When you start the game as new user, you are given a deck for completing the tutorial and corresponding faction walkthroughs (you need to contact etherielin on the discord server to receive this decks for the moment: https://discord.gg/hk5nFyD). The deck given for the tutorial is an Ironfist Stronghold BG so you end up with 9 decks, 2 IS and 1 for each other factions. The runes that come with this deck are not leveled and cannot be sacrificed for shards, and there are no way to tell in the rune forge or checklist which runes come from a walkthrough and which ones doesn't. So, if you are receiving errors trying to sacrifice some runes it may be that the runes belong to these decks. Now, I will list the content of these decks, I will mark with (PD) the runes that correspond to the latest expansion and cannot be obtained in the rune forge. For the content of theme decks visit --> http://forums.poxnora.com/index.php...ent-last-updated-08-12-2017-up-to-date.29457/ Later I will be doing a what is the best course of action starting if there is interest. Forglar Swamp - Defenders of the Swamp Champions: 1 Augur of the Deep 1 Boghopper Dredger 2 Boghopper Paladin 1 Boghopper Spitter 1 Calm as Raging Tides (FS/ST) 2 Darkmarsh Shadow 1 Firk Mind Shredder 1 Kartch, Finlord 1 Poison Elemental 1 Slipworm 1 Spawnpool Guardian 1 Swampguard Crusher 1 Tortun Fishkisser (KF/FS) Spells: 1 Backfire 1 Bubble of Protection 1 Corrode 1 Drown 1 Monsoon 1 Noraweave 1 Poisonous Fumes 1 Pygmy Hippo Stampede 1 Reverberating Blast Relics: 1 Poison Trap 1 Spirit Altar 1 Tortun Land Cannon Equipments: 1 Dreadeye symbiote 1 Tidemaster's Bandoleer Forsaken Wastes - Bonesaw Champions: 1 Animated Blade 1 Blackblade Baron 1 Bonewing 2 Broken Bones 2 Crawling Corpse 1 Death Harvester 1 Skeletal Berserker 1 Skeletal Excavator 1 Skeletal Lerper 1 Skeletal Reaper 1 Toll-Taker 2 Tomb Lord 1 Xulos, Undead Sage Spells: 1 Anathema 2 Dark Rising 1 Essence Drain 1 Hungry Dead 1 Mobilization 1 Steal Life Relics: 1 Bone Mine 1 Elsarin Vex 2 Graveyard 1 Sacrificial Altar Equipments: 1 Bone Circle Staff 1 Cloak of Skulls Ironfist Stronghold - Ironfist Inquisition (Tutorial) Champions: 1 Archangel of Al'Mara 1 Attendant Squire 1 Carrier Squire 1 Council Elder 1 Crusader 1 Elemental Warstaff 1 Euan Ironfist 1 Ironfist Inquisitor 1 Ironfist Warsaint 1 Northern Cross Avenger 1 Northern Cross Cardinal 1 Northern Cross Militia 1 Northern Cross Priestess 1 Talgar Ironfist 1 Vengeant Templar Spells: 1 Blessing of Al'Mara 1 Burning Crusade 1 Consecrate the Earth 1 Disarm 1 Earthquake 1 Hammer Strike 1 Holy Light 1 Impervious 1 Righteous Deflection Relics: 1 Celestial Spear 1 Hahndor Memorial 1 Secluded Shrine Equipments: 1 Granite Bracers 1 Holy Blade of Valdac 1 Medal of Valor Ironfist Stronghold - Drunken Dwarves ( Walkthrough) Champions: 1 Battle Rager 1 Brewmaster 2 Drunken Thug 1 Beermaiden 1 Dwarven Catapult 1 Dwarven Hooligan 1 Dwarven Roughneck 2 Dwarven Sharpshooter 1 Ironfist Minister 1 Ironfist Warsaint 1 Kingmaker (PD) 1 Semmiran Noble 1 Treasure Hunter Spells: 1 Bane Blast 1 Blink 1 Desperate Healing 1 Earthquake 2 Hammer Strike 1 Instill Panic 1 Macadamize 1 Righteous Deflection Relics: 