DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/18/2026 Duedate: 03/03/2026
SHADOWSPIRE ARENA
DM 81 TURN 496
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
HOARD
DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
(81-3974) [22-17-1,107]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
HOARD POSITION IS EMPTY
DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
(81-3974) [22-17-1,107]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
THE LEPER KING JANE AUSTEN
DARQUE AGES (29) LITERATE LOONS (40)
(81-3995) [24-22-0,101] (81-4133) [9-7-0,69]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
TOILET PAPER (202)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 42
2. DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 35 NBA LEGENDS (156)
3. NBA LEGENDS (156) 25 Unchartered Team
4. DARQUE AGES (29) 22
5. THE MONGOLOIDS II (30) 20 CM-THE MENTORS (168)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 NBA LEGENDS (156) 367 306 21 54.5 1/ 1 TOILET PAPER (202) 12 3 0
2/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 1087 917 39 54.2 2/ 2 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 9 6 1
3/ 3 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 290 250 13 53.7 3/ 4 ARDUIN (200) 9 6 1
4/ 4 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 844 729 23 53.7 4/ 3 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 9 6 0
5/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 1042 908 37 53.4 5/ 5 LITERATE LOONS (40) 9 6 0
6/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29) 1139 1058 47 51.8 6/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29) 8 7 1
7/ 8 TOILET PAPER (202) 61 58 2 51.3 7/ 7 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 8 7 1
8/ 7 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 414 405 14 50.5 8/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 8 7 0
9/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 697 702 32 49.8 9/12 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 6 4 0
10/ 0 THE MONGOLOIDS II (30) 215 229 9 48.4 10/ 8 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204) 6 8 0
11/11 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 528 574 37 47.9 11/ 9 NBA LEGENDS (156) 5 10 0
12/10 ARDUIN (200) 131 144 6 47.6 12/ 0 THE MONGOLOIDS II (30) 3 2 0
13/12 LITERATE LOONS (40) 860 971 36 47.0 13/11 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 3 10 0
14/13 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204) 127 156 3 44.9 14/13 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 3 11 0
15/14 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 177 220 12 44.6 15/14 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 0 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Pull up a stool, Shadowspire. Huard DePriest is here, cup in hand, ink on cuff, and a
liver filing complaints in triplicate. Let us discuss Turn 496 before the memories
sober up and start apologizing.
First, a sloshed salute to our Duelmaster, Hoard. Perched on the throne after
flattening Molson like an empty keg. It felt more like an audit than a duel. Hoard
collected, Molson depreciated. Now, Hoard is off to the Isle where he can add more
fame and fortune to his pile.
Meanwhile, the sands drank deep this week. Crusade of Darque Ages stumbled into the
arena at 0-5, and he somehow exited it as an executioner, cutting down Promyvion. A 5-
2 hopeful reduced to a trivia tidbit at Otto's Diner and a toe tag in the Shadowspire
morgue. That is the sort of turnaround that will make any manager turn to a whiter
shade of pale. Darque Ages will say it was destiny. I'll say it was a blindfold and a
sharp object. Either way, bloodfeud invitations are probably being prepared.
Pharox Taht challenged Thunderfist down twenty-nine points to swat. Effective? Yes,
most certainly. Heroic? Eh, that depends on how you define hero. I define it with as
little mathematics as possible. Not to be outdone, Misti Skye leapt up the ladder and
absolutely dismantled Boscoe. Maybe Boscoe should invest in a raincoat, or at least an
umbrella.
Now onto the team news. Toilet Paper remains the top team, and Ale House Mercs stays
close at number two. TP, as the top team, sounds sanitary until you realize they force
the arena to watch 29-minute endurance exhibitions at every turn. Charmin and
Runnymeade fought so long that I downed three drinks and started naming arena columns.
Cult of Bacchus was the most avoided with Clan Longbeard doing most of the avoiding.
