Investigator best practices¶

Core Set¶

Category	Roland Bank - Guardian	Daisy Walker - Seeker	Skids o toole - Rogue	Agnes Baker - Mystic	Wendy Adams Survivor
Assets	Roland’s .38 Special, .45 Automatic, Physical Training, Beat Cop, First Aid, Machete,Guard Dog, Magnifying Glass, Old Book of Lore, Research Librarian, Dr. Milan Christopher, Hyperawareness, Medical Texts, 2 copies of Knife, 2 copies of Flashlight	Daisy’s Tote Bag, Magnifying Glass, Old Book of Lore, Research Librarian, Dr. Milan Christopher, Hyperawareness, Medical Texts, Forbidden Knowledge, Holy Rosary, Shrivelling, Scrying, Arcane Studies, Arcane Initiate, 2 copies of Knife, 2 copies of Flashlight	.45 Automatic, Physical Training, Beat Cop,First Aid, Machete, Guard Dog, Switchblade, Burglary, Pickpocketing, .41 Derringer, Leo De Luca, Hard Knocks, 2 copies of Knife, 2 copies of Flashlight	Heirloom of Hyperborea, Forbidden Knowledge, Holy Rosary, Shrivelling, Scrying, Arcane Studies, Arcane Initiate, Leather Coat, Scavenging, Baseball Bat, Rabbit’s Foot, Stray Cat, Dig Deep, 2 copies of Knife, 2 copies of Flashlight	Wendy’s Amulet, Switchblade, Burglary, Pickpocketing, .41 Derringer, Leo De Luca, Hard Knocks, Leather Coat, Scavenging, Baseball Bat, Rabbit’s Foot, Stray Cat, Dig Deep, 2 Knifes, 2 Flashlight
Events	Evidence!, Dodge, Dynamite Blast, Mind over Matter, Working a Hunch, Barricade, 2 Emergency Cache	Mind over Matter, Working a Hunch, Barricade, Drawn to the Flame, Ward of Protection,Blinding Light, 2 Emergency Cache	On the Lam, Evidence!, Dodge, Dynamite Blast, Elusive, Backstab, Sneak Attack, 2 Emergency Cache	Drawn to the Flame, Ward of Protection, Blinding Light, Cunning Distraction, “Look what I found!”, Lucky!, 2 Emergency Cache	Elusive, Backstab, Sneak Attack, Cunning Distraction, “Look what I found!”, Lucky!, 2 Emergency Cache
Skills	Vicious Blow, Deduction, 2x Guts, 2x Manual Dexterity	Deduction, Fearless, 2x Perception, 2x Manual Dexterity	Vicious Blow, Opportunist, 2x Guts, 2x Overpower	Fearless, Survival Instinct, 2x Perception, 2x Unexpected Courage	Opportunist, Survival Instinct, 2x Overpower, 2x Unexpected Courage

Diane Stanley - Pairing with Preston in Circle Undone¶

Her deck on ArkhamDB

Goal: lean more on mystic side than guardian to avoid too much cards consumption to bump her 3 attack base. Very interesting study of diane stanley

