DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/03/2022 Duedate: 02/16/2022
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-727
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BOUDICCA
LADY WARRIORS (353)
(75-3975) [16-0-1,123]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
BOUDICCA FLOWER POWER
LADY WARRIORS (353) TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
(75-3975) [16-0-1,123] (75-3902) [3-1-1,43]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
GREAT WHITE SHARK GREAT WHITE SHARK
VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
(75-4001) [12-6-0,101] (75-4001) [12-6-0,101]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
LADY WARRIORS (353)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 52
2. SAND DANCERS (67) 49 LADY WARRIORS (353)
3. LADY WARRIORS (353) 4 Unchartered Team
4. DEFROSTED (349) 0
5. VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) -5 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 LADY WARRIORS (353) 44 13 5 77.2 1/ 1 LADY WARRIORS (353) 8 3 0
2- 2 DEFROSTED (349) 35 13 0 72.9 2/ 3 SAND DANCERS (67) 8 7 0
3/ 3 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 48 42 1 53.3 3/ 2 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 4 11 1
4/ 5 SAND DANCERS (67) %1493 %2018 43 42.5 4/ 0*TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 2 3 0
5/ 0*TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 4 12 1 25.0 5- 4 DEFROSTED (349) 1 0 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
This you can believe. I am again Duelmaster, the best in the city. Eight-time
Duelmaster! Has a ring to it, doesn't it?
But can you believe THIS? Ms. Fu, after prepping Zenobia for the Face-To-Face,
was drinking a little (Well, a lot!) of wine the night she decided to send in the pre-
strategies for the event. Lo and behold, while Zenobia was warming up at The Face for
her fight, and the rest of us Ladies were watching from the stands, the announcer
called ME, Boudicca, for her fight! I was forced to replace her, with inappropriate
armor (naked and embarrassed) and a healthy and go-get-'em weapon (which I knew
nothing about) and strategy. I did not fare well in Tempe. Why? Why, was this. Ms. Fu
had simply filled out the wrong warrior number on the entry sheet!
What a surprise to both Zenobia (who had been prepping and waiting for weeks) and
me! But what the heck, we forgive her, and we all drank a bit of wine ourselves, and
got blasted together! Plus she led us to a Lady Warrior 5-0 this round! She's our gal
-- boss and mentor.
With that, I say, here I am. Come and get me. But be careful, I just may pull out
Zen's magic weapons and come after you. You never know!
-- Boudicca, DMVIII
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
JADE MOUNTAIN brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Of course, we're all terribly
impressed to see HUNTER win a fight and gain 22 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, HUNTER
beat ZENOBIA and ZENOBIA lost 19 points. You're breakin' my heart. And if variety
is the spice of life, JADE MOUNTAIN may be getting bland, as BOUDICCA stays top dog
in the city. The Green Axe, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do
they get this stuff? From JADE MOUNTAIN's trash dumps?
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys. JADE
MOUNTAIN, I am losing what little hope I had in you. VICIOUS FISH 2021 the most
avoided team? What insult will suffice, I cannot say. And it looks like LADY
WARRIORS avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask
me. Hmph. GREAT WHITE SHARK was challenged more times this turn than the
Duelmaster. Now was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh.
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for JADE
MOUNTAIN's morgue. More variety. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if
the fate catches up with you sooner that later?
What does the JADE MOUNTAIN arena have in common with the inns? It's just as
comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Just wait 'till next time I show
up here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! I see the crowds are getting restless, I
must leave now-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOUDICCA 3975 16 0 1 123 LADY WARRIORS (353)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GREAT WHITE SHARK 4001 12 6 0 101 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HUNTER 3963 13 14 0 89 SAND DANCERS (67)
PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 11 7 1 88 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
-OUT OUT 3937 19 6 0 85 DEFROSTED (349)
THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000 10 8 0 80 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
ZENOBIA 3973 8 4 0 75 LADY WARRIORS (353)
HO CHANG 3942 17 17 0 68 SAND DANCERS (67)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COLESTAH 3997 6 0 3 58 LADY WARRIORS (353)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962 12 15 0 51 SAND DANCERS (67)
FLOWER POWER 3902 3 1 1 43 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
-JOAN D'ARC 3986 4 0 0 41 LADY WARRIORS (353)
FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987 7 6 0 39 SAND DANCERS (67)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998 8 10 0 34 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999 7 11 0 32 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DEATH BY PROXY 3945 1 0 0 17 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
SNOWDRIFT 4012 1 0 0 16 SAND DANCERS (67)
CALAMITY JANE 3996 2 3 0 9 LADY WARRIORS (353)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BLACK FRIDAY 3948 11 19 0 SAND DANCERS 67 PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 726
DRAPMASTER TRUMP 3946 0 1 0 TEA@TEMPE20.3 345 CHAO-SO TALLTREE 727 NONE
FIREBALL 3943 0 1 0 TEA@TEMPE20.3 345 TREEMASTER 727 NONE
FRED TEH PS 3944 0 1 0 TEA@TEMPE20.3 345 STONEWALKER 727 NONE
SHIRKER 3958 1 3 0 ZOMBIE SQUAD 112 351 COLESTAH 3997 723 NOT REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Hey, Lady Warriors, way to go! 5-0! Ladies, I salute you. -- Ms. Fu
Great White Shark, perhaps you were listening to the song "Baby Shark" way too much?
