Goblin Shaman isn’t legendary–I think you mean Goblin King?
Yeah, Gobling King, I meant. Couldnt believe my luck…
I’m completely with @MrSammy here, I’m one of the few people who actually love Orion (and I’m not 1000 
). He fills super fast for a legendary, can one-shot some units when he gets lucky, and with hunter mark he also acts as a debuffer. I use him pretty often too, he’s fun. 
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Thanks for your reply. Still very new here.
So I just buyed 7 regular keys for 7000 gold, and got the Shadow Dragon.
Since I am new, is he any good?
He’s awesome.
Edit, since my answer is a bit short.
He’s awesome, because he poisons everyone, deal some heavy true damage, keep and the board and replenishes himself in the process. I find him laughably broken, but you should really go for him, he’s worth it.
Wow, guess I had the best possible luck then, that is possible in this game.
So who does he work great along side? cheers.
Thanks for reply. What did you mean by the broken thing? Since I am no english/usa. My english might be weak.
You can use him in combo with either some yellow or purple creator like the Alchemist or the Giant Spider - although, as I said, he refills himself already. Then if you have any other dragon or troops from Sword’s Edge, they’re worth pairing him with them since he’ll get some nice bonuses along the way. 
Edit again! ^^
For the broken thing, it’s just a personal opinion, he’s doing some pretty insane damage at the moment, while being able to give you the board back and potentially refills himself in the process. And because it’s true damage AND everyone is poisoned, I feel like it’s a bit too much. But that’s just me I guess.
Hope you’ll enjoy playing with him!
Getting curious here. Tell me a little more about this bonus etc.
A viable Orion lineup has been previously discussed before. @Esoxnepa has pointed out that Damage inflicted from exploding Skulls will also doubles with a Hunter Mark debuff. There have been many versions of lineup that tweak around this concept, the one I ended up with is this:
Carnex will always explode skulls, and Ragnagord is there to reset the field when skulls are running low.
Sunweaver provides excellent support to whichever needs it, and Orion will fill up extremely fast with the two exploders around.
Naturally… this kind of setup requires human brain, and will not work as well as a Defense Team option. But it is nonetheless extremely fun to play with.
The bonus are the ones you can give to your teams since 1.0.7 - I’ll make new guides about it all when 1.0.8 will hit, but you can find most basic infos about all troop bonuses on this guide:
I put in all the bonuses you get from multiple troops from the same type / kingdoms / mana colours.
Hope it will help.
Another good Orion team:
Big and good bonuses from troops, gloom leaf is there to tank and make use of hunters mark, and the last 2 troops are there to create green mana users to fill up Orion and gloom and also to provide team bonus.
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Thanks for the information. The PS4 version is still a little confusing.
I’ve now buyed the town Pans vale to get the Banner of Song.
My hometown is not Pans vale. Do that means that I will lose
the bonuses of the Banner of Song? I see that if you select Pans vale
as your hometown you get an additional +1 green/yellow as Orion.
Thanks for reply.
Thanks a lot. 
Just a little flat on Orion
Well, it just happened to me two times today :
Remains only one creature of each side (attack and defense) , Orion defense is loaded (spell)… he shoots… BUG , shooting is in a the void and no damage on my creature (attacking)
For now … definitely avoid playing the Orion defense in fourth.
no video available , if necessary I will make one next time I find this defense
If you are playing PS4, that means you’re still on version 1.0.6
Back then mana bonus are determined by your Home Kingdom, yes.
And your Home Kingdom bonus stays with you no matter what creatures you play with.
Just as a side note, if you are playing the PC/mobile version, we are on 1.0.7
In the latest patch, mana bonus is now tied to the banner instead of Home Kingdom, giving us greater freedom in building different teams.
Thanks for the info, pal. How about the masteries you find under your Hero section? Those bonuses you get when you level up when it comes to differently gems, they only count for Hero, right?
Your or anyones opinion on my new currently Troop list?
All level 15
Banner of Song
(Great for treasure map hunt)
Orion - Because of his 9 attack for skull and good defense, 24 totally, often get boosted up by using the worms.
Acolyte - Get sometime boosted as well because of the worms, but mainly a brown gem creator.
Rockworms * 2 - Both easily get boosted up after one of the rockworm creator attack. Both solid hp as well.
Cheers,
Eika
Those are referred to as ‘Mana Surges’, and actually apply to match making as a whole.
Matches of 5+ guarantee Mana Surges, meaning 10 mana from a 5 gem match.
Matches of 4 have little to no chance of Mana Surging, so only 4 mana gain without kingdom bonus.
Then there’s matches of 3, this is where the Hero mana section comes into play. Depending on the percentage, that is your chance of receiving a Mana Surge from a match-of-3 every time one’s made.
(+3 more Mana gained when surging, in layman’s terms)
Simply put, no, Mana Surges don’t apply solely to the Hero, and in fact are random no matter your team setup. This actually becomes a pretty big part for higher level players, and as of this post I’ve over 50% chance of each and any 3-match made to Mana Surge, it’s pretty great. 
Thanks for the reply, mac. All my stats is very balanced there, because I always like to create something new to test etc… Is that a waste?