I hope you’re enjoying Crush Them All. If you’re looking for the best way to progress through the arena leagues, this is the place. This is one build that I think is optimal, but there are others that can get similar results. I’m not covering every single option available. In my beginner guide, I covered how to start your arena team, and I’ll go into more details on that here. I’m assuming you’re following my recommendations in that crush them all arena guide (in all sections, not just the arena section), as they synergize well with this guide. For rune suggestions, please use Hero Encyclopedia.
Modifications for Spike
I personally think Spike is a slightly better hero than Skeleton Giant (SG), but SG has a better element, so SG is going to be a better starter hero. You can certainly choose Spike first, and many people do. Expect it to be just slightly slower. You’ll want to do both Light and Dark daily dungeons, to help build the light pool in addition to the dark pool.
Up until “Middle Platinum” everything is the same, except you’ll use Spike instead of SG. In middle platinum you won’t use Monki Mortar, but will use Light buffers like Thor, Krunk, and possibly One Eye. After that you’ll want to use more universal buffers (Onyx and Monki Roboti) instead of Monki Mortar, since that will buff both Spike and Dragon Bot.
Once Dragon Bot is 7
Crush them all arena Guide
The First Week of game
Ideal Team: Leaf Blade (if you have him) + Crowd Control + Randoms
Arena League: Beginner, Bronze, Silver
Medal Requests: SG and Scud on Epic Sunday (or Onyx, Valkyrie, Alda, basically whoever you have)
Magic Medals: SG
The first week is a bit difficult. Every new player will have different heroes, as you build your hero pool. SG will be your first focus, but you may not have unlocked him yet. Generally you’ll just want to use the highest
Everyone starts with Luka, and he’s not much of a PVP hero, but he’s usable the first week. If you have any crowd control, they are generally useful starting at 2
I know, you won’t have any stunning or chilling runes now, but know this for future weeks. Leaf Blade is very useful if you’re lucky enough to unlock him. His Auto-Shield will help keep other heroes alive. You should be able to get out of the beginner League, likely out of the Bronze League, and maybe out of Silver League. I was able to only have one day of battle in Bronze and jump to Silver.
The Second Week
Ideal Team: 4
WL3 SG + Leaf Blade (if you have him) + Crowd Control + Randoms
Arena League: Silver, Gold
Medal Requests: SG and Scud on Epic Sunday (or Onyx, Valkyrie, Alda, basically whoever you have)
Magic Medals: SG
The second week is when things start to pick up. It only takes 80 medals to get SG to 3
You’ve already had a week of blitz, so you can afford to get SG’s to weapon level (WL) 3. Use either Damage or Vitality sets. The set bonus alone is enough at this stage, good primaries are a bonus. Also awaken SG to as high as you can, which should be around 3
Early Platinum
Ideal Team:
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| 5 | 3+ | 2+ |  | 5 | 3+ | 2+ |  |  | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 |  | 4 | 0 | 0 |  |  | ||
| WL | 3 | 1 | 3 |  |
Arena League: Platinum
Medal Requests: SG and Scud on Epic Sunday
Magic Medals: SG
If you didn’t make it to platinum in week 2, you should definitely make it there in week 3. Now it will slow down. Now that SG is much higher than Leaf Blade, Leaf Blade will stop being useful, so you can drop him from your team.
Depending on when you started, you may or may not have Frost Queen and Namida. You’ll want a chilling set on Frost Queen, which may require you to buy the Ice Chest from the blitz shop. Namida just needs attack speed buffs, whether that’s the swift set, or aps primaries.
