This Team has Broken AFK Journey - (The Best F2P Team for AFK Stages)

[@CasuallyAFK]

Apologies the subtitles are kinda whack and full of typos lol They’re there to help with the clarity of my voice and automating them saves me a lot of time.

[@fraxierr4780]

It had me when it said sister and I don't have a sister, only cecia 😂

[@CasuallyAFK]

LMAO 😭

[@PhonixzGaming75]

nice to finally see a short and useful guide video for this game that isn’t stretched to 17 minutes for ad revenue

[@CasuallyAFK]

I made this channel out of frustration because of that, it tilts me so hard watching the a 20 min video that explains a 30 second topic…

[@PhonixzGaming75]

@@CasuallyAFK ur awesome for that 👍

[@drugo.]

Thanks ​@@CasuallyAFK

[@DestinedAFKJourney]

Why is this so well made wtf I would probably have a stroke figuring out how to replicate this style

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thanks man, trying my best out here

[@DestinedAFKJourney]

@@CasuallyAFKkeep it up man. The start is always the hardest. I forgot how difficult it was

[@blisssenseripzyzz4evermiri176]

DVE in davinci resolve, motion controls in premiere, basic blurr, transitions, zoom, easy.

[@Watbestlol]

I've been consuming A LOT of AFK Journey content. This is definitely the best video i've seen, not only on the content itself but also on its editing ! Congratz, you definitely earned a new sub :)

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thank you so much, trying to bring no bs quality to the space. I really appreciate the sub 💛

[@pikolowet]

I love that this video is not 15 minutes long and actually goes straight to the point. Bless you 4:23

[@andersondorcin]

Holy this video is extremely well made. Easiest subscribe i've made

[@CasuallyAFK]

I appreciate that heaps, plans are to focus on no bs quality > quantity guides.

[@psysahji]

Decent explanation + awesome cuts / editing

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thank you so much

[@Shp00nie]

Great video man, bonus for the Elwynn forest backrground music

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thank you heaps, gotta be my favourite zone soundtrack

[@StoriesAndPringles]

That smokey entrance had me CACKLIN bro - it is GOATed editing XD

[@Fuzely]

Great channel. Love your edits & straight to the point. Def deserves more subs

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thank you so much, I’m aiming for a no bs approach, I hate when guides waste my time.

[@Fuzely]

@@CasuallyAFK Based

[@kolden687]

This team carried me up to AFK stage 600, well i got lucky and hit 2 cicia copy's from pity,with 2 from arena shop i got her to mythic+,am currently held back by the lack of essence but as a F2P this game isn't terrible, unless you're pushing arena you won't have a problem with Wales,as a casual game its good ,you don't need to spend 8+ hours a day just to grind daily missions like other mobile games.

[@CasuallyAFK]

Yeah that’s been my experience as-well, im a light spender but have been saving all the pulls, so technically my roster is f2p and it’s been pretty breezy with a little luck

[@Ging75]

Can attest as 100% f2p this is awesome, was similar in style to my current team I built on my own but way more effective. My team was stuck at afk 390, just swapped to this team and pushed to 405 with less legendaries then what was my main team. Overall for pushing stages it seems double support is the way to go.

[@CasuallyAFK]

That’s amazing to hear, same here with my main team, as of today this team pushed me up to AFK 500 whilst my “stronger” one couldn’t and it’s the only team consistently winning me arena defends

[@Lambchopper]

Nah. I pushed to 760 with double damage

[@CasuallyAFK]

What team was that with?

[@sgsjosh2000]

I'm at 509 still I didn't get smokey 🥲

[@hrpaperstacksz]

@@sgsjosh2000same man same 😭

[@davidc8543]

For all the new players, this. This right here will carry you. I wish I had seen this vid before. DAYS of trial and error before I stumbled onto this strategy.

[@athuljith7]

Use Antandra and Brutus as front line and smokey in the middle, cecia and odie as the back line you will cruise through. Odie gives consistent damage output and cecia's summon can demolish enemy backline while antandra will tank the attcks and buy time

[@AshSong]

This is a really good channel. Glad I found it. Thank you for the videos.

[@CasuallyAFK]

Glad you found it too! I look forward to posting more soon!

