NEW FUSION REVEALED - Esme the Dancer!! | Raid: Shadow Legends
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Today I'm giving my initial thoughts on Esme the Dancer, the new fusion starting on the 10th of February, and her partner, Modo the Peal, in Raid: Shadow Legends!
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On the "do we chase something for potential owning", i just wanna keep the Houndmaster in everyone's mind.
The Vaultmaster
not only they didnt add other dogs but they made taunt useless in hydra too lol
But the promised Hound will be relesed every minute now.......
You mean the dude that's carrying my Brutal hydra nd Shogun teams?
😅😅😅😅
Solid pass , this reeks of Jetni and Alsgor , time for a fusion break.
@@ibuprofen_ that's a good point. Her kit is interesting, but more of an interesting and cool if pulled as opposed to something that is arguably an amazing kit like Eostrid, Armanz, Thor, or Mad Hatter.
The last thing we need- yet another barbarian. Thank you for the skip- the kit doesn’t look to be S tier which is required after this past marathon of events
Still a pretty good kit. She is a direct upgrade to Uugo in my Hydra team. I'm excited for her and she is S class for my account.
That is what everyone says abotu a fusion. It sucks then after cry it is so OP and broken.
@ maybe from a mid game perspective. Running an end game 4-5 year old account, easy skip bud.
Thats a stupid take, a 4-5 year account can do every single fusion without even trying, there is 0 reason to skip any fusions
What??? Nobody wants to spend all this time, energy, effort, and money for a sleight upgrade to an epic they have 2 of at +4...... @@MisterTMemory
I really needed a fusion like this in my life right now…one I can skip and have no qualms about it. Thank you Plarium!
Armanz would solo whatever new faction wars stages comes out, happy we finally have a skip fusion after the last couple events
Armanz: "Give me your turn meter or else!" Esme: "My big bro needs your turn meter please"
What is the "or else" in Armanz's tm pushback skill? I don't recall a conditional effect based on him failing to steal tm.
@@aBadWizard Or else I turn you into a sheep. That's what Armanz always do to the single fool who resist the turn meter steal.
@ Or else he'll turn you into a sheep.
NGL kind of relieved to see an initial below average reaction to them. I started during Thors fusion and feel like it's been nonstop since I reached UNM to do my first fusion - Stokk. Opinions can always change of course once the masses have time to theorycraft.
The way I see it - if you have resources you can go for her and keep her in a portal to fuse later when you'd need her for teh deck of champion chase.
If it's resource strain you can happily skip her and jsut get some fragments from events you feel like doing during fusion (champ training or some 3X dungeon drop for example).
They should have had her duel wield scimitars. More conducive to the dancing theme.
Now your thinking! Fire breathing with lit on fire poi zinging everywhere! Alternately, she looks like a great alternate to Lady Mikage imho. If I'm seeing it correctly, self buffing ACC Up & strip is a great combo on one skill and is kind of rare. Lady Mikage...Marius...The trouncing of resistance teams continues! A viable & obtainable resist up all is what's really needed. There's to much ACC up and Mythicals with 20% Resist ignore roaming the field already.
Fragments for Maud
Hatter fusion fallow by Hatter soul chase. We are drained.
I have no shards or energy for another fusion.
We are all in the same boat except the whales friend. I plan to skip save shards, pots, books, gems, and refill literally everything for the next month.
Same here all out of resourses i save up on both lady noel n hatter.
@@samfling5907I have enough resources and I'm F2P. You can do it if you plan accordingly.
Finally a fragment fusion... been too tired to think on doing another traditional fusion and mixed one, since the last 2 are exactly those 2... This will be a chill one for me to do, even if I'm really low on sacred, only have 4 XD
we have to many barbarians!!!
I think I skip her, she won't help much I guess XD
In my roster, the only lego I have is Loki -- so I go for the fusion -- I'm stuck on a mission to clear barbarian faction level 14 -- from epics I have Atur, Maeve and High Khatun. Did not want to invest too much into them. I'd rather 6-star Esma, for hopefully additional utility in Hydra.
