DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/01/2026 Duedate: 01/14/2026
ROCANIS ARENA
DM 56 TURN 911
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
XERO THE HERO
ALLIANCE (455)
(56-5234) [16-4-1,109]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
XERO THE HERO WASABI
ALLIANCE (455) SPICY (436)
(56-5234) [16-4-1,109] (56-4141) [7-1-0,86]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
XERO THE HERO JUNIPER
ALLIANCE (455) ALLIANCE (455)
(56-5234) [16-4-1,109] (56-5272) [8-3-2,66]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
ALLIANCE (455)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SPICY (436) 27
2. ALLIANCE (455) 6 ALLIANCE (455)
3. PHILANTHROPISTS (420) -53 Unchartered Team
SPICY (436)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*GEM COVEY (522) 3 0 0 100. 1/ 1 ALLIANCE (455) 8 7 0
2/ 2*SPICY (436) 7 1 0 87.5 2/ 3*SPICY (436) 3 0 0
3/ 3 ALLIANCE (455) 90 61 12 59.6 3- 2*GEM COVEY (522) 2 0 0
4/ 4 PHILANTHROPISTS (420) 31 28 1 52.5 4/ 5 PHILANTHROPISTS (420) 2 7 0
5- 5 MEN OF STEEL (131) 455 446 62 50.5 5- 4 TOTAL WHINE (516) 1 0 0
6- 6 TOTAL WHINE (516) 9 10 0 47.4 6- 6 MEN OF STEEL (131) 1 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
The native girl gave Orv a surprised smile. "You have some herb lore, do you?"
"You could say that," the little spirit replied with an answering smile. "I'm a
land healer. When we're done with the monsters, I will heal the poisoned land here
before I go home."
"I'll pass the word. Maybe some farmers will come and say which fields need
help."
The group of adventurers moved on down the flower-lined road, toward the forest
with the dark and foggy spot in the middle.
Vengeance said, "This chaos gate, is it a big visible stone gate, like when we
fought in Gateway Arena?"
Orv shook his, or her, or its head. "It is a wound in Ghea, which has festered
through the volcanic flow Sheila Greywand used to try and seal it. The world beyond
that breach is as poisonous to our world as our world is to that world." Shaking its
head, it spat to the side, as though tasting something vile. "The breach is under the
polluted water and I don't recommend going through to the other side. It's likely
that the enemy will be on this side, maybe in the water as the poison comforts them.
In case you have to enter the water, I'll make you a salve to protect your bodies and
your equipment, but that won't last more than an hour."
Tortured Trout frowned as he strode down the road. "Sounds like it would be best
to lure them out of the water. What can we do to really piss them off?"
Orv gasped a surprised laugh, sounding as innocent as a child -- a child with
mischief on its mind. "I don't know them well, but I'd guess these invaders are
fanatics who take themselves very seriously. If they think you are making fun of
them..."
Marduk nodded. "So, we pants them."
Teetotaler shook his head. "Nnn... ah. We're talking about making them come out
of the water to fight us. How would that work?"
"I could make an illusion," Trout suggested, rubbing his bearded chin.
Teddy Brewster shrugged. "When we see them, we should simply charge!"
"We hide in the trees," said Vengeance. "Trout makes an illusion of a farmer
pantsing one of the poison weasels. They get offended and come ashore to deal with
it. THEN we charge. Hmm. There are six of us, and seven of them. Orv, do you
fight?"
The little spirit shook its head, then said, "Well... it depends. You can see
that I'm not as big and strong as all of you."
"But you are of Ghea," said Tortured Trout. "Can you poison those things with a
touch?"
"Oh. Yes, I suppose so. But if I am slain, I can't heal the land."
"We won't include you in the fighting line, then. Or Trout, either. You guys
are support. The five of us can take those evil weasels."
They had been walking rapidly as they made their plans. Now, they were in the
forest, which looked sick. It was mostly oak and maple and sycamore trees, which
should have had green leaves on this warm island, but all the leaves were shriveled
and black, and curled up on the ground. The tree skeletons looked twisted, as though
they were in pain. The group of fighters walked up a small rise in the land, and
looked down upon a swamp, pools of bubbling yellowish water that stank of sulfur and
rot.
