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Ben10

Joined in Season 8
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ben10sw
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Location:
Chicago, IL
Nationality:
American
Timezone:
GMT-5:00
Bio
Hey I'm Ben. I enjoy playing piano and board games.
My Summoner Wars (Hi)Story
My friend introduced SW2 to me last summer (2021) and I fell in love with it. I had played Hearthstone as a kid and while that game lacked any deep strategy and was pay-to-win, I always liked something about the deck-dueling vibe. Summoner wars is everything I wanted from the genre! Just grab a deck with a friend and have fun! The design is impeccable and has a massive skill ceiling while simultaneously a very elegant ruleset that is super easy to get into (what is it about second edition games being so good?!) New games usually overwhelm me, but for this it was just 'oh yea move, get three attacks in, and I'll figure the rest out later.' (The magic and discard system is also brilliant and adds so much more complexity to the 'draw one card at the end of your turn and facepalm' dynamic I was used to.) When the only friend who was at the same skill level as me lost his enthusiasm for the game, I joined the league to get the butt-whipping I deserve :)
Favourite faction and favourite card
Favorite card is Frost Shamans because they hit three dice every time. Unwieeeeeeldy Maaaaagic! Ret-Talus (or his lesser known secret name, Raz-Taz) was my first love: in my second game ever my friend played him against me and I was blown away by what this game can do. In other card games a combo deck often means sitting around all game until specific cards fall into your hand, but not this one! Every card combos so well with every other card that no matter what you draw there’s bound to be some synergy. (This game has such brilliant design!! Every single deck has this high level of craftsmanship.) But really I go through phases of being excited to play one faction and then another for each of them. I could never choose one, I love them all. (… except for Sera and Svara but shhh) Edit: I've started enjoying both of the girls now with the errata. Hooray! Kuldak would probably be my favorite deck if I didn't feel a bit bad everytime I forced my opponent to play against him. I found Tacullu the hardest deck to really understand when I first started playing—there seems to be so much complexity with Wind Mage positioning that I'm just now starting to figure it out. Being bad at a deck and trying things out is really the best fun in this game for me. (Kindly ignore all of the times I have raged about not understanding a deck.) At this point she might be becoming my favorite deck. Update: Well the Cloaks have all the positional complexity of Tacullu... times a billion. These guys are crazy hard for me. Update 2: I've recently discovered that Sera can actually be kinda fun if you just discard like mad. Also, Kuldak is my spirit animal. Update 3: Krusk joins Vlox as least favorite deck. Fun to play but super-gate feels OP. Also I could definitely see Selundar becoming my favorite deck. Having a blast with him.
What would I change about Summoner Wars
Svara's the only faction that I don't look forward to playing (because my brain's too small for all that slidey math) (EDIT: Out of Shadows math is definitely competing for the title now). I personally think that that level of shenanigans is a bit much for this game, but obviously it's too late to change. So how about let's say original Gate art for each faction! I still think Sera would be more fun w/ 0 cost Mass Heal, though the 3av buff has gone a long way. But really I'd love to see a master/starter set champion buff pack at some point. The Eater being good would make such a difference for Sneeks, making his Plan B (econ) more viable. Now that the devs know they can fool around w/ 4 and even 3 cost champs, I think making Jacob one such would be so good. Doesn't need to have the same ability or anything really, just having a solid low cost ranged champion in that deck would make all the difference. My boys Guldass and Elut-Bal need some love too. Same for Valna and Drake. And there's a few others that don't matter too much but would still be cool to see. That Miti-tree art is so cool it's a shame to never see it on the board.
Games beside Summoner Wars
My favorites games: Galaxy Trucker, Escape Curse of the Temple, the Crew, Monikers (write your own cards edition), 6 Nimmt, Innovation, Railroad Ink, Skull, Captain Sonar, Inis. I also adore Spirit Island and Gloomhaven (and now Frosthaven woo!), though I've played them to death at this point. As for videogames, I loved all Mario games (both 2D and 3D) for the Wii, 3DS, and Wii U as a kid; and a bit later Minecraft, Terraria, and then Soulsborne games.
Record
Total Record Won: 61 - Lost: 29
Season 18
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#2
Won: 7 - Lost: 3
Season 17
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#2
Won: 7 - Lost: 3
Season 16
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#3
Won: 6 - Lost: 4
Season 14
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#2
Won: 6 - Lost: 4
Season 12
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#2
Won: 6 - Lost: 4
Season 11
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#3
Won: 6 - Lost: 4
Season 10
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#4
Won: 5 - Lost: 5
Season 9
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#1
Won: 9 - Lost: 1
Season 8
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#1
Won: 9 - Lost: 1

Last seasons

Season 18

League 2.2 - Position 2
Won: 7
Lost: 3
vs Physch Sand Goblins vs Cloaks Won
vs Physch Cloaks vs Sand Goblins Won
vs PassiveAssassin Wayfarers vs Phoenix Elves Won
vs PassiveAssassin Phoenix Elves vs Wayfarers Won
vs LCANELA Fallen Kingdom vs Fungal Dwarves Lost
vs LCANELA Fungal Dwarves vs Fallen Kingdom Won
vs Profit Eternal Council vs Swamp Orcs Won
vs Profit Swamp Orcs vs Eternal Council Lost
vs aceguy High Elves vs Shadow Elves Won
vs aceguy Shadow Elves vs High Elves Lost

