yeh, as the title states, im wondering what hero groups you guys have chosen so far for RtL
i just started it the first time and so far i really like it!
my heroes :
Grisban the thirsty as Champion
Okaluk and Rakash as Prophet
Jaine Fairwood as Stalker
Syndrael as Steelcaster / Conjurer
i have to admit, that in cases, where the hero group is allowed to positionate the monsters (if more than one space is possible) i simply do dice rolls so that its random where monsters attack / engage me or retreat to instead of doing the best for me (respecting the important rules though...so engaging -> closest possible space or retreating -> as far away as possbile and so on)
At the moment i reached the point where the story tells the player, to get the act 2 Monsters out of the box (i played 4 side quests additionally so far i think)
2-3 quest have been quite close so far within these 8 quest i think? or 7? (monsters got me down to a morale of 2 one time and two times down to a morale of 1)
but most of the side quests seemed to be to a bit too easy...a little bit harder would be better in general i think (though it may be the case, that it simply helps a lot to let always one weak minion monster of a group still live so that the probabitly is decreased that a strong and full monstergroup after activation of hero A starts....and just this one minion goblin archer goes first...making space for at least one frther hero to attack that strong monstergroup before they start their activation
anyway, back to my setup :
Grisban the thirsty as champion
-> mainly because i have never seen Grisban in action and i think he is not thaat bad....his feature to get easily rid of any conditions (except stunned) is quite nice in my opinion ! ..and 14 life is also nice to have. started with the skill to get everyone a valor token and then the skill where he is allowed to move according to his speed and then attack and everyone gets even more valor tokens or stamina if monster got killed
-> always thought of champions as being not that good, but these valor tokens are very nice ...at least in RtL ....this additional dmg almost all the time for my 3 dmg-dealers is very nice ! ...will follow up now with the no merc skill to get many free attacks ^^
maybe these tokens work nice so far is because i got the lucky dice (good reroll for champion to trigger the kill for 2 valor token for each hero nearby) and that i got the axe with pierce 1 at start on the marketplace
Okaluk and Rakash as Prophet
this combo works very very nice so far !...these 4 MP at the start are just like one free action ....and the prohet starting weapon is very nice anyway...reach and always one extra dmg the the start? yeh sure ! ....prophet skills i took so far dont need much stamina -> nice for thie hero too!! and...okaluk and rakash are very balanced with respect to their attributs...so nice with the starting book of the prophet !...found the staff of light in the campagin -> maybe the best stamina recoverer i could have imagined of !...2 life and + stamina quite often for all heroes, since his hero ability let him positionate every turn so easily ...very nice combo
Jaine Fairwood as Stalker
well....not sure if i will ever see a stalker if there is an active overlord so i wanted to test it...but at the moment...i really really like this class tbh !....got the skill with extra green dice for attacks if monsters are near a trap token, got the skill where searching only needs one stamina if near search tokens and luckily bought the bow which grants 1 further green attack die if the hero hasnt moved that turn so far
jaine has much stamina...so getting these traps and this attack skill out is quite easy...esp with that stamina regenerating prophet ...so jaine kicks out attacks in act 1 with 4 attack dices !!...wtf i thought...usually doing with this additional valore token dmg around 9 dmg (2 surge for +3 dmg and 1 surge for +1 dmg and 2 range) ...she just stands there and attakcing the whole time...and when she has to follow ...and is a long distance behind...well... 5 speed / heroic feat and shes there again ^^
further nice thing..since i get no mercy now for the champion...she may attack in enemy turns...so always the green extra dice for attacks too, if she hasnt moved in that turn :'D
And Syndrael as Steelcaster / Conjurer
this is maybe my absolut most fav combination ...syndrael...like jain...just standing there and attacking the **** out of the monsters....every time i visit tamalir, syndrael gets one extra XP ..just because i really love this combo ....in all these 8 quest so far...im 100% sure i have moved her under 10 times alltogether....she kicks out these images , able to attack anywhere, and then teleporting her way forward (the most insane thing at start -> got the teleportation rune the second time i visited tamalir and well you know..the green extra die if there are 3 images on the board easily gives me many surges )...so she always gets 2 stamina back....so its even ok if i get these 3 images off the board again (you know..since i let the monsters attack random targets instead of telling them which closest hero they shall attack, it may happen, that the mosnters kill all images, which gives syndrael 3 dmg and 3 stamina dmg...) but syndrael doesnt give a **** to get all tokens every turn again on the board !...3 stamina for 3 images....she gets 2 back anyway...and since i attack 2 times...i get many surges and can spend sometimes one for stamina recovery.....or well...you know...that stamina recover machine okaluk and Rakash as a prophet is still there too... ^^
well..surely i got her the heavy armor and the steelcaster skill, that she can still gear up with runes and get another stamina recover ability + 2 life recovery
and her heroic feat works nice too, since with it she can positionate her images in case i want to get out an attack with +X dmg where X is the number of images nearby the attacked monster
biggest weak point though -> barghests with howl since she has only 2 in willpower ...but due to this stamina recover....i simply take the images off the board most times...which really wants me to see, if she can also be that good against an Overlord-player...since the app ..well...is not that tactical ´sometimes ^^
really wondering about your opinion about this hero setup and your experience with your hero setups in RtL !