That is either a wise strategy or dwarven diplomacy. The mead halls will spin it
favorably. Ale House Mercs continue to field style leaders with three sitting on
today's list.
That is it from me, Shadowspire. You bums know where you can find me. I will be at my
usual table, interrogating a mug and pretending that it answers. Until next turn, you
know the drill--Sharpen, Shine, and Sip.
-- Huard DePriest
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HOARD 3974 22 17 1 107 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE LEPER KING 3995 24 22 0 101 DARQUE AGES (29)
KAPOW 4085 22 9 3 101 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
CHAKOR 1840 18 17 0 101 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
GWORM 4071 18 10 0 99 ARDUIN (200)
MISTI SKYE 4117 12 7 0 97 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
THOMAS MANN 4076 17 18 0 91 LITERATE LOONS (40)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOLSON 4084 17 14 3 85 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
CHARMIN 3943 14 7 0 83 TOILET PAPER (202)
FRANK O'CONNOR 4075 19 16 0 81 LITERATE LOONS (40)
GEORGE ELIOT 3978 15 34 2 81 LITERATE LOONS (40)
ROBERT PARISH 4095 12 13 1 79 NBA LEGENDS (156)
BOSCOE 4074 19 16 0 75 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
SARCASM 4051 16 23 2 75 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
SKY BISON 4109 13 9 0 71 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
BYRUHO 2455 11 11 3 69 THE MONGOLOIDS II (30)
JANE AUSTEN 4133 9 7 0 69 LITERATE LOONS (40)
RUNNYMEADE 4130 14 4 0 68 DARQUE AGES (29)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PHAROX TAHT 4097 13 13 1 68 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PTERODACTYL 3913 11 13 1 65 TOILET PAPER (202)
PTYALISM 3916 16 8 0 63 TOILET PAPER (202)
DOTAR SOJAT 2168 15 7 0 62 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
DEVOEAUX 2049 14 19 0 62 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
GILMUR 4139 10 4 0 60 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
MOLDYLOX 4080 13 19 0 58 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
PTEROSAUR 3912 11 12 1 58 TOILET PAPER (202)
TAIZU 4131 12 6 0 57 DARQUE AGES (29)
JOHAN 4110 11 10 1 57 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GIOTTO 4093 14 13 0 55 DARQUE AGES (29)
BROOSS 1287 10 23 0 53 THE MONGOLOIDS II (30)
JASON KIDD 4143 9 4 1 53 NBA LEGENDS (156)
PTOMAINE 3914 9 15 0 50 TOILET PAPER (202)
QUINTUS LAENAS 4152 6 5 0 48 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
WHIPSICLE 4162 5 2 1 46 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
MORGUHN 2524 7 9 1 45 THE MONGOLOIDS II (30)
JIMMY CRACKCORN 4099 10 14 0 44 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
BATTERSKULL 4144 6 6 0 44 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
DILLY DILLY 4111 9 12 0 42 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
AII LORAII 4153 6 4 1 40 ARDUIN (200)
BRUTE SQUAD 1 4142 5 9 0 40 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
CAIUS FLACUS 4134 8 7 0 38 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SNOW GOLEM 4165 5 2 0 33 ARDUIN (200)
THUNDERFIST 4132 8 7 1 32 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
CRUSADE 4171 1 5 1 32 DARQUE AGES (29)
CALYPSO 4173 3 2 0 31 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
ALLEN IVERSON 4125 6 11 1 30 NBA LEGENDS (156)
LEONARDO 4136 7 8 0 29 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
DECIUS BELLUM 4155 5 4 0 29 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
JACH SKELLINGTON 4175 4 1 0 29 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
SCREAMING ITCHY 4147 6 7 0 28 ARDUIN (200)
PROEM 4128 5 3 0 26 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SOULQUAKE 4145 5 7 0 22 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