1 Earth Shaker 1 Ironfist Standard 1 Sepulcher of Kings Equipments: 1 Medal of Valor 1 St. Semmir's Brew 1 Vial of Holy Water K'Thir Forest - Ranged Assault Champions: 2 Archer Commander 1 Arrowsinger 1 Deadly Tracker 1 Elven Archer 1 Elven Artisan 2 Elven Fury 1 Elven Prodigy 1 Elven Strategist 1 Falconer 1 Guardian of the Circle 1 Menalaus 2 Solstice Marksman Spells: 1 Brambles 1 Bullseye 1 Fire for Effect 1 Herbal Antidote 1 Nature's Wrath 1 Reclaim 1 Strategic Retreat 1 Vortex Relics: 1 Archery Bale 1 Catharsis Bloom 1 Epochal Oasis 1 Pride of K'Thir Equipments: 1 Burning Oak Seed 1 Covenant 1 Honor Coin Savage Tundra - Winter's Grip Champions: 1 Arcadon 1 Chilling Scale ( FS/ST ) 1 Dawnmist (PD) 1 Frostfall Furbull (PD) 1 Frostfall Icewisp 1 Ice Dragon 1 Icesnap 1 Jakei Elder 1 Jakei Extinguisher 1 Jakei Frostseer 1 Jakei Shaman 1 Lonx Adept 1 Lonx Icelord 1 Lonx Striker 1 Shardseer K'aeyun Spells: 1 Cleansing Storm 2 Deep Freeze 1 Fast Friends 1 Frostfall Heritage 1 Gale Force 1 Howling Wind 1 Ice Stars (This rune is currently banned from ranked) 2 Ice Storm Relics: 1 Ice Shard 1 Provincial Marker 1 Shappire Catalyst Equipments: 1 Everfrost Manacles 1 Frost Amulet Shattered Peaks - Sky Empire Champions: 1 Lance Admiral Sceian 1 Voil Bomber 1 Voil Courier 2 Voil Dive Bomber 1 Voil Frenzy 2 Voil Guardian 2 Voil Imperialist 2 Voil Queen 2 Voil Sorcerer 1 Voil Stalker 2 Voil Stormflyer Spells: 1 Alacrity 1 Avalanche 1 For the Empire 1 Havoc's Touch 1 Vertical Push 1 Zealotry Relics: 1 Echo Chamber 1 Rock Trap 1 Tribal Post 1 Voil Caverns Equipments: 1 Ball and Chain 1 Diamond Mace 1 Vicious Harpoon Sundered Lands - Skeezick Menace Champions: 2 Resilient Skeezick 1 Skeezick Alchemist 1 Skeezick Blackguard 1 Skeezick Cannoneer 1 Skeezick Drummer 1 Skeezick General 1 Skeezick Netter 1 Skeezick Trapper 1 Skeezick Vanguard 1 Skeezick Whorl 1 Totem of the Fallen 1 Valdaci Sentry (IS/SL) 1 Vindictive Skeezick Spells: 1 Acid Storm 1 Battle Fatigue 1 March of the Skeezick 1 Quickening 1 Reforge 1 Skeezick Revolt 1 Taint 1 Tornado 1 Waylay Relics: 1 Hive 1 Phalanx Marker (PD) 1 Sundered Warbanner Equipments 1 Bloodthirsty Blade 1 Legion Standard 1 Skeezick Blade Underdepths - The Demon Lord Champions: 2 Bloodbow Infantry 1 Deep Elf Infiltrator 2 Deep Elf Priestess 1 Imp Alchemist 1 Maxxarek 1 Nefari Guardian 1 Nefari Informant 1 Pinchusion 2 Rip demon 1 Sheoul Monstruosity 1 Siege Monger 1 Vothsair Ireguard Spells: 1 Demolish 1 Fiery Ambush 1 Fire Blast 1 Maddening Echoes 1 Mandate from Sheoul 1 Minslicer Boomerang 1 Price of Victory 1 Purefire 1 Retribution 1 Sacrifice 1 Split Personality (This rune is banned from Ranked) 1 Superiority Relics: 1 Griefbearer's Fountain 1 Mark of Sheoul Equipments: 1 Tinder Box
