Best Team Tips and Composition Guide | Series 1 Finale | For The King

Here is the best team composition in For The King! In the series finale of the Fundamental and Team Build series, this video will guide you through the best composition and tips to figure out what heroes are best.
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0:00 Intro and Breakdown
1:46 Talent Selection
2:48 Strength Selection
5:26 Intelligence Selection
6:21 Awareness Selection
6:53 Team Comp & Awareness vs. Talent

[@PigR1]

Just finished the series. Very useful. Thanks!

[@prodphet]

Nice. Got another one in the works so hopefully that one will help as well

[@marcusp8149]

Been waiting for this one!

[@prodphet]

I'm exciting that you enjoyed the entire series! Thanks for the support.

[@marcusp8149]

@@prodphet absolutely! Looking forward to what you drop next

[@InGameScientist]

Thank you for the helpful video! Super useful for the game I'm starting to play with my viewers!

[@prodphet]

It's a great game to enjoy with others. Hopefully the series will help them get started.

[@zibji]

Thank you for this, incredible video. Just got into the game on console and this information is invaluable!

[@prodphet]

Glad you like the videos. Keep in mind, that lineup is for beginners so as you get better, you’ll want a faster team. Scholar, Woodcutter and either Hunter or Trapper is a good lineup

[@YamiadraDJ]

I've found a lot of success using A Woodcutter, Monk, and Scholar. I consider it a more aggro focused build. The strategy is to focus the most dangerous threat with all 3 heroes before they can cause major damage or problems, because *usually* only one enemy out of 3 is a serious concern. Enemies that cause problematic status effects like Poison or Confusion or Curse are enemies I typically prioritize, though Acid enemies are always KOS. Using Monk allows me to switch the gear focus on the Monk between STR and INT as I acquire it, using him as sort of a backup to whatever stat-focused gear they get. Ideally, I have the Monk as a backup INT user with a Tome weapon, that can be used for utility spells, to allow the scholar to use a staff for more powerful spells. It's not as important for the Monk to have high stats in this respect because it ultimately becomes a utility/healer character, but the perfect pierce ability on most tomes is really nice for getting damage in past resistances in the late game.

[@prodphet]

There’s all sorts of builds that you can do. In fact, I’m planning to do a follow up video to this one to give some better combos. Herb/Blacksmith/Hunter is a team that’s good when your learning but the issue is that two of them are slow. Wood/Monk/Scholar is the same way. If you want flexibility in one of your heroes, swap Monk for Trapper. You get good speed out of the Trapper will also flexing between Talent and Awareness.

[@YamiadraDJ]

@@prodphet Also while I have your ear, While watching your gear guide video I was thinking another possible option for the STR character might be the Assassin boots. Since speed is so important and Evasion is as well, the boots give a lot of value to the STR character.

[@prodphet]

That is true. Boots are good to deviate from strength especially if you don’t have the Gladiator (which is too over powered in my opinion). Boots of Might, Swamp Boots are good

[@Femaiden]

@@prodphet that anyone would think any character in this game is "OP". . .when the devs carefully nerfed all of them to be underpowered. . .the gladiator does seem to be the most powerful of them though. it just seems ironic with how hard this game is, that you find a decent character that can actually have a chance and someone is like "nope! that guy is too powerful!" . i guess in some people's minds, it's like "if you have a chance to win, it's too easy. . ."

[@prodphet]

@@Femaiden I could understand that argument, it just all depends on how they build the game. My argument on the Gladiator being OP is that it took all the best elements of the strength heroes and made it into one. I like that Woodcutter/Monk/Busker/Hobo all had their pro/cons whereas, Gladiator has no cons. I just would have liked to see that hero more balanced.

