Newbie Guide Boosting Stats

## Optimising Equipment and Artifacts

### Understanding Equipment

* Definition: Equipment enhances hero stats and is crucial for maximizing their potential.
* Acquisition: Farm equipment in dungeons, collect from events, dispatch missions, and AFK rewards.
* Usage: Equip heroes with suitable sets to optimize stats without incurring gold or resource costs.

### Key Takeaways

* Set Effect: Activate set-specific bonuses by equipping heroes with matching sets, such as Attack Set for a 15% Attack boost.
* Areas: Equip gear in Weapon, Armor, Boots, Accessory, Class, Mark, and Faction Artifacts for comprehensive hero enhancement.
* Quality: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary equipment with higher rarity providing more sub-stats.
* Star Level: Equipment's star level (1 to 6) determines its initial and maximum values, reaching the peak at +16 enhancement.

### Choosing Equipment for Heroes

* Strategic Match: Align equipment with hero types; e.g., Attack Sets for damage-dealers, Speed/Health Sets for support heroes like Liz and Vim.
* Consider Skills: Equip heroes based on their skills; for example, prioritize Critical Hit Rate and Damage for Direct damage-focused heroes.

### Types of Equipment Sets and Their Bonuses

* Attack Set (General): Attack +15%
* Defense Set (General): Defense +15%
* Health Set (General): Health Points +20%
* Speed Set (General): Speed +10%
* Critical Hit Rate Set (General): Critical Hit Rate +15%
* Critical Hit Damage Set (General): Critical Hit Damage +20%
* Effect Hit Set (General): Effect Hit +20%
* Tenacity Set (General): Tenacity +30%
* Leech Set (General): Leech +10%
* Mastery Set (General): Mastery +20%
* Healing Set (General): Healing +20%
* Resistance Set (General): Resistance +20%
* Fearless Set (Crafting): Critical Hit Rate +15%, Leech +10%, Mastery +20%
* Wild Set (Crafting): Critical Hit Rate +15%, Attack +8%
* Tough Set (Crafting): Health Points +20%, Tenacity +20%, Effect Resistance +20%
* First-Aid Set (Crafting): Speed +10%, Effect Hit +20%, Healing +20%
* Feather Set (Crafting): Health Points +10%, Speed +10%
* Guardian Set (Crafting): Defense +15%, Effect Resistance +20%
* Knight Set (Crafting): Defense +15%, Critical Hit Rate +15%
* Slay Set (Crafting): Critical Hit Rate +10%, Critical Hit Damage +15%
* Bloodthirsty Set (Crafting): Leech +10%, Attack +8%
* Hardening Set (Crafting): Defense +15%, Tenacity +30%
* Holy Set (Crafting): Health Points +10%, Healing +20%
* Endurance Set (Crafting): Health Points +10%, Mastery +20%
* Accuracy Set (Crafting): Mastery +10%, Effect Hit Rate +20%
* Penetration Set (Crafting): Attack +8%, Mastery +20%
* Dexterity Set (Crafting): Speed +10%, Effect Resistance +10%

### Where to Farm Equipment

* General Dungeons: Efreet, Gwyneth, Rum, Nedgia, Graulen, and Marius dungeons offer a variety of equipment sets and artifacts.
* Stages: Higher stages yield better rewards but come with increased difficulty; grind for equipment, shards, and crafting materials.

### Tips and Tricks

1. Prioritize Set Effects: Focus on completing 2-set or 4-set effects for optimal bonuses, considering hero roles and playstyles.
2. Upgrade Quality: Aim to acquire and enhance higher-quality equipment for more sub-stats, improving overall hero performance.
3. Enhancement Strategy: Plan equipment enhancement to reach the maximum potential at +16 for each piece, boosting hero stats significantly.
4. Artifact Unlocking: Unlock Class, Mark, and Faction Artifacts at specific awakenings to expand equipment options for heroes.
5. Crafting Mastery: Utilize crafting to obtain specific sets and tailor equipment to your hero lineup, enhancing strategic diversity.
6. Guild Collaboration: Engage with guild members for advice on equipment choices, dungeon strategies, and overall hero optimization.
7. Event Participation: Participate in events to gain exclusive equipment, enhancing hero capabilities beyond standard farming

## Increasing Hero Exclusives

* Increasing hero exclusives can only be achieves by having multiple hero copies or by using  Legend phantom dragon eye or  Epic phantom dragon eye.
* Note that regressing heroes using  Regression potion will not return any eyes back and will only return hero copies.
* Every exclusive enhances skill effects or adds speed.
* If your aim is to clear hell campaign within 7 days, you can use your epic eyes for Mackin to enhance his capabilities. After clearing hell campaign, it is recommended to save 10  Epic phantom dragon eyes to convert them into a  Legend phantom dragon eye.