Anyway, enough complaining, here's the guide: The guide includes builds for going with or without Expose and for either Jumping Doom or not. Our meat shield summon. (Ads keep this site free!) This enhancement is quite pricey. Thats not a bad amount of damage for a Loss and its unusual to see a damage-dealing Loss like this as the bottom action. Gloomhaven > Guides > Asharai's Guides 30 ratings Spoilers - Card list, perks, items, enhancements and builds By Asharai Guide with the list of cards and perks available for each class. Thats the build that this guide focuses on. It's taking me 30 minutes to select cards mostly because I have to click from one to the other to the next etc. Youll take this card for the bottom ability and will just never use the top. 4 damage on a level 9 card isnt very exciting to be honest. Having said that I really enjoyed the Frightening Curse and Detonation combo! We dont pick up a huge amount of loot as the Doomstalker because were flying arrows into monsters from a distance. So its the perfect match! Thats nice, one of the great things of this game is that many cards can become stronger in the presence of other party members =), Doomstalker is my favorite character! Like the other Gloomhaven starting classes, at level 1 you have the same number of cards as your hand limit so you can just grab those cards and go if you want to dive into the character. Finally! Plus, we have a reusable top ability that teams up really well with Expose. This +1 turns this ability into a reliable 6 damage we can do over and over again. List of items per equipment slot Spitting Cobra has 3 movement so it can keep up, a range of 3 to keep it out of the way so it should stay alive for a long time and it has 5 health which means it can take the odd hit and be ok. because I don't know them. This top ability gives us Advantage every time we go for a Doomed monster (which is basically always!). Can anyone point me to this? 90% of the time this is when the monster is defeated or you play another Doom ability. Doom Doom : Place your class token on an enemy. The Doom is ace! This Doomstalker guide follows this structure: When we first got Gloomhaven, we dived in and opened all the mini boxes just to see the sculpts! Game Management So were less reliant on Scurry than we were. I dropped Crippling Noose here, because the Doom doesnt help us deal damage, and the top loss trap is poor value. It probably sounds dumb, but if you really don't find a list of the cards, you could just press Alt during the card selection, screenshot the cards shown, open up an editor programm of your choice and print the image of the cards. Expose! The heal that puts you out of action for a round is just weird and the bottom action gives us minimal benefits. The upgraded monster mind control ability is pretty cool, but its a loss. Angry Face class guide and strategy by MandatoryQuest. And of course, well make sure were meeting those conditions because we want the damage bonuses they give! [ ] Add one +1 IMMOBILIZE card The 88 initiative gives us a nice late turn option and the top and bottom actions are both highly usable. I started with Doomstalker at Prosperity 3 and had 60 gold to spent. Retirement Events This ability tempts you into Looting rather when in melee range. Naomi Klein. Play the bottom of Foot Snare to Move into the best position. But here are some that I enjoy using. The way it was explained to me you can use it on consumed items. But we do have other faster cards coming up at level 1. Go late in the round with the 79 initiative from Feedback Loop to minimize damage risk. Heres our level 1 workhorse Doom! The Parasitic Influence Augment is an interesting one. Were looking for high initiative cards and low initiative cards to help us with our run and hit/hit and run strategy. If you have enhanced A Moments Peace as I did, then Crashing Wave from level 7 is a solid choice. Michal, [STRATEGIES] Gloomhaven Doomstalker strategyguide, Frosthaven first look starting classes (1/2), Frosthaven first look starting classes (2/2), Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion Voidwarden and Demolitionist, Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion Red Guard and Hatchet, View all posts by The Boardgames Chronicle, Gloomhaven monsters analysis & strategies Night, Sun and Wind demons The Boardgames Chronicle, The Boardgames Chronicle blog in 2021 analysis The Boardgames Chronicle, Follow The Boardgames Chronicle on WordPress.com. Hi! Nothing to complain about here. A summon that can keep up with us! For those times when you dont need to move and youd rather get in another hit. It would suck to play a trap for a loss and it never gets triggered! Fearsome Blade has a Move but its a Loss, and the top action will deal 4 damage in melee range. Its reusable so it doesnt need to work as hard as a loss trap would to justify itself. Thats pretty cool. Its just that some are better or worse for different builds. I got surprised by you not taking Crashing Wave since most of my choices mirrored yours. Lead with Frightening Curses 37 initiative to get the persistent loss in play and get the Doom applied reasonably early in the round. Self heal enhancement slots are often used for Strengthen buffs, but we have Expose giving us Advantage so we can get Bless instead and enjoy double damage when it pops up! The top ability is interesting and would be worthwhile having in our hand until the last room if the bottom ability was good. Sigh. The late initiative also helps here because we can summon late in the round after the monsters have had their turn to keep it safe. Another reusable ranged ability that says its 2 damage, but in reality, itll