So I'm out of save slots in MP, so I thought I'd start clearing out some of my oldest builds, but why not share them before they go? Feel free to comment or discuss! Fair warning, any number of these were pre-balance changes. Starting off with the first build of mine to crack 1600 when I was a new player and almost reached 1700. Last iteration saved: June 28, 2014: St Denis of Paris Level 24 Human Priest St. Olf's Fiery Pike St. Olf's Fiery Pike Glowing Hide Armor Twisting Shield Sliding Boots Shuddering Relic Shuddering Relic Bleneth's Skull Perfect Command Focused Piety 1 x Dash, Team! 2 x Pushback Parry 1 x Team Walk 1 x Reliable Hide Armor 1 x Run, Team! 4 x Fiery Stab 2 x Vulnerable 1 x Invigorating Touch 1 x Thick Hide Armor 9 x Mass Frenzy 3 x Altruism 4 x Stab 1 x Hard To Pin Down 2 x Enervating Touch 2 x Flanking Move 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor DPr 20.1 Level 24 Dwarf Priest Vampire's Blade Lifesuck Spear Cintxotl Mail Slippery Shield Turquoise Boots Flax's Thirsty Vial Wuuna's Vampiric Shroud Wuuna's Vampiric Shroud Raging Rock Focused Healer 3 x Talented Healer 1 x Barbed Platemail 1 x Draining Touch 1 x Healing Dash 3 x Spear Of Darkness 4 x Consuming Spear 1 x Devastating Blow 1 x Reliable Mail 2 x Invigorating Touch 1 x Toughness 3 x Hard To Pin Down 5 x Enervating Touch 1 x Impaling Stab 1 x Triple Heals 2 x Loner 2 x Blind Rage 1 x Quickness Aura 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 2 x Lunging Strike St Drogo Level 24 Dwarf Warrior Lochaber Axe Lochaber Axe Bejeweled Shortsword Perilous Ringmail Rusty Buckler Crusty Helm Bertha's Big Clogs Apprentice Ferocity Savvy Attacker 1 x Powerful Bludgeon 1 x Thickened Mail 2 x Blind Rage 1 x Team Walk 1 x Impaler 1 x Obvious Maneuver 3 x Reliable Mail 1 x Officer's Harness 2 x Parry 6 x Nimble Strike 1 x Hardy Mail 3 x Unreliable Block 2 x Weak Chop 1 x Walk 4 x Vicious Thrust 1 x Traveling Curse 1 x Slicer 3 x Powerful Hack 1 x Dodge
Last saved 26 Sep 2014 an even more vampey version. Do you think my support priest had enough Mass Frenzy!? I did not like being frenziless! St Denis of Paris Level 24 Human Priest Vampire's Blade Bynzer's Black Spear Glowing Hide Armor Rusty Buckler Sliding Boots Shuddering Relic Bleneth's Skull Bleneth's Skull Perfect Command Focused Piety 1 x Reliable Hide Armor 1 x Enervating Touch 1 x Run, Team! 4 x Spear Of Darkness 1 x Touch Of Death 2 x Loner 2 x Flanking Move 2 x Parry 3 x Altruism 1 x Dash, Team! 1 x Team Walk 1 x Consuming Spear 1 x Draining Touch 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 3 x Invigorating Touch 1 x Dodge 1 x Vulnerable 1 x Thick Hide Armor 8 x Mass Frenzy DPr 20.1 Level 24 Dwarf Priest Vampire's Blade Lifesuck Spear Glowing Hide Armor Quinn's Buckler Sliding Boots Glasod's Dark Skull Hand Of Melvelous Glasod's Dark Skull Raging Rock Focused Healer 1 x Reliable Hide Armor 1 x Subtle Parry 1 x Impaling Stab 2 x Enervating Touch 3 x Talented Healer 8 x Spear Of Darkness 1 x Toughness 2 x Loner 1 x Flanking Move 2 x Lunging Strike 2 x Blind Rage 1 x Devastating Blow 1 x Team Walk 2 x Consuming Spear 1 x Draining Touch 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 3 x Invigorating Touch 2 x Dodge 1 x Thick Hide Armor St Drogo Level 24 Dwarf Warrior Double-edged Sword Double-edged Sword Bejeweled Shortsword Perilous Ringmail Hexagon Shield Crusty Helm Salazar's Sandals Apprentice Ferocity Savvy Attacker 1 x Unreliable Block 1 x Rusty Armor 2 x Backbiting Strike 1 x Thickened Mail 3 x Powerful Hack 1 x Slicer 1 x Impaler 1 x Energizing Move 4 x Impaling Stab 2 x Vicious Thrust 1 x Obvious Maneuver 1 x Traveling Curse 1 x Powerful Bludgeon 4 x Dancing Cut 1 x Hardy Mail 2 x Team Walk 2 x Blind Rage 1 x Surging Shield Block 2 x Pushback Parry 2 x Reliable Mail 2 x Potent Stab
This is a great idea! I had a period last year where i made about 10 builds a week, so I quickly crowded out my MP slots. Posting old builds would make a ton of sense and maybe help out new players
Maybe some historic context wouldnt hurt, since time has changed the face of many cards. As far as I recall, mass frenzy used to be immensly powerful with +3 dmg per character.
