DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 08/20/2025 Duedate: 09/02/2025
SHADOWSPIRE ARENA
DM 81 TURN 483
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
NIKOLAI GOGOL
LITERATE LOONS (40)
(81-3911) [26-22-0,111]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
NIKOLAI GOGOL JUST A TRAVESTY
LITERATE LOONS (40) LEFTOVERTURE (209)
(81-3911) [26-22-0,111] (81-4126) [3-2-1,28]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
NIKOLAI GOGOL NIKOLAI GOGOL
LITERATE LOONS (40) LITERATE LOONS (40)
(81-3911) [26-22-0,111] (81-3911) [26-22-0,111]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
FAR TRAVELERS (113)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 40
2. PRIMAL INSTINCT (167) 39 NBA LEGENDS (156)
3. CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 35 Unchartered Team
4. ARDUIN (200) 34
5. ROMAN REPUBLIC (204) 21 LEFTOVERTURE (209)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 NBA LEGENDS (156) 335 278 18 54.6 1/ 1 FAR TRAVELERS (113) 10 5 1
2/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 1060 883 38 54.6 2/ 4 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 10 5 0
3/ 3 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 1008 877 36 53.5 3/ 2 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 9 6 0
4- 4 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 809 705 22 53.4 4/11 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167) 9 6 0
5/ 5 FAR TRAVELERS (113) 184 161 13 53.3 5/ 5 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 8 5 0
6/ 6 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 249 226 9 52.4 6/ 8 ARDUIN (200) 8 7 1
7/ 8 TOILET PAPER (202) 28 26 1 51.9 7/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29) 8 7 0
8/ 7 DARQUE AGES (29) 1105 1027 46 51.8 8/ 7 NBA LEGENDS (156) 8 7 0
9/ 9 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 406 398 14 50.5 9/14 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 7 8 1
10/10 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 691 695 32 49.9 10/ 3 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 7 8 0
11/11 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 492 545 37 47.4 11/ 9 TOILET PAPER (202) 7 8 0
12/14 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167) 59 66 6 47.2 12/12 LITERATE LOONS (40) 6 9 0
13/12 LITERATE LOONS (40) 832 935 36 47.1 13/16 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204) 5 8 0
14/13 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 156 179 10 46.6 14/15 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 5 9 0
15/15 ARDUIN (200) 95 115 3 45.2 15/10*LEFTOVERTURE (209) 4 11 2
16/16 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204) 97 127 3 43.3 16/ 0 HIGH ORDER (123) 3 2 0
17/ 0 HIGH ORDER (123) 21 38 3 35.6 17-13 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 2 2 0
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
18/17*LEFTOVERTURE (209) 14 26 2 35.0 18/17 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
Shadowspire, my dear degenerates, this is your lovable loser and reluctantly half-
sober chronicler, Huard DePriest. Word has it I've been conned, I mean "promoted" into
pulling double duty. I'm doing Shadowspire and the Free Blades regional arena. That's
right, you'll be seeing me scribbling over in AD 103 now, too. The bean counters in
the Commission must think I'm worth two for the price of one. We all know I'm worth
zero, so it's still a bad deal! Consider this an open invitation to each of you, send
a few warriors over the regional, and keep me from falling asleep between bouts. Now
then, to our regular scheduled chaos!
Our reigning wordsmith and part-time masochist, Nikolai Gogol, showed he does more
than write depressing novels. He carved his way past Zakariya in a five-minute duel
that had the scribes sharpening quills and the medics sterilizing scapels. Gogol now
sits on the throne. Congrats to Nikolai and Sherman on the achievement.
Seems everyone took a look, or whiff, of Primal Instinct and decided to go the other
direction. With names like Savage, Beast Within, and Rage, who can blame them? The
unfortunate winners of the "Who ran the most?" award go to Ale House Mercs. They tried
to avoid being the targets, but all the denizens of Shadowspire did was laugh in their
mugs. Mickey Splitz of Big Lake Solution gets the honor of being this turn's most
challenged warrior. He can't buy a break with everyone slashing, lunging, and bashing
at him on the sands. Our departing Duelmaster, Phandelyon, got first dibs at Mickey.
Our fresh Lord Protector leaves Shadowspire with a win and his dignity.
Before I stagger off into another mug of warm swill, let's tip a helm to the fallen.
