Talk:Dragon Crescent Blade - Guan Yu/@comment-219.74.3.96-20180123024057/@comment-16894369-20180123065446

Since I don't have GuanYu, I don't have an accurate say on GuanYu's strength, but it is believed to be weaker than Azathoth and Elf rares at the moment. The damage is a bit unstable.

But GuanYu has some strength:
 * Fighting the Arena - high combos and good damage make her a solid choice for 3400+ points (unboosted).
 * Recently got some buffs - certain cards obtainable from Imperial Warlords II are helpful to GuanYu.

But I would choose Azathoth and Elf Rares over GuanYu because they can deal with some Ultimates and Nightmare stages better. Plus, Zhurong is released in the current version (15.0), competing as a WFE leader:


 * If you have Novalis and need a Dragon leader, choose Azathoth.
 * (Bonus for Dragon achievement, can go multi-attribute or pure dark; can also wreck any weak stage)
 * If you have a complete Elf deck but no good leaders, choose Sakura or Rose.
 * (Bonus for Elf achievement, also a bonus for obliterating Khaos ultimate without using Yvette - Khaos)

In short, I think Guan Yu is not necessary for the current metagame in 2018 - it's a different situation than in 2017.