DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 10/23/2020 Duedate: 11/05/2020
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 568
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
GREGORY GOYLE
HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
(93-10486) [8-1-0,80]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY GREGORY GOYLE
HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
(93-10486) [8-1-0,80]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
COLOSSO MAZIKEEN
CHAOS II (1796) PRAE DELORE SINCERAM (1800)
(93-10499) [2-4-1,33] (93-10525) [1-2-0,11]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
CHAOS II (1796)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE CONDEMNED (1798) 47
2. BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797) 45 RAGE (388)
3. BRAVO SIX (1799) 32 Unchartered Team
4. D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795) 24
5. HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794) 10 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*FUNGUS AMONG US (1802) 4 1 0 80.0 1/ 1*CHAOS II (1796) 10 5 3
2/ 4*THE CONDEMNED (1798) 19 11 2 63.3 2/ 2*HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794) 9 6 1
3/ 2*HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794) 28 17 3 62.2 3/ 3*THE CONDEMNED (1798) 7 3 1
4/ 3*CHAOS II (1796) 17 13 3 56.7 4/ 5*D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795) 7 8 0
5/ 6*D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795) 19 16 0 54.3 5/ 6*BRAVO SIX (1799) 7 8 0
6/ 5*PRAE DELORE SINCER (1800) 8 7 0 53.3 6/ 4*PRAE DELORE SINCER (1800) 5 5 0
7- 7*THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789) 20 24 1 45.5 7- 7*FUNGUS AMONG US (1802) 4 1 0
8/ 8*BRAVO SIX (1799) 14 21 0 40.0 8/ 9*BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797) 4 6 0
9/ 9*BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797) 12 18 0 40.0 9- 8*THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789) 2 3 0
10-10*THE REFORMERS (1801) 1 3 0 25.0 10-10*THE REFORMERS (1801) 1 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
The 5 DF Basher
by One Armed Bandit (OAB)
Let's face it: Bashers aren't very good. They are the last guy to get picked for the
King of Primus team, their most popular opponent in basic is the Dark Arena, and
people make jokes about their weapons. So why run them? Two reasons, really. The
first is because it is fun to try to master all ten styles. The second is because
there is a tiny subset of roll-ups that make better Bashers than anything else.
In "The 7 DF Slasher", I mentioned how it is important not to cannibalize good roll-
ups of better styles in order to try and make your Slashers win. The 11 DF set-ups
make better Strikers and Lungers, but there is a sweet spot at 7 DF that allows for
great weapon selection and better performance by SLs than those other styles. For a
Basher, it is even harder to find the right set-ups.
Maybe you are making a high ST, high CN, high WL sponge Basher. If the set-up has 7+
DF, you are better off making it a Total Parry, which is a much better style and can
use ME/ME with that Deftness without penalty.
Perhaps you want to make a high WT speed Basher? If the set-up has an 11+ DF, it is
almost certainly better off as a Striker or Lunger. If the set-up has 7+ DF, it is
very likely better off as a Slasher. Even on 9 WL/7 DF set-ups, there is a very good
argument that Strikers are superior to Bashers, as Khorvinus' TC Lady Vashj (9-9-17-
21-9-12-7 ST) can attest, not to mention the once famous Doc LeGrand Striker.
The sweet spot for Bashers turns out to be 5 DF. A very small group of set-ups
naturally lend themselves to 5 DF. You want to get to 21 WT or 21 WL and other
important breakpoints, and you just don't have any points left over at the end for
Deftness. That's okay, because there is a style that can work with that. There are
only six weapons that are well suited at 5 DF, and one is the clear winner.
Fist -- It is only really good for Aimed Blows, and ABs need more DF.
Shortsword -- It is a fine utility weapon for 3 DF warriors, but it is
terrible against armor.
Small and Medium Shields -- Any warrior who wants to use one of these, wants
to use one in the off-hand and that requires more DF.
War Flail -- This is the weapon that everyone jokes about.
That leaves just one weapon: The Mace.
