Here's what I used last night. It beat everyone lower ranked than me, but lost to everyone higher ranked, giving me second place. And Karen is the figure I most want from the leagues, so I'd love to have some advice on how to improve this. Digger Level 18 Dwarf Warrior Double-edged Sword Double-edged Sword Nifty Halberd Gauntlets Of The Giant Slippery Shield Party Leader Hat Heavy Hide Boots Untrained Toughness Savvy Attacker 3 x Hard To Pin Down 1 x Parry 1 x Sprint, Team! 4 x Dancing Cut 2 x Backbiting Strike 1 x Frenzy Aura 2 x Reliable Hide Armor 2 x Nimble Strike 2 x Potent Stab 1 x Thick Hide Armor 1 x Healing Dash 1 x Toughened Hide Strips 4 x Impaling Stab 1 x Team Run 1 x Shrug It Off 1 x Impaler 1 x Able Bludgeon 3 x Weak Chop 1 x Reliable Mail 1 x Weakened Armor 1 x Dodge 1 x Slicer Kilava Onass Level 18 Dwarf Wizard Black Walnut Staff Black Walnut Staff Rod Of Winds Rod Of Winds Orb Of Flames Orb Of Flames Firehide Robes Quellic's Boots Perfect Toughness Electroporter Novice 4 x Fire Spray 4 x Powerful Spark 1 x Spark Inductor 2 x Toughness 1 x Resistant Hide 1 x Flanking Move 1 x Rusty Armor 2 x Reliable Mail 2 x Whirlwind 1 x Spark Generator 8 x Firestorm 4 x Whirlwind Enemies 4 x Deadly Spark 1 x Dimensional Traveller Cheerwell Maker Level 18 Dwarf Priest Whiteglow Flail Healing Hand Mace Mail Of Succor Twisting Shield Bertha's Big Clogs Shuddering Relic Shuddering Relic Silver Healing Ring Superb Ferocity Advanced Piety 1 x Hard To Pin Down 1 x Dynamic Armor 1 x Martyr Blessing 1 x Dwarven Battle Cry 2 x Nimble Strike 2 x Pushback Parry 1 x Impenetrable Nimbus 1 x Shredding Strike 1 x Limited Heal 2 x Enervating Touch 1 x Barge 2 x Mighty Bludgeon 1 x Boosted Heal 1 x Walk 3 x Help The Weak 2 x Mass Frenzy 2 x Altruism 3 x Team Heal 1 x Reliable Mail 2 x Charge 2 x Vulnerable 2 x Greater Heal 1 x Officer's Harness
I used a slightly-modified version of x-strike to great success. Since the map was so small, I could get away with more Vicious Thrust than Nimble Strike and Dancing Cut. Otherwise, it was the same. I mostly played opponents who had no idea what was coming until they had already lost their dwarf warrior...
This is what I used: It only got me 3-1 yesterday, but it got me 4-0 the day before, and I think I won all my tiebreaker matches. You'll notice I'm running some new items, mostly as an experiment.
I took Neoncat's advice and added some Rageblood Daggers and took out my WW, and was undefeated yesterday (helped by one inactive timeout and one first-round resign). Spoiler: current Chess party Digger Level 18 Dwarf Warrior Rageblood Dagger Rageblood Dagger Nifty Halberd Gauntlets Of The Giant Slippery Shield Angry Jack's Helmet Heavy Hide Boots Apprentice Ferocity Savvy Attacker 1 x Impaler 6 x Vicious Thrust 1 x Weakened Armor 2 x Raging Strike 1 x Frenzy Aura 2 x Reliable Mail 2 x Nimble Strike 1 x Walk, Team! 3 x Hard To Pin Down 5 x Blind Rage 1 x Desperate Block 2 x Dancing Cut 1 x Slicer 1 x Healing Dash 3 x Weak Chop 1 x Reliable Hide Armor 1 x Able Bludgeon 1 x Thick Hide Armor 1 x Team Run Kilava Onass Level 18 Dwarf Wizard Black Walnut Staff Black Walnut Staff Rod Of Falling Cinders Orb Of Flames Orb Of Flames Orb Of Flames Firehide Robes Quellic's Boots Perfect Toughness Advanced Pyromancy 1 x Rusty Armor 4 x Deadly Spark 7 x Fire Spray 2 x Firestarter 2 x Toughness 2 x Reliable Mail 1 x Flanking Move 1 x Improved Telekinesis 10 x Firestorm 1 x Sizzling Bolt 1 x Resistant Hide 4 x Powerful Spark Cheerwell Maker Level 18 Dwarf Priest Whiteglow Flail Healing Hand Mace Mail Of Succor Twisting Shield Bertha's Big Clogs Shuddering Relic Shuddering Relic Silver Healing Ring Advanced Toughness Advanced Piety 2 x Pushback Parry 1 x Barge 2 x Nimble Strike 1 x Boosted Heal 1 x Toughness 1 x Reliable Mail 2 x Mass Frenzy 2 x Mighty Bludgeon 1 x Limited Heal 1 x Martyr Blessing 1 x Hard To Pin Down 3 x Help The Weak 2 x Altruism 1 x Walk 2 x Vulnerable 2 x Jarring Block 1 x Impenetrable Nimbus 1 x Officer's Harness 3 x Team Heal 1 x Shredding Strike 2 x Enervating Touch 2 x Greater Heal 1 x Dynamic Armor I'm using it again in about an hour, but since I already got Karen (yay!) I'm just pizza farming now. EDIT: Won three games, got fourth place (could have tried for third with tiebreaker games).
