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2020-09-23T10:08:13Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Games */

SantoriniPowerHephaestus

2020-09-23T02:15:42Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Introduction */

[[Image:Hephaestus.png]]
==Introduction==
Hephaestus is one of the gods that I think his power actually matches him. Having his leg hurt, Hephaestus is good at smithing however. His smithing power is shown by his brute force building power, and also due to this, Hephaestus seldom requires to move from corner to corner, which matches the immobile feature of this god. Usually, you can see Hephaestus' opponent running from corner to corner like a mad animal, just in hope of stopping this immobile worker from topping Santorini. Hephaestus can build twice, but must be in the same space. Some beginners might use it in a wrong way that in fact blocks themselves. Yet, after acquiring some more experiences in this game, one may know that this power is in fact super brutal, and you won’t dare to leave Hephaestus alone. If you carelessly pay no heed to this immobile god, you may end up watching him standing on level-2’s, while blocking every of your way to go up and finally topping Santorini.

===God Power===
In your build stage, your worker may build one additional block (not dome) on top of your first block.

===Category===
Player build

===Explaination===
It happens in your build stage. The additional block must be on your first block. First block here means the first block you build in this turn, not the first block of the whole game. Beware that you cannot build a complete tower using this power since you cannot build a dome on your second build.

==Game Strategies==
===Early Game===
Try to calculate this. On a new board, without any interaction with the opponent, which god can go up to the tower within the least turn? Artemis requires six, Demeter requires five, Hephaestus? FOUR, which is the lowest possible in the game. That’s why I call Hephaestus a brutal builder. In the early game, Hephaestus would like to build for his own victory since no one can be faster than him, as long as he is the first mover. If you are the second mover, and your opponent is not a brutal builder like Poseidon, you can simply build for yourself again, since you would also be faster to achieve the win. Therefore, Hephaestus' opponent would usually use level-2 blocking on him, building up every level-1 Hephaestus built, just to prevent him from going up. Thus, the early game of Hephaestus might become a game of stopping this smithing god from moving up. If your opponent applies level-2 blocking on you in the early game, just try to move with both of your workers strategically, while using your power to build some level-2’s to block your opponent’s way, especially when you are against Bia. After several turns, one of your workers may finally become free from opponent’s watching, and get up to a level-1.

Thus it seems to be meaningless to build up so many level-2’s while finally letting you go up to a level-1. It then raises the chance of you to go up further. Some opponents may just let you move up to level-1, while doming or level-3 blocking all your level-2’s. In this case, be aggressive. Even if your opponent domes your tower, those domes may finally help you to corner up the winning position. A fast pace is usually good for Hephaestus. Try to use both of your workers. Separately build their own area of level-2’s or cooperatively build one area of level-2’s.

Hephaestus' power should not be used as a defensive power. First, he cannot build a dome to block the level-2. Secondly, he is bad at ungrounding himself, since his building power is constrained to be in the same space.

If you managed to reach level-2, the mid-game starts here.

===Mid Game===
If you are in a disadvantageous position here, I bet Hephaestus can hardly come back since as aforementioned, his ungrounding power is very bad. Moreover, his power can’t help him to dome the level-2 built by the opponent, so you can simply do nothing but watching their workers teasing you superiorly.

If you are in an advantageous position here, I bet Hephaestus can hardly lose this match. You should know that being aggressive doesn’t mean to build some level-3 that is easily domed by your opponent. Instead, you should quickly extend your area of level-2’s simply using your power. Remember the level-3 blocking in the early game? If your opponent did so, try to move your level-2 path to those towers and yield your win by a two-way level-3. Alternatively, if there are domes nearby, try to move your level-2 path to corner up your winning position by staying with those domes. Corner-L strategy may work here.

If you are in a 50-50 matchup, it is still good for Hephaestus due to his brutal building power. Any level-1’s can become towers in no time. Thus, you actually create a big pressure on your opponent. Moreover, since you can use level-1’s more effectively than others. In the early game, your workers may try to separately build some level-1’s for the mid-game usage. If you did so, your level-2 workers can just extend the level-2’s path to the area with level-1’s. Your opponent surely will be threatened to stay with you. If they fail to, you win the game. During these moves, don’t be careless that you in fact leave a winning possibility for your opponent to grab.

===Late Game===
As I said, the categorisation of stages of game is quite abstract. For Hephaestus, since the board will quickly be filled by level-2’s, the mid-game is already like a late game. In the late game, you should also grab the chance tower up some level-1’s on ground. This is what other gods cannot do. If you are in an area of level-2’s instead, Hephaestus isn’t a powerless god. Try to corner up some level-2 and threaten your opponent to block. Under some good set up, if your opponent does block you, he or she requires to build some level-3 that is accessible to you. For example:

[[Image:Hephaestus-1.png]]

In this case, you should realize that by using workers block. You should be able to corner up A4 and C4 and secure a win, or force Demeter to go down. As a first mover, Hephaestus should immediately take the position of B3, but where to build?

In fact the correct choice is building twice on A4. By doing so, Demeter must be threatened to block A3 by her worker, or else your worker can easily corner up the winning position by standing at A3 and B3. However, since you have built twice on A4, Demeter reaching A3 means Demeter is surrounded by level-2's, and is forced to build a level-3 for you. In this case, what can Demeter do is to build a level-3 on C1, in hope of postponing the death of her.

==Specific Matchup==
===Opponent forcers (e.g. Apollo, Minotaur, Charon)===
Hephaestus is one of the best users on no-interaction strategy. Hence, Apollo could have a hard time sticking with him in order to use his power well. As long as Hephaestus moves up to a level-1 without neighboring Apollo, Apollo may be forever unable to catch up with him.

Charon ferries opponents without level constraint, so Charon should be still good against Hephaestus.

===Fast movers (e.g. Artemis, Triton, Hermes)===
Hephaestus’ early game requires distraction on opponents’ workers. However, it might be very hard against these gods, especially Hermes. Thus, the early game of Hephaestus may need altering. Try to use level-1 forfeiting strategy. Just stick with Hermes and be ready for a good mid-game play against him.

===Pan===
Both are also fast winners, and good users of no interaction strategy. However, Pan's winning could be harder to block compared with Hephaestus. Pan may simply block Hephaestus from winning by using one worker, while winning using another worker. In this case Hephaestus may need to stick with Pan instead.

===Bia===
Bia could have a hard time against Hephaestus. Hephaestus can go anywhere as long as he applies level-2 blocking to prevent from being killed by Bia. One should really avoid this matchup in tournament setup.

===Circe===
Hephaestus usually wins the early game by separating his workers, but this shouldn’t be done against Circe. In this case, level-1 forfeiting strategy may again be used by Hephaestus.

===Good jumpers (e.g Pegasus/Iris/Artemis/Triton)===
They are not vulnerable to Hephaestus level-2 blocking and can stay with Hephaestus on the level-2 areas without any contribution to the flourishing city. Hephaestus should still have a fair match against Pegasus due to his brutal building power. He can corner up his winning position easier than Pegasus can. For Iris, it would be a hard match since it is very hard to corner up a winning position against Iris. Moreover, Iris is also a very fast winner that may instead control the pace of the game. You know, Hephaestus is bad at defending. For Artemis and Triton, they can simply use the level-2’s area contributed by Hephaestus easily, while aggressively building level-3’s to control the pace of the game.

==Conclusion==
Hephaestus needs to be aggressive. You should be the one to completely control the pace of the game, instead of following your opponent’s pace. Every level-1 you build should be fierce enough that everyone will rush to you and try to stop you from topping. Enjoy the show of all gods chasing for Hephaestus.

Tier ranking: B.

Hephaestus always can control the pace of the game but he is not really good against good jumpers. If available, without the opponent being a jumper, choosing him is always a good choice among the two gods available.

SantoriniPowerHephaestus

2020-09-23T02:15:26Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Introduction */

==Introduction==
[[Image:Hephaestus.png]]
Hephaestus is one of the gods that I think his power actually matches him. Having his leg hurt, Hephaestus is good at smithing however. His smithing power is shown by his brute force building power, and also due to this, Hephaestus seldom requires to move from corner to corner, which matches the immobile feature of this god. Usually, you can see Hephaestus' opponent running from corner to corner like a mad animal, just in hope of stopping this immobile worker from topping Santorini. Hephaestus can build twice, but must be in the same space. Some beginners might use it in a wrong way that in fact blocks themselves. Yet, after acquiring some more experiences in this game, one may know that this power is in fact super brutal, and you won’t dare to leave Hephaestus alone. If you carelessly pay no heed to this immobile god, you may end up watching him standing on level-2’s, while blocking every of your way to go up and finally topping Santorini.

===God Power===
In your build stage, your worker may build one additional block (not dome) on top of your first block.

===Category===
Player build

===Explaination===
It happens in your build stage. The additional block must be on your first block. First block here means the first block you build in this turn, not the first block of the whole game. Beware that you cannot build a complete tower using this power since you cannot build a dome on your second build.

==Game Strategies==
===Early Game===
Try to calculate this. On a new board, without any interaction with the opponent, which god can go up to the tower within the least turn? Artemis requires six, Demeter requires five, Hephaestus? FOUR, which is the lowest possible in the game. That’s why I call Hephaestus a brutal builder. In the early game, Hephaestus would like to build for his own victory since no one can be faster than him, as long as he is the first mover. If you are the second mover, and your opponent is not a brutal builder like Poseidon, you can simply build for yourself again, since you would also be faster to achieve the win. Therefore, Hephaestus' opponent would usually use level-2 blocking on him, building up every level-1 Hephaestus built, just to prevent him from going up. Thus, the early game of Hephaestus might become a game of stopping this smithing god from moving up. If your opponent applies level-2 blocking on you in the early game, just try to move with both of your workers strategically, while using your power to build some level-2’s to block your opponent’s way, especially when you are against Bia. After several turns, one of your workers may finally become free from opponent’s watching, and get up to a level-1.

