I spent 19k to finish up my edo third and EGK, and I just barely reached the tier at which edo minato starts to drop. Even assuming a reasonable drop rate, probably at least another 10-12k to try to get 40 frags.

Edit: so a total of 31-33k? That is disappointing.

tbh since it's his first day in the game you shouldnt rly expect him to be easily available. there's nothing to disappoint if u dont set your expectations high XD

UPDATE:

Thank you so much for the info. So, now i need to decide if i want to top up 30k or not. I really want Minato Edo, but.... 30k for a ninja that is hated in CN, seems like too much.

Thats true, do you think he is worth 30k? Is there a meta team with him at all?

definitely not worth 30k, and there's no meta for him.

he has a very limiting mystery

You are spending 600$ for 30k ingots. Edo Minato and the rest are the rewards rebate. You are not paying 600$ purely just for him. You can only say you pay 600$ for him if you get nothing else from it.

edo minato is the boosted version of jonin minato (is him but immune to debuffs), we directly got the version with the combo/atk boost passive in it, skipping the first chinese version that had not it.

remember there's a bond mystery between him and kurama naruto too.

I just checked kurama naruto in the assist screen and I do not see a bond mystery option. I don't think its implemented yet

Here is the deal, if you haven't recharged yet, I wouldn't do it at all.

While some will argue that you are getting him for free and you get to keep the ingots, it is still $600 from your wallet. He isn't meta, he isn't used heavily in china, and there are better options out there.

If you already recharged 20k ingots.....AND you have the money to spare, really, what is another $200 at that point? You may as well to reap the full benefit.

Personally, he isn't worth it (not at this price) and I wouldn't go for him. Once the shinnyness wears out, they will shove him in events and he will be like 12k after they see that they can't milk him for top $. If you want an example, look no further than kakashi susano, same thing, same paywall, and now they think 28k for him is a "fair" price, lol.

So no, he isn't worth the price right now at all. You would be better off holding onto your money until naruto/madara 6 paths versions come out. Those are highly used in china.

Hope this helps!

PS: If you do recharge, do NOT spend the ingots on anything but Naruto Frog, because you get more value from them there instead of spending them like coupons. By doing that, you can turn those 30k ingots into 73,800 coupons in 3-4 months time.

Thank you so much for the info! Yes, that Naruto frog is the only thing that would make me top up, as i would consider im topping up for the next 5 months, not just for Minato Edo. Thanks again!

6 paths ninjas in CN are actually bench ninjas. While on paper they have a good kit, that alone isn't worth compared to deidara and kakuzu. In CN no high power uses them, since they are cannon fodder ninjas.

Minato instead is much more used thanks to his barrier, but we are speaking of space-time. If none has access to either Ay or Kakuzu SB, we could expect this to be much less relevant... it's quite hard to predict how our meta will change.

total recharge event makes more sense when it comes to Edo Minato

Well, you could recharge that 30K to get Edo Minato then don't spend the 30K and wait for good deals in future events. I'd say that's a pretty good deal for me.

he's not boosted. he's worse than JM.

the key best feature about JM is the fact that he has cd reduction and a hard hitting mystery. edo minato has neither. like yea, sure he scales, but if he doesnt do good damage in the first place, that scaling's not going to bring up his value. he's just not a good position 1 ninja, plain as day. and he's not a good support ninja either. where does he fit?

the KCM's bond mystery was introduced purely to make players in CN buy edo minato tbh. we dont have this bond mystery yet. and edo minato's own bond mystery (the one that requires 3 edo hokages) is considerably worse than JM's bond mystery.

Edo minato with bond barrier up, paired with edo itachi is supposed to be one of the best counters to CN kakuzu meta. Just saying.

Now that we dont have that yet his use will be rather limited, but so are most of recently released ninjas. Dont expect every new release to be some OP one punch man meta changer, believe me you wouldnt want this.

So perhaps it makes far more sense, to wait and get him when he is cheaper, a little later down the line. Thanks!