In the context of this guide an archetype is a model that includes passives and cards which are related to each other by a common mechanic. Said mechanic is represented within the name of the archetype and cannot play the same defining role for any other distinct archetype. An archetype is worth mentioning if one can reasonably assume that it could serve as a viable base for a series of functional builds or if the developer assumed so.

Feats: +3 on Pierce rolls,
Potentially able to reach even higher Power boost.
Drawbacks: Weakens other Offensive Dice types,
Core Key Pages have -1 in total Resistances.

Feats: +1 on Slash Dice rolls,
Potentially inflict Bleed,
Core Key pages have extra perks.
Drawbacks: Relatively weak boost,
Most commonly resisted damage type,
Core key pages have -1 in total resistances.



Feats: +3 on Blunt Dice rolls for cards with 3+ Light cost,
Potentially inflict Fragile.
Drawbacks: Counter Dice don't get the full benefit,
Card choice is relatively limited,
Core Key Pages have -1 in total Resistances
with HP as an Endured Resistance.



Feats: Turn order priority,
Immunity to Counter Dice effects (except Evade) on Clash lost.
Drawbacks: 1 strong Offensive Dice counters your entire Card,
Is not a self sufficient Archetype (no Light or Card replenishment options),
Core Key Pages have -1 in total Resistances
With HP as an Endured Resistance.

Note: This archetype only makes sense post RRR.

Feats: +1 to Dice Power,
Pocket EGO page cards,
Matching resistances.
Drawbacks: Jack of many traits – specialist of none,
A lot of individual variation.









Feats: Potentially reaching +2 Offensive Dice Power
For 75% the Passive cost.
Drawbacks: RNG is always a factor,
Impossible to utilize fully without handicapping yourself.

Feats: +3.125 on Evade rolls,
+ some block power,
Potential for regular Evade Dice to transfrom into viable Counter Dice
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Stupid high dice power with 5xCombat Preparation.
Drawbacks: The archetype shares deficit key resources with 2 other archetypes,
Core Key Page has -1 in total Resistances
With SR as an Endured Resistance,
-4 in passive economy,
Disbalanced strength.


Feats: +1.375 (potentially +2.375) on Block rolls,
Potentially better action economy through the best Counter Card in the game,
Stupid high dice power with 5xCombat Preparation.
Drawbacks: Deficit key resource shared with the Evade archetype.


Feats: Saving more HP than HP recovery could ever replenish.
Drawbacks: Too passive,
Does not affect stagger damage,
Related Combat Cards are weak.













Feats: Can make some of the other archetypes viable.
Drawbacks: Bad scaling with progression,
On clash lost HP recovery Cards lose you more than they can replenish,
Stagger recovery Cards are inferior to good evade ones.









Feats: Ability to consistently pull all of the agro to self.
Drawbacks: Is "putting all eggs in one basket" kind of a deal,
May rely on an RNG dependant setup before pulling agro
Which is not possible in multiple act receptions.

Feats: 2x the light restoration,
+1 Dice Power,
1.5x the natural page draw.
Drawbacks: Almost halves the action economy,
Requires prior info on receptions,
Core Key Pages have -1 in total Resistances,
Likely -4 in passive economy.






Feats: Decent charge exclusive cards.
Drawbacks: Requires a setup to do basic things,
Core Key Pages have -1 in total Resistances
With HP as an Endured Resistance.






Feats: Bigger charge pool for basic actions,
Bonuses with Charge above the threshold.
Drawbacks: Mediocre bonuses,
If the bonus is essential then the effective charge pool is actually smaller and forces an even bigger setup.

Feats: Decent punish against bleed inflictions,
Potentially +2-3 Dice Power
For the cost of -3 in passive economy.
Drawbacks: Requires prior info on receptions,
A lot of damage to self,
Dice power gain is per card,
Very awkward and hard to use archetype.

Feats1: Intentional activation of particularly strong abnormality page effects.
Cons1: Quite a bit of damage to self,
Kind of unnecessary.
Feats2: Unlocks potential of somewhat useful cards.
Cons2: Puts you within a one-shot range,
Tricky balancing act,
Requires a lengthy setup.

Note: Basis for the Offering Archetypes.

Feats: Drastically increases damage dealt to a target,
Prerequisite for other devastating effects.
Drawbacks: May grant Dice power boost to your enemy,
Some Guests benefit from having smoke.










Feats: +1 Power for all and
+1 Power to Offensive Dice,
Drastically increases damage dealt,
Natural counter to enemies of the Smoke inflict archetype.
Drawbacks: Deficit key resource shared with the Evade archetype,
Core Key Pages have -1 in total Resistances
With HP as an Endured Resistance.

Feats: Counter to the Negate power effects,
Potential Brawl synergy.
Drawbacks: Either -Dice Power or dead weight Cards in all other situations.




Feats: Extremely fast emotion gain,
+2 Dice Power,
Potential Discard feats.
Drawbacks: Complete garbage against mass attacks
Or 3+ Dice Cards.



Feats: Massive potential,
Direct Discard Archetype synergy,
Ranged archetype feats,
Increased page draw and deck size.
Drawbacks: Hard to fully realize the potential,
The need to destroy cards in the deck,
Hand is used for storing tokens,
Ranged archetype drawbacks,
-1 in total Resistances
With HP as an Endured Resistance




Feats: ~10 Dice power disparity in a 3v3 scenario from passives alone.
Drawbacks: No growth potential,
Once per Act bonus.


Feats: Ranged variant of the First Turn Dunk archetype.

Feats: 8 pages in hand,
Prerequisite for most Archetypes,
Extra Dice Power on a few cards.
Drawbacks: Requires a setup,
On their own - feats are pretty weak,
Key resources shared with other Archetypes.



Feats: 20+ HP regen per turn.
Drawbacks: Half of the deck is effectively tokens,
Usually only 1 clash-viable card per turn.







Feats: 9 ± 3 HP regen per turn,
+ 1 Offensive Dice Power.
Drawbacks: Part of the deck reserved for tokens,
Deficit key resources shared with other archetypes.



Feats: 4 dice combat pages with decent roll ranges for 0-1 the light cost,
Relatively simple to build around.
Drawbacks: Part of the deck reserved for tokens,
Does not work with the Singleton Archetype.

Feats: A guarantee to shift an attack target,
Ability to setup a pseudo ranged pile up strat,
Prerequisite for the Speed 6 archetype.
Drawbacks: In most aspects offers just QoL improvements.


Feats: Potential to deal a ton of damage next scene.
Drawbacks: Doesn’t boost Stagger damage,
Requires a setup,
Mostly just doesn’t work or is impractical.

Feats: -1 light cost for pages of 4 cost and the card itself,
Negates top row negative effects.
Drawbacks: Negates top row useful effects
and discards counter dice,
Harmful dissonance with the Singleton Archetype.

Feats: Can consistently provide 6 light per turn
Which allows your builds to not fizzle out at emotion level 5.
Drawbacks: Severely increases the chances of bricking your starting hand,
Only really effective on Speed II builds,
Drains extra cards per turn.

Feats: +0.25 boost to Light regen, Page draw and Dice Power,
The exclusive card is decently strong.
Drawbacks: To be effective requires planning 4 turns ahead
And making Hana dedicated Jack of all trades builds.

Feats: Sustainable spam of 4 dice cards with close to no setup,
Drawbacks: Requires most members of a team to incorporate.

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