The (Un)Official Console Weekly Event Thread 2 (Current Event: Stormheim)

[Lyya]

Specifically, VIP chests cost 5x what Gem chests cost, with 10x the payout for Legendary and Mythic troops. That doesn’t necessarily translate into 2x the odds of pulling one Mythic from a given set of keys, but it’s definitely more efficient than Gem chests are, if your aim is solely Legendaries and Mythics.

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Except the math doesn’t quite work like that. Assume, for the sake of argument, that there is a 0.1% chance to draw a Mythic from a Gem chest. You then have a 1% chance to draw one from a VIP chest. Your chances of not drawing a Mythic on each pull is 99.9% and 99%, respectively. In your example, you are investing 2,250 gems, which gives you 250 Gem pulls or 50 VIP pulls, respectively. Your chance to get one or more Mythics from Gem chests is: Pg = 1 - (0.999^250) ~= 0.221 = 22.1% Your chanc…