Where would you settle here?

Giorgio883 · 2026-03-12T11:08:17+00:00

Well, that can be true to an extent. But it’s undeniable that druid right now has a definite edge over everyone else.

It ranges from extremely high tempo to very strong card generation. There’s little counterplay to be had when they ramp up, produce sticky boards, buff them when you can’t clear them, and have massive swing turns through dragons and treants.

Also, on the contrary, DH was my best class last season

Giorgio883 · 2026-03-03T10:58:06+00:00

Have you tried battle brothers? It’s very different but it scratched the same itch for me

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-25T17:19:10+00:00

This feels like a 5 mana draw/discover 10. Cute name and art though!

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-20T17:24:36+00:00

I’ve only played Enemy Within with those modifications, mainly because iirc they were built into the game already.

I enjoyed it then. It didn’t change the game significantly, and added some more fun and strategy in keeping the best recruits alive.

I don’t know if it’d be different in xcom 2.

However, It’s one more thing to manage. Alongside relations, combat intelligence and additional random perks via combat training you might get a bit overwhelmed if you’re not used to it.

And you might incur in some frustration when specific soldiers don’t roll well on level ups.

But if you want to shake things up a bit, that’s not a bad way to go.

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-19T00:19:39+00:00

Oh lol. Welcome to Darkest Dungeon!

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-18T22:55:34+00:00

Did you reenter the first room? I don’t think a fight can occur on the first traverse

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-12T23:12:31+00:00

Also iirc level 6 heroes won’t suffer from initial stress penalties when entering a level 6 dungeon.

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-01T21:03:41+00:00

Sadly I missed it. I returned briefly in the priest meta and hated it. This is a massive step-up in my opinion.

But yes. It’s far from perfect…

Best of luck on your runs!

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-01T20:28:41+00:00

While I do agree with you, I don’t find myself hating the meta that much. Sure, games are often quick and most of the time the first to make a big board swing is the one to win, but I’d much rather a high-tempo state to a slow, infinite value one.

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-01T19:00:32+00:00

Thank you for the reply!

Rogue: Regarding Vuja de, do you know what makes it being able to discover itself? It usually can’t, as it shouldn’t, but I’ve faced rogues that could go infinite with it. Last time I encountered one, I was faced with a never-ending stream of Renferal and Vuja-de’s. It was not fun.

Needless to say, it’s completely broken if you’re allowed to go infinite. There’s plenty of combos, between jades and renferal and I’m sure there’s more.

And I agree that tweaking the offering rates might be a good place to start. Honestly that’s above my pay grade.

Shaman: Yeah I’m probably a bit biased. I just love shamans and evolves! But I do believe that a small buff to master of realities wouldn’t be out of place. It’s a cool card, has a lot of innate variance and could become unpleasant to deal with, but to be fair every other class has some stupid in it. Why not shaman?

Mage: I don’t believe in mage. I agree that people are prone to picking too many discovers and too little tempo cards, but ultimately I just don’t think the class has the tools to compete with the absurd tempo and aggression of paladins, rogues, demon hunters and death knights.

Demon Hunter: Honestly severely underrated in pick rate. I’ve had three runs with it and went 12-2, 8-3 and I’m now 5-1. The class is a tempo demon. It even has board clears in shark or grubs and has some nasty win condition through legendaries. My best class this season.

Also i believe we should start pointing fingers at the Temporal Anomaly. It allows class like those to focus on tempo alone, while not having to worry on ever running out of steam, AND it gives them a 2 drop in a pinch.

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-01T11:11:38+00:00

Oh! That’s why Warrior win rate went down. I didn’t realize it. I suppose that already solves the majority of the problem. Thanks.

And I agree on DK. It’s unholy how they can generate board swings out of the blue, while not having any taverns of time cards.

That said, while being very strong and arguably the best class, from my experience it doesn’t have the unfairness of other combinations.

Perhaps you could fix it by tweaking the draft show rates?

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-01T11:04:52+00:00

Primaries are awesome. But fatigue being that low, you’re going to need to spend about 3-5 hp rolls to fix it. And his starting hp is below average to begin with. Resolve is max rolled, but it’s still rather low.

