After some ponderous pondering I decided to go with Celenias this week. I felt like he/she/it would really stretch my imaginative potential. As you may have noticed I have been trying to pick out characters with some kind of unique feature that I feel sets them apart, and then build to maximize them. So here is my analysis of the situation: raw statwise, Celenias fits in with the average for ranged characters at that honor cost. but he doesn't come with any of the nifty little secondary abilities that make the other characters interesting. The 1.5 dice to tick ratio is average as well, although being at the lower end of the spectrum for dice rolled per attack his attacks will often be inneffectual. We come now to one of the three things that make Firemane a potential candidate for One Man's Junk: the crit. Adding +1 attack counters can make a peashooter into a cannon, with enough time. Unfortunatley for our little friend, these magical little counters disappear after ticks 5 and 10. This means that even if he crits every attack, the most dice he will ever roll in a single attack is 5. Good while this is good, it can only happen once per 10 ticks, and only with back to back crits starting on the first tick after the removal trigger. And with only 3 dice to get things rolling, you can see that our chances are a little bleak. Let's try to fix that.
Team 1: Drood Luv, 15 Honor
Morova of the Sands
-Moonkin Form
-Mana Potion
Celenias Firemane x2
-Hunters Mark
-Call Old Bones x2
-Misdirection x2
-Arcane Shot x2
The second and third important things about Celenias is that he is cheap, and has access to hunter ABC's. For this next team we are going to flood the board with 6 figures for a mere 12 honor.
Team 2: Discount Zoo Tickets, 12 Honor
Celenias Firemane x3
-Call Bloodclaw x3
-Call Fury x3
-Serpent Sting x2
-Hunters Mark
So, as usual, I saved the funnest for last.
Team 3: Debufferiness, 17 Honor
Morova of the Sands
-Moonkin Form
-Moonfire
-Entangling Roots
Magistrix Kiala
-Incinerate
-Curse of Weakness
-Curse of Agony
Celenias Firemane
-Hunters Mark
-Serpent Sting
-Viper Sting
Dot 'em up and unload Incinerate on them! Celenias is not the star of the show here, but in theory he works really well because he can double debuff a single mini on the same turn, or two separate minis, also on the same turn, all from a range of four. That, and his low honor cost, making this team cheaper than trip Morts (not that I am saying that this could hang with Morts). But 17 Honor is pocket change these days. Lets just put it this way, this team can burst it down even the toughest epic in the first couple of ticks in the game. Celenias puts Hunters Mark and Serpent Sting on it, generating rrs, Morova Moonfires, followed by a starburst Wrath, Kiala Curses with Weakness, and then Incinerates for 8 attack power. All on the same tick. Viola, one BBQed epic just got you half of your VPs. Odds are pretty good that Kiala will crit and ready incinerate. Of course, that is only if you want to burn all your debuffs on a single target. Dang, I just thought of what this would do to Wall plus Graccus. A two fer one deal, right there. I hope you enjoyed this installment, next week will feature Rexxar.
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