Slice & Dice – Tips for Orange Heroes

Tier 2

Trapper

Best Orange of T2.

• Can reliably deal 2 damage or more, which is good value in both mob and boss fights.
• Possibility to headshot sniper — even with tough monsters — is a bonus.
• Also have dodge to provide defensive value when necessary.
• His HP hurts a little, but still, good sides are good enough.

Spellblade

• When used without expensive spells, Spellblade can consistently provide 2 damage.
• What’s more, imbue can be used with double-dip sides to provide 1 point of extra value, or one-shot zombies, etc.
• He can also be used as defensive option if you use mana for red spells.
• Spellblade has no blanks, so great consistency, especially when you need 1 point of mana.

Rogue

• When you aggressively reroll cantrip sides, Rogue can deal 2 damage in total. However against mobs the damage may not go where you want.
• Poison is also like this — it can deal 2+ damage but not immediate effect, meaning that you may not be able to make a kill in the first turn.
• Against boss he’s providing great value though — still, it depends. Basically, he’s good in floor 4 and 12 but not in floor 8 (witches require quickly killing off one; slimer queen is defensive fight). Overall a little awkward.

No blank is good consistency for rogue, which suits the aggressive reroll style somewhat. However, you need to know when to stop.

Dabbler

• Dabbler is the defensive one of the orange.
• He could reliably deal 2 damage with a chance to deal 3, which is the good DPS for orange.
• That being said, he has 3 offensive sides instead of the typical 4 of orange/yellow, meaning that he could “miss” when you need offense.
• Still, even then he can provide at least 2 block.

Gambler

• Despite having a good “”expectation DPS””, Gambler’s ability to deal 2 damage is only consistent, meaning that he may cost you a run in mob fights if he misses in the first two rounds — which is quite possible.
• It’s less of a concern against boss fights, however it’s still a hit-and-miss scenario.
• However, if you have any replacer to fill some of his blanks Gambler is good.
• In fact, Gambler and Evoker are good reasons to take Top/Bottom replacers early.

Ranger

• On paper, Ranger can deal 4 damage through engage and 3 through cleave, so he’s basically ranged Gambler, and he has 1 less blank.
• However, the conditional 4 instead of unconditional 5 means that he’s not going to perform against bosses; and cleave isn’t as good as it’s valued to be.

Tier 3

Venom

• Venom is the boss killer by the ability of granting 2 poison damage; and an extra cleanse side is just always reassuring.
• His main issue is the inability to oneshot small mob in mob fights, so you need to take that into account when choosing item/yellow.
• Consistency-wise, he’s consistent when you need to roll for poison, although the poison multiplier is pretty much blank.

Fencer

• Fencer basically provide free mitigation of 3 consistently.
• However 3 damage is somewhat awkward as it often doesn’t meet the assist kill line.