# Sir Valimont’s Storm Wars Analytics Guide [SWAG] Public Link: [http://tinyurl.com/SWAG-public](http://tinyurl.com/SWAG-public) Full-Access Link: [http://tinyurl.com/SWAG-full](http://tinyurl.com/SWAG-full) * * * Dear friends, I am happy to share my Storm Wars Analytics Guide with you all. It is a spreadsheet tool made in Google Sheets. If you would like full access to the guide, please send a request for access to sirvalimont [at] gmail or follow [this link](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hXHhLi-vTjUADkoSbK2qMznkmdLwGnLguRIdQ3dy2U4) and click “request access.” -- Sir V 

Sir V being awesome again. Thanks, dude

so cool!

i came here to troll whoever used the word swag. Then found it was a legit use lol

The more I look at it, the more my head spins.

I now have swag. Thanks Sir V!

I added a Comments tab so anyone can leave comments in the sheet itself. It’s the best place to make a note if you spot an error, or if you want to request a new feature. -- Sir V

I have retooled the links so they are easier to remember. For the public version it’s now [http://tinyurl.com/SWAG-public](http://tinyurl.com/SWAG-public) and for the full-access version it’s simply [http://tinyurl.com/SWAG-full](http://tinyurl.com/SWAG-full). Hope this helps!

New legendaries are up. A couple minor adjustments are still being made but scores are already near accurate.

In response to several who asked: I got around to making Drain adjustments today finally. (You can always read these things in the News section). Notable cards like Grotesque have been updated. -- Sir V

Sorry guys, I moved houses this week so was away from the game and SWAG largely. I have just now, finally, updated all the cards so they reflect last weekend’s adjustments. -- Sir V

Added the new Crew set cards … keep checking back for updates as they are released. :) Also added a card list for them and now account for Poison Synergy in card skill scoring. Note: Aranea is now considered the top uncommon, ranking-wise.

Honest question: How many players actually use the SWAG as a resource?

> *Originally posted by **[Siodmak](/forums/32949/topics/643345?page=1#posts-10654748):*** > > Honest question: > > How many players actually use the SWAG as a resource? I use pub SWAG as card wiki :)

> *Originally posted by **[Siodmak](/forums/32949/topics/643345?page=1#posts-10654748):*** > > Honest question: > > How many players actually use the SWAG as a resource? There are 95 people who have requested private access; I think most people use the public pages though.

A couple large updates have been made to SWAG recently, including balance adjustments for card speed, in accordance with the top of the metagame. I think you will find the top-end card rankings a bit more accurate than before. As always, feedback is most welcome, here or on the SWAG itself in the Comments tab (although you need access for that). * * * Also: 5 new crew rewards cards have been added to SWAG. You can get a sneak peek of these in-game in the new campaign quests on the Island of Dragons! Check out some of the great new art! I have included all of their card stats in SWAG so you can inspect while offline and plan your deck strategies in advance. Last note and in response to a couple of questions in game chat: In Storm Wars, **ALL EPICS CAN BE EVOLVED INTO LEGENDARIES** without exception. So, epics from crew rewards will follow this rubric as well. However, I have not included legendary stats for epic crew rewards cards into SWAG just yet (those will remain “secret” until the cards actually become available to players through the crew reward system itself). * * * Hope you enjoy and that the SWAG continues to serve you well in your gradual progress to world domination!! -- Sir V * * * p.s. There are now over 100 people with access to the full spreadsheet! Hope everyone is finding it useful. Please let me know if you want anything added or have suggestions for improvements that may make the utility better.

We're up to 120 people with full access, and at least 100 others who have logged in in the last month. Glad everyone is enjoying the utility! Please leave a comment here or in the sheet if you would like some functionality added that's not already there. I have added Meat Stores and several other crew rewards cards for those who want to get previews. Cards are added whenever they become available for viewing in the game, even if a player can't own them yet. For example there are 4 or 5 crew rewards cards that you can face off against in some of the newer campaign missions but which no crew has yet unlocked ... -- Sir V

The basic rule for the SWAG is that if a card is "public knowledge" it gets added. Since you now can mouse over epic cards to see their legendary versions, you can look up the stats of Constructor Darik and Pestilent by encountering them in the Dragon Isles quest line and right-clicking for more info. So, even though these two cards are not yet obtainable by any players on the server, I have added them to the compilation. Also recently added are other crew cards, E and L versions: Berith, Niven Stoutbow.

