 Hey everyone, welcome to Alchemy Stars. We're going to take a look at Barton Deft Blades. Before I tried his kit out, I was thinking, who will he replace? Will he replace Arya eventually? Will he replace Yao? Who else? Lenore? So all these detonators that we are looking at for the second detonator spot. But after I was able to test him out, it got me thinking. He could eventually replace Hero, but not in a way that you're thinking. So let's first check out my Barton and see how I built him so far. So he is at level 80, obviously at ascension 3, break through, he's going to go through, break through guys, the ones that are necessary. So of course, you get this start. Initially, I would recommend that you get him another copy because this one gains a 20 loan energy at the beginning of each battle. This gives him preemptive strike. If you don't have this, you still have to save up for those 20 loan energy and it would probably take you around one to two rounds. So if you want immediate activation of his active skill, you definitely need to break through three him. Okay, most importantly, next is going to be increase max HP defense. And the last one is active skill enhancement immediately gains five loan energy after using active skill. So this adds to his total not really a must. I think breakthrough three is a must. This one is going to give him more sustained more sustained loan state in a way because of this gain. So let us go back and see I have him at infinity five. I don't have much. Let's go through his skills. Okay, starting off with his equipment skill. Normal attacks can target enemies on a diagonal tile. So it gives him additional attack, which is for me right now for detonators. I think it's a must. The diagonal tile attack is additional attack for them. And while in the loan state, which we will talk about later, when we go to the active skill, normal attacks deal damage to one surrounding cluster. So this widens his damage, non target tiles receive 40% of normal damage. So splash damage is the key of this aurorian. Now let's go through, let's skip chain combo and go to active skill. So his acting skill is dual blade advent consumes 20 load energy. That is why I mentioned a while ago that you have to break through three him at least for you to enjoy him, enjoy using him during the start of the battle when the when entering the battle gains 20 points. Barton depth plays again one point with every normal attack. So the breakthrough three gives him the 20 points. And for every normal attack gives him additional points to store for the loan state. Okay, to enter loan state in the current round, increasing chain combo range and damage. So when you activate the skill, it increases chain combo damage and the range of his attack is is is rather longer by a tile. So to say when you see the overaction later. So at the end of the round, if the remaining loan energy, at the end of the round is no less, not less than 10, loan energy will be halved. So if it's more than 10, it's going to be halved. So that is why you keep you have to keep on generating your loan energy for him to do his active skill, reducing at least at least 10 points and retain loan state in the next round. So he provides a lot of buffs for himself, a lot of attack opportunities, a lot of that blade is pretty much very, very long. So as you can see, long reach for him. He reminds me of a character I used in in Dota before, the one that wields two long blades like that he only uses one. But again, let's go back. Okay, chain combo Panthers prowl. It's panther disappeared, but he has a panther by the way. Normal state, this is going to be more on him gaining energy. So to 1813. So this is going to gain him three, four and five. And the damage increases as well from 160 to 180 up on the 13 chain combo. And the damage also gets bigger. As you can see here, so normal state generation of loan energy more on little damages. But in the loan state, as you can see, damage increases tremendously from 170, no 190 170 190 and 210. And also the area increases as well. So again, he's built for tight, tight. If you have enemies in a tight group, he's really going to shine with that one really built for tremendous melee damage, multiple enemies, big enemies included. So four tile bosses, if they are a bunch and if they're bunching up, then that is going to be more beneficial for him for his fighting style. Earlier I mentioned, is he heroes replacement? At this point, only number one, take note, if you don't have hero, then definitely he's going to be your primary detonator out of the rest. Number two, he's going to be your your primary detonator only if you are looking for more DPS, especially for large mob. So those are the only two reasons why you should choose him over, over hero. The rest of overall hero is still the best utility conversion damage, range damage in a way because you get she gets to place tiles