Its high movement can also allow it to move to any area of the board it deems fit, provinguseful both in battle and on certain missions. No party gets worse by having a Plagueherald, but larger parties get a greater benefit as they're likely to have more incoming attacks and thus have a greater chance to draw Curses. This class just does so much well and has no real weaknesses, making it an excellent addition to every party (and, for me, the closest to a 5 of any of the 4's). So before that, you will have to be careful about how you move and that you dont fall behind in that sort of stuff. But your Teamwork card allows you to, recover up to a number of discarded cards equal to the number of allies adjacent to you. So while your damage to each individual monster is not particularly high, you can damage several at once. Your allies can do that for you. Poison cards have effects you can see on the cards like monsters with poison taking additional damage. The Mindthief is just a very strong class on average. It does make me wonder why anyone would want to adventure with it though. As you access higher level cards youll also notice the purpose of the summons shifting from damage to decoys and support. A: Spellweaver, Sun (depending on build), Cthulhu, Lightning Bolt, Angry Face. Gloomhaven unlockble class symbol icons 1. The highest being 98. Its a delight when they are cursed! But for now, we will place him in the C tier. The ability is Disorienting Roar which says, Swap the positions of any two figures. She is mainly a melee class. Board games, TTRPGs, TCGs everything tabletop games! To increase your own damage and the damage of your allies, you can target a single monster with a doom ability. It is a good class with great effectiveness, and the character has many good things. I love his stuff. Jessica Filby is a filmmaker, writer, and gamer based in Cumbria, Uk. Nothing to write home about. Yes, please! The Glass Hammer and Unbridled Power combo is very powerful and they are both level X cards. It's a ranged class that has some pretty good tank abilities for those who can never figure out if they want to be a DPS or a tank. She also has the Ignore Negative Item Effects perk which means she can wear heavy armour without penalty after this is activated. The Human Scoundrel is one of the six starter characters and arguably the most powerful. It can also continually curse the monster deck, rendering its enemies close to useless. I like that Gloomhaven has gone for a female tank character, its rare to see in games. The Demolitionist is the only D-tier or useless class. Youre effectively playing two characters at once. Firstly, I need to say that the colour of the Plagueheralds cards is beautiful. When attacked, the attacker gains Disadvantage on the attack. The Elementalist is an awesome class, even though it is ranked quite lowly here, and that is basically for one reason. They are placed in the S tier because they can rip off bosses and are capable of dealing them great damage, thus making them one of the best classes in the game. Beyond getting in front of monsters quickly, the movement abilities will help you to offset the -1 to all your moves that the Defensive Stance card gives you. Contents [ Hide] Introduction Core Scenarios (1-10) Core Scenarios (11-20) Core Scenarios (21-30) Core Scenarios (31-40) Core Scenarios (41-51) The level 1 and X cards for the Berserker are very good. Gloomhaven class tier list: Gloomhaven is a popular tactical board game designed by Isaac Childres and published by Cephalofair Games.It was first released in 2017 and has since become one of the most popular and highly-regarded board games. I was intrigued by the two boxes, by all the animal summons and the giant bear. The Summoner has a few heal cards in her deck but youll probably need to use these for your summons rather than yourself or your allies. Two Americas. Aesther Diviner is a really powerful control class. So if this is your first go at it, you can take it, and Mindthief will do well. Add two to your attack modifier deck. One of them is the main card it relies on, The Favorite. At level 1 you have a move 5 ability available and its a discard, not a loss too, so you can definitely shift if you need to. Single targets will not be a problem around when you have a scoundrel. The Beat Tyrant has 8 heal abilities but you wont be using them to support your allies. They have so much to concentrate on and so many options that you'll never get bored during combat. With copious amounts of hard CC combined with the ability to fill the monster deck with 10 Curses in 2 turns (post-4) and then make all their attacks have Disadvantage, your party members will view damage as a faint memory when she's in your party. Decent versatility and movement, but is weak at total health and can be ice dependent. The Ignore negative item effects and add two +1 cards is brilliant if youre tanking to avoid the heavy armour penalty. A shield of 1 is great when your average monster is strength 2, but isnt much good when monsters are hitting you for 5 damage regularly. Wound and immobilize are great especially if you draw them for your bear when its tanking. Not including the song movement affects, or abilities which only affect allies movement, the Soothsinger has 11 movement abilities. They deal heavy melee and range-based damage, and their special ability allows them to refresh spent items for themselves and teammates alongside providing occasional healing and defense. If you want to get in there and going at those monsters, no-one can stand in your way. It depends on the other characters in your group and how they play, but the chances are youll be the 2nd person to take their turn. The Quartermaster has one interesting perk that you can use up to three times Add 1 +0 Refresh an item card. If you like ninjas, you will love this character. The bard class who uses their instrument and incredible voice to boosts allies and hinder monsters. https://www.patreon.com/RageBadgerGaming/Follow us on twitter @badger_rage00:00 Intro00:50 Metrics02:00 