Reynar

## Skill Cards

**Reckless**
 +2 (+3) damage, if 2 or more adjacent enemies.

**Tough**
 Reduce damage from attackers by 10% (15%).

**Leadership**
 Draw 1 card when attacking, if 2 (3) or less cards in hand.

Reynar Varek Ashford is the first playable hero in the game and belongs to the Fighter Class. His stats are solid and balanced, but nothing extraordinary. His main strength lies in his passive abilities that allow a mixture of damage, defense, and card drawing.

Since there aren't as many Fighter classes introduced or accessible currently in the game, Reynar is better when it comes to offense capabilities compared to other heroes, but still gets out matched by other heroes in other game-modes.

## Storyline

*Once... Celebrated hero in the War Of The Three Emperors, veteran of the Great Purge and awarded the Azusre Star by the Divine Emperor Tertian IV after the Siege of Ancis. As peace followed, he was named Captain of the Iron Crowns, the elite of the Imperial family.*

*Now... Disgraced. Tried for treason. Stripped of all ranks and rotting on fourth year in Dunweld Prison, in the remote province of Wessia.*

Main Storyline: Pre-text to Storyline

Reynar is the main protagonist which the gameplay follows as Reynar is joined by previous companions to uncover the truth to the murder of Prince Medard. Once was the Captain of the Iron Crowns, he was striped of his titled and thrown into prison where the player begins the journey from the prison break. As the story progresses, we learn of the history of humanity from the Empire of Kovia, to the dark past of which humanity came from.

## Stats

Reynar has 45 health and 6 armor which is a healthy amount for the first Fighter Class to be introduced. With 8-10 damage, and 2+2 movement, he has an average baseline of a good character stats.

He has average attack value but gains a boost through **Reckless (+2/+3 upgrade)** if two or more enemies adjacent to him.

**Tough** reduces damage from attackers (10%/15% upgraded) .

**Leadership** allows the player to draw one card when attacking, if 2 or 3(upgraded) or less cards in hand.

## Strategies

### Offense

As the first hero, and also the first Fighter Class introduced into the game, Reynar has good PvE capabilities when it comes to tanking, damage and drawing cards. Fighters have a lot of support equipment compared to other class which boosts anything which you require, Crit/Dmg/Movement/Armor.

With his abilities, Reynar best used for beginners with cards such as Cyclone if you position Reynar between enemies, and deal damage to adjacent enemies around, taking advantage of extra damage provided by Reckless.

Reynar's last ability, Leadership, is very useful for casual play to prevent running out of cards. To maximize this ability, cards like Momentum and Wings of War (purchased from the War Shop) allow Reynar to attack multiple time. Casting all the buffs and having less than 2/3 cards in your hand allows you to attack and draw what you need and draw into cards that can be used as they come. Leadership allows you to be not dependent on other class draw cards by priests, which are often used as the engine to draw additional cards. Leadership combined with multi-attacks allow you to dig further into the deck and grab more card advantage cards such as Advantage and Regroup if you are doing a heavy Fighter Class deck.

Reynar is good overall and balanced to get you through all of the PvE content.

### Weakness

Although Reynar is good in PvE, unfortunately Reynar is good at many but master of none, as his base armor and abilities do not translate well into the current PvP environment or Gauntlet in the long run.

Tough is useful in general to reduce incoming damage, but Achae definitely has the upper hand when it comes to tanking damage and once unlocked and gotten to the end games, armor really helps not just damage.

Since Reynar does not really have many strengths, he is often replaced by Achae, because it is very easy to buff her defense. Veiss is another fighter that is a great contender, due to her unique stealth ability and high mobility. That makes her a solid pick for raid defenses, especially when combined with Provoke. Still, Reynar is a great hero that gets the job done.