Ok so i played it this evening against my buddys FM. I won after a good match, but i booked it too quickly and after the game i realized i forgot to put in the Marked for deaths. i swapped out one Infernian Scourger, the Hurl rock, and Adramalechs touch for another nullify and a mage wand.

The cloak is there in case i need to maintain  distance for a few turns to get curses or fireballs thrown out, its pretty situational, and yeah it could probably get edited for something more useful.

I have a few openings in mind, one for each wildly generic reaction type.
I can do the first turn sprint/ mana crystal. 2nd turn Adramalech, nothing, 3rd turn fd enchantment on either, punch or fireblast or ball. Thats if i see an obvious economy play 1st turn but to be honest LoF doesn't usually hit game if hes not played in this manner.
I could go Mana crystal battle forge 1st turn, which is the one i used tonight, 2nd turn mana crystal, Infernian Scourger, and either ring off the forge (this game was curses first) , 3rd turn Scourger, fd enchant.

As for endgames, theres the burns and direct damage with poison blood route. the death by buffed demons route (which was the original idea, but i get sidetracked when building sometimes). and the full agro fire and LOF rush.

I cant really give a comprehensive account of how well this book will do against others though, because neither I nor my buddy are very good with a forcemaster, and the inherent likelihood of a thoughtspore dying to a fireball being so high, the strategy worked out a bit better than it probably would have against one of his better mages.

the helmet didnt get used at all and will probably get replaced by something else, but what?

[spellbook]
[spellbookheader]
[spellbookname]Demons run[/spellbookname]
[mage]Warlock[/mage]
[/spellbookheader]
[spells]
[spellclass]Attack[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFA02]1 x  Hurl Rock[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNA01]1 x  Acid Ball[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1a06]4 x  Flameblast[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1a04]4 x  Fireball[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Conjuration[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1j12]2 x  Mana Crystal[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j04]1 x  Battle Forge[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKJ01]2 x  Enchanter's Wardstone[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Creature[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1c01]1 x  Adramelech, Lord of Fire[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFC02]2 x  Blood Demon[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFC08]4 x  Infernian Scourger[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c16]1 x  Flaming Hellion[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Enchantment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1e09]2 x  Agony[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e08]1 x  Death Link[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e14]1 x  Enfeeble[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e25]1 x  Maim Wings[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e27]2 x  Marked for Death[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e36]2 x  Rhino Hide[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e19]1 x  Ghoul Rot[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e31]2 x  Poisoned Blood[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFE07]1 x  Rust[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e29]1 x  Nullify[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e21]1 x  Hawkeye[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e03]1 x  Bull Endurance[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e01]2 x  Bear Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFE01]1 x  Adramelech's Touch[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e40]2 x  Vampirism[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Equipment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFQ02]1 x  Bloodfire Helmet[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q28]1 x  Ring of Curses[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q11]1 x  Gauntlets of Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q23]1 x  Regrowth Belt[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ09]1 x  Wand of Healing[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q10]2 x  Fireshaper Ring[/mwcard]
[mwcard=DNQ01]1 x  Cloak of Shadows[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q06]1 x  Dragonscale Hauberk[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q14]2 x  Lash of Hellfire[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Incantation[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1i25]1 x  Shift Enchantment[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i15]1 x  Knockdown[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i12]1 x  Force Push[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i28]1 x  Teleport[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i07]2 x  Dissolve[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i06]2 x  Dispel[/mwcard]
[/spells]
[cost]Total cost: 120 pts[/cost]
[/spellbook]



I feel pretty dumb having sat down to make a book, finishing it and deciding to post it and ask for help now. because once i got here I saw that Sharkbait just posted his kick-ass book a little while ago. And though these big tournament winning/placing/representing  names are daunting , and i do feel a bit sheepish with my admittedly newbie construction here. But never the less perhaps you adepts might lend me a suggestion or two.

Basically i think its lacking in focus. i tried to focus on the demons in a different way, and the first draft had a Gate to Hell in it, but darn it if i didn't need those 6 SP elsewhere. i feel like i may need to make room for another battle forge because they are such a huge surging wave target, i also eddited a force hammer and a mage wand. i wanted to try something themey and i think i ended up a bit too generic. Any thoughts everyone?