Freeze Bee, Endless Sky, and High Elf, all of whom died in the Dark Arena. I hope High
Elf has good insurance because he is due back at work in two weeks. The only non-DA
death came in a bloodfeud. Now we are talking! Jesse Mach slaughtered Mister Madman in
a bloody 2-minute revenge fight. We are supposed to use bloodfeud, but let's get
serious for a moment, everyone knows it is a revenge mission for four turns.
So, Shadowspire, the usual closing pleasantries of keeping your blades sharp, the
alcohol flowing, the midget tossed, and whatnot. For the love of Bacchus, send some
warriors to Free Blades so I don't have to talk to myself each time. Until the next
time,
-- Huard DePriest
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911 26 22 0 111 LITERATE LOONS (40)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SAVAGE 3210 13 5 1 107 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
APPIUS CAUDEX 3970 21 25 0 101 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
GROOG 3960 20 16 0 98 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
THE LEPER KING 3995 19 14 0 97 DARQUE AGES (29)
MICKEY SPLITZ 3973 16 20 0 97 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
DAKATA 3994 14 17 0 95 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
ZAKARIYA 4001 19 12 0 94 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
-WYRMSHADOW 2986 20 18 0 91 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
BOSCOE 4074 13 9 0 91 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FLAVIUS MANICUS 3976 16 20 0 87 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
TENG SWARM 4005 12 11 0 86 ARDUIN (200)
THOMAS MANN 4076 11 11 0 84 LITERATE LOONS (40)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHAKOR 1840 16 16 0 83 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
DEVOEAUX 2049 14 16 0 80 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
FAUNA 4037 18 9 0 74 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
TIBERE GRACCHUS 3971 12 34 1 71 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
CARMINA BURANA 4087 9 7 0 70 DARQUE AGES (29)
BEAST WITHIN 3346 9 5 0 70 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GEORGE ELIOT 3978 13 23 2 65 LITERATE LOONS (40)
-ZI SHADOWSPLICE 4102 6 0 0 65 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
EGWENE 4010 9 20 0 64 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
JOHN STOCKTON 4089 9 7 0 59 NBA LEGENDS (156)
MOLDYLOX 4080 9 10 0 57 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
SKY BISON 4109 7 2 0 57 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HOARD 3974 14 13 1 56 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
RASAE 4032 13 16 0 55 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
CYNDARA 4086 9 8 0 55 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
KAPOW 4085 11 7 1 54 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
ARCTIC WOOKEY 4035 13 14 0 53 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
DOTAR SOJAT 2168 13 6 0 49 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
SARCASM 4051 10 16 2 48 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
MISTI SKYE 4117 5 1 0 47 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
MOLSON 4084 8 10 1 45 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
RAGE 3370 7 4 0 45 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
FRANK O'CONNOR 4075 11 11 0 44 LITERATE LOONS (40)
GWORM 4071 8 7 0 44 ARDUIN (200)
SHOSHONE 4113 4 2 1 43 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
SHELENA 1601 9 3 0 40 HIGH ORDER (123)
TAIZU 4131 5 0 0 38 DARQUE AGES (29)
PHAROX TAHT 4097 6 7 1 37 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
HUNTER 4112 5 2 0 37 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
GIOTTO 4093 10 4 0 34 DARQUE AGES (29)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VELMA DINKLEY 4077 6 15 0 33 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
PTEROSAUR 3912 5 5 1 33 TOILET PAPER (202)
DA1 4141 1 0 1 33 ARDUIN (200)
ROBERT PARISH 4095 6 7 0 32 NBA LEGENDS (156)
JOHAN 4110 5 3 1 32 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
PROMYVION 4127 4 1 0 32 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
PREDATOR 4101 4 5 1 30 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
