Scroll Ash Update

Today, EC made a relatively big update. There were several changes, but now, I just want to talk about one of them. Prior to this update, once a scroll is equipped on a hero, it's there. Removing it from the hero, the scroll will disappear. If you replace it with a new scroll, the old scroll disappears.

After today's update, when you remove a scroll, it will turn into ash of the same level. The message given is "Are you sure you want to remove the skill? The skill will be decomposed after removing and turn into the Ash of the same level."

If you replace the scroll with a new one, the old scroll will turn to ash, again, of the same level as the old scroll. The message presented is "Are you sure you want to change the skill? The skill will be decomposed after removing and turn into the Ash of the same level."

Prior to this update, I am usually conservative and do not equip my hero with level 3 scrolls (because I want to synthesize a level 4). But now, you really lose nothing. In a previous post, I had mentioned that a scroll and ash basically have the same value/cost in terms of synthesis stones. So here's the scheme I will now be using (I'll use Sky Archer as example) :

1. Create level 3 Sky Archer.
2. Equip the hero with the level 3 Sky Archer.

3. Create level 3 Sky Archer.
4. Create 2 x level 3 Ash (with any scrolls).
5. Unequip the level 3 Sky Archer (and it turns into a level 3 Ash).
6. Try to synthesize with the level 3 Sky Archer created in #3, and the 3 ashes (2 from #4, and 1 from #5).
7. If synthesis is successful, you have just completed your upgrade.
Otherwise, you still have a level 3 Sky Archer and you can put it back on the hero.

Compare to previous :
1. Create level 3 Sky Archer.
2. Create 3 x level 3 Ash (with any scrolls).
3. Try to synthesize level 4.

The number of level 3 scrolls/ashes is exactly the same (4 of them). So the number of synthesis stones used is the same. But now, you get to use the level 3 Sky Archer without worrying about the loss of any value when you unequip. The only catch is that 2 of the scrolls you use must be Sky Archer, instead of 1. Since Sky Archer is plenty, this is not a problem. This might still be a problem for rarer scrolls, such as Inspiration I.

Now, if you need to do some arena, there's yet another scheme.
1. Create level 3 Sky Archer.
2. Equip the hero with the level 3 Sky Archer.
3. Create level 3 Sky Archer.
4. Create level 3 Confidence.
5. Create 3 Ash (with any scrolls).
6. Unequip the level 3 Sky Archer (and it turns into a level 3 Ash).
7. Equip level 3 Confidence (join as many arena as you can to increase arena level).
8. Unequip the level 3 Confidence (and it turns into a level 3 Ash).
9. Try to synthesize with the level 3 Sky Archer created in #3, and the 3 ashes (from #5, #6, and #8).
10. If synthesis is successful, you have just completed your upgrade.
Otherwise, you still have a level 3 Sky Archer and you can put it back on the hero.

Again, you created exactly 4 level 3's scroll/ash, so you used the same number of synthesis stones. This time, you get to use the Confidence scroll before you turn it into ash to boost your arena level.

For rarer scrolls, here's the scheme :
1. Create level 3 Inspiration I
2. Create level 3 Sky Archer.
3. Equip the hero with the level 3 Sky Archer.
4. Create 2 x level 3 Ash (with any scrolls).
5. Unequip the level 3 Sky Archer (and it turns into a level 3 Ash).
6. Try to synthesize with the level 3 Inspiratio I created in #3, and the 3 ashes (2 from #4, and 1 from #5).
7. If synthesis is successful, you have just completed your upgrade.
Otherwise, you still have a level 3 Inspiration I and you can go back to step #2.

In this scheme, you get to use the Sky Archer while waiting to build ashes to upgrade Inspiration I.

All of the above, it can be used at any level, and the payoff is even greater. Imagine the use of level 4 scrolls that will be turned into ashes when you try for level 5 anyway. Or the use of level 5 scrolls which will be the ashes for level 6!

So equip those scrolls, don't hold back!