Feels like every other fusion is a barbarian
All u need is 4 tanky epics or rares and scyl of drakes and u can clear all barbarian fws@@marektutaj7236
Barbarian are already stack with op champs easy skip.
Just like Hanzl and Gretl, they're a synergizing duo but will probably not cut it in the meta. Atleast I hope this time that they will give a guaranteed event for the partner. And with Guaranteed I do not mean the scammy first place tournament award, like they did with Hanzl.
We just had 1+1 ancients, so probably 110 anvients or do. Also keeps it similar to last year.
Agreed! RAID content creators were saying H + G looked good on paper (not amazing), but then did not have the damage multipliers to be of any use to a lot of mid- and late-game players.
Esme. As is Esmeralda in the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Weird, I remember the Hunchback getting friendzoned and Chad gets the girl. Great happy Halloween fusion I'll pass. Yet, again, I could use her in hydra.
Thanks for the preview! Modo definitely looks strong, but I look forward to your test server preview of both champs to see if he has the multipliers to back up that promising kit. As for Esme, as someone who’s played this game since 2019, there are a few champs I use/have that have elements of her kit: Razelvarg for +SPD +ACC in arena, Morrigaine for +SPD +turn meter in Doom Tower Hard and Siege, and looking to build out my Rian the Conjurer for Hydra for her no-hit buff removal and weaken (plus her revive, and single target A1 block buffs).
I like Quazimodo more than Esmerelda. Based on last year valentine fusion, and the fact they just did 1+1 leggo on ancients, I expect him as a guarantee for 100-120 ancients.
Going to continue saving my resources for a different fusion. I was hoping for something more exciting honestly
Anniversary fusion is next months, i'm hoping its an insane champ.
@@Cfuson001 I had no idea. Fingers crossed we get something nuts
Ive done the future potential and still waiting on the new dog.
I think faction wars will stay the same but the buffs and these are who we will face
They need to let us know how to get the partner champs before the fusions start. Her kit is odd, it seems like a unique group of buffs/debuffs but she doesn’t do a whole lot to justify a team slot. The passive makes her hard to kill but she doesn’t help the team survive or do anything to turn the fight around
Agreed, her kit is very weird. It doesn't seem to excel at anything, certainly not enough to put her in place of another champ. Even uugo is better for hydra.
Imo she's a skip but aoe stun GM reduction seems like a pretty damn fight changing ability to me... Lol but everyone has Armand so she's not as great for most unless they skipped armanz with the same "easy skip" quote
Modo seems to be the better of the 2 at first looking over the kits. At the moment, I don't think I'll aim for either, tbh. Might hold out for a fusion I like more or the dwarf faction unity champ, although I don't think going for him would overlap with anything for this pair.
we need more Sylvian watcher fusions.
Sylvan watcher *damage dealer* fusions, they have enough support already
In these cases it ultimately comes down to a single question: 'Will this or that champ be mvp of something in the future or a vault dweller', and THAT's the catch-gamble play with plarium.
I asked other CC's this. But putting it here aswell. Make sure to test her passive on thectest server please. The passive changes crit into weak OR normal OR strong, but no specific criteria is given. I NEED to know if it rolls for all (in order), or just once and then randomly chooses. Rolling 3 times makes it ALOT stronger, especially with partner.. its not totally farfetched since there is no mention of how the end result is determined.
Yeah, the 15% chance seems low but when it triggers, it’s so good. Seer has that 15% chance of an extra turn and in 3v3 she’s gone up to 5x in a row. And Loki’s Mist Step triggers way more in Arena than the percentage would suggest. Seer’s extra turns help pick off the remaining reviver and Loki drags out a loss for the other team 😅
Looks like another opportunity for Maud chests. I have already gotten Maud and for anyone curious you still get her fragments, along with the other stuff, even after you have summoned her. So nothing changes there.
How many fusions in Barbs and Sacred order so far...??? We need Darwes, Lizard, Shadowkin, more factions need fusions also
1. Lizards - 49 total
2. Shadowkin - 52 total (...guaranteed 1 new champ in March due to being the next faction unity release)
T3. High Elves + Skinwalkers - 53 total
4. Stunties - 57 total (soon 58)
5. Daemonspawn - 59 total
NB: technically Sylvan Watchers are the tiniest faction with only like 45 total champions, but they're also barely a year-and-half or so old, if even that?
