# The Art of War **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [September 14, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620 "2025-09-14T23:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gems-of-War](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/gems-of-war/32/2281_2.png) [@Gems-of-War](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gems-of-War)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/1 "2025-09-14T23:00:09Z")
Originally published at: [https://gemsofwar.com/the-art-of-war/](https://gemsofwar.com/the-art-of-war/) New Invasion Troop: Azbeel Azbeel will be available in the Invasion Shop, and will appear in Glory, Gem, Guild, and VIP chests in 3-4 weeks’ time. New Epic Troop: Herald of War The Herald of War will be available this week for 400 Glory in the shop as well as in Event Chests, and will… ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/2 "2025-09-15T07:36:19Z")
I just spent 5k Event Keys to not get Astaroth. I’m not even mad. It just makes it more confusing why the pvp mythics are being withheld from Event chests when the odds are already that bad. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/3 "2025-09-15T11:36:47Z")
Can anyone confirm they got Astaroth before I am wasting more keys. ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/4 "2025-09-15T12:15:41Z")
> [@TheIdleOne](#): > > It just makes it more confusing why the pvp mythics are being withheld from Event chests when the odds are already that bad. Astaroth isn’t a PvP mythic, it’s from the Unholy Flame campaign. Here’s the official guarantee that it is part of the loot table: > [@Balancing & Changes](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/balancing-changes/87074/24): > > Troops being added at weekly reset: > > - Astaroth > - Dago’Nath > - Yue-She > - King of Cups (Vault) > > Couple were already mentioned in the weekly blog, but just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Crono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crono](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Crono)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/5 "2025-09-15T12:52:22Z")
I’ve seen people get it ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/6 "2025-09-15T12:55:23Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/d/1/d123b6f082ab9560924027fae8044926814c8607.jpeg) Thanks, just got one, took 2-3000 event keys. ---
**Author:** ![covertmuffin123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@covertmuffin123](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/covertmuffin123)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/7 "2025-09-15T16:31:14Z")
On the other hand, I gave up after 10k event keys. If you need keys at all, don’t get baited and just wait for it to hit the soulforge. The pool dilution is crazy these days. ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/9 "2025-09-15T20:49:53Z")
@Jeto are mythic troops weighted differently between each other? ![1000004374](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/0/4/04fdc7bab6ba92cb62b33c83e0af2dc3c7558a2e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jeto](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jeto/32/101682_2.png) [@Jeto](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jeto)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/10 "2025-09-15T21:30:44Z")
No. They aren’t weighted at all. Edited cos I just wanted to check some things myself. There are also only 4 Mythic troops in that Kingdom, and you did open like 8k chests, so I don’t think it is the weirdest RNG I have seen to have gotten one of those 5 troops multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Kezef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/11 "2025-09-15T21:51:13Z")
~8000 event keys here to get a copy. (Plus an Abynissia, 2 Archdukes, and 2 Succubus Queens. All of which I previously had, most in multiples of their own.) ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/12 "2025-09-15T21:55:31Z")
That is brutal. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Vold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@Vold](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Vold)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/13 "2025-09-15T22:38:33Z")
So Azbeel is a troop that is only worth using for a tower event and it creates burning gems which have no effect on towers. It would have been better to have it just create 5 red gems instead, as the burning gems only end up affecting the players team unless all troops have burning immunity. ---
**Author:** ![Zuul-Emo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/67e7ee/32.png) [@Zuul-Emo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zuul-Emo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/14 "2025-09-16T00:37:11Z")
Burning gems fit the theme of the troop well, but make no sense against the enemy it targets. It isn’t even boosted by burning gems on the board, which would make those burning gems useful against towers. Still not great, as you can’t easily keep many burning gems on the board, but it would be more sensible than creating gems that aren’t useful at all. ---
**Author:** ![Kezef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-art-of-war/88620/15 "2025-09-16T00:56:19Z")
I had ~15k event keys. I suppose it’s possible that I’ll need them for the next time that a campaign mythic is available through that avenue before it hits the Soulforge, if I don’t first get it through serendipitous Glory/Gem keys or from mythic tasks that my guild knocks out. But it’s every bit as likely that I will end up using them to build my nephew a treehouse or something. =P