BattleCON G10 - KingdomAces (Lixis) vs. Zorblag (Seth)

[Zorblag]

It's another game of BattleCON! Realizing that he's been playing with an unitended handicap, KingdomAces returns the Biomancer Lixis to the arena once more! This time he'll be matching up against the Oracle, Seth! Can Seth see anything in his future other than defeat at the hands of the Biomancer? He's being surprisingly closed lipped about it.

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, go ahead and submit your discard 1, discard 2 and finisher. Remember that Discard 2 is the one you'll get back first.

Rolling for Ante
Lixis: 1
Seth: 2

Original Roll String: 1d2

1 2-Sided Dice: (2) = 2

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Opening Discards and Finisher

Discard 1: Force Special Grasp
Discard 2: Fool's Shot
Finisher: Reading Fate

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Start of Game

Start of Game summary
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Lixis:

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

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 2
Discard 1: Force Special Grasp
Discard 2: Fool's Shot
Finisher: Reading Fate

[Zorblag]

And when I was trying to verify your discards I just accidentally looked at your beat 1 attack pair.

If you could go ahead and submit a new one (or the same one if you like but in a new spoiler so I don't know if it's the same,) that would be great.

So sorry about that!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Sorry again for looking at that attack pair!

Spoiler: Beat 1 Attack Pair

Compelling Dodge

You have first Ante.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Ante Beyond Eyes Shot.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Pass.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Lance is a pain. You win Priority. I'll retreat 2 at start of beat. You can advance 1 if you like.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I guess I'll push you back 2.

oLooooS

That isn't really the positioning I wanted out of this beat. I would have done this attack pair anyhow (and in the case of rooted burst I would have dodged past you with my start of beat. I don't really love that position either, but rooted was going to be a pain just like lance.)

And this game will be about leaving the next couple beats how we want them I think, yeah.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 2 Attack Pair

Vanishing Shot!

You ante first.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Ante Beyond Eyes Shot.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Pass

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I think I hit for 3 and no one moves Sound right? And we'll see if I can stop the damage next turn. We'll see.

And now I need to deal with a baby here before I can do anything else so I'll have to get back to the game this evening.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

1 damage it is!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Right, well I guess I've got to start the damage somewhere. 1 will have to do for now.

Spoiler: Beat 3 Attack Pair

Fool's Omen

Ante Beyond Eyes Shot.

That's going to do something eventually, right?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Beat 1

Start of Beat Summary
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Lixis:

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

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 2
Discard 1: Force Special Grasp
Discard 2: Fool's Shot
Finisher: Reading Fate

---

Lixis:

Venomous Lance

Range: 2
Power: 4
Priority: 5

Stun Guard 2

Opponents cannot move into or through the spaces adjacent to you during this beat. They may still move out of these spaces.

Before Activating:

Advance up to 1 space.

On Hit:

The opponent has -2 Priority during the next beat.

Seth:

Compelling Dodge

Range: N/A
Power: N/A
Priority: 3

This attack does not hit opponents.

Start of Beat:

Move 1, 2, or 3 spaces. If you moved past an opponent, that player cannot hit you this beat.

Before Activating:

Move the Opponent 1 space.

After Activating:

Move the Opponent 1 space.

Ante:

Seth Antes Beyond Eyes Shot

Reveal:

None

Start of Beat:

Seth retreats 2 spaces.

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Active Player (

Lixis

):

Lixis advances 1 space.

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Lixis does not hit.

Reactive Player (

Seth

):

Seth Pushes Lixis 1 space.

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Seth does not hit.
Seth pushes Lixis 1 space.

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End of Beat:

None

Recycle:

Lixis gains 1 Force.
Seth gains 1 Force.
On to Beat 2.

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Current State
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Lixis:

20 life
Force Gauge: 3
Discard 1: Venomous Lance
Discard 2: Force Special Dodge
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 3
Discard 1: Compelling Dodge
Discard 2: Force Special Grasp
Finisher: Reading Fate

[Zorblag]

Pass.

Let's see the damage!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Vine Drive would also have hit me (if I hadn't anted Fool's to reduce the maximum range by 1.) But yeah, I think we both just sit here for another beat.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

My notes are all over the place given that I'm typing up prior beats. If you could come up with a summary of the current state that would be great!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

OK, so I need to hold onto that 1 life lead for 12 more beats. Sounds fun!

