This guide is fairly outdated (version 1.23). While most of the decks are still good, speed poison will probably not work in t50 anymore. Also, there are probably more up to date guides around
EDIT: After spending time making this entire thread I realized that the poison rush was really really cheap. If you want, you can skip AI3 grinding (Step 1) and move straight to Step 2 and grind t50 by making an account with a water mark and then making that deck.
Welcome to elements, this thread is meant to show newcomers how to go from a lowly AI3 grinder into a badass FG killer...
(this guide should be up to date at least for version 1.23)
Step 1: AI3 GrindingFor your first deck you should choose between either a "Shrieker Rush" or a "Mono-Life Rush" (also known as "Adrenaline Frog Rush"). The Shrieker Rush is based mainly on the Earth element with a little bit of Time thrown in, while the Mono-Life is based solely on Life.
If you choose Shrieker Rush, choose TIME ( 
) when you first create your account. You should receive a deck like this:EDIT: You can now change marks for free so there is no need to choose time, choose earth (
) and try to make the shrieker rush deck below
4sa 4sa 4sa 4t3 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rg 5rh 5rh 5rh 5ri 5ri 5ri 5rj 5rk 5rk 5rl 5rl 5rm 5rn 5rn 5uk 5uk 5uk 5uk 5um 5um 5un 5upNow here are the steps you need to take to turn this into a "Shrieker Rush" deck:
1. Sell all your Darkness cards (
)
2. Buy a "Short Sword" from the Others section
3. Sell your 3 Quantum Pillars.
4. Defeat Lvl 0, Lvl 1, and Lvl 2.
5. Click "Quests", collect all the rewards that it allows you.
6. Buy 17 Stone Pillars (
). Add them to your deck.
7. Remove and sell all Non-Pillars from the deck except the short sword.
8. Buy 6 Graboids (
) and add them to your deck.
9. Remove 6 Time Towers (
). Sell.
10. Buy 6 Shriekers (
) and add them to your deck.
11. Remove the rest of the Time Pillars and sell them.
Your deck should now look like this:
4t4 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 58o 590 590 590 590 590 590 591 591 591 591 591 591Now, you start grinding. Keep playing AI3 with that deck until you accumulate enough money to make whichever deck you choose in Step 2.
If you did not want to make a "Shrieker Rush", and wanted to make "Mono-Life Rush" instead, here's how you do it:
Choose
Life (
) when you create your account.
You should receive a deck that looks like this:
4sa 4sa 4sa 4t3 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bt 5bu 5bu 5bv 5bv 5c0 5c0 5c0 5c1 5c1 5c2 5c2 5c3 5c4 5c6 5c6 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f1 5f1 5f4 5f6Now here are the steps you need to take to turn it into a "Mono-Life Rush" deck:
1. Remove then sell all Fire (
) cards.
2. Buy maximum frogs (should be 3) and add them to your deck.
3. Remove and sell your 3 quantum towers and your dagger.
4. Buy and add max frogs (should be 1).
5. Remove and sell your Emerald Dragon and Thorn Carapace.
6. Buy and add 3 Cockatrices.
7. Remove and sell your Emerald Shield and your 2 Emphatic Bonds.
8. Buy Maximum adrenalines and add them to your deck.
9. Defeat lvl 0, lvl 1, and lvl 2.
10. Buy adrenalines until you have 6 total, add them to your deck, sell your 2 Heals, 2 Forest Spirits, 2 Rustlers.
You should now have this deck:
5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bs 5bu 5bu 5bu 5bu 5bu 5bu 5c0 5c0 5c0 5c0 5c0 5c0 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7Now, you start grinding. Keep playing AI3 with that deck until you accumulate enough money to make whichever deck you choose in Step 2.
Step 2: T50 GrindingFor T50 grinding, I suggest 2 decks that work well. One is a "Fire Golem Rush" and the other is a "Poison Rush". The Fire Golem Rush will work faster, however it costs 1474 electrum as opposed to the Poison Rush's 626 electrum price tag.
