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

[KingdomAces]

Retreat 3.

I think I actually have a chance of winning this way, but it's still really low.

[KingdomAces]

It's better because it makes Lance/Burst/Miasma/Shot all somewhat viable options. If I was in a corner, I think it would be possible for you to do something that covers every single option I have.

[KingdomAces]

...nevermind, I still think you have an option that covers everything.

[Zorblag]

So I think I advance 2 and then Excelsius Strike with Stun Guard and Soak wins? I'll advance 2 in any case and look over things more closely.

END OF BEAT 8

oLoMooo

Lixis - 1/7
Discard 1: Rooted Dodge
Discard 2: Pruning Strike
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Magdelina - 5/7
Discard 1: Priestess Drive
Discard 2: Spiritual Shot, Burst, Grasp
Finisher: Apotheosis
Level: 3
Trance Counters: 1
(Bonuses are A total of +3 Power, +3 Priority, Stun Guard 3)

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, the stun guard clearly isn't needed there.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 9 Attack Pair

Excelsius Strike!

Spoiler: Opening Ante

Soak 1

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Spoiler: Beat 9

Force Special Grasp

Technically I could actually clash now, but not in a way that I can also counter Dodge. While that wouldn't kill, that would just leave me in an even worse situation than the last two beats since you would have shot, and I don't really feel like dragging it out when I have practically no way of making progress.

I might actually want to reconsider going for a rematch here. I at least want to think about it a bit more.

[KingdomAces]

Power +1

[Zorblag]

Pass.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Pass

I just wanted to get you down to 1 HP.

[Zorblag]

And that you did. Good game!

I wonder if force gauge makes this matchup less interesting than it used to be. Mind you, I wonder that about many matchups.

In any case, I can do this as a rematch or something else. Just let me know. I'm currently interested in trying Heketch so that would probably be Troll's choice for a different matchup. I'd be happy to do this one again though.

Have you considered Clive? I think you might like him based on some flexibility issues.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Looking at him makes my head hurt. I don't know why that is seeing as I've at least tried to play Tanis. (Though, reading the Arcade thread made me want to look at that game again, because it was against Cadenza and I forgot how the battle against him went. I probably forgot because I didn't want to remember how badly I got beaten. That does make me wonder if I actually can play her.)

At least right now though, I'd either want to take a break and watch if you end up starting another game with someone else, or play a character I've already used. Joal and Hikaru are the main ones I'm considering right now.

[Zorblag]

Clive is much simpler than Tanis. Unless you're up against someone like Seth who has the ability to stun you just need to avoid taking too much damage, and get to get stronger each beat with the modules. Both Hikaru and Joal are great as well of course.

I think that I'll be playing Mikhail against Seth, but I'm happy to play another game with you as well unless you'd rather take a break. If you want to play either Hikaru or Joal against Heketch then we should do that.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

I'll think about that later. I actually might just have a headache in general right now. I blame MafBlack.

[Zorblag]

Yeah, take some time. Make sure that you're having fun playing. This is the latest in the many games that have been decided by one life. I hope you're still having fun, because I know I am!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[KingdomAces]

Sacred: Attacks at range 3 or greater do not hit you or deal damage during this beat. I feel like I've seen this somewhere before...

[Zorblag]

No, really, I'm just picking characters I haven't played before! And I'm not actually being sarcastic.

Well, actually I first picked Heketch to play against Seth and then I looked at the matchup and realized it was really bad for Seth, so I picked someone else. That's why I went with Heketch against whoever you want instead.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh