Treim

The advantage of the frost affinity is that you are not bound by tier and so once you are past a tier you can use its units to gain more charges for higher tiers, the problem being here that usually units scale up in size over the tiers and that the units with charge problems are almost all XL which severely limits what cards are actually useful to use it on, not to mention that power costs make this largely inefficient to spawn a corsair, soulhunter or Grigori compared to a rifle cultist or Cultist master. Even with void manipulation you have to pay it upfront which is just inconvenient with the numbers we're talking about. You can argue that you save a deck slot if you actively use an Xl unit in t3 but then again, Cultist Master are a staple anyways and Rifle Cultists ability can still be usefull so it is not even necassarily a wasted slot.

--> The problem is that where the frost affinity should have an advantage the inherent power costs of units where it should be usefull make it inconvenient to say the least.
I think the biggest reason to play it currently would be when you are missing a lot of charges of L-sized creatures in t3 and then try to fit it in with relatively cheap L-sized t2 units like lost shade. This is pretty much only applicable to beginner and maybe early advanced players that are still building up their collection.
When you then consider that with nature affinity you can enable combinations like 2x infect, 2xsoulshatter, 2xthunderstorm or 2x cluster explosion, reset the cooldown of cc in a critical moment of a fight it is pretty obvious that nature affinity might cost you a deck slot but is more flexible and convenient. Frost offers 1 (potentially) big upside, but that upside also has downsides besides all the clear negatives compared to nature affinity.

Just an idea out of the blue (hah!) - why not let offering frost affinity regain charges for all cards that share orb requirements with the offered card (e.g. I offer a Lost Vigil and all cards that have frost or shadow orbs as requirements regain a charge), not sure about this though because it does sound very strong in 2 orb splash decks.

new rPvE 4 Player solo record

new rPvE 4 Player solo record

For some reason the images in the initial post just ceased to exist (no clue why, when, how?!?).
Please use the link provided at the END of the original post to access dropbox where a .pdf document with the whole guide is provided.

Hey all,
it's been a while since my last Deck so time for another one! Today we continue with a Stonekin variant that actually doesn't leave enough Stonekin to call itself that. However, since the army consists only of Stonekin units, I have always mentally added it here. I can't even say exactly why Gemeyes catch my eye so much and why I like this deck so much - I think it's just "sympathy" that I can't explain further.
Theme/Scope: Gemeyes! Getting out as much as possible, getting them as strong as possible

Playstyle: Micro <-> Macro
Budget: medium expensive
Addresses to any kind of player
Core Deck:
- Key Card is the Purple Gemeye! Ofc both can be taken if you like
- supported by the best of
- supported by the best of
- as we have no straight tanks, we want to have strong CC and strong sustain spells to keep our Army steamrolling
Important side note:

The Gemeyes show both a flat dp20 of 2750 dmg - this is the flat value of the spit attack leaving out the damage over time (DoT) effect. The real dmg of a purple Gemeye is much higher though you will sadly never have a situation where it can deal its full possible dmg.
T1/T2 - either or or (in the shown specific order)
It may seem strange, after I have made very free specifications in my decks, that I give here on the one hand 3 clear starting suggestions which appear however also very differently.
The reason for a Shadow or Frost start comes from the T1 Spells Motivate or Homesoil - both of which we can scale perfectly into T4 - therefore this recommendation.
The reason for the T2 is to further set priorities: Starting with allows for very early setting of Resource Boosters and is therefore a very strong one, as we can possibly get more Gemeyes out.
If you decide for a blue start, even if it is for reasons, it also makes sense in T2 and T3 to quickly get to to be able to set boosters faster. Especially on harder maps the double shadow spells help you of course to get to T4, to hold it and to go into further progress.
The  start variant is definitely inferior to the above mentioned in direct comparison - but I still like to list them, because a Stonekin start is in my opinion much more beginner-friendly and stronger than a blue/shadow start. You want to take it slow, maybe never played shadow before - then this is your start.
Please don't start this deck with green - it would be at least one wasted deck slot, more like two.
What do we take specifically:
For I would never go without my Forsaken as allrounder (superior to Nox Trooper), the Green Soul Splicer and a Motivate. Git up a few Forsaken, build a Soul Splicer before the T2 camp, drag the enemys in the Splicer and FOCUS them one by one. 6 Forsaken should do it with the exeption of hard Lost Souls starts.
For T2 the common options would be: Shadow Mages (+your Soul Splicer, Warp, Motivate), a Harvester or the best-in-slot solution Phoenix/Embalmers Shrine
For the meta-start would be Frost Mages and Master Archers + Homesoil and Ice Barrier.
T2 as imho not much strong options, Phoenix/Embalmers Shrine is prolly the way to go if you want serious strengh, else Stormsingers are not bad and some of the Lost T2 Units are playable too.
For the start please check my other stonekin guide:
T3/4 - completing to any row of
T3/4 spells you want to add are: Stone Shell Green, Frenetic (either or both), Infect and prolly a Warp, fill with dmg and healing as you feel need for them
Other stuff to add to the deck: Gemeyes, that's why we are here! Furnace of Flesh + Cultist Master for Void return. Ofc a Breeding Ground that wasn't mentioned before.
You maybe want to bring Rifle Cultist+ Offering for more fast Gemeyes, even mandatory if you play with Motivate.
Last but not least: If you face lost souls your Gemeyes get disabled (like any ranged unit) from the Lost Dragons - either bring a Yellow Mo for that, or make sure your CC hits those Dragons perfectly (last is more an expert solution)
Even if you decided for the inferior start, you have strong spell options at T3 which should always give an easy access to T4 (Thunderstorm/Stoneshell, Heals, Oink - all combined with a rock solid T1/2 army)
If you decide for a late green orb, T3 offers you Frenetic/Infect which should be even an easier access to T4.
If you are forced to defend T3 for a minute raise a Furnance of Flesh to get Void back faster on the waves that you defeat. Spawn Cultist Masters there as soon as you can - once your Void manipulation is up things get usually easier.
How to play T4 stage - "I have only a squishy ranged unit, how the hell do I proceed?"
Though it may be obvious for many veterans I want to describe a bit the playstyle as some Beginners may say: "I have only a squishy ranged unit, how the hell do I proceed?".
Spam Purple Gemeyes, you can splash in 1-2 Green ones in the Mix for some CC, but you want to have mainly purple ones as they deal the dmg. A super serious Gemeye Deck would perhaps even cut the green Gemeye completly - at least I do.
When you engage a camp the first spell is a CC, usually a Frenetic. Stone Shell your at least 4 Gemeyes, Infect the crowd and perhaps add a dmg spell for faster Infect procs.
Then you use either Motivate or the Homesoil/Ice Barrier combo for a really nice dmg output.
When you have Motivate/Offering/Rifle Cultist use that Combo as often as possible to max your army size.
Once you got out 4-6 Gemeyes you should snowball any rpve map.
 
