When you start the game as new user, you are given a deck for completing the tutorial and corresponding faction walkthroughs. 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/ ). 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: Initial Shards +2156 2x Bone Circle Archmage -1600 2x Boneshredder -160 1x Skeletal Rifleman - 16 1x Skeletal Raider -8 1x Bone Slave -8 1x Despoil - 80 1x Elsari Bazaar -8 1x Wake the dead -8 1x Soulreave -8 1x Soulbane -8 Final shards +252 We will replace the following runes from the Bonesaw WT deck: 2x Broken bones 2x Crawling Corpse 1x Death Harvester 1x Toll Taker 1x Anathema 1x Dark Rising 1x Hungry Dead 1x Steal Life 1x Graveyard 1x Sacrificial Altar 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 Master Axeman -160 2x Emerald Wing -160 2x Scarlet Wing -32 1x Beermaiden -8 1x Nightwatch -8 1x Soul Reaver -80 1x Bane Blast -16 1x Might of Ironfist -16 1x Gravity Flux -8 Final Shards =218 From the Drunken Dwarves deck we use the following runes: 1x Dwarven Beermaiden 1x Dwarven Hooligan 1x Ironfist Minister 1x Kingmaker 1x Bane Blast 1x Desperate Heal 2x Hammer Strike 1x Instill Panic 1x Macadamize 1x Earthshaker 1x Ironfist Standard From the Ironfist Inquisiton deck we use the following runes: 1x Euan Ironfist 1x Northern Cross Cardinal 1x Holy Blade of Valdac The complete list for convenience: Royal Geomancer, Northern Cross Cardinal, 2x Ironfist Minister, Euan Ironfist, Dwarven Hooligan, Dwarven King, Kingmaker, 2x Master Axeman, 2x Emerald Wing, Nightwatch, 2x Scarlet Wing, 2x Beermaiden; 2x Bane Blast, 2x Hammer Strike, Might of Ironfist, Gravity Flux, Instil Panic, Desperate Heal, Macadamize; Ironfist Standard, Earthshaker; 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. 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 2x Skeezick Trigger - 32 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.
