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My build placed the emphasis on Poison over Curse generally as I focused on damage output rather than support. You’re so good that you max out your impact! You Poison all the monsters in the room easily, or the monster modifier deck is already at the maximum number of 10 Curses.

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I found that with either a full focus on Poison or a full focus on Curse you run into the same problem. This is the build I went for and the one this Plagueherald guide follows. I wanted to have more synergies between my card choices and playstyle, rather than a versatile take each turn as it comes kind of approach. While you can totally run this build for your character, it didn’t appeal to me. Which seems a little strange for a buzzing, chirping swarm of insects… Using a mixed bag of abilities like Heal to help allies, Poison to boost allies damage, Curse to weaken monsters, Muddle to give them disadvantage etc a Support Plagueherald is possible. They do have some shields, Disadvantage and Muddle abilities, so they can step in and off-tank occasionally, however, I think it would feel quite intense! Support The ranged abilities and low HP of the Plagueherald don’t lend themselves hugely well to it. You also have to balance the payoff of Poisoning an ally for a bonus. That +1 doesn’t have as much impact at level 9, but the abilities compensate for some of this by boosting the damage on Poisoned monsters. Poison doesn’t level as well as the null damage on Curse does. Poison gives all allies including yourself a +1 damage to all hits, so in a 4 player party like the one I play in, this can add up to a lot of extra damage in a turn.

I generally enjoy playing damage and ranged characters more than melee or support, so it naturally appealed to me more. The Poison build is more damage focused, rather than the Curse build’s support focus. Perhaps because the character I’d just retired focused on damage negation so I wanted a change. So the number of hits its blocking remains balanced.Įven though the Curse build is a very effective Plagueherald build, I didn’t find it hugely fun. It’s also effective in a 2 player-4 player party as the number of monsters scales with the number of players. Null damage at level 1 might mean it stops 3 damage. It’s awesome when monsters can’t even touch you and your allies because they keep drawing Curses! The great thing about Curse is that it remains powerful as you level. I’ve played this build and it’s very effective. They roughly break down into the following five builds. There are several different Plagueherald build types that I’ve seen, read about and tried out myself. Plagueherald class miniature and character board Why a Plagueherald Poison Curse Hybrid build?

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