BattleCON G7 - KingdomAces (Lixis) vs. Zorblag (Ottavia)

[KingdomAces]

Spoiler: Beat 10

Vine Burst

[KingdomAces]

OooLooo

Lixis: 3/7
Naturalizing Strike
Shot

Ottavia: 15/7
Demolition Drive
Cover Dash


I think.

[Zorblag]

Beat 6

Start of Beat Summary
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L

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Lixis

:

10 life
Force Gauge: 6
Discard 1: Force Dash
Discard 2: Vine Shot
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Ottavia

:

17 life
Force Gauge: 7
Discard 1: Anti-Personnel Burst
Discard 2: Snapback Strike, Dash
Finisher: Double Barrel

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Lixis

:

Naturalizing Lance

Range: 2 ~ 3
Power: 2
Priority: 6
Opponents cannot move into or through the spaces adjacent to you during this beat. They may still move out of these spaces.

Reveal:

Negate the effects of all counters, tokens and cards anted by the nearest opponent. Players cannot spend tokens or counters during this beat. The opponent's power, priority, and range cannot exceed printed values during this beat.

Ottavia

:

Demolition Shot

Range: 1 ~ 4
Power: 3
Priority: 3

Stun Guard 2

On Hit:

If the opponent's priority is 1 or less, the opponent is stunned.

After Activating:

Advance up to 4 spaces.

Ante:

Ottavia Antes Target Lock 5.
Lixis Antes 2 Force for Power +1.

Reveal:

None

Start of Beat:

None

Active Player (

Lixis

):

Lixis hits Ottavia.
Ottavia discards Drive.
Ottavia takes 2 damage and is not stunned.

Reactive Player (

Ottavia

):

Ottavia hits Lixis.
Lixis takes 3 damage and is stunned.

End of Beat:

None

Recycle:

Lixis gains 1 Force.
Ottavia gains 1 Force.
On to Beat 7.

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Current State
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Lixis

:

7 life
Force Gauge: 7
Discard 1: Naturalizing Lance
Discard 2: Force Dash
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Ottavia

:

15 life
Force Gauge: 6
Discard 1: Demolition Shot, Drive
Discard 2: Anti-Personnel Burst
Finisher: Double Barrel

[Zorblag]

Actually, I think you have access to shot. Your Finisher is in your discard 2 right now, but shot should be in your hand.

If that's not the force then it's close enough. Life looks like what I expect.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

IDK. I wouldn't want to change my move if I did have access to Shot, and (unless you kill me) I'll be getting it back next beat anyway, so it doesn't really matter here.

I thought that the finisher was removed from the game after use, even on whiff. Would it really be in Discard 2?

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 10 Attack Pair

Snapback Grasp

Ante Target Lock 5.

And yeah, I guess the discard 2 slot is just empty. Maybe the base goes there? I agree it shouldn't matter this time, but we should see if we can figure that out for sure.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Pass

[Zorblag]

Pass. For special actions the base is returned to the owner's hand. I think we would assume that happens here as well. So you would have had access to shot.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Um, does Snapback activate, since Burst is Start of Beat? If not, retreat 2.

[Zorblag]

Hmm, looks like I'm faster so you won't be able to move with your burst. I will push you one on hit. You do have enough stun guard to not get stunned by my 2 damage. I'll have to discard a card (let's go with shooter.) You can then pull me up to 2.

That all look right?

p-edit It does activate as it's a passive (it doesn't have a particular phase it activates, so it's up all phase long after the reveal.)

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Actually, I think I'll keep you there.

[Zorblag]

So OoooLoo?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Wait, I forgot you pushed me. Let me think a bit more then.

[KingdomAces]

Pull 2.

I'm missing a lot more than normal now, probably due to fatalism. Sorry about that. If Cybele still wants to, he should take the next game.

[KingdomAces]

Wait, he said he didn't have time. I might want to switch characters though, maybe to Hikaru so I don't end up missing stuff again due to unfamiliarity. I'll have to think about it.

Spoiler: Beat 11

Venomous Lance

[Zorblag]

Like I said earlier, I think this was a bad matchup in retrospect. I want to keep you at range and have movement cards that let me get to range fairly easily. You want to close the gap, but have more limited options of which I have some counters (snapback stopping you from moving for example.) When I've got you at 4 or more range in particular, if you want to land an attack it's a very limited set of options you have. That means that I can more easily work around them (especially with target lock.)

I think that Cybele is still on the busy side, but if you're up for another game I'll suggest we go with a different matchup. I'll certainly change, you can either stick with Lixis or swap up yourself.

We can also certainly give it a day or two if you want a break.

So I've got ooOoLoo for position.

Lixis 1 life, 9 force.
Discard 1 Vine Burst.
Discard 2 Naturalizing Strike.

Ottavia 12 live, 8 force.
Discard 1 Snapback Grasp, Shooter.
Discard 2 Demolition Drive.

Sound right?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 11 Attack Pair

Cover Strike!

Ante Target Lock 2.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

+

Stun Guard

Power

[Zorblag]

*chuckles* Stun guard would be silly.

+1 Soak

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Pass

[Zorblag]

Pass.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

I guess I'm forced to advance 1.

[Zorblag]

Well, we've both got minimum range 2. You can move or not, it's up to 1 space. Clearly you want to though.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Yeah, as much as I want to hit you, I'd rather not take a cannon to the face right now.
No Pulse.

Spoiler: Beat 12

Pruning Grasp

Spoiler: Ante

Power

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 12 Attack Pair

Demolition Drive

Ante Target Lock 6.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh