Ranking the Heroes

[Bohrdumb]

Wondering where other people might put folks.

If I had tiers I'd likely go with

Top Tier
Aragorn
Arwyn

Upper Tier
Legolas
Gimli
Eowyn

Mid Tier
Faramir

Bottom Tier
Dwalin
Tom Took


Also wondering how people would rank quest quality. I just ran through DtA again and really enjoyed myself. Albeit on easy...

[NathanH]

I think Tom is better than bottom tier. Sauron tends to attack with his strongest minion first, so Tom's ability is basically "exhaust to cancel the biggest enemy's attack" which is not bad at all.

[BodenloseTasche]

i love tomtook.. he is a beast, tends to block one of the strongest minions of sauron and enables a strong cardsphere. I would swap him with Eowyns position to be honest :)

legolas is top tier for me. 1 dmg every round is really really strong.

[Linty_Lohan]

I actually think Dwalin is great. Unfortunately the scoring system doesn’t really favor his play style since damaged heroes are a big nagative for scoring, but he’s essentially a turn one blocker that gets stronger as he absorbs attacks. Having a 3 Attack, 2 Willpower Hero before any attachments is nothing to sneeze at.

[Halzar]

I'd switch Gimli with Aragorn. I find Gimli far more usefull for raw damage while Aragorn is a hybrid Spirit/damage.

I feel the best Hero in game right now is Arwen she's a bit weak but her healing ability is unmatched.

I've run a Gimli, Arwen, Eowyn deck that i really liked. What you lose out on with Aragorns extra attack you can make up with support cards since you aren't spending that extra 1 resource every round on Aragorn or deciding what the trade off is playing a card and not using it for aragorns extra turn.

Legolas and faramir have their uses as they are both ranged and a lot of enemies have guard but they would always be a second choice to me.

Haven't tried tom took or Dwalin especially since Dwalin seems counter intuitive to me in a game that rewards you for having full health and then givia heroe that is only effcient when he is badly damaged

Tier by herself
Arwen

Upper Tier
Gimli
Eowyn
Aragorn

Middle
Legolas
Faramir

Low tier (mostly because i haven't used them)
Took
Dwalin

[Melok Helani]

Certain heroes for certain encournters, so I don't think anyone is really "bottom tier" since they can all have their place depending on the scenario and how you build you deck around them.

Of course some heroes are good for just about everything, so I agree that Aragorn is top tier, but Arwen is pretty bad against more aggressive and creature based encounters.

[Siberian Lief]

can i play as tom bomadil if i can i will spend money

[fourthdb]

Arwen is definitly top hero in my opinion. Unlocks green(Edit: wrote blue here-my mistake) cards which I find are essitential. Also has a healing ability and is great for objectives.

Eowyn is up there with Arwen because she is cheap and can hit objectives or battle enimes depending on what is needed.

Legolas is highly useful when it comes to battles. 1 auto damage every round is amazing. Through stalwart on him and a weapon and armor and you have the best battler right there. (Could be argued that Gimli is better for battles but keep reading)

Faramir is a pretty decent hero for battling. If the quest needs more fighting I would use Faramir over Eowyn. You get to keep green cards and have much better battling hero who can get you card draw. I have found that in the hard copy game card draw wins the game for you. This game already gives you 2 cards per round.

Gimli gains 1 attack after someone gets hurt making him a 3 damage hero. I say Legolas is better because Legolas too is also esstentially a 3 damage hero because of his 1 auto damage. Gimli does make for a great guard every turn. If I needed a 2 red hero deck they would pair together nicely.

Aragorn is mid-low teir. His threat starts out too high for me. However I would use him over Dwalin if I am trying to get purple cards out. His power is also nice *IF* you have an extra coin to use. I like to keep cheap cards in my deck so I never have any coins.

The scoring system makes Dwalin almost useless beacuse he gets better with more damage on him so unless you have found a way to heal him a ton right before finishing the quest your are missing out on points.


Tom.......cool that he can negate the 1st attack......use a chump ally to block and you have done the same thing with the added bonus of hurting the enemy if you blocked with an ally that has attack power. His low threat is nice but for 1 more you can use Eowyn who is miles better than Tom.

[Telerion]

Arwen is green cards, Eowyn is blue

[Talaris]

Originally posted by fourthdb:

Arwen is definitly top hero in my opinion. Unlocks blue cards which I find are essitential.

How does Arwen unlock blue cards ?

[Telerion]

She doesent, she unlocks green cards.

[Talaris]

My list - mostly this way due to max vp needing low threat, good questing (hazards and fate events) and healthy heroes


Tier 1 (strong on their own / with their own color):
- Legolas (dmg ping and easy 3 ranged with Warriors sword = lots of dead 4 hp enemies while he does not care for the Guard keyword)
- Tom Took (canceling 2-4 dmg each turn saves alot of resources for blockers and makes event-heavy decks possible at all. Also grants access to Star brooch and threat reduction and questing power.)


Tier 2 (good on their own or strong with other spheres' cards)
- Aragorn (Double use his 4 stats from the beginning if in need, high HP, good allies sphere)
- Arwen (3 WP is a beast, also a weaker but more n00b-friendly Tom-Took-effect)
- Eowyn (Easy to double use her 5 stats due to star brooch, grants acces to threat reduction)


Tier 3 (other heroes do stuff better, but worthwhile with certain strategies)
- Gimli (Insane damage with dwarven axe and some ready effect (helloes Spirit or both tactics events) makes him the only enemy killer you need - only in here instead of T2 because unlike Legolas he actually takes dmg from Guards, thus needs healing)
- Dwalin (Insane with dwarven axe when low hp, needs healing to keep his stats stable. Despite Gimli doing more from the start, access to good allies and 6 in-sphere straighteneing effects pushes him up from t4)


Tier 4 (other heroes do stuff better, hard to use with strategies)
Faramir (Legolas hast same Ranged attack power, just 1 less hp but 2 less threat. The extra card is not useful in expensive green and esp. with 2 draw/turn and mithrandirs advice or record keeper easy to get - he was busted in 1-draw-beta but just sucks now. Saving grace: access to healing if you dont want to run Arwen)

Tier 5 (useless)
none ! :)

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I'm kinda please that there is no really useless hero, and also that some like Took aren't that obvious at first.
Would love to see Faramir changed though. Either reduce his starting threat to the same as Legolas, so he does not lok as weak compared to him, or rework his ability again.
E.g. Vanquish granting +1 resource when killing an enemy might make him worthwhile running in a high cost Lore deck. Or let Vanquish reduce Saurons resources by 1, that would fit the idea of "Ranger killing dudes silently, thus draining Saurons reinforcements".