Explorer

Adds 1 reward choice after battle.

Adds 1 relic slot.

Adds 1 special relic at start of each game.

The Explorer is one of the sixteen playable heroes in Pirates Outlaws.

## Lore

"He is a great navigator, passionate and avid of knowledge. This clever thief has in his possession relics containing great powers but his obsession with relics leads him often to have some troubles with other Pirates. He is extremely researched at Pirates Bay from pirates and merchants he has robbed. A unique Scroll indicate him the path to rare relics. His feather and dexterity allow him to reproduce with perfection treasure maps from captains that hide their valuable loots. He is obsessed by Skulls Island since he has heard about stories of a book that could resurrect the dead."

*— Nicolas, Founder of Fabled Game Studio*

## Strategies

He is the most versatile of all characters and one of the strongest ones if used correctly.

Survival: Like the Gunner you will face the problem of survival. But you can trick it a bit. Pick **Harvest** (heals 20, Consumable) at the start of the game and copy it with Sketch. Use the copy only and keep the original Harvest in the deck. That means, that you heal to full after most battles. The combo works best with the **Dice**-Relic so that you can search for it or discard the original Harvest to not block a slot.

Tricks: Pick the +2 Damage Boost Relic at the start. It is that much better than the other two and will increase your overall damage output dramatically if you use it with Multi-hit attack cards (**Flurry, Chain Shot, Triple Shot**). You then can add **Anger** (makes you rage) to increase your damage even further.

Picking the **Healing Scroll** allows for a lot of options of deck-building. It gives you survival ability, but does not shape your playstyle too hard so that you can go for different decks every time.

Relics to buy: Buy the **Belt** for increased ammunition. Also **Crab Pincer** is nice, because it will increase your round 1-damage even further and lets you burst away many small groups before they can even backfire. Sell if before the last boss for a better relic then. Your best relic might be the **Dice** to align your deck and find your combinations. Also **Fossil** is really good to reload once for free.

Packages to use: The **Cost**-Package is ideal for a more risky build. Use the **Scorching Ring** and **Bide** to make your Multi-hit-attacks insanely deadly. But if you use this, you have to increase your survivability with more self-heal to balance it out.

## Playstyles

### Infinite mirror

Have one **upgraded** **Mirror** and use the **Sketch** to copy it. Have cards like **Focus** or the **Multi-tool** relic to make sure that you will be able to get them both at the same time. Then you can mirror the **Mirror** as many times as you want. After that there are several ways to exploit it: If you have the **Conch** relic, you can generate enormous amounts of armor. If you have a **Bide Time** in your hand at that point, it will hit for an enormous amount of damage, that can one-shot even the toughest boss. This is also an easy way to get the "One Shot, One Skill" achievement. But also be aware that excessive numbers of Mirror might clog your deck. If you have the **Story Book** relic, you can play endless **consumable** cards, and can stun or stop the time of your enemies until they die.

### Swift Scroll

This relic defines a playstyle somewhat difficult to master. To trigger its effect often, you will need many ammo cards as well as many low-cost cards to use up that ammo. The ammo:cost ratio must be close to 1:1 in order to maximize the relic's effect. While you probably won't get a real infinite deck from this style, its many draws can still beat campaign mode with ease.

## Gallery

Explorer In-game

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