Combine

## Overview

Combine is a an advanced mechanic for long term strategy. It will NOT
 make your card stronger immediately. It will NOT combine the two cards'
stats. When you are combining the cards, you are creating a card with **higher** **base** **value**. You can ONLY combine cards that are max levelled up.

## Example Wila

Let's say that you have a brand new card of "Wila" with Magic 322 and Protection 253, Level 1. These are her Base Values. Let us call this card Wila A. You level up Wila to her MAX and the Magic is then 616 and Protection 484. You have an additional Wila, Wila B, that also is fully leveled up with the same stats. If you combine Wila A with Wila B, you will create a totally new card, Wila C. Wila C will start with a higher Base Value compared to Wila A and B. In this case, she will start at a Base Value of Magic 408 and Protection 321. Now you need to level up Wila C for the opportunity to make her stronger than Wila A and Wila B. You can combine 4 times, represented on the left side of the card with 4 dots. (Continue reading below to learn how to "pyramid" combine to maximize results.)

......................Wila A.....................................................Wila B....................................................Wila C......................

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## Helpful Hint

To understand the value of combining cards, it helps to remember three key points:

1. Your formation will always be limited to a maximum of 15 slots.

2. Your formation will always have a maximum cost capacity based on your player level.

3. Each card has a cost that remains unchanged regardless of leveling up or combining.

To maximize your
formation's strength, you will want the most powerful combination of
cards that occupy the fewest slots at the lowest cost. In the long term,
 combining cards will help you achieve this ideal. Of course, everything
 has a price of sorts. The "price" of combining cards is lots of candy
that you spend leveling up each time and temporarily weaker cards as you
 level them up again. Focusing on the long term result helps.

## Overview Pyramid Combining

To get a fully combined card (4 dots) it will take 4, 6 or 8 cards. The more cards you use in the pyramid combining, the better stats. Fully leveled up cards are required in the combining process.

### 8 - cards

To make strongest card possible you will need 8 fully leveled cards. You then make 4 Combination Level 2 cards and fully level them up. You then combine 2 Combination level 2 cards to make a 3 and do that twice. Fully level the evolution 3 cards and make a 4 (see image below).

If done right, your Combination Level 3 should be on par to your Combination Level 4 card if you were not to do this combination process.

This way you can make 4 star cards surpass 5 star card by Combination Level 3.

Be very careful - mistakes can be very costly. I would advise those attempting this to first try it with disposable 1 star cards just to get a feel for it.

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### 4 - cards

Quickest way to create a maxed combined card is with 4 cards, see example. This will not create stats as high as with 8 cards.

### Helpful Hint

If you want to combine only 4 cards, it is still recommended to use the pyramid method. This will yield a strong 3-dot card (on par with a 4-dot straight combine) AND will leave the card open to future strengthening.