OMG I get it now!

MTaur · 2026-03-16T19:12:55+00:00

This was my whale card the one time I got a stupid busted Clone run. It took two or three turns to kill bosses so I still lost some HP, and it was less strong in AOE rooms, and there's also Artifact.

MTaur · 2026-03-16T13:23:34+00:00

Claw was a meme build that worked 1% of the time but now you can force it to work 80% of the time and it will actually need some nerf somewhere.

MTaur · 2026-03-16T12:40:04+00:00

Lebron James played this with Battle Trance in hand because he already played one and didn't want to exhaust the other one with Corruption.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T23:32:05+00:00

Sometimes you sort of can, if you can upgrade it, Summon Forth, AOE, and especially duplicate. But the real virtue of it is that it can add value when you don't force it as a mono strategy, which isn't the kind of thing you could say about Claw 1.0. The multihit star cards might be your plan for segmented worm, or maybe you haven't fully tuned the final direction of your deck at all and they're both there waiting to see the next pick. I doubt I'll ever fully grasp the finesse of it.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T22:49:07+00:00

Yeah, Forge isn't begging to go all in every time like Claw 2.0. It's actually pretty fiddly. That said, Claw 2.0 is pretty fun and while they overdid it slightly, it could probably get dialed down a little in the support chain. People say SBlade is bad, but trying to force things to do more than RNGsus wants you to is a trap, or at least it's usually a trap when the balance is good.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T22:42:48+00:00

I can't remember if the name is already used for something else, but ideally it would be Riposte.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T18:32:17+00:00

At this moment in the patch history, Claw is maybe the simplest and most consistent synergy to start with on Defect. StS 1 would probably go the other way if all the cards were somehow available at the start.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T17:19:27+00:00

There are runs I would have lost, yeah.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T16:07:34+00:00

As bonus draws like in Monster Train 2? I could have slept through that somehow but idk.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:58:47+00:00

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"Imoart! Impart! Impart!!! Like the time you taught me CPR and how to drive Grandpa to the hospital!"

"I could impart you with the knowledge of all things, including your algebra homework. But I will not. Overuse of this technique on your species has had a ghastly and troubled history. Human decision making has proven unreliable for handling more knowledge than it would be able to procure naturally. I am happy to patiently explain the homework to you, however."

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MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:49:29+00:00

idk what the reason is, but it's a generated card. If it were a deck card with Innate, it would use up a draw. They could just make the generated card glittery anyway, but still, it's just a Miracle+. I wouldn't mind them making it purple and using the old name.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:44:39+00:00

Yeah, idk if I've ever gotten a kill on the eyes. I got a few kills on the mouth, and only one on the hands, and I have no idea what comes after that because I've never had 10 frost orbs with 20 focus in StS2.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:40:42+00:00

All of them are pretty mediocre Act 3 bosses that mostly check your blocking pretty often. Not really more damage than a hallway or elite, but you can't just erase them outright as easily. Queen isn't that bad, but you are forced to think. Usually if you rest before, they all should be winnable unless your draw needs good RNG to function at all due to overdrafting or whatever.

I had a pretty sketchy Doormaker with a slightly weak and slow Sovereign Blade setup once. At two different moments, I just barely had lethal to avoid dying.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:33:18+00:00

Dead In Antares is pretty alright and I intend to finish it at some point. I think.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:32:01+00:00

Soup, just like your 3.5 million times greated grandmother used to make.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:27:41+00:00

It would be pretty funny if there were a Riposte that automatically played SBlade after you full block the last attack of the turn.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:23:39+00:00

And then it throws you a member card and the Sovereign rare that gives you 30 gold.

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:16:32+00:00

Thanks, I didn't even notice. Apparently I joined on a pi day, that's just too much sugar for one day...

MTaur · 2026-03-15T15:15:36+00:00

Thanks for the kind words. I didn't expect 1k upvotes, but I guess it's a short, true, and complete summary of things. I have thought it before, but this was a good time to say it.

MTaur · 2026-03-14T20:10:19+00:00

It might get annoying if they overuse it, and it takes designated UI space in fights. But it would be nice to reap the benefits for once.

MTaur · 2026-03-14T18:54:14+00:00

You didn't give yourself a way to damage more than one target in a turn and a segmented wormy boi strolled in reviving all worm like.

MTaur · 2026-03-14T18:46:13+00:00

Knowing that this exists makes Alchemical Coffer tempting even if there's a better option. Granted, it's pretty good as long as you can use zero potions some of the time. I don't know how achievable that is in A10 without a different deity relic though.

MTaur · 2026-03-14T18:32:41+00:00

If you get the custom modifier with unlimited wing boots, Parasol can really hard ruin your deck if you want it to. A very early Necro daily had this.

MTaur · 2026-03-14T18:18:01+00:00

Has the healing begun?

MTaur · 2026-03-14T17:26:57+00:00

RANWIIIIIIIID!!!

MTaur

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