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Post by almond on Mar 13, 2013 21:40:18 GMT -5
This deck is all about the swarm, to commemorate the new Star Craft 2 expansion  Story wise, this is how a rag tag group of scouts defend a village and win the hearts of the peasants to fight for their survival and freedom together with their samurai protectors. With some unexpected help along the way. Hidden Falls Dojo Border Keep Bamboo Harvester Daidoji Narizane x3 Daidoji Ebizo x3 Daidoji Tametaka x3 Daidoji Masafuni x3 Daidoji Kenshi x3 Qalyar x2 Keppo x3 Shikaro x3 Large Farm x3 Small Farm x3 Remote Farm x3 Prosperous Village x3 Terraced Farm x2 Doji's Guidance xp x1 A Dangerous Game x1 Formal Apology x1 --------------------------------------- Gold and Steel x2 The Height of Courage x3 Nakanu Technique x3 Surrounded! x2 Burn the Towers x3 Torch's Flame Flickers x3 Retribution x2 Ancient Feud x2 No Hiding Place x2 Back to the Front x2 The Courtesy of the Crane x3 Firm Censure x3 Heart of Rokugan x2 Disrupting Communications x2 Ashigaru Guards x3 Ashigaru Recruits x3 Ring of the Void x1 Spam your Heart of Rokugan/Height of Courage = big force to win battles. The rest are meta/stuff that makes Ebizo/Narizane better |
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Post by Tsuruchi pewpew on Mar 17, 2013 19:25:50 GMT -5
Cool concept - considered Ronin Ambushers from TA? Scout keyword for some of your actions and it straightens itself...
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Post by almond on Mar 20, 2013 5:07:10 GMT -5
I have considered it but it didn't quite gel so much as I thought it would. Plus with 100% of the deck entirely made of scouts, I have scouts a plenty to perform stuff. I'm going to ramp up the swarm concept by fitting in the final copy of Heart of Rokugan somewhere. Now if only I know what to cut. hmmm.... Also looking at Uji's Saboteurs and some other TA cards to fit in, but not sure if they'll make it. Still needs more playtesting.
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Post by Tsuruchi pewpew on Mar 20, 2013 8:41:57 GMT -5
cool - also, I've had success with Ambush tactics. RA5 + eject is good in scouts  |
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Post by almond on Mar 21, 2013 10:16:21 GMT -5
Some minor (and painful) changes. I really like Disrupting Communications but the cost of bowing someone is really expensive nowadays.
-2 Disrupting Communications, +1 Heart of Rokugan
Also, for more tempo gain:
-2 Back to the Front, +2 Know No Fear
This brought the Fate deck size down to 40, which is good, because the draw consistency is better. And...
-2 Surrounded! +2 Ambush Tactics
Because drawing Surrounded! without a range personality sucks. No Hiding Place is on the verge of coming off or staying on at the moment.
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Post by Asako Inzen on Mar 21, 2013 11:51:44 GMT -5
A firm believer of Reckless Rush. You can use that instead of no hiding place.
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Post by almond on Mar 23, 2013 10:00:27 GMT -5
Had a few tests:
Reckless Rush: Brilliant! A perceived "lost" tempo and it deals with pesky attachments you don't wanna see. Minor jiggle with the "card without attachments" restriction but that's nothing new.
Ambush Tactics: Okay in some situations. But ranged attacks have really showed their limitations in some situations. Ejecting is a cool tech though, but only in a losing battle. If this card were to eject while still straightened, it would've given Retribution more mileage and I seriously would put it in there without thinking too much. Still on the fence.
Disrupting Communications: Yeah, I snubbed this before, but the cost of bowing is justified because it can bow ANY card without restrictions and it cuts down the options your opponent will have in his hand. Come to think of it, I think it's pretty cool.
No Hiding Place: Still on and off. It's useless in some situations, but useful when you have to kill pesky dudes like Jin-kuen and Tsujiken at home causing indirect damage to your forces, which in turn can be a huge swing for the game to be in your favour.
Surrounded!: A cool recon to feed more recon action effects, but it's out for good. Good for a range-centric scout build but this deck isn't one.
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Post by Tsuruchi pewpew on Mar 26, 2013 8:26:16 GMT -5
Sounds like some good changes - I like that not all the scout decks play the same. Have you tried Two Fronts?
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Post by almond on Mar 26, 2013 21:43:40 GMT -5
No I haven't. But I see where you're going with it. Going to give it a quick whirl and find out Edit: If there's any candidate that can be slotted out to include Two Fronts, it'd be Ancient Feud I reckon. This works very nice with HFD  |
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Post by almond on Mar 31, 2013 20:24:33 GMT -5
Well, I crashed and burned with this deck in Kotei Ironically, if I didn't make any changes in my first post, I would've scored better Oh well. |
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Post by Tsuruchi pewpew on Apr 9, 2013 8:17:20 GMT -5
Well, I crashed and burned with this deck in Kotei Ironically, if I didn't make any changes in my first post, I would've scored better Oh well. Really? What would have been different had you kept it? |
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Post by almond on Apr 12, 2013 10:13:22 GMT -5
Back to the Front. It would've wrecked all the spider ninja strongholds I was up against |
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