DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/31/2021 Duedate: 01/13/2022
LIN TIRIAN ARENA
DM-78 TURN-716
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BROKEN LOCK
HOWLIN CASE (352)
(78-3311) [17-2-0,109]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
GUSLAV THORFIN NO STICK
DOMINATION (201) MY BED BANDER (378)
(78-3394) [14-4-1,132] (78-3506) [5-4-0,51]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
ISAWA TADAKA GATCHEL
L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) PERRY COUNTY (374)
(78-3331) [17-15-1,87] (78-3470) [13-4-0,101]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
HOWLIN CASE (352)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. HOWLIN CASE (352) 54
2. L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 16 WRATHMEN OMPB (371)
3. WRATHMEN OMPB (371) 15 Unchartered Team
4. MY BED BANDER (378) 6
5. DOMINATION (201) 2 MY BED BANDER (378)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 WRATHMEN OMPB (371) 8 2 0 80.0 1/ 1 HOWLIN CASE (352) 9 5 1
2- 1*CARINA (380) 4 1 0 80.0 2/ 3 SAND DANCERS (68) 7 8 0
3/ 3 PERRY COUNTY (374) 49 19 1 72.1 3/ 6 PERRY COUNTY (374) 4 3 0
4/ 4 DOMINATION (201) 105 45 8 70.0 4/ 2*MY BED BANDER (378) 4 3 0
5/ 5 HOWLIN CASE (352) 137 84 6 62.0 5/ 8 WRATHMEN OMPB (371) 3 0 0
6/ 7 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 46 48 2 48.9 6/ 9 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361) 3 3 0
7/ 0 VICTORIOUS III (319) 58 64 2 47.5 7/ 7 DOMINATION (201) 2 0 0
8/ 8 SAND DANCERS (68) %1461 %1730 46 45.8 8- 4*CARINA (380) 1 1 0
9/ 9*MY BED BANDER (378) 9 11 0 45.0 9/ 0 VICTORIOUS III (319) 0 1 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.
It is me, little ole Gatchel and I am Duelmaster. Surprise?! Do you want the bad
news first? O.K. I defeated Broken Lock a widely acclaimed Howlin warrior. Sort of
sorry (Well, not really!) about that Mr. Wolf. And the good news: poor Broken Lock was
unable to write a DM column last turn, and I convinced Smitty to write a spotlight for
him. Nice little village I am, eh?
So what is next? None of us Perry Countians are yet ready for the FTF in Tempe,
so we will just keep plugging away here in Lin Tirian. Wish us all luck, will you?
-- Gatchel DMII
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, LIN TIRIAN? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens
before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. If this keeps up, CARINA, you'll have to
shine swords instead of use them. A drop of 4 in the rankings? PERRY COUNTY turned
their 1-2-0 turn into a 3rd place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than
this, and you get put on hit lists. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see
DENTED win a fight and gain 19 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, MARRIED BY DEATH beat
JONATHAN and JONATHAN lost 16 points. You're breakin' my heart. Going for broke or
broken, our Duelmaster BROKEN LOCK challenged this turn. And it's out with the old,
in with the new, as BROKEN LOCK takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the old
Duelmaster. Heh, heh. The Lost Hope Inn, humph! I've tasted better ale at
mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From LIN TIRIAN's trash dumps?
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.
HOWLIN CASE, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team.
Care to know who is the most afraid of you? And it looks like PERRY COUNTY avoided
them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph.
EUSTACE was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now was the DM
insulted or feared? Heh, heh. And we have DERBY in a challenge, going down 8 points
for the fight. Guess what? I thought DERBY showed great skill and promise when it
bested EUSTACE. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for LIN TIRIAN's
morgue. More variety. Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is
developing these kinds of weapons?
There's got to be a better place in LIN TIRIAN to get a drink than The Lost Hope
Inn! Any suggestions? Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of
LIN TIRIAN. I feel much better now. Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide
Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BROKEN LOCK 3311 17 2 0 109 HOWLIN CASE (352)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GUSLAV THORFIN 3394 14 4 1 132 DOMINATION (201)
LEATHERBOUND 3384 10 3 0 106 HOWLIN CASE (352)
GATCHEL 3470 13 4 0 101 PERRY COUNTY (374)
DERBY 3473 8 0 1 94 PERRY COUNTY (374)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ISAWA TADAKA 3331 17 15 1 87 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
KHARLI 3453 8 2 0 81 WRATHMEN OMPB (371)
FENN HAVEN 3471 11 5 0 76 PERRY COUNTY (374)
-BRISTOW 3469 8 6 0 76 PERRY COUNTY (374)
EUSTACE 3435 16 24 0 72 SAND DANCERS (68)
TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368 14 13 1 72 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
CALLIPYGOUS 2803 13 5 0 68 VICTORIOUS III (319)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CARVED HEART 3429 4 2 0 64 HOWLIN CASE (352)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NO STICK 3506 5 4 0 51 MY BED BANDER (378)
STUNNING INLAY 3428 4 3 0 49 HOWLIN CASE (352)
DENTED 3390 4 3 1 48 HOWLIN CASE (352)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CANNELTON 3472 9 4 0 40 PERRY COUNTY (374)
-SHIBA TSUKUNE 3332 8 9 0 40 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CLYMENE 2804 7 8 1 32 VICTORIOUS III (319)
MARCH HARE 3517 5 4 0 32 SAND DANCERS (68)
PICKLED CAPERS 3482 7 10 0 31 SAND DANCERS (68)
BOBWHITE 3516 6 5 0 27 SAND DANCERS (68)
-ASPIDISKE 3519 2 0 0 26 CARINA (380)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MARRIED BY DEATH 3505 1 0 0 18 MY BED BANDER (378)
-DRUNK CLOWN HURT ME 3503 1 1 0 15 MY BED BANDER (378)
-MIAPLACIDUS 3522 1 0 0 15 CARINA (380)
-AVIOR 3521 1 1 0 8 CARINA (380)
JONATHAN 3526 2 1 0 7 SAND DANCERS (68)
-ISAWA TOMO 3474 0 1 0 1 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
-ISAWA TSUKE 3465 0 1 0 1 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
OUT OF MOP GAS 3507 2 6 0 MY BED BANDER 378 DENTED 3390 715
PERSONAL ADS
Ah, Gatchel is Duelmaster. What a rise for little ole Perry County. -- Smitty
Broken Lock, I salute you on a fine fight. Luck at you. -- Gatchel
Carved Heart, well, thankfully, you took my breath away but didn't damage my heart. --
Cannelton
Perry County, large, widespread, and somewhat uninhabited. -- Smitty
Soooo...... Howlin Wolf finally sent in the Pinkertons. Well., well, well....
