Congratulations Ash!! I too received some amazing news. Today I got my results from my last PET scan and the news is that I am as of right now cancer free with no new or worsening metabolic activity.

Ash, I love the insane amount of energy you bring to your videos!! Never change

Been using Abyssal, Pain Keeper, Cold Heart, Frozen Banshee, Felhound, and Executioner for a couple years or so. Athel was my starting Champ but got an Elhain and maxed her first for the first farmer of 12-3. Used to use Marked. Abyssal and Executioner are very underrated for sure. Found a few more uses for Ashwalker as well, got him the day he came out, and is actually great for Faction/Campaign/Some Dungeons/Even some upper-level towers. Banshee helped with some progression thru the Campaign/Spider/Some Dungeons early to the Early-Late game. 3 Abyssal + Coldheart + Runekeeper Dazdurk (or any team-debuff remover) = spider clears!

Got my first void shard today and pulled bellower wasn’t for sure if I should be excited or meh pulling him. As a new player these types of videos really helps out. Ty

So glad to hear you are happy and healthy Ash!

Ash, thats fantastic news! I have lynch syndrome and have to be checked every two years for colon cancer. I've not been watching your videos very long as I've only played since Deliana being given out for free. However, I must say in my opinion you are my go to content creator for Raid simply because you are entertaining. You have the info, you have the comedic element, you have a good positive vibe, and you have the drive to make content. You're far from mediocre.

So I just started playing the game literally yesterday I started to pick things up on my own but needed help with other things still and your vids are the first ones I found and honestly man your advice has really helped me out alot, this game is already consuming me so will no doubt be watching your vids for a while to come, thanks for the great vids bro

All the best mate, wish u 130 years more to come!

As a new player (3 months) I can’t tell ya how great videos like these are my man. Thanks for putting content like this out 🤓🤙

I’m glad your scan came back clear and hope future ones continue to

Haha, congrats on NOT DYING!!! I sort of know the feeling - my dad died from skin cancer and I have to be checked regularly. It's hard having that worry in your life. But thank you for sharing, I love your content and your humour!

Congratultions on the news man, happy to know that!

Thanks Ash, Ive always appreciated how early game and F2P minded you have always been. You're my favourite Raid CC and maybe my favourite CC period. Please don't let this comment derail that, but I was hoping that you would have considered the rares that have sleep for the Sand Devil. One example would be Mudstalker, which you missed. Still, thanks again.

Ash. Your energy is addictive. Love hearing you. Happy to hear about your update. Hope you are there with us til the end of the game. ❤️

we are all happy you are still with us... be safe

God bless ya ash I’m glad your here and I found and shared you

thats good to hear Ash, and before i go further in the video, im gonna list all the rares im working on or had and sacrificed over something stupid. : frozen banshee, coldheart, kurzad, apothecary, the geargrinder dude (idk his name right off the top of my head but hes a orgryn tribe faction i believe, a healer and reviver with a continuous heal), bogwalker, metal shaper, frozen banshee's sister,

The only reason I use Frozen Banshee in the late game is because there is often the daily mission to use a rare in clan boss, so I just made a nightmare team with her so I don't forget to do that when it eventually comes up.

Out of all of these types of videos I watch from cc's, I always wish they'd throw up a list at the end of the video of the recommended champions. They always talk about so many champions and not all are auto 6*, as this video is about. A list would be a good wrap-up to the video.

I’m so happy that you have the gift of good health. May you continue to be healthy every Christmas!

Bro, I'm a new raid player and my friends recommended your channel to learn.. absolutely love your vids and congratulations on still being alive haha!

Thanks for the positive vibes

Man you are such an awesome person… nuff love and respect and blessings to another year brother

I recently got frozen banshee and she has been an absolute game changer for clan boss!

Ash your great mood and positive vibes is something that always helps me through my day.

I'm starting to love Candleguard, with two AOEs, and one of them with weaken. She has helped me in the rare secret rooms a ton

Oh you should check out spymasters kit! He's really good!

Glad for the good news Ash!

