Wednesday, February 4, 2015

How to beat Escape From Dol Guldur on Round 2

In this case, we will need to use 2 decks, but can still use only 1 core set worth of cards (and perfect draws). It might be possible to get a slightly better score by using smaller heroes - but less than 2 rounds is still insane!

Setup: Add 3 objectives to the staging area. Reveal 3 treacheries with no effect.

Deck 1 (29 Threat):
Legolas
Gimli (Held Prisoner)
Gloin

Opening Hand:
Blade of Gondolin
Sneak Attack
Son of Anor
Blade of Gondolin
Feint
For Gondor

Deck 2 (26 Threat):
Eowyn
Eleanor
Beravor

Opening Hand:
Unexpected Courage
Protector of Lorien
Henamarth Riversong
3 other cards

Round 1 Resource/Planning:
Each deck draws a card.
Attach Unexpected Courage to Legolas
Attach Blade of Gondolin to Legolas
Play Henamarth Riversong

Round 1 Quest:
Commit Eowyn (discard 1 card), Eleanor, Beravor, Henamarth, and Gloin (11 total willpower)
Reveal Tower Gate and Iron Shackles (2 total Threat)
Attach Gandalf's Map to Eowyn (26 Threat)
Make 9 progress, completing Stage 1.

Round 1 Travel:
Travel to Tower Gate. Each player puts a 1 ATK Orc Enemy into play

Round 1 Engagement:
No action

Round 1 Combat:
Let both orc attacks go undefended. No Shadow effects.
Gloin takes 1 damage (2 resources)
Elanor takes 1 damage
Legolas attacks each Orc (ranged & unexpected courage), placing 1 progress on Tower Gate, and 5 progress on Stage 2 (5/15)
Free Gimli (1 damage), and add Nazgul (3 def, 9 hp) to the staging area
Pay 1 resource to Sneak Attack Son of Anor into play, engaging the Nazgul
Attack Nazgul with Gimli (3 attack) and Son of Anor (2 attack), dealing 2 damage (7hp remain)
Return Son of Anor to hand

Round 1 Refresh:
Deck 1 to 30 Threat, Deck 2 to 29 Threat. Deck 2 becomes first player.

Round 2 Resource/Planning:
Deck 1 discards Iron Shackles
Deck 2 draws a card (4 arbitrary cards in hand).
Play Blade of Gondolin on Legolas
Play Protector of Lorien on Beravor

Round 2 Quest:
Commit Eowyn (Discard a card), Elanor, Beravor (discard 3 cards), Henamarth (12 total willpower)
Reveal Tower Gate and Iron Shackles (2 total Threat)
Raise Deck 2 Threat by 4 to attach Dungeon Torch and Shadow Key to Beravor (33 Threat)
Make 10 progress, completing stage 2.

Round 2 Travel:
Travel to Tower Gate. Each player puts a 1 ATK Orc Enemy into play

Round 2 Engagement:
No action

Round 2 Combat:
Let both orc attacks go undefended. No Shadow effects.
Gimli takes 1 damage (2 damage)
Elanor takes 1 damage (2 damage)
Play Feint on the Nazgul, no attack.
Legolas attacks an Orc, and readies (ranged & unexpected courage), placing 1 progress on Tower Gate and 3 progress on Stage 3 (3/7)
Play For Gondor!
Attack Nazgul with Gimli (5 attack), Gloin (3 attack) and Legolas (4 attack), dealing 9 damage, defeating the Nazgul, and placing the final 4 progress on Stage 3.

Final Score: 30 (deck 1 Threat) + 33 (deck 2 Threat) + 5 (damage) + 20 (1 round, 2 players) - 0 VP = 83 - or 42 on average! Or 73 with normal counting.

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