always be 4 because we always want to target Doomed monsters with it! The card that makes this build. Thank you! As for the bottom ability, well, mind control is cool, but it seems like we arent very good at it! Itll stun anything it hits. In the process, players will enhance their abilities with experience and loot, discover new locations to explore and plunder, and expand an ever-branching story fueled by the decisions they make. Most of the time, well just be consuming Ice to make it a 6 damage but thats still pretty good for a repeatable ability. With the stronger (+2) attack power potion and the bow that ignores shields, Redthorn would just lay waste to entire rooms of baddies, including those with shields. The allure of the 24 damage loss was still appealing, but now weve got a reusable 5 damage with experience and a larger range. I think so far the most overpowered class weve met. Given our Augment of choice, on first glance, this ability looks great. Then, go early on turn 2 so that you can hit them again before rushing off. However, we dont need to do every action on the card. Even if were playing with allies with summons, itll probably still be ineffective. The bottom Doom ability is really great too. 33 initiative is on the slower side for us but only because were spoiled with lots of fast card options! Ive created guides for all the locked classes! Another Move! I can't find a printable pdf on Boardgame Geek. When I played the Mindthief we already had a healer and a ranged damage dealer, so the melee damage Mindthief made the most sense for me. To avoid any items spoilers, here are the Doomstalker starting items I recommend. I like to save this until the last room and grab whatever loot I can and get the 1 Experience before the scenario ends. This ability is obviously more valuable in a 4 player group where you can get 4 Curses in the monster deck in one turn! Several months later, I finally got to play the Doomstalker! Were being spoilt with this card! Thats ok, but not amazing for a Loss card at level 9. Use the bottom of Corrupting Embrace to run through your target (and other bad guys if you can) to inflict Poison on them as you move out of melee range. Remember that ability on the bottom of Mass Hysteria that lets us have two Augments in play? So thats quite nice at level 1. There are no good or bad cards in Gloomhaven. They dont stay around very long anyway! Thats brilliant. Just hitting one monster for 3 damage wouldnt be very good value! Used on the turn where we hit then move away, we can then turn around and deal cheeky ranged damage after weve moved away. The lowest priority perk is Immobilize. Fortunately, our reusable damage-dealers tend to give experience if the target is Doomed or undamaged. Its an ideal ability for us to use on the hit-run turn of the run-hit / hit-run strategy. You have no idea if youll go early or late in the round. In our build, the top Augment isnt going to be used because were not about healing. Nice. If we just happen to pick up some loot along the way too, fantastic! In fact, the Doomstalker, as a 12 card class, has damage output rivaling Scoundrel, but at 4 times the range, without playing a single loss. Well use this when we first enter a room or are shifting our focus onto a new target. You need to be upfront and personal with the bad guys to deal the most damage, but you cant take what you give out. After you hit them, not only are they Immobilized, but they are also taking damage each turn, leaving them with less health remaining by the time they reach you. If theres a monster in our face, we can stick them in place and scoot away! 5 damage for a loss is really expensive, even with the 5 range. The 11 initiative is brilliant for going before the monsters. Even so, 4 damage is pretty decent. City & Road Event Decks . A +2 against a doomed monster is pretty nice particularly because this is in the bottom card slot and we dont have damage dealer abilities on the bottom of any cards at the moment. Splash, splash, splash! Though most Orchids live a life of meditation, there is a sect who believes that enlightenment should be achieved through hard work and not getting lost in thought for years on end. Gloomhaven Saw Guide - Build & Strategy - Locked Class. We must be stronger than we look to be able to shove the bad guy out of the way! Might as well rest. We dont have anything that can heal it and it only has 4 health! Like the bottom of A Moments Peace but with an extra Move 1 and an extra 2 healing. Im not a huge fan of this ability. They cant damage you or your allies until the end of their next turn (if they survive that long!). Gloomhaven Doomstalker Guide - YouTube Quick, succinct guide for the Doomstalker. All classes are sorted by class number, which can be found here.. 01 - Brute | Tank Build 02 - Tinkerer 03 - Spellweaver.Alternative Build.. 04 - Scoundrel 05 - Cragheart - Standard/ranged build. It gets tough at level 7 because our cards are all useful. And its a non-loss! For this Mindthief build, I looked for cards that offered: My card evaluations are all with this build in mind. But it gets ever weirder. We also read the rules incredibly carefully before doing anything else! For our Expose build, we only have 1 Doom active on a monster at any one time and usually, we want to keep them on that monster until theyre gone, so this ability isnt great for us. Grab whatever loot I can and get the Doom applied reasonably early in the monster in. Looks great Doom: Place your class token on an enemy here, because the Doom applied early... Cards that offered: my card evaluations are all with this build mind! 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