Hello, I am only about 6 months into the game. I picked up ressers mainly because of Doug and I have not been disappointed with his performance. There is a 2016 gaining grounds tournament coming up this Saturday that a group of us are going to. The turns are 90 minutes with 15 minute crew build times. I understand that I should pick a list based on schemes and strategies but I want some input on summoners, in a tournament format, from the community. Our faction is summoner heavy and they feel like they should be for causal games. I have read/heard that Nico does very well in this format. When I have played heavy summoners like, Nico or Kirai, the games took ~4 hours. This could be due to some inexperience I have with the game. The last game I played with Nico, although I felt I did do pretty well, the game took 3 hours. Our other summoner, Molly seems like it could be less time consuming because of how hers come in versus the others. I do not think that she takes as much time as the other 2 though. My gut tells me to play Yan lo, Seamus or Doug as they are straight forward, quick activations, less activations, less options to summon and aggressive. I understand that these could be seen in either light, good or bad. This line up can cover pretty much all the strategies and schemes. Any advice is appreciated and input on how to cram Nico or Kirai in 90 minutes. Thanks!
*summoners: I understand all of the masters "summon" in some fashion but, when I think summoner I think of the 3 noted above.
*honorable mention, because I forgot her, Tara could be okay in a timed format but, I don't think I have enough experience with her yet.