is a long term goal. Don’t disenchant any troop until you get it to Mythic rarity and have 4 of them. A little early advice, unlock as many kingdoms as you can, work through quest lines for free Epic level troop (and for some kingdoms unlock a class), and then use gold to level up the kingdoms. Eventually they’ll reach level 10 and give a stat boost to ALL your troops. For example, if you get Adana to level 10 ALL troops get 1 point of extra Armor. And don’t be afraid to experiment, there is no penalty for losing really. ---
**Author:** ![Razzagor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/razzagor/32/50037_2.png) [@Razzagor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Razzagor)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/4 "2017-03-18T02:02:07Z")
Just to add a bit of information about ascension: While your troops will ascend into higher rarities, gain levels using souls, and get traits unlocked they can still be found on the basic chests where you got them and properly upgraded. For example: Let’s say that you have enough copies of a Goblin card to ascend him into an Ultra-Rare tier. And after ascending it you end up just one copy, also let’s say that you increase his level using souls and unlock any of his traits, now all these characteristics will be valid/unlocked for all future Goblin cards you get. And as i said before, even if your Goblin is an Ultra-Rare now, that usually can only be found on Glory/Gems/Event chests, you still can find Goblin cards on regular Gold chests that are the most basic chests in the game. So, in the end there is no downside ---
**Author:** ![Sidousai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sidousai/32/604_2.png) [@Sidousai](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sidousai)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 8:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/5 "2017-03-18T08:01:55Z")
If you need Gold, run PvP If you need Soul, run arena For everything else, run treasure maps and join a guild ---
**Author:** ![esslee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/esslee/32/103072_2.png) [@esslee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/esslee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/6 "2017-03-18T08:22:19Z")
All of the above, but emphasising ‘join a guild’. Many guilds advertise on this forum who accept new/low level players and in game chat is also a good place to look. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 8:41am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/7 "2017-03-18T08:41:25Z")
Hi @Valamist, and welcome. I suggest you read this thread from top to bottom, it has lots of advice, answers to the same questions, and links: > [@Newbie with good questions](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/newbie-with-good-questions/16018): > > Hi guys, Total new guy here. Downloaded the game last night at 8pm and suddenly it was 1am and I need to go to bed! I don’t like asking this question, as feel I should have found it somewhere but have looked around (Reddit/Gamefaqs/here) and I can’t actually find an “idiots guide” to this game. There seems to be a LOT to do, in a fair few different places, and whilst I never want to be “the best” at games I don’t like the idea of making really dumb mistakes at the start. Is there a general gu… Good luck gemming! ---
**Author:** ![Mekkalyn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mekkalyn/32/21868_2.png) [@Mekkalyn](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mekkalyn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 8:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/8 "2017-03-18T08:45:38Z")
Check out the community guide section of the forum. There are a lot of great tips for newbies. Someone from my guild created this helpful guide - (Speaking of which… make sure you join an active guild. As you level up and get more kingdoms leveled and have more gold to give you can see how much you make a week and find a guild whose requirement you meet that might have a higher activity level than a starter guild. The better the guild the more rewards you will receive. It’s imperative you do this immediately as it’s the only way to get premium currency easily) > [@What new guild members ask about the most slight\_smile (fast newbie faq)](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-new-guild-members-ask-about-the-most-fast-newbie-faq/9775): > > SOME HINTS: treasure hunt is a really good way to get glory, gold, and gems. (more than pvp early game) a. it will not push up your level too early. i try to do between 30 and 45 moves. this makes them fast but still worth it. b. try for green chests not red or vaults c. match 4’s and 5’s at the top - try not to get more than 1 of the 4 or 5 in each move - the extra moves dont stack. armor a. save for the spider armor first - it does not give exp bonus and so you can keep the low l… Also if you have a bit of time and like to watch videos, here’s a great guide geared towards newbie tips: > [@100 things you wish you knew about Gems of War \[DONE\]](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/100-things-you-wish-you-knew-about-gems-of-war-done/15529): > > #Thank you to everybody that helped make this series come alive !!! We’re all done here slight_smileI was chatting with some newbies on Reddit and off-handedly asked they’d enjoy a video on this subject. I got good feedback and many people said they would love it. So I’m asking for your help coming up with as many things as possible - credit will be given to ALL contributors! I’d like to pass along a list of things I wish I knew when I started out. Some examples I can think of are: In A… And of course @Tacet has great tutorials/videos as well. Check out his channel via profile. Welcomes to gems of war! Edit: cleaned up the links, thanks to @actreal for the tips! I’ve never used a forum where you can’t use the URL at the top of the browser to get to the general post and start at the top! ---