Any struggling situations:
This deck is slower in the early match, beware to engange strong dmg bosses like Infester or Urzach before you have at least 4, better 5, gemeyes. (4 is the critical mass for a perfect Stone Shell buff, the fifth gives you even the security that you could loose one and you are still "safe").
Once you hit the 4-5-6 counter this deck gets more and more rolling and no boss or situation should be able to stop you.
Willzappers can be taken out from afar.
Bosses usually never have a chance against a Stone Shell protected army and so neither any camp has.
 
At this point I usually add replays, which I leave out this time for two reasons: First, I was simply too lazy and thought something "Nobody watches this anyway" (or only the usual suspects who actually know the shit but only enjoy the gameplay).
However, I have just seen that the replays were downloaded more often than thought  - next time I'll be happy to share some again.
The second reason to do without replays was clearly the upcoming update which is just around the corner and would break them anyway.
If you have feedback, suggestions, nice replays or storys about this deck, please feel free to post below!

As always, all information without guarantee and with strong personal preference.

See you in the Battlegrounds!
 
 
again partly Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

If there is Vigils/Brains at t1 the common strategy is to go 1 by 1 and people help each other just because otherwise everyone waits for power so long, usually a solo start is possible as well though aswell, sometimes more viable than other times.
Fire is the meta t1 for this. Usually you run Nomads, Mine, Eruption, Sunstrider and Blaster Cannon.
If you go by turn, the player that clears usually play 3 nomads and 2 blaster cannon and the others help with Mines (2-3 for the camp that gets attacked) + 1 defensive Mine for the other path that leads to your t1.  Nomads run in and pull air units out a bit so blasters can start shooting. Afterwards Nomads go suicide and the spawn camp gets erupted (4 eruptions).
At t1 a sunstrider gets spawned with hold position command as soon as the lost dancer from thhe other income attacks it, so as to trap the income and prevent respawning waves from there.
If you want to go solo, you usually skip certain steps of the setup to get power back faster via your void pool if possible. So you might skip blaster cannons and take care of air units afterwards. The only set thing you have to do is erupt the spawn camp at t2. Everything else can be delayed in theory and has scenarios where it is advised to do so. Usually you at least set Mines to take care of most of the ground units though.

To be more specific for this month's map. On positions 2-4 you should probably skip the blasters first and just start with 3 mines at the camp + eruptions. You are forced to do 3 Mines because the camps all get shielded. In combination with another 2 blaster cannons you simply wait too long alone otherwise.
Position 1 is different because once you attack t2 the right camp gets mostly pulled which triggers additional waves from t3, while you also have to deal with buffed vigils which mostly stay out of range of blaster cannons and the position allows for very room to move units cleverly. Attacking the right camp first doesn't work either because the income from t2 will then pull vigils and treefiend nonetheless.
--> I guess you can wait ages for power until you attack but the income from t3 will get triggered by your mate at pos2 anyhow and you get the effect chain of --> t3 wave pulls right camp above t1 --> you need to kill those units --> incomes from t2 get triggered and suddenly you have both camps in front of you t1 and havent even killed anything.
So clearing this position solo is a purely theoretical exercise  with no practical application.
 

If there is Vigils/Brains at t1 the common strategy is to go 1 by 1 and people help each other just because otherwise everyone waits for power so long, usually a solo start is possible as well though aswell, sometimes more viable than other times.
Fire is the meta t1 for this. Usually you run Nomads, Mine, Eruption, Sunstrider and Blaster Cannon.
If you go by turn, the player that clears usually play 3 nomads and 2 blaster cannon and the others help with Mines (2-3 for the camp that gets attacked) + 1 defensive Mine for the other path that leads to your t1.  Nomads run in and pull air units out a bit so blasters can start shooting. Afterwards Nomads go suicide and the spawn camp gets erupted (4 eruptions).
At t1 a sunstrider gets spawned with hold position command as soon as the lost dancer from thhe other income attacks it, so as to trap the income and prevent respawning waves from there.
If you want to go solo, you usually skip certain steps of the setup to get power back faster via your void pool if possible. So you might skip blaster cannons and take care of air units afterwards. The only set thing you have to do is erupt the spawn camp at t2. Everything else can be delayed in theory and has scenarios where it is advised to do so. Usually you at least set Mines to take care of most of the ground units though.