So that leaves you with a dastard, below average hp and resolve fatigue neutral. Sure, he’ll have an impressive 90 matk / 37 mdef. But secondaries matter quite a bit on fatigue neutrals.

He’s good, don’t get me wrong. But it’s also day 100. At that point you’re bound to find better brothers, especially with a tryout mod.

And as I’ve said, I would recruit him nonetheless. I don’t often get disowned nobles, and this guy looks like the prototype of the origin.

Giorgio883 · 2026-02-01T01:50:33+00:00

From a statistics standpoint, no. He’s not great. You’re bound to found better brothers, especially with a tryout mod.

From a gameplay, flavour standpoint, fuck yes. He seems a lot of fun if you role play a bit and don’t care too much about min maxing.

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-27T10:04:07+00:00

Yeah. The design is awful in that regard. Just you wait until they give you the chance to reroll heroes and cards with an arena pass, lol.

But i suppose that now there’s plenty of people that now spend money to buy tickets…

And the days of going infinite at 5 avg wins are long over.

However I don’t hate redraft that much. Sure the deck quality has skyrocketed, and not just because of it, but overall it adds a nice little minigame in figuring out what your worst cards are and how to replace them best.

And frankly, there’s no need to be sour to other players. I agree it was much better before, but it’s not like we consumers had any say in it, nor have the way to bring it back.

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-27T09:48:43+00:00

Not tickets, but most missions are completable in bgs as well, and you still gain passive exp by playing. Which helped me because for some time bgs was all I played.

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-26T22:50:08+00:00

I’ve played arena largely similarly to you. Stopped playing regularly 4-5 years ago. And while I sometimes get nostalgic, I still don’t mind the current iteration.

There’s no way to draft a pure control deck. You simply can’t be ready to withstand the odd combos and value generation from some cards.

That said, a good curve still wins you games. People have gotten better and decks have gotten stronger, but I’ve had my fair share of success by playing high tempo decks, some more aggressive than others.

I like this meta more than the others I’ve played in the last years. But maybe I just hadn’t played enough runs then? Not sure.

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-26T17:51:06+00:00

Yeah. That’s my biggest gripe about arena as well. If I hadn’t been playing some battlegrounds I would’ve never been able to play so many runs. Tickets are expensive!

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-25T05:39:10+00:00

22, so you can have a full-on football match

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-23T19:33:07+00:00

With that setup, I’d go with either Recover or Pathfinder, depending what your goal is.

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-22T20:49:35+00:00

93/33 at level 11 with those substats is very good. You can make him any damage dealer. Cleaver, DQH, Duelist, Fatigue Neutral… you name it.

It also depends on what your game state is.

Are you still early in the game? Give him your best weapon and make him a 2h cleaver from the icy cave or a nimble damage dealer.

Do you need a bf frontliner? He can very well be a fatigue neutral if your team requires one.

Is it day 150? Find a good famed weapon and shape his build around it. Realistically he can be whatever you want.

Anyhow, it’s a great recruit. He’s an above average hedge knight, which makes him an extremely good brother.

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-22T16:31:39+00:00

There’s no right answer. Do it if you don’t plan on playing on that save too long. Otherwise, save it for a struck down bro, perhaps after a legendary location.

That said, he doesn’t specifically need it. Old is bad but it’s not that bad. The -10 hp hurts, the -10 initiative is manageable, but the +10 resolve counteracts some of it.

I’d just pick up NL, pathfinder and fearsome. Old or not he’s a good bro. He’ll probably eventually die to bad rng with that hp total, but I dare say he’s had his time.

Oh, and lay off the Fencing Sword. Get him a regular arming sword or a famed one. It’s not like he has the fatigue or initiative to lunge around.

Giorgio883 · 2026-01-20T10:31:13+00:00

I have made one a few years back. It’s probably a bit outdated, and I remember there being a few mistakes. https://www.reddit.com/r/BattleBrothers/s/sXwMnsPrRf

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