Season 17

League 2.2 - Position 2
Won: 7
Lost: 3
vs Aaronvw8 Savanna Elves vs Shadow Elves Won
vs Aaronvw8 Shadow Elves vs Savanna Elves Lost
vs Memorcf Obsidian Dwarves vs Sand Goblins Lost
vs Memorcf Sand Goblins vs Obsidian Dwarves Won
vs wwart1020 Skyspear Avians vs Wayfarers Lost
vs wwart1020 Wayfarers vs Skyspear Avians Won
vs jagumbo Vanguards vs High Elves Won
vs jagumbo High Elves vs Vanguards Won
vs LiLNipsFatal Tundra Orcs vs Swamp Orcs Won
vs LiLNipsFatal Swamp Orcs vs Tundra Orcs Won

Season 16

League 3.3 - Position 3
Won: 6
Lost: 4
vs punkbeam Fungal Dwarves vs Shadow Elves Won
vs punkbeam Shadow Elves vs Fungal Dwarves Won
vs AleRad Phoenix Elves vs Sand Goblins Lost
vs AleRad Sand Goblins vs Phoenix Elves Lost
vs dietwarby Obsidian Dwarves vs Cave Goblins Won
vs dietwarby Cave Goblins vs Obsidian Dwarves Won
vs Kostakias Polar Dwarves vs Cloaks Won
vs Kostakias Cloaks vs Polar Dwarves Won
vs wwart1020 Eternal Council vs Wayfarers Lost
vs wwart1020 Wayfarers vs Eternal Council Lost

Season 14

League 3.2 - Position 2
Won: 6
Lost: 4
vs jagumbo Polar Dwarves vs Vanguards Won
vs jagumbo Vanguards vs Polar Dwarves Won
vs DildoBaggins Tundra Orcs vs Obsidian Dwarves Won
vs DildoBaggins Obsidian Dwarves vs Tundra Orcs Won
vs Voltoir Cave Goblins vs Sand Goblins Lost
vs Voltoir Sand Goblins vs Cave Goblins Won
vs BazzoFormidable Eternal Council vs Skyspear Avians Lost
vs BazzoFormidable Skyspear Avians vs Eternal Council Lost
vs LiLNipsFatal Fungal Dwarves vs Cloaks Won
vs LiLNipsFatal Cloaks vs Fungal Dwarves Lost

Season 12

League 2.3 - Position 2
Won: 6
Lost: 4
vs MeV Eternal Council vs Tundra Orcs Won
vs MeV Tundra Orcs vs Eternal Council Won
vs Adamant3Run Skyspear Avians vs Cave Goblins Lost
vs Adamant3Run Cave Goblins vs Skyspear Avians Lost
vs WATERD Phoenix Elves vs Savanna Elves Lost
vs WATERD Savanna Elves vs Phoenix Elves Won
vs SIP Polar Dwarves vs Fungal Dwarves Won
vs SIP Fungal Dwarves vs Polar Dwarves Won
vs Fiddleford Cloaks vs Fallen Kingdom Lost
vs Fiddleford Fallen Kingdom vs Cloaks Won

Season 11

League 2.3 - Position 3
Won: 6
Lost: 4
vs adalbert Cloaks vs Phoenix Elves Won
vs adalbert Phoenix Elves vs Cloaks Lost
vs Stufty Skyspear Avians vs Fallen Kingdom Won
vs Stufty Fallen Kingdom vs Skyspear Avians Lost
vs TheFinalMe Tundra Orcs vs Polar Dwarves Won
vs TheFinalMe Polar Dwarves vs Tundra Orcs Won
vs Bajgi Cave Goblins vs Eternal Council Won
vs Bajgi Eternal Council vs Cave Goblins Won
vs Bradulf Fungal Dwarves vs Breakers Lost
vs Bradulf Breakers vs Fungal Dwarves Lost

Season 10

League 2.2 - Position 4
Won: 5
Lost: 5
vs Profit Tundra Orcs vs Cloaks Lost
vs Profit Cloaks vs Tundra Orcs Won
vs jonas Fallen Kingdom vs Vanguards Won
vs jonas Vanguards vs Fallen Kingdom Won
vs Lvl3cpu Skyspear Avians vs Polar Dwarves Lost
vs Lvl3cpu Polar Dwarves vs Skyspear Avians Lost
vs Augustine Breakers vs Cave Goblins Won
vs Augustine Cave Goblins vs Breakers Lost
vs Neil_L Savanna Elves vs Cloaks Won
vs Neil_L Cloaks vs Savanna Elves Lost

Season 9

League 3.3 - Position 1
Won: 9
Lost: 1
vs Slymene Cave Goblins vs Cloaks Won
vs Slymene Cloaks vs Cave Goblins Lost
vs Donegal Phoenix Elves vs Skyspear Avians Won
vs Donegal Skyspear Avians vs Phoenix Elves Won
vs Ollie Cloaks vs Skyspear Avians Won
vs Ollie Skyspear Avians vs Cloaks Won
vs BackcountryGamer Savanna Elves vs Tundra Orcs Won
vs BackcountryGamer Tundra Orcs vs Savanna Elves Won
vs JonoLonghorn Breakers vs Polar Dwarves Won
vs JonoLonghorn Polar Dwarves vs Breakers Won

Season 8

League 4.3 - Position 1
Won: 9
Lost: 1
vs BackcountryGamer Cave Goblins vs Savanna Elves Won
vs BackcountryGamer Savanna Elves vs Cave Goblins Won
vs Ike Polar Dwarves vs Phoenix Elves Won
vs Ike Phoenix Elves vs Polar Dwarves Lost
vs MusicMan Fallen Kingdom vs Cave Goblins Won
vs MusicMan Cave Goblins vs Fallen Kingdom Won
vs Erebos Tundra Orcs vs Vanguards Won
vs Erebos Vanguards vs Tundra Orcs Won
vs SaucyMan11 Savanna Elves vs Polar Dwarves Won
vs SaucyMan11 Polar Dwarves vs Savanna Elves Won
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