# Delves: Strategies, tactics and tips

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/delves-strategies-tactics-and-tips/45522>\
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**Created:** [September 8, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/delves-strategies-tactics-and-tips/45522 "2018-09-08T20:01:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/delves-strategies-tactics-and-tips/45522/1663 "2020-04-17T14:49:37Z")

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FWIW I think the team I beat Fang Moor with (needing eleven potions of power) was 3x Dargon and a Shaman of Set. It seemed better to create red gems than skulls, and Horned Viper did, as you mentioned, too little damage to be reliable.

Edit: based on my own Fang Moor rant post, it sounds like I used 2x Dargon, a Setauri, and a Shaman.

> [@Tuesday faction events are not healthy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tuesday-faction-events-are-not-healthy/60881):
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> Okay, we need to talk about how these one-day faction events are borderline abusive. I decided to spend the 3000 gems needed to buy enough sigils to get Fang Moor to 2500. I even budgeted hours (and hours) in a single business day to the task. I get to level 500 for the pure faction run, and I fail. Repeatedly. At this point, I could walk away, but that means giving up the gems and time already spent, and having to do the entire thing over again in the future. So I succumb to the sunk costs and…

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