darkSpyro

Ok I have a question on the Heroics. On the Series 2 skylanders is it worth taking them back in the first skylanders game to do the Heroics for the bonus? or is that a waste?

Hmm, I'm by no means an expert, but if you want a degree of completion, I imagine doing the heroic challenges unlocked by those who didn't get a repose, and weren't brought back in Giants would be worthwhile.

its just 5 more heroics.
its your opinion if its a waste of time or not.
but if you completed all 45 on a skylander, why not do 5 more so that its totally complete ?

and remember, the three series 2 skylanders that have Legendary's can also be played in the first game.
as well as Polar Whirlwind and Royal Double Trouble

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its just 5 more heroics.
its your opinion if its a waste of time or not.
but if you completed all 45 on a skylander, why not do 5 more so that its totally complete ?

and remember, the three series 2 skylanders that have Legendary's can also be played in the first game.
as well as Polar Whirlwind and Royal Double Trouble

Aha, I wasn't sure which ones made it in or not. So who do the three that made it over belong to in SSA?

The five Heroics that can only be accessed in SSA are:

Stop, Sheep Thieves! (Dino-Rang)
Pod Gauntlet (Chop Chop - in Giants, he unlocks Cynder's old one)
Spell Punked! (Voodood)
Operation: Sheep Freedom (Boomer)
You've Stolen My Hearts (Zook - in Giants, he and Cynder have new ones)

Every other S2 unlocks the same Heroic in both games.

S2s have the advantage of getting 5 more heroics than the other Skylanders, so it's worth it.

I am almost positive that those five challenges all translate to extra points in critical hits when played in giants. If you are looking to max out the stats on your figures it is a good idea. If the smaller crit does not bother you, don't bother. I personally have been taking these figures and doing the missing 5 HC with them.

What everybody seems to forget is that it's NOT five, how many additional challenges you have all depends on how many S1 Skylanders you have. The fact that I have Cynder - twice - doesn't matter since she doesn't unlock squat in Giants, they're both S1. Same goes with all of my other SSA figures.

So let me put it this way: My SSA and SG S2 characters who have done all of the heroic challenges they can, have 40 "Heroics". My Giants and Newlanders have 18 Heroics. Think 22 challenges can make a difference? 22 is a hell of a lot more than 5.

Even if your collection is such that you only have the 5 different challenges, each additional challenge makes them that much stronger. And it's something to do, something to complete. I find Elemental Damage all but useless, I don't change characters according to what zone I'm in (I focus on 1 - 3 characters at a time, usually one for XP and one for money, and maybe one for quests), so it's rare that I'm in the right element AND there are enemies to fight. Yet, I complete the challenges with an Elemental reward as well. Every little bit helps.

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I find Elemental Damage all but useless, I don't change characters according to what zone I'm in (I focus on 1 - 3 characters at a time, usually one for XP and one for money, and maybe one for quests), so it's rare that I'm in the right element AND there are enemies to fight. Yet, I complete the challenges with an Elemental reward as well. Every little bit helps.

Elemental damage bonuses are pretty significant with fully upgraded figs.

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I find Elemental Damage all but useless, I don't change characters according to what zone I'm in (I focus on 1 - 3 characters at a time, usually one for XP and one for money, and maybe one for quests), so it's rare that I'm in the right element AND there are enemies to fight. Yet, I complete the challenges with an Elemental reward as well. Every little bit helps.

Elemental damage bonuses are pretty significant with fully upgraded figs.

^this
with fully upped figs and paying attention to what zone you are in you can increase your damage output from 50 to 100%
My wife and I always switch to characters of the current location for just that reason

its only useful in chapters. In pvp situations or arena battles or heroic challenges its useless, as if youre using a character thats got an elemental bonus against your opponent in PVP then youre going to win whether or not your elemental power is low or high

only good reason to have it is to get the trophy for elementalist

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Elemental damage bonuses are pretty significant with fully upgraded figs.

^this
with fully upped figs and paying attention to what zone you are in you can increase your damage output from 50 to 100%
My wife and I always switch to characters of the current location for just that reason

Well, as I said, I focus on characters in order to work on them. I find it would be too irritating to always be switching characters like that. And yes, I'm aware it can make a difference, especially when fully upgraded, my point is that it's rare that I have the right character in the right zone, except maybe behind elemental gates, where familiarity with the gate and size (sometimes larger than most elemental zones) warns me ahead of time about the size of the zone (i.e. if it's worth switching).