Thus it seems to be meaningless to build up so many level-2’s while finally letting you go up to a level-1. It then raises the chance of you to go up further. Some opponents may just let you move up to level-1, while doming or level-3 blocking all your level-2’s. In this case, be aggressive. Even if your opponent domes your tower, those domes may finally help you to corner up the winning position. A fast pace is usually good for Hephaestus. Try to use both of your workers. Separately build their own area of level-2’s or cooperatively build one area of level-2’s.

Hephaestus' power should not be used as a defensive power. First, he cannot build a dome to block the level-2. Secondly, he is bad at ungrounding himself, since his building power is constrained to be in the same space.

If you managed to reach level-2, the mid-game starts here.

===Mid Game===
If you are in a disadvantageous position here, I bet Hephaestus can hardly come back since as aforementioned, his ungrounding power is very bad. Moreover, his power can’t help him to dome the level-2 built by the opponent, so you can simply do nothing but watching their workers teasing you superiorly.

If you are in an advantageous position here, I bet Hephaestus can hardly lose this match. You should know that being aggressive doesn’t mean to build some level-3 that is easily domed by your opponent. Instead, you should quickly extend your area of level-2’s simply using your power. Remember the level-3 blocking in the early game? If your opponent did so, try to move your level-2 path to those towers and yield your win by a two-way level-3. Alternatively, if there are domes nearby, try to move your level-2 path to corner up your winning position by staying with those domes. Corner-L strategy may work here.

If you are in a 50-50 matchup, it is still good for Hephaestus due to his brutal building power. Any level-1’s can become towers in no time. Thus, you actually create a big pressure on your opponent. Moreover, since you can use level-1’s more effectively than others. In the early game, your workers may try to separately build some level-1’s for the mid-game usage. If you did so, your level-2 workers can just extend the level-2’s path to the area with level-1’s. Your opponent surely will be threatened to stay with you. If they fail to, you win the game. During these moves, don’t be careless that you in fact leave a winning possibility for your opponent to grab.

===Late Game===
As I said, the categorisation of stages of game is quite abstract. For Hephaestus, since the board will quickly be filled by level-2’s, the mid-game is already like a late game. In the late game, you should also grab the chance tower up some level-1’s on ground. This is what other gods cannot do. If you are in an area of level-2’s instead, Hephaestus isn’t a powerless god. Try to corner up some level-2 and threaten your opponent to block. Under some good set up, if your opponent does block you, he or she requires to build some level-3 that is accessible to you. For example:

[[Image:Hephaestus-1.png]]

In this case, you should realize that by using workers block. You should be able to corner up A4 and C4 and secure a win, or force Demeter to go down. As a first mover, Hephaestus should immediately take the position of B3, but where to build?

In fact the correct choice is building twice on A4. By doing so, Demeter must be threatened to block A3 by her worker, or else your worker can easily corner up the winning position by standing at A3 and B3. However, since you have built twice on A4, Demeter reaching A3 means Demeter is surrounded by level-2's, and is forced to build a level-3 for you. In this case, what can Demeter do is to build a level-3 on C1, in hope of postponing the death of her.

==Specific Matchup==
===Opponent forcers (e.g. Apollo, Minotaur, Charon)===
Hephaestus is one of the best users on no-interaction strategy. Hence, Apollo could have a hard time sticking with him in order to use his power well. As long as Hephaestus moves up to a level-1 without neighboring Apollo, Apollo may be forever unable to catch up with him.

Charon ferries opponents without level constraint, so Charon should be still good against Hephaestus.

===Fast movers (e.g. Artemis, Triton, Hermes)===
Hephaestus’ early game requires distraction on opponents’ workers. However, it might be very hard against these gods, especially Hermes. Thus, the early game of Hephaestus may need altering. Try to use level-1 forfeiting strategy. Just stick with Hermes and be ready for a good mid-game play against him.

===Pan===
Both are also fast winners, and good users of no interaction strategy. However, Pan's winning could be harder to block compared with Hephaestus. Pan may simply block Hephaestus from winning by using one worker, while winning using another worker. In this case Hephaestus may need to stick with Pan instead.

===Bia===
Bia could have a hard time against Hephaestus. Hephaestus can go anywhere as long as he applies level-2 blocking to prevent from being killed by Bia. One should really avoid this matchup in tournament setup.

===Circe===
Hephaestus usually wins the early game by separating his workers, but this shouldn’t be done against Circe. In this case, level-1 forfeiting strategy may again be used by Hephaestus.

===Good jumpers (e.g Pegasus/Iris/Artemis/Triton)===
They are not vulnerable to Hephaestus level-2 blocking and can stay with Hephaestus on the level-2 areas without any contribution to the flourishing city. Hephaestus should still have a fair match against Pegasus due to his brutal building power. He can corner up his winning position easier than Pegasus can. For Iris, it would be a hard match since it is very hard to corner up a winning position against Iris. Moreover, Iris is also a very fast winner that may instead control the pace of the game. You know, Hephaestus is bad at defending. For Artemis and Triton, they can simply use the level-2’s area contributed by Hephaestus easily, while aggressively building level-3’s to control the pace of the game.

==Conclusion==
Hephaestus needs to be aggressive. You should be the one to completely control the pace of the game, instead of following your opponent’s pace. Every level-1 you build should be fierce enough that everyone will rush to you and try to stop you from topping. Enjoy the show of all gods chasing for Hephaestus.

Tier ranking: B.

Hephaestus always can control the pace of the game but he is not really good against good jumpers. If available, without the opponent being a jumper, choosing him is always a good choice among the two gods available.

SantoriniPowerHephaestus

2020-09-23T02:15:18Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Introduction */

==Introduction==
[[Image:Hephaestus/png]]
Hephaestus is one of the gods that I think his power actually matches him. Having his leg hurt, Hephaestus is good at smithing however. His smithing power is shown by his brute force building power, and also due to this, Hephaestus seldom requires to move from corner to corner, which matches the immobile feature of this god. Usually, you can see Hephaestus' opponent running from corner to corner like a mad animal, just in hope of stopping this immobile worker from topping Santorini. Hephaestus can build twice, but must be in the same space. Some beginners might use it in a wrong way that in fact blocks themselves. Yet, after acquiring some more experiences in this game, one may know that this power is in fact super brutal, and you won’t dare to leave Hephaestus alone. If you carelessly pay no heed to this immobile god, you may end up watching him standing on level-2’s, while blocking every of your way to go up and finally topping Santorini.

===God Power===
In your build stage, your worker may build one additional block (not dome) on top of your first block.

===Category===
Player build

===Explaination===
It happens in your build stage. The additional block must be on your first block. First block here means the first block you build in this turn, not the first block of the whole game. Beware that you cannot build a complete tower using this power since you cannot build a dome on your second build.

==Game Strategies==
===Early Game===
Try to calculate this. On a new board, without any interaction with the opponent, which god can go up to the tower within the least turn? Artemis requires six, Demeter requires five, Hephaestus? FOUR, which is the lowest possible in the game. That’s why I call Hephaestus a brutal builder. In the early game, Hephaestus would like to build for his own victory since no one can be faster than him, as long as he is the first mover. If you are the second mover, and your opponent is not a brutal builder like Poseidon, you can simply build for yourself again, since you would also be faster to achieve the win. Therefore, Hephaestus' opponent would usually use level-2 blocking on him, building up every level-1 Hephaestus built, just to prevent him from going up. Thus, the early game of Hephaestus might become a game of stopping this smithing god from moving up. If your opponent applies level-2 blocking on you in the early game, just try to move with both of your workers strategically, while using your power to build some level-2’s to block your opponent’s way, especially when you are against Bia. After several turns, one of your workers may finally become free from opponent’s watching, and get up to a level-1.

Thus it seems to be meaningless to build up so many level-2’s while finally letting you go up to a level-1. It then raises the chance of you to go up further. Some opponents may just let you move up to level-1, while doming or level-3 blocking all your level-2’s. In this case, be aggressive. Even if your opponent domes your tower, those domes may finally help you to corner up the winning position. A fast pace is usually good for Hephaestus. Try to use both of your workers. Separately build their own area of level-2’s or cooperatively build one area of level-2’s.

Hephaestus' power should not be used as a defensive power. First, he cannot build a dome to block the level-2. Secondly, he is bad at ungrounding himself, since his building power is constrained to be in the same space.

If you managed to reach level-2, the mid-game starts here.

===Mid Game===
If you are in a disadvantageous position here, I bet Hephaestus can hardly come back since as aforementioned, his ungrounding power is very bad. Moreover, his power can’t help him to dome the level-2 built by the opponent, so you can simply do nothing but watching their workers teasing you superiorly.

If you are in an advantageous position here, I bet Hephaestus can hardly lose this match. You should know that being aggressive doesn’t mean to build some level-3 that is easily domed by your opponent. Instead, you should quickly extend your area of level-2’s simply using your power. Remember the level-3 blocking in the early game? If your opponent did so, try to move your level-2 path to those towers and yield your win by a two-way level-3. Alternatively, if there are domes nearby, try to move your level-2 path to corner up your winning position by staying with those domes. Corner-L strategy may work here.

If you are in a 50-50 matchup, it is still good for Hephaestus due to his brutal building power. Any level-1’s can become towers in no time. Thus, you actually create a big pressure on your opponent. Moreover, since you can use level-1’s more effectively than others. In the early game, your workers may try to separately build some level-1’s for the mid-game usage. If you did so, your level-2 workers can just extend the level-2’s path to the area with level-1’s. Your opponent surely will be threatened to stay with you. If they fail to, you win the game. During these moves, don’t be careless that you in fact leave a winning possibility for your opponent to grab.

===Late Game===
As I said, the categorisation of stages of game is quite abstract. For Hephaestus, since the board will quickly be filled by level-2’s, the mid-game is already like a late game. In the late game, you should also grab the chance tower up some level-1’s on ground. This is what other gods cannot do. If you are in an area of level-2’s instead, Hephaestus isn’t a powerless god. Try to corner up some level-2 and threaten your opponent to block. Under some good set up, if your opponent does block you, he or she requires to build some level-3 that is accessible to you. For example:

[[Image:Hephaestus-1.png]]

In this case, you should realize that by using workers block. You should be able to corner up A4 and C4 and secure a win, or force Demeter to go down. As a first mover, Hephaestus should immediately take the position of B3, but where to build?