The Circle Undone¶

Preston Fairmont¶

Deck for TCU 2^nd campaign with Nathaniel Cho

Jim Culver¶

Recommended deck for Jim Culver, with the goal to recycle grotesque statue

Category	Zoey	Rex the reporter	Jenny	Jim Culver - Mystic	Ashcan Peter- Survivor
Assets	Zoey’s Cross, .45 Automatic, Physical Training, Beat Cop, First Aid, Machete, Guard Dog, Holy Rosary, Rite of Seeking, Clarity of Mind, Blackjack, 2 copies of Knife, 2 copies of Flashlight, Kukri	Magnifying Glass, Old Book of Lore, Research Librarian, Dr. Milan Christopher, Hyperawareness, Medical Texts, Burglary, Laboratory Assistant, Pickpocketing, 2 copies of Knife, 2 copies of Flashlight	Jenny’s Twin .45s, Switchblade, Burglary, Pickpocketing, 41 Derringer, Leo De Luca, Hard Knocks, Guard Dog, 2 copies of Liquid Courage, Blackjack, 2 copies of Knife, 2 copies of Flashlight	Jim’s Trumpet, Forbidden Knowledge, Holy Rosary, Shrivelling, Scrying, Arcane Studies, Arcane Initiate, Rabbit’s Foot, Rite of Seeking,2 copies of Ritual Candles, Clarity of Mind, Peter Sylvestre, 2 copies of Knife, 2 Flashlight, Kukri	Duke, Leather Coat, Scavenging, Baseball Bat, Rabbit’s Foot, Stray Cat, Dig Deep, Magnifying Glass, Laboratory Assistant, Old Book of Lore, 2 copies of Fire Axe, Peter Sylvestre, 2 copies of Knife, 2 Flashlight
Events	Evidence!, Dodge, Dynamite Blast, Blinding Light, 2 copies of Taunt, Teamwork, 2 Emergency Cache	Search for the Truth, Mind over Matter, Working a Hunch, Barricade, Elusive, 2 Shortcut, 2 Seeking Answers, Think on Your Feet,2 Emergency Cache	Elusive, Backstab, Sneak Attack, Dynamite Blast, Think on Your Feet, Teamwork, 2 Emergency Cache	Drawn to the Flame, Ward of Protection, Blinding Light, Cunning Distraction, “Look what I found!”, Lucky!, 2 Emergency Cache	Cunning Distraction, “Look what I found!”, Lucky!, Working a Hunch, 2 Bait and Switch, 2 Emergency Cache
Skills	Vicious Blow, Fearless, 2x Overpower, 2x Guts	Deduction, Opportunist, 2x Perception, 2x Manual Dexterity	Opportunist, 2x Double or Nothing, Vicious Blow, 2x Manual Dexterity, 2 copies of Overpower	Fearless, 2 Guts, 2x of Unexpected Courage	Survival Instinct, Deduction, 2x Unexpected Courage, 2x Perception

Akashy Onyele¶

Deck in arkhamdb level 0 from travis explanations. Rite of seeking to help on clue. Upgrades: grotesque statue, arcane initiate, ward of protection 2, book of shadow, the lvl 4, arcane insight, suggestion, seal of the elder sign.

Sefina Rousseau¶

Her special ability can transform any event into a 5 instance card.
Consider keeping events within the same goal: clue, combat, resources... And complement the others with assets. It improve consistency.
Select agility or will power but not both. She is the only rogue with agility and will at 4. Very good for her.
Protect her 5 lifes with dmg soak cards or healings.
video on her.

Harrigan¶

An interesting deck..

Ursula Downs ¶

Played her in FA. A YouTube presentation.

She is very single-minded stat set, GET ALL THE CLUES, EVADE ALL THE ENEMIES

Focus on clues and move around. Use intellect to combat and evade most of the time.
Add shrewd analysis to upgrade two copies of archaic glyth
interesting relics: chthonian stone, tooth of eztli, ornate bow, elder sign, key of ys, gold pocket watch. Now if playing with relic I need to have Eli Horowitz.
Boost her willpower for treasury : tooth of etzil, elder sign, logical reasoning
Think to play the archaic glyth, so resolve it on first scenario of a campaign.
2 of each: unexpected courage, flashlight, emergency cash, trench coat
Hyper awareness
Add 2x doctor christopher, anatomical diagram, I have a plan, mind over matter to help on combat and evasion.
Fieldwork is mostly mandatory to improve speed
2x shortcut, deduction, fieldworks, pathfinder, no stone unturned.
Muligan to get milan christopher out asap, and fieldwork
Think to add charisma to have both christopher and jake out at the same time.
Deduction can be upgraded
+7 on investigation with fieldworks and Dt Christopher

LEO ANDERSON ¶

Leo is going to want a lot of allies, and Beat Cop and Venturer are standout level 0 ally cards for him
Use Rogue cards to boost his resources gathering: Lone Wolf, Sleight of hand
Not sure about leo de lucas… consider all allies in neutral, guardian and rogues
charisma is mandatory to get more allies
Mitch Brown helps to combo Beat Cop and Venturer. Venturer means .45 automatic to reload it
Think about calling in favors
interesting to consider: daring maneuver, decorated skull, eavesdrop, liquid courage, lone wolf [Solo], lucky dice [a must], narrow escape, quick thinking
give more intellect power with treasure hunter, keen eye, and flash light.

