Norra
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Norra is widely considered one of the strongest champions in the game at 3 stars, requiring very low investment to clear difficult content. However, her constellation upgrades beyond 3 stars, particularly her 6-star power, are highly debated and often viewed as underwhelming or detrimental to her core synergies.
When you play or level up a champion, refill your spell mana. The On-Play effect requires the portals to try to summon a champion when your board is full.
When you play a champion, it strikes the weakest enemy. Also requires the portals to try to summon a champion when your board is full.
Creates additional copies of Norra and reduces the cost of her champion spell.
Strategy
This build is specifically tailored for a 6-star Norra, using the effects of Hidden Tome for value generation and the strikes from Scales of Judgement to control the board. It's important to note that the Strike effect only works when a champion is played from hand, so you need to fill up your board as quickly as possible. Then, subsequent champions that would be summoned are sent to hand instead at 0 cost, allowing you to 'Play' them.
Play: Shuffle 5 level 2 champions into your deck and double their stats, then draw one of them.
Allied champions have +1|+1 and cost 2 less.
Allied champions have +1|+1 and cost 2 less.
Strategy
Oath-gems is a commonly used strategy for low cost champions, and Norra is one of the best at it because of her low cost and her synergies with created allies.
Support: Transform my supported ally into a random follower that costs 3 more.
+2|+0 Support: If my supported ally is a follower, grant it Ephemeral and summon an exact copy of it attacking.
Support: Kill my supported ally and grant me its keywords and stats.
Strategy
This build relies on a specific interaction order and is highly effective at 3 stars. Transmogulator turns a weak portal unit into a larger follower.
Spectral Scissors then creates an attacking copy of that large follower. Finally, Corrupted Star Fragment allows Norra to consume the copy, gaining massive stats.
Note that this build loses synergy at 6 stars when portals summon champions instead of followers, as Spectral Scissors requires a follower target.
Community builds recorded for clearing the 10-Star Zoe Adventure with Norra
- level: 50Players:LehmonNationHoodedProfSE++
- level: 35Player:TwoStickmen
- level: 50Player:NazoricNote:no 5*
Norra's signature relic. While it provides a useful +1 starting mana, its Impact effect is often considered low-impact compared to other options. It sees use in specific aggressive or spell-spam builds but is not strictly necessary.
A good common alternative to Echoing Spirit. It helps ensure you draw Norra early and the created copies count towards her level-up condition.
A viable alternative in consumption builds. It grants stats and summons a Husk on kill, providing additional fodder for Corrupted Star Fragment.
Norra is quite flexible with relics. While she has powerful Epic combinations, she functions exceptionally well with Rare relics like Corrupted Star Fragment and Oath of the Guardians.
Norra is widely considered one of the strongest 3-star champions in the game, requiring very low investment to clear difficult content. However, her constellation upgrades beyond 3 stars are highly debated. Her later nodes offer minimal power increases, and her 6-star upgrade fundamentally alters her portal mechanics in ways that require entirely different relic setups to optimize.
Three Sugars
When you summon a created ally, grant it +1|+1.
Found Friends
+1 Starting Mana.
Game Start and when you play a card with base cost 4+: Plant a Mysterious Portal in the top 4 cards of your deck.
Six Sugars
When you summon a created ally, grant it +3|+1.
Woosh!
Game Start: Summon a Vastayan Disciple.Review
Provides an extra unit on play, functioning as a free blocker and accelerating board presence. While useful for early defense, this upgrade can exacerbate Norra's board space issues in easier encounters.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.
Surprise Summoning
Your portals summon level 2 champions.Review
Replaces portal followers with Level 2 champions. Players disagree about the effectiveness of this upgrade. Some consider it a powerful engine that enables infinite mana loops with Hidden Tome. Others view it as a strategic downgrade, noting that random champions often lack the immediate summon effects and synergy provided by standard followers.
- Manage Board Space
Norra generates units rapidly. Be mindful of your board space, especially in easier adventures where units do not die as quickly. Prioritize playing free portal units over cards from your hand to avoid overdrawing.
- Synergize with Trifarian Might
The 'Trifarian Might' power is exceptionally strong with Norra at 3 stars. Her 3-star power buffs portal units significantly, causing them to immediately strike the weakest enemy upon summoning, providing incredible board control.
- Level Up Condition
Norra levels up when you play created cards. Her champion spell counts as a created card, and relics like The Chameleon's Necklace or Echoing Spirit create copies of her that also progress her level-up.