DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 11/09/2016 Duedate: 12/06/2016
STORMCROWE ARENA
DM-45 TURN-378
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MADAME HYDRA
DARQUE FORCES (428)
(45-4752) [15-5-1,130]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MADAME HYDRA POSITION IS EMPTY
DARQUE FORCES (428)
(45-4752) [15-5-1,130]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SNAEGH SNAEGH
GOING BERSERK (527) GOING BERSERK (527)
(45-4792) [18-4-0,91] (45-4792) [18-4-0,91]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DARQUE FORCES (428)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MAIDEN JAPAN (504) 33
2. KNIGHT BREED (403) 28 GOING BERSERK (527)
3. DARQUE FORCES (428) 26 Unchartered Team
4. GOING BERSERK (527) 14
5. SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 10 HOUSE OF LORDS (169)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 GOING BERSERK (527) 48 27 5 64.0 1/ 2 DARQUE FORCES (428) 8 2 1
2/ 2 DARQUE FORCES (428) 526 309 34 63.0 2/ 1 GOING BERSERK (527) 7 5 2
3/ 0 AVID FANS (65) 185 165 19 52.9 3/ 3 KNIGHT BREED (403) 4 6 2
4/ 3 KNIGHT BREED (403) 56 55 2 50.5 4/ 0 MAIDEN JAPAN (504) 3 2 0
5/ 0 SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 94 101 8 48.2 5/ 0 SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 1 1 0
6/ 0 MAIDEN JAPAN (504) 28 33 2 45.9 6/ 0 AVID FANS (65) 1 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
I can't believe the violence in STORMCROWE! I still haven't told Mom I'm
writing Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... Too bad, GOING BERSERK,
but DARQUE FORCES was just too good to be stopped. MVP award for WRATHCHILD? MAIDEN
JAPAN's proud of him after beating AN ARENA DOCTOR and getting 20 points. Talk about
yer big time losers! AN ARENA DOCTOR got smashed by WRATHCHILD, and lost 11 points!
Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair? I think MADAME HYDRA should let
PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it. Who was the
wiseguy that said STORMCROWE's Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Shadow's
Fountain? Don't look at me!
So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway? It can't be for these
really neat Spyreports can it? The warriors of GOING BERSERK must be getting lonely.
They were the most avoided team. Do you guys know something that I don't? Hhmph!
What kind of warriors are AVID FANS? GOING BERSERK, an easy team to beat if I ever
saw one, can't get them to accept an invitation! Can GOING BERSERK's UKKO be more
popular than me? He was challenged the most, but is that really the same? For sure,
I was holding my breath when I found out WAR MAIDEN challenged SNAEGH. After all,
haven't DARQUE FORCES and GOING BERSERK had a long standing duel in STORMCROWE? It
wasn't a spectacular fight, or anything, but SNAEGH wants me to write about it since
he beat WAR MAIDEN. Satisfied?
Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All STORMCROWE ever talks about is fighting!
Me, I'm more laid back. D'ya think MADAME HYDRA is feeling guilty for killing AVID
FANS' PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN, a mere boy? Naah, I doubt it. I see PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN got
killed by MADAME HYDRA of DARQUE FORCES. Now I want to see some serious Bloodfeud
action out there! Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear
from you? Write! (Or have someone write for you.)
Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain. Soak it in cold water, and hand
wash. I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop. I had
a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MADAME HYDRA 4752 15 5 1 130 DARQUE FORCES (428)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SCANDAL SAVAGE 4753 14 6 1 97 DARQUE FORCES (428)
UKKO 4780 12 3 1 95 GOING BERSERK (527)
SNAEGH 4792 18 4 0 91 GOING BERSERK (527)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MARSH FELLOW 4815 6 2 1 71 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WAR MAIDEN 4743 13 11 1 66 DARQUE FORCES (428)
WRATHCHILD 4407 7 6 0 62 MAIDEN JAPAN (504)
RAYNOR 3549 12 10 1 60 KNIGHT BREED (403)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AN ARENA DOCTOR 4175 11 13 1 51 AVID FANS (65)
THE TROOPER 4481 5 3 0 50 MAIDEN JAPAN (504)
A REPORTER 4758 6 3 1 43 AVID FANS (65)
SECURITY GUARD 4825 3 3 0 39 AVID FANS (65)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SLOPPY JOE 4797 5 11 0 32 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
STARWIND 4684 4 4 0 30 KNIGHT BREED (403)
BEA LIGERENT 4812 4 2 0 28 DARQUE FORCES (428)
LADY MACDEATH 4774 6 6 1 26 DARQUE FORCES (428)
RIME-ANCIENT MARINER 4496 4 1 0 25 MAIDEN JAPAN (504)
RUNNING FREE 4406 6 6 0 24 MAIDEN JAPAN (504)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BRAVE NEW WORLD 4453 3 7 2 18 MAIDEN JAPAN (504)
HARLOCK 4876 1 0 0 13 KNIGHT BREED (403)
SPACE DANDY 4875 1 0 1 11 KNIGHT BREED (403)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSISTENT BEGGA 0 0 0 SPACE DANDY 4875 378 NONE
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN 4754 5 3 1 AVID FANS 65 MADAME HYDRA 4752 378
DA2 4873 1 1 1 GOING BERSERK 527 SPYMASTER 378 NONE
DA4 4877 0 1 0 GOING BERSERK 527 MOUNTAIN TROLL 378 NONE
DEADER 4874 0 1 0 KNIGHT BREED 403 STONE GOLEM 378 NONE
KERRIGAN 3545 13 8 0 KNIGHT BREED 403 UKKO 4780 377
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DA2 was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DEADER was slaughtered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
DA4 was killed by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
RAYNOR was devastated by UKKO in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud contest.
WAR MAIDEN was defeated by SNAEGH in a 4 minute master's Challenge match.
MADAME HYDRA assassinated PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN in a 1 minute one-sided Title struggle.
SCANDAL SAVAGE devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
MARSH FELLOW handily defeated A REPORTER in a 1 minute uneven melee.
AN ARENA DOCTOR was vanquished by WRATHCHILD in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
THE TROOPER vanquished LADY MACDEATH in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
STARWIND defeated BRAVE NEW WORLD in a 2 minute gruesome match.
SECURITY GUARD overpowered SLOPPY JOE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
RIME-ANCIENT MARINER subdued CULT MEMBER in a 6 minute competition.
BEA LIGERENT overcame RUNNING FREE in a 5 minute brutal contest.
HARLOCK demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
SPACE DANDY put to death PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute novice's conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-STRIKE 9 - 2 - 0 82 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 2 - 2 75 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 STRIKING ATTACK 10 - 7 - 2 59 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 3 - 1 57 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 13 - 10 - 2 57 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 2 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 18 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 10 - 1 33 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 AIMED BLOW 6 - 13 - 1 32 |
Turn 378 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW
AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK MADAME HYDRA 4752 15 5 1 130 DARQUE FORCES (428)
AIMED BLOW SCANDAL SAVAGE 4753 14 6 1 97 DARQUE FORCES (428)
WALL OF STEEL UKKO 4780 12 3 1 95 GOING BERSERK (527)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-STRIKE SNAEGH 4792 18 4 0 91 GOING BERSERK (527)
STRIKING ATTACK MARSH FELLOW 4815 6 2 1 71 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
BASHING ATTACK A REPORTER 4758 6 3 1 43 AVID FANS (65)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SNAEGH 4792. The most popular warrior this turn was
SNAEGH 4792. The ten other most popular fighters were BEA LIGERENT 4812, DA4 4877,
WAR MAIDEN 4743, STARWIND 4684, BRAVE NEW WORLD 4453, RUNNING FREE 4406, UKKO 4780,
MADAME HYDRA 4752, SCANDAL SAVAGE 4753, and MARSH FELLOW 4815.
The least popular fighter this week was RIME-ANCIENT MARINER 4496. The other ten
least popular fighters were SPACE DANDY 4875, SLOPPY JOE 4797, LADY MACDEATH 4774, AN
ARENA DOCTOR 4175, A REPORTER 4758, PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN 4754, DEADER 4874, RAYNOR 3549,
DA2 4873, and HARLOCK 4876.
