Post by nemesis101 on Oct 2, 2016 13:40:47 GMT
I'm back again with an in-depth faq about where to place recycle (2) on in a Warlock deck. As we all know Horned Beast (I don't discuss Zodiac cards) is normally the ruler of recycle. The dodge, mass heal and immuntiy combination makes it one of the best tanks there is in the game, so everyone put their Recycle on a Horned Beast without hesitation. I must admit, I did the same thing. I tried out Swordmaster as well, but Horned Beast was the ruler of recycle.
Up untill now...
In every topic I make I say something about the current meta. As we all know for now the current meta is about doing massive (direct) damage and rage control. If you're up against cards that deal heavy direct damage, your creatures can't be protected with frost armor, dodge, maji shield or immunity. Direct damage goes right through it. I said above that I won't discuss Zodiac cards. What I mean by that is that I won't say; "Put recycle (2) on Octavious". Why? Because you can only get them if you're very lucky or if you pay for the game. What I do say about Zodiac cards is that we're up against them. So I must tell something about them, because my topics are about how to corner them. So back to direct damage. As I told you, you can't defend your creatures against it. So you need to sustain it. When I look to the stats of Horned Beast I see that they're not good. Some criticasters always said that Horned Beast was to squeechy. Finally their time has come! Yes, Horned Beast is becoming quite squeechy once you encounter a deck with sacrifice Taurus and recycle (2) Octavious. I can't deny that. We want a recycle creature to recycle at least two turns in a row. So it needs to be able to sustain the massive direct damage.
The currect meta is also about rage control. One of the cards they use for it is Aquarius and the other one is Queen Tempress. To make fully use of the Queen Tempresses osmose skill people meld retreat on it. This way the opponents creature will be send back to the deck and Queen Tempress strikes the hero and steals it's rage. Horned Beast has immunity 7 (without upgrade). So seven out of ten times it will fail, b three out of ten it will succeed. So 30% of the time it will work. To counter this we need Stoneskin. Stoneskin works ten out of ten times. This is what we want. Besides that the stoneskin rune also heals the creature by 20 per level when stoneskin triggers. If you level it up to level 10 it heals 200 hp every time stoneskin activates! This is one of the best things there is. So a creature with huge stats and stoneskin could counter the current meta (direct damage and rage control)!
When we look to creatures who have nice stats and Stoneskin the first creature I think of is Nidhogg!
Nidhogg LV.15
ATK: 695
HP: 2020
Earth Totem 10
Stoneskin
Delay 3
Give it earth totem rune, a stoneskin rune and a vitality rune V and it's booming. Earth totem 10 increases the hp of all other creatures by 500. Delay 3 has 50% chance to seal up to three creatures of the opponent. Since sacrifice Taurus has no immunity or unbound it could be sealed away! Siggatarius with sacrifice doesn't have immunity as well. So Nidhogg is one of the best counters there is.
In the title I said something about Warlock. Warlocks prayer dispels all negative status effects and grants your creatures immunity against all control effects untill the end of your opponents next turn. Also restores x% of current hp (capped at 2.000 hp) I quoted this directly our of the game. It's one of the best defensive skills there is in the game. Wight, Captivator, Vile Songstress are all useless, because prayer nutralizes the problem. The second part of his skill "grants your creatures immunity against all control effects" is only against things like frozen, but not against retreat, disposal or instakill. Good luck for us Stoneskin covers for this. The third part of the skill "restores x% of current hp" means that it will heal your creatures massive. Creatures with lots of hp makes fully use of this (neanders!).
So when we combine it all together the best way to put recycle on in a warlock deck is Nidhogg. It gives everything you need to counter the currect meta.
I hope that you all have enjoyed reading this in-depth faq of mine. Feel free to post any comments and please share your experiences about this!
At last but not least, I dedicate this in-depth faq to Aνα∂αƘє∂ανяα . Because of him I started with these faqs. For the last time I want to say thank you! You did an amazing job with this guild and hopefully you come back one day.
Up untill now...
In every topic I make I say something about the current meta. As we all know for now the current meta is about doing massive (direct) damage and rage control. If you're up against cards that deal heavy direct damage, your creatures can't be protected with frost armor, dodge, maji shield or immunity. Direct damage goes right through it. I said above that I won't discuss Zodiac cards. What I mean by that is that I won't say; "Put recycle (2) on Octavious". Why? Because you can only get them if you're very lucky or if you pay for the game. What I do say about Zodiac cards is that we're up against them. So I must tell something about them, because my topics are about how to corner them. So back to direct damage. As I told you, you can't defend your creatures against it. So you need to sustain it. When I look to the stats of Horned Beast I see that they're not good. Some criticasters always said that Horned Beast was to squeechy. Finally their time has come! Yes, Horned Beast is becoming quite squeechy once you encounter a deck with sacrifice Taurus and recycle (2) Octavious. I can't deny that. We want a recycle creature to recycle at least two turns in a row. So it needs to be able to sustain the massive direct damage.
The currect meta is also about rage control. One of the cards they use for it is Aquarius and the other one is Queen Tempress. To make fully use of the Queen Tempresses osmose skill people meld retreat on it. This way the opponents creature will be send back to the deck and Queen Tempress strikes the hero and steals it's rage. Horned Beast has immunity 7 (without upgrade). So seven out of ten times it will fail, b three out of ten it will succeed. So 30% of the time it will work. To counter this we need Stoneskin. Stoneskin works ten out of ten times. This is what we want. Besides that the stoneskin rune also heals the creature by 20 per level when stoneskin triggers. If you level it up to level 10 it heals 200 hp every time stoneskin activates! This is one of the best things there is. So a creature with huge stats and stoneskin could counter the current meta (direct damage and rage control)!
When we look to creatures who have nice stats and Stoneskin the first creature I think of is Nidhogg!
Nidhogg LV.15
ATK: 695
HP: 2020
Earth Totem 10
Stoneskin
Delay 3
Give it earth totem rune, a stoneskin rune and a vitality rune V and it's booming. Earth totem 10 increases the hp of all other creatures by 500. Delay 3 has 50% chance to seal up to three creatures of the opponent. Since sacrifice Taurus has no immunity or unbound it could be sealed away! Siggatarius with sacrifice doesn't have immunity as well. So Nidhogg is one of the best counters there is.
In the title I said something about Warlock. Warlocks prayer dispels all negative status effects and grants your creatures immunity against all control effects untill the end of your opponents next turn. Also restores x% of current hp (capped at 2.000 hp) I quoted this directly our of the game. It's one of the best defensive skills there is in the game. Wight, Captivator, Vile Songstress are all useless, because prayer nutralizes the problem. The second part of his skill "grants your creatures immunity against all control effects" is only against things like frozen, but not against retreat, disposal or instakill. Good luck for us Stoneskin covers for this. The third part of the skill "restores x% of current hp" means that it will heal your creatures massive. Creatures with lots of hp makes fully use of this (neanders!).
So when we combine it all together the best way to put recycle on in a warlock deck is Nidhogg. It gives everything you need to counter the currect meta.
I hope that you all have enjoyed reading this in-depth faq of mine. Feel free to post any comments and please share your experiences about this!
At last but not least, I dedicate this in-depth faq to Aνα∂αƘє∂ανяα . Because of him I started with these faqs. For the last time I want to say thank you! You did an amazing job with this guild and hopefully you come back one day.