Raveness

Playstyle: Balanced · Complexity: 3/6 · Outcasts

Who is this character?

Balanced raven cycle: Nevermore sits with the opponent, collects vitality there and only returns it as healing when called home.

How to play Raveness

If after roll 1 5× Raven Eye for Fantastic Terrors! are reachable. Keep 5× Raven Eye and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Fantastic Terrors! (5 dice). If fewer than 5 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Craven. Fantastic Terrors! deals a documented 13 damage and applies hex, so the 5 committed dice stay on the table.

Early game: Build Peck/Raven Sight and initial feathers; do not park Nevermore without a return plan.

Mid game: Charge the dial to 3, use Hex against the enemy burst turn, then bring Nevermore home.

Late game: Combine the 13-damage ultimate or repeated Nevermore cycles with stable defense.

If after roll 1 a small straight for Craven are reachable. Keep a small straight and reroll all dice not needed, aiming at Craven (4 dice). If fewer than 4 matching dice remain after roll 1, switch to Fantastic Terrors!. Craven deals a documented 8 damage, so the 4 committed dice stay on the table.

Fowl Friend (0 damage) is still often right: 4 Feathers + 2 activations + a card pre-build two full cycles.

Leaving the raven on the opponent without a Feather reserve – a 6 resets the whole dial.

Absorbing vitality but never bringing it home – the healing is half the cycle's value.

Strengths

Nevermore: 1 undefendable per activation + dial up; its return heals the dial value
Nothing More: ~2 prevention + ~2 counter on 5 dice
Hex turns all 6s into blanks – ultimates become impossible
Peck (5–7) and Craven (8) land with zero setup

Weaknesses

The Nevermore die on an opponent is a gamble – needs Feather management
No burst past 9 outside the ultimate

Key attacks

Peck
Standard route
Reliable damage route for turns without special setup.
Take it as soon as 3× 🐾 Talon is mostly on the table after roll 1 (98% across all three rolls): safe damage beats rerolling working dice for a harder route.
3× 🐾 Talon · 5 damage
Fowl Friend
Setup
Setup attack: places effects that later turns rely on.
Play it early while turns remain for the effect to pay off – as the last action of a close game Fowl Friend deals no damage.
4× 🪶 Wing
Murder of Crows
Burst
High single-turn damage that locks several dice.
Only go for it when at most one symbol of 2× 🐾 Talon + 3× 🪶 Wing is missing after roll 1 (49% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.
2× 🐾 Talon + 3× 🪶 Wing · about 7 damage
Raven Sight
Burst
High single-turn damage that locks several dice.
Only go for it when at most one symbol of 2× 🐾 Talon + 2× 👁 Raven Eye is missing after roll 1 (49% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.
2× 🐾 Talon + 2× 👁 Raven Eye · 3 damage
Craven
Burst
High single-turn damage that locks several dice.
Only go for it when at most one symbol of Small straight (4 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (59% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.
Small straight (4 in a row) · 8 damage
Chamber
Burst
High single-turn damage that locks several dice.
Only go for it when at most one symbol of 4× 👁 Raven Eye is missing after roll 1 (10% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.
4× 👁 Raven Eye · 7 damage
Beguile
Burst
High single-turn damage that locks several dice.
Only go for it when at most one symbol of Large straight (5 in a row) is missing after roll 1 (25% across all three rolls); otherwise you give up an already safe route.
Large straight (5 in a row) · 9 damage
Fantastic Terrors!
Finisher
Ultimate: the board's highest damage value with the hardest requirement.
Do not force 5× 👁 Raven Eye (1% across all three rolls): only when the requirement is reachable after roll 1 is giving up the safe route worth it.
5× 👁 Raven Eye · 13 damage · hex

Key statuses & resources

Nevermore dial 0–3; Feather max 5. The opponent's Nevermore upkeep roll has the documented outcomes and can be modified by Feather.
Hex makes enemy sixes worthless as documented; do not infer a broader global rule.
3 Nevermore dial = maximum documented drain/heal cycle; 2–3 feathers enable meaningful die correction.
4 raven eyes = Chamber; 5 = ultimate threshold.
Nevermore: Activations via Raven Sight, Chamber ×2, Fowl Friend ×2, Beguile, a Peck four-of-a-kind, ultimate ×3.
Nevermore: Park it on the opponent, absorb to dial 3, then bring it home: 3 chip damage + 3 healing per cycle.
Feather: Fowl Friend +4, Murder of Crows wings, Craven +1, Beguile +2.
Feather: Twist away the 6 (raven returns with a dial reset!) – 2 Feathers save the whole absorb cycle.