that deal x damage. And I personally would think that hero would fit almost all of the stages that you bring. Him, he could fit well as your secondary detonator. That is why Arya Stepaside, Yao Stepaside, Lenore Stepaside, he is going to definitely be your secondary, secondary detonator. So again, very powerful and let's see how he does in actual combat. Okay, before we go to the actual combat, let's go through your ideal force formation. If you want more bang for your buck, this is going to be it. It's still going to be hero here, then Barton here. Lenore, I slotted her here because if you wanted additional damage again, Lenore is also handy in terms of dealing far away damage and tons of damage as well. The three of them will really wreak havoc, but if you don't want to carry Lenore and if you don't have her, let me just go to, Luis can be good because of time stoofer chain combo. So Arya might be obsolete already. There will come a time that she will be obsolete, but I think she is already because of Barton. Also, Midgard is also an option there as an additional sniper. But yes, so if you need the healer, of course you need Uriah there. So ideal team and let's go to a little bit of action for Spire. Spire level 60. Is this it? Yeah, green, right? Emerald Spire. I challenge this one. So this is the team that we're going to be bringing. So Barton as initial hero as secondary so that we can, I'm trying to get the hero's spelling correct. I might botch it up. Okay, so double I for hero, sorry. Okay, so this is the team that I'm bringing. So two converters, one healer to clear the stage. So let's try this out. I already had a run for the stage. I think he's going to be perfect for enemies that are bunched up, especially if he's going to be in waves. Waves are going to be perfect for this guy, for Barton deathblades. I can't express my disbelief in how much damage he did and hopefully if this loads quicker then we can play this game and okay, so here we are. So as you can see here, this is going to be three waves. I'm not going to finish all three waves. I'm just going to take this. I'm just going to show an example on how big of a damage he has. So let's do some tile conversions first and let's see where we could attack the enemy. Probably going to be doing this up until wave two later. So there you go. Okay, then hero for additional tiles. Hero's tile conversion is actually pretty much OP in my opinion for the value that she brings. She really compliments Barton as well. So let's, we're going to put this here. Okay, I'm just going to put this here and here. So I want to show you guys how far his reach is, how terrific his damage is. And as you can see here, you can use it because it's a 20 already at the start. That is why you need to break through three this guy, no matter what. We're just doing this. Let's take a look how big. Again, if you could, oh my God, 16,000 times three. Did you see that for a chain combo? So again, only one pass for wave one, then they're done. So let's try to just ease this out and see how he does solo. Okay, see how big of a damage he does. Ow. Again, again, if enemies are bunched up, this would be crazy, crazy, crazy good in terms of damage. So hopefully we could see enemies bunched up in a while. I'm just gonna be doing this. See there, see there, see the range. So you're gonna have to go through that mother who is keep on laying eggs here. So pass through them both and let's see. Anchor is hero. What an anchor. Can't reach that far. Definitely, he is really one of your best detonators and one I think that you should invest in right now, especially if you're done, if you don't have plans of finishing off Reinhardt and if you're content with her being at Breakthrough 3 as well, you might as well invest on this guy if you really need another detonator for your horse team. So that's it. Just want to demo how much damage he does and how terrific the damage looks. So that is it, guys. So I'll give you my final thoughts in a while. Okay, so what do I think of this guy? He's a must-get. Once you're done with Reinhardt, definitely you have to get him. What I say done with Reinhardt is if you've got Reinhardt at max Breakthrough 3, definitely if you have a lot, then go for the full Reinhardt. If you don't have a lot, then go for this guy. What I mean a lot is summoning currency. He's definitely one to go for, especially if you don't have a primary detonator right now for Forest, and he's going to replace all of your secondary detonators, definitely. He doesn't replace Hero right now, but in terms of DPS, he is going to be your primary detonator if you need DPS only. Okay, so again, thank you guys for staying this far. So if you're still here, please support my channel. This will help me a lot. This will help my channel a lot, and this will help the channel grow a lot. Take care, stay safe. This is The Warden. Happy weekend, and I'm out of here.