For the first post in our series looking at the Stat Value of Allies currently available, the treacherous wizard Saruman enters the list in 5th place. He is a Neutral Ally found in the Voice of Isengard expansion from the Ring Maker cycle. His Stat Value is 333%.
By comparison to Hero Stat Values, this is extremely high, and we still have four other Allies to go that are even better! The calculation for Ally Stat Values is different for Hero Stat Values (see the tab at the top of the page), but follows the same principle. As we look at the best and worst Allies with this figure, we shall see that Allies vary a lot more than Heroes; it is much rarer for an Ally to have a straight forward value of 100%.
But let's look at Saruman in a bit more detail. The reason for his high Stat Value is in plain sight; a portion of his Resource Cost has clearly been replaced by the Doomed keyword in his text box. You might wonder if his low cost is also due to the fact that he leaves play at the end of the round, too. He shares this mechanic with the Ally versions of Gandalf, but Saruman is placed higher than his Istari brethren in the Stat Value list because his stats are less balanced. His Attack value of five for such a low cost earns him this position.
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