In fact the correct choice is building twice on A4. By doing so, Demeter must be threatened to block A3 by her worker, or else your worker can easily corner up the winning position by standing at A3 and B3. However, since you have built twice on A4, Demeter reaching A3 means Demeter is surrounded by level-2's, and is forced to build a level-3 for you. In this case, what can Demeter do is to build a level-3 on C1, in hope of postponing the death of her.

==Specific Matchup==
===Opponent forcers (e.g. Apollo, Minotaur, Charon)===
Hephaestus is one of the best users on no-interaction strategy. Hence, Apollo could have a hard time sticking with him in order to use his power well. As long as Hephaestus moves up to a level-1 without neighboring Apollo, Apollo may be forever unable to catch up with him.

Charon ferries opponents without level constraint, so Charon should be still good against Hephaestus.

===Fast movers (e.g. Artemis, Triton, Hermes)===
Hephaestus’ early game requires distraction on opponents’ workers. However, it might be very hard against these gods, especially Hermes. Thus, the early game of Hephaestus may need altering. Try to use level-1 forfeiting strategy. Just stick with Hermes and be ready for a good mid-game play against him.

===Pan===
Both are also fast winners, and good users of no interaction strategy. However, Pan's winning could be harder to block compared with Hephaestus. Pan may simply block Hephaestus from winning by using one worker, while winning using another worker. In this case Hephaestus may need to stick with Pan instead.

===Bia===
Bia could have a hard time against Hephaestus. Hephaestus can go anywhere as long as he applies level-2 blocking to prevent from being killed by Bia. One should really avoid this matchup in tournament setup.

===Circe===
Hephaestus usually wins the early game by separating his workers, but this shouldn’t be done against Circe. In this case, level-1 forfeiting strategy may again be used by Hephaestus.

===Good jumpers (e.g Pegasus/Iris/Artemis/Triton)===
They are not vulnerable to Hephaestus level-2 blocking and can stay with Hephaestus on the level-2 areas without any contribution to the flourishing city. Hephaestus should still have a fair match against Pegasus due to his brutal building power. He can corner up his winning position easier than Pegasus can. For Iris, it would be a hard match since it is very hard to corner up a winning position against Iris. Moreover, Iris is also a very fast winner that may instead control the pace of the game. You know, Hephaestus is bad at defending. For Artemis and Triton, they can simply use the level-2’s area contributed by Hephaestus easily, while aggressively building level-3’s to control the pace of the game.

==Conclusion==
Hephaestus needs to be aggressive. You should be the one to completely control the pace of the game, instead of following your opponent’s pace. Every level-1 you build should be fierce enough that everyone will rush to you and try to stop you from topping. Enjoy the show of all gods chasing for Hephaestus.

Tier ranking: B.

Hephaestus always can control the pace of the game but he is not really good against good jumpers. If available, without the opponent being a jumper, choosing him is always a good choice among the two gods available.

SantoriniPowerHephaestus

2020-09-23T02:14:36Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Late Game */

==Introduction==
Hephaestus is one of the gods that I think his power actually matches him. Having his leg hurt, Hephaestus is good at smithing however. His smithing power is shown by his brute force building power, and also due to this, Hephaestus seldom requires to move from corner to corner, which matches the immobile feature of this god. Usually, you can see Hephaestus' opponent running from corner to corner like a mad animal, just in hope of stopping this immobile worker from topping Santorini. Hephaestus can build twice, but must be in the same space. Some beginners might use it in a wrong way that in fact blocks themselves. Yet, after acquiring some more experiences in this game, one may know that this power is in fact super brutal, and you won’t dare to leave Hephaestus alone. If you carelessly pay no heed to this immobile god, you may end up watching him standing on level-2’s, while blocking every of your way to go up and finally topping Santorini.

===God Power===
In your build stage, your worker may build one additional block (not dome) on top of your first block.

===Category===
Player build

===Explaination===
It happens in your build stage. The additional block must be on your first block. First block here means the first block you build in this turn, not the first block of the whole game. Beware that you cannot build a complete tower using this power since you cannot build a dome on your second build.

==Game Strategies==
===Early Game===
Try to calculate this. On a new board, without any interaction with the opponent, which god can go up to the tower within the least turn? Artemis requires six, Demeter requires five, Hephaestus? FOUR, which is the lowest possible in the game. That’s why I call Hephaestus a brutal builder. In the early game, Hephaestus would like to build for his own victory since no one can be faster than him, as long as he is the first mover. If you are the second mover, and your opponent is not a brutal builder like Poseidon, you can simply build for yourself again, since you would also be faster to achieve the win. Therefore, Hephaestus' opponent would usually use level-2 blocking on him, building up every level-1 Hephaestus built, just to prevent him from going up. Thus, the early game of Hephaestus might become a game of stopping this smithing god from moving up. If your opponent applies level-2 blocking on you in the early game, just try to move with both of your workers strategically, while using your power to build some level-2’s to block your opponent’s way, especially when you are against Bia. After several turns, one of your workers may finally become free from opponent’s watching, and get up to a level-1.

Thus it seems to be meaningless to build up so many level-2’s while finally letting you go up to a level-1. It then raises the chance of you to go up further. Some opponents may just let you move up to level-1, while doming or level-3 blocking all your level-2’s. In this case, be aggressive. Even if your opponent domes your tower, those domes may finally help you to corner up the winning position. A fast pace is usually good for Hephaestus. Try to use both of your workers. Separately build their own area of level-2’s or cooperatively build one area of level-2’s.

Hephaestus' power should not be used as a defensive power. First, he cannot build a dome to block the level-2. Secondly, he is bad at ungrounding himself, since his building power is constrained to be in the same space.

If you managed to reach level-2, the mid-game starts here.

===Mid Game===
If you are in a disadvantageous position here, I bet Hephaestus can hardly come back since as aforementioned, his ungrounding power is very bad. Moreover, his power can’t help him to dome the level-2 built by the opponent, so you can simply do nothing but watching their workers teasing you superiorly.

If you are in an advantageous position here, I bet Hephaestus can hardly lose this match. You should know that being aggressive doesn’t mean to build some level-3 that is easily domed by your opponent. Instead, you should quickly extend your area of level-2’s simply using your power. Remember the level-3 blocking in the early game? If your opponent did so, try to move your level-2 path to those towers and yield your win by a two-way level-3. Alternatively, if there are domes nearby, try to move your level-2 path to corner up your winning position by staying with those domes. Corner-L strategy may work here.

If you are in a 50-50 matchup, it is still good for Hephaestus due to his brutal building power. Any level-1’s can become towers in no time. Thus, you actually create a big pressure on your opponent. Moreover, since you can use level-1’s more effectively than others. In the early game, your workers may try to separately build some level-1’s for the mid-game usage. If you did so, your level-2 workers can just extend the level-2’s path to the area with level-1’s. Your opponent surely will be threatened to stay with you. If they fail to, you win the game. During these moves, don’t be careless that you in fact leave a winning possibility for your opponent to grab.

===Late Game===
As I said, the categorisation of stages of game is quite abstract. For Hephaestus, since the board will quickly be filled by level-2’s, the mid-game is already like a late game. In the late game, you should also grab the chance tower up some level-1’s on ground. This is what other gods cannot do. If you are in an area of level-2’s instead, Hephaestus isn’t a powerless god. Try to corner up some level-2 and threaten your opponent to block. Under some good set up, if your opponent does block you, he or she requires to build some level-3 that is accessible to you. For example:

[[Image:Hephaestus-1.png]]

In this case, you should realize that by using workers block. You should be able to corner up A4 and C4 and secure a win, or force Demeter to go down. As a first mover, Hephaestus should immediately take the position of B3, but where to build?

In fact the correct choice is building twice on A4. By doing so, Demeter must be threatened to block A3 by her worker, or else your worker can easily corner up the winning position by standing at A3 and B3. However, since you have built twice on A4, Demeter reaching A3 means Demeter is surrounded by level-2's, and is forced to build a level-3 for you. In this case, what can Demeter do is to build a level-3 on C1, in hope of postponing the death of her.

==Specific Matchup==
===Opponent forcers (e.g. Apollo, Minotaur, Charon)===
Hephaestus is one of the best users on no-interaction strategy. Hence, Apollo could have a hard time sticking with him in order to use his power well. As long as Hephaestus moves up to a level-1 without neighboring Apollo, Apollo may be forever unable to catch up with him.

Charon ferries opponents without level constraint, so Charon should be still good against Hephaestus.

===Fast movers (e.g. Artemis, Triton, Hermes)===
Hephaestus’ early game requires distraction on opponents’ workers. However, it might be very hard against these gods, especially Hermes. Thus, the early game of Hephaestus may need altering. Try to use level-1 forfeiting strategy. Just stick with Hermes and be ready for a good mid-game play against him.

===Pan===
Both are also fast winners, and good users of no interaction strategy. However, Pan's winning could be harder to block compared with Hephaestus. Pan may simply block Hephaestus from winning by using one worker, while winning using another worker. In this case Hephaestus may need to stick with Pan instead.

===Bia===
Bia could have a hard time against Hephaestus. Hephaestus can go anywhere as long as he applies level-2 blocking to prevent from being killed by Bia. One should really avoid this matchup in tournament setup.

===Circe===
Hephaestus usually wins the early game by separating his workers, but this shouldn’t be done against Circe. In this case, level-1 forfeiting strategy may again be used by Hephaestus.

===Good jumpers (e.g Pegasus/Iris/Artemis/Triton)===
They are not vulnerable to Hephaestus level-2 blocking and can stay with Hephaestus on the level-2 areas without any contribution to the flourishing city. Hephaestus should still have a fair match against Pegasus due to his brutal building power. He can corner up his winning position easier than Pegasus can. For Iris, it would be a hard match since it is very hard to corner up a winning position against Iris. Moreover, Iris is also a very fast winner that may instead control the pace of the game. You know, Hephaestus is bad at defending. For Artemis and Triton, they can simply use the level-2’s area contributed by Hephaestus easily, while aggressively building level-3’s to control the pace of the game.