To be more specific for this month's map. On positions 2-4 you should probably skip the blasters first and just start with 3 mines at the camp + eruptions. You are forced to do 3 Mines because the camps all get shielded. In combination with another 2 blaster cannons you simply wait too long alone otherwise.
Position 1 is different because once you attack t2 the right camp gets mostly pulled which triggers additional waves from t3, while you also have to deal with buffed vigils which mostly stay out of range of blaster cannons and the position allows for very room to move units cleverly. Attacking the right camp first doesn't work either because the income from t2 will then pull vigils and treefiend nonetheless.
--> I guess you can wait ages for power until you attack but the income from t3 will get triggered by your mate at pos2 anyhow and you get the effect chain of --> t3 wave pulls right camp above t1 --> you need to kill those units --> incomes from t2 get triggered and suddenly you have both camps in front of you t1 and havent even killed anything.
So clearing this position solo is a purely theoretical exercise  with no practical application.
 

Hey everyone,

I decided to continue my thread from the original Battleforge forums, where i shared all my solo rPvE replays with the community - thanks to @Kybaka for picking this up again last month.
You can expect regular updates at the beginning of each month for the month that just passed. I will upload most replays throughout the month whenever I get a halfway decent time on these maps. Exception being maps where an alltime speedrun record is possible - those will be uploaded at the end of the month. Cleanliness of play in the replays can greatly differ due to time investment. You can at least expect a top 3 finish for the respective month for each of these replays though.
If i play Motm level 9 maps solo, they will be updated throughout the month as I am doing those just for the sake of it.
If you have questions in regards to gameplay or strategy feel free to post here or contact me on @Ultrakool's Battleforge Tutoring server: https://discord.gg/2R7yZTS

Please note that older replays will not work due to the game being patched now. If all cards in the replay are unchanged you can fix it with the Replay Fixer Tool that can be found on the forums. If cards are changed, replays are at least as of right now not watcheable anymore - not sure if a backward compability will ever be introduced.
If you want to cast any of these videos, feel free to do so.

General naming structure of the replays:
Motm_Month_Game mode_Difficulty_Time

You can watch the replays ingame by downloading the file(s) and saving them in this folder: Documents\BattleForge\replays.

January 2019 - 1 Player: Stonekin; 2 Player: Lost Souls
Motm_January_1Player_Level10_1847.pmv
Motm_January_2Player(solo)_Level10_2855.pmv