I just got Krisk during the 10x so I'm focusing everything on him right now. When cvc pops I'm going to max him out and steal gear to get his build as good as I can.

Glad to hear that you aren't dying!

Great video, and I appreciate your remarks about champions that you'd "max out". Really glad to hear the news about your health is positive! Take care, Ash!

Great video full of positivity as usual, and also some useful info - especially for early to early mid players. I had Lifetaker as an early rare so took her to max and found her pretty useful in Fire Knight & Arena with the decrease speed/tm & the heal reduction. Built her with speed, accuracy & 100% crit and she helped out a long time whilst the shard luck was cruel. As you always say man, max what you need for your account at the time 👍

We are all so very happy to hear that you’re not dying, Ash! But really, you had me at “hey guys, I got caught up in the moment and I bought a Lego, but I’m coming clean because I promised this would be a free to play account, so I’m going to feed the Lego to a 1 star”

Corpulent Cadaver can be a good Faction wars champ. Put him in a shield set, and a Divine life set. His A2 places a 20% shield. The shield set places a 30% shield. Then Divine life places a 15% shield. They stack. With no other help, he gets a 3 layer deep shield for his A1 to work with. Par him with UDK 's shield buff and he can get nasty.

I always wonder why I cannot find a definitive list of rares that would encompass all of those needed for the secret rooms in both difficulties of Doom tower. So that we know what to eventually keep, maybe as our faction guardians for example. Just as a back burner area to have them when we begin our journey up the towers in anger. 👍

I leaned on Gnarlhorn early on my account to get me through dungeons and Doom Tower Normal. I didn’t replace him until I got Visix. But now I even use him as my Mischief tank on my Hydra Normal team. He also provokes Head of Decay. Still getting lots of use from him. Great champ!

Hey thanks for sharing the news! The good vibes you are sending are contagious! Congrats my dude!

That’s amazing ash! Glad to hear it 😊

Always great when you do stuff like this. And here's to your health, Ash! I hope to see you around for a long time! Contrary to what you say, you are not mediocre at all.

Just started playing Raid two months ago after a year of debating whether or not to do so. Absolutely loving the game honestly considering I come from a DnD, Diablo, Skyrim, Dragon Age, and Dark Souls background. Congrats on the news by the way. I wish I could bring the same news to you from my end, but I am currently facing probable eviction and homelessness. I am a part time firefighter in AZ and EMT at a worldwide ambulance company. If you or anyone here would like to hear my story and help out, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your time.

Great channel and great tips. Try putting Dilgol in a poison set ⬆️ crit rate. He can be very useful.

Just quietly, everyone sleeps on how much better Valerie's shield is at 60 than 50, probably because no one else has maxed her lol.

C.H.E.V.A.L.I.E.R. - 7.1 multiplier defense based A1 with ignore shield and block damage, and RNG multi hit. (I often get 4-6 hits). His A2 hits above its numbers too. Not to mention the value of CCs trying to pronounce his name. (Spoiler alert, it's pronounced Cheeev A Leee)

I started upgrading Steel Bowyer in the hopes that maybe someday they'll reverse the nerf...

Congrats on your dianosis! Let's hope you hear the same news for many, MANY, years! As for one champion you missed out on. You did a video on him the other day actually. Muckstalker. Yeah he's pretty limited on where to use him. Still with the new boss coming out. He'd help a lot of players that are starting out against the boss

Congrats. I just turned 19 years old this past January 2023 with a heart transplant.

Poor Muckstalker, already forgotten less than a day later by Ash lol

Here's to many more years to the Legendary Raid content creator - ASH!

Really good news tho. hoping for my sister to do well with hers. All prayers welcome and those who have any belief pray for Ash!

Super helpful advice as always!

Hey, from all of us with weird unusual maladies, congrats on not dying! 😅

I was diagnosed with Gastric cancer a few months ago. Chemo is working in my favor, have a PET scan coming up Lord willing it confirms chemo is working. Fight like hell!!

