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Addendum to Assur's Guide on Tank Hybrids

Since Assur originally wrote his Tank Hybrid guide, he has seen success with several low will tank hybrids. While it is more of a cross between a tank and a riposting hybrid, they deserve a bit of attention.

Assur has only seen success with a few styles and while the stats aren't locked in, they do have 'requirements'.

Style:

Note that we are definitely blurring the definition of a tank vs riposting hybrid, because these low will designs are not simply tanking until their opponent gets tired. They are tanking until they have the opportunity to attack back.

Assur has succeeded with AB and WS. Others have succeeded with PR. I am certain that LU would work. PL's work similar enough to WS's that they 'should' work, but I haven't tried it.

AB and PR are probably the perfect styles. They both learn riposte (which is essential) and conserve endurance (which this design is short on).

I've had almost nothing but bad luck with low will TP's, so I won't be trying that one any time soon.

PS's have such bad starting skills and their natural learning is so bad it is very tough to do anything but discourage new players from using this lesser style. But they can handle the low endurance. Can they overcome their other deficiencies to make this type of design work?!? I have no clue. It might be an interesting experiment, but it might be one that fails miserably.

Examples (actual examples that Assur has used):

Wall of Steels

Perhaps my favorite warrior for this model is a warrior that comes as 16-9-6-10-6-13-10. This is not considered a high value setup. But I will forever make this into: 21-15-6-11-7-13-11. I made it into a WS the one time I have seen it. He was nothing short of fantastic in Rookies, going 7-3. He retired after that. I love this guy because he is perfect for what I'm trying to accomplish and uses a setup that nobody cares about. I also love that it wins with 11 starting wit and 7 starting will. NOTE TO ALL READERS: low wit and low will is considered a serious deficit!!! There is a reason I retired my favorite version of this right after his rookies run.

Other designs and examples I've used to varying degrees of success include: 17-16-5-11-8-16-11 WS, 21-13-5-11-10-13-11 WS, 17-10-8-15-10-7-17 WS 17-14-4-17-9-8-15 WS (note that this guy is one of the best PR setups in the game -- you can make it 17-14-4-17-7-8-15 PR), 17-13-4-17-9-13-11 WS

Aimed Blows:

17-15-6-17-8-4-17 AB This one deserves special mention. The manager who goes by the name "Manager" deserves credit for this type of warrior. He created several warriors and named them such things as Perfect Snotling, Superior Snotling, etc. This warrior is modeled after these Snotlings and is a prime example of this hybrid Tank-Riposting hybrid warrior. I can wholeheartedly recommend this model. 15-16-8-11-7-10-17 AB, 15-15-7-11-7-8-21 AB

Parry Ripostes:

The two I've tried are lower con versions. I do not recommend these and the second is a complete failure. I was hoping that because PR's riposte better, they could swing back sooner rather than later. I cannot recommend either of these two (though the first was ok) 21-11-7-11-7-12-15 PR, 21-9-14-17-8-4-11 PR (complete failure, tried going outside my own recommendations and the result was not good. But you only learn from trying, so I don't regret trying)