Then we have Ogryns at 60, (soon 61), and both Orks + Dark Elves at 61 total champs a piece...
Meanwhile...
1. Sacred Order - *87!!* - total
2. Banner Lords - 76 total
3. Barbarians - 72 total
C'mon Plarium, those top 3 factions should not get another single champion until those bottom 5 factions are all at least 60-65 champions each!!
The fact that 3/5 of the smallest factions are also among the top 8 initial/earliest factions is just insulting at this point...
Maud chest I think for me. I need a break from pushing hard for fusions.
I think ill skip this. Waiting for anniversary fusion. Hope them will be op like last year's armanz
As I said before in other fusion videos: We need to know which Cursed City Stages a champ is available in, that's a huge reason to go for a fusion. Wouldn't this be something for the hellhades website?
Last Rotation we had stage S21 I think that was super hard with force support and hp champs only and you had 2x Mortu and Duchess in the first wave. Tried the stage for hours and wasted resources on useless champs... then I finished the Mad Hatter fusion, build him and beat the stage on the first try.
she can act as buff remover for arena like mikage and odin.the passive active effect is cool to
Esmeralda and Quasimodo is the reference here :)
sounds like ill be getting my Elva Autumnborn this month instead. More guaranteed value for my early/midgame account than a 2 champion chase on limited resources
Bro. Cant be missing those dev meetings sir LOL.
Now Tina Turner's Private Dancer is stuck in my head.
Honestly I think she looks solid, even on her own. That passive sounds nice to speed up a slow nuker, and as a rule I don't usually skip fragment fusions, as they are easier and you get the luxury of pulling them when you need them. That said, I might skip this one, ive been feeling a pinch on my resources as of late, and feel I must skip something soon, or else I'll be left out when something really powerful comes around, and as much as I don't want to, there's always a need to run mino, sand devil and shogun. Might just take the L and do that. Lastly, I predict a guarantee of the partner, 150 ancients. There have been a lot of good events for ancients lately and I know i couldn't do it without buying some, and that's usually right when they like to drop an event like that. Guess we'll just see how easy it is, but if I have to miss something, I dont think it would be the end of the world to miss her.
Good point. I think I have 2 or 3 fragment fusions waiting to be summoned. Will make champion chase easy 😂
I got screwed on the Hansel/gretal duo. Did the fusion and then they made Hansel a guaranteed through summoning tournament.
I think the fusion looks great, more all battle speed auras are needed for siege. I don't like how they added turn meter decrease to her kit when Marius exists... Would like to see more Marius counters in the future, he's really taken over 3v3 defenses and it's annoying.
I'm hyped for this her, that passive with 50% TM increase is great for cycling hydra turns on the nuker or in arena if you don't go first.
That's actually not a bad point. not sure how worth it it wil lbe in reality but it might be a good way to get some of them ATK boots slowpoke build
in on the action.
Ninja was a 6 star soul reward for a tourney event. It was a champion chase tourney if I'm correct
I support ur faction war idea. I think we get the clan relic materials from faction war 2.0.
I think Esme's skillset is good for an auto Hydra team with no reviver. If you build a robust team that doesn't need/fit a reviver, getting unlucky with Reflect Damage going up is what typically ends runs. A no-hit buff removal for when Block Buffs doesn't land is good for this. A lot of weaken champs also tend to overlap utility with other champs, so her covering 3 essential buffs/debuffs and an additional 2 nice-to-haves, plus the added utility, all seems pretty good for a single champion slot to me. Maybe she's not top-tier for a normal hydra run, but for an instant battle team she definitely gains a few ranks, I'd say to A or A+.
Rian the Conjurer also has a no-hit buff removal and weaken, in case anyone else reading this is progressing in Doom Tower Normal. Or has vaulted her and forgot 😅 Rian’s revive is also pretty good for a single target: 50% HP, 50% turn meter, 2 turn Block Debuffs. I’m debating adding Rian to my Hydra team for when the Head of Mischief steals buffs, but can’t guarantee the buff removal will be available when that happens.