(Other decks will come later) Let's assume you chose one of the decks listed above to play and you got your first 5000 gold from defeating the dailies. Now what? I will list some recommended battlegroups that you can put together spending those first 5000 gold. With these battlegroups you can already jump into ranked as they will be close to being optimized in most cases. Most upgrades will start from buying a Dancers in the Snow Theme deck and shard it to obtain 2156 shards unless stated otherwise ( http://forums.poxnora.com/index.php...ent-last-updated-08-12-2017-up-to-date.29457/ ). Forglar Swamp - Boghopper To upgrade the Defenders of the Swamp deck, we will build a Boghopper BG based on it. We will buy a Dancers of the Snow theme deck and use the resulting shards to craft the following: 1x Tide Master 1x Finlord's Neophyte 1x Gekaal, High One 2x Boghopper Huntmaster 1x Boghopper Bull 1x Boghopper Elite 2x Darkmarsh Fury 1x Boghopper Shaman 1x Cleansing Mist 1x Expanded Reach 1x Boghopper Bravado 1x Destiny 1x Sacred Temple With a total cost of 2014 shards We will replace the following on the Defenders of the Swamp Deck: 1x Boghopper Glutton 2x Boghopper Paladin 1x Calm as Raging Tides 1x Darkmarsh Shadow 1x Firk Mind Shredder 1x Poison Elemental 1x Slipworm 1x Tortun Fishkisser 1x Corrode 1x Poisonous Fumes 1x Tortun Land Cannon 1x Dreadeye Symbiote 1x Tidemaster's Bandoleer 1x Backfire The resulting deck is shown below. This decks includes the main boghopper synergizes and it's up to the user to decide for future changes. Forsaken Wastes - Skeletons To upgrade the Bonesaw deck, to round up the skeleton BG. We will buy a Dancers of the Snow theme deck and use the resulting shards to craft the following: 1x Bone Circle Archmage -800 1x Blackblade Baron - 500 1x Boneshredder - 80 1x Necromancer - 40 1x Skeletal Rifleman - 16 1x Bone Slave - 8 1x Crossbone - 4 1x Despoil - 80 1x Elsari Bazaar -8 1x Soulreave - 8 1x Soulbane - 8 1x Altar of Bones - 16 Total of 1568 shards We will replace the following runes from the Bonesaw WT deck: Anathema Animated Blade Bone Mine Broken Bones Crawling Corpse (x2) Death Harvester Graveyard (x2) Hungry Dead Sacrificial Altar Skeletal Berserker With these upgrades we gain access to Bone circle archmages and boneshredders which are strong early game runes that summon more skeletons and a more polished selection of champions and support in general. Ironfist Stronghold - Dwarves To upgrade the Ironfist stronghold decks, we will use runes from both the Drunken Dwarves deck and the Ironfist Inquisition deck. Also we will acquire a Dancers of the Snow deck and forge the following runes to make the final Dwarf Deck: Initial shards +2156 1x Royal Geomancer -800 1x Ironfist Minister -400 1x Dwarven King -250 2x Emerald Wing -160 1x Beermaiden -8 1x Nightwatch -8 1x Soul Reaver -80 1x Might of Ironfist -16 1x Gravity Flux -8 1x Morin's Corner Final Shards =346 From the Drunken Dwarves deck we use the following runes: 1x Dwarven Beermaiden 1x Dwarven Hooligan 1x Ironfist Minister 1x Kingmaker 1x Bane Blast 2x Hammer Strike 1x Instill Panic 1x Macadamize 1x Ironfist Standard 1x Sepulcher of Kings From the Ironfist Inquisiton deck we use the following runes: 1x Attendant squire 1x Euan Ironfist 1x Northern Cross Cardinal 1x Talgar Ironfist 1x Disarm 1x Earthquake 1x Holy Blade of Valdac The complete list for convenience: Attendant Squire, 2x Beermaiden, Dwarven Hooligan, Dwarven King, 2x Emerald Wing, Euan Ironfist, 2x Ironfist Minister, Kingmaker, Nightwatch, Northern Cross Cardinal, Royal Geomancer, Talgar Ironfist, Treasure Hunter, Bane Blast, Disarm, Earthquake, Gravity