[@dalbajobasnxbbd]

Really great and explanatory video, helped me push past a lot of afk stages with this, thankyou

[@CheeseburgersImpact]

Good god! you came out swinging straight out of the cage with this banger! Don't change anything! you will go far! look forward to seeing you blow up!

[@CasuallyAFK]

thank you so much, many more videos planned in the future, thank you so much for watching :D

[@something.1290]

Youre gonna get big really quick with this quality of content man keep it up!

[@CasuallyAFK]

thank you man :D

[@MarcusPrimeX]

subscribed!!! Never thought an f2p advice will help an almost vip12 me hahaha thank you!

[@CasuallyAFK]

HAHAHA, very happy to help, the team is honestly amazing regardless of your account

[@Risingsunn1]

Yep! This team comp works well. I started using it and got a LOT further than I did before with this. As noted, minor variations are great for situational needs. Thank you sir for the good info! GIVE US MORE!!!! :P

[@cosmicalsounds]

as the others have said...highly entertaining video, straight to the point, and easy to understand. This is the best way to go. Thank you! subbed.

[@CasuallyAFK]

It’s my pleasure, thank you so much for the comment and watching it means the world to me

[@Haligathor]

Fast and effective with a good explanation! Well done man

[@CasuallyAFK]

That’s my goal with the channel, thanks for watching :D

[@int7155]

nice video, straight forward the issues, thank you!!!!

[@Duskyleo]

Great guide. this game is very addicting haha!

[@ishvaldaweiss7694]

Long time afk arena player here, old early game meta in afk arena is basically graveborn hyper carry. in afk arena they have shemira(grveborn) with insane fullscreen DoT dmg. U need her alive till ult to clear basically every pve content. Guess some things never change lol. We also have Thoran cheese strat back then. Basically gather enemy with eiron infront of Thoran, Thoran ult, let enemy hit him, oneshot enemy team lmao. u need high copy of Thoran tho to pull it off.

[@CasuallyAFK]

War Never Changes 🧀

[@kivipop]

Hey man, just like everybody else said -- great video! Simple, short, and sweet. With a smooth editing style and genuinely good tips from your first couple videos, you've earned my sub! Thanks for the help!

[@CasuallyAFK]

its my pleasure, thank you so much for the compliment and for watching all the uploads

[@jimmyjimmy1827]

Holy this editing is crazy, great content

[@CasuallyAFK]

I appreciate that so much, thanks for watching

[@seventhruin]

WTH this team and formation actually goes CRAZY! I was using the same team except for Rowan (was using Viperion) as I thought i need more damage . was almost going to get stuck but then came across this video and DAMNNN! Kudos to you brother Im a new SUB

[@CasuallyAFK]

No worries! happy to have helped

[@treos7]

great video, subbed immediately after to explained proficiency. Thanks

[@CasuallyAFK]

Im very happy to not have wasted your time

[@Corusame]

This vid was great and really like how you explain stuff. Looking forward to more. Subbed!

[@MathisRaffy]

Hey ! I was searching for good videos about this game and I found yours. Keep going like this your videos are very cool and clean. 👏🏼

[@KingDaChaser]

Hello, I just started playing this game 3 days ago and I stumbled upon this video and my god this is the same comp I'm using rn still don't know a lot of stuff and just playing for fun. This video is very very helpful for new players like me and at the same time very short as well.

[@CyberColossus]

Same here I but he stopped posting 😩

[@danielmoreira1897]

Nice vid man, subscribed. Keep them coming!

[@CasuallyAFK]

Will do! Thank you for subscribing

[@najolrakamsiral8889]

man you this guide so much fun to watch hahaha gotta watch all of ur vids

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thanks man, really appreciate you

[@amirluqman3477]

nice vid bro, instant sub

[@saturos1643]

I have everyone minus Koko, but its working really good with Oddie as a replacement, if Antandra survives till Cecia cast her ult, then the stage is cleared. Amazing video, the smokey part killed me HAHA

[@grigori_mystico]

Wow,tried the set up and it's actually lit.Thanks.

