Matchup analyzer

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2 vs 2

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

Team A

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Team A · Slot 2

Playstyle: Balanced

Samurai + Cursed Pirate

How well does this team play together?

Very good team combination

Team rank #111 of 703Relative partner fit #4 of 37 (Cursed Pirate)

Recommended playstyle: Offensive

Decision basis: team quality without opponents

  • consistency and tempo sits 0.53 standard deviations above the field average and supports this playstyle.
  • consistency and tempo sits 0.15 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

    slightly better
  • Defensive

    Impact on team synergy

    slightly worse

Opponent recommendations

Weakest opponent

Gunslinger + Ninja

Even matchup

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

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

Most even opponent

Gunslinger + Pyromancer

Even matchup

This matchup is closest to a neutral outcome.

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

This is your plan

  1. 1

    Samurai: Keep 5× Sun and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Shogun! (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 5× Sun for Shogun! are reachable.

    Shogun! deals a documented 13 damage and applies shame, so the 5 committed dice stay on the table.

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

  2. 2

    Cursed Pirate: Keep 5× Skull and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Pirate's Touch! (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 5× Skull for Pirate's Touch! are reachable.

    Pirate's Touch! deals a documented 12 damage and applies Parlay/Parlay/Powder Keg, so the 5 committed dice stay on the table.

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

Watch this when rolling

Samurai

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

    If after roll 1 5× Sun for Shogun! are reachable.

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

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

    If after roll 1 a large straight for Masamune are reachable.

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

  • Keep 2× Katana + 3× Helmet and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Solemnity (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 2× Katana + 3× Helmet for Solemnity are reachable.

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

Cursed Pirate

  • Keep 5× Skull and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Pirate's Touch! (5 dice).

    If after roll 1 5× Skull for Pirate's Touch! are reachable.

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

  • Keep 4× Skull and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Black Spot (4 dice).

    If after roll 1 4× Skull for Black Spot are reachable.

    If fewer than 4 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Pirate's Touch!.

  • Keep 3× Chest and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at X Marks the Spot (3 dice).

    If after roll 1 3× Chest for X Marks the Spot are reachable.

    If fewer than 3 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Pirate's Touch!.

Watch out for this

  • Role overlap within the team.
  • Survival coverage 1/4.
  • Survival coverage 1/4 (prevention, avoidance, healing, attack denial).
  • Vulnerability when rolls fail.
  • Stand Tall prevents ~2.
  • Solemnity can weaken opposing attacks.
  • Light the Fuse can weaken opposing attacks.

Partners and alternatives

Samurai: Relative partner fit #4 of 37 (Cursed Pirate)

Cursed Pirate applies Cursed Doubloon (Cursed Doubloon, Cursed Form), Powder Keg (Powder Keg, Powder Keg); their recorded effects add pressure and control windows to Samurai's existing routes.

Cursed Pirate adds Cutlass Strike (7 damage, normal), X Marks the Spot (6 damage, undefendable) as an attack route; this concrete damage line attacks through a different route alongside Samurai.

These partners fit better

  • Shadow Thief · #1 of 37 · Very good choice

    Shadow Thief applies Shadows (Shadows), Sneak Attack (Sneak Attack); their recorded effects add pressure and control windows to Samurai's existing routes.

    Shadow Thief adds Dagger Strike (8 damage, normal), Shifty Strike (4 damage, normal) as an attack route; this concrete damage line attacks through a different route alongside Samurai.

  • Huntress · #2 of 37 · Solid choice

    Huntress applies Nyra's Bond (Nyra's Bond, Nyra's Bond), Bleed (Bleed); their recorded effects add pressure and control windows to Samurai's existing routes.

    Huntress adds Animalistic (5 damage, normal), Savage (5 damage, normal) as an attack route; this concrete damage line attacks through a different route alongside Samurai.

  • Treant · #3 of 37 · Solid choice

    Treant applies Barbed Vine (Barbed Vine), Wellspring (Wellspring); their recorded effects add pressure and control windows to Samurai's existing routes.

    Treant adds Splinter (7 damage, normal), Overgrowth (8 damage, undefendable) as an attack route; this concrete damage line attacks through a different route alongside Samurai.