DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/29/2026 Duedate: 06/11/2026
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 714
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CORNET
BRASS BAND (1968)
(93-11538) [9-1-0,99]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CORNET KIT FOX
BRASS BAND (1968) GHOST BEARS! (1970)
(93-11538) [9-1-0,99] (93-11549) [6-3-0,60]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
FRENCH HORN TROMBONE
BRASS BAND (1968) BRASS BAND (1968)
(93-11535) [5-5-0,36] (93-11534) [4-6-0,32]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BASH BROS SUPPER (1971) 38
2. BRASS BAND (1968) 33 BRASS BAND (1968)
3. DON'T AVOID US (1972) 15 Unchartered Team
4. GHOST BEARS! (1970) 5
5. SERPENT'S (285) 1 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*GHOST BEARS! (1970) 31 13 1 70.5 1/ 2*BASH BROS SUPPER (1971) 10 5 2
2/ 2 BRASS BAND (1968) 35 15 0 70.0 2/ 1*GHOST BEARS! (1970) 10 5 0
3/ 3*BASH BROS SUPPER (1971) 10 5 2 66.7 3/ 3 BRASS BAND (1968) 8 2 0
4/ 5*DON'T AVOID US (1972) 7 7 1 50.0 4/ 4*DON'T AVOID US (1972) 7 7 1
5/ 4*MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973) 3 7 0 30.0 5/ 5*MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973) 3 7 0
6/ 0*SERPENT'S (285) 0 2 0 0.0 6/ 0*SERPENT'S (285) 0 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
Assur's Weapon Requirement Chart (without the inaccuracies)
Over the years, many people have published weapon charts. Most of them have had
mistakes. This is the correct weapon chart and you should discard all others.
STR SIZ WIT DFT STR SIZ WIT DFT
Battle Axe 15 3 7 9 Maul 15 9 5 7
Broadsword 11 3 9 7 Morning Star 13 3 9 11
Dagger 3 3 7 7 Quarterstaff 11 9 11 11
Epee 7 3 15 15 Scimitar 9 3 11 11
Great Axe 13 3 9 11 Shortsword 5 3 11 3
Greatsword 15 9 9 11 Shortspear 9 3 5 7
Hatchet 7 3 5 7 War Flail 11 3 5 5
Halberd 17 9 9 11 War Hammer 13 3 5 7
Longsword 11 3 13 11 Large Shield 13 7 3 7
Longspear 11 9 5 9 Medium Shield 9 3 3 5
Mace 13 3 3 5 Small Shield 5 3 3 5
** Battle Axe requires 9 size if you are carrying an off hand weapon
Off Hand
No Wit Requirement
Strength Requirement same as for Main Hand
No Size Requirement
Off Hand Deftness Requirements
For this section, you look at the weapons you want to use in your main hand (MH) and
off hand (OH). From the chart above find their deftness requirements. Use these
values in the chart below (MH on the left, OH on the top) and the result is the
deftness to use them together.
Examples: Suppose your scum wants to use ME in your main hand and LG in your off
hand. Cross referencing, 5 on the left, 7 on the top, you'll see that the required
deftness to use them together is 9.
MH\OH 3 5 7 9 11 15
3 4 6 8 10 12 16
5 5 7 9 11 13 17
7 6 8 10 12 14 18
9 7 9 11 13 15 19
11 8 10 12 14 16 20
15 10 12 14 16 18 22
Caveats: In finding the values for this chart, there have been inconsistencies. The
chart shows the value that we believe will always be well suited. Some warriors seem
to be able to use weapons in both hands with lower deftness than the chart shows. So
far, I have not seen evidence for a warrior requiring more than the value shown.
Note that some values make little sense. (While you can use an EP with an off hand SH
together with 10 deftness, you would still lack 5 points of deftness to use the Epee.)
Weapons Suitability per Style
Aimed Blows
Well Suited Weapons: Dagger, Epee, Fist, Longsword, Longspear, Quarterstaff, Scimitar,
Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Broadsword, Hatchet
Bashers
Well Suited Weapons: Great Axe, Greatsword, Halbard, Large Shield, Mace, Medium
Shield, Maul, Morning Star, Quarterstaff, War Flail, War Hammer
Marginally Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Fist, Small Shield
Lungers
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Halbard, Scimitar
Parry Lungers
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Scimitar, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Broadsword, Quarterstaff
Parry Ripostes
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Scimitar, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: none
Parry Strikes
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Greatsword, Longsword,
Quarterstaff, Scimitar, Shortsword, Small Shield, Shortspear, War Hammer
Marginally Suited Weapons: Great Axe, Hatchet, Large Shield, Longspear, Mace, Medium
Shield
Slashers
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Great Axe, Hatchet, Longsword,
Scimitar, Shortsword
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Greatsword, Small Shield, Shortspear, War Flail
Strikers
Well Suited Weapons: Everything but Large Shield, Medium Shield
Marginally Suited Weapons: Large Shield, Medium Shield
Total Parries
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Greatsword, Large Shield,
Longsword, Longspear, Medium Shield, Quarterstaff, Scimitar, Shortsword, Small Shield
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Great Axe, Shortspear, War Hammer
Wall of Steels
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Great Axe, Greatsword, Morning Star,
Quarterstaff, Scimitar, War Flail
Marginally Suited Weapons: none
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Cornet takes another title before he and the rest of the Brass Band goes into
retirement. It was a good run for them. They offer their "good luck" to all who wish
to attain excellence. They pass the ball to the next Consortium affiliated bunch, my
team, PLANETARY FORCES, who may, or may not, appear this round on Noblish. Never fear;
we are here. I introduce Quake, Gravity, Wond, Rotation, and Oil. They, and a
spotlight on their design, will be forthcoming. Bear with me, for I am................