Abilities & board

Health: 50 · Starting CP: 2

Dice symbols

🐾 Talon · 3/6 (faces 1, 2, 3)🪶 Wing · 2/6 (faces 4, 5)👁 Raven Eye · 1/6 (faces 6)

Level I abilities

Peck
Normal
Dice requirement:
3× 🐾 Talon
Damage/healing:
5 damage
Fowl Friend
Dice requirement:
4× 🪶 Wing
Damage/healing:
Not sufficiently verified
Murder of Crows
Normal
Dice requirement:
2× 🐾 Talon + 3× 🪶 Wing
Damage/healing:
about 7 damage
Raven Sight
Undefendable
Dice requirement:
2× 🐾 Talon + 2× 👁 Raven Eye
Damage/healing:
3 damage
Craven
Normal
Dice requirement:
Small straight (4 in a row)
Damage/healing:
8 damage
Chamber
Undefendable
Dice requirement:
4× 👁 Raven Eye
Damage/healing:
7 damage
Beguile
Normal
Dice requirement:
Large straight (5 in a row)
Damage/healing:
9 damage

Ultimate

Fantastic Terrors!
Ultimate
Dice requirement:
5× 👁 Raven Eye
Damage/healing:
13 damage
Key effects:
hex

Defense

Nothing More The defense roll is made whenever you are attacked. On average it prevents about 3 damage. The prevention depends on the roll. Nothing More: 5 dice – prevent 2 per wing pair, counter 2 per talon pair, a raven activation per eye pair (~2 prevented, ~2 back). Reliable thanks to pair math on 5 dice.

Resources

NevermoreA companion with a dial (0–3): activating = send it to a target OR absorb vitality on an opponent (dial +1, 1 undefendable). When it returns you heal the dial value; the opponent rolls the Nevermore die every upkeep (effects from Hex to card loss). · Activations via Raven Sight, Chamber ×2, Fowl Friend ×2, Beguile, a Peck four-of-a-kind, ultimate ×3. · Park it on the opponent, absorb to dial 3, then bring it home: 3 chip damage + 3 healing per cycle.
FeatherMax 5: 1 = force a reroll of the Nevermore die, 2 = shift the result by 1, 3 = activate Nevermore. · Fowl Friend +4, Murder of Crows wings, Craven +1, Beguile +2. · Twist away the 6 (raven returns with a dial reset!) – 2 Feathers save the whole absorb cycle.

Upgrades & cards

What changes?

Peck
Level II
- Damage: 6 damage instead of 5 damage
- Dice requirement: 4× 🐾 Talon instead of 3× 🐾 Talon
Peck
Level III
- Damage: 7 damage instead of 5 damage
- Dice requirement: 5× 🐾 Talon instead of 3× 🐾 Talon

Hero-specific cards

Not sufficiently verified

Works well with

Seraph
Seraph adds the healing that Raveness lacks.
Gambit
Gambit adds the healing that Raveness lacks.
Wolverine
Wolverine adds the healing that Raveness lacks.

Good matchups

Gunslinger
Raveness keeps Gunslinger tied up with Hex, and Gunslinger already needs tight rolls.
Psylocke
Raveness keeps Psylocke tied up with Hex, and Psylocke already needs tight rolls.
Pyromancer
Raveness keeps Pyromancer tied up with Hex, and Pyromancer already needs tight rolls.

Tough matchups

Druid
Druid pushes damage through that Raveness barely stops with Nothing More.
Black Widow
Raveness lands spikes up to 13 damage off Nevermore without a long ramp – and Black Widow has little to absorb it.
Tactician
Raveness lands spikes up to 13 damage off Nevermore without a long ramp – and Tactician has little to absorb it.

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