09-08-2014, 10:52 PM
(01-01-2013, 12:00 AM)Guest Wrote: Chinese BRs show Hermes used several times, though its not absolutely necessary, as I found non-Rally solutions for the same NPCs. I have a feeling though, that Rally will make it easier to get through maps when attempting it with limited Jewel-embedding.This has definitely been the case since lv160+
After level 180 we're seening more and more need for a "gimic-Rally build" to pass one or two strong NPCs per map.
The typical formation is Testudo form, with firing order: Dancer, ANUBIS, Dancer, RALLY, Thunderstorm Mage.
There are variations on this (using Sunstorm mage instead of Thunderstorm mage for example), but the double dancer set up helps reduce the fail rate on your rally hero. (Dancers have a 75% success rate, so using 2 gives you 93.75% success rate once Anubis has activated meaning you need both dancers to hit in round 1 or the BR is a loss. 56.25% of the time you get a usable round 1, rounds 2, 3, 4 are all 93.75%, meaning to get to round 5, hoping you get a perfect run happens 46.35% of the time. Not terrible odds-wise if your dancer can handle 2 hits without dying, and your Thunderstorm mage gives you 2 stuns/hits in the first 4 rounds).
Most players have adopted Hermes as their go-to hero (likely due to the former need for a Rally hero that could kill a bugler when facing Odin in Rainbow Bridge), but now that we use dancers to charge up, dodges can actually be useful to save your BR from a loss. Poseidon players have the best set up with LEUCE (10% dodge, 30% block rate), while Athena players can get close with ATHENA (5% dodge rate)... only Zeus really uses Hermes now.