==Conclusion==
Hephaestus needs to be aggressive. You should be the one to completely control the pace of the game, instead of following your opponent’s pace. Every level-1 you build should be fierce enough that everyone will rush to you and try to stop you from topping. Enjoy the show of all gods chasing for Hephaestus.

Tier ranking: B.

Hephaestus always can control the pace of the game but he is not really good against good jumpers. If available, without the opponent being a jumper, choosing him is always a good choice among the two gods available.

SantoriniPowerHephaestus

2020-09-23T02:09:58Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /*Hephaestus*/

Help

2020-09-22T10:37:21Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Games */

Gamehelpdungeonroll

2020-09-22T02:51:02Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Hero Pack 1 */

==Objective==
The objective of the game is to use your companions to fight different monsters. The game consists of 3 delves.

==Player's Turn==
The adventurer roll all 7 party dices to determine his companions.

===Monster Phase===
* Roll a number of dungeon dices equals to the level (up to 10) as the monsters.
* Set aside all dragons: they cannot be rerolled.
* The adventurer can use a scroll to reroll any number of party dices and dungeon dices.
* The adventurer uses his companions to fight monsters. After using, they are moved to the graveyard.
* The adventurer can use his hero's ability (specialty or ultimate ability).
* If the monsters are defeated, proceed to the loot phase. Otherwise, the adventurer flees and gain no experience.

===Loot Phase===
* A thief or a champion can be used to open any number of chests. Other companions can only open a chest.
* The adventurer gets a treasure for each opened chest. If there are no treasures left, use an experience as a replacement.
* Any party dice can be used to quaff any number of potions. A potion can revive a companion with its face choosed by the adventurer.

===Dragon Phase===
* If there are 3 or more dragons in the lair, the dragon arrives.
* A dragon needs 3 different types of companions to be defeated.
* If the dragon is not defeated, the adventurer flees and gain no experience.
* If the dragon is defeated, the adventurer gains a treasure and 1 experience.

===Regroup Phase===
* The adventurer can choose between retire and seek glory.
* If the adventurer chooses to retires, he collects the number of experiences as the level. The delve is over.
* If the adventurer chooses to seek glory, he moves on to the next level with all his remaining active dices. The number of dungeon dices also increases by 1.
* If the level dice is at 10, the adventurer has cleared the dungeon and must retire.

==Companions==
* A cleric can defeat a skeleton, an ooze or any number of goblins.
* A fighter can defeat a goblin, an ooze or any number of skeletons.
* A mage can defeat a goblin, a skeleton or any number of oozes.
* A thief can defeat a monster or used to open any number of chests.
* A champion can defeat any number of a type of monsters or open any number of chests.

==Treasures==
They are collected by opening chests and defeating dragons. Each treasure token can be used only once. Unused tokens are worth 1 experience each unless specified.

* Vorpal Sword: Use as a fighter.
* Talisman: Use as a cleric.
* Scepter of Power: Use as a mage.
* Thieves' Tools: Use as a thief.
* Scroll: Use as a scroll.
* Ring of Invisibility: Return all dungeon dices to the active supply, but do not collect any treasures.
* Dragon Scales: Each pair is worth 2 additional experiences.
* Elixir: Use as a potion.
* Dragon Bait: Transform all monsters to dragon faces, and move them to the dragon's lair.
* Town Portal: Use when unable to defeat monsters or dragons to collect experiences equal to the level. If unused is worth 2 points instead of 1.

==Hero Powers==
Heros are avatars that represents adventurers. All heros begin the game on its novice side, and is flipped to the master side when 5 experiences is gained. Each hero has a specialty (Use as many times as you like) and ultimate ability (Use once per delve).

===Basic Heros===
* Crusader/Paladin: Fighters and clerics used as each other (specialty), used as a fighter or cleric (novice ultimate), discard a treasure to defeat all monsters, open all chests, quaff all potions and discard all dragons (master ultimate)

* Enchantress/Beguiler: Scrolls used as any companion (specialty), transform a monster to a potion (novice ultimate), transform 2 monsters to a potion (master ultimate)

* Half-Goblin/Chieftain: Open chests and quaff potions at any time (specialty), transform a goblin to thief (novice ultimate), transform 2 goblins to thieves (master ultimate)

* Knight/Dragon Slayer: Scrolls become champions (novice specialty), novice + 1 less dice used to defeat a dragon (master specialty), transform all monster to dragons (ultimate)

* Mercenary/Commander: Reroll any number of dice when forming the party (novice specialty), fighters defeat 1 extra monster (master specialty), defeat up to 2 monsters (novice ultimate), reroll any number of party and dungeon dice (master ultimate)

* Minstrel/Bard: Thieves and mages used as each other (novice specialty), novice + champions defeat extra monster (master specialty), discard all dragons (ultimate)

* Occultist/Necromancer: Clerics and mages used as each other (specialty), transform a skeleton to fighter (novice ultimate), transform 2 skeletons to fighters (master ultimate)

* Spellsword/Battlemage: Fighters and mages used as each other (specialty), used as a fighter or mage (novice ultimate), discard all dices in dragon's lair (master ultimate)

===Hero Pack 1===
* Alchemist/Thaumaturge: Chests become potions (specialty), revive a companion (novice ultimate), revive 2 companions (master ultimate)

* Archaeologist/Tomb Raider: Draw 2 treasure when forming the party and discard 6 treasrues in the end (specialty), draw and discard 2 treasures (novice ultimate), draw 2 treasures and discard 1 (master ultimate)

* Dwarf/Berkerser: Start with 5 dices and reroll when champion defeats 2+ monsters (specialty), discard 1 monster for each champion and reroll all champions (novice ultimate), revive 4 companions but cannot retire unless defeating a dragon (master ultimate)

* Leprechaun/Clurichaun: All poisons become chests but all treasures are discarded (specialty), transform 1 monster into a chest (novice ultimate), transform 2 monsters into a chest (master ultimate)

* Scout/Dungeoneer: Assign dungeon dices to level 1-3 (specialty), reduce 1 level and retire immediately (novice ultimate), retire immediately (master ultimate)

* Sorceress/Drake Kin: Discard all dragons when more than 3 (specialty), discard 1 monster for each dragon (novice ultimate), discard 1 type of monster for each dragon (master ultimate)

* Tracker/Ranger: Reroll 1 goblin once per level (specialty), discard 1 monster of any type (novice ultimate), discard 1 monster of each type (master ultimate)

* Viking/Undead Viking: Take 5 champions instead of rolling (novice specialty), novice + all skeletons becomes potions (master specialty), discard all dragon dices (ultimate)

===Promo===

* Guild Leader/Guild Master: Start with 8 dices (specialty), set 1 party/dungeon dice (novice ultimate), set 1 party and dungeon dice (master ultimate)

* Time Traveller/Time Lady: Set 1 dice of each type and 1 champion (specialty), discard 1 treasure to defeat a dragon (novice ultimate), discard 1 treasure or scroll to defeat a dragon (master ultimate)

==Ranking==
This is used when playing with solo mode. Play three rounds with the normal rules and go for the best score.

{| class="wikitable"
! width=30% | Points
! width=50% | Title
|-
|0-15
|Dragon fodder
|-
|16-23
|Village Hero
|-
|24-29
|Seasoned Explorer
|-
|30-34
|Champion
|-
|35+
|Hero of Ages
|}

Gamehelpdungeonroll

2020-09-21T10:58:51Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Treasures */

==Objective==
The objective of the game is to use your companions to fight different monsters. The game consists of 3 delves.

==Player's Turn==
The adventurer roll all 7 party dices to determine his companions.

===Monster Phase===
* Roll a number of dungeon dices equals to the level (up to 10) as the monsters.
* Set aside all dragons: they cannot be rerolled.
* The adventurer can use a scroll to reroll any number of party dices and dungeon dices.
* The adventurer uses his companions to fight monsters. After using, they are moved to the graveyard.
* The adventurer can use his hero's ability (specialty or ultimate ability).
* If the monsters are defeated, proceed to the loot phase. Otherwise, the adventurer flees and gain no experience.

===Loot Phase===
* A thief or a champion can be used to open any number of chests. Other companions can only open a chest.
* The adventurer gets a treasure for each opened chest. If there are no treasures left, use an experience as a replacement.
* Any party dice can be used to quaff any number of potions. A potion can revive a companion with its face choosed by the adventurer.

===Dragon Phase===
* If there are 3 or more dragons in the lair, the dragon arrives.
* A dragon needs 3 different types of companions to be defeated.
* If the dragon is not defeated, the adventurer flees and gain no experience.
* If the dragon is defeated, the adventurer gains a treasure and 1 experience.

===Regroup Phase===
* The adventurer can choose between retire and seek glory.
* If the adventurer chooses to retires, he collects the number of experiences as the level. The delve is over.
* If the adventurer chooses to seek glory, he moves on to the next level with all his remaining active dices. The number of dungeon dices also increases by 1.
* If the level dice is at 10, the adventurer has cleared the dungeon and must retire.

==Companions==
* A cleric can defeat a skeleton, an ooze or any number of goblins.
* A fighter can defeat a goblin, an ooze or any number of skeletons.
* A mage can defeat a goblin, a skeleton or any number of oozes.
* A thief can defeat a monster or used to open any number of chests.
* A champion can defeat any number of a type of monsters or open any number of chests.

==Treasures==
They are collected by opening chests and defeating dragons. Each treasure token can be used only once. Unused tokens are worth 1 experience each unless specified.

* Vorpal Sword: Use as a fighter.
* Talisman: Use as a cleric.
* Scepter of Power: Use as a mage.
* Thieves' Tools: Use as a thief.
* Scroll: Use as a scroll.
* Ring of Invisibility: Return all dungeon dices to the active supply, but do not collect any treasures.
* Dragon Scales: Each pair is worth 2 additional experiences.
* Elixir: Use as a potion.
* Dragon Bait: Transform all monsters to dragon faces, and move them to the dragon's lair.
* Town Portal: Use when unable to defeat monsters or dragons to collect experiences equal to the level. If unused is worth 2 points instead of 1.

