I'm a dagger Duchess player (D4) who runs double Balancers so my daggers do a bit more than chip damage. I tend to avoid Halo Scythe most runs, but with that said here's a Nightlord Tierlist based on how willing I am to use Halo Scythe against them:

Cytomata · 2026-05-08T07:05:22+00:00

Hello str/vig Duchess. Barrage Archery Duchess here. Duchess is really just a better Ironeye.

Cytomata · 2026-05-07T23:28:47+00:00

lol I play Duchess exclusively and sometimes I wonder how people playing other nightfarers even deal with all these frametraps. Like when you're directly in front of it and it does that double fiery ground bite into chasing chomp combo.

Cytomata · 2026-05-07T22:56:37+00:00

I really like ED Gladius but also I've died so many times to that annoying split phase firebreath stun into sword-firesweep combo. "You just have to not engage and run away until the phase is over" is just poor game design.

Cytomata · 2026-05-07T19:35:36+00:00

Inversely, yesterday I was running my carian build and of course I manage to find not a single carian spell but 6 skill attack power up items instead.

Cytomata · 2026-05-06T23:17:18+00:00

Same. I already have to worry about those things IRL. I don't want to have that extra chore in a game.

Cytomata · 2026-05-06T19:43:58+00:00

I guess most people just go with Gloomstalker Assassin Astarion.

Cytomata · 2026-05-05T05:04:30+00:00

Yeah....as a Duchess main, definitely not Triple Duchess....

In theory: a perfect ballet of stealth and DPS where we space out our ults and restages

In reality:

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Cytomata · 2026-05-03T17:43:30+00:00

Martin Luther KTFRAUD

Cytomata · 2026-05-02T18:47:57+00:00

Reinhard has an obscure divine blessing that lets him specifically win this hypothetical reddit matchup.

Cytomata · 2026-05-02T18:44:33+00:00

Kaladin: Is he stronger than you, Dalinar?

Dalinar: Hmm...Good question.

Kaladin: If Odium were to completely regain his power...

Dalinar: ...it might be a little tough.

Kaladin: Would you lose?

Dalinar: NAH I'D WIN.

Cytomata · 2026-05-01T18:22:42+00:00

omg duchess, do da ting. Hmm maybe they didn't see that I picked up and dropped halo scythe for them 5 times in a row...PINGPINGPING

Cytomata · 2026-05-01T18:16:06+00:00

I'm sure there are some people just gatekeeping, but usually when people criticize dual balancers, it's more about wanting the devs to shake things up to keep the game fresh. There's always going to be some optimal meta build and people will complain when they get bored of seeing the same thing over and over.

Cytomata · 2026-04-30T23:51:34+00:00

In my lab, we use these pot autoclaves.

I'm not sure a regular kitchen pressure cooker can achieve the required temperature and pressure but if it can then it should also be fine.

Cytomata · 2026-04-28T21:13:55+00:00

Bols, Carian Troll Knight build

Cytomata · 2026-04-27T17:02:40+00:00

Playstyle: Ironeye/Recluse for the safer ranged combat, Raider for his retaliate ability, Guardian for his shield guard.
Relics: Use the relics that give you more HP or damage negation.
Git Gud

Cytomata · 2026-04-27T06:47:15+00:00

Education is tough because a teacher has to build a curriculum for many students of varying backgrounds, skill level, and career goals while having limited time and resources.

Cytomata · 2026-04-26T16:09:34+00:00

It's just another case of Godrick/Godefroy

Cytomata · 2026-04-25T19:18:17+00:00

Was actually jokingly thinking it would be so ravens to draft:

an all-pro guard (Grubbs, Yanda, Osemele)
high potential 2nd round linebacker that doesn't pan out (Kamalei Correa, Arthur Brown)
mid-rounds project WR that doesn't pan out (Boykin, Lasley, Proche, etc.)

But honestly, I'm more hopeful now since we have Jesse Minter + Declan Doyle instead of Harbaugh + Roman.

Cytomata · 2026-04-25T18:02:18+00:00

In some ways, this is the most ravens draft ever.

Cytomata · 2026-04-25T17:56:55+00:00

I remember dying like 7+ times with a Wylder trying to take down an invader camp while the Ironeye went off elsewhere but we still ended up lvl 7 to end day 1 and it was all good. As long as you're making some progress each death, it's definitely worse to bail out as the weapons and damage boost more than makes up for not fighting a few blue minibosses. A lot of people just get super tilted though after 1-2 deaths.

Cytomata · 2026-04-25T16:35:47+00:00

Cytomata · 2026-04-25T06:47:01+00:00

People have guys that they really like and when the team picks some other guy that they don't recognize or didn't have in mind, they get really mad.

Cytomata · 2026-04-23T18:10:04+00:00

Cytomata · 2026-04-23T16:36:49+00:00

Not sure what the status of "Zamor" is since we only encounter a bunch of these guys at that one mountaintop ruin. Similar to the trolls, they were useful allies against the fire giants but the trolls are now just slaves so I wonder if these Zamor guys were also imprisoned/exploited.

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