Between fighting Gustav Thorfin & Broken Lock my win-loss record has really taken a
blow. Maybe I should rethink this Duelmaster thing. Just venting. -- a very
frustrated Isawa Tadaka
Unfortunately I don't have access to the internet so I have to seek help here:
A) Is this arean Andorian? Y/N
B) Is intentional killing allowed? Y/N
C) Is aiming at vitals (head, chest & abdomen) considered an
intentional kill attempt? Y/N
Thank you. -- Shawn, mgr of a bunch of teams
Bristow -- I'd take that comment for an insult, but Jorja says we don't have time
today to be insulted. But that's MR. Eustace to you.
No Stick -- What do you do for runner beans, then? They need poles to climb. --
Pickled Capers
Guslav Thorfin -- You could've taught me more after dragging the fight out like that.
-- Eustace
P.S. Bringing me flowers after the fight was NOT funny.
That beggar was worthless and weak, he did not belong here. -- Bobwhite
Pah on the Osksi Noble. Pah, I say. -- March Hare
It's no wonder that thief was convicted. He's clueless. -- Jonathan
P.S. He was desperate in the fourth line.
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
GATCHEL was bested by BROKEN LOCK in a crowd pleasing 5 minute Challenge Title fight.
FENN HAVEN was vanquished by LEATHERBOUND in a 2 minute uneven Challenge battle.
DERBY overpowered EUSTACE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
GUSLAV THORFIN bested VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a exciting 1 minute veteran's fight.
CALLIPYGOUS was viciously subdued by KHARLI in a action packed 3 minute gory brawl.
ISAWA TADAKA bested CARVED HEART in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory mismatched match.
TAINTED SHUGENJA handily defeated NO STICK in a 1 minute uneven melee.
PICKLED CAPERS was vanquished by DENTED in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
STUNNING INLAY unbelievably bested DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 2 minute fight.
BOBWHITE overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven match.
MARCH HARE overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
JONATHAN was subdued by MARRIED BY DEATH in a 4 minute amateur's competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 6 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 2 - 0 71 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 BASHING ATTACK 10 - 4 - 1 71 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 27 - 14 - 0 66 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 15 - 9 - 0 63 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 8 - 0 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 23 - 22 - 1 51 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 5 - 5 - 0 50 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 12 - 1 43 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 8 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 716 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 3 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 WALL OF STEEL
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 BASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 4 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BROKEN LOCK 3311 17 2 0 109 HOWLIN CASE (352)
WALL OF STEEL LEATHERBOUND 3384 10 3 0 106 HOWLIN CASE (352)
BASHING ATTACK GATCHEL 3470 13 4 0 101 PERRY COUNTY (374)
LUNGING ATTACK KHARLI 3453 8 2 0 81 WRATHMEN OMPB (371)
SLASHING ATTACK TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368 14 13 1 72 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)
PARRY-STRIKE CARVED HEART 3429 4 2 0 64 HOWLIN CASE (352)
AIMED BLOW NO STICK 3506 5 4 0 51 MY BED BANDER (378)
STRIKING ATTACK DENTED 3390 4 3 1 48 HOWLIN CASE (352)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is ISAWA TADAKA 3331. The most popular warrior this
turn was GATCHEL 3470. The ten other most popular fighters were KHARLI 3453,
LEATHERBOUND 3384, GUSLAV THORFIN 3394, ISAWA TADAKA 3331, DENTED 3390, JONATHAN
3526, DERBY 3473, CARVED HEART 3429, TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368, and STUNNING INLAY 3428.
The least popular fighter this week was MARRIED BY DEATH 3505. The other ten least
popular fighters were NO STICK 3506, EUSTACE 3435, MARCH HARE 3517, BOBWHITE 3516,
PICKLED CAPERS 3482, CALLIPYGOUS 2803, FENN HAVEN 3471, BROKEN LOCK 3311, STUNNING
INLAY 3428, and TAINTED SHUGENJA 3368.
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