Clan Rankings

[trevorcuba]

How do we feel about the power level of the clans?

I think Crane is obviously the strongest (maybe needs to be nerfed)

Next I would personally put Scorpion. If you stockpile influence they can reach their objectives easily and seem to have a flexible toolset.

I think Phoenix might be 3rd strongest but I have personally NOT had great success with them. I need to use their library more. Has anyone been able to consistently score the "collect 8 wood" objective?

Dragon is probably next. They are very powerful when everyone is new to the game but at higher level tables their lack of focus starts to hold them back.

Crab are REALLY good at holding a location and can camp out of Toshi Ronbo, but they take so long to get their tools online i think the game is over before they can become a real threat.

Lion can blitz early objectives really well but their focus on military highlight how few objectives require military to win. I really think the barracks needs to produce 2 troops a round to be effective.

Ironically, Unicorns inability to fight keeps them back. They never seem to have enough resources or troops to do what they want to.


These are just my thoughts.

[Dix de sabre]

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[etherial]

My personal best are Crane and Lion. My only Scorpion win was against someone on their first game.

[Conspyre]

I've scored 8 wood a LOT as a primary Phoenix player, but it's more reliable at 2-3 players (and if someone sees it coming they can slow me down). Phoenix really needs to get their special order with +2 Wood on the purple column going to rely on it, and it's definitely the second choice if someone's being aggressive or letting you set up the combat objective.

The Library is absolutely crucial, depending on which Tactics you've drawn it can enable an incredibly fast objective that people don't see coming by effectively boosting you by 2-3 koku on your way to a VP.

Overall, I do think the clan ranking is VERY different depending on how many players you've got in the game, which I think is broadly a good thing.