This... Is awesome! Ok couple of things just so i can regain a bit of dignity. the ring of asyra is SUPPOSED to be the dawnbreaker ring, i messed up because this is the first time ive used the online spellbook builder. ive always made them a la MtG with a big stack that gets whittled down by nesscesity. I used the app once, and it was magnificent, but i dont have a tablet, so im outa luck there.

Vashalla is a throwback to the original book, it used to be a 2nd turn drop quite like the standard warlock mana crystal/sprint/adramalech tactic for early rushes. with backup that angel puts a hurt out quickly, but if you do that, thats pretty much your whole commitment. i should probably edit her out of this, and likely will. but damn i hate to see her go

As to the battleforge i think your right, i should pull the leathers as they usually just gather corrode tokens anyway, enchantments are kind of a staple of mine and i hate to hearken it back again (probably should have just posted that one pre edit) had a few more enchantments and an enchanters wardstone. i hessitate to drop the ToA because of the pump to ToL, and it does gather boulders and hammers like its getting paid. Do you think its advisable to run this without ANY spawnpoints?

Wand of healing, duh.

Mana Flower got put in because the original book was built free card style, and my friend had just put together a water wizard and he had a ton of them booked already. it was supposed to get changed, but then i realized, folks dont usually hate on the lone crystal/flower anyway. probably a poor choice and it will likely be edited as well.

Clerics, are awesome. Fact. Ive been heasitant to use the Asyran Defenders. They just seem squishy to me, and unless they're a holy avenger ad ive always thought there are better options for that. maybe im wrong, i should try it.

All that having been said Thank you for your input! anything else from anyone else would be appreciated

Coshade, Im a big fan of arcane duels! Love the stuff you guys are doing, its a super cool way to catch the previews of stuff in action. You all are doing an awesome job! Thanks again!

awesome thank you very much

I have done admittedly only cursory work on this build, but it was tweaked from a successful priest that wasn't too far off. I'm really wondering about my book building skills, especially with the priest, as he tends to be pretty tricky. My meta is incredibly small and even smaller now with one player having moved out of reach. So here, this is my book. please critique it, lend me some advice on anything you think i may need, possibly why if you have time. I would appreciate any info that makes this book more efficient. I'm afraid it might be better played by a priestess but i kind of want the aggressive pressure that he lends himself to. Also i just like the feel of the priest better, though i acknowledge his shortcomings and mildly paradoxical special ability.

The intention behind this one is to make full use of ToDawnbreaker. I recently commented that it is underrated and i made pretty efficient use of the defense insurance AND the damage dice do over many times. I'm afraid it might have been just dumb luck, or that the dice gods weren't shining on me that evening (even my attack rolls were mostly blanks that night). The concept is to make use of the Guardian Angels natural defense to synergize with the ToDs. I can holy avenger the unicorn, the GA(most likely), or a cleric if i need a sturdy mobile healer.
It uses reflex boots for mid to late game. the redundant leather is actually a leather belt, the pillars of light are mostly sunfire burst. The Knight of westlock is a Temple High Guard

I can go ToD, mana flower turn one, then holy avenger GA turn 2 if needs be, or battle forge, Tod, if my opponent isn't pressing too hard, turn three I'm not sure about, but i could conceivably be attacking turn three with the spells i have listed.

My fears are that i have too many creatures, as the ToA is a later game play or if i need to switch gears and not use my forge. That i should probably drop the Resurrection and just grab another GA and something else. That i should double up on the staff because it draws hate pretty fast despite the armor ward. And as previously stated I'm trying to convince myself the priestess couldn't do it better.