==Hero Powers==
Heros are avatars that represents adventurers. All heros begin the game on its novice side, and is flipped to the master side when 5 experiences is gained. Each hero has a specialty (Use as many times as you like) and ultimate ability (Use once per delve).

===Basic Heros===
* Crusader/Paladin: Fighters and clerics used as each other (specialty), used as a fighter or cleric (novice ultimate), discard a treasure to defeat all monsters, open all chests, quaff all potions and discard all dragons (master ultimate)

* Enchantress/Beguiler: Scrolls used as any companion (specialty), transform a monster to a potion (novice ultimate), transform 2 monsters to a potion (master ultimate)

* Half-Goblin/Chieftain: Open chests and quaff potions at any time (specialty), transform a goblin to thief (novice ultimate), transform 2 goblins to thieves (master ultimate)

* Knight/Dragon Slayer: Scrolls become champions (novice specialty), novice + 1 less dice used to defeat a dragon (master specialty), transform all monster to dragons (ultimate)

* Mercenary/Commander: Reroll any number of dice when forming the party (novice specialty), fighters defeat 1 extra monster (master specialty), defeat up to 2 monsters (novice ultimate), reroll any number of party and dungeon dice (master ultimate)

* Minstrel/Bard: Thieves and mages used as each other (novice specialty), novice + champions defeat extra monster (master specialty), discard all dragons (ultimate)

* Occultist/Necromancer: Clerics and mages used as each other (specialty), transform a skeleton to fighter (novice ultimate), transform 2 skeletons to fighters (master ultimate)

* Spellsword/Battlemage: Fighters and mages used as each other (specialty), used as a fighter or mage (novice ultimate), discard all dices in dragon's lair (master ultimate)

===Hero Pack 1===
* Alchemist/Thaumaturge: Chests become potions (specialty), revive a companion (novice ultimate), revive 2 companions (master ultimate)

* Archaeologist/Tomb Raider: Draw 2 treasure when forming the party and discard 6 treasrues in the end (specialty), draw and discard 2 treasures (novice ultimate), draw 2 treasures and discard 1 (master ultimate)

* Dwarf/Berkerser: Start with 5 dices and reroll when champion defeats 2+ monsters (specialty), discard 1 monster for each champion and reroll all champions (novice ultimate), revive 4 companions but cannot retire unless defeating a dragon (master ultimate)

* Leprechaun/Clurichaun: All poisons become chests but all treasures are discarded (specialty), transform 1 monster into a chest (novice ultimate), transform 2 monsters into a chest (master ultimate)

* Scout/Dungeoneer: Assign dungeon dices to level 1-3 (specialty), reduce 1 level and retire immediately (novice ultimate), retire immediately (master ultimate)

* Sorceress/Drake Kin: Discard all dragons when more than 3 (specialty), discard 1 monster for each dragon (novice ultimate), discard 1 type of monster for each dragon (master ultimate)

* Tracker/Ranger: Reroll 1 goblin once per level (specialty), discard 1 monsters of each type (ultimate)

* Viking/Undead Viking: Take 5 champions instead of rolling (novice specialty), novice + all skeletons becomes potions (master specialty), discard all dragon dices (ultimate)

===Promo===

* Guild Leader/Guild Master: Start with 8 dices (specialty), set 1 party/dungeon dice (novice ultimate), set 1 party and dungeon dice (master ultimate)

* Time Traveller/Time Lady: Set 1 dice of each type and 1 champion (specialty), discard 1 treasure to defeat a dragon (novice ultimate), discard 1 treasure or scroll to defeat a dragon (master ultimate)

==Ranking==
This is used when playing with solo mode. Play three rounds with the normal rules and go for the best score.

{| class="wikitable"
! width=30% | Points
! width=50% | Title
|-
|0-15
|Dragon fodder
|-
|16-23
|Village Hero
|-
|24-29
|Seasoned Explorer
|-
|30-34
|Champion
|-
|35+
|Hero of Ages
|}

Gamehelpdungeonroll

2020-09-21T10:58:41Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Treasures */

==Objective==
The objective of the game is to use your companions to fight different monsters. The game consists of 3 delves.

==Player's Turn==
The adventurer roll all 7 party dices to determine his companions.

===Monster Phase===
* Roll a number of dungeon dices equals to the level (up to 10) as the monsters.
* Set aside all dragons: they cannot be rerolled.
* The adventurer can use a scroll to reroll any number of party dices and dungeon dices.
* The adventurer uses his companions to fight monsters. After using, they are moved to the graveyard.
* The adventurer can use his hero's ability (specialty or ultimate ability).
* If the monsters are defeated, proceed to the loot phase. Otherwise, the adventurer flees and gain no experience.

===Loot Phase===
* A thief or a champion can be used to open any number of chests. Other companions can only open a chest.
* The adventurer gets a treasure for each opened chest. If there are no treasures left, use an experience as a replacement.
* Any party dice can be used to quaff any number of potions. A potion can revive a companion with its face choosed by the adventurer.

===Dragon Phase===
* If there are 3 or more dragons in the lair, the dragon arrives.
* A dragon needs 3 different types of companions to be defeated.
* If the dragon is not defeated, the adventurer flees and gain no experience.
* If the dragon is defeated, the adventurer gains a treasure and 1 experience.

===Regroup Phase===
* The adventurer can choose between retire and seek glory.
* If the adventurer chooses to retires, he collects the number of experiences as the level. The delve is over.
* If the adventurer chooses to seek glory, he moves on to the next level with all his remaining active dices. The number of dungeon dices also increases by 1.
* If the level dice is at 10, the adventurer has cleared the dungeon and must retire.

==Companions==
* A cleric can defeat a skeleton, an ooze or any number of goblins.
* A fighter can defeat a goblin, an ooze or any number of skeletons.
* A mage can defeat a goblin, a skeleton or any number of oozes.
* A thief can defeat a monster or used to open any number of chests.
* A champion can defeat any number of a type of monsters or open any number of chests.

==Treasures==
They are collected by opening chests and defeating dragons. Each treasure token can be used only once. Unused tokens are worth 1 experience each unless specified.

* Vorpal Sword: Use as a fighter.
* Talisman: Use as a cleric.
* Scepter of Power: Use as a mage.
* Thieves' Tools: Use as a thief.
* Scroll: Use as a scroll.
* Ring of Invisibility: Return all dungeon dices to the active supply, but do not collect any treasures.
* Dragon Scales: Each pair is worth 2 additional experience tokens.
* Elixir: Use as a potion.
* Dragon Bait: Transform all monsters to dragon faces, and move them to the dragon's lair.
* Town Portal: Use when unable to defeat monsters or dragons to collect experiences equal to the level. If unused is worth 2 points instead of 1.

==Hero Powers==
Heros are avatars that represents adventurers. All heros begin the game on its novice side, and is flipped to the master side when 5 experiences is gained. Each hero has a specialty (Use as many times as you like) and ultimate ability (Use once per delve).

===Basic Heros===
* Crusader/Paladin: Fighters and clerics used as each other (specialty), used as a fighter or cleric (novice ultimate), discard a treasure to defeat all monsters, open all chests, quaff all potions and discard all dragons (master ultimate)

* Enchantress/Beguiler: Scrolls used as any companion (specialty), transform a monster to a potion (novice ultimate), transform 2 monsters to a potion (master ultimate)

* Half-Goblin/Chieftain: Open chests and quaff potions at any time (specialty), transform a goblin to thief (novice ultimate), transform 2 goblins to thieves (master ultimate)

* Knight/Dragon Slayer: Scrolls become champions (novice specialty), novice + 1 less dice used to defeat a dragon (master specialty), transform all monster to dragons (ultimate)

* Mercenary/Commander: Reroll any number of dice when forming the party (novice specialty), fighters defeat 1 extra monster (master specialty), defeat up to 2 monsters (novice ultimate), reroll any number of party and dungeon dice (master ultimate)

* Minstrel/Bard: Thieves and mages used as each other (novice specialty), novice + champions defeat extra monster (master specialty), discard all dragons (ultimate)

* Occultist/Necromancer: Clerics and mages used as each other (specialty), transform a skeleton to fighter (novice ultimate), transform 2 skeletons to fighters (master ultimate)

* Spellsword/Battlemage: Fighters and mages used as each other (specialty), used as a fighter or mage (novice ultimate), discard all dices in dragon's lair (master ultimate)

===Hero Pack 1===
* Alchemist/Thaumaturge: Chests become potions (specialty), revive a companion (novice ultimate), revive 2 companions (master ultimate)

* Archaeologist/Tomb Raider: Draw 2 treasure when forming the party and discard 6 treasrues in the end (specialty), draw and discard 2 treasures (novice ultimate), draw 2 treasures and discard 1 (master ultimate)

* Dwarf/Berkerser: Start with 5 dices and reroll when champion defeats 2+ monsters (specialty), discard 1 monster for each champion and reroll all champions (novice ultimate), revive 4 companions but cannot retire unless defeating a dragon (master ultimate)

* Leprechaun/Clurichaun: All poisons become chests but all treasures are discarded (specialty), transform 1 monster into a chest (novice ultimate), transform 2 monsters into a chest (master ultimate)

* Scout/Dungeoneer: Assign dungeon dices to level 1-3 (specialty), reduce 1 level and retire immediately (novice ultimate), retire immediately (master ultimate)

* Sorceress/Drake Kin: Discard all dragons when more than 3 (specialty), discard 1 monster for each dragon (novice ultimate), discard 1 type of monster for each dragon (master ultimate)

* Tracker/Ranger: Reroll 1 goblin once per level (specialty), discard 1 monsters of each type (ultimate)

* Viking/Undead Viking: Take 5 champions instead of rolling (novice specialty), novice + all skeletons becomes potions (master specialty), discard all dragon dices (ultimate)

===Promo===

* Guild Leader/Guild Master: Start with 8 dices (specialty), set 1 party/dungeon dice (novice ultimate), set 1 party and dungeon dice (master ultimate)

* Time Traveller/Time Lady: Set 1 dice of each type and 1 champion (specialty), discard 1 treasure to defeat a dragon (novice ultimate), discard 1 treasure or scroll to defeat a dragon (master ultimate)

==Ranking==
This is used when playing with solo mode. Play three rounds with the normal rules and go for the best score.

