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Poll: Which House/Build is the Most Competitive?
Oct 22 2011 04:00 AM |
Twn2dn
in Strategy
In light of the upcoming Days of Ice & Fire tournament, I thought it might be interesting to poll players about what they think is the most competitive house. The final results are in. When combined by houses, here’s what we have:
125 votes – FFG Forums/CardGameDB/AgotCards.org
Martell – 48%
Baratheon – 17%
Greyjoy – 10%
Targ – 10%
Stark – 7%
Lannister – 3%
Other – 6%
74 votes – French Forums
Stark – 36%
Martell – 22%
Greyjoy – 13%
Baratheon – 10%
Targaryen – 10%
Lannister – 4%
The most interesting statistic to me in the Stark statistic, in both categories. When I originally posted this poll, I suspected Stark would be upper-middle of the pack. That clearly isn't the case for the general poll, where there was strong consensus that it is not the strongest house. In contrast, Stark easily beat out Martell as the top house in France.
As previous respondents have noted about Lannister, placing near the bottom isn't necessarily an indication that a house is weak...Lannister, for example, might consistently take 2nd or 3rd at major tournaments. There does, however, seem to be consensus across metas that:
125 votes – FFG Forums/CardGameDB/AgotCards.org
Martell – 48%
Baratheon – 17%
Greyjoy – 10%
Targ – 10%
Stark – 7%
Lannister – 3%
Other – 6%
74 votes – French Forums
Stark – 36%
Martell – 22%
Greyjoy – 13%
Baratheon – 10%
Targaryen – 10%
Lannister – 4%
The most interesting statistic to me in the Stark statistic, in both categories. When I originally posted this poll, I suspected Stark would be upper-middle of the pack. That clearly isn't the case for the general poll, where there was strong consensus that it is not the strongest house. In contrast, Stark easily beat out Martell as the top house in France.
As previous respondents have noted about Lannister, placing near the bottom isn't necessarily an indication that a house is weak...Lannister, for example, might consistently take 2nd or 3rd at major tournaments. There does, however, seem to be consensus across metas that:
- Martell easily remains one of the most dominant houses. The preferred build appears to be summer.
- Lannister and Targaryen are least likely to win a major tournament.
- Greyjoy is fairly competitive, albeit on the fringes. Though I don't have earlier data for comparison, based on the 2011 regionals season (see Thrones Times for a breakdown of house representation) I would guess that Greyjoy has jumped up significantly in competitiveness.
- Perceptions are largely shaped by the region you play the game in, but not completely confined to it. (For example, excluding Stark and Martell, results from both polls are fairly close.)
10 Comments
5 Baratheon
5 Greyjoy
2 Lannister
28 Martell
4 Stark
2 Targ
3 Other
Looks like Martell is still leading the pack. Is that what everyone here thinks too? (If you haven't already done so, please do vote. I will likely include mention of the results in the upcoming ThronesTimes newsletter.)
As of right now, Bara maester still has about 10% of the vote, whereas everything else is much lower, except for Martell, which remains ahead by a wide margin.
Barathéon