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Hello everyone! I am pretty new to the game and the first obvious thing a beginner wants to do after he played for 1-2 hours is building a new deck. For me aswell. So I tried to create a Shadow/Nature deck out of scratch with cards I already had or which I bought from the marketplace for almost nothing. And that worked for me in standard missions or lvl 5 random maps ^^ As I played along for several hours more I was focussed on improving my deck. I added more expensive cards like Mo, Grim or the Wyrm but as I used my deck in harder missions I felt like it was not strong enough and had useless cards in it. I won some lvl 9 PvE maps but I also had 3 teammates to help me out. I also felt like (especially when I saw some other PvE decks) that my deck has no targeted direction what I want to do with it and almost none of the cards play along together. I had the problem that searching for good cards which fit your deck is very hard, especially when you don´t even know half of them. I think this is a problem a lot of beginners have. So I am asking more experienced players to help us stop building stupid decks with just some random cards thrown in. I think my deck is close to most beginners decks when it comes to this problem. Maybe someone can help. ^^ (Deck Level is almost at 70)

How to Create a Well-Balanced Pure Nature PvE Deck for Starters. Tier 1: Shaman (70 Cost, 410/410)- I start with the Shaman for to most, obvious reasons, but for the starters, the Shaman is a great card that helps out in an incredible amount in Tier 1. It works in a great combo with Wind Weavers and Werebeasts for reasons I will explain later. When first using this card, I strongly urge you to keep the Shaman behind the troops before telling them to heal so they are able to keep their distance from the enemies while the enemies attack your Windweavers or Werebeasts. Once you are more comfortable with this concept, you can try having the Shaman help kill the first group of enemies but immediately after, taking him back to start healing. Windweavers (70 Cost, 480/420)- Next are the starter nature archers, Windweavers. These cards are a big part of Tier 1 because of their strategic advantage with leading troops to a wall, then closing the doors behind yourself and putting them up on the wall. Also, when using them with a Windweaver-Shaman combo, you are able to use the Windweavers as a target for the enemy while they are attacking as the Shamans are simultaneously healing them so they survive the attack and you can use them afterwards for the next area as well. Werebeasts (75 Cost, 600/600)- Not only can you use these troops as a distraction while the Windweavers attack the troops attacking these troops, but these troops are a swift troop. This means that they are faster than others. This is very important in a lot of cases, whether it's just because you want to get somewhere fast to help an ally or you need to run away, this can come in handy. Mark of the Keeper (70 Cost, 1120 HP)- This building prevents any enemy from using ranged attacks, spawning troops, or using abilities in a 35 meter radius. This adds to your protection on Monuments and Power Wells so the enemy is only able to melee your troops, which is when the next card comes into play. Ensnaring Roots- Ensnaring Roots will stop the enemy is place. While they are paused, you are free to use ranged attacks from your Shaman, Windweavers, or other ranged cards in other tiers. Surge of Light- For obvious reasons, this card can save you in a big pinch. If your troops are about to die even if there is a shaman, easy fix, just heal them with this card and retreat if they won't make it without another Surge of Light before dying. Tier 2: Deep One *Nature Affinity*(120 Cost, 1650,1300)- Once at Tier 2, it would be a good idea to summon a good amount of Deep Ones (however many you have found to be necessary) to tank and destroy the enemies buildings you will encounter in the near future. As a little BTW, if your Deep Ones are being killed in the next area and you want get them out of there, try to Ensnaring Roots the enemies attacking the Deep Ones, heal them with Surge of Light, and order them to run away to your last conquered area. Ability: Forces any one enemy unit within 30 meters of Deep One to teleport to the Deep One's current position. Once teleported, the unit teleported to is then rooted and immobile for 12 seconds, but ranged attacks and special abilities are still able to be used. Root Nexus (30 Cost, 780 HP)- Place next to your Living Towers behind walls to provide healing for the Living Towers as they're being attacked so they last longer and give you a better fighting chance against oncoming enemies. Also in Tier 3, place by a group of Thornbarks