So, I've recently made a new 1/1/1 party consisting of a Curse of Fragility priest, a step attack warrior and a fire wizard. Although it's been going well so far, I feel that my party could be improved a lot. Any feedback/suggestions would be appreciated. Daletel the Unholy Level 18 Human Priest Initiate's Glaive Bad Juju Mace Fragile Shielded Mail Wreath Of Steel Mouse Boots Fragile Juju Misanthrope's Pearl Fragile Juju Advanced Command Superb Medic 3 x Flanking Move 2 x Unnerving Strike 2 x Reaching Swing 1 x Loner 1 x Heal 1 x Sprint, Team! 1 x Surging Shield Block 2 x Surestrike Blessing 1 x Greater Heal 1 x Run 12 x Curse Of Fragility 1 x Inspiring Armor 1 x Force Field 1 x Startling Strike 1 x Cautious Sneak 1 x Misguided Heal 1 x Strong Stab 1 x Shield Block 1 x Healing Spirit 1 x Block Ardan Thilantor Level 18 Elf Warrior Puncturing Dagger Double-edged Sword Nova Axe Cuirass Of Froth Twisting Shield Gouging Helm Zachary's Boots Cautious Mobility Novice Impaling 1 x Hard To Pin Down 1 x Weakened Armor 2 x Elven Maneuvers 1 x Backbiting Strike 2 x Lunging Thrust 2 x Laser Thrust 3 x Violent Spin 1 x Scouting Run 2 x Vicious Thrust 2 x Purging Strike 2 x Pushback Parry 1 x Shimmering Aura 2 x Impaling Stab 2 x Impaler 1 x Penetrating Cut 3 x Lunging Hack 2 x Frenzy Aura 3 x Dancing Cut 1 x Ill-fitting Armor 1 x Potent Stab 1 x Obliterating Chop Zezar of the Fiery Doom Level 1 Human Wizard Staff Of The Fire God Roaring Staff Stone Of Burning Dreams Boiling Warper Kolt 45 Roiling Pendant Thin Sparkling Cloak Goat Boots Novice Guidance Varied Combustion 2 x Vulnerable 1 x Weakened Armor 1 x Memory Loss 1 x Instant Burn 1 x Jump, Soldier! 3 x Flame Spit 3 x Sizzling Bolt 1 x Burning Fingers 1 x Glob Of Flame 1 x Firestarter 1 x Attack, Soldier! 1 x Immovable 2 x Boiling Armor 1 x Dual Laser Beacon 2 x Fire Spray 1 x Hot Spot 1 x Dangerous Maneuver 1 x Hot Flames 1 x Accelerate Time 1 x Kindler 1 x Ember Spray 3 x Magma Spray 2 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 1 x Ember Burst 2 x Fireball
I was using a team based on fragile curse before the maps rotation (fire wiz+curse priest+slidey (gusts etc.)/illusion wiz). It's quite fun. Not too sure about Fragile Juju, I prefer Green Lotus Roots or more Misanthrope's Pearls personally. Wreath of Steel isn't a great shield, perhaps Aegis Of The Defender if you have it, or something similar. Do you find the Sprint from Superb Command useful? Superb Medic might be bettered replaced by something cheaper/having more traits. Perhaps change one of the weapons to something without fragile curse. The warrior looks fairly solid except perhaps for the helmet. Perhaps a Bellowing Helm if you're worried about blocks (instead of the surestrike blessings from Fragile Juju). Possibly more chops if you wanted to maximize use of the curses? Puncturing Dagger is a bit iffy too. Cautious Mobility is actually better if you don't have lots of move cards, and only have strong move cards (such as Vicious Thrust) Have you any decent staffs with a few Instant Burns? It goes really, really well with fragile curse, as does Accelerate Time. I was using Overheated Staff, but Red Flame and White Flame are also good. I realise these are all legendaries though, so you mightn't have any. Stone Of Burning Dreams is too close range for a wizard. I'm not going to suggest anything as lots of the good arcane items (Sensate's Ring, Runestone are always good though) are high rarity, but you probably have something better to replace it with. Roiling Pendant is a somewhat iffy as well. Focused Pyromancy or Varied Combustion? It's not a trivial choice; but I think if you do have something with Instant Burns, Focused Pyromancy is probably better. Sorry if I seem overly critical. Best of luck with it.