JESSE MACH 4124 3 3 1 29 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
JUST A TRAVESTY 4126 3 2 1 28 LEFTOVERTURE (209)
SARAH JANE 3717 3 4 0 27 HIGH ORDER (123)
PTYALISM 3916 7 4 0 25 TOILET PAPER (202)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PTOMAINE 3914 6 5 0 23 TOILET PAPER (202)
OSSOBUCCO 4137 2 0 0 23 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
SMITHWICK 4118 4 2 0 22 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
SWEEDE 4129 2 3 0 22 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
PTERODACTYL 3913 5 6 0 21 TOILET PAPER (202)
LEONARDO 4136 2 0 0 20 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
THUNDERFIST 4132 1 1 0 20 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
JIMMY CRACKCORN 4099 4 7 0 19 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
CHARMIN 3943 5 3 0 18 TOILET PAPER (202)
CARTER 3719 2 5 1 17 HIGH ORDER (123)
DILLY DILLY 4111 3 5 0 14 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
OUT OF NOWHERE 4104 3 5 0 14 LEFTOVERTURE (209)
DEAR MOTHER 4107 3 5 0 14 LEFTOVERTURE (209)
LEXI 3718 2 5 0 13 HIGH ORDER (123)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RUNNYMEADE 4130 3 2 0 11 DARQUE AGES (29)
ALLEN IVERSON 4125 1 4 0 10 NBA LEGENDS (156)
PROEM 4128 2 3 0 9 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
CAIGUS FLACUS 4134 1 1 0 6 ROMAN REPUBLIC (204)
KALEESI 3758 1 1 0 4 HIGH ORDER (123)
JASON KIDD 4143 1 0 0 4 NBA LEGENDS (156)
KOBE 4138 0 2 0 3 NBA LEGENDS (156)
JANE AUSTEN 4133 0 3 0 3 LITERATE LOONS (40)
BRUTE SQUAD 1 4142 0 1 0 1 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
GILMUR 4139 0 1 0 1 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
FREEZE BEE 4070 9 6 0 ARDUIN 200 BANDIT PRINCE 483 NONE
WILMA DEERING 4091 2 9 1 CHILDHOOD HEROES 8 MISTER MADMAN 4105 481 JUST REVENGED
VITZI 4096 3 5 0 CULT OF BACCHUS 4 JUST A TRAVESTY 4126 481 REVENGED
HIGH ELF 0 0 0 DARK ARENA DA1 4141 483 NONE
ENDLESS SKY 4108 1 7 0 LEFTOVERTURE 209 WURM KIN 483 NONE
MISTER MADMAN 4105 3 5 1 LEFTOVERTURE 209 JESSE MACH 4124 483
G.K. CHESTERTON 3958 15 19 0 LITERATE LOONS 40 SAVAGE 3210 480
PERSONAL ADS
All -- I forgot the Longbeards were on auto. It took longer than expected, but I am
back! -- Visionist
All -- Amos 14(+1)-17(+1)-10-11(+1)-17(+1)-7-13(+1) TP, he learned 51 skills in 23
fights, Adex Parry and Expert Defense. Favorites Greatsword, Very low/very low, Parry
tactic. Easily my best basic TP ever. -- Visionist
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
FREEZE BEE was viciously butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
ENDLESS SKY was slaughtered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
DA1 murdered HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
JESSE MACH viciously butchered MISTER MADMAN in a 2 minute bloody Bloodfeud brawl.
PHANDELYON defeated MICKEY SPLITZ in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
TENG SWARM was devastated by SAVAGE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
DAKATA savagely defeated CHAKOR in a 1 minute veteran's Challenge struggle.
FAUNA was overpowered by APPIUS CAUDEX in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
BEAST WITHIN won victory over TIBERE GRACCHUS in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
KAPOW was vanquished by THOMAS MANN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
ARCTIC WOOKEY was overpowered by DEVOEAUX in a 1 minute uneven Challenge match.
VELMA DINKLEY was defeated by GWORM in a 2 minute Challenge match.
EGWENE demolished RASAE in a 1 minute bloody mismatched Challenge competition.
HUNTER was subdued by JOHN STOCKTON in a 2 minute Challenge match.
TAIZU bested JUST A TRAVESTY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute amateur's Challenge bout.
DEAR MOTHER was overpowered by PREDATOR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
OUT OF NOWHERE was devastated by PTEROSAUR in a 3 minute uneven Challenge duel.
LEONARDO beat ALLEN IVERSON in a 1 minute amateur's Challenge brawl.
OSSOBUCCO devastated DILLY DILLY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
NIKOLAI GOGOL savagely defeated ZAKARIYA in a exciting 5 minute veteran's Title bout.
GROOG handily defeated GEORGE ELIOT in a popular 1 minute gory mismatched competition.
