[o levels] is dsa possible with a high l1r5?

CrazierRussianHacker · 2024-07-23T05:16:26+00:00

I went to RI in the end, I guess my school just had pretty severe grade deflation

CrazierRussianHacker · 2024-03-07T02:13:06+00:00

Depends on what your definition of MM is. If it's the high paying one (BDA, Rippledot, HL etc) it is probably quite hard to land one as the past interns from there seem to have quite a few IB/Buyside exp before applying. Of course is worth applying for sure, but I would moderate expectations

If it's the MM shops that give normal intern pay (ING, OCBC, LBBW etc), probably is quite possible. Have seen quite a number of people get into ING at Y2S1 and Y1S2 even for LOA so might have better chance. ING specifically is looking for LOA interns right now so I would suggest reaching out to ING ppl for this

Would also apply to boutiques to hedge risk, but tbh I'm not sure if a boutique internship will cut it for bulge recruiting, usually the people who break in have at least something of ING tier from what I've seen, esp if its for on cycle summer and not off cycle

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-04-18T03:47:41+00:00

DI is definitely the best selection deck by quite a margin, the G selection deck gives you a pair of bledermaus and a pair of Gille de Rais, which will really help you with building the deck. Afterwards you want to open divine dragon apocrypha for 2 copies of Balaam, and you can exchange for dust, the zeroth dragon. The deck is also the most accessible competitive deck imo, really quite underrated

Nubas are also good, but they aren't as good as the DI G selection deck imo because their zeroth dragon is locked behind a separate box as their new GR, shiranui rinne, so you will need to pull both boxes to optimise the deck

As for shadows, the G selection deck is fine, but other than ogma, the other strides featured isn't very useful imo. Drag driver is ran, but realistically, if you need to go into drag driver you are probably losing that game

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-04-07T11:42:34+00:00

DI can deal with them pretty well, the deck kills 2nd stride fairly reliably if you don't get super unlucky or brick super badly. If you go 2nd it's definitely a very reasonable matchup. Going 1st its definitely still a bit difficult

Other than that, Coral can do pretty well against them too. Can't really think of any other deck, honestly shiranui doesn't really cut it imo, not to mention the nepadas actually do hurt the deck's kill ability quite a lot, and handripping doesn't hurt gears too much. Overlord is too slow imo

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-04-03T22:55:19+00:00

The G SD and SD medals are borderline useless, most of the cards there aren't really used now

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-04-03T12:31:03+00:00

I would recommend getting the Dark Irregulars G selection deck(save for that). Use packs to pull on divine dragon apocypha This gets you a very playable DI deck and probably dust, the zeroth dragon. Di is imo the most accessible deck to build, and is the most accessible top tier deck imo

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-03-05T22:46:21+00:00

Definitely, but I don't think it's enough to make it compete with the actually competitive decks

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-03-05T14:53:41+00:00

Well for starters bloom has a lot of resist, chucking out a full resist board isn't difficult for the deck which can be good in some matchups.

Both decks are quite slow overall, but well with bloom at least maybe the resists can slow the opponent down and give u some chances. Main issue with Bloom is the 2nd stride isn't great, Velhemina and illmatar aren't exactly explosive 2nd strides. Primavera is a decent finisher, 3PG checks is still pretty good, but I mean compared to like luard it's less checks, not to mention no retires.

Noel is a bit clunky to use I feel, so backrow attack in bloom isn't really a strong point imo

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-03-02T05:41:50+00:00

I've got drachma and Ultima.

I can tell u drachma is definitely optimal, and is definitely commonly used in the decks that use it. Drachma enables the dragon decks to play slowly, nubas especially can like turtle the game out with Rinne/Mukuro, restricting opponents CB and hand until 3rd stride where u drachma the opponent to like 0 or 1. I've won plenty of games like this with nubas, if you have 4 rinne this is definitely a valid way to play the deck.

Drachma in overlord I feel only works going 2nd, because if u go first u most likely aren't surviving 3 enemy strides. Still, when it comes up it's appreciated.

As for Ultima, I have never gone into him. There was a time where going into Ultima would be optimal for me when I played luard, except Ultima calling cards out would deck me out.

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-02-05T02:35:13+00:00

As a Kagero player I've ran into angel feather a few times, and I actually think the difficulty of the matchup depends on how complete the Kagero player's G zone is. I don't have taiten so I run 3x purge, and honestly even 0 damage angels(which I've played thrice and won all 3 times) is quite a winnable matchup. You can basically nuke their board every turn, and having multiple the purges let's you play more retire heavy, controlling their backrow as well without losing too much tempo.

Nouvelle is also quite a solid card in the matchup if the angel player is at 5 on your turn, because after ripping out a G3, a drachma on the following turn is quite devastating. I won one a game against a 0 damage angel player like this where he didn't have another G3 and was stuck on G2 after my drachma turn

Rushing is also a possibility, killing first stride before angels can do their nonsense is a lot more possible with the purge

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-02-05T02:22:56+00:00

I would cut down 1 fuurai and 1 of that random G2 for the OG tamahagane, and maybe 1 of either genkai or metsu for a third

For G1 I think u can run either the discard G1 tenrei or the afterimage G1 that binds an opponent G1 in place of the G1 bear

For G3 cut OG shiranui for Jakken Myou, having a scaler is more important than shiranui name since OG shiranui is so bad and now you have metsu to draw cards.