Thanks for sharing Scarponi, i'd love to hear about some of the subtle ways and interactions you play in this build, if it suits.
also with your first build on your warrior, only BJSS uses gold tokens, i'm guessing he has two? (one instead of lochaber)
Nope, it was actually 2 Lochaber's, but as @Robauke noted, historic context is key. Back then Nimble Strike was step 4 and damage 6! And vicious thrust was step 2, damage [?]. At that time, the king build was 2 warriors 1 wizard, all dwarf (when was the last time you saw that combo?), the warriors geared out with Vibrant Pain, and the wizard packed with Whirlwind/Whirlwind Enemies - which at the time moved characters to a random square anywhere on the board. Strategy: disrupt and isolate with WW/WWE, converge and kill with NS. Interestingly enough, when NS got nerfed, nobody ran it for 2-3 months (maybe more), because they were so used to its immense overpoweredness that the reduced version felt weak. People would actually recommend to new players not to buy Vibrant Pain, because it was "worthless" now. It took @Flaxative coming up with a build that ran to the (near?) top of the standings focused around NS for people to realize it was still a really good card. I would try to provide more historic context, but frankly I've forgotten too much of it. I didn't remember until Robauke mentioned it that MF was damage 3, but that also helped me remember, I think it was duration 3 as well. Team Walk was Team Run Hard To Pin Down worked like Surging Shield Block Vulnerable wasn't as vulnerable. And a slew of other changes that I don't remember. A little history of the balance changes can be found at the follow blog pages, but even those don't iterate in detail all of them: http://www.cardhunter.com/2014/07/ http://www.cardhunter.com/2014/08/ http://www.cardhunter.com/2014/11/ http://www.cardhunter.com/2014/12/
26 Oct 2014 - The strategy is pretty obvious, one warrior to tank, the others to save up for Quick Run and big damage. I don't remember playing it all that much, so it probably wasn't that good. But good enough to save! Heraclius the Martyr Level 24 Elf Warrior Blocking Mace Quick Jon's Axe Blocking Mace Spiked Tlahuiztli Parrying Buckler Weakling's Helm Goat Boots Risky Trickery Careful Attacker 1 x Barbed Platemail 1 x Vulnerable 2 x Mighty Bludgeon 1 x Reliable Mail 2 x Dodge 1 x Immovable 1 x Wimpy 1 x Mail 1 x Ouch! 2 x Unreliable Block 1 x Dangerous Maneuver 1 x Elven Trickery 2 x Strong Bash 2 x Powerful Bludgeon 1 x Slicer 1 x Flanking Move 1 x Bruiser 2 x Obliterating Chop 2 x Unnerving Strike 8 x Parry 1 x Weakened Armor 1 x Hardy Mail Xystus the Wise Level 24 Elf Warrior The Bludgeonator Bejeweled Shortsword The Bludgeonator Perilous Ringmail Hexagon Shield Wyvern Hide Helmet Diamond Moccasins Superb Footwork Novice Impaling 4 x Pulverizing Bludgeon 1 x Brutal Charge 1 x Surging Shield Block 6 x Able Bludgeon 2 x Pushback Parry 1 x Thick Hide Armor 1 x Penetrating Cut 2 x Traveling Curse 1 x Shuffle 2 x Vicious Thrust 1 x Quick Reactions 2 x Strong Bludgeon 1 x Powerful Bludgeon 3 x Quick Run 2 x Impaler 1 x Thickened Mail 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 1 x Reliable Mail 3 x Powerful Hack EWr 20.3 Level 24 Elf Warrior Bejeweled Shortsword Bejeweled Shortsword Infused