Lava Rush vNG ~ Rushing through the Ages

[Sevs]

I suggest changing the name of this deck to MLP (My Little Phoenix).

No.

lol great answer

[CPU24/7]

LOL 5 turn win on T50 with unupped....can't wait to try upped.

Thx Napalm!

[Duncanidaho]

I'm very curious about your findings/winnings against the new AI4. anyone experiencing different gameplay?

[Higurashi]

AI4 is the old Half-Blood (AI5) with 200 HP. Cremation rushes were never designed to deal with that much HP. You can win a half-decent amount of the time, but most of the games you'll be hard pressed with one creature at a time hoping to get enough damage in for the kill. A durable rush is much better, especially rushbows.

[~Napalm]

Yup, Cremation Rushes have a field day in PvP and the old t50. Now that the t50 has become The Arena, you have to be careful where you use it. They should have little trouble in Bronze League, Silver League should be about the same difficulty as the old t50, and Gold League is where things become a challenge. This is my experience in the little that I've used the Arena so far. I suppose it's usefulness as a grinder has diminished a good deal, but it's still a great option for PvP.

[Sevs]

Today I actually decided to run it against platinum and found it actually does pretty well. maybe 40% but extremely fast games

I think platinum has changed since its first implementation.

In the first couple days of platinum, every deck was "fresh" but now there is an even mix of decks with "aged" HP. Never knew I could get a 2 turn win with a gemfinder. HP even down to ~150 gives a significant advantage to the the rush deck from 200 HP

When it first came out, everyone was trying to rush Platinum so in turn everyone played a lot of creature hate decks. now that people are using FG grinders, the momentum has swung more to 12 deflags and steals. extremely good news for a rush deck with no permanant reliance.

also with a full 500 decks there there is a wide variety of oracle cards helping to aleviate seeing the double draw speedbows.


EDIT* Did 100 games last night and this morning and got over 18k electrum and went 59-41

[~Napalm]

Wow Sevs. That's awesome. Gemfinder means you were running 2.0 right? No actually, probably the version you posted

[DarknessDemon]

What does vNG stand for? and why use minor phoenixes over regular ones?

[Pineapple]

version Napalm Grenade - The real one. KOTH is a lie!
version Napalm Grenade 2.0! The Gemfinder Edition

I wonder.

You don't really use minor phoenixes over unupgraded phoenixes as you use minor phoenixes over weaker types of cremation fodder.

[Calindu]

What does vNG stand for? and why use minor phoenixes over regular ones?

Minor Phoenixes=cheap.Is better when you rush with upped.

[bogtro]

I've been using this deck recently (phoenix, unupped) with amazing results. I previously used Shrieker rush, but this deck makes that look like a joke.

I havn't been keeping real stats, but I'm having ridiculous results on AI3 (over 95%) and Silver league, around 70% which is amazing for an unupped rush, particularly with the health increases.

I just wish I found this sooner

[Opsinis]

I have been using the 2.0 version in Silver. I win more than 80% of the time. The only problem I really run in to is mass HP healing from SoGs and other like sources and extreme CC. Overall, something I love, and will forever farm Silver with.

Great deck!