(Earth, General) Blacksmith 3 - 2 Mathman101 (Life)

[Blacksmith]

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God that was close,

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So now you all seen those.

Game 1
When I first saw aether pend I thought great a dim +frogtal, perfect:)  but it turned out it was something much worse. I got 2 golems quiet soon( 1 of each ) but lighting killed 1 fast. I won the last turn thanks to a weapon top deck( close pewh )

Game 2
When I saw that I ahd 2 Rof in my hand I was pretty sure I would win this( if you can do that ), he played 2 psions at once then waited 1 tuen then played 1 adrena then next turn another one, I would probably have won if I had used the Rof when only 1 had adrenas. Anyway he got new stuff out and once again the match would be decided if I would draw damage or not, this time I didn't, lose.

Game 3
Close, went pretty much like first game.

Game 4
Was able to play a second turn eq but his draw was good and he had 5 pends. I was out rushed, but not with much.

Game 5
This was scary, very scary. I got a rushy draw with 3 golems and a weapon. He was not able to catch it up this time.

Good games math so close, to close. Better luck next time

[mathman101]

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5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5c7 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 5de 61q 61q 61q 61r 61r 61r 61r 625 625 625 80l 80l 80l 8pu

game1: LOSS, too slow not enough damage

game2: WON, started with only 2 pends but managed to get to adrenpsions out fast. 2 Fire storms killed them, but I got out 2 more quickly. I messed up counting my damage and could have killed him one turn earlier, but got lucky and didn't die. stopped him with about 3 hp left.

game3: LOSS, early adrenpsion, but he got 2 golems on me. I didn't topdeck untill the turn it was too late, lost with him sitting at 2hp.

game4: WON, 5 pends start quick EQ, early adrenpsion, followed by 2 golems, another adrenpsion and more EQ. won with less then 10hp left.

game5: LOSS, no psions...no psions.. where are my psions?... found some near the end. 2 PU's got him down to 10hp before he killed me.

 
if RNG liked me more it may have been a different result! 

good games Blacksmith! those were all too close!

[hainkarga]

Curious match. Have the lava golems been PU'd ? especially game 5.

Edit: I partially got my answer from the screenshots. Still i can't see killed lava golems in there and wonder PU'ing them would make a difference.

[mathman101]

Curious match. Have the lava golems been PU'd ? especially game 5.

no it was the psions I found near the end. I thought about the golems, but I felt safer with the  psions, as I already had adren on them.

[hainkarga]

Steel Golem:
But adrena golem does [+1 more damage than upped psion] / [+3 more damage than unupped psion] and starts hitting early since you didn't have any psions.

+ He can't kill them even with double RoF. But RoFs kill all your psions
- Well he has one diamond shield which effects golem.

Judging by how it looks and how you describe it, you skiped a few turns without doing damage but you could instead PU a golem and adrenaline it. Which means you would do at least +12 damage for every turn you skipped without playing a creature, and win game 5. Blacksmith doesn't even have a diamond shield on the screenshot.
Also if you used double PU on the last match, add another +12 per turn for 2nd one you skipped. and another +3 per turn for adrena psion damage vs adrena golem damage.

In other words: I see 3 adrenalined unupped psions. If they were golems, that would make +3 more damage for each golem on each turn. Even if you assume you could play either 3 on the same turn. But it looks like you could PU golems earlier, which means even bigger difference.

Lava Golem:
Did you ever kill a fat lava golem instead of PU'ing it ?

[mathman101]

didn't even know he had the shield untill I saw it here, he never played it.

No I didn't kill the large L.golems, I usually had the Lightning when they were small.

I didn't even think about what damage a S.golem would do with adren, I was blinded by the focus on my psions. so yeah I guess I probably could have won that last now looking back.  Ouch, I guess I messed up worse than I thought.  sorry team

[hainkarga]

Ouch, I guess I messed up worse than I thought.  sorry team

No mate, i'm supposed to be a veteran but i had to look up the table to see the damage difference. So it is sort of fine to have overlooked that.

http://elementscommunity.org/wiki/Adrenaline

[Marsu]

Hain the detective...

In all honesty though, I probably wouldn't even have noticed. Don't feel bad math, you've been a great help so far and gave Blacksmith a good scare for sure! We know what would have happened with even upgrades.

[Terroking]

Ouch, I guess I messed up worse than I thought.  sorry team

No mate, i'm supposed to be a veteran but i had to look up the table to see the damage difference. So it is sort of fine to have overlooked that.

http://elementscommunity.org/wiki/Adrenaline

Actually, it is quite a viable option to wait for a Psion, seeing as while 1 Adren'd Psion does deal less than 1 Adren'd Golem, using a PU on your own Psion after Adrenaline copies your own Adrenaline, producing a total of 18 damage for an unupped Psion or 22 damage for an upped one. Using PU and adrenaline on a Golem and subsequently drawing a Psion deals a total of 16 damage (17 upped), meaning that it's mostly a judgement call with luck being the determining factor. Also, Diamond shield is a real threat that could cost the match in such close games if you PU a Golem. Not saying either side is right or wrong here, just pointing out the merits of waiting.

[DANIEELA]

YES,Blacksmith...Lead us to the Victory!