Buff powdermaster

[Dr. Sinistar M.D.]

He is far too weak to start solo

[Wodan]

Super rough start solo.

[Doe]

i agree solo is too rough, why can't we just have duos with him?

[RJ Dork Bard]

its the armour sucks so bad when you cant replace it

[Cinnamoon_dragon]

He is playable with perks that give you armor each turn when you have no allies, and you can use dodges to avoid damage at the beginning. Right now, I can reach the final bosses with him without too much trouble, but it's too hard after that (even with 4 red powders and 30 - 50 damage, one boss just received 150 armor in response to my hit =))

[awg]

Originally posted by Static-ghost:

Right now, I can reach the final bosses with him without too much trouble, but it's too hard after that (even with 4 red powders and 30 - 50 damage, one boss just received 150 armor in response to my hit =))

The Prince will get a buff during this combat, so when you hit for more then certain amount of damage he gets huge Defense boost.

I was one of the testers for The Powdermaster DLC, and I screwed up my first run badly without even beating the first street. I think it is one the hardest way to play Banners of Ruin if you pick Powdermaster for your initial playthrough. After I had couple of runs with my bear team I performed a full playthrough with the Powdermaster and even been able to beat the final boss. I think many players who put everything to Stamina at the start make a big mistake, because multiple Withdraw cards (you'll need to boost Spirit for these instead of Stamina) paired with Impervious perk(?) make a huge difference for the solo run early on. Unholy can also help a lot, especially during one tricky event that might butcher any character without the Unholy.

So yes, Powdermaster is a Hard Mod at the beginning, but brings a lot of joy later on.

[Cinnamoon_dragon]

Originally posted by awg:

So yes, Powdermaster is a Hard Mod at the beginning, but very capable later on.

I played solo Powdermaster and I tried to keep my deck as much thin as possible so that I always have Withdraw skill card in my hand every turn. This helped a lot in the early stages because the enemy simply does not deal damage to you if you change your position.
My problem is still only Prince, my best result is killing all his guards but that was still not enough to kill the Prince (I had about 350 HP and a lot of armor btw) No idea what I'm doing wrong maybe just bad luck

[Focusblue100]

Are you all actually using his boom cards? I found they just required to much set up and would rather take the damage now especially if you had other combos. I got to the prince twice with 1 win and both times I had largely forgot about boom.

[OniBarubary]

I feel as if I've misunderstood the powdermaster's ability. I thought whenever you discard a powder, it'll add boom stacks. But...sometimes when I used a card to discard a powder or a perk like the Gambler thing (draw an extra card then discard one every turn), he didn't gain anything. Can you only game stacks from his Willpower ability? I could've sworn I discarded once and got Boom from a card.

[Doe]

finally managed to win had to recruit more dudes to do so, however i wasn't able to buy anybody after the first boss due to the fact as solo character he gains exp quickly, was level 5 at the end of route 1 so couldn't even afford to buy anybody early. Still the wolf carried me Oathkeeper didn't get too upgraded by the prince(50+) but it was enough. Hardly even used the boom stuff just used the powders instead idk just seems it takes to much work to get that massive damage on it.

[ChmDane]

Powdermaster with passive discard a card to get Regen is so good.
Plus with wolf with passive skill if anyone discard a card will get attack 3x3 is a good combo

[Cinnamoon_dragon]

Originally posted by Doe:

finally managed to win had to recruit more dudes to do so, however i wasn't able to buy anybody after the first boss due to the fact as solo character he gains exp quickly, was level 5 at the end of route 1 so couldn't even afford to buy anybody early. Still the wolf carried me Oathkeeper didn't get too upgraded by the prince(50+) but it was enough. Hardly even used the boom stuff just used the powders instead idk just seems it takes to much work to get that massive damage on it.

Same, Powdermaster and Wolf with ability to draw more cards and the Prince was defeated.
I also added a mouse as a third member to the team, but only because he had good armor. Turned out to be a good damage dealer.

Discarding a powder cards is a bad idea and not worth it most of the time. When you have a lot of opponents it's better and more efficiently to use all that dust on them and against one strong boss, he always has some kind of nasty surprise or punishment for your excessive damage (like a surprise boost armor)

[gbljhub]

Ughh, Powdermaster just fine, just use him correctly and build the right deck, and he do the job. Killed the prince yesterday, with company beаver and weasel just because don't reseived "Lone Wolfe".

[Cptn.Roo]

Originally posted by gbljhub:

Ughh, Powdermaster just fine, just use him correctly and build the right deck, and he do the job. Killed the prince yesterday, with company beаver and weasel just because don't reseived "Lone Wolfe".

translation: he needs a buff

[gbljhub]

Completed it solo, easy run. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2843488074 Just draw a lot of powder, discard a lot of powder, https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2843493907 accumulate a lot of "boom" to gain more armor every turn then any enemys can do damage, and finally blow them up. Here's how it works.

[twinburner]

Honestly I 'like' the powdermaster's mechanics? but it feels like the boom ramps too slowly to be useful early game at all. The only times I've really done well with powdermaster more or less required one of my early events to give me a new powder, and if it's just a copy of one I already had then it doesn't really help. Even just swapping the one duplicate pink for a red I feel like would do a lot to make his early game stronger and more fun to play. Also is kind of frustrating to see his unique events showing up in my other games where I can't even use the gear.