Core Only (Tactics2/Lore1) - Deck 2

Defense/Murder with surprise control

Note this is completely untested against the core encounters, I'm just theory crafting builds with what is available. Note that 2-sphere builds make the quest where a hero is captured very challenging.


Horn of Gondor on Beravor. Get your companion to put an Unexpected Courage on each of your heroes. Use Beravor to quest, then to keep cards in both players hands (note she has an errata to only use her ability once per round).

Use Gimli to defend to get wounds on him, Unexpected Courage to stand and attack. Get a Citadel Plate on him when possible/necessary.

Legolas gets the Blade of Gondolin and just dumps progress on the quest/active location.

Lorien Guide is good to put on your companions Eleanor as she is often left standing and it may be necessary for your companion to defend an attack if you don't have enough sentinel characters out.

As this build is limited to just the core, I had to run a few cards that I didn't necessarily want to. Would have liked more allies but options are just limited.