for a great defense against big groups of troops headed your way. The Root Nexus will heal the Thornbarks as they are fighting multiple troops at once. Living Tower (70 Cost, 1000/1200)- Tower meant for defense. This is a great tower for putting behind a wall to backup some Windweavers and hiding some Root Nexus behind to provide healing while they are being attacked by archers. These towers also knock small troops down, making them useless for a moment while Windweavers and the Living Towers still attack. Breeding Grounds (70 Cost, 1200 HP)- Simple card. The units you summon in this building's perimeters will simply cost less Void Power to summon onto the field. For example, if you summon an Unstable Demon (originally costing 100 Void Power) within the radius of the Breeding Grounds, He will then cost 85 Void power instead. (15% less) Sunken Temple *Shadow Affinity* (120 Cost, 1000 GO)- A great building used often with Mark of the Keeper simply for defense. Personally, I build one of these buildings with a Mark of the Keeper to protect a set of Power Wells or Monument so the enemy is forced to send melee troops to attack. Ability: Summon a group of Pest Creepers to attack the troops headed near your Power Wells and/or Monument. Creeping Paralysis- Simple card. With a preparation of 5 seconds, all of the troops inside a 15 meter radius will be paralyzed for 10 seconds, good for getting some damage on enemies before they attack you. Tier 3: Timeshifter Spirit (100 Cost, 775 HP)- Great card to use with Deep Ones. If you have a group of 4-6 Deep Ones, the Timeshifter Spirit will heal multiple troops over 120 health, but will continuously start healing less than before after this unit heals many times. Ability: Creates a 30 meter wide zone that makes it impossible for the enemy to use special abilities, ranged attacks, or spawn units in the area casted. Thornbark (120 Cost, 1400/1300)- This unit carries the ability Root, which as you learned earlier, connects itself to other entities within the game that also have Root. This unit can connect itself to a maximum of 5 other entities. The more Thornbarks/Living Towers you have connected, the stronger attack they will all make. Add a Root Nexus, and while you're attacking, the Root Nexus will heal the entities it is connected to. Swamp Drake (120 Cost, 1500/845)- Wheel of Gifts (220 Cost, 1810 HP)- A building with 2 options. Either buff all of the allied units in the game with 20% Strength (Gift of Strength) or take away all of the allied units in the game damage by 20% (Gift of Resilience). This building is often used by Pure Nature users because of the huge boost they can give to your units as well as your ally's units. BTW, you are not able to repeat the effects of this building by building multiple of them. Tier 4: Primeval Watcher (260 Cost, 5550/3650)- Great for long-ranged attacks with another troop tanking for this unit *read Grimvine for more info*. I recommend building at least 2 Grimvines before making a Primeval Watcher because of his low amount of HP. Ability: Paralyzes all enemies within a 25 meter radius. Grimvine (260 Cost, 5800/5000)- A great unit for tanking, as well as taking out buildings. My preferred strategy and a great example of the Grimvine's abilities is to send in 6 Grimvines *targeting buildings* followed by 4 Giant Wyrms *targeting the troops fighting the Grimvines* and 2 Primeval Watchers attacking from long range *use ability to paralyze the units attacking the Grimvines and/or Giant Wryms*. Giant Wyrm (300 Cost, 4000/3530)- Even though you start with this card, it is a great card for taking down big enemies. 4 of these all attacking one enemy at once will do mass amounts of damage which makes this unit perfect to follow up Grimvines with. Regrowth- A very useful spell to cast when your Tier 4 troops are about to die. Once casted, Regrowth will heal all allies in the 25 meter radius instantly up to 1700 health and continues to heal all of the allies in the radius 3% of their health every second up to 4200 health. Just as a last little thing, I did not post nearly everything you can do with this deck because I believe that it would help if you tried to find those yourself and came up with new strategies to use and be proud of what you've accomplished Questions and Concerns: If anyone has any questions, either private message me on Kik @lil_weave_john or just reply to this post. Suggestions: If anyone wants to add anything to this, you are more than welcome to let me know and I will consider all entries. Lastly, if you believe I should switch one of these cards out with another, reply telling me why I should and I will also consider all entries with this as well. Thanks for reading! I hope this will help you make your time on Battle Forge Reborn a great time!