Posts from Shadowverse

Yes, neutral forest is very weak right now, but I won't craft that deck of legendaries, which dragons have been using to humiliate me for months.

Added 2 minutes later
There's another grand prix tonight-tomorrow. I think I'll try mid-range Shadow, because if I keep getting such bad matchups like today, it should be a safe pick.

Well, how are the qualifiers going in the final stage?

3-2 – didn’t go very well, but I wasn’t playing very well either, half-asleep late at night;
1-4 – I tried to do two things at once and instead of playing portals, I started doing a daily quest in the pre-game lobby on a neutral blade deck. Three mid-tier creatures – a class that counters this deck completely (and which I would have crushed on a portal deck) – and one agro dragon in attack (thanks, developers, for the balance) with a poisonous worm (an interesting tech, I had to shoot it with Hector and immediately suicide with an evolved creature, there were no other outs). I only won against another mentally challenged neutral-crover. I will never go into this mode again with some dubious deck.

And finally, 4-1 just now – a dumb saber deck without a mill, quickly ramped up and helpfully cleared my board of artifacts throughout the game, put fat neutrals under new ones, and did nothing for its own victory – the easiest matchup, victim, a piece of meat, Dragoncraft 101 ; a neutral-forest deck, another easy matchup – it grumbled and farted throughout the game, trying to clear the board of two dozen analyzers with a fork, and lost on 8 power points (I didn’t even see the dews in that game); two Darya decks, which still haven’t realized that it’s better not to play Darya in this mode; I only lost to a Last Echo deck against some hybrid agro and control-forest deck in attack. I stumbled a bit in the early game, and then he put down brambles, so it was a free loss.

– I liked this game, the cat was the MVP. I made a bold play, risked it and evolved her for a trade, and it turned out to be right – the guy had no spells or other ways to remove her, so for three turns in a row, she ate the Darya player for 15 health, and I finished him off with her. It’s rare to see her evolved art, and the feelings about this are always mixed – it’s like it’s a fail to evolve a rush follower, but she’s also a good card.

And it’s already too late to craft “packet legs,” if you want to know.

In the end, I also decided not to show off and just played with my old reliable, Erika. Result: There were some really good matches, and almost all the players were from the Heroes of Might and Magic community. Maybe when I get back to my place and my computer, I'll record another video with a breakdown of the game, because one of the matches was truly epic and worth sharing.

I read online that the rewards for each round in Stage 2, Group A are really good, so I decided to check it out – I went for gold and played another game, ending with a 4-1 score. I got 90 coins and two packs. So, it seems that for a 4-1 score in the first stage, I received... I think 120 coins and one pack? That is, the reward essentially becomes one tier higher, and there's also a chance to get a legendary or shards for the Sirzech's Orb.

Players who qualify for Group A in Stage 2 will earn more rewards for each round.

Another interesting point – I'll try playing both attempts every day in the second stage and see if the reward increases and by how much. If it does, that's great.

By the way, these two packs were for Tempest, and in one of them, I pulled my second Animated Darkjann. I generally don't have much luck with Animated legendaries in this game, but this time I wasn't upset, but rather the opposite. What's the percentage chance of getting such a pull, I wonder?
Also, during that one round, I completed all three daily quests, so it was a more than successful run.

The games were also pretty good; in one, I dumped a bunch of artifacts on Ceraskus, buffed him up, and killed him with Sarif on the same turn; in another game, a White Wolf elephant was traded into my board (it doesn't happen often, but it's always very funny), and I one-shot Sarif from an empty hand, again playing the whole game without Deus; and in the last one, there was some crazy vampire – he started playing a regular agro neutral-blood deck, but ended up with Scarlet Sabers, and even pulled an Izuru from Bandersnatch, so he decided to play a generic neutral-rune/forest deck. It looked pretty ineffective.

In January, I crafted three Sahis because I was tired of seeing three Iziris lying around in my collection and wanted a decent dragon deck for daily quests. In the end, I didn't regret it. But if I were thinking about it now, I wouldn't craft them either.

