SPIRIT ISLAND TIER LIST 🤭😱 - Our FAVORITE Spirits in Spirit Island!

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[@swvi9459]

Sorry, but Spread Of Rampant Green is S tier, no question.

[@WadeLees]

Agreed

[@shutyourfaceable]

Yeah possibly the most broken spirit in the game

[@Iamwrongbut]

For raw power and usefulness, yes. For fun of playing, I’d say C tier. He’s amazing but I’m never fighting with my group over him haha

[@swvi9459]

@@Iamwrongbut I think Tier list means "for raw power and usefulness". But I almost always play him, it's my #1

[@Iamwrongbut]

@@swvi9459 I agree, but I don’t think they were using that criteria for their tier list. It seemed much more like they were just picking the ones they liked playing the most. Otherwise Lightning and River would have been A or S tier

[@indigosunszenith7485]

Many Minds is such a great concept. Basically Hitchcock's The Birds with the fear aspect.

[@BeingFriends]

right??? swarms are just freaky.

[@jfducusin7186]

Downpour is almost class S. I played him with not much expectation. And he feels like he buffs minors to be stronger than even some major powers. He is super fun to play, with lots of decision. He is definitely one of a kind.

[@Iamwrongbut]

Yes one of my favorite spirits of all time!

[@jfducusin7186]

@@Iamwrongbut agreed. He is a little headache to use at max potential. But he is so fun. He might be on my top 3 favorite spirits.

[@Yurasuka]

Downpour is definitely in my top 3!

[@BeingFriends]

I definitely need to play him!!

[@jfducusin7186]

@@BeingFriends owww and downpour is my 2nd most favorite spirit in game He could have been my #1 fave, if only he is not that analysis paralysis, or a headache to use

[@echoes6092]

I've only played a few games of this, but downpour is by far my favorite out of the ones I've played- - lightning with both the fear/strife and immense aspects - stone's unyielding defiance - downpour - thunderspeaker - river surges - one other i can't remember right now

[@kithknight9102]

In a game I played we had Ocean's hunger, shifting memories and Starlight. We Briny Deep the 2 lands, Dream of Untouched land then Briny Deep the last original land for the sac victory. In my opinion one of the most thematic wins with the spirits we we're running.

[@Vosoros]

I have to give Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds an S because as a newbie to Spirit Island this supposedly moderate complexity spirit just resonated with my mindset and just made the game so fun and easy. And with that fun I keep coming back to try and get to grips with others spirits and to see what they have to offer. ...not to mention scenario's and adversaries.

[@trevor6259]

Serpents absorb essence ability is arguably its most useful "support" abilities because it allows the innate power "Serpent Wakes In Power" consistently apply to allies who have been absorbed. Its like a support investment.

[@Iamwrongbut]

Really wish River got more love! I think it’s S tier against everyone except high level England. If you pair it with Ocean as well, then it can beat literally anyone

[@BeingFriends]

i think youre totally right. River is very powerful and honestly I kinda forgot how much I enjoyed River! but the tier list wasnt all that much about power level!! now again, in retrospect i probably would put it higher.

[@sheledon3272]

I'm just getting back into the game after only playing the old spirits years ago. I absolutely fell in love with ocean. So glad an old favorite made it to S

[@shawnmckenzie8699]

IMO 'Unexpected Tigers' is one of the best named cards in SI.

[@CrazyBunnyGuy]

That one always makes me giggle when I play it, and I like to imagine all kinds of cartoonish situations happening to/on the island, with the focus on the "unexpected" part :)

[@BeingFriends]

its so GOOD 😂😂😂

[@HellPet]

Recently started playing it on Steam and I fell in LOVE with this game. I really like every spirit so far. And it's HARD. I really enjoyed Thunderspeaker and Vital Strength of the Earth so far the most. I also enjoyed Ocean's Hungry Grasp a lot but I don't know how I can win it solo because of the inland invaders. Sharp Fangs Behind the Leaves is my least favourite so far.

[@Overlordsen]

I almost agree to your list with one big exeption: The very first spirit you evaluated. "Rampant Green" is the one spirit I played the most by far, because for me its so much fun but honestly I can totally understand why people find it kind of boring. Also Im not so sure that I would put Nightmare in Tier S just because of its funny limitation. But all in all a great list!