It's a different game than the last two, that's for sure.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 4 Attack Pair

Compelling Burst

You ante first again because I'm slow this game.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Beat 2

Start of Beat Summary
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Lixis:

20 life
Force Gauge: 3
Discard 1: Venomous Lance
Discard 2: Force Special Dodge
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 3
Discard 1: Compelling Dodge
Discard 2: Force Special Grasp
Finisher: Reading Fate

---

Lixis:

Rooted Grasp

Range: 0 ~ 1
Power: 3
Priority: 3

Soak 2

You may ignore movement effects that would be applied to you this beat, including your own.

On Hit:

Move the opponent 1 space.

Seth:

Vanishing Shot

Range: 2 ~ 5
Power: 3
Priority: 2

Attacks at Range 3 or greater do not hit you this beat.

Stun Guard 2

Start of Beat:

Retreat up to 1 space.

Ante:

Seth Antes Beyond Eyes Shot

Reveal:

None

Start of Beat:

None

Active Player (

Lixis

):

Lixis does not hit.

Reactive Player (

Seth

):

Seth hits Lixis.
Lixis soaks 2 damage, takes 1 damage and is stunned.

End of Beat:

None

Recycle:

Lixis gains 1 Force.
Seth gains 1 Force.
On to Beat 3.

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Current State
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Lixis:

19 life
Force Gauge: 4
Discard 1: Rooted Grasp
Discard 2: Venomous Lance
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 4
Discard 1: Vanishing Shot
Discard 2: Compelling Dodge
Finisher: Reading Fate

[Zorblag]

Ante Beyond Eyes Dash.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Sorry, dash makes no sense in this game. Should be drive.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Beat 3

Start of Beat Summary
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Lixis:

19 life
Force Gauge: 4
Discard 1: Rooted Grasp
Discard 2: Venomous Lance
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 4
Discard 1: Vanishing Shot
Discard 2: Compelling Dodge
Finisher: Reading Fate

---

Lixis:

Vine Shot

Range: 1 ~ 6 (-1 to 0 ~ 5)
Power: 3
Priority: 0

Stun Guard 5

On Hit:

Pull the opponent up to 2 spaces.

Seth:

Fool's Omen

Range: 1
Power: 2 + 2
Priority: -3 + 2

Start of Beat:

If you correctly guessed an opponent's base with Seth's Beyond Eyes ability this beat, that opponent is stunned.

Start of Beat:

The nearest opponent has -1 Maximum and Minimum Range.

Ante:

Seth Antes Beyond Eyes Shot

Reveal:

Seth gains +2 Power and +2 Priority from Beyond Eyes.

Start of Beat:

Lixis is stunned.

Active Player (

Lixis

):

Lixis is stunned.

Reactive Player (

Seth

):

Seth does not hit.

End of Beat:

None

Recycle:

Lixis gains 1 Force.
Seth gains 1 Force.
On to Beat 4.

---

Current State
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Lixis:

19 life
Force Gauge: 5
Discard 1: Vine Shot
Discard 2: Rooted Grasp
Finisher: Virulent Miasma

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 5
Discard 1: Fool's Omen
Discard 2: Vanishing Shot
Finisher: Reading Fate

[Zorblag]

Pass as well.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

You win priority, You're up first for start of beat.

[Zorblag]

He's worse in the 2 - 4 range it feels like, but at range 5 and 6 with your toolset there's a rotation of things he can do. It's not going to do damage of note, but it doesn't need to as Seth wins on thin margins I think.

I'll move you up one and back one I guess. No sense giving you that range 4 you want.

Switch your finisher or leave it?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Well, my original plan was to try to corner you and fight at melee, but the first round made that awkward so I went with this. I don't know that we'll get to finisher territory if we stay at this range. Regardless, finish switch it is!

