MerryXmas and a happy new year everyone ;3

Happy Halloween

MRMANA3

VBCFBHC



NORRINATOR

PONCHOMANGO



5PAMMERNOOB




ACCELERATE


CUT


METALOLEG



STARKLY



STOICROOSTER


AUDIOLOOM

NOUNVERBER


NYXASSASSIN

BLEYS27


YOMANDUDE



UN7



STICKS

FEI11968301



RHACKER93

PHOINEXFLAME

FANGGOD



FROSTARROW

TRAPSAREWAIFUS

DARKZBLADE


DOBLEBASTON



NH3MASER



20THCENTURYBOY



4LW



NIKLAREN

SEEDY



ATHEISTMANTIS


DHOLLY


Hey folks got another end of the month top 50 list here for you. Before we get into it I wanted to give a big shout-out to the people who helped find and populate the decklists section this month since I didn’t really have time. I know that Niklaren and Boronian generally grab them but to anyone who I’m unaware of thanks a lot!

Top 50 Data:



Top 10 Data:



Top 50 Decklists:
PROSTOBOT

ELEMOSIN


NIKLAREN


LAGGARD



STARKLY



SPAMMERNOOB

NORRINATOR

PHOSPORESCENCE


VBCFBHC



FREUD



NYAWANG



CHUNKYPAPA



GALERU


MRMANA3


TERRARIUS

STICKS



ROSECRYPTODOTCOM

RHACKER93

YERBOIJOSH


STOICROOSTER


NH3MASER



DHOLLY

METALOLEG



ACCELERATE



SEEDY


LOLTAKETHISTIPNOOB



CUT


HANDELMAN



TM25

ATHEISTMANTIS



Hello everyone!

RHacker93 here with the latest Top 50 list you’re going to find. Been a bit of a wild month but I was actually able to find the time to grab a bunch of lists from December’s Top 50 players! Given the change of space I’m trying out a bit of a different layout this month. As I’m still learning Duelspot’s article formatting I’m just going to link albums for the Top 50 Graphs and Decklists for now.

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Also as a reminder to readers this is actually the decklists for December not for January as I’m just starting to compile the January lists right now!

Alright well without any more waiting here’s the data graphs and decklists for the December 2018 Top 50!

Data Graphs:

December Top 50 Graphs

Decklists:

December Top 50 Decklists

Hey everyone,

Wanted to wish you all a merry Christmas and happy holidays. I know it’s quite late in the month but I wanted to put out the top 50 list from November. Unlike the other months, I wasn’t able to catch this at the very last minute, I didn’t account for daylight savings pushing the reset back an hour, and so this image was taken around 30 minutes before the end of the season. I also did not have the time this month to reach out and grab the lists from the top 50 players though I will be looking to do that in the future.

I also have a bit of exciting personal news to share. As of now, I will be joining the Counterplay Games QA team. I will be working on Godfall and I’m very excited to start working on the project!

I am also planning on continuing my work as a member of the Duelyst community and having this job will help give me the stability to reliably put out the more detailed top 50 lists as well as continue to run Duelyst tournaments. I would also like to avoid confusion and clarify that these events/articles would still be community-driven and would not be official even though I will be working with Counterplay now.

Hybrid
18330 Spirit
Deck

After months of mapping Vanar I came up with the deck I wanted. I cracked the Nemeton and created this monster. The deck revolves around stalling, creating baits, trapping and winning by wake/trail. I made it into the top 50 with this deck but it is not easy pilot.

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Hybrid
3000-10000 Spirit
Deck

Part of a series on neutral meme archetypes that can be played (with variable amounts of success) in any faction.
Part 9: Fliers.

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Deck

You gotta know when to golem.

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Tempo
2490 Spirit
Deck

The best Defence is a good Offence/Defence Combination that let’s you heal up and get benefits as you do. What a concept.

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Introduction

Fist off, I am sorry this got so delayed. Since the game is not getting updated I did not set myself a deadline, and since I was gunning for 20 unique authors unlike previous installments, well, it didn’t get done as quickly as I had hoped. So sorry to anyone who was wondering where on earth this had gotten to. At any rate, I do hope you enjoy what has been put together, since it will probably be a year or more until the next one I really wanted something that could stand for that time. So though I don’t agree with some of the ordering or how some great deck that didn’t make the cut, I do think this is worth a read for anyone wondering what the Duelyst meta looks like. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed, I think it has made this a very very useful resource for Duelyst. I hope you readers agree.

Actually a lot has happened since the previous installment of a Power Rankings, but just in relation to Duelyst I wanted to thank Chuqwerty for making this site, congratulate Reapers for winning last Team Wars,

ATTENTION CITIZENS OF MYTHRON!

