Shiny Units

Shiny units are a special version of units that have the potential to grow stronger the more they are used.

Pros & Cons

Shiny units are always stronger than and have more advantages over their non-shiny counterparts.

Pros

• Doubles max level
• Doubles damage output
• Does not require merging or sacrificing to become more powerful (you can still sacrifice after making the unit shiny)
• Certain shiny units can evolve

Cons

• Shiny units are generally harder to obtain. Unlike normal units, shinies are never guaranteed and will most likely cost you more.
• Cannot be traded
• if you fail then the unit will break and you will need to pay gems to try again or use either impure souls, refined souls, or a pure soul to fix it

How to Obtain

Shiny units can be obtained primarily through the Tower Shop and the Store. The chance of receiving a shiny depends on both the source of the unit and the tier of it, as all unit tiers in the Tower Shop and the Store have unique shiny odds:

Shiny Odds from the Tower Shop

• Rare units have a 5% chance to be shiny.
• Legendary units have a 6.5% chance to be shiny.
• Mythical units have a 7.5% chance to be shiny.
• Godly units have a 9% chance to be shiny.
• Divine units have an 11.5% chance to be shiny.
• Ultimate units have a 15% chance to be shiny.

The chances of obtaining a shiny in the Tower Shop are the same for units received by pity.

When a player has received a shiny from the Tower Shop, the following message will be displayed on their screen: "You got something shiny.." When a player has received a shiny through pity, the following message will be displayed on their screen: "Truly pitiful, here's a shiny (Unit Name).."

Shiny Odds from the Store

• Legendary units have a 5% chance to be shiny.
• Mythical units have a 5% chance to be shiny.
• Godly units have a 7.5% chance to be shiny.
• Divine units have an 8.5% chance to be shiny.
• Ultimate units have a 10% chance to be shiny.

When a player has received a shiny through pity, the following message will be displayed on their screen: "You got something shiny.."

Additional Information

Shiny units can also be rewarded through other means, such as battlepasses. Furthermore:

• Crates cannot give shiny units.
• Common-tier units are the only units that cannot naturally be shiny, they must be made using the shinifier
• Shiny units cannot be obtained through trading.

Levelling Shiny Units

Levelling a shiny unit can be done by playing any map in the Classic gamemode on either Normal or Hard. You can also play Map of the Day. See below a table of how much Shiny Unit EXP every map gives per difficulty.

Aside from playing matches, there is also another way of levelling them up. This is through means of using Grimoires.

Grimoires

• Mundane Grimoire will grant 10% of the exp needed for the current level.
• Rare Grimoire will grant 30% of the exp needed for the current level.
• Epic Grimoire will grant 40% of the exp needed for the current level.
• Legendary Grimoire will grant 50% of the exp needed for the current level.
• Forbidden Grimoire will grant 100% of the exp needed for the current level.

Amplified Trait

All units have a chance to receive a trait called Amplified. This trait doubles the experience gain of any unit with the trait. If a shiny unit has this trait, it is best to keep it as it becomes harder for a shiny unit to level up the closer it is to its level cap. Do keep in mind that this trait will not function when levelling up a tower using the Training Ground.

Shiny units rarity level cap & exceptions

• Common-tier units have a max level of 10 levels.
• Rare-tier units have a max level of 30 levels, non shiny is 15.
• Legendary-tier units have a max level of 40 levels, non shiny is 20.
• Mythical-tier units have a max level of 50 levels, non shiny is 25.
• Godly-tier units have a max level of 60 levels, non shiny is 30.
• Divine-tier units have a max level of 70 levels, non shiny is 35.
• Ultimate-tier units have a max level of 80 levels, non shiny is 40.
• Arcane-tier units have a max level of 90 levels, non shiny is 45.
• Celestial-tier units have a max level of 100 levels, non shiny is 50.
• Secret-tier units have a level 100 cap.
• Shiny units of the farm type have a level cap of 50, non shiny is 25.
• Shiny units of the dragon type have a level cap of 50.

Experience needed per level

Level	Exp	Level	Exp	Level	Exp	Level	Exp	Level	Exp
1	100	11	260	21	673	31	1745	41	4526
2	111	12	285	22	740	32	1919	42	4978
3	121	13	314	23	814	33	2112	43	5477
4	133	14	345	24	895	34	2322	44	6024
5	146	15	380	25	985	35	2555	45	6626
6	161	16	417	26	1084	36	2810	46	7289
7	177	17	460	27	1191	37	3091	47	8018
8	195	18	505	28	1311	38	3401	48	8820
9	214	19	556	39	1443	39	3740	49	9701
10	236	20	612	30	1586	40	4115	50	10672

Level	Exp	Level	Exp	Level	Exp	Level	Exp
51	11739	61	30448	71	78975	81	204840
52	12913	62	33493	72	86872	82	225324
53	14205	63	36843	73	95560	83	247856
54	15624	64	40526	74	105115	84	272642
55	17188	65	44579	75	115627	85	299907
56	18906	66	49037	76	127189	86	329896
57	20796	67	53941	77	139909	87	362887
58	22876	68	59335	78	153899	88	399175
59	25164	69	65268	79	169290	89	439093
60	27680	70	71795	80	186218	90

Level	Exp	Level	Exp	Level	Exp	Level	Exp
91	483002	92	531302	93	584433	94	642876
95		96		97		98
99		100	MAX

Statistics

• Offensive units: The difference in damage between a Non-Evolved Level 1 and a Level 80 is approximately 3.33x. This damage difference is the same as the difference between a Non-Shiny and and a max level shiny. The difference in damage between an Evolved Level 1 and a Level 80 is approximately 2.55x. This damage difference is the same as the difference between a Non-Shiny and and a max level shiny. The difference in damage between an Evolved Level 1 and a Level 90 is approximately 3.53x. This damage difference is the same as the difference between a Non-Shiny and and a max level shiny.
• Farm units: Farm units don't deal damage, they give cash per wave. This is calculated/buffed by damage boosts however. This makes the difference between a non-shiny unit and a max level (50) shiny unit approximately 1.78x.
• Dragon units: Dragons don't deal damage and therefore can't have that statistic be buffed. Instead, the buff of dragons will be extended by 1 second for each level that the shiny dragon gains. For example: A shiny, max level Green Drago will be Level 50 and with that have an 80 second buff time instead of the 31 seconds that a normal Green Drago has.