Don't let me stop you from deciding to take some damage though. *grins*

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 5 Attack Pair

Wyrding Dodge

Must still be your ante, right?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Ante Beyond Eyes Drive.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Pass.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Hmm, looks like I win priority. I'll advance 1. You miss. That should be about it this beat, right?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I had a plan. It was going to be awesome even if it probably gave you the long term advantage. If you did use drive I was going to use the dodge start of beat first to advance 3ish (depending on everything you put out there,) and then switch it with Wyrding for Drive to close the rest of the gap and hit you for 5, leaving us at melee. Sadly we can only dream of being in melee.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

But I've got grading to do tonight so I should probably stop here. If I finish up and have the energy I'll put up one more move at the end of the evening.

Thanks for the couple beats!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, and I'm glad I found a good place to tell you about it before using that to be honest. I don't want to have my tactics be surprising (in the sense that you didn't even realize the cards could do that together.) Surprising in that you didn't think I'd make that move is fine.

I think that the nerf/buff depends on the characters. Being able to clash it out is pretty big in some cases, but there are characters (like Seth,) for whom it's a nice change.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

That powering up of Pruning is one of the reasons that pulling that move was probably a bad one long term for me (as well as just having less bases.) Lixis is an interesting matchup for Seth (but I suspect she is for most characters.)

Still grading so no time to think through the next move yet.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Hmm, you could pulse at the end of that beat if you wanted to. I don't know if you want to, but it's an option that you might not have thought of as you were at 7 Force by the end of the beat.

If that either changes how you want to finish last beat or changes how you want to play this one feel free. If last beat doesn't change I'll go with this whether you change your attack pair or not. If you do want to pulse I'll have to reconsider.

Spoiler: Beat 6 Attack Pair

Vanishing Shot

Spoiler: Opening Ante

Beyond Eyes Drive

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Fair enough, I'll pass as well.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Looks like you have priority. I'll not retreat as I do want to hit you this beat and I can't count on you stepping forward if I do.

You can advance 1 or stay in the corner. I'll then hit you for 3, aka 200% more damage than the previous top hit in this game!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I haven't decided whether I'm going to use pulse yet. I need to have some free time away from kids to look at options (and that's proving tough today.) I take it that you're not going to pulse as you have the first option.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

That's fine. I have grading to do again anyhow so it's better if I don't spend all evening on it.

I think I will pulse so that we're adjacent (advance 3.)

That means that you should scrap your attack pair and choose a new one when you're ready.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Beat 6

Start of Beat Summary

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Lixis:

19 life
Force Gauge: 8
Discard 1: Pruning Burst
Discard 2: Force Special Dodge
Finisher: Life Virus

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 7
Discard 1: Wyrding Dodge
Discard 2: Compelling Burst
Finisher: Reading Fate

---

Lixis:

Venomous Grasp

Range: 1
Power: 3
Priority: 5

Stun Guard 2

Before Activating:

Advance up to 1 space.

On Hit:

Move the opponent 1 space.

On Hit:

The opponent has -2 Priority during the next beat.

Seth:

Vanishing Shot

Range: 2 ~ 5
Power: 3
Priority: 2

Attacks at Range 4 or greater do not hit you this beat.

Stun Guard 2

Start of Beat:

Retreat up to 1 space.

Ante:

Seth Antes Beyond Eyes Drive

Reveal:

None

Start of Beat:

None

Active Player (

Lixis

):

Lixis advances 1 space.

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Lixis does not hit.

Reactive Player (

Seth

):

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

End of Beat:

Seth spends 7 Force to Pulse.
Seth advances 3 spaces.

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Recycle:

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

---

Current State
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Lixis:

16 life
Force Gauge: 9
Discard 1: Venomous Grasp
Discard 2: Pruning Burst
Finisher: Life Virus

Seth:

20 life
Force Gauge: 1
Discard 1: Vanishing Shot
Discard 2: Wyrding Dodge
Finisher: Reading Fate

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 7 Attack Pair

Mimic's Strike!

Your ante first.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Well, it was getting trickier to figure out how to keep you at range, so I figured I'd close the gap on my own terms.

Any ante?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

OK, in a terrible move on my part I'm going to Ante Beyond Eyes Dash.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Sorry, I'm doing that in the other game as well. I mean Drive.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I mix up shot and strike when I'm typing them and dash and drive for some reason. Or occasionally dash and dodge. Apparently if two words start with the same letter that's too complicated for me. Stupid letters.

Pass as well. Let's see what happens!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, that was the obvious one. I should have just gone with it, but I figured it might be too obvious this time.

