Wilbur - 4* - Fire - Lagoon - Hero Topic

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Wilbur

(Epic) • Fire / Red • Monk • Lagoon • Released: 01/06/2017 • Outfitter: 02/11/2023 • Hero Coach: 01/06/2019

Valiant Fisherman

Tap Buttons

LB2 MAX

Overview HIDEOPEN

Rarity

(Epic)

Element / Class

 Fire / Red

 Monk

Family

Lagoon

Mana Speed

Average

Special

Wonderful Feast

Costume Bonus

 5%

 30%

 30%

 35%

Stats HIDEOPEN

Level

 Attack

 Defense

 Health

 Power

Max

605

690

1143

649

+1 Costume

623

710

1211

671

+2 Costume

786

897

1543

827

LB1

658

750

1242

699

+1 Costume

677

772

1316

722

+2 Costume

855

975

1676

891

LB2

762

870

1440

796

+1 Costume

784

896

1526

823

+2 Costume

990

1131

1944

1020

Special Skill — Average — Wonderful Feast HIDEOPEN

• All allies become Soul Connected for 4 turns. Soul Connected allies share received damage.
• All enemies become Soul Connected for 4 turns. Soul Connected enemies share received damage.
• All allies get +63% defense for 4 turns
• All enemies get -44% defense for 4 turns

Family Bonus / Passives / Aether Power HIDEOPEN

Family Bonus

Lagoon

• Bonus for 1/2/3/4/5 Unique Heroes:
  • +3%/+6%/+10%/+15%/+20% attack

 

Passives

N/A

 

Aether Power

Regen

At the start of each battle, this Hero regenerates 420 health over 6 turns.

×

• In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Beta information / Changes / Related topics HIDEOPEN

Beta Information

• N/A

Changes From Beta

• N/A

Related Topics

• N/A

Balance Updates HIDEOPEN

• There are no balance updates for this hero so far.

 

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[Shohoku79]

The Wilbur card arrived at a time when there were not nearly as many cards and game mechanics as there are now, that got one of those "game changer tags" that Boldtusk once had when vanillas were still prominent, largely because it did what no other cards did at the time, and that was SC (Spirit Link as it was once called) for both allies and opponents, and also that defensive buff on allies and defensive down on enemies.

Many at the time saw the impact of the SC, sure it made allies survive longer because of the damage sharing, but how does it help when the damage sharing applies to enemies (it was considered a buff at the time, ergo, made individual enemies harder to kill because the damage is spread out).   S2 arrived when fast snipers are still highly prized commodities for their abilities to decimate opponents by firing in quick succession, so SC being applied seemed counterintuitive.  The devastating impact shows up when it is combined with the right cards.

This was also the time when going rainbow was deemed too basic and not maximizing the damage potential (going mono was on the up and up).  So how would a ultra defensive looking support card which also seem to give a buff to the opponent beneficial?  The key is exactly in the SC and the mono nature of attack team and defense team.

When using Wilbur, and if your attack team also features a attack buffer, for me that's BT, which also helps with red attack stack, it means I will have at least one color less and that creates the gap in elemental damage.  So when there are colors made unavailable, it does create damage gaps against the opponent from tiles (1 damage from hero missing).  However, when you have the SC activated, those opponents who normally would have survived with those tile damages missing the corresponding colored heroes will receive damages received by those that are being damaged by the tiles.  The SC, being considered a positive, generally gets applied instead of blocked by ailment blockers.

So Wilbur fires off the special, it creates a better shielding by not just SC, but also a defensive buff, the opponent, receiving a def down in addition to the SC, having a damage manipulator is where this created "kill dome" will see its potential.  So at the time, the newer heroes of the damage manipulators are the likes of Tarlak and Miki, but their damage output are generally capped at a percentage, having neither of them, I had Wu Kong whose damage augmentation cap is higher.  The combination of the BT attack buff, Gambler's Stance, and the Def down, and damage sharing, and assuming the hits connect, generally can wipe out the opposing field or severely maiming them (even those that don't have right colored tiles hitting them are not totally safe from damage).  This setup has a lot of luck needed, the tiles need to be favorable, and the damage will only work if they land (Wu's potential damage caused is higher, but they can also totally miss, so while Tarlak/Miki manipulated damage are capped at a lower, they at least don't miss, unless blinded, so could potentially add up to a better damage output than Wu's scenario).

The scenario (which does take some setting up) still has drawbacks and potentials for backfires.  It relies heavily on favorable board placement and cascades of favorable colors being best case scenario.  However, if the opponent has Riposte activated and you didn't dispel it first, this whole setup can end up wiping out your own team, and if the boards are bad or if the cascades are not the right colors, you might have also managed to do little to no damage and charged up the opponent.

I had the luck of getting Wilbur back as he was just being released when Season 2 is still ongoing.  Back then, my roster didn't have too many cards that allow me to advance very far in PvE contents, when he showed up, and also when I did also managed to get Proteus, I started being able to pass PvE events with some setup and the typical 3 boss event stages are generally done very quickly without the bosses being able to do much.

I eventually did get Wilbur C1, but I still stayed with his base and totally still welcomed the costume stat bonus.   I still use Wilbur from time to time and he is one of my favorite cards.