Added 27 minutes later
For the first stage, I got 120 and a pack for a 4-1 score, and for the second stage, if I'm not mistaken, 160 and a pack. I should play a few more free attempts, since that's the case, otherwise I was going to give up until the final stage.

Meanwhile, what's going on there?
(original source in Japanese, linking to Reddit)

Dawnbreak, Nightedge to launch with 97 cards on March 29; 17 more cards added in end-May

I read the comments – I don't understand anything, but it looks like they will be adding another legendary card as a bonus for each class (totaling three legendary cards per class). It's a strange piece of news, and I don't really like it; I don't have enough dust for all the decks anyway, and I still don't have Aegis.

And in another three months, it won’t be needed anymore.

Okay, I'm feeling down because I broke the handle off my favorite Doctor mug. Let me share some more previews with you.





A really cool card, with decent value.



Interesting. There will definitely be memes based on the dragon or the Heaven.



Not bad. Rune currently has a lot of low-spell decks; they might create something interesting based on this.



At best, a weak Tier 2 card.



Mech.



Basically a bad DoT (Damage over Time) card, only counters Cthulhu, Frog, and other fairy tale monsters.



I think it's mediocre.



People are upset about the snack support, but the developers are diligently working on BattleCraft 2.0. A decent unit for aggro.



It will chase around in the mud, but at best, it will deal 1-2 sigils of damage.



This is an incredibly over-the-top, level 80, pretentious card, but I doubt it will be used very often.





Interesting. Like Neptune Darkside. But Shadow has the Balance Lord in that slot.



I'm disappointed. This is a completely underwhelming legendary, even worse than Cassi. Well, it will be used, of course; the card isn't terrible, but it's still a letdown.



At least it's somewhat masculine. It'll do.




I see this in aggro or PD (Power Drain) decks. Aggressive stats and Demonic Strike, which occasionally appears here and there in aggro lists. Not amazing, but it might work.
Also, it's funny that they're putting dragon slayers with dragons.



The worst Lyria. Her ping allowed her to trade with a 5 HP target and go face, just the other day I won a game thanks to this, but here it's ranged with two. On the other hand, Zoban is better than Destroyer. And thirdly, there's still FFG. Well, I don't know, there are some chances, but not many.
And not a very masculine dude.



Support, canon, portalcraft edition.



...meanwhile, with Sword.





Interesting.



Mech.



Good.



With a flick of the wrist, the amulets of Heaven turn into elegant Durandal. As an OTK (One Turn Kill) enthusiast, I'm furious. I'll have to pack amulet removals into all my combo decks.





Oh, a good card for all kinds of blood decks. Finally, another heal, because we were only surviving with sabers.



Filler for Tier 2.



Interesting. But how much damage will they pack? I'm afraid this isn't Jormungandr-blood or vengeance-blood, but suicide-blood.



Well, it's just another puppet generator.

This is an incredibly over-the-top, level 80 display of grandeur, but I doubt it will be used very often.

For those playing at the level of Magma Legacy, this is a must-have, in case of total abuse of mills and other new and old cancerous amulets, ambushes, and lastwords. In other circumstances, it is unlikely to be useful.

Cool. Like Neptune Darkside. But Shadow already has the Lord of Balance in this slot.

There were already Cereks, now there will also be Ward and Drain on demand. Well, at least 7 power points and minus Shadow for Light.

heroic dragonslayer

I like the art.

The worst Lyria.

I used to like Lyria, but lately I've come to hate it. These pings that ruin value trades are already getting on my nerves. On the one hand, I'm glad that they have at least moved away from free demagoguery and are going to introduce many 2-1 cards, including with lastwords, and it will still be useful, but not as universal. And on the other hand, now my analyzing artifacts will be banned immediately. In short, I feel like it will make me lose, and more than once.
The art is also bad.

Support for the canon portalcraft edition.

It looks like garbage, but I'll see how it works with the Mordecai artifact. And maybe it will finally become viable to cover yourself with cat boys and mystic artifacts in a more aggressive meta - many are already playing with them, but I'll tell you a secret that they are useless and even harmful.

...meanwhile, with the sword.

Oh, I wish I had a deck of 100 slots like in Hearthstone.

alexiel

Tier-1 waifu.