Looks like I'll go first, hit you for 3, then you hit me for 5. I'll discard drive.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, it cut my gap in half, but at least I still have a gap.

Spoiler: Beat 8 Attack Pair

Wyrding Dodge

Spoiler: Opening Ante

Beyond Eyes Burst

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Burst Lance would be impressive if it were legal. Sort of? I mean it's 6 damage with some sort of range that would be good if coherent.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

And I'm off to cook dinner and take care of kids for the evening. I'll be back later.

This is an interesting matchup. I need to play a lot more Seth to get better at him I think. I don't know if I have the patience, but we'll see!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Any ante?

Best of 3 would be fine with me!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

No ante here.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

And I guess it's to the corner with me. Which means that we both fail to hit.

With a dodge beat that's all I can hope for.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 9 Attack Pair

Fool's Omen

Spoiler: Opening Ante

Beyond Eyes Grasp

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

And pass. This either worked or it didn't.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, I could counter either burst or grasp that turn, but not both. Looks like I picked wrong. Again. Ah well.

Nice move! I'll take a look at the discards when I've got a chance.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yuck.

I'll discard burst and shot.

Spoiler: Beat 10 Attack Pair

Vanishing Strike

Spoiler: Opening Ante

Beyond Eyes Lance

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I think that's all right. I also think that it's a brutal rest of the game for me.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

No worries and no hurry. I understand the dilemma and I've made a string of the wrong choices in a row in this game and the one with Cybele. You'll probably figure it out based on how I'm playing at this point, but I'm not in too big a hurry to get smacked around.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I will pass.

Marmelee's Alt UA looks much better than her standard one. Which is good as her standard one is really pretty under powered is the conventional wisdom. She needs to avoid stuns like Clive, but doesn't have nearly the toolset to do so. I've played in two duels with here. I beat her with Luc 20 to 0 against someone just learning the game (I tried to talk him into another character, but he wanted the challenge.) Then we switched characters and I squeaked out something like a 4 to 0 victory against Luc with her, but, again, it was that players second game ever. I doubt I would have been able to win again with her if we'd kept playing. And Luc isn't exactly a powerhouse (which was why I picked him.)

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yup. You hit me for 3. I'll discard drive. I don't quite start getting 2 force per beat, but I'm almost there.

Other than moving forward and giving me -2 priority for next beat I think that's about it.

I'll think about my next move and try to get back to you soon.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

So for this beat I'm pretty sure I haven't left the corner. Position would be

SLooooo

And Force caps at 10, though that's unlikely to play too much of a factor.

Still haven't looked at options for what to do yet.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 11 Attack Pair

Mimic's Grasp!

Letting you confirm your attack and ante before I ante this time around (because of the different than expected board position and Force Gauge for you.)

[Zorblag]

I forgot Grasp and was reading what you typed as oSLoooo (I thought you had me advancing 1 space for some reason.)

Let me see if that changes what I'd want to do. I don't think so, but let me look.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Hmm, I think I'll leave it I guess.

You're happy with your attack pair?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

OK. That makes much more sense then. Yeah, good, I'm not losing it quite that much.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

OK, Ante Beyond Eyes Lance.

My plan still works as well as it would have before. Actually a little bit better in a couple cases maybe.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

No, nevermind, I still lose to the same thing I did before, just in a different spot.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Pass.

Now we see how much you hurt me.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Apparently I view Lance as a much bigger deal than you do. (Though it was more so in the position I thought we were in.)

Looks like you get to move if you want. I'll follow.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, you say definitely, but then you'd have to expect me to expect it and who knows from there. I'll pull you 1 which I expect you to not take due to rooted.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

And past that it's been a long week, so I'm off to bed.

That wasn't as bad as the beat I feared it would be, (nor as good as the one I'd hoped for.) And I've at least got some more options for the next one. I'll have to sort through them later.

Still, advantage Lixis in a pretty big way I think. I can't win by doing 1 damage a beat from here on out and I need to connect in a bigger way than I've done any beat this game so far. Not to mention your ability to just kill me.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Interesting. I might actually have guessed a beat after a long spell of misses then.