PARADARSHIN 4176 3 1 0 18 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
DEZMUND 2561 3 6 0 17 THE MONGOLOIDS II (30)
RAHKSAHNAH 2635 2 2 0 17 THE MONGOLOIDS II (30)
ENDONN 4177 2 2 1 16 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
PRINCESS LEIA 4183 2 0 0 16 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
SHADOWBROOKE 4174 2 0 0 15 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
DONATELLO 4159 2 6 0 12 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
KALPHUS 4179 1 2 0 10 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
C.S. LEWIS 4172 1 4 0 7 LITERATE LOONS (40)
BILL RUSSELL 4187 1 0 0 5 NBA LEGENDS (156)
KEVIN GARNETT 4185 1 1 0 4 NBA LEGENDS (156)
MOONFURY 4178 0 2 0 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
MAVERICK 4182 0 2 0 2 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
YELLOW PERIL 4188 0 1 0 1 ARDUIN (200)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CARE BEAR 4168 1 3 1 CHILDHOOD HEROES 8 MOLSON 4084 494
VELMA DINKLEY 4077 11 20 1 CHILDHOOD HEROES 8 MOLSON 4084 493
RASAE 4032 17 21 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39 KAPOW 4085 492 NOT REVENGED
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SWEEDE 4129 7 8 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39 JASON KIDD 4143 493 REVENGED
SHADOWFIST 4140 4 6 0 CULT OF BACCHUS 4 ROBERT PARISH 4095 493 REVENGED
KOBE 4138 5 7 0 NBA LEGENDS 156 AII LORAII 4153 494 JUST REVENGED
PROMYVION 4127 5 3 0 OF WOLF AND MAN 57 CRUSADE 4171 496
CLAUDIUS PULCHER 4181 0 2 0 ROMAN REPUBLIC 204 ENDONN 4177 496
MARCUS CICERO 4156 2 3 0 ROMAN REPUBLIC 204 WHIPSICLE 4162 492 NOT REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Taizu -- Well damn! Well fought. -- Johan the Unfulfilled
Chakor -- Damn you have got some endurance! -- Gilmur the Overwhelmed
Screaming Itchy -- Gimme awhile and let's try it again. -- Endonn the Resolute
Proem -- My training fail stuff has got to stop. -- Kalphus the Distressed
Caius Flacus -- Whew that was close. -- Johan the Haggard
Jason Kidd -- Curious how we matched up. Well fought, could have gone either way. -- Gilmur the Fulfilled
Snow Golem -- Hey! Damn! -- Endonn the Novice
Paradarshin -- Hmmmmm. -- Kalphus the Unready
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
JASON KIDD bested AII LORAII in a 1 minute Bloodfeud fight.
GWORM bested THOMAS MANN in a action packed 1 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
CHARMIN outlasted RUNNYMEADE in a dull 29 minute Challenge fight.
MISTI SKYE devastated BOSCOE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
PHAROX TAHT overpowered THUNDERFIST in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
SKY BISON defeated DEVOEAUX in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge struggle.
ROBERT PARISH devastated PTEROSAUR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
PTOMAINE unbelievably bested BRUTE SQUAD 1 in a 2 minute gruesome Challenge melee.
GIOTTO was viciously subdued by JANE AUSTEN in a popular 3 minute Challenge duel.
PTERODACTYL won victory over MOLDYLOX in a 4 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
ALLEN IVERSON was overcome by JIMMY CRACKCORN in a 2 minute Challenge bout.
JACH SKELLINGTON overpowered C.S. LEWIS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
CALYPSO bested PARADARSHIN in a 1 minute amateur's Challenge conflict.
ARCTIC WOOKEY was subdued by FLAVIUS MANICUS in a 2 minute master's match.
GROOG was overpowered by KAPOW in a popular 1 minute gruesome mismatched conflict.
THE LEPER KING defeated SARCASM in a 1 minute expert's struggle.
GEORGE ELIOT was handily defeated by CHAKOR in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
MOLSON was overpowered by HOARD in a 1 minute brutal one-sided Title bout.
FRANK O'CONNOR beat BYRUHO in a 2 minute veteran's match.
