is there an advantage to having four spirit stones in battles?

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I used to think having four spirit stones means you will instantly win vs anything corrupted, including players, but I was surprised to see that this only works against banes and king only

[JaGarLo]

Nope. There is no advantage against Corrupted players if you have 4 Spirit Stones or more.

To be honest, I wouldn't mind getting more dice as a Spirit Walker, like...
> +1 die against infected players
> +3 dice against corrupted players

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sounds good, with sana probably too much because she uses her spirit in battle vs corrupted, but idk about the other champions

[Hey]

It'd be a massive imbalance against corrupteds. They don't get any benefit from fighting spirit walker and guards, they take 1 damage every dawn, their fight against the king can result in mutual kill because of King's Pride Edge, compared to SW's one click victory. Please don't buff them.

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that's a good point too, i guess it's fine the way it is

[Ryo]

They don't get any benefit from fighting someone without rot either, and also get punished when fighting againt a dragon as well, since their Clan affinity drains corrupted character of two dices, as of the Rot damage at dawn, well, one exception to that; dragons are immune to it now so while it applies to others, it doesn't to the latest clan, but again it's kind of their thing.

Pros of playing spirit walker;
One hit king kill
One hit Bane kill (even though that can be problematic at time because you can't move by doing it)
Doesn't have any rot damage at dawn
Doesn't give extra dices to corrupt characters

Cons;
Takes a lot of time to achieve
Can easily be disrupted by a Heist card
Can lead a losing fight against people stealing all the stones
Spirit stone quests failure is very punishing (Usually 2 prestige or a lot of magic)

Pros of playing corrupt;
Gains the corrupted opponent's dices as extra if higher
Explode pool is your amount of rot rather than your spirit (Making it advantageous for fighters)
Banes do not attack you automatically anymore
Gains 1 health after each kill victory in battle
If using Decay, gives you a very sustainable way to regain health from rotten to corrupt

Cons of playing corrupt;
Higher corrupted characters get your dices as extra
Takes 1 damage each dawn (except Dragons)
Gets two dices removed if fighting against a Dragon clan
Stone circles are a no go or punishing most of the time (Decay / Playing as Ghor & casting Bark skin alleviates that to some extend)
Can easily get one shot by a player casting Rite of Wyld

[FluffyFoxxo]

The dragon clan -2 dies only apply to you if you are winning the rot fight, so I wouldn’t call it that much of a con, just a lesser pro from winning a rot fight

[Vox Multis]

Originally posted by Ryo:

Cons of playing corrupt;
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Gets two dices removed if fighting against a Dragon clan
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Can easily get one shot by a player casting Rite of Wyld

This isn't strictly accurate. The Dragon clan's affinity just reduces the number of bonus dice your opponent gets for having a higher rot score. If I have a 7 Rot and attack a dragon with 5 rot, I'll just get 3 bonus dice instead of the usual 5. But if the dragon has no rot at all, nothing will be deducted because I wasn't getting any bonus dice to begin with.

[EDIT: Beaten to the punch! That's what I get for being so verbose.]

As for Rite of Wyld, I wouldn't say it can easily one-shot a corrupted hero, as it can only be cast on a Bane or a Stone Circle. Since corrupted players naturally tend to avoid those anyway, you're not gonna see many opportunities to use that spell on them.