An Informative Guide to the Parry-Riposte Style
composed by Sir Jessie Jest
Greetings to all. After many weeks of compiling a database with informationon
the parry-riposte, I would like to thank the many managers that donated their time and
effort to make this project work. We all hope that many managers benefit from these
efforts to further the interest in this style.
This article can also be found in the Duel Masters Web page on the internet at:
http://www.netis.com/johnh/dm.htm
Also, for those of you who have e-mail access, I invite you to join in on the DM
discussions on the Roundtable. The roundtable is a forum that discusses anything that
has to do with Duelmasters. It is made up of many other DM managers like yourself,
and will answer any question you have about the game. To join the Round Table send e-
mail to listserv@ambience.com.au with the message "Subscribe Duel-L Your Name".
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Parry-ripostes, or rippers, can be very deadly if trained and managed
effectively. Rippers aren't as widely understood as the more common high skill base
styles are. They do draw managers who like more of a challenge. It is not a style
for quick fix, so to speak. They start with much less skill and development than
many other styles. This means they require a much longer development time before
reaching that successful stage. Rippers are not good short-term warriors. They lack
what it takes to get many wins early in their career. When you make a ripper, you're
in for the long haul.
When making a ripper, it is good to think about making him survive through Basic.
Rippers have the second highest death rate, with aimed blows being the first. The
main reasons for this, I believe, are poor warrior design and/or poor strategy.
Rippers, even if designed exactly the same, vary more from one to another than most
styles in general. The aimed blow, I believe, is the only other style that varies
more widely from one to another than the ripper. Finding your ripper's likes and
dislikes may be quite a task, indeed.
The first thing to get a good ripper is warrior design. His starting stats will
greatly effect his starting skill bases as well. Since rippers starting skill base
is lower than some of the other styles, getting as many bonus skills from initial
stats is very important. These bonus skills are given most in the WIT and DEFTNESS
stats. Odd numbered stats are where most of the bonus skills are at, such as 13, 15,
17 and 21. There are no bonus stats to be gained at 19 in any stat except speed.
Good rippers will have a minimum of 32 points between wit and deftness. 34 or more
points is preferred. 17 or 21 WT and 17 or 21 DT makes the best rippers.
Ripper stats:
Strength: 7-11 gives you the range you need for all ripper weapons.
Con: 10-14 helps keep your ripper alive and helps with encumbrance. A wise
manager would put any left over points here, rather than speed. We'll
get to that in a minute.
Size: 3-11, no bigger. It's a waste of points and kills your defense, which
is one thing that will keep your ripper alive.
Wit: 15, 17 or 21 -- No less. You need the bonus skills and the quick
learning to make up for the lower skill base.
Will: 15+ Not necessary, but to be successful quicker in ADM get at least a
15.
Speed: 5-9 Speed is the most disputed thing among ripper managers. It is
split 50/50 on its contribution to a rippers success. I believe any
extra points left over after adding to odd number WT, WL, and DF should
go to CON, not speed. It makes no difference whether you get those
skills gained from speed now, or later on. They are still the same
number of skills. Those few skills won't make as much difference
now, as CON does in keeping the ripper ALIVE. A dead ripper's bases
don't matter much, now, do they? ;)
Deftness 15,17, or 21 no less. This is a MUST. Deftness gives the most bonus
skills out of all the stats. Unlike other styles, which start out
with higher bases, a ripper needs all the bonuses he can get. Don't
skimp here. Also, many of the rippers weapons require high deftness.
The average skill bonuses you get for the parry-riposte style are as follows:
(Taken from the "Ween Chart" that includes decimals)
Skill Bonus
====== ======
Attack -1.6
Parry -0.1
Defense -3
Initiative 3.1
Decise 1.8
Riposte 4.6
Naturally, rippers get more bonus skills in the riposte area. To help
understand that chart, round the numbers up to the nearest whole number. Example,
Decise 1.8 = 2 extra decise skills. There is no way to predict exactly what your
ripper's starting skills will be. But you can get a good idea when your get your
overview back by using the skill chart which is not listed here. There is the luck
factor, which is a random number that RSI gives to make sure no two warriors are
exactly alike. Some are blessed and get more than average skills, whereas others get
considerably less. Rippers in general seem to get LESS more than MORE skill in the
luck factor part of character generation.