PTYALISM overcame MORGUHN in a 2 minute competition.
DOTAR SOJAT bested DILLY DILLY in a 2 minute veteran's bout.
SNOW GOLEM was vanquished by JOHAN in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTERSKULL overcame DECIUS BELLUM in a action packed 1 minute duel.
BROOSS bested LEONARDO in a exciting 1 minute bout.
QUINTUS LAENAS was defeated by GILMUR in a 2 minute fight.
TAIZU viciously subdued CAIUS FLACUS in a 2 minute gory match.
WHIPSICLE vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
PROMYVION was luckily killed by CRUSADE in a exciting 4 minute gruesome melee.
DEZMUND overcame DONATELLO in a 1 minute bout.
SOULQUAKE was overcome by PROEM in a 5 minute bout.
SCREAMING ITCHY handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
RAHKSAHNAH overpowered KEVIN GARNETT in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SHADOWBROOKE overcame YELLOW PERIL in a exciting 3 minute gory novice's fight.
ENDONN assassinated CLAUDIUS PULCHER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
MOONFURY was beaten by PRINCESS LEIA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute novice's fray.
KALPHUS viciously subdued MAVERICK in a exciting 3 minute brutal amateur's fight.
BILL RUSSELL outwaited CONVICTED THIEF in a tiring 9 minute beginner's bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 13 LUNGING ATTACK 40 - 27 - 1 60 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 11 PARRY-STRIKE 19 - 14 - 3 58 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 9 TOTAL PARRY 64 - 51 - 2 56 |
|BASHING ATTACK 9 SLASHING ATTACK 41 - 35 - 1 54 |
|WALL OF STEEL 8 WALL OF STEEL 37 - 32 - 1 54 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 8 AIMED BLOW 36 - 34 - 1 51 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 STRIKING ATTACK 30 - 40 - 2 43 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 4 BASHING ATTACK 39 - 59 - 5 40 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 14 - 22 - 1 39 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 7 - 0 36 |
Turn 496 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 5 3 BASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 5 2 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 10 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 3 2 TOTAL PARRY
SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 3 AIMED BLOW 1 - 4 2 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 8 1 AIMED BLOW
1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK HOARD 3974 22 17 1 107 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
AIMED BLOW THE LEPER KING 3995 24 22 0 101 DARQUE AGES (29)
BASHING ATTACK KAPOW 4085 22 9 3 101 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
TOTAL PARRY GWORM 4071 18 10 0 99 ARDUIN (200)
PARRY-STRIKE MOLSON 4084 17 14 3 85 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
LUNGING ATTACK SKY BISON 4109 13 9 0 71 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
WALL OF STEEL GILMUR 4139 10 4 0 60 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
PARRY-RIPOSTE TAIZU 4131 12 6 0 57 DARQUE AGES (29)
STRIKING ATTACK AII LORAII 4153 6 4 1 40 ARDUIN (200)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is THE LEPER KING 3995. The most popular warrior this
turn was JANE AUSTEN 4133. The ten other most popular fighters were PROMYVION 4127,
PTERODACTYL 3913, BATTERSKULL 4144, MOLDYLOX 4080, SHADOWBROOKE 4174, KALPHUS 4179,
DILLY DILLY 4111, SOULQUAKE 4145, SKY BISON 4109, and BRUTE SQUAD 1 4142.
The least popular fighter this week was RUNNYMEADE 4130. The other ten least popular
fighters were CHARMIN 3943, BILL RUSSELL 4187, MAVERICK 4182, KEVIN GARNETT 4185,
PROEM 4128, CAIUS FLACUS 4134, SNOW GOLEM 4165, MOLSON 4084, SARCASM 4051, and C.S.
LEWIS 4172.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
HOARD (81-3974) DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
GROOG (81-3960) CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
FLAVIUS MANICUS (81-3976) ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
ARCTIC WOOKEY (81-4035) ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)