[@digitaldevil696]

Yesterday was my first day in the game, I played for 12 hrs straight, it's so fun! And the Hunter is so good, happy to see him as the best option mentioned here. His evasion is really good and hits like a goddamn truck when equipped with a gun or a glass bow. Also, I've started with the minstrel in my first playthrough instead of the blacksmith, and oh boy did I feel the lack of good STR in my party, to the point I eventually had to carry around a set of equipment with STR modifiers for challenges. I feel like there's little to no talent skill tests on the map in comparison to the strength, awareness or intelligence. Also little did I know that the Blacksmith has a very respectable amount of talent anyway 😅

[@prodphet]

So this video needs to be updated. The issue with Awareness is that it lacks fire power and very little utility. It takes a while to get how good rush is and Talent is the best route. This team is meant for beginners but eventually, you’ll want to run Scholar / Busker or Hobo (Strength) / Trapper (Talent) on console…Scholar / Trapper (Talent) / Gladiator (Strength) on PC

[@digitaldevil696]

@@prodphet glad is so busted that I'm not gonna play him more than once probably

[@gamerguygamer]

yessssssssssssss!!! he finished it!!! ty!!!

[@prodphet]

Haha, glad you like the series! There are more videos to come.

[@billybraun7028]

As a veteran player of the game who has finished all modes on master difficulty, except the new DLC, I feel the talent hero is better as arguing evasion is ignoring the fact that talent hero have weapons that can greatly increase evasion on ALL members rather that just the awareness. I do understand that your opinion is based on a safe early game but your late game with 2 supports, a tank and healer, would be pretty lack luster on damage making fights take much longer than with a team comp with a buffer, and strength, intelligence attacks. I understand the want for party heal and feel the monk is the best strength hero providing plenty of support through discipline, giving focus to hero's with 0 focus after killing an enemy or hitting a critical hit, and party heal keeping your talent hero with focus to apply more buffs and your allies with Hp; I would suggest using a 2 handed weapon. Now a replacement could be the lumberjack for being adept at 2 handed weapons and the occasional justice but I would suggest the herbalist if you use the lumberjack for some of the support lost by the monk. If you use the monk you can switch to the scholar for heightened damage and would suggest using elemental staffs on either frost or lightening as frost increases the damage done by your strength hero and lightening weakens most enemy attacks. This is of course my opinion and while I understand and can agree with many of the points made in the video I prefer this team comp. Which allows you to have a much stronger late game but can struggle early game.

[@billybraun7028]

Btw the talent hero I feel is the best is the minstrail as the buffs inspire and encourage can really help you team for biffong I would suggest in the late game switching between buffing attack and evasion on each turn as the buffs on high level weapons last for 2 turns on your party which will allow you to do crushing damage while avoiding most of it in the process. Whatever weapons you get you should focus on buffing your team, weapons like the ukalalea and frost lute for mid game and golden/gilded lute for late game

[@prodphet]

I do agree with a lot that you are saying. The ceiling for the group of heroes I have selected is Best for players to get a great understanding of the game, get far into the game while also easily beating the game on Apprentice and Journeyman difficulty. In master's games, you do need to have a different approach but usually when you are playing at that level, you understand the game at a much greater depth and therefore will tweak your game play accordingly.

[@billybraun7028]

Thanks for responding I do understand as stated that you were doing this for new players and master enemy Hp is much stronger in late game forcing a change in team comp and my team comp is mainly for players looking for a more rewarding playstyle, but for a few master tips of my own 1. Dont be afraid of save scumming or be prepared to struggle as enemy hero targeting is common and can lead to many hero deaths but don't always be discourage from death. 2. Poison is a really overlooked status that not only does damage overtime depending on the type, double or single, it decrease all stats except armor/resistance so avoid it at all costs or attempt to cure it quickly; always keep a panax which also works for acid for the cries against it; which death mark is so much worse. 3. Sea ports/towns in the rouge isles have less inflation than normal villages so go there for godsbeard/gear. 4. Statuses are your friend USE THEM. They are commonly overlooked for higher damage values when many can turn the tide of battle in your favor so when looking between a status weapon of the same level as the higher damage one, pick the status based one. 5. Pierce for support. Many support characters have low damage weapons so make sure they have pierce; this will make very strong enemy's look like jokes especially crags and give your blacksmith/minstrail damage potential

[@kemalkorkmaz2049]

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[@FF-pk4hq]

@@billybraun7028 umm so what's the best way to complete the party? Talent buffer + Magic DD + Physic DD?

