Blackthorn Arena
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Submitted by: David K.
Tips, Tricks & Strategy:
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Written by Jircniv Rune Farlord El Nix.
Like many fantasy element games the trifecta of tank-heals-dps works well.
Defender genre has tank abilities, including some aggro management.
Commanders heal & buff and for dps....
My own team also looks historically accurate, as I use a sword & board tank,
a DPS with a Lance and a marksman. You will need 4 character to fight the
tournament, but you should fill all 6 slots. At least one of those spares
must be a tank to backup your main.
Battle damage to real damage conversion was recently reduced, making
tournament more survivable. After each round the damage is applied to your
actual health, so you can be disabled in one round but still fight the
next at full health. The lower your true health is, the greater the chance
for lethal damage to occur. I swapped my champion out for the spare on the
last fight of the tourney even though she was not disabled, because
I wanted to complete the final challenge.
No spoilers, but you do want to complete the final challenge, or you
lose access to 1 of the 4 major arenas. These give the best competitions
& rewards.
Tips to Pass the Spring Event:
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-=Non-Combat Tips=-
* Don’t have any guards. Just keep your prisoners gladiators’ obedience
high enough (7+).
* Keep everyone busy. If they are at or near full health, they should
either be training or fighting.
* Get a dedicated doctor and trainer asap. The other roles don’t matter.
* Slightly combat advice, but you will be out leveled. While on easy to
medium levels you can keep pace with your opponents, this is typically
not possible on the hardest difficulty. So you need to have strong
gladiators and a strong team composition.
* Minor combat tip, keep your tanks in defensive stance. Gladiators can
neither dodge nor block while attacking, so your tanks should attack
as few times as possible.
-=General Tips
Make sure you use your time efficiently. Always try to have your gladiators
fighting, and if there happens to be no favorable matchups, then have them
train. Favorable matchups are important because if you can win matches
without taking much damage, you have less down time and can start earning
exp and money sooner.
Also, make sure all your gladiators are doing something. If you’re about
to do a 4v4 and you have one glad left over, send him over to auto battle
at some other arena in a 1v1 if possible. Or have him train as mentioned
above, but fights are always more desirable.
More fights = more money = better equipment =...
Don’t recruit as many gladiators as you can. I like to have four fighters
for the most of my playthroughs, and maybe 2 extra, as some of the important
events allow for 6 gladiators. These 2 extra may not be required for you to
win these, but they are crucial for keeping your gladiators alive in extended
multi-day tournaments, especially your tanks, as they tend to heal up then
take more damage. I think others like to run more fighters, which is probably
better, as longs as you make sure everyone is bringing money in and you aren’t
spreading your experience gains too thin.
A couple other not so relevant tips that may help…
Don’t bother with a cook or a smithy, at least not early on. You can’t choose
which weapons you research, so you might as well just buy them instead.
Cooking is simply not worth the time and money ever, unless you’re super
late game I suppose. Do get a trainer and a doctor as soon as possible,
ideally within the first few days.
Don’t pay for guards. If you have any guards, fire them. As long as you keep
your gladiators’ obedience high enough (7+ or so), they shouldn’t try to
escape. I don’t even think morale matters.
Keeping up in level with the AI is very doable at normal difficult. It’s
less so at max difficulty, but you can still win matchups where you are out
leveled.
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