February 2019 - 1 Player: Stonekin; 2 Player: Lost souls
Motm_February_1Player_Level10_2216.pmv
Motm_February_2Player(solo)_Level10_2556.pmv  -  Youtube Commentary by RadicalX [RadicalX]
March 2019 - 1 Player: Bandits; 4 Player: Bandits
Motm_March_1Player_Level10_1413.pmv
Motm_March_4Player(solo)_Level10_1846.pmv  -  former alltime record for 4 Player solo rPvE
March Bonus
Motm_March_1Player_Level9_1334.pmv
April 2019 - 4 Player: Bandits
Motm_April_4Player(solo)_Level10_1854.pmv
May 2019
did not play
June 2019 - 1 Player: Bandits; 2 Player: Stonekin
Motm_June_1Player_Level10_1736.pmv
Motm_June_2Player(solo)_Level10_2648.pmv
July 2019 - 1 Player: Bandits
Motm_July_1Player_Level10_1644.pmv
July Bonus
Motm_July_1Player_Level9_1425.pmv
August 2019 -  1 Player: Bandits; 4 Player: Lost Souls
Motm_August_1Player_Level10_1738.pmv
August Bonus
Motm_August_1Player_Level9_1225.pmv
Motm_August_4Player(solo)_Level9_2046.pmv
September 2019 - 1 Player: Bandits; 2 Player: Stonekin; 4 Player: Lost Souls
Motm_September_1Player_Level10_1536.pmv
Motm_September_2Player(solo)_Level10_2230.pmv   -  former alltime record for 2 Player solo rPvE
September Bonus
Motm_September_4Player(solo)_Level9_2042.pmv
Motm_September_2Player(solo)_Level1_0233.pmv
October 2019 - 1 Player: Bandits
Motm_October_1Player_Level10_1446.pmv
November 2019 - Februar 2020:
did not play
March 2020 - 1 Player: Stonekin
Motm_March2020_1Player_Level10_1907.pmv
April 2020 - 1 Player: Stonekin; 2 Player: Lost Souls; 4 Player: Twilight
Motm_April2020_1Player_Level10_2215.pmv
Motm_April2020_2Player(solo)_Level10_2556.pmv
May 2020 - 1 Player: Bandits; 2 Player: Stonekin; 4 Player: Lost Souls
Motm_May2020_1Player_Level10_1241.pmv  -  Youtube Commentary by LEBOVIN [Skylords Reborn Speedrun Community]  -  former alltime record for 1 Player rPvE
May2020 Bonus
Motm_May2020_1Player_Level9_1137.pmv
Motm_May2020_1Player_Level1_0127.pmv
Motm_May2020_2Player(solo)_Level9_1450.pmv
Motm_May2020_4Player(solo)_Level9_1957.pmv
June 2020 - 1 Player: Bandits; 2 Player: Stonekin; 4 Player: Lost Souls
Motm_June2020_1Player_Level10_1839.pmv
Motm_June2020_2Player(solo)_Level10_2737.pmv
June 2020 Bonus
Motm_June2020_1Player_Level9_1324.pmv
Motm_June2020_2Player(solo)_Level9_2009.pmv
July 2020 - 1 Player: Stonekin; 2 Player: Lost Souls; 4 Player: Stonekin
Motm_July2020_1Player_Level10_2033.pmv
Motm_July2020_2Player(solo)_Level10_2728.pmv
Motm_July2020_1Player_Level10_1749.pmv
July 2020 Bonus
Motm_July2020_1Player_Level9_1120.pmv
Motm_July2020_2Player(solo)_Level9_1454.pmv
August 2020 - 1 Player: Bandits; 2 Player: Stonekin; 4 Player: Stonekin
Motm_August2020_1Player_Level10_1715.pmv
August 2020 Bonus
Motm_August2020_1Player_Level9_1437.pmv
Motm_August2020_2Player(solo)_Level9_1659.pmv
September 2020 - 1 Player: Stonekin; 2 Player: Lost Souls; 4 Player: Twilight
Motm_September2020_1Player_Level10_1931.pmv
September Bonus
Motm_September2020_1Player_Level9_1217.pmv
Motm_September2020_1Player_Level1_0212.pmv
October 2020 - 1 Player: Stonekin
Motm_October2020_1Player_Level10_1841.pmv
November 2020 - 1 Player: Bandits
Motm_November2020_1Player_Level10_1608.pmv
November Bonus
Motm_November2020_1Player_Level1_0139.pmv
Motm_November2020_4Player(solo)_Level9_1810.pmv
December 2020 - 1 Player: Stonekin; 2 Player: Lost Souls; 4 Player: Twilight
Motm_December2020_1Player_Level10_1947.pmv
December Bonus
Motm_December2020_1Player_Level1_0125.pmv
Motm_December2020_1Player_Level9_1056.pmv
January 2021- 1 Player: Stonekin; 2 Player: lost Souls; 4 Player: Twilight
Motm_January2020_1Player_Level10_1835.pmv  -  Youtube Commentary by Eirias and myself [Battleforge Creators Guild]
January Bonus
Motm_January2021_1Player_Level9_1107.pmv
Motm_January2020_2Player(solo)_Level9_1913.pmv
February 2021: 1 Player: Stonekin; 2 Player: Lost Souls
Motm_February2021_1Player_Level10_1522.pmv
Motm_February2021_2Player(solo)_Level10_1822.pmv  -  Youtube Commentary by LEBOVIN [Skylords Reborn Speedrun Community]  -  alltime record for 2 Player solo rPvE

March 2021 - April 2021:
did not play
May 2021: 1 Player: Bandit
Motm_May2021_1Player_Level10_1754.pmv
June 2021 - July 2021:
did not play
August 2021:1 Player: Bandits; 4Player: Bandits
Motm_August2021_4Playe(solo)_Level10_1829.pmv  -  Youtube Commentary by LEBOVIN [Skylords Reborn Speedrun Community]  -  alltime record for 4 Player solo rPvE
August Bonus
Motm_August2021_1Player_Level9_1030.pmv
Motm_August2021_4Playe(solo)_Level10_2033.pmv
September 2021:
did not play
October 2021: 1 Player: Bandit
Motm_October2021_1Player_Level10_1122.pmv  -  alltime record for 1 Player rPvE
November 2021 - December2021:
did not play
January2022: 2 Player: Bandit
Motm_January2022_2Player(solo)_Level9_1239.pmv

2 replays of 4 Player Motm August Lvl.10:
first one being the new alltime record for 4 player solo rpve. Was not perfect towards the end. The Bata was slow especially in the last layer of camps due to fuckups on my end and the bloodhorns were too far back because I missed sending them further forward at some point. They were supposed to attack the Slavemaster camp after I warped Bata into the camp on the top right, so they can be supported by spells which wouldve allowed Bata to mostly skip the Slavemaster base. Sadly I wasn't super motivated to play the map more  and was not home for the last 1/3rd of the month anyway to maybe give it 1 more try.
Possible time: ~17:30. I also added a replay of an LSS run with a worse start strat (position 3 instead of position 1 in the first replay). This was my initial draft for this map until I realized position 1 can be done without pulling the camp next to t2 instantly which allows you to safe 1 deckslot (skeleton warriors) and still clear faster. I also had a Bata run with this start which clocked in faster than the LSS run (and were similarly well played) which is why I went forward with the Bata strategy and did not continue tries with LSS. 1 replay of 1 Player Motm August Lvl.9: was my 2nd try on the map, was an okayish run but not very polished.