Angry Face04:15 Bear Face/Two Minis05:40 Brute07:10 Circles09:09 Cragheart11:20 Cthulhu13:05 Demolitionist15:00 Diviner17:27 Eclipse19:21 Hatchet21:46 Lightning23:46 Mindthief26:35 Music Note28:35 Red Guard30:47 Saw33:05 Scoundrel34:49 Spellweaver37:10 Sun39:03 Three Spears41:35 Tinkerer43:24 Triforce45:37 Voidwarden48:15 Outro#Gloomhaven #Frosthaven #boardgames Adding a -1 dark perk and then having another perk that allows you remove a -1 dark and add a +1 dark effectively means you have to use two perk points to get to a +1 dark. The Doomstalker gains experience pretty quickly. I like to imagine the Mana Sphere as a little floating ball of energy that hovers near you. That trend continues all the way to level 9. Wonderful! Sticking near a tank or another melee ally is a good plan! If you want Gloomhaven, just buying the basic game will provide you with all the current scenarios and classes. If you want to know the Summoner class in more detail, go check it out! Spellweaver can also summon a living torch summoning a burning avatar, with a range of three. It means that you are going to throw 10 curses into their deck, which means a third of the enemys modifier deck is going to be cursed, and then they will have a disadvantage as they will have to pull two cards every time. Link to final Tier list image https://imgur.com/a/u3qgRtzHighlights from the live Twitch tier list stream with input from chat and the community Patreon for early access to videos https://www.patreon.com/mandatoryquestGrab some sweet merchhttps://www.mandatoryquest.comGH tools and resources spreadsheethttps://bit.ly/3me4u6pJoin the community discord https://discord.gg/NY84EeTFollow me on Twitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/mandatoryquestCheck out my socialshttps://twitter.com/MandatoryQuest00:00 Intro01:17 Boots / Feet slot07:20 Chest / Back slot14:52 Head slot22:01 Hands slot35:24 Small items49:13 Outro #gloomhaven #boardgames #cooperative Youll want to put those elements to better use. And he can smash monsters in the face at the same time! These classes are a solid addition to any party. Throughout your groups campaign, you retire characters as they meet their lifelong ambitions and in doing so select new ones to play. Altering the cards in the modifier deck is important, but less so than with other classes. Who are the losers? Thats why I like to play a build that minimizes the damage monsters can do. Moreover, Beast Tyrant is not good with its abilities in large groups. Playing with the Quartermaster class is great fun and can play many functionsin a squad. Ive created a Soothsinger Support guide that follows the damage negation approach. You can just switch places with your bear or another summon! Its a tricky balance between summoning minions to do damage, but making sure you have enough cards in your hand to make it through the scenario. Gloomhaven_-_Interactive_Map_v1.0.pdf. With your small hand limit, you want to make every single card count. Cannot retrieve contributors at this time 3156 lines (3155 sloc) 246 KB Raw Blame Edit this file One thing for sure, the unlockable classes are generally more complicated to play than the starting characters. Also, it does have a great initiative. Only a few other classes reach close to these rankings, each changing as the player count increases. Who needs support? Ive written a Quartermaster guide for a damage and tank hybrid. 10 of her 29 cards have an initiative of 20 or below. Besides, it is situational and requires so much planning. They should be enough to keep up with your allies. Gloomhaven sees your group playing through numerous deadly scenarios where your choices and decisions alter the story and its conclusion. Her strong, party-wide buffs are nice, but the real strength of this class lies in her ability to prevent monsters from ever dealing damage. One of the biggest challenges people face is that the classes in Gloomhaven are entirely dependent on the type of play style each player has. 2.3 General Item FAQ - Gloomhaven. Shecan also plague monsters with curse and muddle, riddle them with status effects and limit their damage output, allowingthe other members of the party to easily overpower them. In the S Tier, you could find classes that are the best and have no cons at all. So you have to get it all the time, and positioning-wise, it can make it quite a pain. The last of the three completely broken classes in Gloomhaven is a support, the Soothsinger. Just take whichever cards make the most sense for the type of Soothsinger you want to play. The Nightshroud is an extremely powerful class. With dark in the room these basic abilities become very powerful. At the beginning of the game, you can choose from six characters: Cragheart, Mindthief, Spellweaver, Scoundrel, Brute and Tinkerer. It was originally released as a Target exclusive in July 2020 but then released worldwide in August. The Hatchet, a ranged damage dealer, is the next on the B tier. CLASS TIER LIST for GLOOMHAVEN By DMAlis Who are the winners? So embrace it. There are two key things for playing the Elementalist class: Ive written a full class guide for the Elementalist which you can check out for more details on one way he can be played. These classes aren't bad or anything, they just perform a bit worse than most classes at most things in Gloomhaven, although they can still have some bright points. It is a long-range damage dealer and can output good damage at a very long range, which is all this class has. Go check it out for full build details from level 1-9! Thanks to the Soothsingers songs, experience is easy to come by. When playing in a 2p party, she's a bit weaker (but still slightly above average) because her support and tanking abilities are significantly less useful. There are only two ranged abilities in her entire deck and one of them is a loss. It always has to be adjacent to get good things done, so it requires a lot of timing and coordination between your team and without perfect information, it makes it tough. 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