9th Trials - Challenger's Entrance

[Zawadx]

TIME TO ENTER THE TRIALS
HAS RUN OUT



Please make sure you've read the Rules very carefully. Also, here are the Phase 1 Rules.
To join these Trials, post in this thread a single post containing the following information:

Spoiler for Requirements:

-Evidence of Score Requirement
-Evidence of Established Account Requirement

Spoiler for Phase 1:

Spoiler for Task 1:

-Name of Task
-Evidence of completion

Spoiler for Task 2:

-Name of Task
-Evidence of completion

Spoiler for Task 3:

-Name of Task
-Evidence of completion

Spoiler for War/Brawl Bonus:

-Evidence of participation in the last war/brawl with the element you were a member of.
-If you were a General/Boss, evidence of your General-ship/Boss-ship

Spoiler for Loyalty Bonus:

-Tell us how many times you have participated in Trials for this element before
-Give us evidence of your participation in each of those trials

Remember, the Requirements to Challenge are:

• 50,000+ score in Elements
• 200+ forum posts
• Joined the forums no less than 3 months ago (at the time of signing up)
• Participation in at least three separate PVP Events (Leagues, War, Weekly Tournaments, etc.)

A player may participate in Trials without meeting the 200 post and 50,000 score requirements if they are able to provide evidence of a significant PVP achievement. Examples of sufficient achievements include:

• Winning a Weekly Tournament
• Finishing in the Top 3 in Leagues or other forum PVP Events
• Finishing on the winning War team

Note: In the event more there are more than four applicants (including the defending master) for one element, priority will be given first to players with the higher Phase 1 scores and second to a combination of score/post count.

Challengers:

Master MegroN of is defending.

[theelkspeaks]

To be updated as I go.

Spoiler for Requirements:

Spoiler for Phase 1:

Spoiler for Task 1:

- Developing War Tactics
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- I actually think the tactics associated with this event card have a top/middle/bottom split rather than a top/bottom split.  Both top teams and bottom teams will prefer the extra upgrades even at the cost of salvage - the top to better protect their lead by not losing, and the bottom to avoid risking elimination.  Teams in the middle however, trying to actively catch up to the top, might choose to keep their salvage and forego upgrades in order to gain ground on teams above them in matchups they feel confident in their counters for.

It also poses a very interesting question to teams to ask how confident in their counters they are in each match in a round.

Spoiler for Task 2:

-Your Own Little War
-http://elementscommunity.org/forum/pvp-tournaments/post-your-tournament-ideas-here/msg1189578/#msg1189578

A possible deck would be

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58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 590 590 590 590 590 590 591 591 591 591 593 593 593 593 5rk 5rk 5rk 5rk 8ps

Pillar heavy metagame -> EQ is awesome
Shriekers chosen over golems for superior reach
Graboids have synergy with the rules by allowing another use of mark quanta
RT nullifies threats of many other elements
Bonebolt is a major threat in the meta, but should lose to keeping grabbies burrowed

Spoiler for Task 3:

-Waging War against the False Gods

-Counter to Divine Glory

Would you like to not just beat, but 500 HP EM Divine Glory?  I have the deck for you!

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58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58s 58s 58s 58s 58s 592 592 592 592 592 594 594 594 594 594 594 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5aa 5li 5li 5li 5li 5li 5li 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 5lm 8pq

DO NOT Protect your pillars/pends.  That's how you die! (His explosions will have no valid targets and clog his hand, making him draw slower than you.)  Just calmly deck him out while EA-ing Titanium Shield and your Santcs.  Save SS as long as you can

Spoiler for War/Brawl Bonus:

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/round-1-246/(air-sld)-theelkspeaks-3-2-(light-sld)-cheesy111/ (Air)
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/brawl-auction/auction-process/msg1181028/#msg1181028 (Fire)

Two more PVP Links (in addition to War above)
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/12-lives-battle-results/12-lives-3-round-1/


http://elementscommunity.org/forum/pvp-world-championship/pvp-world-championship-2014-top-4/msg1188306/#msg1188306

[Drake_XIV]

I've been dead here for a while, but I just might submit an application if my finals turn out well. Good luck to all Earth Trialists this time around regardless.