The Mace is not a popular weapon. It suffers from the same problem as the Broadsword
and the Longspear. The Broadsword is slower than the fast slashing weapons like the
Hatchet and less damaging than the big damage slashing weapons like the Scimitar and
the Battle Axe. So in most cases, it is correct to use something else. The
Longspear, similarly, is slower than the Short Spear and less damaging than the Long
Sword. In a vacuum, both the Broadsword and the Longspear are pretty good, but you
need a specific set of circumstances to make them the best choice. The Mace has a
similar problem. It is a bit slower than the War Hammer and Quarterstaff, and it does
less damage than the heavy bashing weapons like the Maul and the Halberd, so it rarely
gets used.
In fact, the Mace is never going to be the best weapon. Lunging weapons knock people
down. Slashing weapons have big damage criticals. It is not even the best Bashing
weapon. But unlike most other weapons, the Mace is balanced and versatile enough to
be used in every situation. It is fast enough to get the jump on a naked Striker, and
it is damaging enough to batter a plate clad Total Parry. And it has one more perk: as
the classic Bashing weapon, it is twice as likely to be your Basher's favorite weapon.
If I had to pick only a single weapon to give to my basic Basher, this is the one.
I didn't even set out to prove that 5 DF Bashers were good, but it happened
nonetheless. I have two Basher TCs with two different types of Bashers, and both
happen to be 5 DF designs.
SURLY DECKHAND of SEA DOGS, started out as a 15-16-12-5-21-10-5 sponge BA. He earned
his first Freshmen runner-up in October 2013, his second Freshmen runner-up in April
2014, and finally a Freshmen TC in January 2015. He now competes in the ADM class,
where his highest finish so far is a TV.
UPSILON CETI of CETUS, a 14-7-6-21-20-11-5 speed BA, earned an Adepts TC in October
2019 with her trusty Mace. She is now in Home Guard prepping for a Freshmen bust-out,
and is still using that same Mace.
Two TCs isn't ironclad proof, but that is two more Basher TCs than most managers have.
And because of the success I've had, I'm going to keep examining new set-ups to see if
a 5 DF Basher is the best choice, and continue trying them as they present themselves.
And while I hope to find additional success with 5 DF Bashers, they are already my 6th
most successful tourney style.
If you are struggling to find success with Bashers, I wouldn't waste your money making
an excellent Striker into an okay speed Basher, or a good Total Parry into an adequate
sponge Basher. I would keep my eye out for set-ups that don't make good Strikers, or
Lungers, or Slashers, or Total Parries, but make solid 5 DF Bashers. You won't end up
with a lot of them, but you could end up with a few good ones and the opportunity cost
will be zero.
I am Namedropper, and I approve this message.
Note: This is a guest spotlight from a top-tier manager.
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Hello, My name is Gregory Goyle
Colosso, you killed my teammate, prepare to die ...... Or just to get bored.....
To DEATH!
-- Gregory Goyle
Hogwart's Students
4 time Duelmaster of Noblish Island
SPY REPORT
Greetings, Warriors of NOBLISH ISLAND. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir
to give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. Say what you
will about blind luck and dirty fighting, but THE CONDEMNED will tell you 19-11-2 is
nothing to laugh at... Practice pays for BAIT, who pummelled THE USEROUS MERCHANT,
to pocket 15 points. Win some, lose some. Speaking of which, CLOSED SPACES was
winsome, after beating ERIC and seeing him lose 10 points. Well, Duelmaster GREGORY
GOYLE Bloodfeuded CHAOS II's COLOSSO. Is a 7-1-0 good enough? GREGORY GOYLE
successfully staved off a grab for the roses by COLOSSO of CHAOS II. Does NOBLISH
ISLAND have no one talented enough to dethrone him? Word has it one team in NOBLISH
ISLAND is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death. I'll bet it
works.
And how sociable are NOBLISH ISLAND's warriors? Come, let us see. Like the
noble eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of D2 NAMES TO
KNOW, alone and unchallenged. The warriors of D2 NAMES TO KNOW found their efforts
at combat frustrated as BB SOCIAL DISTANCE apparently had more important things to do
than fight. Is it charming personality? Conversational abilities? Good oral
hygiene? Whatever it is, COLOSSO is the most challenged warrior.
