# What do you think are worst troops in the game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [July 16, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664 "2024-07-16T20:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drazen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/drazen/32/99083_2.png) [@Drazen](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Drazen)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/1 "2024-07-16T20:58:06Z")
My question is inspired by the card I became aware of today: Dullahan. It has to be the worst troop I have seen so far, and I have been playing since 2015. I thought Gargantaur was the worst until now, but Dullahan manages to be even worse. Its damage is boosted by enemy and ALLY deaths. So the more troops you lose, the better damage. And on top of that, it will kill either the first enemy or the first ally, Basically, you have 50% chance that you will wipe your own team all by yourself. With troops like that, who needs enemies? I wonder who among the devs came up with that idea. So I was wondering what would be your worst troops in the game? I am curious to see “champions” that will come out on top lol ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Bob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hi_bob/32/95464_2.png) [@Hi\_Bob](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Hi_Bob)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/2 "2024-07-16T21:18:19Z")
There are so MANY bad troops in terms of battles, you used to see many of them rolled out as defense teams during the old PvP system - some people were seeking Revenge battles and others were just benevolent. My favourite bad troop is Will the Anchor. Poor dude is just trying to scrape out a living and save his own skin, so he heists a bit of gold and sinks to the bottom of the team. A man after my heart! Also Brian the Lucky - Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/3 "2024-07-16T22:51:27Z")
> [@Hi\_Bob](#): > > Also Brian the Lucky - Cheers! funny enough, I don’t even consider Brian the Lucky “bad” bad. At least its a benefit to 3 other troops. Essencia is near the top of my list. A troop that literally does nothing unless you’re losing is just awful. Worst Mythic: Sacred Treasure if counted. Abynissia is the worst value mythic (22 mana to explode and summon), but exploding is still better than some other mythic. Bottom 3: Shade of Zorn, Sparkinator, Libara. Gargantaur left off because it has Impervious. Sad low bar. Worst Legendary: Ace of Runes (dev team refuses to give it Suit of x 3rd trait, like the other 2 Aces. Give “4” armor to an "Ally). Worst Epic: Mysterious Hero? There’s many I wouldn’t even contend, but this one seems exceptionally bad. Wereshark, honorable mention Worst Common: Rat Swarm I’ll check Ultra Rare/Rare later ---
**Author:** ![Draegor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/draegor/32/70763_2.png) [@Draegor](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Draegor)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/4 "2024-07-16T23:00:54Z")
There are so many. Worst Mythic is Fallen Valdis, her spell is to counter a meta which no longer exists. ---
**Author:** ![jdk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jdk/32/58002_2.png) [@jdk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jdk)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/5 "2024-07-17T00:15:04Z")
> [@TheIdleOne](#): > > I don’t even consider Brian the Lucky “bad” bad. At least its a benefit to 3 other troops Years ago when the gameplay was a lot slower, a mana generator + 3x Brian used to be a sort of amusing team, relying on Brians hitting each others magic. Then boost everyone to 1,000 of all stats and wait for skull drops. Brian eventually reaches the impossible/novel point of increasing stats by 1,001 , bc he does magic+1 . I don’t think it would still work in the modern game of speedy turn 1 wins/losses 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BranaHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BranaHawk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BranaHawk)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/6 "2024-07-17T01:45:08Z")
Sky Scorption and pretty much all of the Drifting Sand troops with a one cast only spell, I just don’t see how one cast really fits into the current state of the game. An exception to The Great Maw, which has devour. Nature Weird. Deals a low amount of scatter damage boosted by Elemental Stars. Plus it’s a Bounty troop, so if it were the event you’d have to sacrifice some of your Bounty score multiplier to a Nexus troop that can support this thing. ---
**Author:** ![jdk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jdk/32/58002_2.png) [@jdk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jdk)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/7 "2024-07-17T05:55:56Z")
In the ultra rare/rare tiers, I just remembered drawing Thaumataur in an arena run and not facing any purple opponents… Sibyl of lust has always seemed not very good Sword maidens ability to deal a flat 3 dmg even at high levels I also find hilarious Coincidence, they’re all purple&red ? ---
**Author:** ![Sylwani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Sylwani](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sylwani)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/8 "2024-07-17T10:55:43Z")
Immortals lol ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/9 "2024-07-17T11:01:40Z")
