Alteil Set 12 was released today. It is kind of early, considering that EX 11 was recently introduced, but I guess the developers are trying to cash in on the holiday shopping spree while people still have money.
In my opinion, some of the cards in this set have been overnerfed compared to the Japanese counterparts previewed in the Alteil forums. I guess, it is to be expected since Alteil Set 11 was a "strong" set which allowed even newcomers to the game to compete in Folrart Arena.
Perhaps it is still to early to predict whether or not Set 12 will result in new meta files. But one card I see becoming integrated with mid Gowen BKR Winston files is the new Crimson Hero /Dilate - an early to mid game version of Bringer. Let us analyze the card.
For a level 4 Gowen unit, his HP might be considered sub-par, but the AGI and the AT are okay. Being a level 4 unit is always great in avoiding Returns and the much abused Withdrawal Strategy cards these days.
The most useful skill in my opinion is his Open, Scream of Red Death which is as powerful as Bringer's and costs 1 SP less. But the 6LP or higher restriction means you have to use Crimson Dilate early in the game. This card is good for killing that pesky Diondora, Eskatia, or Alliria.
Nightsinger's Blessing as a start skill is probably a bonus of sorts, unless you intentionally splash an Eskatia type card which changes the battle-time to night. The recent EX card, Violet General has proven that even a AGI-1 skill can be an advantage during certain matches, but this being a time dependent skill on Dilate makes me question how effective it will be. It will certainly help against Eternal Night files, allowing Dilate to attack before say Fenrir or even Eskatia.
His trait allows him to gain attack x2 and "send to cemetery" immunity along with say, Bringer if Song for a Hero is played on Bringer.
Finally, the action skill Crimson Death seems better than the Dilate Set 10 skill since it has no "number of enemy vs friends" restriction or Falkow level penalty. I don't know though if Crimson Dilate will still be around by the late game when your LP is down to 4 or lower. I guess this could be a different way of playing Crimson Hero Dilate, instead of taking advantage of his Open skill, you take advantage of his "mass wiping skill" ala Samurai Girl.
The soul skill is "meh" compared to Thunderbolt or even Russell. There are times when you want SS pinpointing. Why not just design the skill so that you select the specific units you want to target instead of creating an instance where the skill might not hit any units at all. But I guess Crimson Hero wasn't intended to be a staple SS.
Even thought it's early, I will say that this card is one of the best Gowen card of Set 12. Even better than the 5-star Gowen card. I think developers are intentionally making 5-star cards suck since these are auto-rewards to high level players gaining a "tenth" level. So if you want players to spend, make it more difficult to get the better card. I'm probably over-thinking this conspiracy theory.
Still, check out Set 12 which is sure to add variety to the decks you currently see in Folrart.
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