Flux, 2x Hammer Strike, Instil Panic, Macadamize, Might of Ironfist, Ironfist Standard, Morin's Corner, Sepulcher of Kings, Holy Blade of Valdac, Soul Reaver. K'Thir Forest - Archer/Elves To upgrade K'Thir Forest decks we will keep the theme of archers and elves, adding missing racial synergies and doubling on arrowsingers. To upgrade the deck, we will buy a Dancers of the Snow and use the resulting shards to craft the following: Initial Shards +2156 1x Arrowsinger -800 1x Elven Page -800 2x Aurora Inspector -160 1x Snake Charmer -40 1x Elven Bard -8 1x Grimlic's Bane -40 1x Ancestral Anger -16 1x Inhibit Power -16 Final Shards =276 We will replace the following runes from the WT deck: 1 Elven Artisan 1 Falconer 2 Solstice Marksman 1 Elven Fury 1 Brambles 1 Strategic Retreat 1 Reclaim 1 Honor Coin With these upgrades we gain access to key racial synergies such as Camaraderie and Boost, to Battle hymn with the Elven Bard, more healing in general and a better rounded up support section. To keep updating the deck as you get shards, Bowmage is worth considering and also doubling on strategists. Savage Tundra - Frost View attachment 7910 https://poxala-fa4ce.web.app/browse/bJCLlPMMCRWq1G74G0c4 this would be the updated bg after buying and sacrificing (excepting a halberd of jthir) a dancers in the snow theme deck to get this you should: Remove Dawnmist Lonx Icelord Lonx striker Deep freeze x2 howling wind Ice Stars frostfall heritage fast friends everfrost manacles And add Frostfall vanguard x2 1600 Chilling scale 80 Halberd of jthir 8 (don't sacrifice from dancers) conjure ice block 80 frigid barrier 8 furry hat 16 Jakei frostseer 8 pilgrimage 80 snow blind 40 For a total of 1912 Starter deck is focused on ice eater frontliners, but I've found that acolyte is more reliable. The bg has a good balance of ranged and melee and powerful spells. Main synergies are acolyte, amplify and frostfall vanguard's ability to equip frost amulets on enemies. you can combo it with frostseer on deploy ability to trigger it with only 1 hit. after you grind a bit more, you'll surely want a second jakei extinguisher but it's not possible to accomodate it with only 5k gold. Sundered Lands - Skeezicks Skeezicks is on of the best rounded up themes in the game and the initial walkthrough deck delivers on several of the key champions and support of the theme. In order to improve the initial deck, we will use 5000 gold to buy a Dancers of the Snow theme deck, proceed to shard it to obtain 2156 shards. With these shards we will forge the following champions: Initial Shards +2156 2x Skeezick Bolter - 1600 2x Skeezick Warmage - 160 1x Skeezick Trigger - 16 1x Ruthless Netmaster -16 2x Quicken - 16 1x Skeezick Filcher - 40 1x Skeezick Rioter - 40 1x Purge - 16 1x March of the Skeezick - 4 Final Shards = 248 We will replace the following runes from the WT deck: 1 Skeezick Alchemist 1 Skeezick Cannoneer 1 Skeezick Netter 1 Skeezick Trapper 1 Skeezick Whorl 1 Vindictive Skeezick 1 Battle Fatigue 1 Reforge 1 Skeezick Revolt 1 Taint 1 Bloodthirsty Blade 1 Skeezick Blade Following, it would be nice to shard another Skeezick Blackguard (800 Shards) and another Skeezick