pair dullahan with an invulnerable troop in first slot and do some fun things ---
**Author:** ![13Z50P](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/13z50p/32/27469_2.png) [@13Z50P](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/13Z50P)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/10 "2024-07-17T15:22:54Z")
Bison hands down ---
**Author:** ![Fourdottwoone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/fourdottwoone/32/66655_2.png) [@Fourdottwoone](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Fourdottwoone)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/11 "2024-07-17T15:33:15Z")
> [@ANGI](#): > > pair dullahan with an invulnerable troop in first slot and do some fun things Did you test it? I seem to recall that killing your own troops may bypass immunities, at least for some troops doing the killing. ---
**Author:** ![Drazen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/drazen/32/99083_2.png) [@Drazen](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Drazen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/12 "2024-07-17T19:21:27Z")
Thank you for such thorough answer. I had fun reading about those troops 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BranaHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BranaHawk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/BranaHawk)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/13 "2024-07-17T19:25:51Z")
I forgot about Sword Maiden and her lowest damage being fixed at 3. There’s also Couatl; Create 12 _random_ gems. Random? Great. ---
**Author:** ![jdk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jdk/32/58002_2.png) [@jdk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jdk)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/14 "2024-07-17T20:15:24Z")
> [@BranaHawk](#): > > There’s also Couatl; Create 12 _random_ gems. Random? Great. Have not thought about couatl in a long time!! Also years ago, before champion XP (so non-hero teams very common), and when dragons truly ruled the mid-game… sylvanimora, dragon soul, Krystenax and couatl was a 4 dragon team that covered all 6 colors, so the random 12 gems always filled somebody, even if unpredictable. Haven’t used it in forever though obviously I also like the rainbow wing card art 🌈 😉 does fun art count for being useful? 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Grundge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e99b99/32.png) [@Grundge](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundge)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/15 "2024-07-17T21:10:03Z")
The game was completely different at release. You didnt have an explodathon of gems so Couatl was useful. Today obviously not so much. ---
**Author:** ![ANGI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@ANGI](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ANGI)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/16 "2024-07-17T23:48:47Z")
yep, did brown ToD with it, leonis tower in first slot ---
**Author:** ![Stratelier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Stratelier](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stratelier)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/17 "2024-07-18T02:33:21Z")
To be fair, if you’re running Dullahan you should have a replaceable Troop in your first position specifically to guard against Dullahan killing _it_ instead of the enemy. Now, one that could be dismissed as _intentionally_ weak but I feel needs a mention regardless is: Peasant. Destroying one Gem of your choice, plus the Gems right and left of it, is of _extremely_ limited value. But on the flipside, you can use it to activate inert Heroic Gems (Bomb, Death Mark, etc) and it charges in just 3 Mana so it’s basically _always_ ready to cast (even more so than the Tarot cards), and can therefore provide an alternative in _zugzwang_ scenarios. ---
**Author:** ![TheIdleOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@TheIdleOne](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TheIdleOne)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/18 "2024-07-18T03:08:55Z")
> [@Stratelier](#): > > Now, one that could be dismissed as _intentionally_ weak but I feel needs a mention regardless is: Peasant. thankfully no one actually said peasant ---
**Author:** ![jdk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jdk/32/58002_2.png) [@jdk](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jdk)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/19 "2024-07-18T04:06:51Z")
Peasant + doomskull = arena MVP. Even if arena is generally out of favor, IMHO peasant is incredibly useful ☠ More limited in other modes definitely, but I think I’ve used peasant in a world event too, probably as you described for board control . Also I had to google zugzwang thanks for teaching me a new word 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kezef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Kezef](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kezef)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664/20 "2024-07-18T12:16:23Z")
Peasant is a lot better than Ogre. Sure, Peasant sucks for the most part, but at least his spell is _predictable_ in that you have some control over what the board is going to look like when he’s done. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-worst-troops-in-the-game/84664.md?page=2)