The Fire Golem Rush looks like this:
4t5 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f0 5f2 5f2 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f6 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5f9 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fa 5fb 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9 5l9The idea is to use the immolations on the photons to gain quick fire quanta to play your Golems and Dragons. You can grow the Golems using the earth mark. Use the rage potion to either buff up your own creatures or kill enemy creatures. If you want, you may add a fire shield. If you obtain the rare card "Vampire Stiletto", I suggest you add it in and take the hammer out.
Poison-Rush looks like this:
52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52g 52o 52o 52o 52o 52o 52o 52p 52p 5i5 5i5 5i5 5i5 5i5 5i5 5i7 5i7 5i7 5i7 5i7 5i7The idea here is to use poison to kill the enemy as quick as possible as poison avoids shields. Use the freezes and Plagues to control the enemy creatures. If you obtain the rare weapon "Arsenic" substitute it for a plague (if you have 2 substitute for both plagues).
Step 3: Grinding False GodsFinally, after grinding and grinding you've reached the point where you'll become rich...
There are countless variations of False-God killing decks as shown in the False-Gods section of the forum
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,87.0.html (
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,87.0.html)
However, I'm going to suggest two beginner False-God Decks and then show you how to evolve them into two of the most effective False-God decks in my opinion.
The first beginner False-God deck I would recommend is yaladilae's version of Essence's Duo FG Killer:
55k 55k 55k 55k 55k 55s 55s 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61o 61r 61r 61r 61r 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 61t 621 621 74b 74b 7n2This deck costs 5469 electrum because you need to upgrade the two Otyughs as well as the animate weapon in order for it to be effective. You also must have 2 of the rare weapon "Titan", which you'll likely have acquired by now after farming t50 for a while. However, do not just expect to play this deck and win lots of games, you'll likely lose some and you need to follow a strict strategy as outlined on this thread:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5656.0.htmlOnce you kill some FG's and acquire some upgraded cards, if you don't need the upgraded cards in the near future, I suggest you sell them. First I would upgrade 4 Aether Pillars into Aether towers as that will help out with your current deck and help with the next deck. Next, I would work towards upgrading a shard of gratitude and you can add it to your deck. Now, accumulate enough money to upgrade 6 photons into Rays of Light, and you're ready for your next deck.
The next deck is called RoL/Hope and I think Seravy's version works best when it's not fully upgraded. At this point you should be able to create a deck like this (note, you need 3 Lobotomizers):
5la 5la 5lk 5lk 5lk 5lk 61o 61o 61o 61o 61u 61u 61u 622 622 622 622 622 622 6rn 7jp 7jp 7jp 7jp 7jp 7jp 808 808 808 808 This deck also has a specific strategy, which can be found on this thread:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6546.0.html. When upgrading this deck, I would finish upgrading your pillars first, then the Lobotomizers ASAP and then I guess you could upgrade the fractals although you might want to upgrade a miracle or another SoG and try a different variation of RoL/Hope. Ok, you made it, you can now grind FG's quickly and make money by selling their upgraded cards that you don't need.
If you don't feel like following that route, you can always go the Rainbow route. Rainbow is a term in elements given to decks that utilize most (if not all) different elements.
The beginner rainbow that I would recommend is Scaredgirl's Time Rainbow (often abbreviated SG Rainbow):
4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 52n 52r 592 5c6 5c6 5f8 5oj 5ro 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5up 61t 621 621 6u6 74b 74b 7q5 7q5 7q5 7q5This deck costs 12354 because you need 4 upgraded hourglasses, 2 upgraded otyughs and an upgraded fallen druid. Also, you need the rare weapon the Eternity. Rainbow decks have their own special play style as well and for this particular one you should read this thread to figure out it's play-style and even practice on AI3 a few games:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1615.0.htmlEventually, you want to try to build PuppyChow's Entropy Rainbow, which is probably the most efficient at killing FG's:
6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6qq 6rn 6rn 6rn 6rn 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u3 6u6 717 71b 71b 74b 74b 77f 7do 7do 7gp 7n3 7q5 7q5 7q8 7t9 80h 80hOnce again, for deck strategy see this thread:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1748.0.htmlNow you can grind FG's and sell unwanted upgraded cards to get rich.
Step 4: Be CreativeNow that you're rich you can do whatever you want. You can try to make your own unique FG farming deck, you can make PVP decks, you can compete in tournaments, you can try to collect all the cards, have fun with it... good luck.
