Fastest Mono Light Rush Possible

[kirchj33]

Not finding any adequate light rushes on the forums, I decided to fine-tune one in honor of my former war team.

It's really just a tweak of a formerly posted deck by Terroking (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5823.0.html), but focuses solely upon rushing.

by kirchj33

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Stats:

Games: 50

Avg ttw: 6.36

Avg. sec/game: 63.18

Wins: 50

Losses: 0

Ems: 2

EM %: 4

Score gained: 894 Electrum gained: 1129 Time overall (min.): 63.18 IG Score Efficiency: 1018.803 TSE (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21923.msg300098#msg300098): 891.7706 ttw 3: 0 ttw 4: 0 ttw 5: 12 ttw 6: 20 ttw 7: 9 ttw 8: 8 ttw 9: 0 ttw 10: 0 ttw 11: 1 ttw 12: 0 ttw 13: 0 ttw 14: 0 ttw 15: 0 ttw 16: 0 ttw 17: 0 ttw 18: 0 ttw 19: 0 ttw 20: 0

[willng3]

Nice.  I was messing around with the idea of improving this rush as well and tried a version with:
-2 Long Sword, +2 Longbow
-3 Light Tower, +3 Light Pendulum
-1 Light Tower, +1 Archangel

I -think- I managed 4TTW with that build once, but I neglected to take any stats so I can't recall.  I'd be interested in testing this though.

[kirchj33]

Nice.  I was messing around with the idea of improving this rush as well and tried a version with:
-2 Long Sword, +2 Longbow
-3 Light Tower, +3 Light Pendulum
-1 Light Tower, +1 Archangel

I -think- I managed 4TTW with that build once, but I neglected to take any stats so I can't recall.  I'd be interested in testing this though.

I tried the -2 LS, +2 LB version.  It was uninteresting enough that I didn't keep the stats around.

I also tried the -3 LT, +3 LP version.  6.5 ttw through 50 games.

-1 LT, +1 Archangel version might be worth exploring, although a good quanta start is imperative for this deck.

[TribalTrouble]

Why not use long bow? Bonus in attack and you get a weapon that goes past Wings.

[kirchj33]

Why not use long bow? Bonus in attack and you get a weapon that goes past Wings.

It all has to do with the early game.  It sounds crazy, but if you're operating efficiently, you won't have the quanta to sneak in a longbow in the first 3 or 4 turns.  Try it and you will understand.  Longbow might help in the late game a marginal amount more, but ttw's are faster with long sword.