Greatclub Perilous Ringmail Hexagon Shield Wyvern Hide Helmet Diamond Moccasins Superb Footwork Novice Impaling 2 x Pulverizing Bludgeon 1 x Brutal Charge 1 x Surging Shield Block 2 x Pushback Parry 1 x Thickened Mail 2 x Impaler 1 x Penetrating Cut 2 x Traveling Curse 1 x Shuffle 4 x Vicious Thrust 1 x Quick Reactions 1 x Thick Hide Armor 2 x Powerful Bludgeon 3 x Quick Run 3 x Bludgeon 1 x Trained Bludgeon 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 1 x Reliable Mail 6 x Powerful Hack
27 Oct 2014 - This is the only build I ever retired simply because of how much opponents hated playing against it. It was right after I discovered the power of Instant Burn on a fire wizard (at the time IB was fairly new still iirc). The concept was simple, bait them in with the wiz, Nimbus, and then spam draw, then burn everyone in sight. Could also play inspiration on nimbus priest if I needed more nimbus. It actually didn't win that many games, but it did create a great overabundance of saltiness because of how frustrating it was to play against, so I just stopped playing it. But here it is for some nostalgia! St Gertrude of Nivelles Level 24 Dwarf Wizard White Flame Red Flame Miligar's Dragon Tongue Rantic's Orb Of Inner Fire Rantic's Orb Of Inner Fire Magma Spiral Firehide Robes Lt. Buckwell's Boots Raging Battler Focused Pyromancy 2 x Blind Rage 1 x Officer's Harness 1 x Toughened Hide Strips 2 x Firestorm 9 x Instant Burn 2 x Flanking Move 3 x Firestarter 3 x Magma Spray 4 x Glob Of Flame 2 x Boiling Armor 3 x Flame Jet 1 x Resistant Hide 3 x Ember Burst St Denis of Paris Level 24 Human Priest Duality Mace Duality Mace Dark Chain Shirt Bullseye Shield Goat Boots Medallion Of St. Vigus Shielding Token Shielding Token Advanced Flexibility Novice Piety 2 x Consuming Spear 1 x Slowed 1 x Hardy Mail 2 x Catch Arrow 2 x Leadership 2 x Altruism 2 x Lifesaving Block 1 x Dangerous Maneuver 1 x Minor Heal 4 x Touch Of Death 1 x Sapping Spear 2 x Chop 1 x Reliable Mail 1 x Healing Blessing 1 x Weakened Armor 1 x Immovable 1 x Missile Block 10 x Impenetrable Nimbus .Gary Level 24 Human Priest Aureate Mace Sacrificial Axe Inspirational Mail Bullseye Shield Goat Boots Amulet Of Inspiration Amulet Of Inspiration Amulet Of Inspiration Advanced Flexibility Superb Cleansing 1 x Accelerated Thought 1 x Slowed 1 x Missile Block 2 x Catch Arrow 2 x Leadership 1 x Dangerous Maneuver 2 x Vulnerable 14 x Inspiration 2 x Pressing Bash 1 x Holy Presence 1 x Immovable 1 x Mail 2 x Bash 1 x Triple Heals 1 x Weakened Armor 2 x Devastating Blow 1 x Strong Hack
21 Nov 2014 - The plan was to take the VP, obscure LoS, and then bash away whoever stepped up to the plate. If I recall, it didn't work very well! Look at all that lack of movement! St Fermin of Amiens Level 24 Human Warrior Hammer Of Bashing Blocking Mace Opaline Hammer Xander's Mail Parrying Buckler Lt. Buckwell's Strapping Goat Boots Advanced Flexibility Novice Bruising 1 x Slowed 2 x Pressing Bash 1 x Mighty Bludgeon 6 x Parry 8 x Bash 1 x Unreliable Block 1 x Strong Bash 1 x Dangerous Maneuver 1 x Powerful Bludgeon 2 x Leadership 1 x Immovable 1 x Bludgeon 2 x Bruiser 3 x Officer's Harness 2 x Chain Harness 1 x Reliable Mail 1 x Weakened Armor 1 x Simple Bash HWz 20.1 Level 24 Human Wizard Mullik's Blisterstaff Searing