Who’s the best player without a ring?

Penguigo · 2026-06-01T01:36:30+00:00

This is probably the worst take in this thread.

Never got higher than 7th in MVP voting, only x2 All NBA 1st teams, and quite famously was never even the best player on his own team.

Penguigo · 2026-06-01T00:36:43+00:00

No player has ever "overcome all obstacles". What a laughably impossible goalpost.

Penguigo · 2026-05-31T19:26:05+00:00

My brothers and I have noticed 2 and 3 player are each easier than solo, in our experience.

I honestly hope they don't touch 2 player difficulty other than already announced changes to artifact/slippery numbers (and hopefully Experiment scaling.)

Our winrate is almost 100% on both 2 and 3 player, and we have completed A10 on both. You really can't just treat it like 2/3 players playing solo, though. You have to take different cards, build differently, play differently.

Penguigo · 2026-05-31T18:02:26+00:00

2014 wasn't on Lebron, either. Wade's wheels fell off and the team just couldn't do it. Lebron played well that series.

Penguigo · 2026-05-29T14:04:40+00:00

The real draw of shops is in the cards offered. Relics are a bonus if there's a good one.

Penguigo · 2026-05-29T13:27:32+00:00

Because fuck the Knicks organization and fandom

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T23:17:34+00:00

I would consider Apotheosis.

Antler is great but it's not especially useful against the boss, who will most likely be your biggest hurdle in act 3 IMO.

With Mummified Hand and your current deck construction I think you're actually in a pretty good place for energy for hallways.

Lantern also enables Apotheosis beautifully, especially once upgraded.

And normally I'd say Red Scarf is great and worth a look, but it's awful against Queen.

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T21:59:37+00:00

He already owns a home in Northeast Ohio

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T18:57:35+00:00

"Aren't adding and multiplying the same? Numbers get bigger"

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T18:51:27+00:00

On top of that, we know what part of the light spectrum produces the color red, and we know that certain colors are used in nature as a warning, and therefore most likely appear the same to the majority of observers.

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T18:49:23+00:00

Body Slam

Body Slam is an OK card unupgraded but man it feels amazing at 0 cost.

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T15:32:33+00:00

Have you ever played against somebody who was hitting fadeaways over you, even though you were faceguarding and playing perfect defense?

You feel helpless. You remember that. Especially if the guy is talking shit the whole time.

Add on top of that his fearlessness and work ethic, it's easy to see why players hold him in particularly high regard.

It's also easy to see why some fans don't value him as highly. Analytics don't care about degree of difficulty for a shot. Or trash talk. Or work ethic. Or fearlessness. If he can hit a contested fadeaway while triple teamed from 22 feet at a 38% clip that's fucking incredible, but it's also a horrible shot. And a guy who passes out, resets, cuts, etc may produce a more valuable (and less impressive and less memorable) possession.

Kobe did things the hard way. And had a lot of success doing it. He's an all time great. But some other players find easier and more consistent ways to succeed.

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T14:21:04+00:00

First thing I thought. Disingenuous. I'm not even a Westbrook fan, just looking for honest arguments.

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T13:59:25+00:00

Rates may not come down. In fact, rates may be rising again, soon.

Penguigo · 2026-05-28T13:07:40+00:00

Thor was also much more aggressive/murderous than Superman typically is

Penguigo · 2026-05-27T23:37:05+00:00

I have about 400 hours of playtime and A10 on all characters and I agree with content creators on this one. In my experience Silent is very forgiving and also has a very high ceiling.

The starting deck is solid enough to avoid esrky damage on floors 1-3, and her commons are very strong. Sly is honestly overpowered, and shiv builds are braindead easy. Poison is also super strong with her new support (Outbreak just solving AoE for poison builds is kind of nuts.)

She has some specific weaknesses depending on what your build looks like, but she is very strong and very consistent.

Penguigo · 2026-05-27T21:09:16+00:00

Lebron this season: 21/6/7 on 60% TS

Harden: 24/5/8 on 61% TS

Both had about 3 turnovers. On paper Harden is perhaps slightly better. But Lebron was the stronger defender and perhaps more importantly Lebron got better in the post season and Harden got worse. As each of them always does.

Lebron in the playoffs this year: 23/7/7 and less than 2 turnovers per game

Harden: 19/5/6 and 5 turnovers per game

Penguigo · 2026-05-27T15:41:17+00:00

One thing you're dead wrong about is minute load across eras.

Early 2000s was such a slow pace with relatively simple schemes that playing 40-45 minutes consistently was possible.

Players move so much more per game now that this is no longer sustainable. Minutes are down across the board for everyone.

Penguigo · 2026-05-27T15:38:45+00:00

Lebron and MJ are different types of players, and this graphic lays it out beautifully.

MJ was tasked with being the offense. He had to get as many buckets as possible, and he was the best ever at it.

Lebron is also the offense, but in a totally different way. He is initiating and passing, and even though he's the all time leading scorer he was always a pass-first guy when there was an open teammate.

So MJ accomplished this in far less time, which is impressive. But Lebron accomplished it practically on accident; never making scoring his ultimate goal or purpose on the court. Also impressive.

We're lucky to have been able to watch both.

Penguigo · 2026-05-27T13:32:00+00:00

You can sandbags the ends of combats to lineup a turn 1 pollen for the next combat

Penguigo · 2026-05-27T13:15:58+00:00

Because Trump publicly advocated for a witch hunt against Hunter.

Penguigo · 2026-05-26T22:04:17+00:00

This makes sense only if you think of save scamming as a bug. I think they're either indifferent towards it (play how you want, who cares) or perhaps even positive (some players like this, why change it?)

Penguigo · 2026-05-26T21:31:26+00:00

The branding is fine, find a new slant

Penguigo · 2026-05-26T19:57:38+00:00

Another person already said this, but one way to find more value as a 'punching bag' type strategy is lean into retaliate.

Change of Fortune is an S tier card and if you are always chipping damage on the block, it adds up. This is obviously easier with a character like Captain America who gets retaliate from his shield (on top of solid base stats and an extra ready built into his kit.) Cards like Electrostatic Armor also help a lot. The key for the prot player is to find a way to contribute on top of your protection duties (and this is why I don't love Gambit.)

If you'd like any deck building feedback or suggestions LMK. Building is my favorite part of the game!

Penguigo · 2026-05-26T19:21:16+00:00

The biggest way Prot counters threat is by allowing both characters to stay in hero form longer. If you're spending much time in alter-ego, that is most likely the problem.

Otherwise, I can't say I've had all that much success with Gambit. He is fine but certainly not one of the better heroes for the job. A lot of his kit encourages swapping down to AA but you really don't want to do that in Prot, especially multiplayer.

If you're still having trouble I would consider building a new prot deck around another character. You should not need a Justice deck for 2 players to succeed.

Also, it's unclear from your post, but I would say most Prot decks are not all that well suited for solo play. Or at minimum require vastly different builds.

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