HON is cool but when i see new decks with a Gandalf hero .....yes we need Nightmare HON for sure!
Welcoming the Heirs of Numenor...
Is it so good the new Gandalf?
Thanks everyone for the suggestions and advice 
Indeed, you gave me a lot to think. I was more inclined to consider the deck the most powerful source for defeating quests, but actually a peculiar choice of heroes can have a greater impact on some quests. Need to step back a little and try different combos on Scenarios I know already well, and see how things changes by swapping heroes in the mix
New Gandalf is crazy powerful! at least in solo game. I sill didn get Road Darkens but when i get it will make some videos with Gandalf deck for sure
New Gandalf is crazy powerful! at least in solo game. I sill didn get Road Darkens but when i get it will make some videos with Gandalf deck for sure
He's very powerful in solo. The Elrond/Gandalf duo in particular can get pretty crazy.
Yeah, I first tried my Gandalf deck multiplayer... It was a bit of a bummer, because I needed to think for a while and they were like hurry up you fool.. And so I played a bit to rash and we got crushed there..
Then played solo and got my whole deck out in about 5-7 rounds. I slayed the Black Riders and quested with a lot of allies. My Eagles of the Misty Mountains was at 6 defense. And I had the other two in play as well. 
I love the HoN quests, but they are tough and require specific builds. You need to be ready for battle questing, but no quest is exclusively that. Peril works best with staging are attacks, Into Ithilien almost requires cancellation, staging area attack also helps, and you need to pace everything correctly. Siege of Cair Andros is almost mono tactics required, but great fun.
Also, it should be mentioned that it really helps to have the card pool of the whole cycle available.
Actully i don't think you need to build up specific deck for HON but you need to change style of playing your deck.
Actully i don't think you need to build up specific deck for HON but you need to change style of playing your deck.
Well, I know I had to change my deck, so it was different for me. I am rather poor at building decks, so take my comments as you will. But I could not imagine getting through HoN with the same decks that I had made for earlier cycles. I pretty much sailed through Mirkwood + Khazad-Dum with my two or three rotating decks. But then all got smashed by HoN. And I mean massacred, until I switched to some specific tactics heavy deck (if I remember correctly, Boromir became my MVP).
As for Gandalf, he feels absolutely fantastic in solo plays. An obvious very strong pairing with Elrond. Gandalf effectively mitigates the luck factor of playing cards with Vilya, while not sacrificing anything but initial threat. Not to mention his great stats. I cannot say about multiplayer, but in solo Gandalf/Elrond deck is tons of fun to play. You get to manipulate your deck, do some fun tricks, lots of draw, and it opens up many options. Gandalf and his attachments create some breathing room when it comes to playing your cards, which in turn refreshes and streamlines the play. I feel he creates more freedom and loosens up the game a bit where perhaps it felt a bit too limiting.
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I don't find Peril in Pelargir that hard at all. But you sure need to find a solution for some problems, my mainly used trick:
1. Use Tactics Boromir
2. Take control of the scroll
3. Send him to quest
4. Reveal encounters
5. Ready him before Quest resolve
6. Explore Leaping Fish
7. Survive 2-5 Thugs
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I don't find Peril in Pelargir that hard at all. But you sure need to find a solution for some problems, my mainly used trick:
1. Use Tactics Boromir
2. Take control of the scroll
3. Send him to quest
4. Reveal encounters
5. Ready him before Quest resolve
6. Explore Leaping Fish
7. Survive 2-5 Thugs
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Yeah, that No. 7 was always a bit of a problem for me. But I agree Boromir is the man for this.
Once the initial brawl settles down it is much more manageable, although I have been murdered by the last stage as well.