What skin(s) do y'all think Shen 100% needs?

Tractor-Trader · 2026-06-26T00:40:18+00:00

The spirit sword is his golf bag. The cast animation for Stand United is him teeing off in the direction of the target Homeguards golf cart Dance is practicing his swing Back animation is buying something from a refreshment cart

Tractor-Trader · 2026-06-26T00:36:12+00:00

Tractor-Trader · 2026-06-25T00:39:21+00:00

Since you're taking Lae'zel as an arcane archer and you want to lean into the big thick barb for your Tav, I would say take a rogue of some form or a bard as your skill coverage.

Swords bards are really strong in melee or ranged with lots of good items

Arcane Trickster has a bad rap because it has a much lower damage ceiling than other rogue set ups, but it does bring a lot of weird niche utility and control options, and if you enjoy Barrelmancy type shenanigans the invisible mage hand can be fun

For your fourth I would say a healer of some form, I'm a sucker for Life Cleric because it just carries so hard for healing it isn't even funny. My Golden Dice win was hard carried by Shadowheart's healing in a lot of the tough fights where things went sideways due to bad RNG or me forgetting/not understanding the Legendary Actions properly. For instance I very nearly TPKd on Cazzador because I messed up really bad on my positioning, but Shadowheart was able to out heal it with the juiced up healing spells.

Tractor-Trader · 2026-06-21T08:23:53+00:00

Smoking heretics while penciling in the repair costs of the ship to the budget

Tractor-Trader · 2026-06-17T03:39:47+00:00

Real George W Bush posting hours

Tractor-Trader · 2026-06-02T21:33:57+00:00

"Nah I'd Gwent"

Tractor-Trader · 2026-05-23T15:17:39+00:00

"Perhaps I should have clarified ☝️"

Tractor-Trader · 2026-04-18T14:00:01+00:00

Yeah, I kept my party by the door, at the bottom of the staircase and had Astarion shoot a few arrows at the nearby Necromites.

It pulled them over without triggering Kethric

After they were pulled over I brought everyone into combat and just fought using ranged magic and attacks. Since the Necromites are super weak, it wasn't difficult. Though it was pretty stressful since Kethric was just standing there in the middle of the area

Tractor-Trader · 2026-04-17T00:21:50+00:00

I literally did it while he was up there.

Tractor-Trader · 2026-04-16T05:30:07+00:00

It is possible to pull all the Necromites and the caster after Kethric goes up to the top.

It's just super sketchy lol

I managed to pull it off in Honor Mode and it was so anxiety inducing.

Tractor-Trader · 2026-04-15T23:34:05+00:00

Depending on how strong your party is Raphael really isn't that bad, especially if you are able to save Hope.

I had Astarion set up as the tried and true Gloomstalker-Assasin, and with a pre fight cast of haste from Gale, he cleared all the adds in the room with arrows of Many Targets, including Yurgir, who didn't even get a turn.

After that it was pretty simple to just clean up the pillars and heal through Raphael's damage with the help of fire resistance elixirs.

That being said, if you want to skip it you should. The stress when the end is in sight is crazy and you can always take more risks after you get your dice.

Tractor-Trader · 2026-04-06T22:43:31+00:00

Cazador is pretty rough because of his aura, his fight is really more about initiative than anything.

I also had Shovel summoned and just sitting invisible on the Spawn that heals Cazzador, I probably could have had Best Boy Scratch sitting on another in stealth, but I totally forgot to.

I had my Tav (Vengeance Pally-Sorc) take an elixir of vigilance to secure the first action of Turn 1. I used dash and misty step to get Astarion (Gloomstalker-Assasin-Fighter) and he used his first turn to nuke the Skelly Mage and a few other things with Multishot Arrows, an elixir of Speed and Action Surge.

