DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/29/2026    Duedate: 06/11/2026

NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA

DM 93    TURN 714

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CORNET
BRASS BAND (1968)
(93-11538) [9-1-0,99]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CORNET                         KIT FOX
BRASS BAND (1968)              GHOST BEARS! (1970)
(93-11538) [9-1-0,99]          (93-11549) [6-3-0,60]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

FRENCH HORN                    TROMBONE
BRASS BAND (1968)              BRASS BAND (1968)
(93-11535) [5-5-0,36]          (93-11534) [4-6-0,32]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)       38 
2. BRASS BAND (1968)             33    BRASS BAND (1968)
3. DON'T AVOID US (1972)         15    Unchartered Team
4. GHOST BEARS! (1970)           5  
5. SERPENT'S (285)               1     GHOST BEARS! (1970)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*GHOST BEARS! (1970)       31  13  1 70.5   1/ 2*BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)  10  5 2
 2/ 2 BRASS BAND (1968)         35  15  0 70.0   2/ 1*GHOST BEARS! (1970)      10  5 0
 3/ 3*BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)   10   5  2 66.7   3/ 3 BRASS BAND (1968)         8  2 0
 4/ 5*DON'T AVOID US (1972)      7   7  1 50.0   4/ 4*DON'T AVOID US (1972)     7  7 1
 5/ 4*MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)    3   7  0 30.0   5/ 5*MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)   3  7 0
 6/ 0*SERPENT'S (285)            0   2  0  0.0   6/ 0*SERPENT'S (285)           0  1 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

             Assur's Weapon Requirement Chart (without the inaccuracies)

Over the years, many people have published weapon charts.  Most of them have had 
mistakes.  This is the correct weapon chart and you should discard all others.

            STR  SIZ  WIT  DFT                      STR  SIZ  WIT  DFT
Battle Axe   15    3    7    9        Maul           15    9    5    7
Broadsword   11    3    9    7        Morning Star   13    3    9   11
Dagger        3    3    7    7        Quarterstaff   11    9   11   11
Epee          7    3   15   15        Scimitar        9    3   11   11
Great Axe    13    3    9   11        Shortsword      5    3   11    3
Greatsword   15    9    9   11        Shortspear      9    3    5    7
Hatchet       7    3    5    7        War Flail      11    3    5    5
Halberd      17    9    9   11        War Hammer     13    3    5    7
Longsword    11    3   13   11        Large Shield   13    7    3    7
Longspear    11    9    5    9        Medium Shield   9    3    3    5
Mace         13    3    3    5        Small Shield    5    3    3    5
** Battle Axe requires 9 size if you are carrying an off hand weapon

Off Hand
No Wit Requirement
Strength Requirement same as for Main Hand
No Size Requirement

Off Hand Deftness Requirements
For this section, you look at the weapons you want to use in your main hand (MH) and 
off hand (OH).  From the chart above find their deftness requirements.  Use these 
values in the chart below (MH on the left, OH on the top) and the result is the 
deftness to use them together.

Examples:  Suppose your scum wants to use ME in your main hand and LG in your off 
hand.  Cross referencing, 5 on the left, 7 on the top, you'll see that the required 
deftness to use them together is 9.

MH\OH  3   5   7   9  11  15
   3   4   6   8  10  12  16
   5   5   7   9  11  13  17
   7   6   8  10  12  14  18
   9   7   9  11  13  15  19
  11   8  10  12  14  16  20
  15  10  12  14  16  18  22

Caveats:  In finding the values for this chart, there have been inconsistencies.  The 
chart shows the value that we believe will always be well suited.  Some warriors seem 
to be able to use weapons in both hands with lower deftness than the chart shows.  So 
far, I have not seen evidence for a warrior requiring more than the value shown.
Note that some values make little sense.  (While you can use an EP with an off hand SH 
together with 10 deftness, you would still lack 5 points of deftness to use the Epee.)