The Feast of Hemlock Vale¶

Curse and Bless tokens are back. So combine cards from Innsmouth Corruption

Rules to take care of¶

Elusive
Alert is for Evade failure
Track the resident interactions

Hank Samson ¶

[First deck was not strong enough]((https://arkhamdb.com/deck/view/4254493). Second run Hank deck after upgrade of keep faith, fire axe (2), token of faith, survival technique and marine compass. Then ancient covenant.

He can tank damage/horror for other investigators and effectively has 10 health and sanity combined. He can take damage/horror for other investigators during the assign step (not his allies). Works well with cards that let him profit from, transfer, or heal damage.

Strategy: get damages earlier and change to a resolute format: tanker or flex. Mulligan to get Southearted, and weapons. Moving damage is not healing.

Can give the pitchwork to an other investigator
With Pitchwork kill an enemy, move and come back to the location to get the weapon
He can intentionally sequence enemy attacks (smaller ones first) to maximize his healing ability.
"The Farmhand" - Focus on tanking damage and protecting teammates.
"The Warden" - Combat-focused build using his high combat stat
"The Assistant" - More balanced approach with support capabilities
Protect him during attack and pay attention against horror

Deck recommendations:

Assess if you want to play with the bag, if so, select Accursed from mystic.
Design for the resolute side too, and for action compression
Can be oriented with Dark Horse, Lablanche
Can be effective with allies like Jessica Hyde and Peter Sylvestre
Using FOVH cards: 2x Sparrow mask, 2x Pitchwork, 2x Bide your time, or 2x baseball bat or Fire Axe Bide your time (next turn at 5 actions to plan for the worse turn - or when the agenda will change to be ready). 2x Elaborate distraction, 2x pushed the limit, 2x wrong place, right time. 2x long shot (can be used for skill at connecting location, and not just attack. Good synergy with Hatchet).
Leverage look what I found to get clues and its upgrade version (Stella Clark), may be 'Belly of the beast'
Pelt shipment to play close to the end of a scenario, get a free xp.
From core potentially: rabbit foot, leather goat, lost what I found for 2 shroud locations. Cache, Guts, Lucky, Cunning distraction
Other weapons to consider: chainsaw, hatchet,
Cards for higher experience ones: 2x fire axe, 2x Hatchet, Strong armed second wind, persistence. Devil, Hunting Jacket, Mariner Compass. Dark Horse L5. From core: Bullet proof and elder sign amulet, Eucastastrophe, emergency cache L2, Aquinnah to soak horrors. Token of Faith, Providential. Strong Armed

Alessandra Zorzi¶

Deck for the campaign as a clue seeker but also being able to evade enemies. Quick Learner tutorial deck

Deck building: focus on parley cards, Fine Clothes, Well dressed, Eldrich Tongue, vamp Motivational Speech and String of Curses and card draws: Lucky Cigarette Case. Bianca "Die Katz" to get cash or Grift, Bank job, Lone Wolf, Scrimshaw charm. British bull dog (0 and 2), Fake credentials, Boost stats: Streetwise, Fox Mask, Backtab Attack with other stats: Stir the Pot, Blackmail file, coup de grace Action optimization: Leo de Luca, Narrow Escape, Scout ahead, Slip Away, Quick thinking, Nimble

Upgrade: British Bull Dog, Fake Credentials, Lola Santiago, Snitch, Bewitching

Strategy * Leverage parley card to get one free action, but require a nearbt enemy. She also needs a lot of cards. * Gameplay is to Parley enemies at a location with clues or one with clues nearby, using Snitch or Fake Credentials to pick up clues. * Resources should help to play events and boost stats * Mulligan to get her Beguile, fine clothes * Leverage agility stat to fight enemies: British Bull Dog, and Stir the Pot