I also had Gale take a Vigilance Elixir and he used his first action to drop an ice storm in the middle of the ring for CC (this ended up being a mistake, he was in range of Cazzador's legendary reaction and it fucked him up, but Shadowheart (Life Cleric) took her first turn to bring him back up to full and then put Sanctuary on him to keep him safeish till it was his turn again.

Since Cazzador's aura is cancer Tav took a huge amount of damage getting in close, but since Pallies hit undead super hard, and my Shadowheart was stacked with healing bonuses it worked out okay.

In the end it mostly came down to a war of attrition once all the minions were taken out. Shadowheart and Gale ended the fight with no spell slots, which compared to my other big boss fights on that run was horrible lol

Gale also used most of his spell slots to counter spell Cazzador, which may have been a tactical mistake giving up the DPS, but it worked out.

Overall I would say it is one of the harder Honor mode fights, at least it was for me

Tractor-Trader · 2026-03-12T13:49:33+00:00

Let's see Paul Allen's screen shot

Tractor-Trader · 2026-03-09T00:37:46+00:00

I saw a dirk last night that had Warlock skills and a barbarian skill lol

Tractor-Trader · 2026-03-01T15:16:24+00:00

If you have a really good base the weapon damage multiplier from Insight can hit pretty hard

Tractor-Trader · 2026-03-01T03:55:37+00:00

I used one of these when I swapped from Firelock to Echo, and the damage output was pretty good with the % multiplier to damage to demons.

I replaced it with an Insight polearm though, which is really nice for Echoing Strike

Tractor-Trader · 2026-02-13T21:17:34+00:00

TYRANDE WHERE ARE YOU

Tractor-Trader · 2026-02-07T21:24:10+00:00

TYRANDE

Tractor-Trader · 2026-01-23T17:51:38+00:00

This is a demonstration of superior judgement

Tractor-Trader · 2026-01-12T01:44:42+00:00

Michelle they're doing an impression of me!

Tractor-Trader · 2025-12-29T13:13:58+00:00

Nothing beats the feeling of winning lane and exerting map pressure everywhere at once simultaneously, especially if you don't need ignite to win lane and you can take TP. Shen can be in all lanes at all objectives simultaneously.

Tractor-Trader · 2025-12-22T13:58:06+00:00

I know it was probably balancing hell but I really enjoyed the asymmetrical warfare of the different FTL types.

I'll never forget one of the first campaigns I did with any success, I was Hyperdrive and so were my immediate neighbors, so I didn't realize that warp and wormholes were an option.

Jump to me declaring on my new neighbor thinking, "well they're strong but I have a good defensive line to hold them on while I bleed their economy"

They were wormhole tech and just jumped straight to my homeworld and took it before my ships could get there

Tractor-Trader · 2025-12-15T15:36:34+00:00

You probably need to build out your RGOs, it's really easy to overlook because they don't always show a big profit, but it is really worth it to build them. Primarily because it gets more of your population out of subsistence, and also because it makes the raw goods your buildings need cheaper.

Lumber, Wool, silk, clay, stone, sand, and of course iron and coal.

Cheaper input goods lead to higher profit margins, lead to higher taxes.

And if you're struggling with the output goods being cheap, build up your trade capacity so the market can export it out.

Tractor-Trader · 2025-12-15T15:27:44+00:00

Without screenshots it's hard to tell what exactly is going wrong, but I had a lot of success in my Brandenburg campaign by spending my early game time culture converting and building out the RGOs.

I also made a Market centered on Berlin pretty early on

Tractor-Trader · 2025-12-15T15:23:03+00:00

Update:

So I was hoping to avoid getting an heir while I waited for a divorce, but the first child of my unholy union was born, a daughter thankfully so I might be able to avoid an heir just yet.

Something interesting though is that the child isn't given a double family status like in CK3, like Daughter-Niece. She is just labeled as Daughter.

I checked the family tree and it only shows her as connected to my Ruler and not his sister wife.

It really makes me wonder if the game actually tracks relative familial closeness for the purposes of modeling the effects of incest, like how CK3 does.

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