I'm about to take crimson slayer to lvl 60 soon (I haven't done it yet) as I already have her fully booked and I love her for fire knight against force & spirit affinity - with the triple hitter, 50% turn meter depletion and 50% heal reduction, I also like her in certain tag team arenas against certain force champions like ultimate death knight with sleep on the triple hitter A1 as well - combine crimson slayer + soulbond as two spirit rares - really a good combo imo for players like me who don't have epics & legendaries who can take care of those aspects of the game

life taker is actally a good shadowkin rare for fire knight and spirit keep.has a 100% heal reduction on the a1 with a 40% chance when upgraded. and it hits 2 times so you have 2 chances at hitting it. plus she has a turn meter reduction with a decrease speed on the a2. def worth at least a 50 im my book.

I just pulled a Lamibur (twice actually)... Leveled him to 40 so far and I must say he is a great Healer for Skinwalkers and deals some good damage as well... any thoughts on the Scary Rabbit???

Frozen Banshee works best if you put her in a Frozen set. We are talking Ice Ice Baby controlling the round. Now she could only control the round when you're dealing with bosses.

Congrats on the good health bro ur vidz really help

Congratulations on the clean bill of health, Ash!

There is something called carma..you do good things,good things are coming to you..except all the charities you donate,you giving positive vibes, energy and most off all life tips and support for people dealing with illness..I m struggling with manic depression and bipolar disorder and in many cases you have give courage to carry on,ways out of the dead end my mind gets me very often and on top of those some moments of relaxation from the stress just watching your videos..thank you and I hope nothing bad ever happenes to you...

Lizardman: "We don't have anybody" - uhm Muckstalker?

I'm delighted for you and your family, Ash. The wife and I are both cancer survivors, so we know how you feel. And a sincere thanks for your wonderful work.

Congrats man on being good to keep going much love for what ya do here it helps a lot and I hope you stay negative on that and live a long happy life my friend. Enjoy you’re day. 🎉

I am surprised he didn't mention Muckstalker for being useful early on with Sand Devil

Ash you aren't end game until you can beat the hardest content in the game. You aren't nightmare hydra level and you aren't stage 25 sand devil level

I chose Galek as my starter and he is a beast!! He destroys enemies with his A1 so fast and so heavily!!!! You should give him more credit!! Team him is with Apothecary and Bellower and they’re unstoppable!!! Fan of your channel, please take care!!! ✊🏾😉

I dunno man, Lifetaker does solid work for me vs Fire Knight. She has a multi-hit on both her A1 and A2, a reflect damage skill on her A3 which drops his shield counter when he attacks, and a decrease speed debuff to keep his shield down for longer. Lifesteal and Perception gear. She's a solid epic.

Congrats on the check up You include onions and garlic in your foods they contain natural anti-oxidants

good to know iv almost all this champions just chilling at level40 in vault.. Level 57 account and i still dont know what im doing lol

New to the game. And yo you channel. But not new enough to let you possitivity pass me by. I have a near Death Storie too, and understand the feeling you get when you can celebrate still being alive aginst all odds!!

Harrier was my first ancient shard pull and my first void champion so I instinctively built him up wasted a whole bunch of resources and time 😢

Ash please - Odachi (Oh da chee). Glad to hear you are doing well!

Yes, Kurzad Deepheart! I've got him up to 50 because he slaps. Ashwalker is great, currently got him up to 40 so getting there. Coffin Smasher got him up to 50 so only 10 more levels to go. This is getting weird for me, got Pain Keeper at 50. Ah there we go not got Coldheart as of yet. Frozen Banshee oh yeah, currently at level 50 I powered through 12 levels of Dragon when I pulled her early last year. Banshee in my vault going to be bringing her out soon. Abyssal using him in F.W, got him up to 30. Woohoo Bellower, currently got him up to 50 but need to change the artifacts I've got on him.

Congrats hopefully that trend keeps up for many decades to come

Lifetaker can hit pretty good for those of us that don't have every champion in the game Like some players. Also even though she isn't even a rare, but she really should be if a person has 2 or 3 of Sniper, I currently have 3 one at 60 and 2 at 50 pare these three with say Krisk they can run through the campaign from beginning to end with the right kit.

