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Shimmersword Sergeant
Valor
Omens: Chrysotic Plague
Reviewed January 11, 2007
Constructed:
Sealed:
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating
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That Guy That
Plays DreamBlade |
Shimmersword Sergeant
Ok, my second new piece for reviewing. Today we
open up for you a new mechanic to oggle at. Of
course, it may not be that new if you kept in
touch with the Omens previews on the Dreamblade
main site. Today brings forth a new set of
Twins, which can be exchanged back and forth
from your reserves during a spawn phase for
free. His twin, the Shimmersword Merc, will
probably cost 9 as well (otherwise you're
gaining or losing spawn points when you switch
then). For Valor, 9/10 on a 9 drop is ok, so I
won't go too into that. but 3 power?? Not gonna
get much damage or blades off of that. His other
ability is Crit 1 MB, which is a decent filler
ability, and will make this guy a good pull in
Sealed, but as for Constructed, could easily be
replaced by Ranging Vanguard unless Merc is
decent as well. Seriously, 1 or 2 damage is not
as exciting as 2 movement abilities, unless of
course you get caught in a situation with all
engaged guys and you can only assign blades to
Advance, or vice versa for Skirmish. Otherwise,
Savannah Dreamhunter would pwn Hawk Eyed
Investigator. I should wait til Merc comes out
for an honest review, but I will rate it as a
piece alone for now.
Constructed - 3/5 - average really, I really
don't like playing Valor for the Crits. So it
doesn't appeal to me too much. Otherwise Stage
Zealot x3 for sure. Still a decent piece.
Sealed - 4/5 - wouldn't mind this as a Rare
pull, since this is one of the better rares I
have seen previewed as of now.
Aetwork - 3.5/5 - gonna record the He-Man "I
have the power!!" for when I play this guy
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Charninja |
Shimmersword
Sargeant
Ok, yeah, this guy, not that exciting. Tomorrow
though... god yes. It's a piece that pretty much
had me creaming my pants and I don't even know
what it does just yet (Bill's been keeping
rather quiet, giving us the pieces one at a time
instead of together like he usually does. Not
very fun, but ah well). Let's just say that if
it isn't one of the best pieces in the set, I
will have little option but to commit suicide in
my despair.
Anyway, enough about that. Here's Mr.
Shimmersword Blue dude. 9V, twin of the red
Shimmersword Mercenary, and wielding multiblade
Crit. 3 Power, 9 Defense, and 10 Life round the
stats out.
...
Wait, all the hype and we get this? The hell? He
gets to switch out with a 5 power Loner... but
why you'd play EITHER ONE is beyond me. I admit
he isn't necessarily a Stag Zealot or Prowling
Leopardman in crapiness, but he's just should
not have been a rare. The twin mechanic is cool,
absolutely, but it doesn't justify giving a
piece 3 power and multiblade crit ONE. If it was
Crit 2 or 3, he'd be halfway decent. So far, the
twins aren't getting much love. Hopefully that
will change over time, because I'm sure they'd
make for an awesome casual theme band, and at
least a few might even be good for competitive.
But as I have hinted at before: THE
SHIMMERSWORDS ARE NOT THOSE TWINS.
My frigging god. I'm happy I get to review these
new pieces, I really am, and I understand we
have to deal with some pretty cruddy stuff just
to explain WHY some pieces are cruddy... so I
guess I'd better stop whining and get to work
First thing: Stats SUCK. 3 power at 9V is
inexcusable, even for Valor, an aspect that has
always preferred defense over offense, but
still. 4 would have made him just barely
acceptable on his own, even without twinning.
9|10 is good, but for Valor, not great. At the
very least, there isn't much competition for the
Valor 9 slot. Raging Vanguard, Loyal Scragglemaw,
and Zungar Bodyguard being the only ones, and of
them, only Vanguard sees any meaningful play.
With considerably better 8 drops, there's no
real point to playing any of these guys.
Multiblade Crit is cool absolutely, turning what
otherwise would have been wasted blades into 1s
for damage, but... why bother with that when you
could put them towards Hawk-Eyed Instigator or
Scarab Warcharm's Advance, Falcon Soldier's Crit
2, or even WHIRLING KNIFEDANCER for less than
half the cost with the SAME POWER?
And did I mention his sculpt was bland and
boring? Crap rare if there ever was one, and his
brother belongs.
1/5 across the board. Pray that tomorrow is as
good as I think it will be. Pray hard, to God,
Allah, Vishnu, Zeus, Odin, or whatever other
heathen god you sacrifice goats too.
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