2 replays of 4 Player Motm August Lvl.10:
first one being the new alltime record for 4 player solo rpve. Was not perfect towards the end. The Bata was slow especially in the last layer of camps due to fuckups on my end and the bloodhorns were too far back because I missed sending them further forward at some point. They were supposed to attack the Slavemaster camp after I warped Bata into the camp on the top right, so they can be supported by spells which wouldve allowed Bata to mostly skip the Slavemaster base. Sadly I wasn't super motivated to play the map more  and was not home for the last 1/3rd of the month anyway to maybe give it 1 more try.
Possible time: ~17:30. I also added a replay of an LSS run with a worse start strat (position 3 instead of position 1 in the first replay). This was my initial draft for this map until I realized position 1 can be done without pulling the camp next to t2 instantly which allows you to safe 1 deckslot (skeleton warriors) and still clear faster. I also had a Bata run with this start which clocked in faster than the LSS run (and were similarly well played) which is why I went forward with the Bata strategy and did not continue tries with LSS. 1 replay of 1 Player Motm August Lvl.9: was my 2nd try on the map, was an okayish run but not very polished.

2 replays of 4 Player Motm August Lvl.10:
first one being the new alltime record for 4 player solo rpve. Was not perfect towards the end. The Bata was slow especially in the last layer of camps due to fuckups on my end and the bloodhorns were too far back because I missed sending them further forward at some point. They were supposed to attack the Slavemaster camp after I warped Bata into the camp on the top right, so they can be supported by spells which wouldve allowed Bata to mostly skip the Slavemaster base. Sadly I wasn't super motivated to play the map more  and was not home for the last 1/3rd of the month anyway to maybe give it 1 more try.
Possible time: ~17:30. I also added a replay of an LSS run with a worse start strat (position 3 instead of position 1 in the first replay). This was my initial draft for this map until I realized position 1 can be done without pulling the camp next to t2 instantly which allows you to safe 1 deckslot (skeleton warriors) and still clear faster. I also had a Bata run with this start which clocked in faster than the LSS run (and were similarly well played) which is why I went forward with the Bata strategy and did not continue tries with LSS. 1 replay of 1 Player Motm August Lvl.9: was my 2nd try on the map, was an okayish run but not very polished.

That comes down to people not understanding HOW to break maps with that card.
There is a reason why Amii Monument is used for basically every single speedrun record except 2 and 4 player rPvE 10 and Siege of Hope
There is literally ways to abuse the card to allow for some insane strategy that speeds up the game by so much. The card is not only broken in solo play but allows you to play around a massive shortcut on all of those maps. And sure some are more obvious and insane than others - Soultree <-> Encounters with Twilight. On most of those maps Amii Monument is the card that even allows you to play that strategy: Convoy, Slavemaster, PtD, Nightmares Shard, Nightmares End, King of the Giants, Bad Harvest, Soultree, Oracle, Ocean, Insane God, Dwarven Riddle, Mo, Crusade Treasure Fleet, Behind Enemy Lines. Probably missed a couple as well.
In Nightmares Shard one player even gives up his last monument just so the other guy can use Amii Monument. Now tell me that doesn't change the way you play the game. Amii Monument is the single most used card across all speedrun strategies with maybe the exception of regrowth and that is because it is so often a massive shortcut if you know how to abuse it. Just because most players don't know how to abuse it, doesn't mean its not worth fixing. If there is a bug in your game but 99% of players dont know how to abuse it, doesn't mean you just leave it be. And Amii Monument basically is just that.
Otherwise we probably just leave all PvE cards as is and only balance PvP relevant cards.

it's not like we even argue Amii Monument is the only stupid card there is - because there is a couple more - just none to the insane level, that they literally change how you can play most maps.
LSS; Shadow Phoenix, Shrine of War, Furnace of Flesh + CM -the list goes on. This thread however was about Amii Monument.

Will all the submitted replays-files shared to the community after the challenge is over? Would be nice not just to see some replays in the stream - i prefer to have the replays to check and analyse in detail.  This was part of all  the non official pve challenges before - so would be nice if you can upload after.
 
Also remark from my side --> for this challenge there are  a way to much different kind of runs you can do and get prices for sure. I understand that you want to realize that more players are able to get prices - but at the end you are just lowering the quality of the submitted replays because nobody (or at least at me :-D) has the time to play and optimize every possible run for each category. I prefer to have high quality speedruns / challenging runs that were pushed to the limit against the best - part of this can be that you get no prices but still had a lot of fun while working out and testing different strategies. And this was for sure not a waste of time --> dont like this way of thinking that we need to overhelm the community with a lot of different categories for a challenge just to ensure that nearly everybody is getting prices. 
 

UPDATED to match 1y-patch from 18.12.21
Hey all,
since we have many requests here, but few decks are shown pro-actively, I would like to show some of my RPVE decks (deck kits) over the next few weeks.
Each of the decks will be limited by a "theme", they will prolly not all be end-to-end meta approaches - especially since they are relatively simple to get to the point in the BG: Bata = Meta
And the rest will run behind. But since I'm a little bored with the Batariel right now - let's take a look at what other fine decks for rpve are out there. This first will touch the meta hard anyways 😄

Theme/Scope: In any row , as much meta as possible and as independently as possible from other players help/heals.

