Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer [Universal] [Storm of Souls expansion]

[Strangiato]

Originally Posted by tecwrtr

Yeah, it was really amazing. He said he'd never played a game like that. I haven't since, and I don't know what I'd have to do to set that up. He did win all the monster honor. He had several Heavy Infantry, and some cards that facilitated drawing more cards.

That was very unique game. I haven't seen anything like it since. Still have the result stored here.

Final Score was 61 (43 tokens & 18 cards) to 51 (26 tokens & 25 cards).

My final deck was 3 Arha Initiate, 2 Burrower Mark III, Kor the Ferromancer, Spike Vixen, 2 Shade of the Black Watch, 4 Heavy Infantry, 1 Apprentice.

Her deck was heavy Lifebound with some Mechana. If I remember correctly, I took Shade of the Black Watch on the first turn and there were enough monsters in the center row to justify going heavy power. I picked up a second Shade on the 3rd or 4th turn and whittled my deck down from there. The center was filled with high cost cards, so I stuck to bashing the Cultist and building power. The second half of the game I would draw my entire deck each turn to kill the cultist 6 or 7 times. Her deck never reached the point where she could cycle new cards in the center row, so it seemed like a good idea to avoid helping her with that. I still wasn't sure I had won until the final score came up, though.



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[onewithchaos]

from observation it seemed to me that if the other party declined an invitation for a game invite, then you got paired up with random people....

I kinda took that for granted, i actually dont know why that happens. But I've had a few instances when I invite someone to a match, only to come back and find that I'm playing someone completely random

[sapphire_neo]

Any chance of a Christmas/New Year's sale?

[currymutton]

Can't answer that for you. I don't think a sale is likely even though I don't mind... I only want the promo cards...

[Camzy]

Originally Posted by currymutton

d) Mixing (a) & (b), most of my worst defeats and amazing wins (by 30+ points) are a mixture of both. It normally starts with a Monster Row and then some how, the winning side manages to switch to collecting constructs in the mid-game when the Monster Row runs out. I guess counting the probability of monster appearance to know when to switch is the key.

Your views are welcome.

Definitely the way to go. What I like doing is getting cards that give honor while also accumulating runes. Lifebound is the way to do this. Snap Dragon and Raven/Shaman keeps you getting honor while you stock up on runes to get constructs. Works a tee most games. Runic Lycanthrope is amazing with the right lifebound hand.

[currymutton]

Originally Posted by Camzy

Definitely the way to go. What I like doing is getting cards that give honor while also accumulating runes. Lifebound is the way to do this. Snap Dragon and Raven/Shaman keeps you getting honor while you stock up on runes to get constructs. Works a tee most games. Runic Lycanthrope is amazing with the right lifebound hand.

This only works so far when only one side is playing in this manner, otherwise, it degenerates into a lucky draw of who-get-what-first. In one game with FPE, we both did this and me end up on the losing side as he got all the better cards. (blame-biased)

I think some mentioned earlier here that field-control is the key but I have no idea how this works.

Edit: Oh, please don't forget Yggdrasil Staff works great to get honours without changing your card flow and disturbing the Central Row. It is cunning when used right.

[skarsnik]

I used to get my ass kicked in vanilla ascension by Camzeee, so when the expansion was released, I started paying close attention to how he played and that's how I've made improvements to my game. I still lose a lot of games to tecwrtr though.

Some of the things i try to do:

1. Keep the deck optimised
- aim for card banishing, card drawing, rune/power card swapping (sensei/scribe)

2. Build card combos
- stone circle construct/hero + ravens - no guessing/counting needed
- dhartha's retreat + lifebound + heavy infantry + eternal askara - 7 cards every turn
- snapdragon/dandelion witch + lifebound - get lots of honor every time you play lifebound cards
- various constructs + avatar golem - the mechanar equivalent of snapdragon/lifebound

3. Disrupt opponent's card combos
- if he's rune heavy, keep monsters and low rune/honor cards in the centre row and banish high-rune cost cards.
- if he's power heavy, keep high-rune cost cards in the centre row, banish strong monsters.
- if he's stocking constructs, make sure to have enough power to kill monsters that will force the opponent to discard the constructs
- if he's stocking lifebound cards, make sure to deny snapdragons/dandelion witches

Keep the games coming!

[FPE]

Originally Posted by currymutton

This only works so far when only one side is playing in this manner, otherwise, it degenerates into a lucky draw of who-get-what-first. In one game with FPE, we both did this and me end up on the losing side as he got all the better cards. (blame-biased)

I think some mentioned earlier here that field-control is the key but I have no idea how this works.

Edit: Oh, please don't forget Yggdrasil Staff works great to get honours without changing your card flow and disturbing the Central Row. It is cunning when used right.

:-)

There are no fixed way for a certain win, but sure way to loose.
I see may people mention ways for which the a also counters, when well seen in advance. I think it is best to experiment with them all, or at least this is what I am doing nw event means I loose more than I should.

Camzy, I just took dharta ... This means I am going to experiment and probably loose, but i will be one step closer to understand its use.

[Camzy]

Originally Posted by FPE

:-)

There are no fixed way for a certain win, but sure way to loose.
I see may people mention ways for which the a also counters, when well seen in advance. I think it is best to experiment with them all, or at least this is what I am doing nw event means I loose more than I should.

Camzy, I just took dharta ... This means I am going to experiment and probably loose, but i will be one step closer to understand its use.

I've used Dhartha's retreat effectively before. Play it with 3 apprentices and a militia, and skip that very turn to draw 7 next turn.

Also, one sure way to lose.. Pick Druids of the Stone Circle early in the game.

Kitkeat lost two games in a row because of it

[Camzy]

Originally Posted by skarsnik

I used to get my ass kicked in vanilla ascension by Camzeee, so when the expansion was released, I started paying close attention to how he played and that's how I've made improvements to my game. I still lose a lot of games to tecwrtr though.

Keep the games coming!

Interesting. I feel tecwrtr isn't a hard opponent for me. Two for two so far, and I see him make choices which I see as mistakes.

Maybe there are certain types of players who are good against others. I know I struggle to play you and win, whereas I find most other players fairly beatable. Yet, some of those players like tecwrtr are the ones beating you...