Round 6 - Duels

[PlayerOa]

10 men vs Light 2
Time 2 vs Fire 3
Time 3 vs Aether 4
Time 4 vs Air 4
Time 5 vs willing3


My deck analysis to come tomorrow (or when 10men gives the opposition ).

[Scaramanga]

bad luck that we are the ones playing 5 duels next round?

[bripod]

Well, no one will be able to say that we didn't earn it when we win this thing...

We're at that point guys. This is the round we win it, in. We get past this rnd, we have the next bye... lets decipher those vaults and put together 5 winning decks.

     are running pretty thin in their vaults.

   are gonna be the tough ones...

-What are their vaults
-What have they shown us
-Who are they playing and what deck of theirs would suit that opponent best?

We're doing great with 5 Relics. McSod, Zso_Zso and Zaen can easily defend 3 attackers.
Lets see what we can do and execute the round everyone has ever dreamed of playing.

Last night I thought about the "bye" situation and couldn't help but think that Fire getting their bye earlier than us will only be in our best interest, but we have to capitalize on the round that they sit out one game in... this round.
That will put us in the lead with the next bye and more flexibility in deck building, we need to analyze these matches first, choose our Salvage as to diversify our deck choice, execute a brilliant round and have a beer afterwards... easy enough, huh?

I've been impressed with you guys as team mates. I've enjoyed serving with you under 10men's guidance and I know, we have the talent and determination to take this event away from every other team. It's our  Time  boys... Let's show 'em how it's done. 

[Anthraxx]

Yeah, this is the point where we should try to mix things up. With fewer matches and higher pressure at least and will put way more testing time and thought into their decks.

Do we go with counter for the usual suspect or do we surprise them with some wicked new deck? Latter sounds better but is it possible to build something both new and successful?

I'm quite busy today, but I'll try to post more thoughts in the evening.

[PlayerOa]

Hmm... Since 10 men did not yet submit our opponents, I might as well make a small analysis at every opposing team.

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I am guessing Light will play their grabbow against us, after their loss with titsaders. Our grabbow is better. It would probably beat PUDragons too.
My proposal for this match: Grabbow

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Ugh, this is a tough one. Fire have a lot of tough decks they can play vs us. I do think Ghostal is the deck that works best.
My proposal for this match: Ghostal

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I have a strong feeling aether will play devtal vs us - to counter ghostal and NotP. A job for sancstall.
My proposal for this match: SancStall

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This looks like a job for Ghostmare. They lost their darkness duo, and their decks are prone to control.
My proposal for this match: Ghostmare

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Well... Life are rich on dims, and if we use Ghostmare vs Air, I have actually no idea for what to play.

[10 men]

Here's our decks, a little too tired for commentary, you'll figure it out

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Lieutenant Zso_Zso vs

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Salvager PlayerOa

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Scout Anthraxx

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[Anthraxx]

Heh, 10  8)

[Zso_Zso]

I play Avenger today 5pm EDT, i.e. 21.00GMT (less than 2 hours from now).

[Anthraxx]

Meh, bad time to get unlucky... lets win the rest.

I should play vagman tomorrow afternoon.

[Anthraxx]

Playing soon! 10 mins max.

[Anthraxx]

Nice come back this round and rank1. Great job team.

Now to the support team battles... Can we one man defend? Again, extra relic is cool, but losing them would be a disaster.

Unused time cards (correct me if I'm wrong):
djv, shield, anubis, dials(yup!), scarab, precog, scorp.

We didn't use poison as well which gives us a great option of playing psn dials. Could even blend more stall in by adding sanctuaries (also unused)!

[Zso_Zso]

Yes we can 1-man defend, it gives us the same defense as multiple. 1 defender can go against any number of attackers. It is clearly stated in the rules, plus other teams have been doing that if you look back to previous rounds.

So I suggest we go attacking with 2 and keep 1 defender.
The targets are up for debate, maybe air and aether ?