King Arthur: Legends Rise Beginner's Guide and Tips
King Arthur: Legends Rise is a brand-new turn-based RPG developed by Kabam Studios and Netmarble. Players can explore the story of the famed King Arthur Pendragon from a different point of view, complete with a strategic combat system, recruitment system, and questing systems. Undertake different challenges and recruit unique heroes that boast powerful active and passive abilities. In this beginner’s guide, we will be explaining all the basic game mechanics and systems set in place to help you progress faster. Let’s begin!
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Understanding the Core Combat Mechanics of King Arthur: Legends Rise
At the core, King Arthur: Legends Rise is a turn-based game wherein players need to create a team of 4 unique heroes that they own to take them in battles. The combat mechanics of the game are quite complex as you would expect from a turn-based game, thanks to the multiple buffs and debuffs in the game. Heroes are going to be your core bread & butter when it comes to combat. In King Arthur: Legends Rise, all heroes can change their attributes among Wind, Fire, and Water using their own Relics of the 3 elements. These elements are important to understand as they play a huge role in deciding advantages/disadvantages in battle.
For starters, here’s how the element interactions work in the game:
- Wind is strong against Water but weaker to Fire
- Fire is strong against Wind but weaker to Water
- Water is strong against Fire but weaker to Wind
Players can get new heroes from the innate gacha system called “Lake of Avalon”. We will be talking more about in the next section. The combat works in a turn-based order wherein your heroes speed decide their turn order. The higher the speed, the easier it gets to take turns. Each basic attack grants you 1 vigor, and players can store up to 5 vigor at a time. This vigor is required to use your heroes active skills in battle. Keep in mind, each skill also has a cooldown time after being used, and you can reduce this by enhancing their skills.
During battles, you will see that some characters will immediately begin employing their ultimate abilities, and you will need to either soak up the damage, cancel their strikes, or simply outwit them with your formation. Always be aware of your attackers’ range and strategically position your teammates to pit them against one another. Remember that the opposing AI (Artificial Intelligence) will always focus on the weaker elemental characters first. Try to make the most of your setting by picking characters who can give large-scale buffing or healing, as more friends will benefit from their abilities. The same advice is valid while attempting to deal damage to enemies.
Lake Avalon – The Gacha System Explained
Like we mentioned before, King Arthur: Legends Rise has an innate gacha system called “Lake Avalon” that unlocks after completing the initial tutorial. Players can obtain different rarities of characters from the different banners that exist in this place. You will need to use your gacha currencies or Diamonds to summon both heroes and relics. Here are the different rarities of heroes and their rates:
- Legendary Heroes – 1.67% Probability of being summoned
- Rare Heroes – 17% Probability of being summoned
- Uncommon Heroes – 81.33% Probability of being summoned
Understanding the Different Resources and their Importance
Resources play an important role in managing your power-up capabilities since all methods of progressions require them in abundance. King Arthur: Legends Rise is a live-service game which means you either get resources by completing in-game missions or directly buy them via microtransactions. While the game has multiple resources, the core one’s are Diamonds, Stamina, Gold, and Wood/Metal.
Here are the different core resources and their descriptions:
- Gold – Gold is used for almost everything, therefore you will always need more. However, it’s simple to go through it without noticing it. Upgrading gear might become too expensive as the stars rise. A 5-star item can cost hundreds of thousands of gold only to level up a few times. Our advice would be to not waste gold upgrading low-tier gear that will be replaced shortly anyway.
- Stamina – This is the primary currency that allows players to play the game essentially. Stamina is required in abundance to progress through dungeons, story mode, and everything else other than Arena fights. Players regenerate Stamina on their own at the rate of 1 stamina every 8 minutes. You can also purchase Stamina using Diamonds, or replenish it by using a Stamina Box.
- Wood and Metal – These are your primary building resources. Early on, you’ll have many, but once you start improving numerous buildings, they quickly evaporate. Prioritize upgrading the Lumber Yard and Steel Mill first to increase resource production. Believe me, it will save you a lot of headaches later.
- Diamonds – Diamonds are the premium currency of the game that is quite scarce to obtain on a regular basis. Players can get more Diamonds by completing events, beginner missions, quests, and daily login rewards. Rather than spending diamonds on summoning, buy stamina refills. More stamina allows for more dungeon runs, which results in more gear, XP, and resources. This is unquestionably the best technique to level up quickly.
To play King Arthur: Legends Rise on a bigger screen of your PC or Laptop, it is highly recommended to use BlueStacks along with your keyboard and mouse.