Talk:Rekindled Honor - Cornflower/@comment-16894369-20180705055349

Leader's Analysis

When Cornflower is a leader, here is a breakdown of the three conditions of boosting and defending:


 * 1) Dissolving 2 or more groups of Water to get a "small boost" - multiplier goes up from 4.5 to 5 (accounting dual leaders, this is a 23.5% increase).
 * 2) Dissolving Heart runestones to get a "large boost" - the 1.5x multiplier is built on top of the basic multiplier (accounting dual leaders, this is a 225.0% increase).
 * 3) When defending, not dissolving Water first batch allows a 35% damage decrease (accounting dual leaders, this is a 57.75% decrease, meaning the team takes 42.25% of original damage)

A skilled player can possibly achieve two or more conditions at once, including fulfilling #1 and #3 at the same time, but with only 5-sec standard time, it is very difficult to achieve. As such, think "attacking mode" and "defending mode" instead. The team-building process should also keep Heart runestones in mind, as they are important for building up damage.

Playing Cornflower requires a lot of advanced techniques since the team does not generate Water nor Heart runestones by itself. You might be experiencing drought sometimes when there are not enough Water runestones, so be sure to pack mass-Water converters. Be mindful that such converters are hard to find since they usually convert Heart runestones away as well. TL;DR: find runestone-converters that do not turn Hearts away.

Despite supporting full Elves, the team is going to be Water-based since many conditions are dependant on Water and Heart runestones. A team consisting of only Water Elves is possible with Shuta being the essential converter.