EDIT theres supposed to be 2 dissolves in there somewhere. and i made a mistake while transcribing this into the builder from the hard stack of cards i had. my bad guys its late. drop the resurection add the dissolves problem solved***

What do you think?
[spellbook]
[spellbookheader]
[spellbookname][/spellbookname]
[mage]Priest[/mage]
[/spellbookheader]
[spells]
[spellclass]Attack[/spellclass]
[mwcard=DNA01]1 x  Acid Ball[/mwcard]
[mwcard=FWA04]1 x  Hurl Boulder[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1a11]2 x  Pillar of Light[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Conjuration[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1j24]1 x  Temple of Light[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j04]1 x  Battle Forge[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j13]1 x  Mana Flower[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j23]1 x  Temple of Asyra[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j09]2 x  Temple of the Dawnbreaker[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j22]1 x  Tanglevine[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1j08]1 x  Hand of Bim-Shalla[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Creature[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1c19]1 x  Gray Angel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c06]1 x  Brogan Bloodstone[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c28]2 x  Royal Archer[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c02]2 x  Asyran Cleric[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c20]1 x  Highland Unicorn[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c39]1 x  Valshalla, Lightning Angel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKC06]2 x  Guardian Angel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1c22]1 x  Knight of Westlock[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Enchantment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKE01]1 x  Armor Ward[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFE04]1 x  Brace Yourself[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e01]2 x  Bear Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFE02]2 x  Akiro's Favor[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e05]1 x  Cheetah Speed[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKE03]1 x  Healing Charm[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e29]1 x  Nullify[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKE02]1 x  Divine Might[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e12]1 x  Divine Protection[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e32]1 x  Regrowth[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1e21]1 x  Hawkeye[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Equipment[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1q16]1 x  Leather Gloves[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q19]1 x  Mage Wand[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q11]1 x  Gauntlets of Strength[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX1CKQ04]1 x  Reflex Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q08]1 x  Elemental Wand[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q24]1 x  Ring of Asyra[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q15]1 x  Leather Boots[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q06]1 x  Dragonscale Hauberk[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1q29]1 x  Staff of Asyra[/mwcard]
[spellclass]Incantation[/spellclass]
[mwcard=mw1i22]1 x  Resurrection[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i28]1 x  Teleport[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i12]1 x  Force Push[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i06]2 x  Dispel[/mwcard]
[mwcard=MWSTX2FFI03]1 x  Disarm[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i20]1 x  Purify[/mwcard]
[mwcard=mw1i17]2 x  Minor Heal[/mwcard]
[/spells]
[cost]Total cost: 120 pts[/cost]
[/spellbook]

Wow! For 4 mana I see all kinds of possibilities for almost any mage. Mana wise this thing is a beast and if all you care about is the extra attack dice, for those fond of a rush but want 12 mana handy to dispel that forcefield perhaps then this knife might be your pal.
I know it's not ideal for the mages, but a priest or AD Warlock with low die melee attacks could drop this and Gauntlets of strength to be swinging 5 dice turn 2 (say with divine intervention) and switch it out later if needs be. Or not.
I've always thought the staff of beasts was a bit underpowered anyway so in school it works nicely too! I hate to say it but I'm not even thinking about what good it will be in Academy yet, I'm too swamped with uses for Arena! I'm excited. Fact.

Hey folks! Really glad to be a new member of these forums. I have much respect for all the great mage minds that collaborate here and I hope to be a functional member of the pack , so to speak. To that end I have a question for the group. I apologize if it's already been hashed out but I couldn't find it.

I wonder why any mage (forcemaster excludes of course) would choose a force hammer over hurl boulder? I understand that there is a potential one dice difference, but for sheer utility the boulder makes much more sense. If cast flat out the boulder has 7 dice for 8 mana, the hammer has 6 to 8 dice for 9 mana. If you're going to be casting more than one for more than one function (like destroying a spawnpoint, or creature perhaps) then I would personally prefer the boulder. The slam chance is the same on both spells, but hammer costs more and doesn't hit creatures as hard. And if you're not booking a forcemaster it costs everyone but earth wizards and warlords the same SP to book.
Am I missing something or just being a contrarian? Personally I run hawkeye in most of my books, so the 7 usually becomes 8. But that's technically the same situation with the hammer. Can anyone maybe shed some strategic, (or possibly thematic) light on this for me? Its been bugging me for awhile