[@kylepatterson8861]

Thank you

[@prodphet]

You’re welcome

[@MyBlatch]

Thanks bro, this really helped because the hero's I would play was scholar, blacksmith and hunter. I'm really happy that hunter was a good desicion, same as blacksmith. 😁

[@prodphet]

I really need to amend this video cause this is for beginners. Once you get to know the game, speed heroes are the best. Scholar is better than Herbalist, I just like Herbalist for beginners. If you can get Gladiator, he’s better than Blacksmith. Hunter is good, but Trapper is better if you understand Talent weapons. It’s better utility

[@IschmarVI]

@@prodphet Trapper is extremely interesting because they can play both talent and awareness, which means that if using one, you don't have to make the decision of either dropping awareness or talent before the run: you can make that decision during the run and even switch back and forth between the two depending on drops and shops. However, this comes at the cost of a lack of specialization. Hunters are clearly superior awareness heroes and minstrels, while their stats are overall actually slightly worse, have additional utility in their abilities that imo more than makes up for the trappers slightly higher stats (as the minstrel's lower speed can easily be fixed with items). However, these classes aren't nearly as flexible, giving the trapper a very unique and powerful niche. Also, Trapper + Gladiator earlygame synergy is a thing of beauty.

[@prodphet]

@@IschmarVI Keep in mind, this video is outdated and a new updated one is coming this Wednesday.

[@maxdj8170]

i have a question what if lets say u have a blaksmith and equip the tower sheild so both of them have steadfast is ur stead fast chances increased or is it the same as normal?

[@prodphet]

It’s redundant, no bonus having it twice on the same hero

[@anderslolle2147]

The Blacksmiths’ steadfast skills’ proc chance is in part controlled by the evasions stat, meaning it actually pays off going high evasion on him with a shield. Edit: Spelling

[@prodphet]

That is correct, thanks for providing additional information.

[@Jociaoftrades]

So from what I’m seeing for the Blacksmith it’s confusing. I assume at the beginning holding a shield and sword is great to get steadfast to proc, but don’t use taunt. Which I would probably use it if one my other characters is too close to dying and I don’t have a sure way of killing the enemies soon. If I do have a chance to take them out just go for an attack. Now near the late game you get rid of the shield and start using 2 handed weapons to get more damage out of the blacksmith, which is more important than not attacking.

[@prodphet]

I have an entire series going to be uploaded in the coming weeks. Blacksmith is not the best hero. It’s good for beginners, that’s it

[@caleb6179]

I’m a huge supporter of the hobo tbh. Just having that all arounder that can take almost any weapon and be good with it and has a solid chance at most checks that the rest of the party isn’t spec-ed for actually really helps. I beat the game only once and that was with a hobo, herbalist and blacksmith. So go old man Jim (my hobo name) you were literally a legend and carried that run.

[@prodphet]

I’m planning on doing a break down of every hero and hobo is also a top pick for me but only for strength slot

[@IschmarVI]

I am a big supporter of the (strength) Hobo + Minstrel combination. Two of the main issues with the Hobo are the complete lack of starting gold and generally low accuracy. Minstrels (10 starting gold, encourage) fix both of these problems. Combined with another fast class (like Scholar) and some extra speed gear on the minstrel can allow for a pretty nice fast composition.

[@kevinh9551]

I have been using a similar setup but trapper instead of blacksmith. My problem with the blacksmith is that he is way too slow, he has terrible low dps and cannot taunt before my other party members have been hit already, he also fails his taunt half the time. Trapper is useful because he is fast, has high evasion to start, and has good talent, so he can use a gun or other talent weapons if needed so he doesn't compete with hunter. He can attack first or second with a big aoe shot and reload quickly for great dps. He can also use a shield with his blunderbuss. I have also had success sometimes with 3 hunters, but I find it's not as good, too little gear in the run for all 3.

[@prodphet]

I would agree with Blacksmith being slow...but strength weapons have the highest DPS, so I wouldn’t completely agree with that. Taunt should be used on rare occasions. You also need to be careful with guns because they really only do half of the damage on even turn fights...just make sure you use focus to land those shots for quick kills. One thing you can do is swap Blacksmith for Gladiator but assuming you don’t have Lost Civ, you can go Woodcutter. The one thing you can try is if the Blacksmith isn’t going fast for you, try equipping with speed and evasion armor (awareness gear) so his steadfast procs more often. Then just make sure you get some additional focus and golden roots because his low strength can miss shots over time.