Vengeance looked at Orv. "Can you tell where they are?"
The nature spirit stretched out its arm, pointing at a particularly large pool.
"Four of them. The other three might still be in their own world."
Teddy Brewster shifted his feet, hefted his sword, and snorted. "Let's just
charge."
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last
week's fights. Hey everybody, watch out for WASABI, who flew up 27 points in the
rankings after mashing VON DARKMOOR like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. Ya
know, some days it doesn't pay to walk out on the sands. VON DARKMOOR was bested by
WASABI and drops 22 points. Well here's a duelmaster that doesn't sit back and say
'Challenge me'! NALENTHU made a challenge against XERO THE HERO this week. In front
of all the crowds, XERO THE HERO took the Duelmaster's crown for his own. I give the
bum two weeks. Can you believe they are paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?
Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the ROCANIS arena. And hey,
kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid ALLIANCE, please raise you hand. Wow. Does
ROCANIS really have that many liars? For those of you who like math, try this one:
ALLIANCE + Weapons That go Boom = SPICY + Avoid City. And who is this XERO THE HERO
you ask, with 109 points and a 16-4-1 record. Ooh, the tales I could tell!
Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the
most interesting, though! Knowing when to use the right tactics at the proper time
is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.
Well, there's the manager of the ROCANIS giving me the 'cut' sign (or is that
'They're going to strangle you in the alley?). C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some
tracks. Hasta la bye-bye. (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown
Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
XERO THE HERO 5234 16 4 1 109 ALLIANCE (455)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NALENTHU 3909 12 7 0 89 PHILANTHROPISTS (420)
WASABI 4141 7 1 0 86 SPICY (436)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JUNIPER 5272 8 3 2 66 ALLIANCE (455)
VON DARKMOOR 5263 9 4 0 65 ALLIANCE (455)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ROO 5091 2 2 0 36 MEN OF STEEL (131)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MARLBORO MAN 5278 4 2 1 28 ALLIANCE (455)
-SLIVERED OAK 5179 2 0 0 28 TOTAL WHINE (516)
-RUBY 5243 3 0 0 27 GEM COVEY (522)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-RE-AGITATOR 5187 1 0 0 21 MEN OF STEEL (131)
VAN CLEVE 5279 2 1 0 20 ALLIANCE (455)
AMBER ANGER 4387 1 4 0 15 PHILANTHROPISTS (420)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
NALENTHU was devastated by XERO THE HERO in a 1 minute Challenge Title fight.
AMBER ANGER was vanquished by MARLBORO MAN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
VON DARKMOOR was demolished by WASABI in a 1 minute uneven fight.
JUNIPER slimly lost to KUNG-FU MASTER in a popular 3 minute gory contest.
VAN CLEVE demolished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a dull 4 minute mismatched competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 3 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 - 1 75 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 3 - 0 70 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 2 - 2 67 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 2 - 1 67 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 14 - 7 - 1 67 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 AIMED BLOW 21 - 13 - 5 62 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 3 - 1 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 4 - 0 43 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
Turn 911 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 4 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK XERO THE HERO 5234 16 4 1 109 ALLIANCE (455)
AIMED BLOW NALENTHU 3909 12 7 0 89 PHILANTHROPISTS (420)
WALL OF STEEL VON DARKMOOR 5263 9 4 0 65 ALLIANCE (455)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is XERO THE HERO 5234. The most popular warrior this
turn was JUNIPER 5272. The ten other most popular fighters were XERO THE HERO 5234,
MARLBORO MAN 5278, WASABI 4141, NALENTHU 3909, AMBER ANGER 4387, VON DARKMOOR 5263,
VAN CLEVE 5279, 0, 0, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was VAN CLEVE 5279. The other ten least popular
fighters were VON DARKMOOR 5263, AMBER ANGER 4387, NALENTHU 3909, WASABI 4141,
MARLBORO MAN 5278, XERO THE HERO 5234, JUNIPER 5272, 0, 0, and 0.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
XERO THE HERO (56-5234) ALLIANCE (455)