You forgot about Paragon, Paragon Cheese is a funni tacti

Fellhound the Nucor: Slammer hammer. It would be interesting to start the game all over with felhound and nut it would be difficult to come up with a battle before brutal

Congratulations man! Also I want to give a big shoutout to my man Acolyte. I only took him to 50 but he helped my account immensely through the beginning. His turn meter control and cleanse was a game changer in the beginning. Also he hits pretty hard, fast and often with his turn meter boost! Not sure if he’s a max

Pear coffin Smasher with cadaver will that's a stretch. Lol

If you're not already subscribed, subscribe. Would max Ash 100%.

Early on Dagger was a crutch, and maxxed her out. She so consistently lands her debuffs I still use her a fair amount

happy to hear u ok bro family history can be scary at times but u strong and confident so keep that in mind

Templar in sacred order as a niche champ Not an auto six star but worth pointing out

Dude, congrats on the update on your health. we all love you, and i say this as a recent follower lol. Also, as a very low spender, I pullen Aox and that frog/toad dude has me SWOONING. he's about to be my second 60 and idc what anyone says. Second edit: I got Kurzad in my side pocket ;)

Personally I really like diabolist really just because she is a champion you can farm in campaign that also will both boost your turn meter and lower the opponents whole team for both with no real dedicated build so she can be built however make her a tank make her a damage dealer whatever just a easy to get turn meter manipulator until you have high katun very useful

so idk what my pestilus does, but he's a spirit affinity knights revnant and i normally get a crit regardless of affinity

Banner Lords Conquerer for early game, Ice golem and arena Block revive and remove random buffs really great F2P champ

Congratulations brother. Always good to hear when someone gets a clean bill of health

OdaSHY... you are a national treasure, my friend.

Hey Ash! Great list! pretty similar to my own i did maybbe 1 or 2 days before your video with a few changes. Love the hype around Gnarlhorn. "I pity the fool" that fed Gnarlhorn into the Razhin fusion as i consider he is more endgame viable than the legendary haha! You didnt forget any rares worth mentioning, but maybe could add Arminger in the worth to fully max champions. Still extremely usefull in the endgame!

kael is laufing in the corner. Nice vid as always

Ash, could you make a list of all the ones you are talking about, so we can see what we have and compare it?

I love your vibe Ash ! :)

I heard a lot about Sentinel/Judge for secret rooms, so i also keep them i vault.

Is anyone looking at the rare tier lists again with awakenings? I have a couple of 5-6 star awakenings for rares I never planned to build. Would be interesting to see if there are any major changes to the tier list if you figure in awakenings.

Currently have hatchet slinger(rare) 5 Stars Level 50 Fully booked Insane damage Ridiculously squishy, like one enemy ability squishy... Cant even reach boss round even with defense set, only good for lowbie stages not worth keeping.

Congratulations on the all clear, Ash!

Again, no love for Graybeard. He's one of the best control champs in the Rare category. Take another look at him. I even use him for the Head of Decay if the affinity is right.

Dark Elhain is one that I used for ice golem, for a looooong time

Also, I like the Orcs. Artek, Galek Alexsandr te Sharpshooter, Shaman, Scyl of the Drakes is My Top Team Combo I use, Unless its something Special in Raid. I lost My Old Clan due to criminal activity and had had Internet Service for over 1 Year, Someone robbed My Bank 1 Day Priior to My Bill Scheduled BillPayment Date last Year, I got it back in March this Year, Plarium said to Recreate a New Clan for Raid as My Old One was taken from Me, My Old Clan was Just Fishing 2022, It had My BestFriend whom Died in March this Year in it, and My Only Family Member Alive that was My Little Brother. Losing this Clan was Evil. Now I Restarted a New Clan, Called it Best Fishing 2023, I am in the Process of Recruitment for it, I need New Members to Join it, Min 600K Power, Active, English Only. If there is anyway Ash that You can Help Me Recruit, Advertise, I would be very appreciative towards Your efforts.

You should try this storm shot game