[@Infinity-0033]

I love spreading presence quickly and also being able to support others and so enable them a large power boost often…It can defend so well which I love, doesn’t permanently lose its presence, and can do some decent damage with innate ability. Even in solo explorers can’t be deal with easily but you can prevent builds and ravages even by playing 2 presence cards in fast faze, and since you place presence so quickly you can spam some power cards that take care of what you need

[@BoardInTheHouseBGAplayer]

Big fan of Tier lists. Thanks for making this video

[@trevor6259]

many minds is by far my favorite concept and is so damn powerful. S tier all day

[@isaacwilliams4494]

I love the idea of Dreams and Nightmares! And the thought you had about playing the card tsunami to get them to run away, but what I thought was funny is that you could push them towards the ocean 😂 and then have Hungry Grasp doing his thing, which is like a killer combo

[@BeingFriends]

Isn't that brilliant?? 😍

[@indigosunszenith7485]

I did this today paired with my friend as Vital Strength copying it. We actually won from the fear generation before the second one hit, the invaders were like "aw HELL nah!" 😂

[@Yurasuka]

I'm totally okay with my boy Lure sharing a tier with Fractured Days! Nice to see it get some love!

[@BeingFriends]

Lure RULES🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@SentecaMorvan]

One thing about Serpent: once you have found a way to trigger the innate Armageddon you can basicly reclaim all your cards to do it again next turn. It's insanely powerful and probably one of the powers which are closest to an endgame button. Super cool, super game climax. Probably frustrating if you don't get to use it, and maybe even a bit samey. But the way to even get there is really hard and interesting because you very much rely completely on your teammates (at least you support them at this time same as them supporting you) Really cool spirit, haven't played enough to rank him, but right now definitely on my top memories of this game

[@BeingFriends]

wowwww i never thought of that.

[@emily_hancock]

Great video! I'd love to see the double-Starlight play through and see how that goes lol

[@BeingFriends]

doesnt that sound super fascinating?!? we will have to livestream it!

[@nyxetera]

@@BeingFriends Heck ya, count me in!

[@AnimatronicBadgerlord]

Just got this game, had some trouble learning the basics for my solo plays but decided to take a chance and play the Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares solo. That spirit is OP as hell. It may say more complex on the back but I'm winning by turn 5 or 6 consistently and it's crazy how powerful it is.

[@allknighter5791]

To be fair the fear threshold solo is quite small at just 4 and when you’re easily generating 18-20 fear each turn…well I think I speak for everyone when I say that gets out of hand very fast. Anyways hope you keep enjoying the game!

[@AnimatronicBadgerlord]

@@allknighter5791 that's a very good point! Didn't think about that. It's been a blast so far! I've asked for the expansions for Christmas so that will be fun as well!

[@allknighter5791]

@@AnimatronicBadgerlord Haha same here, hopefully I get Jagged Earth this Christmas, wish me luck! Also the new expansion for the game is coming out November 17th and the new trailer for it just dropped! Now if you thought bringer of dreams and nightmares brought the pain you haven’t seen anything yet

[@kaitlynmarie8473]

This is fun!! More ranking videos please.

[@BeingFriends]

what do we rank tho...? 😨

[@l.vermind1617]

@@BeingFriends Maybe Solo and Coop Spirit-Ranking ?! ;) :)

[@twothirdsanexplosive]

The beauty of the asymmetry in this game is that it is incredibly subjective in what clicks the most with each player's personality and how they feel that day. Such incredible design. If you play solo multihanded then having low complexity spirits is helpful, well, at least to my limited memory. Others might be able to do several high complexity spirits at once.

[@AzureIV]

2:10 As a person who plays Spread of Rampant Green, River Surges in Sunlight, and Ocean's Hungry Grasp all the time, they are all A tier at least.

[@COZYTW]

How do you guys feel about the new Nature Incarnate spirits coming out, have you had a chance to try it

[@julianh.9939]

He should have played Many Minds! I really like the combination of defending and fear and its super unique, no other spirit does this. And I really like that he uses animals for it. I'm not a huge fan of Sharp Fangs because he has to kill his animals all the time or the animals kill invaders, so in the event step there are nearly never animals and invaders on the same land. Many Minds uses the animals to produce fear and defend, so after the quick powers there are a bunch of animals in lands with invaders and every event card with an animal effect is so much better.

[@BeingFriends]

its really cool right?! Its gotta be pretty powerful too, especially pared with bringer. SO much fear, plus, having many minds to help keep things safe would be huge. I could agree about Sharp Fangs, though I do have alot of fun with him!

[@julianh.9939]

@@BeingFriends it is damn powerfull. I generated 38fear in one round in a 3 player game by making good use of the beasts and being lucky to get the perfect event which generated 1fear per beast in a land with invaders. I got 16 beasts in lands with invaders.

[@BeingFriends]

geeeez!!! i wanna play them again. such a cool idea. and a completely unique playstyle.

[@commandershepard9920]

I'm very new to Spirit Island, only played a few games, but I am loving Thunderspeaker. That one really "speaks" to me. I'll let myself out.

[@allknighter5791]

I’ll be brutally honest…. Ocean’s hungry grasp was what sold the game for me. Need I say more?

