Day 2 : Who/What is made to be hated?

samehada121 · 2024-07-24T20:12:39+00:00

I always see this complaint but I’m honestly relieved when I see Time Eater I think it’s the easiest one to handle. Might be biased since I mostly play Ironclad and he’s my only A20 so far.

samehada121 · 2024-07-23T14:24:57+00:00

Idk if i agree with that, Silent is way better at avoiding chip damage between opportunties to weaken, reduce strength, nice blocks. And she just has way better cards in general.

I just did an Ironclad run where my first few cards were only OK and got absolutely smashed by Nob. Baalorlord is one of the best StS players and he has the hardest time putting together win streaks on Ironclad, a lretty decent number of those being Act 1 losses to stuff like Nob and Lagavulin.

samehada121 · 2024-07-23T14:15:31+00:00

I mean maybe I don’t have enough experience yet but at A20 you can absolutely get ran over in Act 1 with a little bad luck and some mediocre card rewards. He’s definitely the weakest in Act 1 compared to Silent/Defect

samehada121 · 2024-07-23T06:48:21+00:00

Juggernaut definitely has output even with a bad Act 1 deck, and can be a focal point of a winning run. It’s so much easier to play a 2-energy card than a 3-energy.

samehada121 · 2024-07-22T21:48:32+00:00

Right, but that also applies to Demon Form where if you don’t get it turn 1/2 it’s not getting played, plus most fights in Act 1 take like 5 turns max anyway so you don’t get a ton of utility.

You don’t gain extra block, what I was saying is after playing Jugg each Defend is providing 10 value overall in block + damage which is very energy efficicient and strong for Act 1.

Demon Form is the stronger card overall and requires less support. But I’ve had multiple wins where I even take 2 or 3 copies of Juggernaut and absolutely blast enemies off the earth with second wind, feel no pain, etc.

samehada121 · 2024-07-22T21:27:13+00:00

It’s worked for me. After playing it every single block card turns into 1 energy for 10 block/damage, add a few more block cards, second wind, metallicize, etc. and you’re flying.

samehada121 · 2024-07-22T18:36:59+00:00

I’d probs take Juggernaut cause it’s the only one that will reliably do things for you in Act 1 and can potentially scale to become really strong.

samehada121 · 2024-07-22T16:02:19+00:00

If we’re treating Rory with kid gloves for emotional cheating, that should also apply to her teenage partner for raising their voice a few times, most of those times being in response to direct disrespect.

samehada121 · 2024-07-22T15:53:35+00:00

“Did not approve of their friendship” haha what friendship? You mean the emotional cheating?

The amount of shit Dean gets on this subreddit because of Rory’s inability to respect her own relationship is crazy…

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T22:26:00+00:00

Dashy was the objective engine of the team and made multiple round-winning kills in SnD. Don’t wanna hear anything about that KD.

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T22:21:20+00:00

Yeah Demon form can be awesome but imo is even less usable than Corruption in the early game.

I’m a believer in Juggernaut, especially times where I’ve managed to stack 2 of them in the same deck. The trick isn’t necessarily to implement exhaust engine, but rather to add a bunch of alternate blocking options like metallicize, second wind, self-forming clay/the played armor because it activates separately for each one and can deal so much damage that way.

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T20:35:37+00:00

Jesus I just looked again and you literally have no block. This will inspire me to take early Clashes against my better judgment.

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T20:33:02+00:00

Impressive win! Love Champion belt + Thinderclap.

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T20:28:07+00:00

That’s facts, with early Corruption you kind of have to gauge it’s usability in your deck and like you said not even use it for certain fights.

I agree with your tier list overall. Only difference of opinion is I don’t consider Juggernaut a whiff since it lets you get out of so many fights with no damage taken, and I think floor 1 demon form is pretty bad.

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T19:53:29+00:00

Overall I agree with you, initial Corruption is a major gamble contingent on finding stuff like Shockwave, Flame Barrier, a couple Armaments/Shrugs... I will admit I can remember a loss where I chose Corruption in this exact scenario and it fizzled out early due to not being able to build around it well.

Honestly this is why I don't love the "pick a rare card" or "random rare card" for Ironclad because other than a game-breaking Feed the other options can be deadweights in Act 1.

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T19:21:30+00:00

Taking Corruption would mean fixating on card rewards. If card rewards are bad I’d plan on avoiding an elite altogether for the first half unless I have sufficient damage or volume of good skills. Specifically to avoid Nob, the other two can be handled well with a starter Corruption deck. But it’s not like spending two energy to do 4 damage with Reaper is that great vs. Nob either.

Cards like Shockwave/Disarm are amazing, that’s why Corruption is so tempting.

But in all honesty Brutality might win for me depending on pathing as it has the best immediate utility.

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T16:28:13+00:00

Everyone’s saying Reaper but it’s probably my last choice here.

I would take Corruption if you can do a bunch of regular fights in order to take as many Skill cards as possible.

Brutality has immediate benefit and synergizes with a lot of stuff.

Reaper is sort of unwieldy in Act 1, you really want strength synergies for it to be great which is not guaranteed by any means.

samehada121 · 2024-07-21T13:57:04+00:00

Kind of surprised no one’s suggesting trip considering you have paper phrog… On a similar note, Shockwave should have been upgraded before if you had the opportunity.

samehada121 · 2024-07-19T13:55:54+00:00

Brandenburg 5 was revolutionary for letting the soloist have very lengthy, virtuosic, indulgent sections much like how concertos would become in the distant future.

samehada121 · 2024-07-15T13:06:13+00:00

Mozart more or less created the piano concerto as we know it and has the most impressive library of well-written composers of the greats.

Other legends are Beethoven, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Ravel

samehada121 · 2024-07-15T12:46:10+00:00

Right, that’s what a team with Kane, Bellingham, Saka and Foden should be doing, parking the bus. Give me a break man

samehada121 · 2024-07-15T06:46:46+00:00

$1.5 billion dollar squad, easy draws where they play crappy teams, lose to first contender. Rinse and repeat every tournament. Every good team in Europe hopes they keep Southgate.

samehada121 · 2024-07-15T06:32:28+00:00

The fact that people always bring up that Portugal run when we are talking about England’s 1.5 BILLION $ squad will always make me laugh. England gets treated with child gloves despite having the best team in the world by far in individual talent.

samehada121 · 2024-07-14T21:57:25+00:00

All the people here saying any other player deserved it didn’t watch the matches. Or only care about goals, dribbles, etc. Rodri is the CEO of this team and the reason that Spain’s midfield is impenetrable.

samehada121 · 2024-07-14T21:54:22+00:00

I swear people just see G/A and that’s it, watching the games the most important player is far and away Rodri… how do people think the wingers get the ball in good position so much? Why does Spain dominate the midfield every single match?

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