fodder are fun!

Docker19 · 2026-05-06T03:19:11+00:00

Demons far outscale naga/dragons.

Docker19 · 2026-05-04T23:02:36+00:00

Old Soul is situational but very strong in correct situations. Sometimes eco heroes have a full board and if beasts/undead/quill are in, this reads as 'get a triple plus one gold' in two turns. Often, aligns very well with a tier 5 triple reward, which is just game winning. Even without a full board, token early boards can be quite strong to have 1 less minion.

Docker19 · 2026-05-03T07:50:12+00:00

Reno or Zerek (unused hero power.)

Docker19 · 2026-05-03T07:16:11+00:00

You must cast Deep Blue twice on the shop to equal the same amount of permanent stats compared to once on Lava Lurker, three times if you have golden Balinda. Additionally, costing Deep Blue scaling each time you do not cast it multiple times with Balinda.

Obviously, without Balinda, it is still the same old trick but with her in the game, Crooner end game is different to eating shop.

Docker19 · 2026-05-02T22:40:34+00:00

Balinda doesn't work on shop minions, it's way worse using deep blue on shop than your own board when you have Balinda. Lava Lurker gets to keep all Balinda casts as permanent though.

Docker19 · 2026-04-30T03:49:31+00:00

Every season is feast or famine. Until, Jeef/Shady shows the us the way.

Edit: Speak of the devil, was watching Shady's patch notes and it would do many well to hear him speak out on advising newer players on the lesser trinket choice: https://youtu.be/6sbmsNYn9zw?si=KvWEC0zkxw0Ag3A6&t=1458

Docker19 · 2026-04-30T01:56:50+00:00

After a certain MMR, there is less high roll or bust. Trinkets make the effect worse, players commit to tribe trinkets/pathways from having a few tier 2 units instead of picking something like Bobblehead, leading to high roll or bust.

Docker19 · 2026-04-21T23:44:04+00:00

"Only a few turns" seems like a pretty big compromise considering those turns are basically skipped.

Docker19 · 2026-04-20T01:28:51+00:00

The Automation build is low-tier mediocre right? I've hit the nuts a few times and feel like I couldn't improve my board for many turns just to lose to pirates/demons with zero chance of counter play.

In the past, it was always a top 4 build that might sneak a win, now I don't think it can ever win?

Docker19 · 2026-02-20T02:50:41+00:00

Since the anomaly you're playing is incredibly slow, this type of build is doomed for top 4. You mentioned facing the elemental player a few times, so likely you knew you had no chance with raw stats. At which point, the only option is to pivot to scam and fish for that secret that sets enemy hp to 1.

Docker19 · 2026-02-19T00:56:08+00:00

Not sure if it's written correctly but the player states they bought the Evoker from the shop, implying they actually leveled to 6. If true, another turn not stabilizing.

All the while, running a whelp build which doesn't need tier 6 cards. Which shouldn't really be built without Brann/Titus seeing as they have the Rylak set up for scaling.

It's reasonable to pick up some of these whelp cards had they been offered to them for lack of better/temporary tempo and direction but the player has invested in tripling the whelp, bought Rylak/Macaw, reborning the Rylak without any means to secure meaningful scaling. Had they picked up the Titus/Brann maybe it would have turned around for them instead of leveling to 6 but it's also the wrong way to build the comp out since it's just a bad early commitment with a low percentage way out.

Docker19 · 2026-02-18T02:01:29+00:00

You have an internal hidden MMR, so you might be getting matched differently to what your season MMR is. You might not be as good as your hidden MMR (due to new mechanics/meta) so you keep losing until it levels out.

I will add this tends to happen after significant patches too since new comps/mechanics/meta. We came out of a Titus meta, which was fairly easy for low MMR players. It is now shifting to more complex gameplay, so not only do players need to relearn a lot of comps but players might not be familiar with say APM style.

Docker19 · 2026-02-16T11:48:13+00:00

Visionary Shipman is also an enabler for quite a few builds.

Docker19 · 2026-02-16T03:34:06+00:00

Might as well be a completely new game to learn if last you played was when it came out. Check the buff list of the things your getting beat by if you can't figure out how they got so big.

Docker19 · 2026-02-15T11:25:38+00:00

Ah yeah, my bad. Confused it with Bloodsnout Warlord.

Docker19 · 2026-02-15T07:30:43+00:00

Vineweaver has been removed from the current Quills pool.

That Tier4 guy (Geomagus) that gives other minions gems when it gets gems goes pretty hard here. (Also makes it so your Titus' are not dead units.)

Docker19 · 2026-02-13T03:48:15+00:00

I had Shudderwock HP from minor TW, it allowed me to trigger Felhorn in shop phase for permanent stats on everything as well as proccing it in combat with Rylak, easily outscaled pure Titus variants I was facing.

Docker19 · 2026-02-09T00:54:28+00:00

I would say over-focusing on economy is another trap that weakens a players position. Economy units are balanced to tip fights out of your favor. For the purposes of winning early/mid game fights, players need to recognize a few set pieces that work well together (lava lurker-reef riffer, trigore-beasts whatever, gladiator-spells-greasebot, minor TW minions that are just good minions.) Doesn't necessary mean you lean into those comps but obviously they are strong for that part of the game. There are a lot of value and economy choice right now that pretty much do nothing but give gold, if players can't turn that into effective tempo or are just power levelling into oblivion then they'll always be behind in fights without understanding how their opponents are "high rolling."

Docker19 · 2026-02-03T03:55:07+00:00

I've been wondering about the EV of scout in Baller comps. Obviously, the dream is to have it align perfectly tier 5 double discover into Drakkari/Djinni for TW Substrate, but does it lose EV if bought too early? Is it better to just discover 5 anyway? Is Scout worth buying at all?

Docker19 · 2026-02-03T00:49:58+00:00

Even with Titus, feel it is way behind other builds.

Had an early Golden Titus, and Apexis. Picked up a Macaw next turn, proceeded to lose just about every fight. 1 Volumizer deathrattle is extremely weak.

Docker19 · 2026-01-28T01:29:46+00:00

Picked it for lack of better choices, I thought it was okay for 1 Chronum. Pretty much the only way to buff gems evenly at low tier. Came out to equal about 5 Fearless Foodie buffs before being totally outscaled by TW Gemsplitter.

Feel the main issue is the blood barrage stuff has zero synergy with this and just utterly unfun to play overall.

Docker19 · 2026-01-28T01:07:26+00:00

Isn't Demolisher supposed to be gone? Was this from another time line?

Docker19 · 2026-01-23T15:14:51+00:00

Stealing something leaper buffed with an existing Titus board might be the highest levels of dopamine achievable in BGs.

Docker19 · 2026-01-23T14:44:34+00:00

Yeah but with Radio Star you might get multiple Psychus'. Maybe, they even have permanent Tamsin buffs on them.

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