I'm using the "milk" deck to counter the "ward" meta because it's almost the only viable option and it devours the opponent's deck, which is important. But: 1. The "milk" deck is weak. It needs more control tools; that golden amulet doesn't always save the day, the wards and healers are useless, and it's not always possible to safely drop Cronos. I'm hesitant to try a hybrid build with the goddess because you can mill your own deck with her in one or two turns; I've seen such builds, but in those, Cronos is more of a backup option, and people are using Sapphire, which isn't as interesting to me. 2. It's annoying that the mystic draws a card as soon as you discard Cronos; the more cards in the deck and the fewer in your hand, the better, and refills are already happening. But there aren't many other wards, and mystics have helped me out a couple of times. I need to rework the "milk" deck. I hope it eventually escapes its meme status; I've enjoyed it, as I have finally completed building the Seraph.

I haven't played Мололкой, but I believe they are necessary there. However, in regular artifacts, they are counterproductive – too expensive and not very useful for winning.
Try Geno, lol, and at the same time, free up your hand by discarding.

After yesterday's unsuccessful attempts with the neutral and elephant forests (3-2 and 2-3), I finally qualified for the final stage today.



There were three neutral forests (one with goblins and stairs; the opponent tried to play aggressively, but it didn't work), aggro sword, and summit haven. I lost to the latter; I was just one damage point short (!). In the next round, I played Portal again, with a final score of 3-2. I defeated burn rune, neutral aggro blood, and Daria, but lost to highroll Daria and, again, summit haven. The rewards were 90 rupees and 2 SFL packs for the first match, and DN + chrono for the second.

Overall, Portal seems like a decent choice for this mode. I also had a 3-2 score in the previous stage. However, unlike other decks, there weren't any matches where I felt completely helpless and had no chance of winning. Even in not-so-successful matches against Daria, one extra ancient or acceleratum would have solved the problem. Only summit haven is really difficult, although it's not without chances.

Loken, how do you deal with summit haven when playing Portal? It seems like they always have some kind of board clear in their hand, and then they just kill you with several knights dealing 7-9 damage to the face in a row...

Well... it's the same as with the others. You just need to get into the strategy. The number one task is to get Deus out. If I don't mind an agro deck and it's in my starting hand, I keep it in 90% of cases. If it's not there, you need to play Lions, Ferventons, and Hamelins for analyzing, because they will quickly draw it for you and help you on the board in the early game. Any other generators clutter the deck, and you need to play it simpler with them, but luckily, Hackrabin helps to clean it up.
And once you've put Deus out, board clears are no longer scary to you, and are even very useful - they kill your artifact bodies. And he will only play one clear per turn - Lion, Jeanne, and then skip a turn, and on the next turn you have a new board.
The second task is to clear the opponent's board with artifacts and build up your own, prioritizing new artifacts directly onto the empty board, and if there are none, then Icarus and Cats (Enchantments are obviously better than Analyzing after Deus, although if you have an Accelerator left, they are also good). If you no longer have any artifacts in your current hand and there are no individual cards that will help you a lot on the next turn in a specific game/matchup, then you discard your hand in search of new artifacts. When you have a fresh board and a fresh hand every turn, he is unlikely to ignore it and play just one card at your face. And if he does, you'll destroy the Knight with Rift or a few other rushes (preferably) and answer him in the face for ten. Well, and at the same time with all this, you look for Sapphire and finish him off with it - this is the third task.

You probably already know all this. But this is the main strategy, it works against almost everyone, Heaven is no exception. Trade face as little as possible, spam the board, and trade everything you see, because the resources are infinite, and this trading directly plays into your Sapphire win condition. And then they won't be able to kill you with strong storms, and you will end the game yourself at the right moment.
And if you didn't get Deus out, you're left without a hand, and/or he got a high roll on the Summit, then may he rest in peace, but this is a problem of a specific game, not the matchup.

Loken, please send your new decklist to me in a private message.

I already discussed it on Skype. And it can't be solved with just one decklist. Why is this deck so cancerous? Because it's Swordcraft 2.0 ))))))