Cant remember when i last got a sacred shard from clan boss, and noy buying them
I've gotten 4 in 6 days after a dry spell
I haven’t missed a fusion since helicath but not even the infectious FOMO I have makes me want to grab this fusion, very lacklustre kit and the barb faction doesn’t need the help, the way to get her partner is unknown, I think this is the safest skip I’ve seen in a long time
She seems to be another champion just there to buff Teox teams (esp with her A1 and turn meter boost passive). Sadly most of us will never get a Teox
YES!! Aoe weaken with block buffs, thats literally what I wanted for my hydra team for months now!
I will not be chasing this one on my FTP but my main.......Yes. Gotta have it
the buffs could also mean we will see these pair ups as opponents in new content
I'll go for her. I go for them all anyway. At some point I may randomly pick up Modo. It will be good to have her if that should happen.
Modo probably needs to pray on squishier offensive champions that have stoneskin. It's hard to break stoneskin on tankier champs even with the bonus damage from his skill and the blessing. One pro is that stoneskin set nukers don''t usually wear reaction accessories because they need the stoneskin accessories instead to pair with savage/lethal. As for stoneskin support champs go, breaking stoneskin by raw damage is usually hindered by reaction pieces, if not their own busted HP stats.
Interesting for hydra. Block buffs and weaken with a massive tm boost.
I didn't nab Ankora as she did not do much for my account despite having the resources because her partner was void and I was like "I will never get him". Well I got him and wish I had her too.
esme sounds good for hydra
the active passive could be nice/anoying (hydra and arena defense)
I will go for it because I'm about to merge Mikage, but Esme will wait for her love right into my crypt.
If I had the resources I’d go for her, but I am drained. I’m not gonna spend for a b/a level fusion. If she was like a gnut level I’d consider it.
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I think you build her in SS and provoke for arena, and you pair her with Ambassador Lethelin to place a taunt on her. Cold Brew did a similar team using Mortu.
it would be interrsting to see a cursed city type appraoch to faction wars where they have a random rotation of merged faction. This week its dark elves and barbarians. Next week its dark elves and high elves.
she fits right into my hydra team
Feels like an Ankora/Narses situation.
Nice support, not crazy, but turns the DPS (who i assume will never be actually achievable outside of buying shards) into a monster so that you don't skip a fusion you dont need on the chance you get the DPS.
Soo there are no other factions in this game?
Nope, just barbarians and sacred order.
They could work in a force siege post
Are you guys not reading how good that active skill is? it will be insane for hydra if she's built super quick no??? could build her in a provoke set too.
I redact my statement, thinking about it she's not really gunna get hit all that often on a fast hydra team
As soon as I saw her have a 4 turn cooldown skill the skip was obvious.
I am a simp and will be going for this pretty lady. 😂
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You play dnd? What’s your class?
Easy skip - for hydra, her kit seems like a side grade to uugo at best, and I don't really see much use for her elsewhere. I have better arena champs, and like you said, she's in a different faction, so not gonna use her for FW
Her partner seems better, but we don't know how to get him yet, so it might be like Hansel, where only one person in a tourney can get him. Either way, after the Noel + soul and then Hatter + soul, I'm pretty drained in terms of resources.
All in all, I think I'll do the easy events for some maud fragments, and save for future fusions or events.
Thanks as always for the preview vid!
Yeah, agreed. I’m pretty busted on resources after Noelle and going after the Cat’s Gaze relic. I did however manage to get 175 fragments of the void epic from the previous event so that’ll help me towards Maud! Modo does seem better, but I’m worried that despite his kit looking good, the multipliers won’t be there (see Ailil).
@@kylokev Yeah, the multipliers worry me too. Unless they're thor-level, I don't see how he'll be better than other choices
It's not a skip as an end game player i know the value of a block buff and increase speed if your facing hydra
Loki are barbarian and also got block buffs, block skills and steal buff skill.