-- Dr Knowitall
SPY REPORT
Greetings, warriors of NOBLISH ISLAND! Once again I've been called out of
retirement for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. Bein' on top is great
while it lasts, GHOST BEARS!. But how many friends do you have now? It seems so
recently people were saying DON'T AVOID US was washed up, finished. But 3-1-0 moved
them up 0. I guess they're washed no more... What's with TROMBONE? It actually
beat GHOST BEARS!'s JENNER JENNY, and walked away with 16 more points from the fight.
Major screwup at GHOST BEARS!. JENNER JENNY lost 11 points to TROMBONE. Some new
strategies, perhaps? Maybe JENNER JENNY will provide more easy wins... VENEMOUS
CONCUBINE was reminded on the sands why CORNET is Duelmaster. Wouldn't it be nice to
have live subjects to practice on? I hear some team is looking into the uses of
convicted prisoners.
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... NOBLISH ISLAND thinks
GHOST BEARS! and their 31-13-1 is too much! If at first you don't succeed, give
up... Management must be dealin', as the boys at BRASS BAND ain't reelin'! GHOST
BEARS!'s mad! What do people see in MUSHY? His 2-1-2? BASH BROS SUPPER ain't
talkin', but he's got 21 points.
A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters
don't accept this. The best do. Many a warrior has met his fate in a hungover
stupor. You young rapscallions, take note!
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. NOBLISH
ISLAND is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places. Time for my
medication, so I'll leave now. Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CORNET 11538 9 1 0 99 BRASS BAND (1968)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BUGLE 11536 9 1 0 60 BRASS BAND (1968)
KIT FOX 11549 6 3 0 60 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
ADDER 11548 7 2 1 59 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WARDEN 11558 5 1 0 47 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
STORMCROW 11551 6 3 0 45 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
FRENCH HORN 11535 5 5 0 36 BRASS BAND (1968)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TROMBONE 11534 4 6 0 32 BRASS BAND (1968)
TUBA 11537 8 2 0 26 BRASS BAND (1968)
COLD 11557 3 0 0 26 BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)
SPOILED 11569 2 0 0 24 BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MUSHY 11555 2 1 2 21 BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)
BURNED 11554 2 1 0 21 BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)
JENNER JENNY 11552 4 2 0 17 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
HUGS 11559 1 2 0 16 DON'T AVOID US (1972)
INCOME TAXES 11562 2 1 0 15 DON'T AVOID US (1972)
SLEEP 11560 2 1 1 14 DON'T AVOID US (1972)
EXPENSIVE 11556 1 2 0 7 BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)
SIR MCDOODLES 11565 1 1 0 4 MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)
YASUKE 11567 1 1 0 4 MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)
AMELIA 11564 1 1 0 4 MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)
MAC SOMAIRLE 11566 0 2 0 2 MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)
LUMI 11568 0 2 0 2 MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)
COBRA 1585 0 1 0 1 SERPENT'S (285)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
ALONE 11553 0 1 0 BASH BROS SUPPE 1971 SLEEP 11560 712 REVENGED
HOMEWORK 11561 1 2 0 DON'T AVOID US 1972 MUSHY 11555 714
ROOT CANAL 11563 1 1 0 DON'T AVOID US 1972 MUSHY 11555 713
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
HOMEWORK was butchered by MUSHY in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight.
CORNET vanquished VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
ADDER savagely defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a action packed 3 minute bloody fight.
KIT FOX devastated CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
STORMCROW subdued FRENCH HORN in a crowd pleasing 2 minute competition.
BUGLE won victory over WARDEN in a 1 minute fight.
JENNER JENNY was viciously subdued by TROMBONE in a crowd pleasing 4 minute match.
TUBA outlasted EXPENSIVE in a dull 9 minute gruesome melee.
HUGS slimly won victory over SIR MCDOODLES in a 4 minute gory duel.
SLEEP won victory over MAC SOMAIRLE in a 3 minute gory duel.
INCOME TAXES defeated LUMI in a 4 minute match.
COLD handily defeated AMELIA in a 2 minute one-sided bout.
BURNED demolished COBRA in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
SPOILED devastated YASUKE in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 16 - 4 - 1 80 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 5 - 0 74 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 20 - 10 - 5 67 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 AIMED BLOW 7 - 4 - 0 64 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 3 - 0 63 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 9 - 0 55 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 8 - 7 - 0 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 15 - 0 48 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 7 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 8 - 0 33 |
Turn 714 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-LUNGE 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 4 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 3 STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 2 1 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK CORNET 11538 9 1 0 99 BRASS BAND (1968)
SLASHING ATTACK BUGLE 11536 9 1 0 60 BRASS BAND (1968)
STRIKING ATTACK KIT FOX 11549 6 3 0 60 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
TOTAL PARRY WARDEN 11558 5 1 0 47 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
PARRY-LUNGE STORMCROW 11551 6 3 0 45 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is FRENCH HORN 11535. The most popular warrior this
turn was TROMBONE 11534. The ten other most popular fighters were ADDER 11548,
FRENCH HORN 11535, SLEEP 11560, HUGS 11559, STORMCROW 11551, SIR MCDOODLES 11565,
BURNED 11554, SPOILED 11569, CORNET 11538, and KIT FOX 11549.
The least popular fighter this week was TUBA 11537. The other ten least popular
fighters were EXPENSIVE 11556, AMELIA 11564, YASUKE 11567, COBRA 1585, LUMI 11568,
INCOME TAXES 11562, WARDEN 11558, HOMEWORK 11561, COLD 11557, and JENNER JENNY 11552.