Summoner Wars by Plaid Hat Games

[gamjuven]

Originally Posted by killercactus

I don't play them right either - they're the only faction I've ever lost with, and I've never won a game with them (even with broken Thorkur). From what I've read and what my theory tells me, being able to prevent other cards from moving is really powerful, especially since they summon for 1 with 2 life.

The more people play with multi-life commons and champs though, the less effective they are.

Yeah, you're crazy. The GD are the best faction. They have some of the best champions in the game. Gror is THE best champion in the game. Summon him on a forward wall with heroic feat and he'll take out 3 units and put a ton of wounds on opposing walls. Spearman are hard hitting surprises and defenders are just solid. They can handle multi life stuff just fine IMO.

[rym]

One of the things that make the Guild Dwarves so strong, in my opinion, is that they have really strong event cards. I mean, they have both Magic Drain and Reinforcements, as well as Besiege the Walls. Played right, those cards can be downright deadly, especially Besiege the Walls.

I can't think of any other faction that has both Magic Drain and Reinforcements (off the top of my head). And nevermind the fact the dwarves have solid commons and solid champions.

[killercactus]

Originally Posted by rym

One of the things that make the Guild Dwarves so strong, in my opinion, is that they have really strong event cards. I mean, they have both Magic Drain and Reinforcements, as well as Besiege the Walls. Played right, those cards can be downright deadly, especially Besiege the Walls.

I can't think of any other faction that has both Magic Drain and Reinforcements (off the top of my head). And nevermind the fact the dwarves have solid commons and solid champions.

You didn't even mention Heroic Feat, which is completely sickening especially when Gror uses it.

No other faction has both of those events - the Dwarves stand alone there. The Fallen Kingdom has Magic Drain, Forced Summon and Greater Raise though, which is close but not quite as powerful I think.

[Jexik]

I've played about 250 games... since I started counting. It has replayability.

GD are solid. I don't know about THE BEST, but definitely good and with few* bad match-ups. They also don't really have any really easy one either.

[jschild]

I think the GD hate (i've been guilty of it myself) comes from how boring their Summoner is, plus general dislike for Engineers and mostly generic (though very useful) Events.

They can indeed be strong but best? I wouldn't go that far.

[nyys]

My last couple games have been with the GDs, I've enjoyed them just fine.

[Dredd Stev]

The thing I like most about the game so far is that the truly BEST faction is the one you like to play the most. While they all have their good and bad match ups the game is so supremely balanced that it's just absurd to try and pick a "best" based on anything but personal preference.

[killercactus]

If I had to pick a BEST right now, I'd say it was a toss-up between Elves and Dwarves. However, that's probably because (like Dredd said), Elves are the faction I feel most comfortable playing, and Dwarves because the Defender and Gror are the closest things to "broken" or "A+ figures" that I think the game has at this point. However, I think it's perfectly possible to defeat either of those factions with any other faction on any given day in Itharia (especially Tundra Orcs, who I think are the most versatile right now).

[Shockma Ranyk]

Originally Posted by Dredd Stev

The thing I like most about the game so far is that the truly BEST faction is the one you like to play the most. While they all have their good and bad match ups the game is so supremely balanced that it's just absurd to try and pick a "best" based on anything but personal preference.

Amen. I've beaten every single faction except Phoenix Elves with a zombie-heavy Fallen Kingdom deck.

[Cleon]

Since I've started seriously getting into SW a couple months ago I've been primarily playing GD. I can see why Defenders are the best and it's hard not to play the full 10 of them. I haven't really gone the route of wall destruction, but I'd like to try it out.

Yeah the events are great. It's hard to sac any of them for me, even A Hero Is Born (even though it's viewed as not the best by some, I can never seem to draw a champion until the 4th turn so I always lean towards playing it!).

[rym]

Yeah, A Hero Is Born is a great card in the beginning, usually the first 2 rounds or so. It allows you to put a champion in your hand and build your magic, accordingly. I will usually toss it though, if, when I draw A Hero Is Born, I already have a champion in my hand. Seems like overkill at that point, in my opinion, to hold onto or use that card.

[Jexik]

The only time I really used AHiB was back when Thorkur was broken. I generally prefer to just build it as magic to help me summon whichever Champion I happen to draw.

There are a couple powers that might make you want to use it, but it's kind of rare.