Good point
He doesnt have block buffs and weaken tho
Can’t sell her for a future FW as control in a faction that has Armanz. Enemies aren’t taking a turn anyway.
Where are the dog companion for houndmaster fusion we had ages ago ???? They hinted that we would get a new beast to pair up with him... But seems like they have "forgotten" all about it... Good thing they keep on stacking up the barb faction though , they have only gotten half of all the new champions the past year 😂
I think the faction dungeon will just be a new faction. On other hand a dungeon that requires paired champions would be interesting.
Im on the 3 month challenge to. I really dont think we go for this. We will be doing events anyway its just do we stress over the shards or just yolo
Needed to partner her up with Armanz
4-turn cooldown A3, needs a duo champ for full potential, clunky and niche kit. For me she's a looker, but not a booker.
isnt the pair buffs just a valentines thing
the cooldown just being 1 turn on that turn meter increase is kind of interesting
Maybe the future faction wars will have ally factions?
oh that would be nice, for exaple you can only use the Galen Pakt etc!
I like the character models but as I reviewed their skills, it is not something that would be account changing. Thinking about skipping and saving shards for the future.
What class are you playing in D&D? I'm guessing Rogue.
Close; Bard :P
my biggest problem with her is only a3 wich is 4 turn ... her buff remove or the buff she wana put its take to long to bck agin ... other wise she could be very good for chimera .3 veryyy good buff u need in chimera +passive wich give turn metter to u dmg dealer and she can remove buff from the viper if chimera steal any
What's with the load up in the Barbarian faction over 6+ months?
After Hansel and Gretal I’m good
I'm debating doing it, I might, but I'm leaning towards not despite finding her kit interesting
Hunchback of Notre-Dame = Quasimodo"""""
we’ve all got about 10 block buffs champs by now where do we use them all lmao
We use them in the vault XD
Weaken and block debuffs hit some chimera trials and so does the increase acc and speed buffs the new fusion is 100% for chimera. I think after going for noelle sir nic and hatter im straight broke on resources to the point where i dont even have a choice to go for her let alone manage to get her partner champ. Hansel and Gretel seems fire but again how do you justify going for gretel knowing youll have slim to no chance on getting hansel.
Samira has arrived.
Everytime I skip a partner fusion i pull the partner think ima risk it and still skip the force nuker would be good solo anyway
The way I see it I don't plan to get just the champion you also wanna get the soul.. this chick seems useless id rather save for the next one and not miss the soul. Thanks for the review
Need more good revivers in Orcs,Knights Rev, sylvan watchers a d undead but that not be there only purpose. More like Ursula or Aniri even uggo like would be preferred.
The first one does nothing for me, barbarians are my strongest faction right now and I probably would not be able to use her. Modo is something I could use just for his A1 and A2 regardless of whether or not he is useful as a nuker I would still be able to use him in a support role.
Why they continually keep adding new Barbs instead of adding to some of the smaller factions?
Another mediocre arena duo. I'm happy to skip a fusion finally after a long while.
i dont really like ally champs cause most of the time 1 or both champs just arent that great and their ally bonus just isnt worth using mediocre champs. Its a skip for me plus im resource broke so it'll be nice to relax.
not another barbarian!
It is the same as after the Asgard events. A mediocre fusion which will be an easy skip to refill the ressources after Alice in Wonderland. The champ is neither trash nor op, but many players might need to take a break now.
And I think it is weird to have a pair of a hydra/chimera champ and an arena specialist. Furthermore, her partner in crime will work fine with arbiter so no pairing is required. And to be honest: I would be shocked if modo really hammers through UDKs or Mithralas.
I've played these games before (another barbarian)
She's mid but can be A tier in a cool down set paired with supersonic.
Hard pass, Mad Hatter and going for his 5 star has sucked every resource I have
Will pick up some fragments to trade for chests, both look very Meh
Another barbarian! Not sure they are releasing accessable legendary champs in a fair order for each faction. I think the last orc fusion was Iron Brago almost 4 years ago
I think, I could skip this and only make about 50-70 fragments for Mauld