BattleCON G20 - KingdomAces (Lixis) vs. Zorblag (Magdelina)

[Zorblag]

It's another game of BattleCON! This game sees the return of the Biomancer, Lixis as she faces off against the and the Battle Channeler, Magdelina. Lixis needs to act fast before Magdelina can power up. She's had the practice in pervious matches, so we'll see how that translates to this new opponent!

If you're interested in learning about or playing a game yourself at some point I'll point you to the BattleCON discussion thread in the Arcade. For now, thanks to KingdomAces for stepping up to be the next scummer to whale on a Troll in the pbf fighting series!

We'll be playing with Dodge and the Force Gauge.

@KingdomAces, you know the drill. Yada yada yada!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Starting ante goes to Lixis on 1 and Magdelina on 2.

Original Roll String: 1d2

1 2-Sided Dice: (1) = 1

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Opening Discards and Finisher

Discard 1: Sanctimonious Grasp
Discard 2: Excelsius Strike
Finisher: Apotheosis

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Spoiler: Pregame

Discard 1: Force Special Grasp
Discard 2: Pruning Dodge
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

[KingdomAces]

Spoiler: Beat 1

Vine Lance
Probably obvious, but it's a good move, so...

Spoiler: Ante

No ante

Leaving now though, sudden stuff.

[Zorblag]

START OF GAME

ooLoMoo

Lixis 20/3
Discard 1: Force Special Grasp
Discard 2: Pruning Dodge
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Magdelina - 20/3
Discard 1: Sanctimonious Grasp
Discard 2: Excelsius Strike
Finisher: Apotheosis
Level: 0
Trance Counters: 0

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 1 Attack Pair

Force Special Blessing

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Pass on Ante.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, that was the opening I was sort of expecting.

Spoiler: Beat 1 Attack Pair - Clash 1

Force Special

Blessing

Dodge

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Spoiler: Beat 1 - Clash 1

Vine

Lance

Shot

Eh. Can't clash with this one.

[KingdomAces]

I forgot you had that. Probably should have used Drive, because there's nothing else I could do.

[Zorblag]

Yeah, I'm totally going to stall for time the first part of the game.

I'll advance 2 so that I pass you and we're adjacent.

START OF BEAT 2

oMLoooo

Lixis 20/4
Discard 1: Vine Shot
Discard 2: Force Special Grasp
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Magdelina - 20/5
Discard 1: Force Special Dodge
Discard 2: Sanctimonious Grasp
Finisher: Apotheosis
Level: 0
Trance Counters: 1

This is the one time that I don't go up in level by having more counters than my level at the end of the beat.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 2 Attack Pair

Priestess Drive

Spoiler: Opening Ante

Pass

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Spoiler: Beat 2

Venomous Strike
If you predict this again, with Excelsius Drive, I might start doing moves that aren't extremely obvious. For now though, I'm going with this. And doing either 3 or 0 damage.

[KingdomAces]

Pass

[KingdomAces]

And I didn't think about the clash again.

Spoiler: Beat 2 - Clash 1

Venomous

Strike

Burst

[Zorblag]

Right, busy times here. And that wasn't particularly me anticipating any move on your part, just trying to reduce damage I'm taking.

Spoiler: Beat 2 Attack Pair - Clash 1

Priestess

Drive

Shot

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 2 Attack Pair - Clash 2

Priestess

Drive

Shot

Strike

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 2 Attack Pair - Clash 3 if needed

I don't think it can be needed as you don't have Shot available which is the one base which would clash, so you're winning priority here.

Spoiler: Base discard if I get hit this beat

Shot

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Don't think I have an option here.

Spoiler: Beat 2 - Clash 1

Venomous

Strike

Burst

Drive

Something tells me this is going to make the next few beats a lot harder than they should be.

[KingdomAces]

Advance 1 twice.

START OF BEAT 3

oMLoooo

Lixis 18/5
Discard 1: Venomous Drive
Discard 2: Vine Shot
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Magdelina - 17/6
Discard 1: Priestess Strike, Shot
Discard 2: Force Special Dodge
Finisher: Apotheosis
Level: 1
Trance Counters: 0
-2 Priority (For a total of +1 Power, -1 Priority, Stun Guard 1)

I think.

[Zorblag]

That looks right except that I should do 2 damage I think.

I'll also have -2 Priority this beat, though that's not missing from the description.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

And you have the priority there at the end. Hmm, and I'd forgotten the stun guard on my UA, so thanks for that reminder!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 3 Attack Pair

Safety Blessing!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Yeah, forgot about that somehow.

Spoiler: Beat 3

Pruning Burst
Safety Blessing has to be coming this turn, right? If it's not, then Grasp is a far better move, but not letting you heal and level is more important than force or positioning.

Spoiler: Ante

+2 Priority

----Pass if pass----