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Death in the arena!
In a cheap quest for a cheap victory, HARRY POTTER faced EZWIND in an uneven fight.
CHAOS II, we expect bloody revenge! Charity is unknown in NOBLISH ISLAND, and
rightly so. HOGWART'S STUDENTS exacted their revenge against CHAOS II. Justice was
served as MIDDLE OF PATH fought HERMIONE GRANGER in bloodfeud. Well done, BB SOCIAL
DISTANCE! Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.
Do not think spyreporting in NOBLISH ISLAND is the highlight of my life. As the
seasons change, and the creatures of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to
leave this place. Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for
NOBLISH ISLAND? On that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GREGORY GOYLE 10486 8 1 0 80 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HARRY POTTER 10483 8 1 1 73 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AMITHIUS 10502 6 0 1 57 CHAOS II (1796)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BAIT 10520 4 0 1 43 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
6 FEET 10504 4 2 0 43 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
SWALE 10509 4 2 0 34 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CLOSED SPACES 10508 3 3 0 33 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
COLOSSO 10499 2 4 1 33 CHAOS II (1796)
ECHO 10539 3 0 0 32 BRAVO SIX (1799)
SONYA 10531 4 0 1 31 CHAOS II (1796)
HOWLIN WOLF 10497 4 3 0 31 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
WOLF 10517 5 2 0 30 BRAVO SIX (1799)
HERMIONE GRANGER 10484 5 4 1 28 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
-B BETTY 10453 5 4 0 27 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
MIDDLE OF PATH 10532 1 2 0 27 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
-ANT MAN 10456 6 3 1 26 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
DOMINIXX 10511 4 2 0 26 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
VINCENT CRABBE 10482 4 5 0 25 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TDO 10496 5 2 0 22 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
-TIN MAN 10489 4 2 0 21 THE HAIRY BUNCH (1789)
TMM 10493 3 4 0 21 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
PYKE 10523 2 1 0 21 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
BADGER 10512 2 4 0 20 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
TEMPEST 10500 2 4 0 18 CHAOS II (1796)
THE BLIGHT 10522 2 1 0 18 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
-LICHEN THROPE 10533 1 0 0 16 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
HONED 10510 4 2 1 15 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
MORNING STAR 10524 1 2 0 15 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
CODY 10516 3 4 0 13 BRAVO SIX (1799)
ERIC 10521 2 1 0 13 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
-MARTIN LUTHER 10529 1 0 0 13 THE REFORMERS (1801)
CRIP 10546 1 0 0 13 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
-SPORETICUS 10534 1 0 0 13 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
DOC STEELE 10495 2 5 0 11 D2 NAMES TO KNOW (1795)
REX 10515 2 5 0 11 BRAVO SIX (1799)
MAZIKEEN 10525 1 2 0 11 PRAE DELORE SINCERA (1800)
-IMA FUN GUY 10536 1 0 0 11 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
GHOST 10538 1 2 0 11 BRAVO SIX (1799)
HUGS 10505 1 5 0 8 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
MASKS 10506 1 5 0 8 BB SOCIAL DISTANCE (1797)
-OH SHITAKE 10535 1 0 0 3 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
-CHARLES SPURGEN 10530 0 1 0 1 THE REFORMERS (1801)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-JOHN WESLEY 10527 0 1 0 1 THE REFORMERS (1801)
-THOMAS CRANMER 10528 0 1 0 1 THE REFORMERS (1801)
-PSYCHOCYBIN 10537 0 1 0 1 FUNGUS AMONG US (1802)
OLIVER WOOD 10547 0 1 0 1 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SHAKE HANDS 10507 2 1 0 BB SOCIAL DISTA 1797 HERMIONE GRANGE 10484 564 JUST REVENGED
EZWIND 10501 3 3 0 CHAOS II 1796 HARRY POTTER 10483 568
MANNEQUIN 10519 3 1 0 D2 NAMES TO KNO 1795 AMITHIUS 10502 567
NEVILLE LONGBOT 10498 3 4 1 HOGWART'S STUDE 1794 COLOSSO 10499 567 JUST REVENGED
CUTIE PIE 10490 2 4 0 THE HAIRY BUNCH 1789 SONYA 10531 567
PERSONAL ADS
Shucks, Hogwart's Students, I will miss you when you go. -- Namedropper
Amithius, Mannequin challenged you and now he is dead? The dummy!
