Re: Duelmasters - Ok, what would you do with this?

From: dao@d62iggy.mitre.org (David A. Ondzes)

Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 19:17:09 +0000

>	 Oh, I wasn't going to mention this before, but what the heck.  Here's a
>	 rollup that I got in an undisclosed arena.  What would you do with it?
>
>	 9-6-5-13-15-7-15

Nice rollup!

>	 And as Tom Kiefer said, I would appreciate it if people would refrain from
>	 telling me to DA it.  I have my heart set on running this guy.
>	 :-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-):-)(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:(-:

If you do not make a slasher then I would DA it. :-)

>	 A slasher:       A lunger might have:
>	 Attack: 17       Attack: 19
>	 Init:   14       Init:   14
>	 Decise: 14       Decise: 10
>	 Parry:  ?        Parry:  9
>	 Defense:14       Defense:13
>	 Riposte:16       Riposte:10
>

The slasher has better skills in  every area except Attack and maybe Parry,
but neither one of these guys should ever have to parry in the first place.

I big difference is the Decis and Riposte, My slasher will alot quicker then
the lunger and if by chance he doesn't get first swing then he could always
use his very good riposte rating to take the initiative.

Another point this guy will not have the greatest endurance, this fact also
points to  slashers which have less endurance burn and are not as active.

>	 So it comes down to the lunger and slasher.

SLASHER

>	 My questions:
>	 Do you come to a different conclusion, and if so, what?
>
>	 Do Slashers really have a better init, riposte, and decise than a lunger?

YES

>	 Which would you choose, the chance at a starting AdEx Attack, or the chance
>	 at four AdMasters on skills?

>	 My feeling is that the lunger would do better, overall, despite the
>	 startling difference in skills bases that my charts indicate (I feel like a
>	 fortune teller).  They tend to run faster, get the jump more often, have a
>	 higher attack, and do better in general.   But those skills...

This is  a trend that I am trying to disbell, people use the awesome rollups
on lungers and the mediocre one on slasher. That is why lungers do consistly
better then slasher. Look at Primus, the Wall of Steel style is consistly
in the top. A slasher is just a more offensive/less defensive Wall of Steel.

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References

Duelmasters - Ok, what would you do with this?
johnjohn@cco.caltech.edu (John White)
Wed, 10 Jun 1992 06:01:20 +0000