The top ability is interesting and would be worthwhile having in our hand until the last room if the bottom ability was good. Our hand limit of 12 is large, giving us more turns than your average Gloomhaven class. Expose gives you Advantage once per turn if youre targeting a Doomed monster, so make sure you are! This Doom doesnt play nicely with our build. Great if you need healing, wasted if you dont! Plus, we have to wait for that damage to be realized because it only happens when a Doomed monster is defeated. For this Mindthief build, I looked for cards that offered: Melee damage Negative status effects (especially Stun) Ice elemental cards (which often support Stun boosts) My card evaluations are all with this build in mind. Like the bottom of A Moments Peace but with an extra Move 1 and an extra 2 healing. This is central to playing the Doomstalker because you get so many bonuses for targeting Doomed monsters. We need to be adjacent to an ally to use it, and really with our Augments it effectively means its 6 damage if that ally is in melee range. Nothing to complain about here. Nice guide! It would help if I had the physical cards so I could more easily look through them. His primary role is that of a single-target attacker, supported by his primary mechanic of "Dooms"; persistent effects that target a single enemy and debuff them or buff attacks targeting them, and he can only have one active Doom at a time. Change). The Mindthief has 29 cards available in her entire deck from level 1 to 9. So youll play it on a monster and after 1 round theyll likely be gone. Healing every time you cause damage makes for a pretty cool healer. Those Curses will be more noticeable in a thinner deck! The calm mind of the Orchid makes the Doomstalker and excellent bow hunter. They dont stay around very long anyway! This guide is a little more complicated because it gives three different "builds" and recommends different level-up choices for each. The Mindthief is perhaps the most complicated starting character to play in Gloomhaven, but she is super fun too. The 1 damage on Perverse Edge will serve you fine at lower levels, but later on, youre going to need something with a bit more oomph! These are the Mindthief starting items Id recommend for this build. I first did it on Hard. Scurry is the one that aligns the least with our damage and Stun priorities, so it goes. Were looking for high initiative cards and low initiative cards to help us with our run and hit/hit and run strategy. When this class has retired for the first time, add city and road event cards #55. Use Stun and Immobilize to prevent the closest monsters from doing any damage on their turn. Its rare that youll want to run through as many monsters as possible though to apply the Muddle debuff. So they need to be worth your investment in playing them. Of course, well only push them away when we want to. Press J to jump to the feed. Expose! We drop Submissive Affliction. At later levels, we may pick up another Augment to support our build. Our Orchid Doomstalker is a thoughtful, hard-working ranger with a connection to animals and an impressive talent with a bow. The heal that puts you out of action for a round is just weird and the bottom action gives us minimal benefits. Does the bottom ability give us something useful to use in the meantime? Most of the time, well just be consuming Ice to make it a 6 damage but thats still pretty good for a repeatable ability. Many believe that the increased presence of Orchids in Gloomhavenn in recent years is evidence of an approaching catastrophe. It is! Its a nice repeatable ability for some shiny 1 experience too. Im a big fan of this ability. Itll only deal 1 damage, but itll put the monster out of action for a turn! Fearsome Blade and Hostile Takeover both have excellent monster manipulating top abilities which leaves us with Submissive Affliction. We have low and health and were in melee range a lot of the time. Its awesome how the additional damage points from having advantage of return add up throughout a scenario. Without Scurry, our turns now need a Move (bottom action) and a hit (top action) because we dont have a top Move action anymore. Even his secondary abilities have a bizarre disconnect with his primary role. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Get fantastic premium trays & other components from Cube4Me. We get 8 damage across 2 targets and its ranged. Use of that many non burner and strong attacks may allow partners to burn out quicker for higher damage and exp(if you dont play perma-death mode) and exhust, the Doomstalker can handle alone the rest of opponents firing from long distance. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Then for each level up, they give the author's thoughts on the two choices you have, a recommendation for which card to pick, and how to slot that new card into your hand. We dont have a use for Dark right now and we cant afford to get rid of a card with a decent Move ability. Move 2, Loot 1, Invisible, Self, Create Dark. The traps were not actually used, but the other parts of the card. I found it hard trying to get the timing right on the swap positions with an eliminated monster ability so sometimes I ended up in the middle of a bunch of monsters! It's been extremely hot here so I apologize for any small mistakes, I'm going through and proofreading it again but it's not easy to concentrate when it's 40 degrees in your apartment, so if you catch any mistakes, feel free to point them out. It would help if I had the physical cards so I could more easily look through them. For more upgrade ideas, check out my article15 Awesome Gloomhaven Accessories and Upgrades. 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. You need to be upfront and personal with the bad guys to deal the most damage, but you cant take what you give out. Given that this Immobilize ranged ability will be used on melee monsters that you want to keep out of the way for a while so you can deal with other bad guys, Wound is a good fit. Applying the hunters mark style Dooms to monsters never got old, and I loved seeing all the little extra bits of damage add up! The bottom ability is far more useful for our build. This is an example of a typical opening sequence I used. Well use it far less often than the top ability but its still nice to have as an option. (LogOut/ When I was retiring at level 8 all those were perfectly adjusted and it was great pleasure to play Doomstalker! Its really efficient! The mind control abilities of the Mindthief are so cool, but this one is just too situational to be of much use. The top ability isnt worth it! Doom one monster in the middle of a group of monsters with the bottom of Detonation. 44-45 for details) have the symbol of that character class . In the same action! A bonus six damage is sweet. Another Move! If you can get hold of the Poison Dagger, or get your rat swarm into the perfect position to apply Poison to the target youll see another boost. If you are a summoner and your summons get a hit in, thats even more Curses going in. Youll become exhausted too quickly. View all posts by The Boardgames Chronicle. 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! It can be helpful or it can cause problems, depending on the situation. Literally. Because of its beliefs, the sect fled Orchid society across the Misty Sea to build farms and raise livestock in the wilds around Gloomhaven. This is a great card for our build! The initiative is too low at 68 to guarantee that youll go last in a round. A Giant Toad that stuns monsters and a heal that can heal your allies and summons when its triggered. In this build the importance of movement and initiative in staying on your toes and dodging melee hits makes you feel like the scurrying vermling that youre playing as. We cant really afford to play Expose and Inescapable Fate as well. Gloomhaven Doomstalker Guide - YouTube Quick, succinct guide for the Doomstalker. I'm not sure if it's stored anywhere as an individual file, but you can download them that way. I am glad that most of strong Angry Face combos which I discovered seems to be ok. On a side note, some of my choices were not entirely driven by super-optimal decisions. Simple. All other content Copyright 2019-2023 Emily at mykindofmeeple.com. No problem! Then youre ready to add in the rolling plus modifiers. Use the 10 initiative on Dark Frenzy to go early in the round. But with only 2 damage being dealt each time, its not going to do a good amount of burst damage to help reduce monster hp. I love the imagery that this card creates! As a support-based action, this doesnt match our build. Plus, we dont really need 2 Dooms on a target. Use the top of Perverse Edge for a boosted The Minds Weakness melee ability of 5, further boosted by the two negative conditions on your target for a total damage value of 9! Move 5 gets us dashing across a room in a blink! 23 initiative is the icing on the cake for this versatile card! Role Poison is a wonderful addition giving our allies (and us) an extra +1 against the affected monster. An Augment that needs us to take damage and a small Move and low damage, no thanks. Also, Impending End is quite lackluster unless you want to attack non-doomed enemies, which most of the time you wont be doing (we start by Fresh Kill and usually dont recover it using our stamina poitons as there are far better cards to recover). mykindofmeeple.com contains unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. If were playing our cards right, we arent even in range of monsters to need the Shield in the first place. For me, its not worth it. Spreading Muddle around four monsters at once is incredibly powerful. 4. Very close! See myaffiliate disclosure. Despite all that, the Doomstalker plays fine; his core gameplay loop of "Doom then hit; repeat every round if possible" is fun and interesting, and the abundant losses don't cause problems outside of very low levels. At level 1, Race to the Grave gives us a 5 damage, 5 range ability but we have to lose the card to use it! Still pretty high. It's entirely free, without ads, and we hope you enjoy it. First, Retaliate has the issue that we need to take damage to deal damage. For a level 9 card this isnt great. Elements Heals can also be unpredictable depending on when they are applied. Not Doom them and then wait for them to shuffle off after three turns. You can view the terms & can opt-out of email-based ad targetting here. Theyll just hit the same monster 3 times. You can play it safe. I find this ability absolutely baffling. The Mindthief guide covers all levels from 1-9 and assesses the cards at each level for how well they fit with this build. The 16 initiative is going to come in handy for going early in the round. To top it all off, we get a quick initiative of 13! This Doom is our second best at level 1, +2 to all damage is awesome! Exclusive email updates! 55. It can be useful on melee monsters to keep them away for a turn while your group takes care of other monsters though. Or, we can spread the damage over two foes. Only a couple of classes come to mind that can do that consistently. The Doom is ace! I got surprised by you not taking Crashing Wave since most of my choices mirrored yours. On perks: However, we dont actually have that many ranged abilities and this will only boost them for one round and we lose the card in the process. With both boosts and The Minds Weakness bonus, this is an 8 damage ability. Taking damage to deal damage is not how we roll. Gloomhaven Circles Guide Build & Strategy Locked Class. and Create Dark. Its an awesome ability to have in your hand for the final room. Add target is a fun perk to flip and sometimes it pays off better than the +1 rolling modifiers so I chose to take it next. It's entirely free, without ads, and we hope you enjoy it. However, during gameplay, we arent near the monsters most of the time. Look at that 14 initiative, the fastest weve come across so far. A +1 to all damage dealt by all allies is like having Poison on the target. Ahh, a meat shield! Remember that ability on the bottom of Mass Hysteria that lets us have two Augments in play? Thanks! Players will take on the role of a wandering adventurer with their own special set of skills and their own reasons for traveling to this dark corner of the world. Brain Leech aligns better with our build, so we pick that up. It takes time to grow that character into merciless killer you need good cards, items and enhancements. But it wont be there for long! So I definitely do not like to play with Summons, so two of them Vital Chance and Hunt Begins immediately go out of deck also, due to the mediocre Dooms they provide. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Given that we want to make sure our targets always have a Doom token on them, an ability that automatically moves a Doom token onto another monster when our target is removed is awesome! I really liked Darkened Skies. One thing thats a little frustrating about him is that the majority of his experience-giving abilities are losses. Fresh Kill. The initiative is just mediocre. Its not always going to possible to use the hit and run strategy. If youre super low on health, I guess you could run out of monster range then use this ability, but seriously a health potion is a decent option! But its better to take another ability along that is more versatile. Which I do like to do sometimes just to get a feel for the class and see the potential playstyle options. Our meat shield summon. Can you guess who I am talking about? So it makes it an obvious swap for us. My friends all picked their characters too. However, we dont need to do every action on the card. Dooms have no range limits or line of sight requirements so you can apply them to any revealed monsters! 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. Not that we really need it right now! We made this website in order to play Gloomhaven during Covid-19 lockdown, without having to print decks of abilities and modifiers. We can transfer the Doom token 3 times. In the article below I would like to share some of my ideas and observations regarding that ranged class. Pretty sweet! has that alredy happen? "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. Great if you want to force a monster face first into a trap or move it towards a different ally. All those status effects are glorious, and the 07 initiative makes it even better! As you are not a starting class, you would not find a suggestion in the rulebook but let me share what worked best for my character. Classes. Every time you hit a monster it cant hit you back. Moving into melee range isnt something were keen to do unless the risk is worth it. No wonder they are Muddled! It gets tough at level 7 because our cards are all useful. But we know that we use the standard ability on that card most of the time anyway! If you encounter any bug, or have suggestions, please open an issue so that we can correct it asap. Manipulating the movement of monsters is always useful. This does get better as we level and get higher Move card options, but in the meantime, some Boots of Striding will help hugely! Not only do you get to remove any normal monster instantly without even standing next to them, but you get to hit all their friends nearby too! A core element of this class is persistent debuffing effects known as Dooms that linger on enemies while you continuously attack them from range beyond most other Gloomhaven classes . The bottom Doom is essentially a large reusable move with no movement cap. Although Detonation is damage-focused and Crashing Wave is negation-focused, the benefit for the party of monsters drawing Curses is huge. The Retaliate isnt a good fit for our build we arent near the monsters for them to hit us in the first place. This means you dont need to play every card in your hand before you rest again, especially if the couple you have left arent great cards! If this ability said Target 2, rather than Push 3, Id love it! because I don't know them. The top ability is super cool and feels epic to use once per scenario. This Mindthief guide follows this structure: This guide does not contain campaign spoilers or items beyond starting items. If we ignore Moves (which we just need to make sure we have enough of in our hand) here are the main categories each card falls into. You scurry around in a circle around all the bad guys, jumping over them, getting under their feet and ending up back where you started. For a capstone card, its still not incredible, but its good enough. But it doesnt. As with all the Gloomhaven classes, it generally makes sense to improve your modifier deck as the first thing you do with your perks. If you use a link and buy something, I may get a commission at no extra cost to you. Awesome! On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. Fantastic if paired with Inescapable Fate. They really shine at handing out negative conditions to monsters! We also want some good ideally high Moves so we can catch up to our allies when the monsters have been cleared. Then, I added Stun. Up till now, weve only been able to Create Dark by using the bottom of Corrupting Embrace. not have to re-enter them every time you launch this application. Right in the middle. Looking at the level 1 abilities that fit this criteria, we have Empathetic Assault, Feedback Loop, and Gnawing Horde. We can then spend our turns Moving and dealing damage, rather than reapplying Dooms. Now that we have a repeatable Move 5 we can replace a card with a repeatable lower move action. Summons arent a good fit for us. What I did: There are also other way to enhance your cards. If you enjoyed this Mindthief guide, check them out ranged build guide for the Cragheart,tank build Brute guide,Tinkerer crowd control build guide,Spellweaver AoE guide,and aScoundrel single target poison build guide. But the Heal 2 Self is always going to come in handy especially when you enhance it. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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