Vanguard (500 Shards) but what to replace for them will be depending on the style of the player. In my NUX test account (DevlinRedjaw) I had some extra exotics from the rewards given at the end of the game and I could shard an extra Skeezick Blackguard right after getting the first 5k gold. surprisingly, most skeezicks are really decent with the default upgrade choices, which is a huge plus. However, when leveling, Bolters should be a priority as reinforcement 2 has the potential to change the dynamic of the BG, and I would follow with warmages which I would run with adaptive and magic acolyte. Underdepths - Demons/Fire For UD, we will build a mostly Demon BG with strong fire synergy but with enough flexibility to deal with most situations. In order to improve the initial deck, we will use 5000 gold to buy a Dancers of the Snow theme deck, proceed to shard it to obtain 2156 shards. With these shards we will forge the following champions: Initial Shards +2156 1x Demonologist - 800 1x Nefari Messenger - 400 1x Grimlic - 250 2x Nefari Fireslinger -160 1x Bok Gatekeeper - 80 1x Bok Warden - 80 1x Nefari Caverunner - 80 2x Bok Raider - 32 1x Minotaur Stoker - 16 1x Nefari Griefbearer - 8 1x Fading Recollection - 16 2x Sheoul's Fireball - 16 1x Orb of Protection - 16 1x Ruby Catalyst - 8 Final Shards = 194 The final decklist is the following: 2x Bloodbowl Infantry 1x Bok Gatekeeper 2x Bok Raider 1x Bok Warden 1x Demonologist 2x Nefari Fireslinger 1x Grimlic 1x Minotaur Stoker 1x Nefari Caverunner 1x Nefari Griefbearer 1x Nefari Informant 1x Nefari Messenger 1x Rip Demon 1x Vothsair Ireguard 1x Fading Recollection 1x Mandate from Sheoul 1x Mindslicer Boomerang 1x Price of Victory 1x Purefire 1x Retribution 1x Sacrifice 2x Sheoul's Fireball 1x Maddening Echoes 1x Orb of Protection 1x Ruby Catalyst 1x Mark of Sheoul
Bump for relevance and to show the new UD BG. If you want extra advice or any other faction's deck, let me know
Hello, of course I can: https://poxala-fa4ce.web.app/browse/bJCLlPMMCRWq1G74G0c4 this would be the updated bg after buying and sacrificing (excepting a halberd of jthir) a dancers in the snow theme deck to get this you should: Remove Dawnmist Lonx Icelord Lonx striker Deep freeze x2 howling wind Ice Stars frostfall heritage fast friends everfrost manacles And add Frostfall vanguard x2 1600 Chilling scale 80 Halberd of jthir 8 (don't sacrifice from dancers) conjure ice block 80 frigid barrier 8 furry hat 16 Jakei frostseer 8 pilgrimage 80 snow blind 40 For a total of 1912 Starter deck is focused on ice eater frontliners, but I've found that acolyte is more reliable. The bg has a good balance of ranged and melee and powerful spells. Main synergies are acolyte, amplify and frostfall vanguard's ability to equip frost amulets on enemies. you can combo it with frostseer on deploy ability to trigger it with only 1 hit. after you grind a bit more, you'll surely want a second jakei extinguisher but it's not possible to accomodate it with only 5k gold. let me know if you have any questions.
FS and FW decks are updated, IS, KF and ST are outdated and the rest will become outdated as patches roll. This will remain like this until further notice.