Listed below are some examples of actual rippers in ADM and Primus.Please take
note of the + or extra skills these rippers received with thestats they have. Notice
the amount of extra skills they received from high WIT and DEFTNESS. The luck factor
had some play in these startingbases. These are also examples of when the luck factor
gives you MOREstarting base skills. The one at the bottom, with the -2 skills, is an
exampleof bad luck. The average skill base totals is +4.8 or 5 skills rounded up.That
means that if you get a ripper with more than + 5 skills to his base,he is lucky.
Less than + 5 he is unlucky, depending on his stats. If theripper has less than a 32
total points WIT and DEFTNESS, his chancesof getting less than +5 is MUCH higher. If
you get more than +5 skills withless than 32 points in your WIT and DEFTNESS total,
you a very lucky.One exception is when you have a 30 WIT/DEFTNESS total and a 21
WILL.Then you should get +5 or better to your skill base. If not, you are unlucky.
ST-CN-SZ-WT-WL-SP-DF BASE: ATT INIT DEC DEF PAR RIP (Bonus +/-)
17-13-4-17-9-9-15 60(0) 60(+4) 30(+2) 40(-1) 45(+1) 65(+5); +11
9-13-8-17-15-5-17 55(-1) 55(+4) 15(0) 30(-4) 55(+3) 70(+6); +8
11-9-12-15-17-5-17 55(0) 35(+2) 20(+1) 30(-3) 45(-1) 75(+9); +8
9-12-5-17-15-9-17 45(-3) 50(+1) 40(+3) 45(-2) 40(0) 70(+5); +4
10-10-9-21-15-4-15 60(-1) 50(+2) 45(+5) 35(-4) 35(0) 65(+5); +7
8-9-7-17-17-9-17 50(-3) 50(-1) 50(+4) 50(-2) 40(+1) 85(+8); +5
8-10-12-17-17-3-17 60(-1) 45(0) 25(+2) 30(-5) 40(+1) 55(+4); +1
8-9-8-15-11-12-21 50(-2) 75(+5) 35(+2) 35(-4) 50(+1) 80(+5); +7
12-10-8-17-11-9-17 40(-3) 45(0) 40(+4) 30(-4) 15(-4) 70(+5); -2
The numbers in the parenthesis are the + or - the projected skill base for that
set of numbers. Example: +5 means that he got 5 more than the average projection.
Pluses are good and minuses are bad.
A simple method to see whether or not your ripper was lucky is to add the WIT and
DEFTNESS together. If it is above 32 then you should get + 5 as an average, and any
more than +5 is lucky. The higher the WIT/DEFTNESS total the higher the average.
This is a quick guesstimate to see if your ripper was unlucky at getting a good number
starting skills. It is not an exact way to tell. You can tell more accurately by
using the skill chart that lists the skill bonuses, and the style modifiers.
Good WIT statements for a good ripper include high order ATTACK, DEFENSE, and
PARRY. An initiative statement is nice, but harder to come by for a ripper, unless
you give up one of those 3 up there. If you get ATTACK, DEFENSE, PARRY and INITIATIVE
high order you have a GREAT ripper. Rippers almost always get some kind of Riposte
statement. Riposte isn't really as important as those 4 up there are in the long run.
Decise skill is meaningless to a ripper.
ARMOR
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Rippers should wear heavy armor at the beginning of their career. It is better
to run a ripper defensively or `scum' him for awhile until he gains more skill. When
he starts getting his experts in defense and parry, then you can take off some armor.
Rippers are more like to DIE in their first 10-15 fights than later on when they have
more skill and experience.
Some people don't like playing defensively, and run them offensively at the
beginning. Rippers are long term projects and are not ready for this. They lack the
skill and experience to do this in the beginning. For this reason, and the fact most
people don't put much armor on them at the start of their career, is why so many
rippers DIE. Putting heavy armor on them and playing them defensively, increases the
ripper's chance to make it to ADM ALIVE. I've put rippers in ACM and APA in basic for
their first 15 fights. It keeps them alive and gets them learns without affecting
their performance.
