Re: Big Guns In Duelmasters

From: 900667c@ace.acadiau.ca (GERALD RICHARD CAMERON)

Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1991 23:21:23 +0000

In article <15505@aggie.ucdavis.edu> ccs012@mr-ranger.ucdavis.edu (Dennis Cleary) writes:

>For those of you who really _want_ to be in Primus...

>>>On this discussion about styles, my undersatnding is that the styles which
>>>dominate upper Primus are Lunging, PLunging, and Parry Rip.  Bashers and
>>>slashers don't do that well. I also understand that a good Aimed Blow (like,
>>>ohhh, NECRON 99) can do well.  But then, AB's are arguably the most luck based
>>>style in the game...

>>Basically I've heard the same things, except that WS do well also (see
>>Teetotaler, Wallbanger, etc.) and I don't think slashers do that poorly,
>>especially after witnessing Elisa's performance at the Face-to-Face.  Also,
>>St do rather poorly.  I'll explain what I've heard about all this in
>>another post in a couple of days.

>Nope, Wallbanger is a lunger.  Big sucker too!  And, even though it's not
>the rarity is used to be, a Grandmaster in Initiative.  He won one AD
>tournament, going 13-0, and his opponents only swung at him _twice_.  Kinda
>makes you think, huh?

Whoops!  Believe it or not, I knew that.  The tournament that he won was
the first tournament that I fought in.  Just me and my lousy memory.
>>>Information that I need:
>>>you who've played the game for a while, you
know that every once in a
>>>while, you see and ariticle by Deke Young (Doc
Le'Grande) about some huge
>>>striker.  Has anyone tried out this design?  I
understand that Phido had
>>>the top Primus warrior for a while: a size 16
striker.  Is this true?

>Actually, a lot of people have tried out Doc LeGrand's striker, and it
>has it's merits.  I would contend, however, that any character with WT/WL
>17+ is going to be competitive, almost no matter what the other stats
>are.

Interesting...

>>NO I haven't, and I doubt that I will, since my high size warriors become
>>WS, BA or DAs.  Usually I find anything over SZ 16 unworkable, although I
>>currently have some exceptions (like a brand new SZ 19 {!} PS experiment)

>You make your big warriors WS's?  It tried that for a while, but they're
>much better off as Bashers.  Bashers end up with more offense, and it
>seems about the same on defense. :(

Fair enough.  I've been learning a lot about design over the last six
months or so.  In my defense, though, some big guys won't work as BA.
While I've had semi-successful ones with as low as a 5 SP, I don't think I'
d care to go as low as 3.  Also, I recently had a moderately successful SZ
17 WS who beat a 4-fight Slasher in his first fight (scummed him, too).
Thanks for the lessons, though.  All my info is second hand from Garth
Werner and Steve Duaghney.
Take 'er easy.

Demon.

References

Big Guns In Duelmasters
ccs012@mr-ranger.ucdavis.edu (Dennis Cleary)
Tue, 19 Nov 1991 01:10:44 +0000

Referenced By

Big Guns In Duelmasters
ccs012@mr-ranger.ucdavis.edu (Dennis Cleary)
Tue, 19 Nov 1991 01:10:44 +0000