RavingRabbid 5 - Nilsieboy 2: Trials Of Water: FINAL BATTLE.

[RavingRabbid]

It is time for the final showdown.

The battle for the new protector of Atlantis.
Nilsieboy vs RavingRabbid.

On all the spectate mode screens 17:00 GMT, Saturday.

[TheIdioticIdiot]

sneak preview:
raving's bans
shockwave: for other elements, this is surprising, for water, not so much, insta-kill is too nice to give up
miracle: completely shuts down ice bolt/miracle stall
phase shield: this is quite a game changer, i can see why it's banned
discord: despite water being more of a "support" element, it's used in duos, or trios the most, discord will still hurt it
poison: no poison rush for nils i guess...
deflag: fire/water is stronger than what most ppl think, this shuts down about 20% of that, as PC is one of the most important value fire offers in the duo

nils' bans
wings: i like this ban more than dim shield personally, since most water creatures are not airborne (only dragons are), and this is cheaper, also lasts 2 turns longer
miracle: see miracle
phase shield: see phase shield
steal: hurts more than explosion, but i think explosion is a better ban for reasons mention in "deflag"
deflag: well, i guess nils can ban both
nova: now, this is interesting.. as nova isn't that good when your deck is 50% water..

raving shuts down miracle stall, and semi shuts down poison rush/stall,  tho he doesn't have wings or phase shield, but he does have permafrost, and nils can't use deflag or steal...
nils on the other hand shut down miracle stall, and two of the best shields raving can use, and left raving without too much viable PC (he himself doesn't either tho), so... i can see maybe 3 out of 7 or 8 decks having permafrost
overall, it's pretty even

[Essence]

Nova was a brilliant choice by nils.  Check the Water War room for a few good reasons why.

[nilsieboy]

this is going to be epic, i think we'll fight somewhere saturday
  nilsieboy

[RavingRabbid]

There's a time on the first post.

[nilsieboy]

correction for time, it'll be somewhere between 17 and 18:00 GMT.
good luck rav, may the best water addict win

[PlayerOa]

So...
When does the battles begin (or are they finished)?

[gavsword]

Happening RIGHT NOW

[PlayerOa]

What is the IGN's?
Nevermind, figured it

[RavingRabbid]

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[RavingRabbid]

Ok. I did win.


Now, a decent summary:


1st Battle:

Quakelers vs Speed Poison:

It was a close enough game.
I won because of my EQs over his Bone Walls.
He poisoned me too much, and didn't have enough quanta.
Mostly, 6 pends in first draw.

2nd Battle:

Stairway to Heaven vs Winged Fishes:
Huuuuuh. Squids. Eagles. No Airborne big hitters. Pwned. Brutally.


3rd Battle:

Quakelers vs Winged Fishes:
Not fast enough. 6 pendulums in first draw, again.


4th Battle:

Aces High vs Winged Fishes.
Another close close close game.
I won because I fractaled at the right moment. (Asap).


5th Battle:

Northern Wind vs Adrenacrawlers.
He had an horrible draw. I had a meh one. I could still pull it off with EM.


6th Battle:

Discord Inferno vs Darkness/Water.
I didn't play Discord/Permafrost. That gave me the win. Almost with an EM.


7th Battle:

BURN vs Novarawlers

Huh. We both had meh draws. I was faster.



Ggs, nils.

[Ryli]

That's not very clear, Rabbid.
So it's 5-2 to Nilsie?

Edit: Just got ninja'd with a better summary. One that can be understood this time