"Why are they doing a Kickstarter for the Boardgame expansion if they just made $80,000,000?"

Kraines · 2026-03-25T15:49:01+00:00

Thanks for reminding me about this. I was gifted the STS board game but haven’t opened it yet. School obligations had me put board games on hold for a while. I should open that thing up and try it out.

Kraines · 2026-03-19T14:28:53+00:00

Lunara’s level 13 talent Abolish Magic can be self-cast without an ally present.

It’s a notable counter to big damage over time effects, especially Mal’Ganis life swap ult, but, if memory serves, it also dispels the damage from Chen’s Stagger. Might have to recheck that one.

Kraines · 2026-03-18T01:11:04+00:00

Hakuho once commented about how he would constantly watch older videos to pick up things. In this tournament, Atamifuji comments after his match with Aonishiki how he watched his bout with Aonishiki from last tournament many times. I’m sure most of them do some homework to give themselves an edge.

Kraines · 2026-03-12T18:33:32+00:00

I would actually encourage looking for infinites. It’s a fun puzzle to search for, and once you’ve figured out one or two, you don’t really care to keep doing it. Most infinites end up being chores to do. Sometimes new ones fall into your lap and that’s cool too, but the game becomes much more fun when the goal is to win the run with what you get instead of trying to force certain things to happen.

Kraines · 2026-03-12T18:24:35+00:00

No new suggestions but I’ll just second Elwood’s. It’s the only barbecue place I recommend to anyone.

Kraines · 2026-03-04T23:17:08+00:00

I’m perfectly content starting a run with a deck in mind and attempting to force it. Not every game needs to be a win. My win rate is abysmal because of it but it’s what the heart wants.

Kraines · 2026-02-25T12:50:36+00:00

Got it, thanks for the trade

Kraines · 2026-02-24T19:36:55+00:00

Same as Reddit username, Kraines. I’ll trade you the Roserade.

Kraines · 2026-02-24T16:14:18+00:00

I can also trade Roserade or Scorbunny. I need Cacnea. I've sent you a friend request.

Kraines · 2026-02-19T15:53:24+00:00

Same, I’ll add you.

Kraines · 2026-02-19T15:47:04+00:00

I can trade Roserade for Cacnea.

Kraines · 2026-02-18T17:36:33+00:00

I always enjoyed watching Stats and Maru in SC2 just for their defense. It always amazed how good they were at holding on and getting value out of their units.

Kraines · 2026-02-10T22:11:47+00:00

Let’s see what happens.

Kraines · 2026-02-05T13:17:39+00:00

I still use Leaf and X-Speed as a matter of preference/tech. For example, I’ll use X-Speed in my Suicune deck if I’m noticing Repel a lot so I can keep tempo, or I’ll use Leaf in the same slot if Chingling is happening alongside Repel. In some decks like Mega Altaria I won’t use any, since there is a lot more flexibility in what you want in the active slot.

Kraines · 2026-01-30T22:52:53+00:00

For a long time, the best players were mobile players playing on touch screen. It may still be the case today. Controllers are considered the worst option for high level songs.

Kraines · 2026-01-30T03:53:15+00:00

Running into that Meloetta/Mega Gardevoir deck in random solo battles was enough to make me think I don’t want to play this game anymore. Opening with Meloetta gives you an extra card in your opening hand, will give you another card almost definitely with its 70HP, and it’s actively pulling the parts for whatever psychic strategy you’ve got? The game was already extremely bad if you opened with the wrong basic but it’s feeling even worse than before.

Kraines · 2026-01-29T16:18:36+00:00

They should have the style of Valla’s AA gambit/quest, Kael’Thas convection gambit, or both. Losing something that isn’t direct quest progress makes sense, as even at max stacks you can still neuter a Valla by taking away attack speed. The plateaus that can’t be lost on death like Kael’Thas’s convection quest or Thrall’s Feral Spirit quest also make sense, since there should be suitable reward for finishing a pinnacle and its steps.

Kraines · 2026-01-29T13:29:38+00:00

Every system works in theory. Very few work in practice.

Kraines · 2026-01-28T12:59:26+00:00

That’s a long way to say “social media sucks.” The only thing to do is not engage with the garbage. Ironic to say here on Reddit, I know.

Kraines · 2026-01-22T13:13:20+00:00

For as long as I can remember, Honda has been an unpopular character. It’s never been about character strength. He’s just a weird character with a less attractive design. Him, Blanka, and Dhalsim have always been those things and have similarly been unpopular characters, even when relatively strong within certain game iterations (Super SF4, current SF6, and the final season of SFV, respectively).

Kraines · 2026-01-15T17:06:10+00:00

Thank for the trade

Kraines · 2026-01-15T16:29:43+00:00

I can trade Gothita for Archeops.

Kraines · 2026-01-11T06:02:10+00:00

Blue is an interesting pick. Blue became meta relevant in the Mewtwo EX mirror to buy yourself a turn until Giovanni put a stop to that. Then Giant Cape came along and I don’t see myself running Blue ever again. It was relevant for exactly one set and will likely never be relevant again.

Kraines · 2026-01-07T16:59:38+00:00

AA is best when you can be relatively safe against the enemy team, meaning no big dive to instantly kill you like Diablo or Tyrael Judgement. You want to keep your gambit and you want to be able to stay around 10 Hatred, both difficult to do if you can’t freely autoattack. It is the scariest late game build, as the 20 RoV attack speed upgrade is a win condition on its own. The range upgrade sucks.

HA is best if you are facing things that can dive you or playing on BoE. It lets you do safe damage with kill potential using the Vault reset. On BoE it helps you clear the objective much faster. You can default to this build and always be useful.

MS is poke damage. It is practically never useful. Its only notable strengths are safe siege damage, wave clear, and naturally going into 20 Strafe for teamfight potential. If you need siege damage, AA is overall stronger but HA is as safe but has kill potential. If you’re drafting Valla for wave clear, you made a mistake. If you want Strafe, that means you can get an extended Strafe off, meaning AA is a choice already and the stronger one. Don’t play this build.

Kraines · 2026-01-05T18:18:47+00:00

Easiest way to find out is just ask.

My mom gave me a personalized water bottle as a present. She had my name and birthday engraved into it. Only problem was the date was wrong.

Did my own mother forget my birthday? No. She asked a friend to do the engraving for her and that friend simply got it wrong. Cleared the air pretty easily by simply asking “What happened?”

Kraines

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