                            Weapons Suitability per Style

Aimed Blows
Well Suited Weapons: Dagger, Epee, Fist, Longsword, Longspear, Quarterstaff, Scimitar, 
Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Broadsword, Hatchet

Bashers
Well Suited Weapons: Great Axe, Greatsword, Halbard, Large Shield, Mace, Medium 
Shield, Maul, Morning Star, Quarterstaff, War Flail, War Hammer
Marginally Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Fist, Small Shield

Lungers
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Halbard, Scimitar

Parry Lungers
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Scimitar, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: Broadsword, Quarterstaff

Parry Ripostes
Well Suited Weapons: Epee, Longsword, Longspear, Scimitar, Shortsword, Shortspear
Marginally Suited Weapons: none

Parry Strikes
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Greatsword, Longsword, 
Quarterstaff, Scimitar, Shortsword, Small Shield, Shortspear, War Hammer
Marginally Suited Weapons: Great Axe, Hatchet, Large Shield, Longspear, Mace, Medium 
Shield

Slashers
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Great Axe, Hatchet, Longsword, 
Scimitar, Shortsword
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Greatsword, Small Shield, Shortspear, War Flail

Strikers
Well Suited Weapons: Everything but Large Shield, Medium Shield
Marginally Suited Weapons: Large Shield, Medium Shield

Total Parries
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Epee, Greatsword, Large Shield, 
Longsword, Longspear, Medium Shield, Quarterstaff, Scimitar, Shortsword, Small Shield
Marginally Suited Weapons: Dagger, Great Axe, Shortspear, War Hammer

Wall of Steels
Well Suited Weapons: Battle Axe, Broadsword, Great Axe, Greatsword, Morning Star, 
Quarterstaff, Scimitar, War Flail
Marginally Suited Weapons: none

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Cornet takes another title before he and the rest of the Brass Band goes into 
retirement. It was a good run for them. They offer their "good luck" to all who wish 
to attain excellence. They pass the ball to the next Consortium affiliated bunch, my 
team, PLANETARY FORCES, who may, or may not, appear this round on Noblish. Never fear; 
we are here. I introduce Quake, Gravity, Wond, Rotation, and Oil. They, and a 
spotlight on their design, will be forthcoming. Bear with me, for I am................

                                          -- Dr Knowitall

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, warriors of NOBLISH ISLAND!  Once again I've been called out of 
retirement for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting.  Bein' on top is great 
while it lasts, GHOST BEARS!.  But how many friends do you have now?  It seems so 
recently people were saying DON'T AVOID US was washed up, finished.  But 3-1-0 moved 
them up 0.  I guess they're washed no more...  What's with TROMBONE?  It actually 
beat GHOST BEARS!'s JENNER JENNY, and walked away with 16 more points from the fight. 
Major screwup at GHOST BEARS!.  JENNER JENNY lost 11 points to TROMBONE.  Some new 
strategies, perhaps?  Maybe JENNER JENNY will provide more easy wins...  VENEMOUS 
CONCUBINE was reminded on the sands why CORNET is Duelmaster.  Wouldn't it be nice to 
have live subjects to practice on?  I hear some team is looking into the uses of 
convicted prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  NOBLISH ISLAND thinks 
GHOST BEARS! and their 31-13-1 is too much!  If at first you don't succeed, give 
up...  Management must be dealin', as the boys at BRASS BAND ain't reelin'!  GHOST 
BEARS!'s mad!  What do people see in MUSHY?  His 2-1-2?  BASH BROS SUPPER ain't 
talkin', but he's got 21 points.   
     A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters 
don't accept this.  The best do.  Many a warrior has met his fate in a hungover 
stupor.  You young rapscallions, take note!   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  NOBLISH 
ISLAND is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places.  Time for my 
medication, so I'll leave now.  Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CORNET 11538              BA  9   1  0  99         BRASS BAND (1968)         

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUGLE 11536               SL  9   1  0  60         BRASS BAND (1968)         
 KIT FOX 11549             ST  6   3  0  60         GHOST BEARS! (1970)       
 ADDER 11548               SL  7   2  1  59         GHOST BEARS! (1970)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WARDEN 11558              TP  5   1  0  47         GHOST BEARS! (1970)       
 STORMCROW 11551           PL  6   3  0  45         GHOST BEARS! (1970)       
 FRENCH HORN 11535         BA  5   5  0  36         BRASS BAND (1968)         

