Beating King Croaker in Dream Realm reliably is important as the rewards are important to level up the Hero Focus and EX Weapon of your heroes which become increasingly important in the later stages of AFK Journey.
So, how to beat this boss and the other bosses well?
Just using the recommended heroes won’t cut the chase and with only 7 attempts every day, testing different formations and lineups can become increasingly difficult – but the good news here is, we have the best lineups ready for you to help you get the best score possible and also some setups for players that don’t have the celestial and hypogean heroes built and ready in their roaster.
Also, make sure to check the best lineups for all the different game modes and other bosses in AFK Journey here and also stay up to date what heroes you should build first with our best hero guide here.
Best Teams To Beat King Croaker in AFK Journey
Alright, enough chit-chat – you want the teams and lineups, let’s go for it…
This is the best tem against King Croaker right now and also quite accessible if you invest your Guild Coins into Reinier
And here is the exact way to set up the formation and what artifact spell you should use:
Thoran is absolutely core here since he can survive the first fatal blow and revive. No other hero can do that and he is used in any team against King Croaker and should be ideally Mythic+ and also have his EX+5 But also without you need him here. Korin should be at Mythic+ and ideally also have his EX+5 to work well here. Smokey and Meerky are you healer here to keep alive and ideally should be Mythic+ and have EX+5 as well. Marilee should be Mythic+ and have her EX+5 (or at least somewhere close to that). Reinier can be used at any awakening but ideally with his Hero Focus and EX he is working a lot better. Still, even with only one copy viable enough to run him. Starshard Artifact will deal damage here and contribute well. You have enough healing in this setup to focus your artifact on damage.
If you have Odie fairly well-developed you can also use him instead of Korin but you have to switch the layout of your formation around a bit. This team can get quite the siilar result like the team above.
And here is the exact way to set up the formation and what artifact spell you should use:
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Smokey and Meerky are you healer here to keep alive and ideally should be Mythic+ and have EX+5 as well. Reinier can be used at any awakening but ideally with his Hero Focus and EX he is working a lot better. Still, even with only one copy viable enough to run him. Thoran is absolutely core here since he can survive the first fatal blow and revive. No other hero can do that and he is used in any team against King Croaker and should be ideally Mythic+ and also have his EX+5 But also without you need him here. Odie delivers great damage but you need to have him at Mythic+ and his EX+5. Marilee should be Mythic+ and have her EX+5 (or at least somewhere close to that). Starshard Artifact will deal damage here and contribute well. You have enough healing in this setup to focus your artifact on damage.
Not my favourite team but for sure the team that can provide the 3rd-highest damage against King Croaker but you need Cassadee fairly developed.
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Thoran is absolutely core here since he can survive the first fatal blow and revive. No other hero can do that and he is used in any team against King Croaker and should be ideally Mythic+ and also have his EX+5 But also without you need him here. Cassadee is another core hero in this team but the bad news is, you really should have her Supreme+ and her EX+10 as well which I find a heavy investment for most players. Smokey and Meerky are you healer here to keep alive and ideally should be Mythic+ and have EX+5 as well. Marilee should be Mythic+ and have her EX+5 (or at least somewhere close to that). Reinier can be used at any awakening but ideally with his Hero Focus and EX he is working a lot better. Still, even with only one copy viable enough to run him. Starshard Artifact will deal damage here and contribute well. You have enough healing in this setup to focus your artifact on damage.
The best team without cele/hypo hero but you need Cassadee quite developed
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Korin at Mythic+ and EX+5 will be perfect in this frontposition here taking the blast. Smokey and Meerky are you healer here to keep alive and ideally should be Mythic+ and have EX+5 as well. In this very position fine to take the second hit of the instakill. Marilee should be Mythic+ and have her EX+5 (or at least somewhere close to that). Thoran is absolutely core here since he can survive the first fatal blow and revive. No other hero can do that and he is used in any team against King Croaker and should be ideally Mythic+ and also have his EX+5 But also without you need him here. Cassadee is another core hero in this team but the bad news is, you really should have her Supreme+ and her EX+10 as well which I find a heavy investment for most players. Starshard Artifact will deal damage here and contribute well. You have enough healing in this setup to focus your artifact on damage.
This is probably the most F2P firendly team against King Croaker that doesn’t require any calestial or hypogean hero or any other hero with high EX invest.
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Thoran is absolutely core here since he can survive the first fatal blow and revive. No other hero can do that and he is used in any team against King Croaker and should be ideally Mythic+ and also have his EX+5 But also without you need him here. Smokey and Meerky are you healer here to keep alive and ideally should be Mythic+ and have EX+5 as well. In this very position fine to take the second hit of the instakill. Odie at Mythic+ and EX+5 does magic here for damage during the whole duration. Marilee should be Mythic+ and have her EX+5 (or at least somewhere close to that). Kruger scales up damage pretty high but should be at least mythic+ and have his EX+5. Starshard Artifact will deal damage here and contribute well. You have enough healing in this setup to focus your artifact on damage.
Conclusion
I hope this guide helps you setting up your teams and starting to daily farm your materials for getting more epic hero copies from the Dream Realm Store so you can upgrade your vital heroes and also start gathering the materials needed to upgrade your Hero Focus skills and EX weapon levels as you will need them badly soon.