Playstyle: Micro > Macro
Budget: most expensive
Addresses to advanced/expert players

Core Deck: 
- Unity (B) and Bloodhealing give the needed sustain
- Heavy spell dependent - the meta makes dmg, distracts enemy via Frenetic, Infect gives dmg and meatshield, the  dmg spells clean up most of the units

- heavy voidmanipulation via Shrine of War or Cultist Master/Furnace of Flesh enables you to perma use of your spells and abilities
- strong T4 options unit wise, with mass Bloodhorns as main carry
- T3 is carried by spells and can handle ANY situation
- T1/T2 is very flexible and can be designed according to taste

T1 - Either or
Fire: Nomad (G), Mine, Eruption (possible BG10 addons are Blaster Cannon, Suppression or Sunstriders if needed)
Shadow: Forsaken, Soul Splicer (G), Motivate (possible BG10 addon is a good mate supporting your t1 with fire :P)

T2 - in any case
No matter what your t1 has been, your want a shadow orb as your second. If you started fire you want now to move asap to your double shadow, if you started shadow you want to raise your Boosters NOW 🙂  Isn't shadow T1 better then? Perhaps sometimes but not in general. Every start has its own pros and cons, the pros of a fire start is that it is lean, fast, self healing, team-friendly and due to its spells strong and flexible. I often prefer to run into a BG9 T3 camp with 3 nomads and my fire spells rather then having a few Forsaken and almost no support.

Cool-kids-t2-stuff is
- Best-in-Slot solution is probably Shadow Phoenix/Embalmers Shrine (almost mandatory for BG10)
- Gladiatrix (Gladis shine only really with Green Support, but mass Gladis with good positioning can do the job, more an advanced players solution I assume)
- Windhunter is the T2 alternative to Gladiatrix now (Bithday Patch) and outshines Gladiatrix in stats
- Firestalkers (nice siege, cheap throw-away t2)
- Harvester or Shadow Mages can be pure Shadow options if that suits, Undead Army can scale quite ok'ish with Bloodhealing into T4)
- Skyfire Drake is not big carrier, but can do an insane job on some maps
- Bandit Minefield is okish, but usually not worth the slot in this meta approach. If you come from Fire T1 to Shadow T2 you already bring your mine and if you start Double Shadow ... you get it 😄
- Undead Army shines with Blood Healing and is almost a must-pick for harder situations. This combo is way more flexible as the Grim Bahir option that I posted in the first run
Be aware that map depending is one of the weakest (not weak, only in relation) options aviable but usually not much of a problem.

T3 - you want to have now - time to shine!
At the T3 stage Void Manipulation and your -spells kick in the door! Though some nice T3 units are aviable the only options for this deck are imo Cultist Master (if you prefer Culstist/FoF over SoW) and Fallen Skyelf (as boss-killer support in T4).
T4 Camps can be taken out with Nomads/Forsaken and spells and so can be handled a possible close camp.

As far not mentioned interesting T3 cards are:
- Incredible Mo (not really needed here but always nice to have one)
- Soulshatter (if there is a possibility to take it, do so! You want to have as much dmg-spells as possible)
- Amii Monument (only for solo, but there very handy)
Last word on t3: No, I did not oversee Sandstorm - not worth a slot 🙂

T4 - finally

Carrier is the Bloodhorn (BH) - fast, strong dmg, heals nice via stampeding buildings. Get out 2 and play more as soon it is possible, if you play a second unit get it in the mix after the second BH. Always let 250+ energy left to have spell energy.
Before engaging a camp bind your units together with a Unity (b)
First spell when engaging is either Frenetic or Cluster (Amok can do the job too), the other second, asap Infect then further according to the remaining priorities. I like to use Bloodhealing on Undead Army skelletons or Grim Bahir crawlers - that a reason for the Grim Bahir for me, though ofc this is not mandatory.
Bloodhealing does a nice job too on a BH with Unity running, it does not loose much HP.
Earthshaker is a nice skill, but does not perform as stong as we know it in this deck due to the mass BH spam 🙂 If you have room it can prolly clean up last buildings, but I tended to cut it.
Just to say it: OFC you can do various T4 units in the mix here, but naming them all would go beyond the scope of this. Though this is more a deck-kit then a deck, I want to give ideas how to play a faction not to give an overview over the faction as a whole.

Any more options:
- The classic shadow buffs (Life Weaving, Unholy Power & Hero) do a great job on BH!
- Never go out without your Disenchant
- Warp is always nice to have
- Offering (g) can resett your stong spells, if you decide to do so, prolly cut the Cluster (P) (this will get an even nicer option with the comming Grim Bahir changes (Test Server))
- purple Amok gives a nice damage buff and can either replace one Frenetic or be added. Beware to play it not on your units, as they will take friendly-fire then. Also be aware not to play it on your teammates units (same reason) and this is grief play.

Bosses you struggle with ... none that comes to my mind.
Any other dangerous situations for this deck: Engaging Twilight Dragons with a spell-protected (Twilight Negator) Willzapper nearby (a ugly situation for most decks). Play your Unity as late as possible and strike HARD with the first engage!

