Grabbix Variation for Arena

[ayoth]

I'd much rather if this was a streak based deck instead of a consistent deck-- 80% winrate where you are sure to lose once every 5 games isn't that helpful for me (not sure whether we can make it a more "risky" deck that will get streaks more often-- also getting to 4-6 rings and losing is really frustrating). I'm aiming this at silver level, but I doubt that will work and will probably do it in bronze instead.
The idea is that this deck can take on any kind of deck, but not necessarily effective. I also want it to be pretty fast, but it doesn't have to be one of those 7 TTW decks. People say they've had lots of luck with grabbix in silver arena, and I decided to modify it a little. I started with a graboid rush like usual, but with lots and lots of editing (and the immo nerf which drove me nuts) I eventually settled with a phoenix/golem combo that doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever but seems to work... This is the deck:

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Testing in bronze arena: 6, 9, 10, 8, 15 (stupid firestall -_-), 9, L  , 7, 7, 5, 9, L, 8, 7, 7, 10, 8, 10, L, 9.
Winrate: 85%
TTW: 8.47
Will be adding more stats soon. In the meantime, any advice? (RoL is there because i'm trying to save up for RoL+Hope, decided to be recourceful!)

[Rember]

Not quite sure what the idea behind the dragons is at all, and you can't really call it grabbix without graboids...

I'd go with something like this:

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Feel free to mod it for 3 deflags or 4 novas or whatever.

[TheIdioticIdiot]

Not quite sure what the idea behind the dragons is at all, and you can't really call it grabbix without graboids...

I'd go with something like this:

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Feel free to mod it for 3 deflags or 4 novas or whatever.

you simply can't call it grabbix without phoenixes

[Rember]

I didn't call mine anything.

[ayoth]

Yeah, the term "variation" is a bit loose.
I do realize I actually get pretty high on earth quanta, maybe switching to 6 golems completely might be it.
Were graboids that useful? I didn't find it to be THAT effective. Why 6 immos to 4 photons? what else to immolate? Gnome riders are actually useful, right?
idioticidiot still idiotic! good job!

[Rember]

The gnomes, yeah. Obviously leave them if you don't need the fire quanta, as they are useful. Also graboids are pretty much the answer to everything.

[Ekki]

Were graboids that useful? I didn't find it to be THAT effective.

Huh, most of the community agrees that they are. Not by chance Grabbix is the most played anti-Arena deck. Also, 3 1 in 2 turns for 8/10 attack is way OP, not to mention you can leave the Grabbies burrowed if you fear them being killed.

Also graboids are pretty much the answer to everything.

Now about the deck, I always recommended upped gnomes instead of photons. Why? 0 cost* (as photons), 2 hp, earth quanta production (good for Grabbies and Lava Golems) and because they're cuter than an ugly star.

*last time I checked, so 6 months ago

idioticidiot still idiotic! good job!

That's harsh. Not to mention you're telling that to a Legendary member with 4 tourneys (weren't they 5?) behind him.

[furballdn]

those two golden dragons are sort of just sitting there. You'll never get that much quanta to play them. Gnome riders are better than rays of light. You might also want to put graboids in there. They are very powerful and you have a mark of so you can have enough to power them.

[Poker Alho]

***TRIALS RESPONSE***

Well I'm not sure if Grabbix can still be use to effectively farm the Arena, but I'll give it a shot. However, I can tell you for sure that the "ix" part of it almost certainly needs to be dropped, as sad as that may be. I'm not sure that going gung ho on Lava Golems is the best way to go either though. It would certainly use up that Fire quanta, but the entire deck is rather fragile and difficult to balance at that point.

However, we could try to shift the balance a little bit to include more Novae which would allow us to be a little riskier and use more Gnome Riders which can generate quanta to power both Graboids AND Lava Golems, while at the same time be a pretty disposable source of Immofodder. When trying this it's probably best to utilize the Fire quanta on only Lava Golems and the necessary Deflags that make any rush far more deadly.

Trying this can make the deck more unstable I fear, so it may not work out as well as I'd hoped. But in the end you'll end up with something that looks like this. Let me know how it works!

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you could drop 1 photon because you can only have 6 cremations... maybe change it for a nova or a werewolf for more rushing power