Summoners War: Sky Arena Review (2024)

Summoners War: Sky Arena is a mobile turn-based strategy multiplayer online game created by game developer Com2uS in 2014. And I’ve been known as an occasional Summoners War enjoyer since then. 

I started playing it the first time when I started dating my wife. And once we moved in together, I got her hooked on the game too. Being curled up under the blanket together, drinking coffee, and theory crafting on how we could improve our accounts is one of my core memories from that time, that I will cherish forever. 

This is also why I keep returning to it and playing it occasionally. 

Over the past few years, Com2uS has been working hard on keeping the game fresh, fixing issues, and doing collaborations with other games, some of them being Street Fighter, Cookie Run: Kingdom, and Assassin’s Creed.

Now with the game being out for almost 10 full years, they’ve decided to start celebrating by collaborating with none other than The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. And they are also giving one Gerald for free, which was a good enough reason for me to download the game again. 

Gameplay

Let’s go over some of the basics of the game, I’ll try to keep it as simple as possible. 

The first thing I would like to mention is that yeah it’s a gacha game. You collect monsters of different elements by summoning your scrolls which you get either by swiping or collecting through various events and dungeons. 

After summoning you need to level some of the monsters and implement them into the teams for different kinds of dungeons. The most important ones are dungeons for farming runes. 

The runes you farm, you’ll need to power up and put on your monsters. Also, runes that you farm can be different types and also with all kinds of sub-stats. 

This means you’ll spend a fair amount of time trying to get perfect runes, which might not happen for a while since it’s also luck-based. If you’re getting overwhelmed with everything and don’t know what to do or which teams you need, I suggest checking on YouTube. 

There are tons of extensive guides on every topic, and most of them are very informative and helpful. And if you enjoy summoning sessions, there are also plenty of videos for you.

The first part of the game is PVE based which is necessary for the PVP part of the game. Once you get your basic team started and runed, you can join Arena. This is the place where all PVP happens. The arena is split into two parts.

The first part is the “regular” arena where you have to beat the defenses of other players. Those defenses consist of 4 monsters and your goal is to defeat them in order to climb higher in ranks. 

The second part is the live arena. This one is more challenging and requires more skills. You queue against other random opponents and each of you picks monsters for your team in turns and then fight it out. 

The whole concept of the live arena is to think on your feet and outsmart your opponent with your picks/counter picks. Also, the quality of your runes helps a lot. Live arena is a seasonal type of PVP and usually, there is a World Championship once a year where the winner not only gets a shiny trophy but also a hefty cheque.

Is it Free to Play Friendly?

The short answer would be, YES.  As a part of the F2P community in Summoners War, I can confirm that the game is very free-to-play friendly. 

Does it mean you have a chance to win Worlds? Maybe, with a lot of grinding, time invested, and a lot of luck, sure, you have a chance to win it. 

But if you are like me and your luck isn’t the greatest, with proper strategizing, it still can get you to a high rank. I also feel like over the years they’ve been working more on giving more resources to regular players which is a great thing.

Tips

Don’t stress about summoning. Focus your efforts and resources on building your teams for farming and then on improving them and making them stronger so they can farm more consistently and faster. Everything else will be easier.

Final thoughts

It’s more than obvious that I have a soft spot for Summoners War: Sky Arena. Is it the best mobile game out there? Hardly, but also not the worst. 

If you’re looking for a mobile game that you can play on the side and occasionally have fun with, I strongly suggest checking this one out. Until next time, remember to enjoy life, and if you’re planning on playing gacha games, take it slow, and if you’re going to spend money on it, spend responsibly.