Though Rooted Lance is such a nice attack pair there. Unless I can stun you it's just going to hit me and that soak makes any hit I do fairly paltry (though guessing lance helps.) A rooted drive in this case did me in, but it was vulnerable to the dodge so it wasn't the guaranteed move.

With the new position it might have been better to dodge away (though it turns out that probably would have failed as I think I would have anted beyond eyes strike with that to avoid the strike clash I was more worried about,) but I need to do some damage and time is slipping away.

In any case, no pressure these last 4 beats!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

No, I meant in the position I thought we were in (me in the corner, you adjacent,) or I guess that you thought we were in. In our actual position dodge got more useful, yeah. But I'd spent enough time thinking and it was an offensive move that I needed to make to have a chance in the game overall.

Anyhow, I'll get to a move sometime tomorrow I think. Instead of sleeping I've been drinking, but that's not any better for making a move now.

Have a lovely evening!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

That's almost a point with the spoilers, but with Naturalizing in the game I could see a position where I'd want to pass to prevent you from anteing priority (as Beyond Eyes doesn't help me past winning clashes in most of the cases that you use Naturalizing.) It turns out that last beat it did matter even with Naturalizing because the +2 Priority might have offset the -2 penalty from your last attack, but often Naturalizing makes my ante much less interesting.

Which I guess means I think you didn't go with Naturalizing? I probably won't assume that when picking my attack pair though. Because maybe you're cunning enough to make me try to go down that rabbit hole.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Though in this case I have first ante, so I can't even assume that about Naturalizing. Mmmm, drinking and BattleCON.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

No, it wouldn't stop me from winning priority ties. I'm just thinking of a case when I might be pretty sure you were going to play it and I had something like a 4 priority to your 3. In that case I'd probably want to avoid your ability to ante so that I could still beat the attack. I wouldn't gain power with my ante due to naturalizing, but you could still win priority if you anted the force for it. It's not super likely to happen, but it's possible.

Spoiler: Beat 12 Attack Pair

Compelling Dodge!
I guess I am willing to waste a beat for positioning after all. I don't think you'll play Lance here.

Ante Beyond Eyes Shot.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Pass.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Stalling is absolutely legit as a tactic here. Plus you've got access to pulse which might help you with that stall depending on when it's used.

I think I need to Advance 1 and then push you twice with my move.

oooSooL.

Care to pulse?

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 13 Attack Pair

Vanishing Drive

Ante Beyond Eyes Shot.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

And I guess you anted first. I suppose I could have looked to see your none, but it seemed pretty likely to me.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Right, Power +1 because, well, yeah.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Pass. Let's see how this goes.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Pesky Stun Guard 3. OK, let's see here. I will choose not to retreat. I'll advance 1 hit you for 3, not stunning you.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I'll discard Burst.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh.

[Zorblag]

Spoiler: Beat 14 Attack Pair

Wyrding Omen

Spoiler: Opening Ante

Beyond Eyes Lance

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

I don't think that it's actually possible for me to win this game at this point.

Pass.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, I think that even if you'd done Rooted Lance with the soak there it gives me 3 damage, not enough to close the gap. Then you could dodge away next beat.

Anything else also beats me. Like the pruning Burst (or Venomous Grasp, or ...)

Good game! Well played!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

So I do want a rematch, but I want to wait until tomorrow. That one didn't feel unwinnable, just really hard given my current Seth play.

Congratulations!

As for the last two wins by me, remember that you were effectively playing with the nerfed abilities. I wouldn't count them as losses given that.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

Yeah, your range options were a bother and Lance was constantly a worry; I seldom had the same range of options that you did in a given beat. I also probably shouldn't have used that pulse, but rather should have made you come in to get me eventually. Had I gotten a few more Beyond Eyes in it might have gone differently (and at the end I needed to try to rush things which isn't in my favor at all for this matchup.) In any case, I'll see what I can manage for the next game or two (whichever is needed for the best of 3,) and then I'll probably switch out to another character for now.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[Zorblag]

No, if you're enjoying Lixis stick with her. I'm happy doing a best of 3 here, but then I want to try out lots of characters over time and don't mind switching at all. Besides, I at least don't have to learn a new opponent each time this way so there's that going for me. If you want to switch at any point you're welcome to, but do it for your enjoyment, not mine. I'm having fun!

-Zorblag R`Lyeh