Weapons
-------------
Your ripper's favorite weapon is VERY important. Rippers have a very limited
number of weapons to choose from, but do have some good ones.
This is a list of ripper weapons. They are listed in order of which is best to
which is worst according to a poll of 58 ripper mgrs.
1. Scimitar -- The best ripper weapon, without question.
2. Longsword
3. Epee -- I wouldn't advise using this weapon in Basic.
4. Shortsword
5. Shortspear
6. Longspear
7. Hatchet
Using that chart above, you can tell whether or not your ripper got stuck with a
lousy favorite weapon. Down below is more info on ripper's favorite weapons.
Out of 44 parry-ripostes, the following is a chart of the favorite weapons they got:
EP (11), SC (8), LO (8), LS (4), SS (7), SH (6)
Notice that most got the top 3 ripper weapons. Just hope your ripper doesn't get
stuck with a lame weapon.
Off-hand weapon
------------------------
Rippers do better with 2 weapons than one. In ADM, a ripper can use either one
or 2 and still be effective. Shortswords and hatchets are the most effective.
Daggers and shields are OK, but not really good in ADM. If you have a ripper with
high enough deftness, twin longswords or scimitars can be devastating. Rippers have
an unusually high chance of being ambidextrous.
Strategy- Using tactics
-------------------------------
Rippers in general don't react well to tactics. This is agreed on by most ripper
managers. They can use lunge, dodge, response and parry to some effectiveness. Out
of 44 rippers, 3 got Lunge, 6 got Riposte, and 3 got Parry as a favorite tactic.
Riposte tactic is lame, and should never be used on a ripper. He ripostes well enough
without that tactic. All it will do is penalize him in other important areas.
Strategy- (favorite rhythms)
-------------------------------------
Unlike other styles, the ripper favorite rhythm is used more closely. Most
managers use different strategies in basic than they do in ADM for their rippers.
They play it more by ear in Basic, and stick mostly to the ripper's favorite rhythms
in ADM. Unless, of course, they have very bad rhythms for favorites. Then they may
go back to playing it by ear.
Below is a graph of 44 Parry - Riposte's favorite rhythms.
A. L. -- O. E. VL LO MO HI VH TOTALS
VL 3 1 2 0 0 6
LO 2 1 2 2 0 7
MO 2 19 0 1 0 22
HI 2 0 5 2 0 9
VH 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 9 21 9 5 0
As you can see, most of the favorites for a Parry Riposte fall in the LOW
offensive and moderate activity range.
To give someone an example of a basic strategy, I will give you an example below.
MIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 Desp.
OL 2 2 2 4 4 3 7
AL 2 2 2 4 4 2 7
KD 5 5 5 6 6 5 5
Att RA----------------------------------------------->
Pro HE----------------------------------------------->
You can experiment with other strategies, and might even check out how your
ripper likes tactics.
In ADM, I'd stick with the favorite rhythms, unless they aren't working for him.
Best style match-ups for a ripper in basic are: PR, TP, BA, PS, WS.
Worst in Basic are : SL, LU, AB, PL, ST.
Best style Match-ups in ADM are: TP, PR, BA, ST, PS.
Worst in ADM are : LU, SL, WS, PL, AB.
Well, that should be enough information to get any manager started with a good
ripper. If you need more information about rippers or anything else about DM,
contact me. I can be reached via e-mail at 103260.3347@ compuserve.com or you can
Diplo me at the Joker's Wild 2 in DM 75. I hope this helped someone.
Cheers,
Sir Jessie Jest
Credits -- Major contributors:
Mitch Nakagawa -AKA- Sensei Slowburn
Glenn Uren -AKA- Heretic JRK
Jeanette Jerles -AKA- Shark Jester
Gary Triplett -AKA- Miles The Boss Man
The Lunatic Voo-Doo
Assurnasirbanipal Soultaker
Lord Bosk Buri
C.J Caviness -AKA- The Visionist Doctor Scot
Manager(Dwayne) Revenant
Eric Goche Seeker
Rajesh Nanda
Johan Behrenfeldt -AKA- Bartender
and many others.