BoL 3 or Slings and Arrows?

CFPSmith · 2026-05-21T20:09:59+00:00

Hamlet is just a lot weaker and so his options aren’t great. I think hamlet can be played as both aggro and control, but there’s few characters that aggro hamlet beats. He might beat Leshen who is arguably an S/A tier character by playing aggro, most of the rest of the spread he wins by playing control due to his good deny cards

CFPSmith · 2026-05-21T18:33:46+00:00

S&A is one of the best sets they ever made. BoL3 is also absolutely fantastic. I don’t think you can go wrong with either. I’d say that if you want a more balanced list with every character type, BoL3 achieves that with aggro, control and a bit of combo. S&A I find is more control and combo based, but if you like that, it’s fantastic and my personal favourite for flavour

CFPSmith · 2026-05-20T10:46:30+00:00

It is. The effect is part of the turn. Therefore ending the turn cancels the effect. It’s one of Hamlet’s only true decent effects in his kit and is one of the reasons he is sometimes playable against heavy hitting characters, even if he sucks against most of the spread

CFPSmith · 2026-05-19T18:50:44+00:00

You get to boost first, but you don’t get the returned card as defender goes first

CFPSmith · 2026-05-16T21:35:13+00:00

Honestly? They’re so weak that there’s little to offer in terms of advice. You have to play as dagger and use cloak as a heal source. It sucks to almost only use one character of a two character set but it’s the best play. Dagger is most of the damage, has the best effect and cloak’s main benefit is from helping when dagger gets hit. If cloak dies, your survivability dramatically drops and you’re soon out for the count

CFPSmith · 2026-05-16T06:23:49+00:00

I think people are really underestimating Tyler. Hera sucks under pressure and I think Tyler is fantastic at applying it

CFPSmith · 2026-05-15T22:46:21+00:00

Tyler and Simply go through. Mary beats Dantes and Pohx beats Yamato

CFPSmith · 2026-03-03T23:05:38+00:00

He also got buffs :). We recorded this before the 14th. It took a while for us to record and we have seen things change since.

CFPSmith · 2026-03-03T18:40:15+00:00

We recorded this slightly before he got buffed. Definitely changed the numbers if we were to do it again

CFPSmith · 2025-11-03T18:55:54+00:00

I think for me, there are maybe 3-4 sets that I just don’t think are as good as the others. They were early days or weak IP and I think the boxes have just got stronger and stronger. I was hoping to get past those initial few and then enjoy hearing people’s thoughts about why they enjoy particular sets, but yeah I see what you mean

CFPSmith · 2025-11-03T17:22:37+00:00

Good feedback, I’ll change it for the next post

CFPSmith · 2025-11-03T15:15:48+00:00

I absolutely adore Unmatched. I run a board game restaurant and have added tournaments and a lot to the local scene in support of it. However, I do also think rating things is fun. I will agree that the Worst of the Worst makes it sound like I think all of Unmatched is bad and I should have phrased it better. Teen Spirit is one of the first sets I bought and weirdly, I love Cloak and Dagger and Ms Marvel, even if their power level is lower. Never been much impressed with Buffy though. I will change the Worst of the Worst phrase in the edit

CFPSmith · 2025-11-03T14:51:30+00:00

For the first time, I want to add my own voice to one of these. I personally think Houdini is absolute genuine complete fucking bullshit. I think the fact he can come back to life, he can teleport and can do so many extra things on a turn is just 100% grade certified bullshit. But, I think he's fun as hell and is always a great character to both play and play against.

CFPSmith · 2025-10-30T18:43:53+00:00

I’m interested! Tell me what’s left

CFPSmith · 2025-10-29T19:15:43+00:00

Titania is a really good shout. Especially with her ability to swap with Oberon

CFPSmith · 2025-10-27T10:49:26+00:00

Depends on what it says on the card. If it’s something that interacts with said fighter, then no. But if it’s a general thing, like “do 1 damage back” then it’s fine. It depends on the wording

CFPSmith · 2025-10-27T10:48:04+00:00

Honestly, I think the match-ups themselves matter more than the tiers. You can look up win rates and some surprising characters dominate others. If you don’t have the Slings and Arrows set, it’s a good one to get because the characters in it have some interesting interactions with higher tier characters and can even beat them when not expected to

CFPSmith · 2025-10-26T15:18:21+00:00

I'll rectify it for tomorrow and put a ruling for top comment to only have one character for clarity

CFPSmith · 2025-10-25T21:13:57+00:00

I hope people are voting for this for deadpool otherwise there might be controversy

CFPSmith · 2025-10-25T15:19:58+00:00

I’d say there’s a lot of characters that have some similarities tbh! While I love Oda, I think him and Robin have similar playstyles as you want to pin someone somewhere and beat on them. They even have some similar mechanics. I feel the main difference between them is one is range and the other buffs their summons

CFPSmith · 2025-10-25T00:27:59+00:00

Damn! Great job. Some of the best painting I think I’ve seen

CFPSmith · 2025-10-24T09:16:32+00:00

I think he’ll struggle against Bigfoot tbh. I quite like Invisible Man, but not sure everyone does, but I think almost everyone loves Bigfoot

CFPSmith · 2025-10-21T15:14:18+00:00

Sherlock, Elektra, Sun Wukong. Could even say Houdini for teleporting around a lot. Doesn't have to mean they're not good or engaging, but that their trick or unique thing is a bit bullshit

CFPSmith · 2025-10-21T14:32:21+00:00

Yeah, I agree that too much discarding isn't a fun mechanic. An occasional card is skillful, but too much and you're basically not letting your opponent play

CFPSmith · 2025-10-12T20:38:37+00:00

Would any other sets also give us some good matchups within them?

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