hero backup stick guide

7 Nov 2021 to 2 Jan 2022

TLDR:
Purple stick
: CANNOT get Lv200, base max of Lv160 (slightly higher if you complete first day weekly cap).
You will need to buy 20-40+ levels with funds to get to Lv200 – if you have double funds recharge then this will be slightly cheaper than the orange stick.

Orange stick: Able to hit Lv200 quite easily as long as you finish most of the quests every week.

Things to Note:

  • I’m comparing the latest HBU model (which started from #5 – Boros) with the old one (where you can ‘reroll’ quests to blue/purple), so some of the info below are meant to address the changes.
  • You now cannot hit Lv200 with basic backup stick due to the XP caps
    • Weekly cap for Weekly quests is 650, Weekly cap for Daily quests is 1350. Total weekly XP cap is 2000 (20 levels). So basically in 8 weeks, you can get 8×20 = 160 levels at the base
    • First day (usually Sun) you can spam quests to clear for that weekly cap
    • You cannot reset the weekly quests to a different quality. Green will always be green now.
    • If you buy the stick, you get extra quests – 1 green, 1 blue and 1 purple.
    • The uncompleted quest points will be carried over to the following week, so you can continue grinding then if you couldn’t play much this week (You will see your weekly limit increase).
  • You can save the wristbands as they will carry over the next season, and you can exchange them for other LSSR shards or even KS!
  • You can only get Lv200 by hitting most of the daily/weekly quests limits (see calculation below) + you need to either buy the Expensive backup stick OR buy the rest of the levels with funds
  • If you decide to buy the stick nearing the end, you will still be able to get all the rewards retroactively. Just note that you might not hit lv200 (since the paid stick gives you extra weekly quests which you would have missed out on) so you might need to top up a few extra levels.
  • You don’t have to hit lv200 (although I strongly recommend you do if you’re buying since all the good rewards are there). You can hit maybe Lv160-180, and then get the rest of the LSSR shards via exchanging bracelets to hit 80 shards to fuse.

REWARDS

The rewards are similar to last season. An average SPD33 rune for LC, and a Martial Artist badge. And randomly Choze’s KS is also thrown in.

  • Suiryu shards (total 80 over 200 lvls)
  • Suiryu figurine
  • Suiryu badge
  • SPD 33 LC Rune (lv199)
  • Martial Artist badge (lv150)
  • Choze KS (lv10)
  • SSR wristbands, which is a currency for you to exchange LSSR shards and awaken materials

WORTH IT?

If you don’t mind spending on the game, HBU is always the best bang for your money in terms of all the rewards that you will get.

TLDR: If you’re a low spender and you don’t mind to continue spending on the game, sure why not. It’s ‘cheap’ for an LSSR if you want to put it this way. But cheap for a game? Not really, you could buy most PC games for $39USD for example.

SUIRYU’S KIT

Role: Backline DPS / Charge damage / Charge damage Booster for allies / Rebellion / Tenacity / Weaken attackers (w KS only)
Type: Grappler / Martial Artist (Martial Artist)
Meta Duration: Not really in the meta as there are better units. However, a well-geared whale Suiryu can literally one-shot the enemy’s backline, especially since Charge dmg pierces Bomb’s shields.

ABILITIES

Basic: Single target 2 hit 140% atk dmg and gain tenacity (absorb dmg of 25% of max hp)
Ultimate: 5 hit 120% atk to enemy backrow, every layer of [charge up] suiryu has, deal extra 160% atk as charge-up dmg
Passive: When Suiryu gain [tenacity], gain 1 layer of [charge-up], up to 2 times. permanently increase 25% atk of allies in [charge-up]. Suiryu himself permanently gain 40% [non crit dmg free] (reduce all types of dmg, only one effect [dexterity] or [non crit dmg free] will be activated)

Ultra-Ultimate:
5hit atk 120% > 150%
Charge-up extra dmg 160% > 240%
Additional charge-up effect – and when crit on target, weaken their atk by 30%
Extreme-Passive:

Increase allies charge-up atk 25% > 35%
Rebellion (non-crit dmg dmg) 40% > 45%

GEAR

Suggested gear:

You’ll want to focus on ATK as much as possible to increase his Charge damage. Charge is not affected by crit, bonus dmg, etc so no need for those (the actual ult dmg still can crit just not the charge dmg). However if you plan on getting his KS, then you’ll want CRIT% for the additional weaken enemies’ atk effect.

Recommended set is Gunner/Primal
Broken set is fine if you don’t have the required pieces.