[@yukinokoyuki1488]

2:45 yeah you deserved a subs for this 😂

[@Lumi_Kat]

I just love the fact, even if you're f2per, you can still hold up or even come up to the top like a true monster

[@RaiNgames154]

nice content really liked it. anyways can you make a tier list of the characters, and team comp that really elevate the team aside from meta team

[@Dopesarcasm]

Thanks so much I was stuck with afk 549 and this helped me get through ❤

[@CasuallyAFK]

Glad to have helped

[@Risingsunn1]

Just an update that I have found on this. I am currently at power level 189k on AFK lvl 540. Enemy front liners are two shotting my front lines. I find removing Rowan from the back right, and moving Cecia there, then putting Antandra in front of her frees up a front left spot for Thuran who provides enough of a meat shield on the front lines for Cecia to summon Mr Carlyle and everyone else to start buffing and healing. Without 2 tanks that can take a LOT of damage, most of the team dies before anyone can cast anything.

[@ellijosue1555]

So coool editing and excellent quality explanation, +1subs

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thanks :D

[@LegendRed632]

Woah! Nice video your editing is very good ❤

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thank you so much 💛

[@sarkaztik3228]

Man, Smokey, Cecia, Odie, Atandra, and generally a random 5th (now Rowan, mostly) have been my main team since I started the game a week or so ago, haven't really thought about Koko, will have to give her a try.

[@CasuallyAFK]

Give it a shot, but yeah I’ve been throwing in Eironn instead of rowan and omg it’s strong lol

[@Deathy75]

1:20 if your a simp ofc "Insert staring dead in the eye image"

[@adRiiRx2]

Such a great video, super well made, easy sub hahah

[@CasuallyAFK]

Thank you so much for watch and subbing :D

[@sunburnsam]

Wow Wow\ .....thank you so much for the Combo + Explanation of how each hero work to enable Cecia to go crazy This combo CORE components are so strong especially where Ant gives shield to Cecia. Sometimes I swop up Rowan for a) Another Tank like Thoran b) DPS Odie c) Or i see enemies cluster together >>> unlesh Eironn Thank you so much!!

[@CasuallyAFK]

Exactly, glad you’re finding success and thriving with the alternatives, it’s honestly a lot of fun swapping Rowan out to keep the team flexible. Thank you so much for watching :D

[@titobtv508]

i tried this composition and man this is broken, thanks for this.

[@naryo_]

Quality is crazy for only 200 subs, cool vid

[@amirsayed735]

MY GOOD THAT EDIT IS TOP TIER WOW

[@CasuallyAFK]

My pleasure, glad you enjoyed

[@verdantgreen7645]

Excellent video - have a sub.

[@caneracun6879]

Nice video and it really work :)

[@pocket_universe5435]

GODDAMN thanks man this team is fire for AFK stages

[@CasuallyAFK]

Ikr?! this claps through stages

[@FrozenRare]

I've been using this team since I started playing, kruger instead of rowan, and it worked till about 450. Now I only have to wait to collect enough dust to be able to level up units and proceed.

[@FidgetyPigeon]

Commenting for the algorithm. Really nice vid

[@CasuallyAFK]

You’re so real for that, thanks heaps

[@fraxierr4780]

Came for the click bait stayed for the humour and insight, very nice

[@CasuallyAFK]

I’m glad I didn’t waste your time, sorry about the clickbait tho ;_;

[@kasperski-fr]

I just lucked out on rolls and got her on supreme+ and she’s now my main dps

[@MagGaming0506]

Exactly on point lol, i made this team on accident but with brutus in place of rowan (i have him) and it still works great lol

[@CasuallyAFK]

Haha what a happy accident

[@Academiadeplaneswalkers]

Looks good, i really want to give it a try, but i need to level up koko and smokey, that might take some tome

[@saifyousef6926]

Your videos are amazing. Short and straight to the point. Now I'm excited for the next video. When will it be and what will you talk about?

[@CasuallyAFK]

Planning a florabelle overview/team guide. Should drop in the next 5 days, away on a holiday so haven’t been able to edit Anything in particular you’d like to see?

[@saifyousef6926]

@@CasuallyAFKI’m looking forward to the video since I’m interested in the character. I’ve seen some videos making a fun comp using summons from Cecia, Berial, and Damian together with Thoran to unleash an army to overwhelm the enemy. It looks quite fun so I’m building towards it. Something that I’d like to see is you making team builds for late game or pvp because I can’t find many vids on that. Thank you in advance.

