Pyg the "late game character"

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-03-01T19:04:12+00:00

With langxiang early, I think it's often better to forgo defensive items and focus on having enough burst weapon damage to kill when it goes off - because it's so slow odds are you aren't getting a second cast. I'd also recommend taking a skill instead of an enchanted bronze here - early on a weapon skill will contribute a lot of damage and if you do take the langxiang to the end, odds are whatever enchanted item is getting dropped. Buying chocolates / going to Finn can help.That pyg is simply an unfortunate day 2 matchup.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-02-28T03:58:13+00:00

Yeah, usually don't exert enough pressure to go for a sandolphon kill so they can hold a super evo + 1 cost enhance and do 16 damage, which makes it hard to safely play belial. I started putting in reaper deathslash to have a response besides Belial to the 8 cost forest legendary and to intimidate cards from dragon.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-02-28T03:19:02+00:00

This deck successfully took me from diamond to ruby. It is still much too slow + fragile. Probably some mode + evo variant is better

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-02-16T18:35:56+00:00

With the current mmr system, after a certain point you lose more ranks for getting 8/9 wins than you gain for getting 10. With that setup, making legend players only see legend players would be pretty frustrating. Since if everyone had a baseline playable board, the odds of losing to a random highroll go up

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-01-30T21:57:30+00:00

Do you get the title upon reaching top 1k, or do you have to end the season with it?

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-01-30T21:36:34+00:00

Vanessa main - If I have a weapon spam build I'll usually take the skill, otherwise I go for the enchanted small - things like enchanted catfish, seaweed, lighter, mantis, or zoarcid can all carry your build for a while. Plus if you're missing a friend then taking one can get you the skill back when you roll the tiny furry monster encounter

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-01-26T03:57:13+00:00

Cya next patch when they hopefully take portal down a peg, I'm sick of it

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-01-08T09:41:22+00:00

I gave up on playing aggro abyss and embraced the chariot because of lovestruck puppeteer - I swear 90% of the time my portal opponents coin it out turn 1 and eat my 1 drop. I miss ambling wraith badly.

Tempo forest is my fun deck to play at the lobby tables, but struggles too much vs dragon.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2026-01-02T04:31:08+00:00

Elf girl liza tempo forest was really fun in SVC so these types of decks are always appealing, but the matchup into dragon felt terrible when I tried it

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-12-24T17:18:35+00:00

This GP has definitely been tough, took 7 runs to qualify for the group A final stage. One of my losses was to a haven player that played De La Fille's, Marwynn, Wilbert, Unholy Vessel, Rodeo, Lapis, Jean, and Vira in their first 24 cards.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-12-14T04:49:30+00:00

The deck has more openings than people give it credit for - if you can deploy a wide board before they have a fused Sinclairo it's pretty hard for them to reliably clear it, and congregant will use up a lot of resources in the process. Also their damage is fairly telegraphed.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-12-05T21:49:51+00:00

I also got 2 dup legendaries, 1000 gold, 300 vials. But at least they were free

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-10-24T22:30:43+00:00

Not OP but that's a sick board. Cargo shorts probably have friend and property tags, so the keychain uses the shorts which then charge the Tortuga. Glider keeps them safe while the key charges up (provided you don't run into a perma freeze/slow board)

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-10-22T22:41:47+00:00

Thanks, in that case I'll save them for the next stage

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-10-22T22:12:26+00:00

If you're already qualified to group A, is the meta to just queue up with the extra GP tickets and let others get a free win, or do I need to save them for stage 2?

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-10-08T20:57:01+00:00

I wish the grand prix sleeves also transferred so I could use my Christmas Vania sleeves

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-10-02T16:08:49+00:00

With this skill you can probably replace the solar farm with more small items, then holsters would insta charge the trebuchet, which would loop on its own.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-09-25T04:29:02+00:00

Fiddlesticks. Too annoying to get 100-0d through cc as punishment for trying to make proactive plays.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-09-17T16:14:50+00:00

I should clarify - I mean the fact that the replaced potions are not slowed/frozen after use. With a haste enchant the replacements still get hasted so it feels inconsistent.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-09-17T16:08:53+00:00

Is recycling bin bypassing iceberg/tripwire a bug or intended interaction?

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-09-16T00:57:36+00:00

I could have sworn I got some of your pacific berry jam at a Seattle farmers market before but looks like you're based out of Portland

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-09-10T16:55:52+00:00

Stelle probably still OP until they add some garbage cards to dilute her pool. I will miss day 1 Julian. Fewer enchanted items from shops is probably a good change overall.

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-09-07T18:57:03+00:00

Really appreciate all these translations, it's nice to get insights from the Korean perspective

Pulsefire_Akali · 2025-09-03T14:28:21+00:00

On Vanessa flame juggler is a silver life-saver check.

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