If more questions come, please feel free to ask or discuss this, I will edit this "guide"

Personal, tested(!), samples of my decks are
BG9 allrounder for random maps with random groups:

 
BG10, adapted for 1Player-MOTM 2021-06

BG10, 4player, random maps with random groups, assuming SoW by Mate btw one Joker slot

 
Replays deleted as they are broken due to patches.
I attach a few replays to see it in action. Be aware, non of this replays is "perfect" or aim to be that. This are raw takeouts to give you an idea how this can be played.
I played this deck a lot in the last weeks and can assure that it can work in ANY BG9 situation completly independent from other players heals and can even carry a group. Even the BG10 performance was not as bad as you may think without the perma present green splash 😄

BG10solo_pureBandittest
A random BG10 solo in below 23min, easy Bandit map, but still not bad I think. Lost my t4 orb in the second last camp that forces me to retreat. This was my first test in BG10. Here a pure BH T4 w/o Grim Bahir

BG10_4player_Pure_Bandit_Test
Super nervous played mess - my first group attempt in BG10. In 14min I ran sleeping into a dragon = thx for the rescure group ^^ But hey, this is normal BG10 random group gameplay, nobody is perfect.
Really not a carry here, but neither a total fail. Straight average BG10 shit

BG9_Bloodhealing Showcase <- recommended!!!
A quite strong performance in a 4player BG9 with Command Walker Boss in the End (for me alooooooone) 🙂

BG10_SOLO_MOTM_ PureBandit_rank7
And as last one the current 1player MOTM. This is a first try, I swear, and far from clean, but still a good perfomance I think and at least for now it is a top10 time.


Finally: You have feedback, suggestions, nice replays or storys about this deck, please feel free to post below! I am looking forward to your reactions 😄

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Fire tends to be able to clear these camps by tackling one problem after another to continously open up more room for units to work with.
If you want to summarize the problems on Stonekin maps it usually is:
Windhunters Nox Sniper Deepgorge towers Moloch Construct Just tackle these one by one, usually a front to back approach is the way to go, though it can vary.
Usually early on Windhunters and the Nox Sniper severely hinder your options due to oneshot potential or cc from dragons, but they are also fairly easy to take out so that's the first step.
After that I realized that the Tortugun would turn around later than the construct and can be kited with Nomads easily outside of the tower range. So very easy to take out with Mines aswell.
If that wouldn't have been possible you'd just continue with Skyfire Drakes and Sunstriders. You'd use the Skyfire Drake to lure the Tortugun to your orb slowly. Prepare a few Mines there. Sunstriders to not take damage from the tower while luring. Use Nomads to take hits from the Tortugun and it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Your orb might take damage but should be able to survive. Usually 4-5 Skyfire are enough.
After that there is no real thread any longer because of Sunstrider (for remaining towers) + Skyfire drake combo.
I'll attach a replay. I did not play perfect here, especially the Tortugun part was poorly executed overall - was my third try and just realized I could do the kiting strategy on this particular map in this run, so it was a bit scuffed.
T3 was fully cleared at 8:35. I think you can get it down to 8 flat for sure or a bit lower than that with a perfect run.
rPvE_1Player_Level10_Stonekin_Pure Fire example t3 clear.pmv
I hope this helped.

Wouldn't an option to be able to compare yourself with a friend and a global comparison be the best way to implement such a feature? Similar to what Steam does with its achievement. The global comparison essentially shows how many % of the playerbase have unlocked a specific achievement.

New record for Insane God Solo 10.27.1

Fire tends to be able to clear these camps by tackling one problem after another to continously open up more room for units to work with.
If you want to summarize the problems on Stonekin maps it usually is:
Windhunters Nox Sniper Deepgorge towers Moloch Construct Just tackle these one by one, usually a front to back approach is the way to go, though it can vary.
Usually early on Windhunters and the Nox Sniper severely hinder your options due to oneshot potential or cc from dragons, but they are also fairly easy to take out so that's the first step.
After that I realized that the Tortugun would turn around later than the construct and can be kited with Nomads easily outside of the tower range. So very easy to take out with Mines aswell.
If that wouldn't have been possible you'd just continue with Skyfire Drakes and Sunstriders. You'd use the Skyfire Drake to lure the Tortugun to your orb slowly. Prepare a few Mines there. Sunstriders to not take damage from the tower while luring. Use Nomads to take hits from the Tortugun and it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Your orb might take damage but should be able to survive. Usually 4-5 Skyfire are enough.
After that there is no real thread any longer because of Sunstrider (for remaining towers) + Skyfire drake combo.
I'll attach a replay. I did not play perfect here, especially the Tortugun part was poorly executed overall - was my third try and just realized I could do the kiting strategy on this particular map in this run, so it was a bit scuffed.
T3 was fully cleared at 8:35. I think you can get it down to 8 flat for sure or a bit lower than that with a perfect run.
rPvE_1Player_Level10_Stonekin_Pure Fire example t3 clear.pmv
I hope this helped.

Wouldn't an option to be able to compare yourself with a friend and a global comparison be the best way to implement such a feature? Similar to what Steam does with its achievement. The global comparison essentially shows how many % of the playerbase have unlocked a specific achievement.

For the general strategy for this map about 10 minutes. From start to the finished run about 50.
I started out with checking the map for exploitable components and there was the cliff as the main component. Using the risk assessment from my previous post and checking fires available units and buildings it was obvious that the construct would and Moloch would absolutely rek any army consistant out of ground units that was not massive. So that was pretty much out, which left me with very few options actually, so I came in with the Blaster cannon + Mine combo as the first step, otherwise cc + towers would just be too much damage, not even speaking of the Tortugun.
In my first run I tried experimenting with Termite Hill for to maybe get them on max range to kill the towers but it proved to not be possible (for me at least), I had especially high hopes for a corner on the right top side of t2, but yeah no luck..

