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KerrAvon
@kerravon

@jim151 I don’t play the arena with my level 45 team. I got to the platinum league in season 1, and that was enough for me. It was simply too much effort to continue playing with a level 45 team. A full 12 week season is just way too long. I also don’t understand why Rovio have now made the battles so hard. I think both of these factors have contributed to a big drop off in numbers playing in the arena.

I do play with my level 19 team, which now has mastery levels of 6 and 7. This is much more enjoyable. There is a big variation in opponents. I play against teams ranging from level 17 to 26, with a range of mastery levels and banners. There are a small number of teams who have mastery ranks of 10, but most have mastery near my level. The battles are also currently more difficult at this level compared to in the past. But I have been able to get to Diamond in the current and the previous season. Also, cheating is not very prevalent at my level.

When the arena started, all the talk was about teams that could do a lot of damage. But when everyone has a similar high damage team, then the winner is often determined by the coin toss. Or by a Wizard waking up, launching a Rage attack and turning the tide of the battle. I have found that moving to a more defensive team and protecting yourself against losing the coin toss is a more effective strategy.

I think the single most valuable banner item is the Blessed head. I have a complete Blessed set, although my Blessed Head is very old (level 15, gold). The other important banner item is the Rage Shield. My banner health is around 4,000, but if I took the items that gave the highest health, my banner health would be up to 5,400. It is well worth sacrificing the banner health to get a good banner. My bird team is Paladin with Protector’s Aura, Druid with Nightmare set and Rogues with Save Me set. So I have a set up that adds health, reduces damage done to my birds, protects against rage attacks and, when I attack, I knock out opponent birds using poisons – which essentially gains you an extra turn. My arena score is 298 and I can frequently defeat teams with scores of 330-350.


@tigerussell
also has an effective banner and team – mentioned somewhere on another thread. He has the Frozen set, Rainbird (Reborn), Druid (Nightmare) and Rogues (Save Me). So he uses stuns and poisons to take down opponent birds and has the protection of the revival sets.

In my case, although I still have to do a bit of selecting to get opponents, I am still able to continue to play arena battles. I always do the most difficult objectives first up, as the first few battles are the easiest. Otherwise I just have to substitute birds into my set up to achieve objectives.

Sorry for the essay. I certainly understand your frustration at the current arena and don’t blame you for just dropping it.