Buff Gear:

Hero ATK – ATK% x3
Grappler ATK – ATK/CRIT%
Special Class ATK – ATK

Pros:

  • Strong backline DPS
  • Synergizes very well with other charge dmg units, such as DK, G4, Sonicv2 etc, providing a permanent atk buff
  • Strong against Bomb’s shields
  • Synergizes well with Bomb core and other tenacity units (Sonic, Amai etc) to trigger his charge-up damage
  • We got the post-buff Suiryu so his damage is quite insane, especially with KS
  • Ultra Ult weakens attackers on crit, which is hugeeeee
  • In the backup stick, so a ‘cheap’ LSSR for all to get

Cons:

  • Too much competition for Extreme Training (Bomb, ATT, Sonic, DK, and better future units), you will have trouble levelling him
  • If you use him alongside DK to boost DK, you’ll still need ATT in the team to trigger DK’s form. Along with Bomb, that’s 4 slots already locked, so tends to restrict your lineup quite a bit. Grappler slots are also very competitive, with WDM, Amai, and Gale Wind in the near future
  • Not really in the ‘meta’ if you don’t intend to train him up well. Will be quickly replaced by better future units, especially since SSR+ units are around the corner

GUIDE FOR BACKUP STICK

Credits to Mikha, inactive, Lance, BosAyam, and myself.

IF THERE’S ANY WRONG CALCULATIONS DO LET ME KNOW.

IF YOU BUY CHEAP BACKUP STICK

For low/mid spender Exp daily limit

Total cost of diamonds weekly : 4795 gems (with stamina and vitality bought per week)

Daily QuestRepeatGemsTotal XP
Daily Activity reaches 1007x105
Consume 240 Stamina10x150
Complete CC 10x10x150
Complete Talent Perfection 10x10x150
Replenish Gear Materials 3x3x190/wk; buy 2 extra tix60
Win 5x in Arena10x900/wk; buy 3x extra 5wins150
Complete Club Challenge 3x9x600/wk; buy 1 extra daily for 6 days135
Replenish Research Materials x33x190/wk; buy 2 extra tix60
Win in Tournament 5x10x500/wk; do extra Hero (50) + Monster (50) daily x5 days200
Spend 300 gems10x200
Total2380 gems (or 2000 if you use your spare gear/research tickets)1360
  • Stam and Vit Cost for the above:
    • Total of stamina and vitality bought per week: 2415 diamonds
      • Stamina spend for per day : 0 25 25 50 50
      • Vitality spend for per day : 35 65 95
    • Vit breakdown
      • Talent needed to get the max exp per week – 800 vit
      • Total vitality used : 1400 to 1600 vitality
      • CC Normal needed to get the max XP per week
        • Solo CC – 800 vit
        • Team CC – 600 vit
  • Total XP (Daily quests) = 10,800 (1350 x 8 weeks)
  • Total XP (Weekly quests) = 5200 (650 x 8 weeks)
    • So doing the above you already get Lv160. (16000 = 10,800+5200)
  • First day try to get 1000 XP (10 lvls)
  • Total Levels = 170+ lvls
  • Top up to hit Lv 200 – about 150 funds = USD $21, or $11+ if you have double funds

IF YOU BUY EXPENSIVE BACKUP STICK

Total cost of diamonds weekly : 2665 gems (with stamina and vitality bought per week)

Daily QuestRepeatGemsTotal XP
Daily Activity reaches 1007x105
Consume 240 Stamina10x150
Complete CC 10x10x150
Complete Talent Perfection 10x10x150
Replenish Gear Materials 3x2x40
Win 5x in Arena7x105
Complete Club Challenge 3x7x105
Replenish Research Materials x32x40
Win in Tournament 5x9x250/wk; do extra daily x5 days180
Spend 300 gems10x200
Total2501225
  • Stam and Vit Cost for the above:
    • Total of stamina and vitality bought per week: 2415 diamonds
      • Stamina spend for per day : 0 25 25 50 50
      • Vitality spend for per day : 35 65 95
    • Vit breakdown
      • Talent needed to get the max exp per week – 800 vit
      • Total vitality used : 1400 to 1600 vitality
      • CC Normal needed to get the max XP per week
        • Solo CC – 800 vit
        • Team CC – 600 vit
  • Total XP (Daily quests) = 9800 (1225 x 8 weeks)
  • Total XP (Weekly quests) = 5200 (650 x 8 weeks)
    • So doing the above you already get Lv150. (15000 = 9800+5200)
  • First day try to get 1000 XP (10 lvls)
  • Total Levels = 160
  • Plus your 40 levels from purchase = Lv 200

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