**Author:** ![Oligarchy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/oligarchy/32/22589_2.png) [@Oligarchy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Oligarchy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/9 "2017-03-18T12:39:48Z")
The single most important troop in the early gave is a fully-traited Golem in the first position. You’ll have to grind it out, but it’s worth it. A friend told me about it when I first started, and it gave me a huge advantage against the people I was playing against in the early game. ---
**Author:** ![XLS78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b2d939/32.png) [@XLS78](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/XLS78)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/10 "2017-03-18T12:51:05Z")
Stoneskin on a troop as easy to trait as Golem is super nice in the early going, agreed. A bit debatable whether it’s the _most_ important versus a troop like Valkyrie that is a great converter and also generates souls for you, but it’s still a very good choice. ---
**Author:** ![actreal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/actreal/32/1945_2.png) [@actreal](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/actreal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/11 "2017-03-18T14:42:21Z")
> [@Mekkalyn](#): > > Also if you have a bit of time and like to watch videos, here’s a great guide geared towards newbie tips. Again make sure to see the top post. One day I’ll figure out why my linking is odd. I use mobile and go to the top and copy paste my URL… I must be doing something wrong for this forums lol. Oh well. @Mekkalyn You need to click the link icon at the bottom of the post (or reply) you want to link and then copy-paste that URL. That URL also gives you “credit” for anyone following that link which counts for forum badges (if you care about that sort of thing). ---
**Author:** ![efh313](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/efh313/32/34349_2.png) [@efh313](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/efh313)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/12 "2017-03-18T15:34:13Z")
Welcome to the forums! Arguably one of the best things about the game! 😉 This might be a useful resource as well: > [@GoW Team Build Compendium](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-team-build-compendium/15464): > > So, in light of the “Worse Than Bone Dragon” thread, which you can easily find elsewhere, I have decided to start a thread where people who enjoy SHARING their teams may do so. I have always been impressed with the openness and camaraderie of this forum and this is my attempt to create a place where that generosity can be appreciated by new and old players alike. Please share your BEST Teams with the community! (If this is not your style, please respect the thread and don’t troll. Thanks!) To … ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/13 "2017-03-18T16:55:04Z")
Most of my answers have been said already. I would suggest swapping out Goblin King for Boar Rider or some other Goblin (Shaman, Sir Snothelm, Nobend Bros, etc) since he promotes a fairly slow gameplay style (which you don’t want). The thing with Goblins is that they’re easy to get and mostly pretty cheap to upgrade (including traits). But you will eventually want a stronger team - right now, almost any legendary is worth you building a team around. The thread Jainus linked above is excellent, tons of questions from people in your position. ---
**Author:** ![Valamist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/valamist/32/20939_2.png) [@Valamist](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Valamist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/14 "2017-03-19T00:29:35Z")
Wow, thank you for all the great replies and links! I will go watch/read then ASAP. It’s nice to see that the game has a friendly and helpful community! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Strat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/new-to-game-loveing-it-but-i-have-some-questions/21374/15 "2017-03-19T04:30:43Z")
> [@Shimrra](#): > > I would suggest swapping out Goblin King for Boar Rider or some other Goblin (Shaman, Sir Snothelm, Nobend Bros, etc) I would second this tip! Don’t be fooled by Goblin Kings Legendary Troop status he’s one of the weakest in the group. One more reminder to please follow the guideline as others have posted: NEVER Disenchant (until you have 4 Mythic copies of a troop)