You know what instead of just explaining it in detail, I'll just upload all the replays before the final product you already saw... for whoever is interested. (the scout replay is just a 12 second one for me to check out the map.)
Replay names are too long, so I added a description for what it is.
rPvE_1Player_Level10_Stonekin_Pure Fire_Map scout.pmv --> Map scouting
rPvE_1Player_Level10_Stonekin_Pure Fire_Test1.pmv --> Test 1
rPvE_1Player_Level10_Stonekin_Pure Fire_Test2.pmv --> Test 2

Wouldn't an option to be able to compare yourself with a friend and a global comparison be the best way to implement such a feature? Similar to what Steam does with its achievement. The global comparison essentially shows how many % of the playerbase have unlocked a specific achievement.

Wouldn't an option to be able to compare yourself with a friend and a global comparison be the best way to implement such a feature? Similar to what Steam does with its achievement. The global comparison essentially shows how many % of the playerbase have unlocked a specific achievement.

Fire tends to be able to clear these camps by tackling one problem after another to continously open up more room for units to work with.
If you want to summarize the problems on Stonekin maps it usually is:
Windhunters Nox Sniper Deepgorge towers Moloch Construct Just tackle these one by one, usually a front to back approach is the way to go, though it can vary.
Usually early on Windhunters and the Nox Sniper severely hinder your options due to oneshot potential or cc from dragons, but they are also fairly easy to take out so that's the first step.
After that I realized that the Tortugun would turn around later than the construct and can be kited with Nomads easily outside of the tower range. So very easy to take out with Mines aswell.
If that wouldn't have been possible you'd just continue with Skyfire Drakes and Sunstriders. You'd use the Skyfire Drake to lure the Tortugun to your orb slowly. Prepare a few Mines there. Sunstriders to not take damage from the tower while luring. Use Nomads to take hits from the Tortugun and it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Your orb might take damage but should be able to survive. Usually 4-5 Skyfire are enough.
After that there is no real thread any longer because of Sunstrider (for remaining towers) + Skyfire drake combo.
I'll attach a replay. I did not play perfect here, especially the Tortugun part was poorly executed overall - was my third try and just realized I could do the kiting strategy on this particular map in this run, so it was a bit scuffed.
T3 was fully cleared at 8:35. I think you can get it down to 8 flat for sure or a bit lower than that with a perfect run.
rPvE_1Player_Level10_Stonekin_Pure Fire example t3 clear.pmv
I hope this helped.

Fire tends to be able to clear these camps by tackling one problem after another to continously open up more room for units to work with.
If you want to summarize the problems on Stonekin maps it usually is:
Windhunters Nox Sniper Deepgorge towers Moloch Construct Just tackle these one by one, usually a front to back approach is the way to go, though it can vary.
Usually early on Windhunters and the Nox Sniper severely hinder your options due to oneshot potential or cc from dragons, but they are also fairly easy to take out so that's the first step.
After that I realized that the Tortugun would turn around later than the construct and can be kited with Nomads easily outside of the tower range. So very easy to take out with Mines aswell.
If that wouldn't have been possible you'd just continue with Skyfire Drakes and Sunstriders. You'd use the Skyfire Drake to lure the Tortugun to your orb slowly. Prepare a few Mines there. Sunstriders to not take damage from the tower while luring. Use Nomads to take hits from the Tortugun and it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Your orb might take damage but should be able to survive. Usually 4-5 Skyfire are enough.
After that there is no real thread any longer because of Sunstrider (for remaining towers) + Skyfire drake combo.
I'll attach a replay. I did not play perfect here, especially the Tortugun part was poorly executed overall - was my third try and just realized I could do the kiting strategy on this particular map in this run, so it was a bit scuffed.
T3 was fully cleared at 8:35. I think you can get it down to 8 flat for sure or a bit lower than that with a perfect run.
rPvE_1Player_Level10_Stonekin_Pure Fire example t3 clear.pmv
I hope this helped.

Fire tends to be able to clear these camps by tackling one problem after another to continously open up more room for units to work with.
If you want to summarize the problems on Stonekin maps it usually is:
Windhunters Nox Sniper Deepgorge towers Moloch Construct Just tackle these one by one, usually a front to back approach is the way to go, though it can vary.
Usually early on Windhunters and the Nox Sniper severely hinder your options due to oneshot potential or cc from dragons, but they are also fairly easy to take out so that's the first step.
After that I realized that the Tortugun would turn around later than the construct and can be kited with Nomads easily outside of the tower range. So very easy to take out with Mines aswell.
If that wouldn't have been possible you'd just continue with Skyfire Drakes and Sunstriders. You'd use the Skyfire Drake to lure the Tortugun to your orb slowly. Prepare a few Mines there. Sunstriders to not take damage from the tower while luring. Use Nomads to take hits from the Tortugun and it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Your orb might take damage but should be able to survive. Usually 4-5 Skyfire are enough.
After that there is no real thread any longer because of Sunstrider (for remaining towers) + Skyfire drake combo.
I'll attach a replay. I did not play perfect here, especially the Tortugun part was poorly executed overall - was my third try and just realized I could do the kiting strategy on this particular map in this run, so it was a bit scuffed.
T3 was fully cleared at 8:35. I think you can get it down to 8 flat for sure or a bit lower than that with a perfect run.
rPvE_1Player_Level10_Stonekin_Pure Fire example t3 clear.pmv
I hope this helped.