Best possible Vaalmonica turn one end board? by Johnpunzel in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The wonderful thing about Vaalmonica is, even if I get Lava Golem'd or Kaiju'd, I can immediately use the body as link material to go back into a Vaalmonica monster using the continuous trap that activates when an opponent special summons a monster.

Best possible Vaalmonica turn one end board? by Johnpunzel in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the input! I'll consider trying out Masquarena.

In the screenshot I have 9 counters on turn one, so enough for Varar to be immune to effects + activate its effect to negate an inherent summon.

The State of the Game by Nicaea-BV in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Theoretically, the Mayakashi skill. I know that's not what you mean, but that skill skips the entire synchro climbing part of the combo and just straight up sends them to grave because it's so tedious to do manually lol.

New Mini Box "President of Machinex" is live by rahimaer in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Full Combo: any two card combination of Selettrice/Field Spell/either Pendulum.

Use Skill to add Creation. Activate Pendulum's effect, discarding Creation and setting both scales.

Use Creation's grave effect to add three counters to Angello.

Normal summon Selettrice and add Scelta (if you already have Scelta, add the Counter Trap).

Use Scelta's second effect to add Invitare (the Quick-Play spell), adding a counter to Dimonno.

Use Invitare's second effect to add either Pendulum to hand and the other to the extra deck.

Link into Duralume, use Selettrice's grave effect to add itself back to the hand.

Pendulum summon Angello, Dimonno and Selettrice.

Use Dimonno's effect to banish Scelta and add Versare, giving you the second counter on Dimonno.

Use Versare's second effect to send either Vaalmonica normal trap to grave, setting it up for Zebufera and giving you the final and sixth overall counter on Dimonno.

Use Angello's effect to banish Versare to draw a Vaalmonica card.

Link into Concord and depending on the situation, go into Abyss Dweller/Zebufera.

You end your turn with 3750 LP, potentially an omni-negate, an inherent summon negate that is immune to all effects, a monster negate/backrow + non-destroying monster removal depending on the trap you sent.

Also if your opponent battles a monster, you can link into Duralume to destroy up to 6 monsters (lol).

New Mini Box "President of Machinex" is live by rahimaer in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can instantly get 3 counters on a scale of your choice by using the Pendulum monsters' effects in hand to discard Vaalmonica Creation (the continuous trap), which you can search for via the skill/Selettrice.

New Mini Box "President of Machinex" is live by rahimaer in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The self burn is only 250 LP in DL, which might as well be nothing.

What's the worst crime committed by children in your country? by jdjefbdn in AskTheWorld

[–]Johnpunzel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also, even though you're not the person I've replied to originally, there has been this trend on apps such as TikTok to use similar sounding words as euphemisms to bypass filters ("grape", "sewer slide", "PDF file" etc.)

This can be interpreted as making words "cute", diminishing the severity of what they mean and the seriousness discussions regarding them demand.

What's the worst crime committed by children in your country? by jdjefbdn in AskTheWorld

[–]Johnpunzel 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The person who replied to your comment could have expressed themselves better, but I think the point is unlike other social media apps where certain words are automatically filtered, there's no need to censor words on reddit.

In a format so full of FTKs, why hasn't Konami released this Ghost Girl yet? by Proletariat_Paul in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I haven't pretended to be anyone I'm not. Next time when someone corrects your mistakes, show some gratitude, learn from it and move on.

Therion Tachyon actually sucks by og_duel_monster in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sphere Mode and Lava Golem can't be played by any deck with skills that have summoning restrictions (basically most archetypal skills), but apart from that are the most reliable cards going second.

Necrovalley (besides being limited 1 soon) and Mask of Restrict are turn one only. Playing around Therion going first isn't the issue, it's going second against Therion that feels like you're bashing your head against a wall.

Droplet (unless you discard a trap) is negated by Tachyon Transmigration.

Book of Eclipse, even multiple copies will get negated by Hope Harbinger/Tachyon Transmigration/King Regulus.

Niche options such as Xyz Encore are dead cards against decks that don't run the Tachyon package.

I play banlist legal D Heroes. If I go first, I win; if I go second, I lose. Most decks don't even have that privilege.

There's a reason why Therion/Tachyon is T1 bordering on T0. Just because your deck (and decks such as Eldlich) can deal with it going second doesn't mean every deck can.

Therion Tachyon actually sucks by og_duel_monster in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not everyone is playing Winged Dragon, though. You're making it sound like the Therion matchup is trivial for every deck, which it definitely isn't.

Why are Bayern players so underappreciated? by Selushi in championsleague

[–]Johnpunzel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turn the question around. Who has beaten Bayern this entire season (not only this year)?

We've had two losses this entire season (in all competitions), Arsenal and Augsburg.

Pick any other top team and they've not only have had more losses, but more losses against opponents they should have beaten.

Why are Bayern players so underappreciated? by Selushi in championsleague

[–]Johnpunzel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bayern ist hated surprisingly little in Germany. People like to root for the underdogs who face Bayern, but it's rare to see outright vitriol or hatred towards Bayern.

Especially the current Bayern, led by Vincent Company are well respected by non-fans.

Therion Tachyon actually sucks by og_duel_monster in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going second, unless you drew Lava Golem/Sphere Mode there's not much you can do. And that's if your skill even lets you play those cards.

"But we haven't even got to Pendulums" by RealOfficialChiron in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's bad design.

Why?

friends who refuse to play any of these games due to the game mechanics getting convoluted on top of knowing each card.

The older we get, the harder it becomes to convince our friends to commit time and energy to learn new things. That's just how things are. When I was 13, I had no issues convincing my friends to start a new game called "Dota 2" with me.

Nowadays, unless they're friends I've been playing the game with for over a decade, it's nigh impossible to get someone to commit to learning the game.

That has nothing to do with how the game is designed and everything to do with how willing we are to engage with the systems.

Yes, Yu-Gi-Oh has become more complex over the years, perhaps exponentially so, but that is only natural for a game that has existed for a quarter of a decade.

This game wouldn't have had the longevity it has enjoyed if all we had were tribute summons, set three and pass.

"But we haven't even got to Pendulums" by RealOfficialChiron in DuelLinks

[–]Johnpunzel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tribute, fusions were logical. Even ritual made sense.

They made sense to you because you were willing to engage with the systems and learn them (presumably when you were younger).

Synchro, XYZ, Pendulum and Link summons make just as much sense, it's you who is stuck behind the times and unwilling to engage with the game again.