[@kevinh9551]

​@@prodphet I have not played Gladiator, but it looks like that class would solve all the issues I have with Strength characters. One other problem I have with blacksmith is that I don't know why you use a defense based character in a game where tanking is not an effective strategy. I still need to stack evasion + strength + resistance on my other two characters who are being targeted all the time. Shouldn't the focus be speed for more turns to act? Won't this result in higher dps to kill enemies as fast as possible before they have enough turns to kill my most vulnerable character, the herbalist? If the tradeoff for blacksmith's high defense is that he acts last and has less turns, it does not seem worth it.

[@prodphet]

You have a pretty good understanding of the game. These guides I made are for starting and struggling players. What you really need to watch is the Masters video that was just released especially the beginning where we go over hero selection. You’ll see that the herbalist and blacksmith aren’t used.

[@r4m0sr]

What about the talent hero instead of the strength hero?

[@prodphet]

You can swap any hero for any hero, just understand the roles. If you swap strength for talent, you are removing a tank hero for a more support hero. If you pick Minstrel, make sure your other heroes are now more offensive to utilize encourage. Make sense? There's no one right lineup, the lineup in this video is to provide a good sustaining team to get deep into the game consistently while you are learning the ropes.

[@Cryonicity]

Hello! Could you share the spreadsheet?

[@prodphet]

I am going to remove my discord soon but I could put it there if you want.

[@Xavier-pe4eh]

I bought this game and i started playing 3 days ago I got like 20 hours on it and Im looking for an offensive build but i still cannot find a good use for astronomer Does anyone have any tips?

[@prodphet]

Mainly offensive is use speed, stack inferno gear on your strength hero, use rush to speed up you strength hero and hit hard

[@forestfalco9949]

why was the gladiator and meteorologist or whatever not included?

[@prodphet]

I explained why a few minutes into the video

[@forestfalco9949]

@@prodphet Yeah I understand that but I still think that there was an opportunity because I feel that both of the new characters are good.

[@vexcine]

I've personally been doing a Ministrel, Scholar/Herbalist (friend just unlocked Herb), and Hunter. For the Ministrel getting the Blunderbuss early on is soo good for getting rid of weak enemies and aoe in general. Also being able to switch into magic damage if needed is phenomenal. Thinking about switching to a Treasure Hunter when I finally unlock him just to start with a BB and variety. Going around picking up chests also seems like fun although not really efficient. Herbalist is an easy pick because Party Heal/Herb Gather. Hunter because the 4 skills are all nice and doing an evasion tank trapper doesn't really suit the way I play. Mid Game I usually pick up a Rusty Musket because hitting 26-32 damage per shot that ignores armor is good enough to make nearly any fight an immediate 3v2 coupled with the fact Hunter usually goes first because of speed. Sometimes so fast I can reload and fire before the enemy. If I can't find a Musket a Goblin Knife fairly early is good for direct damage. The reason I skip Blacksmith and Woodcutter is a personal preference really. The team I run now has decent evasion, and attack so frequently and hard that Steadfast isn't needed. In order to maximize Steadfast you need Taunt and as stated before, it's situational. I won't lie it's still great to have and an insane clutch tool if needed, but being able to instead just throw out another attack for big damage or protect teammates with a shield or from next attack is imo a better choice. I used to run Woodcutter for Justice until I realized Ministrel with a BB is just Woodcutter but guaranteed aoe with faster speed and a swap into magic damage if wanted. Love this game and love how many choices there are for different playstyles.

[@prodphet]

I actually need to do a full tier list of heroes, this video is kind of dated

[@vexcine]

@@prodphet would put Hunter up on S tier easy. Honestly a must have in my opinion. Started up a new game with 2 friends and the new one to join us picked a Blacksmith. I will say that BS is a good early game character. You can't take damage early on and he does very good damage for that early, while Talent takes a bit longer to get rolling. So it's honestly whether you want Early or Mid game to go better than the other. Late game I think both match each other in terms of power

[@prefixthesuffix]

Hey nice vid. I'm about to start a campaign and we need a third. I live stream on youtube and I have a spot to fill. Feel free to drop me a comment if your interested. Keep it up.

[@prodphet]

There is a correction video coming out soon about some adjustments to the best team

[@ryanjoly2234]

Very bad video for the tittle.

[@prodphet]

You can’t win them all