Thanks for the reply! I've changed a few things already, but have a few questions: The only other two staffs I have with Instant Burn are Bug Zapper 2000 and Forgefire Staff. Do you think I should replace either Staff Of The Fire God or Roaring Staff with one of these? Or replace both, or neither? I've switched Puncturing Dagger with Assegai, in order to have more powerful attacks. Is this a wise move, or does the Large Weapon handicap make Assegai a bad choice to equip? Do you think Superb Pyromancy would be a good Arcane Skill for my wizard?
Bug Zapper 2000 is at odds with a burning wizard. Scatter Laser could work reasonably well with lots of Fragile Curses, but other cards target multiple targets more easily. Fumble is a fairly severe handicap as well. (If I ever do drop Bug Zapper 2000, I'll probably play with it a bit, but it doesn't look like it would play too well to me. However, I can't say for sure). Forgefire Staff is more in line with a burning priest, the Sizzling Bolt and Instant Burns are obviously fine. Combustible is usually good too, and for the most part acts as a cycle card. Jarring Block isn't a bad block, either. Fire Spray will go to waste most of the time (and if it doesn't, you're either maneuvering very skilfully or are too close to the enemy). Overall it's a pretty reasonable staff for a minor token. It'd also free up a major token, which could be used for an Accelerate Time or something else. I don't know if it's good enough to replace one of your current staffs though. Staff of the Fire God has two cards that go to waste most of the time, so possibly that, though the other cards are obviously pretty strong. Assegai has pretty bad handicaps. Large Weapon is crippling on most maps if it comes up. If you had ways of dealing with it, it could be alright, but a safer weapon might be easier. Blazing Shortsword, if you have it, would go well with Fragile Curse, and would also free up some tokens. Rageblood Dagger is a stronger, but more risky alternative than Puncturing Dagger. Eixocl's Hammer is my favorite double-minor, though I don't know how well it would fit here. Superb Pyromancy is a decent Arcane Skill. Varied Combustion and Focused Pyromancy are probably better if you are running instant burns, if you are not, the wall of fire might be worth one less cycling card in your deck. Possibly. Cycling cards/traits are quite useful to have in deck though. The question here is (if comparing Superb to Focused Pyromancy, for example); Would I prefer a random card from my deck+an increased probability of having Firestarter attached at any given time, or Wall Of Fire? I'd personally go with the former, though it's not a clear-cut decision by any means.
I'll do a review on this in about 12-18 hours. I'm busy right now but I have a good idea as to how you could improve this deck. I've tinkered a whole lot with the build design of a Curse Of Fragility priest, and if this new version of my Fragility deck hits 1700 or 1800 I'll post it, too (the build concept is somewhat similar, but really epic/legendary heavy). Meanwhile, could you give me an idea about your collection? What items with core burning cards do you have (Instant Burn, Glob Of Flame, Flame Jet, Flame Spit, Ember Burst)? Do you have Bless items? Do you have Unholy Energy items?
OK, thanks! In response to your feedback, I have made the following changes to my party: I've switched Staff of the Fire God with Forgefire Staff in order to have more Instant Burns. I'll try it out in a few matches and see whether the lack of powerful fire cards Staff of the Fire God grants affects me too much before deciding which one to use. I don't have Blazing Shortsword, Rageblood Dagger or Eixocl's Hammer, but I like the idea of using Fiery Stabs in conjunction with Accelerate Time and Curse of Fragility. Therefore, I've changed Assegai (previously Puncturing Dagger) with Flametouched Spear. I don't have Focused Pyromancy, so I've changed Superb Pyromancy back to Varied Combustion again. I have a few items with core burning cards. Some of the best ones include the following: Staff Of The Fire God, Forgefire Staff, Roaring Staff, Kolt 45, Swamp Staff, Fireblinker Initiate, Sizzling Chain, Tangerine Staff and Spreading Flames. The only two Bless items I have are St Ulrich's Bones and Stargod's Raiments. The only items I have with Unholy Energy are Corpselight Charm, Zod's Vile Spaceplate, Coruscating Blade and Ebony Prayer Beads. Thanks to both of you for the help!
St. Ulrich's bones and stargod raiments are the only items in the game with bless. Pair bless with accel time plus curse of fragility with burning and firestarter... you easily have a gg situation.
