Card:Firedancer

Firedancer Basic Specifications Type Creature Faction Fire Edition Twilight (1st) Rarity Ultra-Rare Additional Info Odds per Booster 1:120 Rarity-Desirability Value 04

Description

Firedancer is a second era siege creature card. Though it is an ultra-rare card, it is a bit more common since it is also a promotional card.

Abilities

Pillar of Fire

Every 4 seconds, unit casts a pillar of fire that deals 100 damage to enemies in a 5m radius around its target, up to 155 in total. Knocks back small units

Siege

Deals 75% more damage against structures.

Matchup vs Fire Stalker

Firedancer Basic Specifications Type Creature Faction Fire Edition Twilight (1st) Rarity Common Additional Info Odds per Booster 1:12 Rarity-Desirability Value 01

In its second-tier siege role, Firedancer is a direct alternative to the Fire Stalker, as they are both two-orb, fire creatures with siege capability and both cost 70 power points to summon. Neither is decisively better than the other, since each has benefits over the other.

Damage Comparison

	Firedancer	Fire Stalker
Auto-cast damage	100	80
Siege bonus	75%/100%/150%	50%/-/-
Auto-cast rate	4 seconds	5 seconds
DPS vs structures	43.75/50/62.5	24/-/-

In the damage department, Firedancer clearly wins, particularly when upgraded or using the promotional card (equivalent to Upgrade II).

Also, it should be noted that the Fire Stalker has a 3 second attack "lag"; the damage and effect occur three seconds after the projectile lands. While the lag doesn't affect overall DPS, it may be something that the player finds strategically useful or troublesome.

Other Considerations

	Firedancer	Fire Stalker
Summoning cost	70	70
Orb Requirements	RR	R*
Life	430/-/-	580/610/670
Size/Attack Size	M/*	M/*

Both creatures are matched in summoning cost and creature size (and thus are vulnerable to the same levels of Knockback). Fire Stalker wins in the survivability category, particular once upgraded. The primary trade-off when choosing between the cards is damage versus survivability. However, there are a few more factors that should be considered.

Fire Stalker finds its biggest advantage in its versatility as a dual-role creature, playing a swift soldier in its default mode, and siege in its alternate, of course. The swiftness advantage also lets a player use the stalker as a highly mobile siege team, using the soldier mode's swiftness to get stalkers in place and siege mode to perform hit-and-run tactics on unprotected monuments and structures.

The last things to consider are deck-related. Firedancer requires two Fire orbs, while Fire Stalker requires one Fire orb plus one orb of any color. Thus, Fire Stalker permits a color change from Fire at the second orb, while Firedancer restricts a deck from changing color until third orb (that is, if you wish to play Firedancer at second era). Finally, a Fire Stalker is a common card, while Firedancer is designated ultra-rare. Availability of the cards and their upgrades are obvious factors in card choice.

Roles

• Cat 1
• Cat 2

Counters

• Cat 3
• Card A

Countered By

• Cat 4
• Card B

Combos

• Cat 5
• Card C

Upgrade Locations

Map	Difficulty	Upgrade
Map	Difficulty	Upgrade
Map	Difficulty	Upgrade

See Also

• 1039