by nssxxx
If you tried to build a deck around Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn and found the game to be lacking that would be understandable.These are the three characters i tried to build on when i first got the game. The starting threat is just way to high for the vast majority of quests. You have two killers and a quester/killer/defender.
what you really need (to over-simplify) is a quester (e.g. Eowyn) defender (e.g. frodo) and a killer with a special skill (e.g. legolas/hama)
Now taking out a human woman, a hobbit and an elven prince on a hunt for gollum may make absolutely no sense from a tolkien-lore perspective, however, in terms of this game you have a good starting point for a pretty strong deck 2/3rds sprit + 1/3 tactics will complement low threat enemy avoidance + questing power with the combat abilities of the tactics sphere.
At the moment it is difficult (for me) to find a nice balance between a strong deck and a thematically satsifying deck - but as others have said, the game is constantly developing.
Playing with more than 1 player will also give you more freedom to make thematic decks, with a reduction in effectiveness, that can be mopped up by the other player.
If you target some expansions you may be able to make more effective thematic decks, Ellodan and Elrohir are quite strong together, plus Dain+virtually any combination of dwarves is very strong. This is deliberate to fit in with the Dwarrowdelf/Hobbit cycle.
Keep playing/experimenting to see what comes up.
But, yeah, Aragorn legolas gimli is a waste of time i'm afraid!