The Brute and Spellweaver, for instance, are better together than the Scoundrel and Spellweaver. It is a good idea to choose one mercenary as the tank and the other for the support.

Players should pick complimentary mercenaries. When playing Gloomhaven on Steam, the player's party composition will be more important than any individual character they may choose.

Its Mastered Abilities include Formless Power, Shaping the Ether, Malleable Evocation, Brilliant Flash, Raw Enhancement, Pure Augmentation, Ice Spikes, Frigid Torrent, Stoking Hail, Tremulant Cyclone, Infernal Vortex, Lava Eruption, and Encompassing Shadow. It has 13 Mastered Ability cards at the start of the game and can equip 10 of them at any time. This character might be better suited for more experienced players. It is capable of manipulating elements, dealing heavy damage and healing. Unlike the Cragheart, an Elementalist is a Savvas that has gained the mastery of multiple elements. Their Mastered Ability cards include Fearsome Blade, Feedback Loop, Submissive Affliction, Into the Night, Gnawing Horde, Perverse Edge, Empathetic Assault, Withering Claw, The Mind's Weakness, Parasitic Influence, Scurry, Frigid Apparition and Possession. This melee character is better suited to more experienced players and can weaken enemies with mind control, buff allies, and summon a melee ally. The Mindthief uses psychic attacks, sharp blades, and their tiny teeth of death to attack. Their Mastered Abilities include Fire Orbs, Freezing Nova, Mana Bolt, Frost Armor, Flame Strike, Impaling Eruption, Reviving Ether, Crackling Air, Aid from the Ether, Hardened Spikes and Ride the Wind.

It has 11 Mastered Ability cards at the start of the game and can equip eight of them at any time. The Spellweaver can use elemental magic to attack monsters. The Spellweavers are Orchid sages that are able to call down powerful natural forces that they then use as focused attacks. Their Mastered Abilities include Proximity Mine, Energizing Tonic, Enhancement Field, Hook Gun, Ink Bomb, Net Shooter, Stun Shot, Reinvigorating Elixir, Potent Potables, Volatile Concoction, Flamethrower, Restorative Mist, Reviving Shock, Toxic Bolt, and Harmless Contraption. It has 15 Mastered Ability cards at the start of the game and can have 12 equipped at any time. They can do damage by using potions, items, and gadgets, and the Tinkerer has a Health of 8. They use these tools to explore and discover ancient oddities and are better used as a support class for their buffs and heals. Tinkerers are of the Quartyl race, masters of crafting gadgets, and elixirs. Their Mastered Abilities include Opposing Strike, Crushing Grasp, Avalanche, Rumbling Advance, Massive Boulder, Backup Ammunition, Rock Tunnel, Unstable Upheaval, Crater, Dirt Tornado, Earthen Clod, Forceful Storm, Heaving Swing, and Nature's Lift. It has 14 Mastered Ability cards and can have 11 equipped at any time. The Cragheart in Gloomhaven digital is good with both melee and ranged attacks, does area damage, can crowd control, has minor healing abilities, and starts with a Health of 10.

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