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Set mode, playstyle and characters to get a reasoned recommendation.

2 vs 2

Playstyle
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Without opponents we analyze your team on its own: fit, best partners and survival.

Team A

Team A · Slot 1
Team A · Slot 2

Playstyle: Balanced

Moon Elf + Shadow Thief

How well does this team play together?

Very good team combination

Team rank #4 of 703Relative partner fit #1 of 37 (Shadow Thief)

Recommended playstyle: Offensive

Decision basis: team quality without opponents

  • consistency and tempo sits 0.91 standard deviations above the field average and supports this playstyle.

Change versus the comparison baseline

currently selected playstyle: Balanced

Impact on team synergy

Comparison inside your own team, independent of the opposing team.

  • Balanced(current)

    Impact on team synergy

    similar

  • Offensive

    Impact on team synergy

    similar

  • Defensive

    Impact on team synergy

    slightly worse

Opponent recommendations

Weakest opponent

Cursed Pirate + Gunslinger

Favorable matchup

This setup is expected to give your selection the biggest advantage.

  • The opponent's damage pressure per turn is higher than your defense and healing can offset.
  • Your expected damage pressure per turn exceeds what this opponent can recover through defensive rolls and healing.
Analyze against this opponent

Most even opponent

Pyromancer + Treant

Even matchup

This matchup is closest to a neutral outcome.

  • The opponent's damage pressure per turn is higher than your defense and healing can offset.
  • Your expected damage pressure per turn exceeds what this opponent can recover through defensive rolls and healing.
Analyze against this opponent

Strongest opponent

Huntress + Iceman

Challenging matchup

This setup is expected to be the biggest challenge for your selection.

  • The opponent's damage pressure per turn is higher than your defense and healing can offset.
  • A large share of your damage runs through routes that bypass defense (pure, undefendable, collateral) – exactly where this opponent's prevention and avoidance barely apply.
Analyze against this opponent

This is your plan

  1. 1

    Moon Elf: Keep 5× Moon and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Lunar Eclipse! (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 5× Moon for Lunar Eclipse! are reachable.

    Lunar Eclipse! deals a documented 12 damage and applies Blind/Entangle/Targeted, so the 5 committed dice stay on the table.

    If fewer than 5 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Eclipse.

  2. 2

    Shadow Thief: Keep 5× Shadow and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Shadow Shank! (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 5× Shadow for Shadow Shank! are reachable.

    Shadow Shank! deals a documented 12 damage, so the 5 committed dice stay on the table.

    If fewer than 5 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Insidious Strike.

  3. 3

    Moon Elf + Shadow Thief: First Moon Elf, then Shadow Thief: Blind disrupts the opposing response to Counter Strike.

    Both documented effects are available for the same game situation.

    This coordination is documented as an interaction between both characters.

Watch this when rolling

Moon Elf

  • Keep 5× Moon and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Lunar Eclipse! (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 5× Moon for Lunar Eclipse! are reachable.

    If fewer than 5 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Eclipse.

  • Keep 4× Moon and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Eclipse (4 dice).

    If after roll 1 4× Moon for Eclipse are reachable.

    If fewer than 4 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Lunar Eclipse!.

  • Keep 1× Bow + 3× Moon and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Exploding Arrow (4 dice).

    If after roll 1 1× Bow + 3× Moon for Exploding Arrow are reachable.

    If fewer than 4 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Lunar Eclipse!.

Shadow Thief

  • Keep 5× Shadow and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Shadow Shank! (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 5× Shadow for Shadow Shank! are reachable.

    If fewer than 5 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Insidious Strike.

  • Keep a large straight and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Insidious Strike (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 a large straight for Insidious Strike are reachable.

    If fewer than 5 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Shadow Shank!.

  • Keep 3× Dagger and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Dagger Strike (3 dice).

    If after roll 1 3× Dagger for Dagger Strike are reachable.

    If fewer than 3 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Shadow Shank!.

These effects work together

  • Blind disrupts the opposing response to Counter Strike.
  • Blind disrupts the opposing response to Sneak Attack.
  • Blind disrupts the opposing response to Poison.
  • Targeted sets up a window that Counter Strike cashes in.
  • Targeted sets up a window that Sneak Attack cashes in.

Watch out for this

  • Chain needs the same enemy figure but the mode rolls the target.
  • Chain needs the same enemy figure but the mode rolls the target.
  • Chain needs the same enemy figure but the mode rolls the target.
  • Chain needs the same enemy figure but the mode rolls the target.
  • Demising Shot can weaken opposing attacks.

Partners and alternatives

Moon Elf: Relative partner fit #1 of 37 (Shadow Thief)

Blind disrupts the opposing response to Counter Strike.

Blind disrupts the opposing response to Sneak Attack.

This is already the best partner choice for Shadow Thief.