{| class="wikitable"
! width=30% | Points
! width=50% | Title
|-
|0-15
|Dragon fodder
|-
|16-23
|Village Hero
|-
|24-29
|Seasoned Explorer
|-
|30-34
|Champion
|-
|35+
|Hero of Ages
|}

2020-09-17T05:30:34Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Variants */

== Goal ==

Gain the most Victory Points by the end of the game.

There are two ways to gain points:

* Acquiring buildings during the game for either a fixed or variable amount
* Acquiring Civilization cards during the game that give extra points at the end of the game

== Rules summary ==

Each round is divided into 3 phases, which are executed in the order described:
1. The players take turns placing their people on the game board.
2. The players use the actions of their placed people all at once in turn order.
3. The players feed their people.

== Phase 1: ==
===Place People on the Board===

In turn order, one area at a time, players place one or more of their people in the different areas of the board. Each "ring" in each area of the board can only be occupied by one person. The exception to this rule is the hunting ground which can be occupied by as many people of any color every turn.

====Special Considerations When Playing With Fewer Than 4 Players====

When playing with '''2 or 3 players''': Of the non-resource areas (Tool Maker, Hut and Field) only two may be occupied per turn. The third place remains empty until the next round.

With '''3 players''': Of the resource areas (Forest, Clay Pit, Quarry and River) only 2 players may place people in each round, even if there are additional spaces for additional people.

With '''2 players''': Of the resource areas (Forest, Clay Pit, Quarry and River) only 1 player may place people in each round, even if there are additional spaces for additional people.

All remaining rules remain unchanged when playing with fewer than 4 players.

== Phase 2: ==
===Use the Actions of Your Placed People===

In turn order each player uses all of his placed people in any order. During this phase, the following actions may be used:

* '''Hunting Grounds (Food), Forest (Wood), Clay Pit (Brick), Quarry (Stone), and River (Gold)''': Roll 1 dice per person placed and acquire resources according to the number rolled (1 Food for each full 2 on Hunting Grounds, 1 Wood for each full 3 on Forest, 1 Brick for each full 4 on Clay Pit, 1 Stone for each full 5 on Quarry, 1 Gold for each full 6 on River).

* '''Field''': Placing a person in the Field increases your Agriculture Level. Each turn during the Feeding Phase, your Agriculture Level is subtracted from the amount of people you have. A higher agriculture level allows you to more easily sustain your population. You may have a maximum agriculture level of 10.

* '''Tool Maker''': Placing a person on the Tool Maker adds one new Tool to your player board. You only have 3 tools on your player board, and each subsequent person placed on the Tool Maker upgrades one of your tools to the next level.

* '''Hut''': Place two People on the Hut to gain an extra Person to place (and feed) for the rest of the game. You may have a maximum of 10 people.

* '''Building Card''': Buy the building with the resources shown on the Building Card, scoring the point value shown in the top-left corner (A question mark in the top-left corner is explained below).

* '''Civilization Card''': Buy the card with a number of resources (of any kind) depending on its position in the Civilization Card Track (1 to 4 resources depicted above the card). The immediate effect of the card is applied when purchase. The bottom half of Civilization Card is used for scoring at the end of the game.

===Resources===

Hunting Grounds, Forest, Clay Pit, Quarry, and River:
Roll 1 dice per Person placed in that area and take the corresponding resources:

* 1 Food for each full 2 on Hunting Grounds,
* 1 Wood for each full 3 on Forest,
* 1 Brick for each full 4 on Clay Pit,
* 1 Stone for each full 5 on Quarry,
* 1 Gold for each full 6 on River.

You may use tools to increase the dice result and take more resources. Each of your tool must be used all at once, and can be used once per turn. Some cards give you single-use tools which are lost after they are used, and don't count for final scoring.

===Buildings===

Pay the building cost to get the Building and receive the Point Value listed in the top-left corner of the card.

''If the building cost is Not Fixed'': If there is a question mark in the corner of the card, you win points for each of the resources used to acquire this building. The values of each resource correspond to the numbers it requires when people are placed on them:
* Each Wood is worth 3 Points,
* Each Brick is worth 4 Points,
* Each Stone is worth 5 Points,
* Each Gold is worth 6 Points.

===Civilization Card Details===

Each Civilization Card acquired brings an immediate advantage (depicted on the top half of the card) and some multiplier for final scoring (depicted on the bottom half of the card).

Place the mouse cursor on each card to see details in the tooltip.

Note that at the list of your acquired civilization cards you will see only the bottom half of each card, for the top half is no longer relevant.

== Phase 3: ==
===Feed Your People===

Each Agriculture Level automatically counts as 1 Food during this phase.

You must provide 1 Food per Person.

In the event that you don't have enough food, you may use any resource to feed your people.

If you don't manage (or choose not) to feed your people by the means above, you lose all of your food and 10 points as a penalty.

===Game End===

The game ends when either:

* One Building Stack is empty at the end of a round
or
* There are insufficient Civilization cards to fill the 4 spots at the beginning of a round

The final number of points for each player is decided by the conditions below:

* Points earned during the game by acquiring Buildings, minus Food Penalties,
* Multipliers denoted at the bottom halves of Civilization Cards collected,
* Each Resource that a Player has leftover on his Player Board Scores 1 Point

== Variants ==

===Harsh Winter===
* Spend an extra stone when building certain buildings to score 5 points.
* Spend an extra gold when purchasing cards to score 6 points.

===Wild Animals===
* Four animal cards are shuffled into the civilization deck. When revealed, animals stay in play until driven off, subtracting 1, 2, or 3 from the all dice rolls.
* Players must collectively place a total of X people on the card to drive it off (X = number of players).

===Igloos===
* Spend 3 resources of the same type to buy an igloo, which awards points like a building but does not count for the end-game building bonus.

===The New Huts===
* Adds new buildings that grant fewer points when built in exchange for a bonus (gain a wood/brick/stone each round, or +1 worker/tool/agriculture level). These do count for the end-game building bonus.

===Mammoth Herd===
* At the beginning of each round, a mammoth appears on the resource shown by the top-most bonus tile.
* Players who place their people there can also spend 1 food per person to tame the mammoth.
* Each player who place people to tame the mammoth roll 1 dice per person.
* The player with the highest single dice is the mammoth tamer. Others are challengers.
* The mammoth tamer can choose to take the 1 or all bonus. Others take the all bonus.

SantoriniPowerAtlas

2020-09-16T09:36:42Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /*Atlas*/

==Introduction==
Atlas could be a joke for newbies as some newbies will just keep building domes and finally trap themselves, or someone will just keep building domes and forget to move up for winning. However, it is actually a very formidable god to play against. In early game, as long as one of his workers stays at the center, he can go wherever to block your moving by a dome. When you think you are securing a win in a corner, he just builds a dome from the ground level and blocks your innocent worker. You can simply win by blocking both of the opponent’s workers using Atlas. Moreover, there is a special winning strategy for Atlas, it is to dome one of your workers on an alone island. That means no one can go and block your win. In the following review, we would focus on the normal strategy of Atlas.

===God Power===
In your build stage, (instead of your normal build), your worker may build a dome at any level.

===Category===
Player build

===Explaination===
I don't think this explanation is not clear enough. To me, Selene’s and Morpheus power mentioned the sentence “instead of your normal build”, but this isn’t mentioned in Atlas’s power. However, both of Atlas and Selene’s powers are alternative builds. That means if you activate the power, you cannot normally build, but you build with the description instead. Moreover, “at any level” means you can simply place a dome on ground, level-1, level-2 or level-3.

==Game Strategies==
===Early Game===
Atlas is neither a good builder nor a good mover. If you want to simply keep building and moving up without any interaction with your opponent, Atlas could be a bad choice. Thus in the early game, you should always have at least one worker around your opponent (and at best only one). If the opponent is already on level-1, you can ignore the level-1 they recently built. It would not be a big threat and you should grab this chance to move up another worker. Yet, try to dome the level-2 your opponent builds. The reason behind is, doming a level-2 is simply wasting your opponent two building turns, but doming a level-1 is actually using your own single turn to waste one turn of your opponent.

Moreover, keep an eye on the cornered worker, Atlas can easily trap a cornered worker by doming ONLY 3 SPACES. With this corner-blocking skill, your smart opponent would try to keep away from corners. Thus, Atlas is actually the best user of corner-winning strategy. Your opponent would be less willing to reach a corner to block your way.

===Mid Game===
It depends on the situation of the game, if you are on the disadvantageous position, where both of your workers are still on ground level, try to block the way of your opponent’s level-2 worker. You may be able to force him to move down by blocking all other possible routes, and so the game will be back to a situation like the early game. If you are in a 50-50 situation, try to keep one of your workers around the opponent’s mover, not letting them build more level-2 and hence they may just need to move down to create a new platform for winning. During these blocking, remember to keep the momentum of your other worker to move up! Do not let your workers both on the ground in the late game! If you are in an advantageous position, Atlas skill could easily secure your win. You can dome all opponent’s ways to block your win and corner-up your winning position.

===Late Game===
If both of your workers are still on ground level… GG, since your opponent could easily use level-2 to corner up their winning position. If at least one of your workers stays with the opponent, Atlas skill could become handy here. In late game, sometimes our moves are confined by the “MUST move and build” rule. Some moves in the late game would force us to build a level-3 for the opponent and guarantee a loss. Atlas will not encounter this problem because he can simply build a dome instead of a level-3. In the late game, try to use domes to force your opponent to make some unwanted moves.

==Specific Matchup==
===Good builders (e.g. Demeter, Terpsichore, Castor & Pollux, Prometheus, Hestia, Morpheus, Poseidon)===
A good player should never corner yourself against Atlas, hence your winning position is usually in the inner space instead. Demeter and Hestia are good builders even in the inner space. Recall the level-2 blocking strategy from Atlas? Atlas cannot perform this strategy well on Demeter because Demeter can simply set up a two-way for herself to move up to level-2.

