Aphrodite: The last title hero

[Herby]

Aphrodite is the last hero you can unlock through reputation and requires a staggering 3800k rep.
So you ask, what do you get for 3800k rep?

A mage with a skill attack(Wretched Slayer) like Shayd. - ho hum
20% skill, 20% phys resistance - a mage as a tank. really?
+40% hit rating - she still misses as badly as Shayd
chance to stun - she stuns as often as Shayd

So for 3800k rep, what do you get? Shayd's sister.
Really not worth it imho.

UNLESS

Since Queen Brynhildr has the most impressive mage skill (Swift Pyre - magic attack, targets everything, chance to stun),
Why not switch their skills?

This makes Queen Bryn a useful hero, tougher than Shayd, but not too far off.
And this will make Aphrodite a really sought after hero, worth chasing that 3800k rep for.

[Revan]

Not a bad idea.

[hjam_8879649]

Ya I would take Aphrodite over Queen Bryn, you can have the queen lol, she sucks. Hits like smoulder(poorly) and misses like Shayd (alot) Sorry i just dont see what makes her OPed, for me she is not worth having in my line up.

[jak1233_7682502]

Tynon messed up again

[Pirate_1360826]

Aphrodite is the last hero you can unlock through reputation and requires a staggering 3800k rep.
So you ask, what do you get for 3800k rep?

A mage with a skill attack(Wretched Slayer) like Shayd. - ho hum
20% skill, 20% phys resistance - a mage as a tank. really?

Is this really a bad thing? For me, she would be a direct upgrade from Shayd who I currently use as a tank. I have her placed so that she stuns priority targets on turn one (Adam for the most part), giving my Blood and Adam a turn to slay the enemy Adam before he gets a skill off.

Mages have less attack runes to worry about (Hit and Magic Attack), so they naturally fall into a heavy defence spot (as I see it) with all of their tank runes. On top of that, mages seem to get HP saints more than any other saints (I have 5 HP saints out of 6 on my Shayd, 6/10 on Mehvidan who I don't use anymore, and 2/2 on Mulan).

I'd rather have 20% reduced damage received on my mage than dealing less damage and with a less reliable stun (Bryn, from what I see, stuns 1-2 targets average per spell, which means she has less chance at stunning the target I WANT to be stunned than Shayd/Aphrodite would given proper positioning).

Having said that, I would prefer them to trade the two simply so I could have Aphrodite earlier -- although I think it is fine the way it is now, with Aphrodite being far off into the distance.

[Rumbleguts]

I agree with Pirate here. Since mages having high strength and command stats only benefits them defensively, and defense in this game lags massively behind offense, having a few mages with high defensive stats is not a bad idea. It is something I actually talked about a long time ago. Although I would have liked to see this a long time ago and on some of the newer mages so new players or new builds could be tried. By the time you get Aphrodite, eh its pretty much over.

[hjam_8879649]

Sorry but they have not made a Mage that is worth using yet, cept for Shayd and that is only because of her stun, Mulan is is about the best so far but there are several melee heros alot better then her, well most melee heros are better then her.....Give Mage the ability to crit and maybe I would use one. Oh correction, I do use the Morale building Mage lol, so I guess they did make one worth while using after all,although she doesn't do damage directly....

[mattp169]

Sorry but they have not made a Mage that is worth using yet, cept for Shayd and that is only because of her stun, Mulan is is about the best so far but there are several melee heros alot better then her, well most melee heros are better then her.....Give Mage the ability to crit and maybe I would use one. Oh correction, I do use the Morale building Mage lol, so I guess they did make one worth while using after all,although she doesn't do damage directly....

Herja is a SUPPORT class so she may not technically be a mage even though she holds a staff
But we are all getting physical attack saints on her,

[hjam_8879649]

Herja is a SUPPORT class so she may not technically be a mage even though she holds a staff
But we are all getting physical attack saints on her,

Your Right..so i guess they still have not made a decent mage yet after all lol.....

[Riot]

If you loaded up the queen with lvl 10+ preciseness and got a saint with +15 hit, and added lvl 10 break rune I think she would be a beast to contend with.