I added all the remaining crew rewards cards, with stats, for E and L versions, to the SWAG. Players can now see them in-game in draft tournaments so I figured it would make sense to make them available to all for viewing here. Before anyone asks: Yes, we know how strong Pestilent is and we are considering ways to dial it back before it is released. -- Sir V

All recent changes have been annotated. It looks like Mele Rainmaker L is now in the top 5 cards! Can't wait until she's released!!!

Okay- I finally got around to adding all of the new skills and cards from the expansion. I have not yet added equipment or game tips to the document, as some have asked. **Please be aware that skills are still being balanced and some scores will be inaccurate for at least the next few days.** If you have feedback on any particular rankings, please feel free to leave it in this thread or in the document itself. Enjoy! :D

Mammon, understandably by far the lowest ranked Legend (#83), and second lowest Epic (#126) only just beating a Wall that focuses on healing 4 fragile units. **Cost:** 10(11 Epic) and also 2 cards from Sacrifice, making it the equal slowest card and most expensive to play, of which it has -6 for the comparative health of DragonMek who has Machine and Terrify to aid in it's survival. **Damage:** 2 damage (equal lowest for any unit with Drain), is a pittance combined with Drain to compensate for survivability. Grotesque has Frenzy (2) and a similar health, meaning it'll start weak but soon be able to refill its entire health on every (unit) attack. Kathoras has Drain Bolt to complement Drain, offering another means to gain enough health until something like Bloodbath is implemented to sustain enough life gain to weather attacks. **Blood Scent:** +2 attack for units with the Drain ability. Units with Drain: 8 (inclusive of Mammon), half are low health rares, 3 are from Dragon Expansion, with the last being Kathoras. This makes for an extremely difficult to obtain, minute pool of viable cards, without wishful clandestine meetings for a Vyrecall to proc on some other unit. In the presence of Genocide, stacking a cluster of only a few unit types is suicide, especially considering it's always a choice of outrageous timers or fragile units for it to benefit. Fears were that Mammon would be OP like Shorloth. Shorloth costs 1 timer and 2 cards less, has Terrify to reduce damage taken, and hits all opposing units in play for up to 6 times the health gain. To utilise the most accessible units with Drain you'd need a Spider People hero else they'd be too weak with 4-5 health, yet realistically you'd need Malik and Lifetappers to have any chance with deck speed then needing Revitalize or similar to compensate for the Sacrifice dent to his already extremely low card pool leaving you begging to be be hit by Genocide. The other option would be Saa-Ras and numerous Vyrecalls, who would need the Epic Reclaim item and probably a Haste Rune, and Bloodbaths so Mammon has a chance to live beyond 2 rounds, and you would need a few of them for a chance to appear at the same stage as any of this from a 60 card pool getting slapped by Sacrifice. This is all-in-all a nightmare of too many requirements to justify use of a unit that is slow, expensive, low damage, low survivability, and lack-lustre, deficient in every aspect to comparative cards for ability and cost. Even at 5cd without Sacrifice it would be as threatening and versatile as a mediocre rare at best. Please, go back to the drawing board with this one. EDIT: Play testing I came up against a deck with Cursed Skull. Makes this deck even more unviable.

I don't understand how to use the faction stats table. Can't change the faction (Horde) and don't know what is the "Dropdown in E3". Could you help me please ?

> *Originally posted by **[Tsua](/forums/32949/topics/643345?page=1#11048620)**:* > I don't understand how to use the faction stats table. Can't change the faction (Horde) and don't know what is the "Dropdown in E3". Could you help me please ? You need to request spreadsheet access before you can change anything. Once you have it, you just click cell E3 and a dropdown will appear, allowing you to choose any faction. The charts update automatically once you do that.

Ok thanks :)