-- Namedropper
Hermione, you are cute and smart, but I will be glad to see you
get outta here! -- TMM
Mazikeen, you shouldn't have challenged me, eh? -- tDO
Echo, be careful. Be very, very careful. I didn't like that! -- Doc Steele
Wolf, a Howlin Wolf beats a plain old wolf everyday. (Especially
in noise.) -- Howlin Wolf
Health. Humility. Honor. (The Consortium motto) -- Namedropper
Morning Star -- You should use the weapon according to your name! -- Vincent Crabbe
TMM -- Maybe you should try more armour next time -- Hermione Granger
Colosso -- That was quite a battle of spears -- The Ghost of Neville Longbottom
B. Betty -- Nice D.C., sure takes a lot of hair to go that far. Sonya give her reguards for Cutie Pie. -- Shadow, mgr Chaos
Hogwars & D2 Names -- Sorry for your losses, I never try to have my warriors kill, but you did challenge my boys... -- Shadow
The Game.
To the sender of the above personal ad: Please, in the future, refrain from
writing in invisible ink. It hurt my eyes trying to read the rest of what you
wrote... but don't tell my boss! -- anonymous commission scribe
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
GREGORY GOYLE unbelievably bested COLOSSO in a 3 minute Bloodfeud Title fight.
MIDDLE OF PATH vanquished HERMIONE GRANGER in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud battle.
HOWLIN WOLF was demolished by AMITHIUS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
VINCENT CRABBE was viciously subdued by SONYA in a 2 minute Challenge contest.
DOC STEELE was devastated by WOLF in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
TMM overpowered REX in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle.
THE BLIGHT devastated MASKS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
ERIC was handily defeated by CLOSED SPACES in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
PYKE overpowered HUGS in a popular 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
HARRY POTTER assassinated EZWIND in a 1 minute uneven match.
6 FEET overpowered TEMPEST in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BAIT savagely defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 3 minute bloody competition.
MORNING STAR was devastated by SWALE in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
HONED was devastated by ECHO in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
DOMINIXX handily defeated CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BADGER overpowered CODY in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
TDO unbelievably bested MAZIKEEN in a crowd pleasing 6 minute bloody bout.
GHOST devastated OLIVER WOOD in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
CRIP demolished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 8 AIMED BLOW 36 - 21 - 3 63 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 24 - 17 - 0 59 |
|BASHING ATTACK 7 BASHING ATTACK 30 - 28 - 1 52 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 38 - 38 - 3 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 8 - 9 - 1 47 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 SLASHING ATTACK 27 - 31 - 2 47 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 21 - 25 - 3 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 12 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 4 - 0 33 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 568 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:
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 4 BASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 5 - 3 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 4 - 3 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY GREGORY GOYLE 10486 8 1 0 80 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
STRIKING ATTACK HARRY POTTER 10483 8 1 1 73 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (1794)
AIMED BLOW AMITHIUS 10502 6 0 1 57 CHAOS II (1796)
BASHING ATTACK BAIT 10520 4 0 1 43 THE CONDEMNED (1798)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is COLOSSO 10499. The most popular warrior this turn
was MAZIKEEN 10525. The ten other most popular fighters were COLOSSO 10499, BAIT
10520, CLOSED SPACES 10508, SONYA 10531, WOLF 10517, TMM 10493, PYKE 10523, 6 FEET
10504, GREGORY GOYLE 10486, and MIDDLE OF PATH 10532.
The least popular fighter this week was OLIVER WOOD 10547. The other ten least
popular fighters were TDO 10496, CODY 10516, HONED 10510, MORNING STAR 10524, TEMPEST
10500, EZWIND 10501, ERIC 10521, MASKS 10506, REX 10515, and DOC STEELE 10495.