CARMINA BURANA slimly lost to FLAVIUS MANICUS in a popular 4 minute gruesome match.
BOSCOE vanquished SKY BISON in a popular 1 minute brutal mismatched fray.
THE LEPER KING savagely defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a exciting 2 minute expert's fight.
CYNDARA won victory over MOLSON in a 5 minute fight.
PROMYVION was defeated by RAGE in a 1 minute beginner vs. veteran match.
JOHAN slimly lost to SHOSHONE in a 2 minute gory fray.
DOTAR SOJAT slimly won victory over FRANK O'CONNOR in a crowd pleasing 13 minute bout.
SHELENA beat ROBERT PARISH in a popular 3 minute fight.
SARCASM lost to MOLDYLOX in a popular 2 minute fray.
MISTI SKYE overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute gory one-sided match.
GIOTTO luckily beat LEXI in a 6 minute bout.
PHAROX TAHT savagely defeated CHARMIN in a exciting 3 minute bloody fray.
PTERODACTYL viciously subdued CAIGUS FLACUS in a 8 minute master vs. novice fight.
JIMMY CRACKCORN was outlasted by SMITHWICK in a tiring 9 minute fray.
CARTER demolished JANE AUSTEN in a 1 minute mismatched match.
SARAH JANE savagely defeated PTOMAINE in a popular 3 minute gory duel.
PTYALISM won victory over KOBE in a 2 minute master vs. novice bout.
KALEESI was handily defeated by SWEEDE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
PROEM was overpowered by THUNDERFIST in a crowd boring 5 minute bloody uneven battle.
RUNNYMEADE subdued BRUTE SQUAD 1 in a crowd pleasing 4 minute beginner's conflict.
GILMUR was savagely defeated by JASON KIDD in a unpopular 11 minute novice's brawl.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 15 LUNGING ATTACK 57 - 32 - 4 64 |
|AIMED BLOW 11 TOTAL PARRY 68 - 44 - 1 61 |
|BASHING ATTACK 11 STRIKING ATTACK 49 - 45 - 3 52 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 9 PARRY-RIPOSTE 34 - 33 - 2 51 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 9 PARRY-LUNGE 23 - 24 - 0 49 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 AIMED BLOW 40 - 45 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 5 BASHING ATTACK 47 - 54 - 3 47 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 5 WALL OF STEEL 8 - 10 - 0 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 SLASHING ATTACK 31 - 44 - 1 41 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 PARRY-STRIKE 21 - 36 - 0 37 |
Turn 483 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:
AIMED BLOW 8 - 3 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 7 4 AIMED BLOW
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 6 2 BASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 5 1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOTAL PARRY 9 - 6 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 4 1 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-LUNGE NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911 26 22 0 111 LITERATE LOONS (40)
BASHING ATTACK SAVAGE 3210 13 5 1 107 PRIMAL INSTINCT (167)
AIMED BLOW THE LEPER KING 3995 19 14 0 97 DARQUE AGES (29)
TOTAL PARRY ZAKARIYA 4001 19 12 0 94 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
PARRY-STRIKE TENG SWARM 4005 12 11 0 86 ARDUIN (200)
LUNGING ATTACK CARMINA BURANA 4087 9 7 0 70 DARQUE AGES (29)
PARRY-RIPOSTE TAIZU 4131 5 0 0 38 DARQUE AGES (29)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911. The most popular warrior this
turn was NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911. The ten other most popular fighters were PHAROX TAHT
4097, BRUTE SQUAD 1 4142, FLAVIUS MANICUS 3976, CARMINA BURANA 4087, THE LEPER KING
3995, FRANK O'CONNOR 4075, ROBERT PARISH 4095, SARCASM 4051, SARAH JANE 3717, and OUT
OF NOWHERE 4104.
The least popular fighter this week was GILMUR 4139. The other ten least popular
fighters were SMITHWICK 4118, PROEM 4128, JIMMY CRACKCORN 4099, GIOTTO 4093, CAIGUS
FLACUS 4134, DOTAR SOJAT 2168, JASON KIDD 4143, PTERODACTYL 3913, THUNDERFIST 4132,
and KALEESI 3758.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
NIKOLAI GOGOL (81-3911) LITERATE LOONS (40)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
PHANDELYON (81-3805) ARDUIN (200)