(Aether) Lt. pikachufan2164 2 - (Fire) Lt. majofa 0

[pikachufan2164]

by pikachufan2164

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Pikachu used Surf!
It's super-effective!

Those games were tough, especially the second game. I was all jittery from the adrenaline rush, so I'm glad I didn't misplay x)

Game 1: I see a Water mark, and I immediately start chanting "no Purify, no Purify, no Purify." I suspected Steambirds, and I was right. 2 quanta source start vs. majo's 4 sources, but I could manage that. I play an Arsenic, and it gets blown up immediately after. I had a second Arsenic in hand, so I played it the next turn, and it stuck for the rest of the game. I set up defences with Bone Wall while majo built up a line of Crawlers, Phoenixes, and Steamies -- all of which were rather impervious to Lightnings. I waited for an opportunity to start Fractalling Bone Dragons (so that I could have a stockpile in hand in case of CC), then I turned some Phoenixes to Ash in order to charge up my Bone Wall. Once I had the quanta to start dropping Dragons and keep Bone Walls up, it was a clear victory from there.

Game 2: Pretty much the same opening as the first game. Majo gets off to a good start with 4 quanta sources, while I have 4 of my own. I had 2 Arsenics early; first one gets Deflagged, as usual, while the second one stuck around for a bit longer before it also exploded. The line of Crawlers, Phoenixes, and Steamies grew and grew as they pummelled my HP away. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to draw any Bone Walls to hold off majo's creature army until I went down to 5 HP (in the meantime, I used some Lightnings on his Phoenixes without a Bone Wall up in a desperation move to stall). I go through the same motions of transforming Phoenixes to Ash for the good of my Bone Wall, and when I got a Bone Dragon in play with Fractalled extras in hand, majo helped feed my Bone Wall by sending a Rage Pot to my Dragon.


Now here's the tricky bit -- majofa has an empty hand, 4 creatures out, 35 HP, and 5 poison on him. I have lots of Dragons and a Bone Wall in hand, a 4-charge Bone Wall in play, and 8 quanta (plus an additional 9 after I ended my turn). I didn't want this to come down to the RNG deciding my fate (i.e. whether or not majo could draw a non-Steamie creature next turn), so I had to take matters into my own hands. I played the Bone Wall to stave off the next turn's attacks, then ended my turn with exactly 10 quanta for another Dragon next turn and put majofa at 20 HP (+5 poison). If he didn't draw CC next turn, I would win. If he did, then I still bought another turn's worth of time instead. If he drew a non-Steamie creature, then I would have prevented a loss.

Lo and behold, majo drew a Steam Machine the next turn, so I played my Dragon and took the win.

GG, majofa and Team Fire. That was a REALLY close game, and majofa is a truly skilled opponent, much like the players I had the opportunity to duel this entire War

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Game 1: LOSS
I had no Steam Machines in my opening hand. He got a Death Pendulum in his opening hand, allowing him to play a 2nd turn Arsenic. I deflag'd it and he played another one. All my creatures came way late, and I died from poison.

Game 2: LOSS
Again he started with a Death Pendulum and had 2 Arsenics again it seems. I ended up 1 quanta short of Rage Potting my Steam Machine. He got a Bone Wall the next turn, that I could never get past.

If he didn't start with a Death Pendulum and 2 Arsenics both games, I think these would have ended very differently...

[deuce22]

gj pika! Oh look, Phoenices and deflags!

[~Napalm]

lol, and RNG loves Aether with another game. Honestly you guys can't complain at all

[Higurashi]

We're 2-2 against RNG this round, but the losses are to two runner-up teams, so it can't really balance out this time. x)
It's a relief to see RNG didn't have a field day with pika, regardless of decks. I'd rather take losses by a bad deck matchup.

[Svenningen]

Well fought!

Nice logic there Pikachu! I'd say that was the best play for you to do regardless :>

[deuce22]

Just realized this:

If majofa draws CC, shield goes to 9 and soaks up 4 attacks. Pika plays another dragon knocking majofa down to 5 with 5 bonewalls left. No matter what majofa drew next turn, he couldn't penetrate the wall, which means pika wins with exact damage.

In the end pika, you made the right play, which had a 100% chance of winning.