[@Gimpo925]

This is my team and has been since like day 2 of global launch, I have almost the whole team at supreme+ and it gets nutty.

[@CasuallyAFK]

Omg. I got mythic+ Smokey last night and that alone pushed me 50 stages, i cannot imagine how insane the full team would be at supreme

[@LinkinParkmanieck]

I have been lucky, mythic Cecia& Rowan and Hwynn (Leaf healer) i think i will put this team here to the test. thank you

[@CasuallyAFK]

Definitely give that a shot

[@LinkinParkmanieck]

@@CasuallyAFK worked. just switched Antandra for a basic smokey. got through like 50 levels. i was stuck at 500

[@marcosgabrieldaubermanndos4718]

The editing... Top!

[@ayd2274]

How do you only got 200 subscribers 🤯 great video!

[@CasuallyAFK]

I’m new to the block, i really appreciate you watching 💛

[@Ozgarthefighter]

This build works for the early stages of the Abyss as well

[@dejandimitrijevic6245]

Got all of these heroes so I have to try it like this. Who knows, maybe it works out to get to 400. Currently am using Thoran, Smokey, Cecia, Viperian and Rowan. Last two I swap depanding on the situation. Viperian does crazy dmg for those wondering.

[@CasuallyAFK]

Give this a shot for sure, seems to be helping a ton of other people besides myself with pushing through stage 500+

[@dejandimitrijevic6245]

@@CasuallyAFK Managed to beat 8 lvls with this one at least. The problem is my Cecia is only at Epic so she currently dies almost instantly. Will need to upgrade a lil bit, then will continue for sure with this one.

[@faiqcreates]

I am running the exact setup, just using florabelle in place of koko

[@Dolphinsz]

the MUSIC!!! ahhh yes :D

[@CasuallyAFK]

Hahaha glad you recognise it :D

[@dimitri4789]

Am I missing something? My Antandra gets immediately shredded. On afk stage 335, resonance 95, and she's legendary+

[@PizzaSIut]

really well made video

[@webxorcist]

Great tip, just got slaughtered with this team :D

[@Giovanni-b3e]

This is the best f2p team!

[@Lew98765]

Cecia is absurdly strong yeah, her summon can obliterate a whole team by itself As an f2p learning the game slowly I am using some of these chars and it seems to work just fine Rowan Cecia and Antandra I sadly only have Hewynn as a healer (literaly) For now I've been using a lot Viperian his damage are just above the roof sometime for some reason I sometime swap Rowan for Silvina to kill some pesky backlines, especialy ennemies Cecia as she reduce the energy even if she dies she delay Cecia's ultimate to keep my team alive.. Cecia is rezlly the biggest pain Especialy as I nearly got Silvina at least once everytime I pulled so far, I got so many copies of her its insane she is stalking me so I decided it was worth taking the risk sometime and it proved to work very well There is some pvp gamemode in which you buy chars and items to create a team you have to place 3 chars first and the rest is kept secret, I loved add her at the end to target and eliminate a specific backline in addition with either Vala or Igor to mess even more with backlines it worked flawlessly at taking out a strong dps(always Cecia) or healer even tho she is kinda fragile Anyway too much talking about her

[@shawnreed343]

Good team comp. As a free-to-play player, I play something similar, yet at the same time different, leaning more graveborn as the core. My own composition is Atandra, Rowan (and I've played Smokey before here too- which was a better choice until Rowan ascended), Viperion, Igor, Cecia. And I don't consider this composition optimal. Unfortunately, I've been unable to pull a single Thorin (and have used choice pulls for ascensions). Otherwise I'd go Thorin, Smokey, Viperion, Rowan, Cecia. The double ult nuking of Viperion and Cecia is incredibly powerful. Without Thorin, can't really play the Smokey-Rowan combo and keep the 10% faction based stat boost buff unless I dropped having a tank. Still, I'm going to try out the above team comp to see how it does, even though my koko is merely purple with no duplicates. :\ It looks... fun; and Cecia is likely my favorite character in both effectiveness and style. I've thought about a basher core shift for the team before, using Odie- basically your exact build except Odie rather than Koko, but my Vip is Legendary+ while my Odie is only Epic+... Much like my Rowan is Mythic while my Smokey is just Epic. So far, I've managed AFK 464, though that goes up every day. Follow up: Tried out the team comp: it did work incredibly well, though the positioning was a mess. First time in the order you put up Cecia died in the first ten seconds. Had to move Antandra to the front space, smokey behind, koko to the side, Cecia the other side, and Rowan behind. *DID* push through some stages I wasn't clearing with my go-to team, though. :)