For Atlas, facing this two-way situation, think deeper and dome the level-2 that favours your opponent more. For example, Demeter moves up to a level-1 E2 and builds two level-2 on E1 and E3. Blocking E3 would be a good choice since Demeter would then move up to a corner space if she really wants to move up, which then makes her vulnerable to corner-trapping. Do not try to ignore the opponent’s mover. You are never faster than a good builder.

===Urania===
Atlas cannot easily block her but may block himself instead. Urania is not vulnerable to corner-trapping and pausing the momentum of Urania would be a very hard work for Atlas.
For Atlas, use your domes wisely. Be more careful for the position of your worker. Always keeping a worker at the center may help you to block all possible routes for Urania to move up. A ridiculous strategy could come handy: block every perimeter space and Urania power would become useless.

===Chronus===
Chronus would be overwhelmed by Atlas ability. When using Chronus against Atlas, just play as if you do not have any power, since Atlas can simply build domes everywhere, shutting down the possibilities to build 5 complete towers on the board. I don’t really recommend this matchup in tournament setup. Avoid it.

===Zeus===
Matchup against Zeus could be quite different. It is hard to block Zeus from going to level-2, so the level-2 blocking strategy by Atlas is no longer useful.

For Atlas, as you can’t really block Zeus from moving up to level-2, you can just let Zeus stay on level-2. However, it is still useful to dome a level-2 or a level-3 as it is using a single turn to destroy what your opponent has done in several turns.

==Conclusion==
Atlas’ domes should never be a joke, but a nightmare to your opponent. Keep your worker at the best position so that you can block every of your opponent’s best moves. Remember that his ability is useful in all stages of the game, so you need to be very careful on every dome to be created.

Tier ranking: A.

Atlas is useful on most of the matchup and there is no perfect counter on Atlas. Choosing Atlas from the two gods available is never a bad choice for you!

2020-09-14T05:49:49Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /*Athena*/

==Introduction==
Other than Artemis, Athena is one of the three gods I have met in my first game. As a beginner, we were not as eager as now to move up, so I did not realize the strength of Athena. However, after realizing the high win rate of Athena among all the gods I have played, I started to look into the power of the goddess of wisdom. Simply put, the most common method of winning is moving up to the third floor, but Athena stops that simply by moving up herself. As we know, a grounded worker requires at least three turns to achieve a win, but Athena can lengthen this turns requirement by moving up. Athena could be super annoying during most of the matchup. However the number of times to move up is quite limited, so when should we use them? Truly, you need to move up wisely, packed with your pure wisdom.

===God Power===
During opponent’s turn, if one of your workers moved up on your last turn, opponent workers cannot move up this turn.

===Category===
Opponent blocking

===Explaination===
This happens in the opponent's turn. During their turns, the system will check if your worker has moved up in your last turn. If so, their workers simply cannot move up, even for Pegasus and Iris. Beware that if Athena’s worker moved up during Dionysus’ turn, the power will not be activated since the moving up is not happening in your last turn. However, if you have moved up the turn just before Dionysus using your worker, your worker can still move up during Dionysus's turn, since they are your workers, not opponent's workers.

==Game Strategies==
===Early Game===
In the early game, everyone wants to be the one who is the first on level-1. For the user of Athena, you should be more eager to be the first one. Thus, as a second mover, Athena is a very good user of level-2 blocking in early game: building up every block your opponent builds to a level-2. Beware that your opponent should also be very careful on every moving-up possibility of you since it may destroy their whole set up, so they may still apply the same early game strategy on you. However in this case, it may set up a perfect environment for Athena to win in the late game. Having so many level-2’s may eventually provide too much possibility for Athena to move up from level-1, and hinder your movement.

Assuming a level-2 blocking in the early game, at the end someone (maybe Athena, or her opponent) would be blocked by workers or level-2 so they can no longer apply this strategy. In this case, as Athena, quickly build a level-1 next to some level-2’s area. If your opponent does move up this turn, he risks at least two turns of not moving up and watching you to go up hopelessly.

Moreover, Athena should not blindly move up. Your moving up is like a Hero Power, though being able to recover in the game. Only move up when your opponent can do so too. If you move up in the turn while your level-1 opponent is still surrounded by a level-1 area, you fail to show your wisdom. For a second-mover Athena, try to build two level-1’s first so that you can move up without any loss of momentum, while blocking every of your opponent’s moving-up. For example, move up to the level-1 and build a level-2. Then move up the level-2 and build a level-2 again. It can immediately bring Athena to an advantageous position.

Remember that the effect of blocking to move up is not related to the distance between workers. Even if you and the opponents are far away building for yourself, your every moving-ups are hindering your opponents. Thus, most of Athena's moves are interacting with your opponents. Unlike Atlas or Apollo, Athena does not need to stick with your opponent to interact with them. Hence, Athena is actually one of the best users of no-interaction early game strategy. With both setting up for themselves, Athena could crush most of the gods using this strategy.

===Mid Game===
This should be the most intelligent part Athena could show. As long as Athena moves up, every block you build would be an obstacle for your grounded opponent. While building up your newly built block would be super favorable for your winning, your opponent would simply ignore that block and let your other worker move up defenselessly. If your opponent is incautious of your no-interaction strategy in early game, Athena could win in the mid-game. By moving up and using a level-2 as a dome for your opponent.

Another strategy in mid-game is to move up and build a tower next to your opponent, this may sometimes threaten your opponent since he cannot go up but only to dome your tower.

If you are in a seemingly disadvantageous position in the mid-game, where both of your workers are still on the ground level. Don’t worry, an area full of level-2’s is now the best platform for you to show your wisdom. Build a safe level-1 next to the level-2’s area, while keep moving up in later turns.

===Late Game===
Late game is super unfavorable to Athena, where both workers are on the high levels already, meaning that Athena can seldom use her power again. In this case, some players would like to move down Athena in order to use her power. Your opponent can then grab this chance and block the path of your poor inferior Athena. Athena may no longer come back to the level-2’s area. Thus, as Athena, try to win in the mid-game. As the opponent of Athena, try to bring the game to a late game where Athena can seldom use her power. In the late game, it would become a fight between gods and the powerless Athena.

If your Athena are unlucky to be in the late game, don’t give up. I do recommend you to move down so that you can use the “fake-dome” and “tower-next-to-the-opponent” strategy mentioned above again. Yet during the move-down, try to move to the level-1 that you can have n-way back to level-2’s. In this way, you can guarantee to demonstrate your wisdom again to your opponent.

==Specific Matchup==
===Apollo/Minotaur===
Both the god of music and a monster cannot withstand the overwhelming wisdom from Athena. Apollo’s threatening strategy in the early game would become less effective, by standing next to the level-1. Athena can simply go up, saying “Hi” to Apollo while Apollo can do nothing on her! Luckily, Apollo did well in most of the mid-game Athena’s strategies especially for the “tower-next-to-the-opponent” strategy, since Apollo could simply swap the position and dome the winning position.

===Domers (e.g. Atlas and Selene)===
Athena’s moving up would be blocked by domers. Thus, during the match against domers, Athena should use her power to set up blocks so that your opponent cannot easily reach your area of focus. This would be hard since Athena is not really a good builder…

===Pan===
Athena’s moving up could block Pan’s winning. Under no-interaction strategy, no matter Pan is the first or second mover, Athena can perfectly block the moving up of Pan. For second-mover Athena, simply build two level-1 first. In this case you can keep going up without any loss of momentum.

===Good builders (esp. Demeter)===
Demeter is a good builder but building too many level-1 may be favorable to Athena, as it may become a support for Athena unstoppably moving up. For other good builders, try to avoid building too many level 1’s.

===Hypnus===
Athena vs Hypnus is a good matchup. Everytime Athena uses her power, she may risk a chance of locking her worker too. Yet, under no-interaction strategy, Hypnus should be outplayed by Athena as long as Athena set up well. The two level-1’s strategy is not enough for Athena to keep moving up, try a three level-1’s strategy instead.

===Persephone===
Persephone level-1 distracting strategy may not work well on Athena. Sometimes, Persephone can build a tower while leaving a level-1 open for your opponent, so that your opponent needs to move up to the level-1 without doming your tower. However, Athena moving up to level-1 means Persephone being not able to win too! Thus, their matchup is a fair and fun match.

===Zeus===
Athena’s early game moving-up does not work well on Zeus since Zeus can simply move up to level-2 by his power. However, those mid-game strategies still work well on Zeus.

===Hades===
Athena’s moving up power would be limited to 4 times against Hades. Yet, Hades has not much power to block Athena’s mid-game strategy.

==Conclusion==
It is easier said than done. Athena’s power is undoubtedly powerful, but it is not an easy god to play with. Setting up is more important than going up for Athena. Grounded Athena can comeback easily in the mid-game, but level-2’s Athena might actually be a joke for your opponent. Try to be ready for your wisdom every time you play Athena!

Tier ranking: A.

There is no perfect counter for Athena. Choosing her among the two gods available is never a bad choice for you.

2020-09-09T04:56:27Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Introduction */

[[Image:Santorini-Apollo.jpeg]]

==Introduction==
[[Image:Santorini-Apollo.jpeg]]

Apollo seems dumb to beginners at first. What is useful with a god that can only swap places with others? However, the truth is not like what it seems. This is because he can steal advantages from opponents and give his disadvantages to them, leaving their innocent workers in despair. In the following review, we will see when the swaps should be used.

===God Power===
In your move stage, your worker may move into your opponent worker’s space by forcing their workers to the space yours just vacated.

===Category===
Player move/Opponent forcing

===Explanation===
It happens during your move turn. This skill only applies when you can move to that space without that worker. Thus, you can’t move to a level-2 from ground by using this skill.

