Thank you for the feedback! I am split on lamentri or acorn... but I am starting to think the guarantee of placing a wood from the acorn (depending on who takes the side with the initial wood/objectives/ etc) maybe be more important than +1 to cast the dryad farm. As for quicksilver swords instead of shackles, I'm just worried that since I am going to be in their face turn one, and going first, they might end up controlling them more than me!
Thanks for your feedback!
I still want durthu for plenty of reasons. He is another behemoth character, with an artifact, to take objectives, his terrifying reputation means people will focus on him, 6 DAM Sword!!!... the changes to wyldewoods and character targeting mean how hunters hit less, and now even our own woods can be used to screen from them. I figure Drycha, Durthu, TLA, and even the unleash sprites from the branchwych covers enough mid range shooting (besides I want to be close). With you on the acorn though... maybe drop gyhranstrike?... I just get worried about whiffing with Durthu. As for the cogs, that's not a bad idea. Maybe the wych will have to go, and the extra shooting be damned.