I, THE INVADER, HAVE INFILTRATED YOUR WORLD, AND WILL ASSUME MY ROLE AS RULER OF THIS PILE OF RUBBLE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY!

I HAVE WATCHED YOU ALL FROM AFAR, AND HAVE STUDIED YOUR FIGHTING STYLES TO ENSURE I AM PREPARED FOR ANYTHING YOUR PLANET HAS TO OFFER!

WHAT’S MORE IS THAT I HAVE TAKEN YOUR BOSS THREAD CREATOR @mrmana3 AS MY PRISONER! YOU’RE CONFIDENT YOU CAN BEST ME WITHOUT HIS GUIDANCE, BUT I’VE OBSERVED FIRSTHAND YOUR DEPENDENCY ON BOSS THREADS!

@yaviey I wonder where the boss battle thread for December is. I wasn’t super happy about abolishing the weekly boss battle threads but do we get at least the monthly one or did that also get removed because your “time is supposed to be allocated elsewhere”? (Or am I so blind and can’t find it?)

YOUR BOSS THREAD CREATOR STOOD NO CHANCE AGAINST ME. BUT IT WAS HIS OWN FAULT. HE SEALED HIS FATE THE MOMENT HE MADE THE FATAL CHOICE OF VOTING FOR ME IN YOUR PRECIOUS BOSS BATTLE POLL.

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NO ONE CAN STOP ME NOW! I HAVE EVEN DEFEATED ALL 18 OF YOUR DUELYST GENERALS.

Hybrid
5000-12000 Spirit
Deck

Part of a series on neutral meme archetypes that can be played (with variable amounts of success) in any faction.
Part 14: Artifacts.

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Text by mrmana3:

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It’s time to d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-DUEL!!!

Attention Duelysts, ready your duel disks for the next thrilling boss battle! Your opponent is none other than the Dark Magician. But don’t be too frightened. The original 2500 ATK points and 2100 DEF points have been changed to a 3/42.

Even with the stat nerfs though, Dark Magician is not to be taken lightly. By converting himself into a Duelyst minion, he no longer requires 2 sacrifices to be summoned. Being a magician also means that he can fly anywhere he wants on the map so there’s no escaping the wrath of the Pharaoh’s most faithful servant.

You’ll have to rally up your best forces to defeat the mighty Dark Magician. The only problem is that your minions are not what they appear to be. Through the power of his Dark Magic Attack, Dark Magician causes any minion you summon to be transformed into another minion of equal cost.

Dark Magician is also accompanied by a Moebius at the start of the match. He grew attached to Moebius because it reminded him of the Shield and Sword magic card wielded by Joey.

Combo
8790 Spirit
Deck

A meme Strategos deck turned into something serious. Featuring fried chickens and 2 mana heals that easily reset your health.

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Introduction

Hello Duelyrs, we’re now approaching the end of the year and it’s been a long while without any additions to the game, but there are still some small changes to the meta happening over time. New decks are seeing play and there’s changes in the estimation of others. Despite that, ladder has developed pretty predictably and these Power Rankings too. I’m hoping Team Wars could change that slightly, but with that ongoing, Christmas happening and the meta stagnation I don’t feel I’ll have the time and energy to do this next month. So if anyone is interested in leading this up next month then let me know :)

Looking back to last month I heard some feedback that some decks or lists weren’t representative enough of the meta, for example Wanderer Reva has become very rare to run into, while Xor’Xull is very common but doesn’t show on the rankings. So I thought it was worth clarifying that the lists here are more representative of an abstract power level that’s unique to each voter. If a deck rates higher than you’re seeing on ladder it probably means that at least some of us think it’s underplayed and the reverse for popular but weak decks that don’t make the cut.

Decklist

What now seems like a long time ago I opened the Twitch front page and something about the autoplaying video caught my attention. Maybe none of the streamers I was following were on, maybe I just have a huge soft spot for tactics and card games, or maybe the pixel art grabbed me. Whatever it was that day I found myself thinking I need to try this game that I was seeing. But which faction should I play? The white armor dudes to me looked like the most ‘starter’ of the factions. Lucky for me Tempo Argeon happened to be one of the better decks at the time. But even now I think Lyonar is a great faction to start out on; teaching and rewarding good fundamentals with a very minion-based faction that has tools for all stages of the game. Position your units well and they will pay you back in kind.

Lyonar is the faction that most cares about formations: the specific positioning of their minions in relation to the general. The deck I played this month to S rank is an example of this; making use of the Zeal keyword and Marching Orders more specifically to empower my minions.