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serprex · « **on:** September 15, 2019, 07:52:31 pm »

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InsignificantWeeaboo · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2019, 08:01:41 pm »

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Chargerhope

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First Use (As Far As I Know, Anyways): War 11, killsdazombies vs ProBacon
This deck was built to fill the role of a stall in Team Gravity, who didn't have many options beforehand other than a stall using Heavy Armor, Gravity Shield and Basilisk's Blood and maybe Adrenastaves. And it does it well so as long as you get the right draw. Once you get enough RoLs on the screen you're able to block all damage that isn't spell, momentum, or catapult damage. An advantage this has over a regular RoL Hope build is that the deck doesn't have to worry about any pesky shields that could block out all damage during the burst. Like many RoL Hopes its weaknesses are mass CC, shield bypass, Nightmare, bigger stalls, and bad draws (Though the last two apply to most other decks anyways).

Brief summary of each of their matches:

vs ProBacon: The dark domin they brought was theoretically a hard counter, but bad draws on Bacon's end gave Gravity the win.
vs Vangelios: Pretty even matchup, especially when accounting for the fact that Vangelios brought Thorn Carapace to get rid of some RoLs. Some smart plays on mathman's end allowed him to win 3-2
vs deuce22: The deck deuce brought was a hard counter to Charger Hope. A lone Nightmare was packed to prevent a lot of RoLs to be played, and Momentum with PU provided a good bypass method to overwhelm Charger Hope. This resulted in a 0-3 loss.
vs moerphi: Heavily countered by SoFree, which we didn't realize they had at that point. Also, we didn't think to try and counter Thunderstorm in the case it happened.

A couple of possible changes (not already in serpex's Troll Hope guide for all Elements) include adding 2-3 copies of Lobotomizer, including Silence to prevent Miracles from happening before the finishing blow, and maybe a Titan.

Overall, this deck is a welcome addition to Gravity's arsenal. It provides another deck to an archetype Gravity is lacking in, and allows for a way to make exploiting Gravity's slower decks harder. This means that matchups against rush decks are slightly easier for Team Gravity, as long as they mindgate the right decks. However, it makes them slightly weaker to mass CC.

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This specific combo is considered one of the classic Gravity stalls, utilizing the HP increase of both Heavy Armor and BB to get any major damaging creatures in the range of Gravity Shield's blocking. It usually packs Pulverizer and sometimes Otyugh for PC and CC respectively. However, I've found a few problems with this card synergy and deck:

The deck has no way to deal with creatures with pesky abilities such as Lobotomize or Firefly.
Without Auburn Nymphs, the deck can't deal with massive spam of creatures.
BB and Gravity Shield can only delay creatures with momentum or spell damage, not completely block them.
The opponent can always damage their own creatures to get them out of Gravity Shield's range.
You're forced to waste upgrades on Plate Armor

With these in mind, I have created a card to strengthen this interaction and address most, if not all, of the problems listed above:

NAME:	Implosion
ELEMENT:	Gravity
COST:	4
TYPE:	Spell
ATK\|HP:
TEXT:	Combine target creature and adjacent creatures. Kill the new creature if HP>30. New creature inherits all passives.

NAME:	Implosion
ELEMENT:	Gravity
COST:	3
TYPE:	Spell
ATK\|HP:
TEXT:	Combine target creature and adjacent creatures. Kill the new creature if HP>30. New creature inherits all passives.

ART:	N/A
IDEA:	InsignificantWeeaboo
NOTES:	The creatures nearest to the target creature on the same row are combined, creating a vanilla creature called an Amalgamation (6 , reforms the last Amalgamation made. If Implosion was never cast by the player with Amalgamation, cast a 0\|0 creature.) Actives and Adrenaline are not passed over.
SERIES:	13th Trials

The main role of this card is to save space and act as in-element lobotomization to take care of SoFo, mutants with destroy, and the like. This card can be used alongside either BB or Plate Armor (unupped or upped) to either kill or put 3 creatures in range of Gravity Shield. With only 4-3

, 2-1

, and 2 cards you can kill or block 3 creatures. This card also allows you to move your upgrades to slightly more rewarding cards.

Some other uses include making space for Fractal decks or Gravity Troll Hope, using it alongside Acceleration for whatever reason, using one single target CC card to kill 3 creatures at once (Rewind Time being the most powerful), and using it alongside Nightmare to deny your opponent with their own creatures.

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