Pain Smoke Pin Smoke Pin Smoke Pin Chit Of Choking Smoke Smoke Robe Lt. Buckwell's Boots Advanced Flexibility Electroporter Novice 10 x Smoke Bomb 1 x Powerful Spark 1 x Dimensional Traveller 1 x Spark Inductor 3 x Flash Of Agony 2 x Flanking Move 2 x Firestorm 1 x Glob Of Flame 2 x Leadership 4 x Force Cone 3 x Telekinesis 1 x Officer's Harness 1 x Slowed 3 x Fireball 1 x Resistant Hide HWr 20.3 Level 24 Human Warrior Hammer Of Bashing Blocking Mace Opaline Hammer Perilous Ringmail Parrying Buckler Crusty Helm Goat Boots Advanced Flexibility Novice Bruising 1 x Slowed 2 x Pressing Bash 1 x Mighty Bludgeon 1 x Bludgeon 6 x Parry 1 x Hardy Mail 1 x Unreliable Block 1 x Weakened Armor 1 x Strong Bash 1 x Dangerous Maneuver 1 x Powerful Bludgeon 2 x Leadership 1 x Traveling Curse 8 x Bash 1 x Thickened Mail 2 x Bruiser 1 x Obvious Maneuver 2 x Reliable Mail 1 x Immovable 1 x Simple Bash
29 Nov 2014 - I remember reading about peasant builds on the forums (probably from a @Flaxative post), and decided to make one of my own. This is what I created: St Fermin of Amiens Level 24 Human Warrior Double-edged Sword Double-edged Sword Bejeweled Shortsword Spiked Tlahuiztli Twisting Shield Shifty Skin Hat Turquoise Boots Trained Command Novice Impaling 4 x Dancing Cut 1 x Penetrating Cut 1 x Quickness Aura 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 1 x Walk, Team! 1 x Healing Dash 1 x Rusty Armor 1 x Barbed Platemail 2 x Backbiting Strike 1 x Mail 1 x Ouch! 2 x Vicious Thrust 2 x Pushback Parry 1 x Dash, Team! 1 x Thick Hide Armor 2 x Impaler 1 x Shuffle, Team! 1 x Powerful Bludgeon 3 x Powerful Hack 1 x Attack, Soldier! 1 x Hard To Pin Down 2 x Potent Stab 4 x Impaling Stab St Denis of Paris Level 24 Human Priest Axe Of The Dark Soul Axe Of The Dark Soul Hide Of The Frenzied Streaked Shield Glimmer Boots Tome Of The Martyr Tome Of The Martyr Tome Of The Martyr Trained Command Novice Piety 1 x Hit The Deck 6 x Martyr Blessing 2 x Demonic Power 4 x Weak Chop 4 x Unholy Wellspring 2 x Raging Strike 1 x Lifesaving Block 1 x Hardy Mail 2 x Altruism 3 x Inspiration 1 x Run 1 x Dash, Team! 1 x Thick Hide Armor 2 x Righteous Frenzy 1 x Minor Heal 1 x Squeamish 1 x Attack, Soldier! 1 x Walk, Team! 1 x Fright Takayama Justo Level 24 Human Warrior Bejeweled Shortsword Double-edged Sword Double-edged Sword Spiked Tlahuiztli Twisting Shield Shifty Skin Hat Turquoise Boots Trained Command Novice Impaling 4 x Dancing Cut 1 x Penetrating Cut 1 x Quickness Aura 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 1 x Walk, Team! 1 x Healing Dash 1 x Rusty Armor 1 x Barbed Platemail 2 x Backbiting Strike 1 x Mail 1 x Ouch! 2 x Vicious Thrust 2 x Pushback Parry 1 x Dash, Team! 1 x Thick Hide Armor 2 x Impaler 1 x Shuffle, Team! 1 x Powerful Bludgeon 3 x Powerful Hack 1 x Attack, Soldier! 1 x Hard To Pin Down 2 x Potent Stab 4 x Impaling Stab