[@mbalazs3544]

2:36 the most powerfully spirit and my favorit of the game (from what i read from the expansions and most I did check) and the the best support only gets a C rank , i know this is not going an enlightening list but a more curiosity :D

[@mbalazs3544]

14:03 not low at all I found Lightning my faw for it made me think most, and adapt most, its one of the most powerful, most changing most fun spirits but also need to be played very well. Because its need for random grow it is high complexity in my book (defiantly harder to play it well than even dream)

[@youreatowel1103]

As someone just getting into more complex board games, but is already experienced with complex strategy games on PC, would you recommend spirit island as a good purchase?

[@maips4996]

Definitely. It's like a complex strategy game basically.

[@emilydivis6369]

Yes, for sure! If you're already into complex strategy games, this is right up your alley.

[@BeingFriends]

100%!!!!!! It is so wonderful. if you aren't intimidated by complexity and brain burning decision making and are interested in the theme whatsoever, this game is for you.

[@picivyvortac2641]

Dreams is my favorite but I haven't done much jagged earth. Lure is fun.

[@MrSandman0709]

Good video. Would love one based on power level in the game

[@BeingFriends]

It’s a great idea! It would be fairly difficult to calculate exactly what constitutes as “power”, but it would be fun to figure it out!

[@MrSandman0709]

@@BeingFriends I could understand that, if you set some standards then you could use those to judge the Spirits. Example the speed of which they gain presence, or how they handle different points. It could be done many different ways, I think and none of them would be right or wrong

[@AzureIV]

It would be interesting if there was a spirit based off of what invader cards are on the board. Where it gets stronger when Tier II and III invader cards are on the board.

[@schmoopy77]

I kind of have to disagree with you on Vital Strength of the Earth. He is such a powerful defender that if you play him a certain way, you can make it so he defends in the beginning and unleashed heavy major offensive powers, I love the fact that you add a presence every growth, and the fact that sacred sites defend 3 automatically, you could see a explorer explore a land, put a presence their, let them build, put another presence, and it’s defended from the town and invader

[@schmoopy77]

But I can understand if people don’t like full defense

[@evandyck3839]

okay alex you putting us in the F tier at the end was NOT NICE

[@BeingFriends]

You’re welcome 😉

[@cabalpaxiarch7239]

Ι wish you had showed the 2 sides of each spirit so we can have a look at them while you're discussing them. Or maybe just show them for a couple of seconds under good lighting so we can pause. I feel like an hour long video had the luxury of doing it.

[@atf1875]

Putting lightning in D is a crime, with his slow to fast passive he's great

[@mbalazs3544]

I go for power got the base game, dont plan on more so far River,Earth,Lightning, and Wood are my top 4 faws top powerful River and wood all 4 gets a 5/5. I also love Bringer even do i did not found how to play it more powerful than a rate 4/5 so far i dislike Shadow 3/5

[@mbalazs3544]

16:38 I wont buy the expansion because they don't have low complexity spirits in them i want versatility or power, the expansion from what i read are let down on both desires i would buy any.

[@mbalazs3544]

15:26 the first thing you do with lightning after the firt's play is recalim and discard 3 for one damage or speed for others for a MAJOR power as such he is the only spirit that builds on shooting a major power as soon possible (in base game), adn that makes him fun :D

[@move3spaces246]

Great Vid but way off with Spread of Rampant Green. S tier for sure! You guys need to play him more.

[@Lynaliaplop]

Lighting swift D tier what ? ouch he is S god tier VS England

[@BeingFriends]

definitely a strong spirit! especially against england! D tier when it comes to spirit island is still a fantastic spirit tbh. We just couldnt put them all in B, A, and S tier 😂😂😂

[@mbalazs3544]

udf only you guys did not put my faw spirits on the botom , Thunder bird and Earth thy are the 2 who can use big powers while most spirits are limited on small cards.

[@BeingFriends]

those are both great spirits for sure!! Also, I have found Keeper of the Wilds, Forgotten Memory of Ages, Ocean, and bringer are all able to play a lot of Major powers as well!! Those are four of my favorite spirits for that very reason actually:)

[@brompsing3106]

moar spirit islands moar

[@SentecaMorvan]

Hey! I like these overview ranking videos ;) however I feel this one had a lot of rambling which really hits the pace. I think it would have been much better if you prepared this a bit better as in either making lists each for your own before and discuss those when making the final list on cam or at least writing down some pros and cons before. It's still okay but for me this video was not as entertaining (and useful) as the top 3 video from Evan. Anyway, thanks for sharing, looking forward to the next video

[@BeingFriends]

We appreciate the feedback! to us, we felt the more rambly, conversational style suited this video! But I do thing we could have maybe edited down a bit more! We will think about how to do this best next time we do a long-style video!!

[@kotgaf7332]

Which difficult do you play? Almost all of your "s" tier is not viable on level 5+. Yeah, they are fun to play against Prussia -3