DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/21/2022 Duedate: 02/17/2022
SNOWBOUND ARENA
DM-50 TURN-425
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
RHAPSODY
DARQUE THEORY (348)
(50-4050) [11-5-1,102]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
RHAPSODY POSITION IS EMPTY
DARQUE THEORY (348)
(50-4050) [11-5-1,102]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
VIOLA WING VIOLA WING
MIDDLE WAY 6 (368) MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
(50-4037) [9-22-0,53] (50-4037) [9-22-0,53]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DARQUE THEORY (348)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BASH BROS SPORTS (405) 23
2. MIDDLE WAY 6 (368) 13 DARQUE THEORY (348)
3. BOOK OF THOMAS (421) 0 Unchartered Team
4. DARQUE THEORY (348) -12
U R WHAT U EAT (186)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 DARQUE THEORY (348) 172 124 13 58.1 1/ 1 DARQUE THEORY (348) 12 3 1
2- 2 BOOK OF THOMAS (421) 113 114 6 49.8 2- 2 BOOK OF THOMAS (421) 3 3 0
3/ 3 BASH BROS SPORTS (405) 87 89 3 49.4 3/ 3 BASH BROS SPORTS (405) 2 1 0
4/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368) 402 617 10 39.5 4/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368) 1 11 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Hail SNOWBOUND! Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for
your deeds. And let's see, OFF SEASON fought OUTTA TUNE and gained 23 points and
contributed to BASH BROS SPORTS' 1-0-0. OUTTA TUNE has lost to OFF SEASON, falling
20 points, while helping make DARQUE THEORY a 3-2-0 turn. Defending hers title for
another turn, RHAPSODY kept MIDDLE WAY 6's warrior, HELGA ICELAND, from claiming the
throne. Can someone confirm a rumor for me? I hear the top team makes their losing
fighters do dishes at The Victory Tavern until they win. Maybe?
He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose
for good reasons. My mama told me that one. I also notice that the BOOK OF THOMAS
stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on SNOWBOUND, what are you afraid
of? And avoiding BOOK OF THOMAS more than any other team we find BASH BROS SPORTS.
SNOWBOUND, are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing?
The Dark Arena is for those who cannot win, not who cannot lose with grace.
Dignity in life or death is the warrior's creed. Is it really true that SNOWBOUND
has more dishwashers per capita that fighters? Just thought I'd ask...
Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe. Dare
to fight bravely. Well, I'm burning daylight here in SNOWBOUND and I've a long road
ahead of me. Happy Trails. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper--
Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RHAPSODY 4050 11 5 1 102 DARQUE THEORY (348)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FROZEN GHOST 3992 14 2 0 122 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HELGA ICELAND 4020 17 22 0 76 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
-UNIQUE 4033 8 2 0 71 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-PREDATOR 4034 4 1 1 54 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
VIOLA WING 4037 9 22 0 53 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
OFF SEASON 3962 2 2 0 48 BASH BROS SPORTS (405)
TRILL 4084 4 1 1 39 DARQUE THEORY (348)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
OUTTA TUNE 4083 4 1 0 24 DARQUE THEORY (348)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-RANGER 4082 2 0 0 18 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
OSTINATO 4095 1 0 0 6 DARQUE THEORY (348)
FERMATA 4096 1 0 0 4 DARQUE THEORY (348)
JANICE KOLE 4087 0 4 0 4 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
PERRY REESE 4094 0 2 0 2 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Tonic -- Out of my reach. Good thing, or I'd've ended up with the title and column.
I salute you. -- Helga Iceland
Trill -- Sorry, I can't carry a tune in a basket. It keeps dribbling notes all over.
-- Viola Wing
Off Season -- This season would be off for anybody but a cross country skier. You can
have it. -- Janice Kole
Ranger -- I don't care for this contest. It isn't fun. -- Perry Reese
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
RHAPSODY bested HELGA ICELAND in a 1 minute gruesome master's Title fight.
TRILL was subdued by VIOLA WING in a popular 1 minute one-sided melee.
OUTTA TUNE was vanquished by OFF SEASON in a popular 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.
PERRY REESE was subdued by OSTINATO in a 3 minute gruesome amateur's competition.
