Vote for your favorite Artifact here, and post why. It could be because of a good SP battle against them, playing as them in Artifact Anarchy, or actually using the weapon itself, if that's your thing. I'm curious who's the favorite! I'm choosing Whorl, as he's a great item for people who want burst attacks but haven't gotten any of the really dedicated items for it. The Mighty Spark also comes in handy, but it can't really be used on an all wizard team, as Impetuous Blast can be a liability for them. I've used Riptide as well, but with my warriors being shoulder to shoulder constantly, a buffed Impetuous Slash might be a deal-breaker. As for Blackhammer, I have four of them, I'm over him.
I really like Riptide due to how cool Impetuous Slash is. It's not actually very good, but it's really cool when you draw it off a Parry and proceed to play -another- attack after it.
Riptide is probably the best in general as many maps do have the characters start a reasonable distance apart, so the potential drawback is minimal while still providing a free attack. The rest of the item is filled with good utility too. Warriors enjoy destroying shields and armor to get to the juicy flesh underneath. I primarily used this in Triple Duel, but I feel it can work well on many maps. Blackhammer i have never used this card as it seems fairly unfocused for both support and melee priest. The strong attacks seem to favor being on the front line where the healing may help your opponent more. Wings Of Faith is only good on certain maps. Would consider using it in those certain leagues where having an extra Wings Of Faith is good. Whorl the trait attack is horrible on the vast majority of maps. The blasting is nice but other staffs do it better.
Blackhammer has some good looking cards, but as Rebel mentions, Wings Of Faith is pretty niche. I also HATE Impetuous Heal, am I totally in the wrong there?
Impetuous Heal can do funny things in Quick Draw. Right, @Flaxative? (We did a game of Quick Draw on the Golden Shrine map. I got to the VP first and camped it thanks to Impetuous Heal and Inspiring Presence. The other highlight involved a hilarious Dropped Guard that reshuffled my discard pile into my deck, which let me draw a Parry.) Though normally, yeah, not a huge fan of Impetuous Heal. Also going to agree with everyone else in that Riptide is overall the most useful. Impetuous Slash can be pretty fun!
I like Blackhammer the most out of the three. Impetuous Blast on Whorl is too brutal a card to draw in your opener. Riptide is nice but there are just so many great weapons that compete with it. Blackhammer has 4 great attacks, which is rare for a divine weapon. I also don't mind randomly firing off an Impetuous Heal. It is only awful when you are already ahead and drawing out blocks for free is just icing on the cake.
Well when it comes to QD let me tell you Impetuous Blast combined with a few more traits and Toughness just isn't fair. I camped in the middle of Temple Tussle and every time my opponent attacked I Toughed into IB, hit all opponents in sight and redrew Toughness. I just kept my other characters out of sight and let my opponent kill himself.
I have to choose Whorl mostly because it was by far the hardest to obtein. And it felt pretty good when you finally finish the Troll Tyrant quest. By utility I'll choose Riptide, but the satisfaction obtained with Whorl was priceless hehe
The artifacts can drop randomly but they are also guaranteed drops from the three level 18 treasure hunts of the Attack of the Artifacts expansion.