[@CasuallyAFK]

This is amazing, thank you so much for the update on how it went, imma give your team a shot later today it sounds great

[@shawnreed343]

@@CasuallyAFK The meta team you've mentioned has been far better in PVE in my playing today. However, I do think the team I mentioned can do better in Arena- and by extension honor duels. The meta PVE team is far more survivable. Adding Viperion gives more damage output. Worth comparing if you've got the characters for both, but the meta PVE is meta for a reason- it's reeeeally good at survivability.

[@CasuallyAFK]

Yeah survivability has felt super important for pve. I gave yours a shot and youre spot on, it worked great for arena got me back into legendary today :D

[@shawnreed343]

@@CasuallyAFK So I've managed to make it to AFK 509 today through a combination of the meta comp and mine. While doing the dream realm, I came upon an interesting idea that I don't really know how to confirm. So faction bonuses of 3 heroes of a faction give a +10% stat boost, aye? Hypogean heroes count as any hero type, though a bit weirdly. The thought is, if you have a team of two factions of two and a Hypogean, are you getting the 3-member faction bonus of both...? Or just one? If both, are they counted simultaneously, or is the latter an effective +11%? Like, a team of Bashers and Graveborn, say. Trying something like Atandra + Smokey, Viperion + Cecia, and Reinier. I got higher damage % output on the dream realm, but I don't know if that's because Reinier is just that much of a better include, or if it actually is triggering two faction bonuses. Also, glad to help. Thank you for your video with the above team comp, it's really helped me advance my AFK level a lot- disseminating knowledge is a wonderful trait. :) There's a ... whaler's sort of CC PvP comp I've heard about that goes something like Granny/Thorin, Eironn (with weapon unlocked), Arden, Carolina, Cecia/Reinier. Not something for we ftpers, though. ^_^'

[@AniSwiftTVRecaps]

I been useing this team from day one but i have vala intead of the fog guy do u recommend swapping out rowan for him or is getting everyones ult off more important cause i find that u dont need rhe healing from fog cause they get lifesteal from koko ult

[@CasuallyAFK]

Yeah I’d say it’s worth the edge it gives you on the other team. Everyone’s ult is quiet important in this team to get off with Rowan, imo Smokey is a staple in this team for the faction bonus, healing and atk% buff IF your team is dying in the afk stages, if it ain’t and you need the damage I’d bring in the vala like you have been I’d love to try your team with vala if I had her lol

[@tweepers]

haha I sometimes use this comp but my cecia isn't leg yet so I don't use her as much as my other leg lved ups. And since I haven't gotten smokey yet I rely on hewynn. Whenever there's that annoying guy in the back I'd switch to vala as my main damage dealer replacing antandra with thoran.

[@CasuallyAFK]

Honestly that probably work fine i imagine? hewynn heals globally and vala is a mobile high mobile assassin, if i get vala I’ll give it a shot

[@pandse2806]

1:26 you cheeky dog

[@CasuallyAFK]

HAHA no wait i can explain-

[@vilgrar5738]

This team took me from afk 351 to 367, without even the ironwall. I'd call that a success. 👍

[@CasuallyAFK]

Congrats!

[@stuffandthings617]

I started 6 days ago (tomorow is the 7th login day) and my team is Legendary Thoran Legendary Cecia Legendary Florabelle Epic Smokey Legendary Viperian And till now I really like this team, AFK Stage is at 199 and the first two are already lvl 80 while the rest is on the way to 80 (one at 75 and the other two at 71) Also Atandra is at Epic+ right now. Should I switch Viperian out for her?

[@Chris-AnAndNicoleFan]

In an unfortunate event, I do not have Smokey, so is there by chance a viable character I can swap him with?

[@TheNeiljoseph]

My current team: Florabelle, Brutus, Hewynn, Rowan, and Cecia. And I didn't pay a dollar to become stronger.