-- Boudicca
Falling Mountain, I hope I didn't topple you too badly. -- Colestah
Brutal Barracuda, tsk, tsk. I am not THAT good! What happened? --Joan D'Arc
(celebrating her surprising win)
Ho Chang, I was pleased with my performance. I hope you can quickly recover from your
injuries. -- Zenobia
Sai-Ki, thanks for the fill-in effort. Too bad your pegleg is such a hamper. --
Calamity Jane
Ladies of the world unite! Let's drink wine together. -- Ms. Fu
Alligator Gar -- I hope you FREEZE and get smashed by ice floes in the river. -- Lotus
Blossom
Perilous Piranha -- I knew the shopping binge was too good to last. -- ghost of Black
Friday
Zenobia -- What would I do with your hand? -- Ho Chang, who has two of his own
Puffer Fish Peril -- Change your train! -- Hunter
Colestah -- Pah. I wish you would fall off a mountain, or lie down and let me fall on
you. -- Falling Mountain
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
FRED TEH PS was viciously butchered by STONEWALKER in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
DRAPMASTER TRUMP was viciously butchered by CHAO-SO TALLTREE in a 2 minute battle.
FIREBALL was murdered by TREEMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BOUDICCA unbelievably bested GREAT WHITE SHARK in a 3 minute Title brawl.
ZENOBIA was defeated by HUNTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
PERILOUS PIRANHA bested HO CHANG in a 2 minute gory duel.
THE ALLIGATOR GAR was bested by KO-HA OAKCHOPPER in a 2 minute bloody match.
COLESTAH handily defeated LOTUS BLOSSOM in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
PUFFER FISH PERIL was viciously subdued by FLOWER POWER in a popular 2 minute duel.
BRUTAL BARRACUDA was vanquished by FALLING MOUNTAIN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
CALAMITY JANE was savagely defeated by DEATH BY PROXY in a exciting 4 minute fight.
SNOWDRIFT devastated SAI-KI THE PEGLEG in a 2 minute mismatched conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 25 - 7 - 4 78 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 LUNGING ATTACK 9 - 5 - 0 64 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 9 - 0 59 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 10 - 10 - 0 50 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 7 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 20 - 0 35 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 3 - 8 - 0 27 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 727 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:
SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 3 SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 AIMED BLOW 1 - 3 2 WALL OF STEEL
PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BOUDICCA 3975 16 0 1 123 LADY WARRIORS (353)
LUNGING ATTACK GREAT WHITE SHARK 4001 12 6 0 101 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
SLASHING ATTACK PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 11 7 1 88 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
AIMED BLOW THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000 10 8 0 80 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
STRIKING ATTACK ZENOBIA 3973 8 4 0 75 LADY WARRIORS (353)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is GREAT WHITE SHARK 4001. The most popular warrior
this turn was GREAT WHITE SHARK 4001. The ten other most popular fighters were DEATH
BY PROXY 3945, FLOWER POWER 3902, PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002, FRED TEH PS 3944, COLESTAH
3997, DRAPMASTER TRUMP 3946, THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000, FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987, SNOWDRIFT
4012, and BOUDICCA 3975.
The least popular fighter this week was CALAMITY JANE 3996. The other ten least
popular fighters were FIREBALL 3943, BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999, PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998,
LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962, HO CHANG 3942, HUNTER 3963, ZENOBIA 3973, BOUDICCA 3975,
SNOWDRIFT 4012, and FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987.
FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LXVI
PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SAMURAI 3119 (148-92-4) 5 3 0 GOLD STANDARD
SAMSARA 3055 (75-57-0) 1 4 0 GOLD STANDARD
PARTY'S OVER 2179 (106-90-0) 0 5 0 EASTERN HORDE
ELIGIBLES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MURDEROUS THRUST 3562 (100-48-7) 2 3 0 CRITICALS
ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SPIRALS 3613 (103-30-2) 2 3 0 CRITICALS
MENACING FURY 3859 (20-6-1) 0 3 0 CRITICALS
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
DEE AY 1699 (74-130-3) 8 3 0 BLOODMOON GUILD
WINNER 813 (38-36-3) 3 3 0 SUPERIOR FORCES
CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
DEMONIC FURY 3929 (8-0-1) 7 3 0 CRITICALS
ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BOUDICCA 3975 (14-0-1) 0 3 0 LADY WARRIORS
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BAD SANTA 3883 (4-1-0) 1 3 0 HOLIDAY HELLIONS
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
COLESTAH 3997 (4-0-3) 7 3 1 LADY WARRIORS
HOWDY HAL 3861 (0-0-0) 0 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
HALIAX 3991 (0-0-0) 5 3 0 THE CHANDRIAN
CINDER 3993 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 THE CHANDRIAN
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