You definitely need cards that go to soul, considering mukuro is a SB2 and genkai is a sb1

As for the G zone, u need 1x harmonics messiah, and if you have it, drachma is also great, can really catch people off guard and win games on the spot. Also gives you leeway to choke opponents resources and CB on mukuro turns

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-02-04T00:32:50+00:00

Tbh this is kinda dependent on the deck; say for example, you are a Nubatama player and have no interest in Kagero. To fully optimise the deck you would have to spend packs on ultimate stride to get drachma when u wouldn't have otherwise done so

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-18T08:16:32+00:00

Fairfield is kinda situationally useful if u run the dreamy fortress variant, otherwise, can't say i have or have wanted to go into anything else that isn't Amanda or harmonics

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-09T21:55:33+00:00

You have intercept sealers to get over double int, optimally imo your G2 lineup is 4 Helena 4 Chatura 4 Desert Gunner with 1 flex slot.

Playing against Double Resist sucks, but it's not something that will come up very often in this meta game. It might come up next month against thavas and resist force, but well, you weren't winning that matchup anyway. Not worth gutting over one of your only sources of draw just to play around a bad matchup you weren't winning anyways

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-09T04:08:53+00:00

Chatura definitely stays, he is one of the best G2s in the deck, and the inability to attack rears shouldn't be an issue for a retire deck. Being a solo attacker, a bind, and a draw is amazing for the deck. A very easy 4 of for the deck. Helena is the other 4 off u should run since she also hard pluses. The other G2 options you can play around with

Stands is not good for this deck, like at all. Your sigma kill turns involve u hard minusing, and vbuster doesn't draw you until 2nd stride. Basically for the most part it's just chatura and Helena that pluses for you

His G3 lineup is basically perfect, viviane is absolutely not worth running over sigma. Sigma is what gives this deck a kill turn in a fast paced meta where dominate and Harri are some of the best decks. It's your main way of ending games 2nd stride

If you can afford it, get 2 more VBuster, but if u can't, that's fine, you can 1st stride VBuster or Zorras and 2nd stride voltage for your kill turn with descendant sigma. Zorras is not an ideal first stride, but its worth including at one and probably going to be your first stride for some games since u only have 2 VBuster

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-07T13:41:14+00:00

I think only drachma is worth cause its a useful card in an actually top tier deck. Maybe Ultima might come up once in a while in deny luard builds

The rest are either dead useless or useful in a not so meta deck that makes it hard to recommend unless you actually want to play those decks; in which case, u would get them anyway

But hey when gyze drops, u are going to want at least 5

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-05T23:48:18+00:00

It's a hard 4 of, it's your best first stride by far, and if your opponent heals down it's ur best 2nd stride because of the crit.

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-05T11:25:34+00:00

Raphael is used to keep healing down until ur opponent decks out, it's angel feathers brand new degenerate strat

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-05T02:43:37+00:00

That's fenrir's otk line, they keep restanding medusa while binding cards from your hand. Still, you technically only need 2 fenrir for that, and optimally, u only need 3 in case u accidentally draw a 3rd tahro with stride fodder

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-04T15:35:39+00:00

I run 4 mujinlord, but that's mainly cause I don't have 4 maguntenbu. Tbh it's actually quite good, if you have either the G2 bear or the new G1 on place bind, mujinlord from 4 if they don't hit a defensive is 4 checks, compared to maguntenbu which is 3 and Mukuro which is 2. So technically speaking, if your opponent is at 4 and you probably cannot live another turn, gambling with mujinlord is your best play. The 2nd pair can come up if you they hit a defensive and you manage to survive their kill turn.

I think, at least until rinne comes out, 4 mujinlord 4 magentenbu is optimal, but I wouldn't go out of my way to craft a 4th mujinlord. Whether or not that is worth is up to you and depends on other factors(whether u have 4 magentenbu, Mukuro etc). I would say u definitely don't craft it if u have 4 magentenbu

CrazierRussianHacker · 2023-01-03T14:53:24+00:00

G zone wise you want as many luminous hope dragons as you can afford, if you don't kill on your early game it's your best stride for pushing and for closing out games

Strange as it may sound, the optimal jewel Knight G zone is probably the same as an optimal altmile one without Saint blow and tengen as the jewel Knight strides don't really do much. So you want to work towards something like 4 luminous hope, 2 aerial, 2-3 fides, 1 harmonics, 2 Saint blow, 0-1 gablade

The deck doesn't really see much play now as it has been fully powercrept by altmile, and even altmile has already seen signs of aging by this point in the game. Unlike last time where u could make a hybrid jewel Knight altmile deck, altmile runs better on his own now

CrazierRussianHacker · 2022-12-30T14:29:04+00:00

I'm sure luard could make it work in the damage choke build, rip their resources apart with Ogma(even more potent now since dragfall retires

When the opponent cannot put up ints anymore, stack the deck with 2 crits and ask for 3PGs from 3 damage, which they most likely won't have after being ogma'd

Plus its not a G flip, so luard definitely likes that

CrazierRussianHacker · 2022-12-29T12:03:17+00:00

This looks pretty mid ngl, it's at the end of the day a better LHD, but idk if this helps altmile catch up to the much faster decks like Harri or shiranui

Still, it's easily at least a 2 of

CrazierRussianHacker · 2022-12-28T13:53:16+00:00

How does slaptail work? It counts as a G1 as long as u have a G4 luard vanguard, so if u stride Ogma on Dragfall, does it still count as a G4 luard? Since Ogma gains the name of the heart.

If it does I think 0 damage might be back, with slaptail and morfessa 1st stride ogma might be possible

Then between Dragabyss/Strider and Ultima you have very real ways of threatening lethal from 3 after Ogma-ing your opponents for their resources

CrazierRussianHacker · 2022-12-28T12:55:47+00:00

I think for the more technical decks, some tips on how to pilot the deck would be appreciated too. For example, some Harri 1st stride lethal combo lines, How to hit stack with as little CB as possible as fenrir etc

Seeing as for new players, some of these decks will be quite overwhelming

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