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TROMBONE 11534            ST  4   6  0  32         BRASS BAND (1968)         
 TUBA 11537                TP  8   2  0  26         BRASS BAND (1968)         
 COLD 11557                    3   0  0  26         BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)                  [LU-ST]
 SPOILED 11569                 2   0  0  24         BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)                  [LU-ST]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MUSHY 11555                   2   1  2  21         BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)                  [LU-ST]
 BURNED 11554                  2   1  0  21         BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)                  [BA-LU-ST]
 JENNER JENNY 11552        WS  4   2  0  17         GHOST BEARS! (1970)       
 HUGS 11559                    1   2  0  16         DON'T AVOID US (1972)                    [BA-PL-ST]
 INCOME TAXES 11562        TP  2   1  0  15         DON'T AVOID US (1972)     
 SLEEP 11560               ST  2   1  1  14         DON'T AVOID US (1972)                    *
 EXPENSIVE 11556               1   2  0   7         BASH BROS SUPPER (1971)                  [LU-ST-WS]
 SIR MCDOODLES 11565           1   1  0   4         MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)                  [AB-LU-PR-SL-ST-WS]
 YASUKE 11567                  1   1  0   4         MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)                  [AB-LU-PR-SL-ST-WS]
 AMELIA 11564                  1   1  0   4         MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)                  [AB-LU-SL-ST]
 MAC SOMAIRLE 11566            0   2  0   2         MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)                  [PR-WS]
 LUMI 11568                    0   2  0   2         MC GLADIATOR PIT (1973)                  [PR-WS]
 COBRA 1585                    0   1  0   1         SERPENT'S (285)                          [AB-LU-PR-SL-ST-WS]

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
ALONE 11553             0  1 0 BASH BROS SUPPE 1971 SLEEP 11560            712 REVENGED
HOMEWORK 11561          1  2 0 DON'T AVOID US 1972  MUSHY 11555            714  
ROOT CANAL 11563        1  1 0 DON'T AVOID US 1972  MUSHY 11555            713  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HOMEWORK was butchered by MUSHY in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight.
CORNET vanquished VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
ADDER savagely defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a action packed 3 minute bloody fight.
KIT FOX devastated CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
STORMCROW subdued FRENCH HORN in a crowd pleasing 2 minute competition.
BUGLE won victory over WARDEN in a 1 minute fight.
JENNER JENNY was viciously subdued by TROMBONE in a crowd pleasing 4 minute match.
TUBA outlasted EXPENSIVE in a dull 9 minute gruesome melee.
HUGS slimly won victory over SIR MCDOODLES in a 4 minute gory duel.
SLEEP won victory over MAC SOMAIRLE in a 3 minute gory duel.
INCOME TAXES defeated LUMI in a 4 minute match.
COLD handily defeated AMELIA in a 2 minute one-sided bout.
BURNED demolished COBRA in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
SPOILED devastated YASUKE in a 1 minute one-sided battle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -   4 -  1      80  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       14 -   5 -  0      74  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         BASHING ATTACK    20 -  10 -  5      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         AIMED BLOW         7 -   4 -  0      64  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         WALL OF STEEL     11 -   9 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -   7 -  0      53  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  15 -  0      48  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         LUNGING ATTACK     4 -   8 -  0      33  |

Turn 714 was great if you     Not so great if you used      The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles:     the fighting styles:          top eleven warriors are:

PARRY-LUNGE        2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         4  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  3         2  BASHING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  2                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   CORNET 11538                9   1  0   99 BRASS BAND (1968)
SLASHING ATTACK  BUGLE 11536                 9   1  0   60 BRASS BAND (1968)
STRIKING ATTACK  KIT FOX 11549               6   3  0   60 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
TOTAL PARRY      WARDEN 11558                5   1  0   47 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
PARRY-LUNGE      STORMCROW 11551             6   3  0   45 GHOST BEARS! (1970)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is FRENCH HORN 11535.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TROMBONE 11534.  The ten other most popular fighters were ADDER 11548, 
FRENCH HORN 11535, SLEEP 11560, HUGS 11559, STORMCROW 11551, SIR MCDOODLES 11565, 
BURNED 11554, SPOILED 11569, CORNET 11538, and KIT FOX 11549.

The least popular fighter this week was TUBA 11537.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were EXPENSIVE 11556, AMELIA 11564, YASUKE 11567, COBRA 1585, LUMI 11568, 
INCOME TAXES 11562, WARDEN 11558, HOMEWORK 11561, COLD 11557, and JENNER JENNY 11552.