[@naho257-q2l]

Can you make a video about the newest hero coming? Florella

[@CasuallyAFK]

Will do king, won’t be done for a minute but it’ll be the next one

[@naho257-q2l]

@@CasuallyAFK❤

[@lilpipe7162]

Isn’t thorn a better tank ? Or am I missing something

[@CasuallyAFK]

He absolutely is, use him in replacement for Rowan quiet a lot, but because antandara shields our Cecia and gives the 3/5 the faction bonus and she’s and is the best tank f2p players have, I recommend her over him im the normal team

[@lilpipe7162]

@@CasuallyAFK yeh I tested a few different variations and they all work pretty well depending on investments and stages. Very good video. Keep it up bud

[@CasuallyAFK]

Yeah I’ve found its situational and not one size fits all, glad you’re finding success regardless! Thank you, and will do!

[@ack9182]

I dont have smokey yet, sadly. Is there any A-class heroes like smokey?

[@yeet95.]

this falls off quickly if your cecia is only legendary like mine. her damage is just not good enough

[@CasuallyAFK]

It’s been alright for me still at 600+ but I always need to level the team a bit before it clears a few stages again

[@fabamancio]

thanks bro.

[@jayvalecha4874]

I dont get it coco does damag red then after 12sec our character will get that damage back ? So means in realm she cant be used ? As if our units get self true damage after her ult ends they will die automatically if not healed fast ?

[@CasuallyAFK]

It's based on the damage you receive, not deal. Koko negates 45% (at lvl1) of the damage you take, so your characters only take 55% of damage during the 12 seconds, then after the time is up that 45% hits you at once. So if a character has 1000 hp, if the enemy deals 1500 damage across the 12 seconds, you'll take 825 (55%) during the 12 seconds, and then receive the remaining 675 (45%) as true damage after. Unless they dealt enough damage to kill your character twice in the window, you wont die from the true damage

[@jayvalecha4874]

@@CasuallyAFK okay got it by that time another healer or that haste will help to healup

[@andrewkeshan8649]

Substitute Rowan with Thoran and there yoh have your best team balanced in defense and offense. Your team is heavily defensive bu attack is weak. If you want to go a more heavily attack route then go Thoran, tundra, smokey, ceicila and vapourian

[@CasuallyAFK]

Oooo I’ll give that comp a shot, my vipererion is a high ascension and the guy dishes numbers.

[@andrewkeshan8649]

@@CasuallyAFK I'm sorry the attack combo was Thoran, Thundra, Smokey, Koko, vaprian or Ody

[@darmashx1990]

Hey Bud i am running the same combo but i did get a copy of reinier. Who should i swap with in my team for him.

[@CasuallyAFK]

In pve, i don’t find reinier useful to substitute in. in pvp he’s been really strong for me, but I use an entirely different team with Reinier,eironn, Cecia Smokey and thoran

[@darmashx1990]

@@CasuallyAFK Thank you

[@LuisMartinez-rs3jj]

I’m f2p also and I have the same team set up afk stage 512 team is very nice!!

[@CasuallyAFK]

Nice!! I just got through 580 last night with it, keep pushing

[@terraxcell]

Haven’t picked up koko yet

[@CasuallyAFK]

Dw you’ll get soon if you keep getting your free login character, make sure she’s on that banner Wishlist though

[@rainerjoshuamarasigan6753]

Dang how do u get the artifacts? I only have the healing, and the one that gives u additional attck speed

[@CasuallyAFK]

From the story! Keep grinding it out

[@NiceDiceAlpha]

Blud dropped 3 vids and dipped 😭

[@deanthonywallace6650]

What if you don’t have Smokey yet then? What are variations for that?

[@CasuallyAFK]

Hewyyn or damian probably your best bet

[@tadeo2696]

i have replaced smokey with ludovic and... it works

[@alejanarrentanz698]

imagine accidently play this exact style and find later out is meta T_T xD

[@CasuallyAFK]

Hahah really? We need you making these guides lol

[@zoeib9674]

Now that the arena is filled with this team comp the problem is, how do I defeat it?

[@CasuallyAFK]

Reinier to steal Rowan instead of using Koko has worked well for me, but honestly I’m not sure yet lol

[@NeoN-PeoN]

How do F2P accounts have so many hero tier upgrade material?

[@dogstar5572]

I’ve got that. It’s great.