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Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg392799#msg392799
« on: September 13, 2011, 02:02:43 am »
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Explanation
: Versatility is the keyword here. Hephaestus wields an armory of 7 different weapons, allowing him to change his strategy each time. While designing a FG killer for this deck I attempted permanent control... Only to realize he animated them too fast. Next I tried creature control, but most of the weapons are too big for that. The only working strategy I had was gravity shield/electrocutor, and a pulverizer could destroy that deck with ease. (It seemed everytime he dropped a pulverizer he had several un-endowed Crusaders which then proceeded to destroy everything). The damage can be ridiculous, and the Miracle can hurt decks without a late-game plan. It's fun.


The Core:


Crusader: Super-awesome utility card. This guy just picks a weapon and starts swinging for damage. Vampire, destoy, poson, momentum, tsunami, sniper, lobotomize... On a body. Dayummm.

Miracle: Adding insult to injury. This deck uses a lot of :light early game, but after everything is endowed it just sits there building up.

Spine Carapace: Best non-:water shield in my opinion. 75% infection rate hurts. Works well with Miracle, healing after all of the opponents creatures are weak or dead.

Animate Weapon: I can't fit 7 weapons in 1 slot.

The Armory:

Arsenic: Only 2 :death, and the poison can be quite annoying. Efficient, early damage.

Titan: 5 :gravity, but well worth it. When the FG gets this out early and starts swinging with 11/7 crusaders I usually lose. But it is usually might high damage card. Late-game damage.

Pulverizer: For 4 :earth it is a fantastic utility card that scares a lot of people. Unfortunately between this and Titan the deck can be :gravity tight. This or Titan may be removed later. Mid-game permanent control.

Poseidon: Fairly cheap at 3 :water, but still often times an overlooked weapon. Pillar denial can be tough to face in addition to the rest of this False God's threats. Mid-game denial.

Vampire Dagger: Healing and good damage for only 2 :darkness. Early-game damage and healing.

Eagle's Eye: Repeatable CC and decent damage for only 5 :air (and the cost of the ability). Mostly used as CC. Mid-game creature-control.

Electrocutor
: Sometimes the difference between life and death, and cheap to play at only 3 :aether. The Pulverizer destroys permanents, and this disables creatures until the Eagle's Eye finishes them off. Early-game creature-control.

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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg392859#msg392859
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 06:45:01 am »
Alright, you seem to be short on :earth and :gravity.

I would recommend replacing the Titan for Discord and the Poseidon for either a Fahrenheit or a Jade Staff (in which case you may want to replace Spine Carapace for a Permafrost Shield).
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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg400212#msg400212
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2011, 04:57:32 pm »
The only issue I could see is the AI not endowing the weapon that would be the most effective against that specific opponent, where as a human wouldn't make that mistake. For example, endowing a Pulverizer against a deck without permanents. Or endowing Electrocutor against Creature-less decks.
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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg410670#msg410670
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2011, 12:51:00 am »
Hmmm, I think the Pulverizer could be removed, since it is of both elements it may run short on, especially if it tries it early game, and maybe add 2 RoL and 2 BEs, or some Explosions.
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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg422001#msg422001
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2011, 04:27:21 pm »
Very fun deck.

Poseidon out
Miracle out

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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg422189#msg422189
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2011, 12:11:28 am »
I can see Mutate CC working on this but otherwise it looks really hard to beat. Would be fun but perhaps too difficult?

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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg422208#msg422208
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2011, 12:58:04 am »
I can't see the problem about posseidon realy. It's a good card. It can beats pillar based decks with ease. I Think you guys realy underrate this card.
I like the deck. But i'dd get rid of the shield tough: i'dd say tower shield, it has a low cost
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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg422259#msg422259
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2011, 02:59:46 am »
Shard of Readiness could find a place in this deck. Unless AI uses it on Crusader before endow is done of course. :)

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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg422449#msg422449
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2011, 04:26:07 pm »
Shard of Readiness could find a place in this deck. Unless AI uses it on Crusader before endow is done of course. :)
I disagree. I think you have a good quanta base for playing the abilities. waste of space
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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg437712#msg437712
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2011, 11:38:05 pm »
I'm pretty sure the AI will replace Pulverizer (from AI3, I know the AI replaces Pulvy with Titan at any rate). Without Pulvy, any of those :time stall decks (I've GotP Time, Fast-draw Ghostal, Eternal Chaos, etc.) will kill the deck, I think.

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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg443743#msg443743
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2011, 01:41:32 am »
Change the name, Hephaestus is a "real" god in Greek mythology and all that mumbo jumbo so classifying him as a False god would be weird.

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Re: Hephaestus: The Armorer https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=30902.msg443747#msg443747
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2011, 01:55:15 am »
Nice idea! Why no :fire, especially, as Hephaestus was the god of the forge?

Change the name, Hephaestus is a "real" god in Greek mythology and all that mumbo jumbo so classifying him as a False god would be weird.
The name's fine. For other deities, look up Serket, Hermes, Neptune, Hecate, and Osiris.
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