Middle Platinum
Ideal Team:
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| 6 | 4+ | 4+ |  |  |  | 2+ | | 2+ | | | ||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 |  | 5 | 0 | 0 |  | 0 | | 0 | | | |||||
| WL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Arena League: Platinum
Medal Requests: SG and Scud on Epic Sunday
Magic Medals: SG
Once Scud, Monki Mortar, Dark Hunter (DH), Onyx, and Kage start reaching 4
Platinum – 7 Star SG
Ideal Team:
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| 7 | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 2+ | 2+ | 2+ | 2+ | |||||
| 7 | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ | 2+ | 2+ | 2+ | 2+ | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Arena League: Platinum
Medal Requests: Dragon Bot (DB) and Scud on Epic Sunday
Magic Medals: Gladiator (Glad)
Now that SG is 7
Late Platinum
Ideal Team:
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| 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2+ | 2+ | 2+ | 2+ | |||||
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2+ | 2+ | 2+ | 2+ | |||||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WL | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Arena League: Platinum/Diamond
Medal Requests: Dragon Bot and Scud on Epic Sunday
Magic Medals: Gladiator
Because you’re buying sorrow’s crusher chest, Dragon Bot, Sorrow, Dark Hunter, and Monki Mortar will all reach 5
Adding Glad
Ideal Team: Option 1
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| 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2+ | 2+ | 4+ | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| WL | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Ideal Team: Option 2
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| 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2+ | 4 | 2+ | |||||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2+ | 4 | 2+ | |||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| WL | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Arena League: Platinum/Diamond
Medal Requests: Dragon Bot and Scud on Epic Sunday
Magic Medals: Gladiator
The next big change is when you can add gladiator, which is when he becomes 5
Frost Queen doesn’t have a lot of range, so if you go against someone with AOE, she will die. Otherwise, she’s great at crowd controlling. The other option is using Monki King.
Before, he would out run SG, and get killed before stunning anyone. Now, if you use both Onyx and Kage, he has a ⅓ chance of doing that, and ⅔ chance of being great. Once Scud gets to 5
7 Star DB
Ideal Team:
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| 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2+ | 5+ | | | |||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| WL | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | |||||||||||
| WL | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Arena League: Diamond
Medal Requests: Bat and Scud on Epic Sunday
Magic Medals: Gladiator
Finishing off DB isn’t going to change things up too much. I’m only adding this section to point out that you should work on Bat next. As you have two front line heroes, you don’t really need Spike for Arena, although he would be great in GW. Bat will benefit from Monki Mortar’s buff. If you were to go with Spike, you’d have to switch Monki Mortar out for Monki Roboti or Onyx.
The
You should be comfortably in Diamond now, and you’ll be here for a long time. The jump to Legendary is pretty difficult.
7 Star Glad
Ideal Team:
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| 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2+ | 7 | | | |||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | | |
| WL | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | | |||||||||||
| WL | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Arena League: Diamond/Legendary
Medal Requests: Spike/Dark Common and Scud on Epic Sunday
Magic Medals: Spark
Now that you have a 7
Feel free to take DH to 7
Late Game Meta
Ideal Team:
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| 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2+ | 2+ | 6 | |  |  | ||
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| 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | | | ||
| WL | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Other A tier Rare |
Arena League: Legendary 1-2
Medal Requests: Your Choice of Common and Scud on Epic Sunday
Magic Medals: Spark if not 7
In my encyclopedia, I define Late Game as when you stop using commons in the arena. This is the first team that’s really capable of beating a team with commons. You may be at a lower power than a team with commons, but the team buffs and basic stats of rares and epics can overcome this power difference.
There’s a big difference between Late Game and End game. There are a whole lot of options to go from here. This is where most people will “end” if they play long enough.
End Game Meta
Ideal Team:
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| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| WL | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Arena League: Legendary 3
I define End Game when you’re using only Legendaries and Epics plus one or two Rare heroes in the arena. DH is the main rare you’d want to use. Having a viable Ornok is really only available to VIP 9 players, Leaf Blade would replace him if he’s not available. This is really the base team, the arena bonuses can change heroes out.
By MrMoogle, aka EMoogle
And Bonus
Arena Tier List — best heroes
