You definitely can set-up what happens on the battlefield with where you place your summons and who you have them attack. I think if youвЂ™re someone who likes battlefield strategy and tactics, itвЂ™s going to be a strong character for you to play. IвЂ™m ready personally to play not a support character, and while the summoner definitely is more combat focused, through the summons than a lot of characters, it does still have that feel that it doesnвЂ™t do too much for itself. If you arenвЂ™t careful you can run through cards too quickly. ThereвЂ™s also the aspect of balancing out the use of cards, because when a summons dies, it burns the card. And the fact that your summoner needs to be in the mix with their summons to give them additional actions makes it good that the character isnвЂ™t too squishy. Overall, I think that this character is fairly complex, not because of complexity of actions, but because of the amount of management that you need to do for this character. Players must work together out of necessity to clear out menacing dungeons and forgotten ruins. They really do offer a nice utility, and if you are facing off against weaker monsters, you can sometimes just send a couple of summons off in their own direction, as long as there isnвЂ™t a door for them to open. Players will take on the role of a wandering mercenary with their own special set of skills and their own reasons for traveling to this remote corner of the world. This made those summons very effective at higher levels when monsters might not have many more hit points but they have shields. You get summons with ranged attacks and summons with pierce. Once you kind of figure out the strategy for the deck and get some of the stronger summons, it is interesting. The two quickest paths to scenario 14 are listed below. Luckily, you can unlock that scenario very early on if you want to, in as little as 4 scenarios. Which means, you must complete 14 before you enhance any cards. Again, they tended to be one hit and done, sometimes two hits and done, but soaking up a large attack really helped us stay alive longer. The Power of Enhancement Global achievement is gained in scenario 14. It did however, save us several times being able to swarm an enemy or having meat shields that protected us from enemy attacks. At the end, some of the animals that were able to be summoned could tank a little bit, but not that much. So we didnвЂ™t have a strong character that was really a tank yet. During your turn, perform a 'Heal 2, target any summoned ally' action. As a final note, the Summoner has the potential to increase drastically in strength with enhancements, but they do not come cheap. Note: This item already has pending edits.

Some of the reason, though, it might have been tricky at the start is that we had the Sawbones and Quartermaster starting at the same time. If Gloomhaven is a game of cooperative chess, the Summoner adds another aspect to the tactical layer, requiring you to micromanage your minions while cooperating with your friends.

Gloomhaven summoner