Earth Rush [pvp2] (Antlions OP)

[blahs15]

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So I made this deck quite a while ago and have been using it in pvp2 a lot. 
Today I started recording my win/loss rates for 40 50 a bunch of matches so far.
It made 42-11 so far. Yea, really.
It loses to decks with good shields like Phase shield or Wings.
I originally had only 1-2 Rewinds to make people mad/cautious in pvp2, but then I ran into some decks that made me want more of them.  And I simply haven't changed it back since.

It is a pure rush deck, with Rewinds for annoyance, it has no PC or real defense like a shield.
Most the creatures can burrow if you need to wait out a stall for a little bit while not getting CCed.
Cards like Otyugh and Fire Storm really can't/don't harm the deck much.  Every creature has 4+ hp and the ones with less than 5 can be burrowed, then unburrowed all at once for a 'surprise' attack.

Fun Note:
It can outrush shard golem decks, some fire rushes, and a few other rushes with no defense. (no, these were NOT one time battles, it's outrushed them many times)

I started a new topic for this because i searched for a antlion/golem/graboid deck and didn't find any.

Note: Rewind(s) can be replaced by 1 golem, 1 tower, and 1 golem, in that order.


So... thoughts? I really love this deck.

I will post a ttw average once I remember to check and write them down consistently.

[ItzSean]

So you swapped a standard shrieker rush's earthquakes, shriekers, and one tower or two for antlions and steel golems? Facinating. Looks awfully fast. If antlions werent part of the name, i'd say 3 lions -> golems, or even  all lions -> golems+ EQs.

[blahs15]

I had to put antlions in the name to make it somewhat distinguishable and interesting.

But I prefer antlions for a few reasons. 
1. On average, I seem to get 2-3 towers in a starting draw.  It's always nice to be able to play a new creature every turn.  Also if the opponent gets scared of this fact, (or ai if that's who you're playing) the antlions absorb the CC.
2. It seems that when I have steel golems... I don't actually play them a lot of the time.  They're the most expensive creature in the deck (since time quanta generation is guaranteed) and by the time I get around to playing too many of them, I've already won.
3. They're underused, it's fun to brag about Antlion rushing someone when it happens.

I know the question here b/w golems and antlions is deck space, but I think it fits the quanta generation better this way.
I started this deck without graboids, and I had a few defense cards, but I decided this really is much much better.

Shriekers are.... wayyyy too expensive. When all 3 of these creatures are upgraded, the costs are the same, but the attacks are increased by 2 each.
It's better to use more cheap creatures than a few expensive creatures with less total attack.  1 Antlion + 1 Golem = 1 Shrieker with better defenses.

[ItzSean]

I understand with the shriekers. Whats the average TTW? Could you get us some stats?

[Evan_85]

Wee,  I'm in yer post! There, in the 11. *points*

Too bad I didn't run into your deck more times yesterday. I rolled a similar deck just weighted towards the annoyance factor more - 6 rewinds, 2 eternity + quakes. So maybe not that similar - my creature total was 5 graboids in.

Anyways, cool, surprizing stats you got. Reassured me that picking antlion as avatar will be a good choice once I become a big guy with 30 posts. 

[Calindu]

And what you think that's so good at 42-11? 

Anyway, more Golems instead of antlions and BBs may work better.

[ItzSean]

And what you think that's so good at 42-11? 

Anyway, more Golems instead of antlions and BBs may work better.

Or you could not be a jerk instead. That's always a better option. I'd say almost a 80% win ratio is damn good. You go blahs.

[Calindu]

And what you think that's so good at 42-11? 

Anyway, more Golems instead of antlions and BBs may work better.

Or you could not be a jerk instead. That's always a better option. I'd say almost a 80% win ratio is damn good. You go blahs.

Jerk? I'm friends with blahs from Kongregate before he even started using this forum.
I treat him as a good enough friend to make silly jokes, it's just my own opinion of PvP2'er from time to time.

[furballdn]

And what you think that's so good at 42-11? 

Anyway, more Golems instead of antlions and BBs may work better.

Or you could not be a jerk instead. That's always a better option. I'd say almost a 80% win ratio is damn good. You go blahs.

Jerk? I'm friends with blahs from Kongregate before he even started using this forum.
I tread him as a good enough friend to make silly jokes, it's just my own opinion of PvP2'er from time to time.

Oh? You two have one of those kinds of a relationship?

[Calindu]

And what you think that's so good at 42-11? 

Anyway, more Golems instead of antlions and BBs may work better.

Or you could not be a jerk instead. That's always a better option. I'd say almost a 80% win ratio is damn good. You go blahs.

Jerk? I'm friends with blahs from Kongregate before he even started using this forum.
I treat him as a good enough friend to make silly jokes, it's just my own opinion of PvP2'er from time to time.

Oh? You two have one of those kinds of a relationship?

Too fail at english, now forget this. xD