Versatile Wendy kicks and rolls

I'm building a similar level-0 Jenny Barnes deck that's uses Dario El-Amin, Lone Wolf, Cunning, Money Talks, and Well Connected.

Wendy Deck without Leo de Luca? Without Peter Sylvester? 0 Xp version without Dark Horse engine? Upgraded version using Old hunting rifle instead of the Bow? Big money upgraded version without High Roller? no good damage/horror soakers or healing...in TFA? I think you will kick the bucket pretty quickly playing this, specially in TFA.

@Alogon Wendy Adams can handle herself in FTA. I ran a similar build on hard mode and did just fine without any damage/horror soaks (outside of Peter Sylvestre), nor did I bring any weapons, but rather relied on evasion using Cat Burglar and spot removal with Backstab and Waylay. Truth be told, the Dark Horse build isn't the best for Wendy. In my experience she has little issue passing will or agility tests, nor does she struggle with investigation when she has lockpicks/flashlight in play or has "Look what I found!" or Lucky! in hand. Hence there's no reason to hamstring her with respect to resources just to get a bump to her skills when she really doesn't need that bump. Furthermore, Wendy has access to excellent sources of resource generation (Lone Wolf, "Watch this!") which doesn't make sense to include if you're running Dark Horse.

@FractalMindHey, I didn't say that Wendy can't handle herself! she is in my opinion one of the best investigators in the game (solo or multiplayer) and also my personal favourite. I said this specific build here seems janky to me. I also didn't say that the Dark Horse build is the best of them all. I actually only play with Dark Hoarse at 0 XP and then quickly transition into a big money engine using Charon's Obol and Adaptable. And by the way the Dark Horse engine on Wendy is usually: (Madame Labranche + Lone Wolf + any Talent and/or Fire Axe) that way you get 3 resources per round to further boost your skills with talents or to play events, so Lone Wolf dons't only make sense but is a core asset of the Dark Hoarse Wendy build... and using the same logic I also don't see why "Watch this!" shouldn't work with Dark Hoarse, even though I haven't run it yet. Finally you can't say you are playing a build "without soaks" if you are playing the good old (...or young?) Peter Sylvestre, the mother (...or father?) of all soaks :D. I would link you my builds but if you are beating TFA on hard without breaking a sweat I think you are doing pretty well and don't need any suggestions.

@FractalMind Yeah, Jenny Barnes is probably the best investigator for this kind of build, but I like Wendy Adams quite a bit so I wanted to try something like that on her.

@Alogon Both Leo De Luca and Peter Sylvestre are great for Wendy Adams, I will agree to that, but I wanted to try something different. I also don't think these cards would fit very well in this deck. For Dark Horse, I'm not a big fan of a Dark Horse build in Wendy, it just shuts down a lot of viable options and upgrade paths. FractalMind also made some pretty good points on Dark Horse, with which I agree. High Roller would be a good addition in this deck indeed, but deck slots are tight, plus I already have a lot assets to play (hence the Flare). As for the soak, the biggest issue in the Forgotten Age is health loss and Joey "The Rat" Vigil has 3 damage soak, which combined with Wendy's high Agility, should be more than enough to cover that issue.

@AlogonOh, forgot to say about the Bow. Ornate Bow is not a good fit for this deck for a variety of reasons. First, it's more expensive. Secondly, it requires different approach. The transition from using Baseball Bat to using the Bow would be a lot harder than to using the Old Hunting Rifle. I also aim to not hold a weapon for long, as my primary handslot item will be Lockpicks. The plan is to spend turns investigating and doing other things for the majority of the scenario duration and pull a weapon when I have to. In this context, Old Hunting Rifle does a better job, by pulling it and killing something big when the time comes, something which would be more difficult to do with Ornate Bow. Plus, I have built around Baseball Bat and Old Hunting Rifle.

Why no Money Talks? Should be better than Cunning and can be played again with her amulet.

@Django Money Talks is decent, but, practically, it would mostly help with Wendy's low Combat stat, which is still a boon for sure, but I've got that covered by other means. Cunning on the other hand can help both at evading and at investigating and, most importantly, at triggering Scavenging when Lockpicks is in the discard.

@matt88Dark Horse doesn't shut down upgrade paths. With Charon's Obol and Adaptable you can't quickly transition to any other build. For example in TFA I start with Dark Horse but after 3-4 scenarios all the Dark Horse combo is completely gone from the deck. My argument is that between 0 and 16 XP the Dark Horse build is one of the best there is.

I myself started playing Wendy after the release of TFA and the return to the core set. When I saw that people were still posting Wendy Dark Horse decks I used to think, "lol fools, they don't realise that the meta has changed, rich Wendy rules now." Then one day I decided to play Jenny and Wendy together and only due to collection limitations (Jenny was taking most of the money cards) I decided to put the Dark Horse combo in my 0 Xp Wendy deck...after a few games my opinion changed.

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