JANICE KOLE was savagely defeated by FERMATA in a 13 minute novice's struggle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 1 - 0 83 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 2 - 1 78 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 2 - 1 75 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 3 - 0 73 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 5 - 1 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 9 - 0 44 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 10 - 13 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 16 - 1 43 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 9 - 0 36 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 10 - 0 17 |
Turn 425 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 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 5 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK RHAPSODY 4050 11 5 1 102 DARQUE THEORY (348)
LUNGING ATTACK TRILL 4084 4 1 1 39 DARQUE THEORY (348)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is VIOLA WING 4037. The most popular warrior this turn
was VIOLA WING 4037. The ten other most popular fighters were OFF SEASON 3962,
RHAPSODY 4050, OSTINATO 4095, OUTTA TUNE 4083, HELGA ICELAND 4020, TRILL 4084, PERRY
REESE 4094, JANICE KOLE 4087, FERMATA 4096, and 0.
The least popular fighter this week was FERMATA 4096. The other ten least popular
fighters were JANICE KOLE 4087, PERRY REESE 4094, TRILL 4084, HELGA ICELAND 4020,
OUTTA TUNE 4083, OSTINATO 4095, RHAPSODY 4050, OFF SEASON 3962, VIOLA WING 4037, and
0.
MY TAKE ON THE PARRY SLASH
I'm sure I'm not covering any new ground with my insights on the Wall of Steel. It is
my best fighting style and a favorite. I have currently 3 in ADM, and about a half
dozen active in the arenas with one currently undefeated and Duelmaster in DM 41.
So a bit about my observations. Like most defensive styles it seems to work best to
run these guys offensively while they are young so I outfit them and run them like a
slasher. They favor the initiative, parry and attack skills which sucks a bit in ADM
because they lack in defense skill and since defense is king in the late game, Walls
of Steel fall back into the pack quite a bit. It stinks but done right they can hold
their own vs anyone except end game lungers and aimed blows who seem to be way OP at
that level.
Anyway, stats are important of course. Strength should at least be 9+ to get slashing
weapons. Con can be lower; I have gotten away with a con of 7 because I run them fast
and furious anyway so if they get out jumped or crit dodged and ripped then they go
down easy. Most fights are over in minute 1 anyway. Size is a thing; smaller sizes
would be nice but you have issues with damage if you go low size and strength less
than 11. I have an upper limit of around 14 size and a lower one of 5 in my current
crew. Wit is a no brainer: 15+ is almost mandatory but I am running one with a 13 that
is doing ok but learning slows down to a crawl if you have less than 15. Will is super
necessary so I try not to go below 15 here with a build. Speed isn't really a
priority, so I often go as low as 3 here and they still do very well. More speed would
be nice, but speed is a luxury and not a necessity. Deftness is nice, I won't run a
WOS with less than a 13 here; my highest is 21 with a current ADM build.
Now how to run them. Well, minute one is offensive so I typically run 10-10-6 and then
taper off to a high offensive effort and a low or moderate activity level. It seems
that the majority of my ADM builds prefer a high-low pace.
So a couple of current warrior builds to show off the style.
Midnight, currently in ADM -- 9-11(2)-10-17-15-3-21, about to start stat raises
but currently has ad masters in attack and initiative.
Ishmail currently in Home Guard -- 12-9-6-15-17-9-15, currently at 93 skills and
wont be stat raising for a minute.
Average Joe in Mordant -- 11-11-14-13-13-9-13, painfully bad at learning and
definitely not recommended for the faint of heart.
Beowulf in Seam -- 11-12-9-15-17-3-17, currently at 54 skills and near the top of
the arena. Has fallen on hard times of late because of diminishing returns on
skill learns.
Broken in Shadowspire -- 9-14-9-17-17-5-13, very new and probably going to be a
.500 warrior when it's all said and done because of the low speed and deftness
combo.
Bender in DM 41 -- 9-7-14-17-17-3-17, currently undefeated and duelmaster, won't
last long but he started out as a tourney warrior and has gone at best 6-3 and
went 4-3 in this past mail-in as an adept.
So for anyone who doesn't know, a speed and deftness of 21 total is needed to get
normal coordination and a combo of 28 is needed to get the "fights well with either
hand" tag on your roll up. So not really relevant to the topic but just thought I'd
throw that out there. I like to keep this total at the very least 18 to get slightly
uncoordinated on all my builds because coordination is vital to defense and attack.
Okay, that's my take on this fun style. If I have enlightened anyone then you are
welcome, I hope I at least entertained everyone. Take it easy.
-- Eli