1 Dec 2014 - A second peasant build based on control more than damage: ***DWz 4.1 Level 4 Dwarf Wizard Stormstaff Whiterune Staff Runestone Runestone Runestone Sensate's Ring Imp-proof Robes Boots Of Discretion Advanced Toughness Electroporter Novice 2 x Mighty Spark 3 x Wall Of Fire 1 x Healing Dash 1 x Trip 4 x Squeamish 2 x Acid Jet 1 x Resistant Hide 3 x Powerful Spark 3 x Gusts Of War 2 x Jarring Block 3 x Winds Of War 1 x Spark Inductor 2 x Chilling Rime 2 x Reliable Hide Armor 2 x Arcing Spark 1 x Toughness 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 1 x Dimensional Traveller 1 x Little Zap *DWz 21.1 Level 24 Dwarf Wizard Stormstaff Whiterune Staff Runestone Runestone Runestone Sensate's Ring Imp-proof Robes Boots Of Discretion Advanced Toughness Electroporter Novice 2 x Mighty Spark 3 x Wall Of Fire 1 x Healing Dash 1 x Trip 4 x Squeamish 2 x Acid Jet 1 x Resistant Hide 3 x Powerful Spark 3 x Gusts Of War 2 x Jarring Block 3 x Winds Of War 1 x Spark Inductor 2 x Chilling Rime 2 x Reliable Hide Armor 2 x Arcing Spark 1 x Toughness 1 x Sparkling Cloth Armor 1 x Dimensional Traveller 1 x Little Zap St Denis of Paris Level 24 Human Priest Repelling Mace Axe Of The Dark Soul Cloth Vest Bare Arms Bare Feet Oak Roots Oak Roots Oak Roots Advanced Flexibility Unskilled Divine 2 x Weak Chop 1 x Raging Strike 2 x Leadership 1 x Righteous Frenzy 3 x Cloth Armor 3 x Unreliable Block 4 x Simple Bash 3 x Walk 10 x Entangling Roots 3 x Minor Heal 1 x Demonic Power 2 x Unholy Wellspring 1 x Slowed
1 Dec 2014 - And as long as I'm working on control, why don't I try to send people all the way across the board!? Another "great idea" that really didn't work out that well. Though quite a while after that Sarigo's Rod builds became popular. They were a bit of the same concept with a better design. They could be quite effective, though I remember going up against one with a dwarf warrior who drew both Mimetic Crown and Sparkling Cloth Armor, that did not go well for the opponent's Path Of Knives strategy! In the end something in this vein can be entirely viable, but never top shelf dominant. St Gertrude of Nivelles Level 24 Dwarf Wizard Boxton's Razorstaff Staff Of Embers Blasting Amulet Blasting Amulet Blasting Amulet Blasting Amulet Robes Of White Wylla Xander's Boots Solid Rock Superb Teleportation 5 x Ember Burst 1 x Escaping Run 1 x Burning Fingers 1 x Arcane Aura 4 x Path Of Knives 2 x Arcane Shell 1 x Gusts Of War 1 x Flanking Move 1 x Immovable 8 x Force Cannon 4 x Penetrating Zap 1 x Parry 1 x Toughness 2 x Flash Flood 2 x Dimensional Traveller 1 x Dangerous Maneuver ***DWz 4.1 Level 4 Dwarf Wizard Blue Destruction Blue Destruction Blasting Amulet Blasting Amulet Blasting Amulet Ring Of Appropriation Cotton Wizard's Robes Ulalia's Boots Raging Rock Electroporter Novice 1 x Spark Inductor 12 x Arcane Burst 1 x Powerful Spark 3 x Arcane Aura 2 x Blind Rage 1 x Gusts Of War 2 x Flanking Move 6 x Force Cannon 2 x Telekinesis 3 x Penetrating Zap 1 x Toughness 1 x Dimensional Traveller 1 x Little Zap *DWz 21.1 Level 24 Dwarf Wizard Illusion Illusion Blasting Amulet Blasting Amulet Blasting Amulet Blasting Amulet Prillith's Robes Of Pain Xander's Boots Solid Rock Superb Teleportation 10 x Illusory Barrier 1 x Escaping Run 1 x Arcane Aura 2 x Path Of Knives 1 x Arcane Shell 1 x Gusts Of War 2 x Flash Of Agony 1 x Flanking Move 1 x Immovable 8 x Force Cannon 4 x Penetrating Zap 1 x Parry 1 x Toughness 2 x Dimensional Traveller
There are a few youtube videos covering the peasant tournaments, dating back to 2015 and posted by "TheCT5Holy". Just in case someone wants to see what this community and more importantly the cards used to be like before things went... different directions.
