Who is "The Best" character.

[Lothar135]

Hello, guys. Just want to see some opinions from veteran Talisman players (which mean you play a lot and you play with different heroes).

Name 5 characters, which are Top Dogs and 5 characters, which are Loosers :)

All DLCs applies to this rankings.

I am not a veteran player (not now), but still, i can give you my opinion:
Top Dogs:
1. Amazon (two brutal abilities - to move good and to win battles is the key to this game)
2. Assassin (staby, staby)
3. Dark Cultist (slow beginning, but powerhouse later)
4. Swashbuckler (once you have a weapon and a small strenght boost, you grow very fast)
5. Black witch (great movement, really great)

Loosers:
1.Priest
2.Dwarf
3.Minstrel
4.Leprechant
5. Elf

[Puppy Cat Underfoot]

I like the randomness of the Dark Cultist's rewards, and I was doing well with the Leprechaun (besides having more money than's included in the physical game) until I was instant deathed by something.

Haven't gone very far with the Apprentice Mage, but I like his "Wild Mage" aspect.

The Clerical characters, except exorcist, need a lot of boosts before they're useful, given their item restrictions.

[Eccy]

1) Black Witch
2) Warlock
3) Dark Cultist
4) Druid
5) Sage/Amazon/Prophetess

[Fulgur14]

It would be great if there was some data collecting that could show exactly how often each character wins...

[Lothar135]

That would certainly be great

[JustMaeBee]

1) Dark Cultist
2) Warlock
3) Black Witch
4) Sage
5) Martyr
6) Assassin
7) Druid
8) Amazon
9) Genie
10) Ogre Chieftain
11) Wizard
12) Prophetess
13) Gambler
14) Warrior
15) Troll
16) Dwarf (a lot lower if Ice Queen ending)
17) ♥♥♥♥♥
18) Necromancer
19) Gladiator
20) Swashbuckler
21) Knight
22) Leprechaun
23) Monk
24) Devil's Minion
25) Courtesan
26) Exorcist
27) Sorceress
28) Elf
29) Thief
30) Merchant
31) Ghoul
32) Minstrel
33) Apprentice Mage
34) Priest
35) Philosopher (total crap character)

[Lothar135]

Interesting list. I wonder why Apprentice mage is so low. He is worse than a wizard, but once he gets a craft 6 (or 7, dont remember now) he is actually a lot better. Till that time, he has an advantage when learning his new spell.

And why exactly is Ogre chieftain good? I cant see his advantage, can you, please, point it out?

[JustMaeBee]

Originally posted by Lothar135:

Interesting list. I wonder why Apprentice mage is so low. He is worse than a wizard, but once he gets a craft 6 (or 7, dont remember now) he is actually a lot better. Till that time, he has an advantage when learning his new spell.

The Apprentice Mage has to gain 4 craft before the character is very good. It can take a long time to gain 4 craft and until then, the character is an unreliable caster that can cause you to lose life. The starting 3 strength isn't bad though.

Originally posted by Lothar135:

And why exactly is Ogre chieftain good? I cant see his advantage, can you, please, point it out?

The Ogre Chieftain can dominate Monsters which make up most of the enemies and he has a high starting strength. With the dungeon expanion, he can take down in the LoD in no time by dominating 4 or 5 monsters. With even 1 monster, he can usually defeat any other character.

[Gator13 (nosound)]

warlock is pretty ridiculous. he whooped my bum twice in a row.

[Fr8monkey]

1: Warlock - basicly unlimited spells
2: Gambler (Especially with Fate Stealer) - can build up stats early and quickly.
3: Warrior - can cut down almost anyone.
4: Sage - 1 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and seeing the cards = sweetness
5: ♥♥♥♥♥ - Taking a just played spell is awesome.

[Xerxes Aragon]

The best character is the one that you enjoy playing the most.

[Lothar135]

Hmm, you are right, Jinkaru. However, when we compare warrior to amazon, he seems a bit lacking. She can not only negate her bad luck during a battle, but also negate a good luck of the enemy in that battle. That seems to be better than rolling two dice and picking highest (warrior skill), because with amazon skill you can also force enemy to reroll his/her dice.

And movement really is important in this game, dont you agree? In my games it is usually quite a problem to get where you want to be.

[Puppy Cat Underfoot]

I misunderstood the Apprentince Mage's "draw from a spell from discard, but only ones you haven't cast sucessfully yet" ability for a few games. That it meant that he had to have cast it and failed, rather than "take spell from discard that you have not sucessfully cast even if you haven't held that spell yet".

[Lothar135]

Evil Cat: Yes, I did make exactly the same mistake:). This ability is very strong one.

[Karsen II]

IMO, there's no such thing as "best" or "worst" only the characters you are capable of using to their best advantage. It's more on the player than the character

[D Rahj]

Originally posted by bathead:

IMO, there's no such thing as "best" or "worst" only the characters you are capable of using to their best advantage. It's more on the player than the character

You're trying to tell me Dark Cultist and Elf are equal?
No chance.