==Game Strategies==
===Early Game===
Apollo’s power is the most significant during the early game. In early game, everyone wants to at least move one worker to level-1. However, simply putting Apollo’s worker next to a level-1 would threaten your opponent not to move up. If your opponent does move up, Apollo can pull him off by swapping with him by a grounded worker. By doing this, your opponent simply wastes a single turn and would have built some block that favours your moved worker. Therefore, a smart opponent would not move up in this case. Instead, they may keep moving away from Apollo’s workers. Thus, in the early game, try to keep both of your workers next to your opponent. Do not apply no-interaction strategy, your opponent would be happy to have you not being next to him. Under no-interaction strategy, you lose Apollo’s power and may easily lose this game. Apollo is never faster than a good mover or a good builder.

Do not forget that your threat of pulling opponents off the level will no longer exist if your worker is on a higher level, so don’t be too greedy in going up at first. Wherever you go up, you should guarantee yourself to be able to move up to a level-2. Therefore, the early game against Apollo is usually a bunch of level-1 on the board, with both players waiting for the others to go up.

===Mid Game===
If Apollo is in a disadvantageous position, it would be very hard to come back since the opponent can just ground your worker and keep setting up. Apollo’s skill becomes nothing when its workers are kept away from the opponent, so remember to do better in the early game. If Apollo is in a 50-50 situation, with workers staying with the opponent’s, it could be hard for the opponent to fight against you. Since moving up to a level-2 is again a threat due to the swapping power, while leaving this area to find a better platform for winning would bring your opponent in a disadvantageous position. Thus, a 50-50 situation in mid-game is in fact very good for Apollo to set up. If Apollo is in an advantageous position, the power of Apollo actually doesn’t really matter, since you can just ground your opponent carefully and create the best condition for your win.

===Late Game===
Apollo’s power is also unstoppable in the late game. For example, there are all level-2’s on the 3x3 space on the bottom right corner. Apollo’s workers are on C3 and E2, while the opponent workers are on D2 and E3. Normally it would be hard for you to win since the opponent is standing at the center of all level-2’s, that is, your opponent can always move up to the level-3 you newly built. However, Apollos can simply swap the worker at C3 and D2, and secure a win by building at the corner.

Thus, your opponent would feel it hard to stop you from cornering up the winning position. Other than this, your opponent would also feel very challenging to corner up their winning position. Using the same example setup with Apollo’s workers at C3 and D3, while opponent’s workers at D2 and E2, with a level-3 at the corner. In this case, Apollo can dome the winning position by swapping with the D2 worker. Thus, Apollo is very powerful in the late game, in both attacking and defensive ways.

==Specific Matchup==
===Minotaur===
This would be a fun matchup. Both of the gods are waiting for the opponent to move up so that they can pull the opponent off a higher level. In the late game, the winning strategy mentioned above can no longer work on Minotaur since Minotaur movement is hard to be blocked.

===Charon===
In my opinion, Charon dominates the power of Apollo. There is a very small chance that Charon is worse than Apollo, with forcing the opponent to move TWO spaces instead of only ONE for Apollo (There is a chance that Charon cannot ferry the opponent but Apollo can swap, esp. in very late game where domes are everywhere). Moreover, in the early game, Apollo’s threatening ability can no longer work on Charon. Charon can still move up to a level-1, since Apollo’s swapping power would keep his worker neighbouring Charon’s worker at the start of Charon’s turn, and hence Charon would just throw him away to a deserted place on the board and further move away from Apollo. Apollo can never be able to catch up with Charon in this case. Thus, try to avoid this matchup or Apollo would have a very hard time.

===Medusa===
Not a big threat to Apollo but Apollo’s threatening strategy can no longer apply on Medusa. Waiting an opponent to go up to a higher level will kill your worker instead!

===Poseidon===
Poseidon is a very brutal god in Santorini. However, Apollo’s threatening strategy works very well on Poseidon. Poseidon’s flourishing set up would become your favour if you swap your position with him! Moreover, swapping with Poseidon’s grounded worker could destroy his whole winning plan.

===Good jumpers (e.g. Artemis, Triton, Pegasus, Iris)===
They can easily move away from Apollo, by simply going up from the ground to a level 2. This would leave poor Apollo on the ground without any usable power.

===Urania===
Apollo’s early game strategy is to stick with your opponent, but sticking with Urania would be a very hard job for Apollo. The game may simply become Apollo watching the intelligent Urania going up to the level-3 unstoppably.

==Conclusion==
Apollo’s power is very useful in both early game and late game, only if Apollo’s workers stick with the opponent’s. Thus, using Apollo is a game of how to stay with your opponent while moving up with them.

Tier ranking: B.

Apollo could have a very hard time against jumper gods, and Charon. However, as long as the opponent is not using some good counter on Apollo, Apollo can always prove his mighty power throughout every stage of the game.

SantoriniPowerApollo

2020-09-09T04:55:51Z

ArielFriedrichGauss: /* Introduction */

[[Image:Santorini-Apollo.jpeg]]

==Introduction==
Apollo seems dumb to beginners at first. What is useful with a god that can only swap places with others? However, the truth is not like what it seems. This is because he can steal advantages from opponents and give his disadvantages to them, leaving their innocent workers in despair. In the following review, we will see when the swaps should be used.

===God Power===
In your move stage, your worker may move into your opponent worker’s space by forcing their workers to the space yours just vacated.

===Category===
Player move/Opponent forcing

===Explanation===
It happens during your move turn. This skill only applies when you can move to that space without that worker. Thus, you can’t move to a level-2 from ground by using this skill.

==Game Strategies==
===Early Game===
Apollo’s power is the most significant during the early game. In early game, everyone wants to at least move one worker to level-1. However, simply putting Apollo’s worker next to a level-1 would threaten your opponent not to move up. If your opponent does move up, Apollo can pull him off by swapping with him by a grounded worker. By doing this, your opponent simply wastes a single turn and would have built some block that favours your moved worker. Therefore, a smart opponent would not move up in this case. Instead, they may keep moving away from Apollo’s workers. Thus, in the early game, try to keep both of your workers next to your opponent. Do not apply no-interaction strategy, your opponent would be happy to have you not being next to him. Under no-interaction strategy, you lose Apollo’s power and may easily lose this game. Apollo is never faster than a good mover or a good builder.

Do not forget that your threat of pulling opponents off the level will no longer exist if your worker is on a higher level, so don’t be too greedy in going up at first. Wherever you go up, you should guarantee yourself to be able to move up to a level-2. Therefore, the early game against Apollo is usually a bunch of level-1 on the board, with both players waiting for the others to go up.

===Mid Game===
If Apollo is in a disadvantageous position, it would be very hard to come back since the opponent can just ground your worker and keep setting up. Apollo’s skill becomes nothing when its workers are kept away from the opponent, so remember to do better in the early game. If Apollo is in a 50-50 situation, with workers staying with the opponent’s, it could be hard for the opponent to fight against you. Since moving up to a level-2 is again a threat due to the swapping power, while leaving this area to find a better platform for winning would bring your opponent in a disadvantageous position. Thus, a 50-50 situation in mid-game is in fact very good for Apollo to set up. If Apollo is in an advantageous position, the power of Apollo actually doesn’t really matter, since you can just ground your opponent carefully and create the best condition for your win.

===Late Game===
Apollo’s power is also unstoppable in the late game. For example, there are all level-2’s on the 3x3 space on the bottom right corner. Apollo’s workers are on C3 and E2, while the opponent workers are on D2 and E3. Normally it would be hard for you to win since the opponent is standing at the center of all level-2’s, that is, your opponent can always move up to the level-3 you newly built. However, Apollos can simply swap the worker at C3 and D2, and secure a win by building at the corner.

Thus, your opponent would feel it hard to stop you from cornering up the winning position. Other than this, your opponent would also feel very challenging to corner up their winning position. Using the same example setup with Apollo’s workers at C3 and D3, while opponent’s workers at D2 and E2, with a level-3 at the corner. In this case, Apollo can dome the winning position by swapping with the D2 worker. Thus, Apollo is very powerful in the late game, in both attacking and defensive ways.

==Specific Matchup==
===Minotaur===
This would be a fun matchup. Both of the gods are waiting for the opponent to move up so that they can pull the opponent off a higher level. In the late game, the winning strategy mentioned above can no longer work on Minotaur since Minotaur movement is hard to be blocked.

===Charon===
In my opinion, Charon dominates the power of Apollo. There is a very small chance that Charon is worse than Apollo, with forcing the opponent to move TWO spaces instead of only ONE for Apollo (There is a chance that Charon cannot ferry the opponent but Apollo can swap, esp. in very late game where domes are everywhere). Moreover, in the early game, Apollo’s threatening ability can no longer work on Charon. Charon can still move up to a level-1, since Apollo’s swapping power would keep his worker neighbouring Charon’s worker at the start of Charon’s turn, and hence Charon would just throw him away to a deserted place on the board and further move away from Apollo. Apollo can never be able to catch up with Charon in this case. Thus, try to avoid this matchup or Apollo would have a very hard time.

===Medusa===
Not a big threat to Apollo but Apollo’s threatening strategy can no longer apply on Medusa. Waiting an opponent to go up to a higher level will kill your worker instead!

===Poseidon===
Poseidon is a very brutal god in Santorini. However, Apollo’s threatening strategy works very well on Poseidon. Poseidon’s flourishing set up would become your favour if you swap your position with him! Moreover, swapping with Poseidon’s grounded worker could destroy his whole winning plan.

===Good jumpers (e.g. Artemis, Triton, Pegasus, Iris)===
They can easily move away from Apollo, by simply going up from the ground to a level 2. This would leave poor Apollo on the ground without any usable power.

===Urania===
Apollo’s early game strategy is to stick with your opponent, but sticking with Urania would be a very hard job for Apollo. The game may simply become Apollo watching the intelligent Urania going up to the level-3 unstoppably.

==Conclusion==
Apollo’s power is very useful in both early game and late game, only if Apollo’s workers stick with the opponent’s. Thus, using Apollo is a game of how to stay with your opponent while moving up with them.

Tier ranking: B.

Apollo could have a very hard time against jumper gods, and Charon. However, as long as the opponent is not using some good counter on Apollo, Apollo can always prove his mighty power throughout every stage of the game.