Tamacountry13;n8247260 said:
Alright let's take it to the basics.
He's a 5 Str Gold Ambush that needs a special to be played to get any value whatsoever.
Him being a Gold makes him immune to weather which isn't a big deal as he's only 5 Str.
He's an Ambush which makes him immune to Shackles, Not a issue either as Geralt Igni for comparison can't be Shackles either.
The biggest plus to Ambush is your opponent doesn't know which Ambush card you played. Most players can actually deduce which Ambush you played so they can play around them, Every now and then though you might surprise a few people as he's not used much.
As for his effect, If you activate him yourself he's straight up a worse Igni as you have a lot less control over it and you sacrifice a card.
His ONLY value happens IF your opponent plays a special and that's a big if.
Now not all decks run a lot or any specials which make him REALLY bad against these decks.
If your opponent guesses that it's Schirru on the field they can plan ahead to reduce the damage he does
Passing while they're in the lead is a pretty good way to deal with him or just passing early to not have to deal with him.
They can also just straight up not use any specials.
They can also activate him on purpose to prevent more damage down the line.
Overall he's a great card when he works but terrible when he doesn't which is why he's not used a lot.
The best way to see how good he is is to try him out yourself, You'll soon see he not as great as you make him out to be.
Well good thing the ST faction can pull out a special card anytime they want.
He's the highest powered scorch card and capable of ignoring a whole play when your opponent uses a special card. Also that 1 extra power can make a big different
That's part of the problem...you don't know when he's played so if you were to activate a special card and HE IS on the field, then rip. Most player can deduce what ambush card is play? Really? Well give me some names and tell me what level they are because every time I use my ambush deck I always seem to pull off ambush easily. Same goes to when I face off against ambush card. So tell me, how can you deduce what ambush card is what when they are ALL agile and ALL faced down? Please I really gotta know so when I face an ambush deck I have a chance to see what the face down card is. Mate...you might be surprised that the ST factions that I'M facing on my level are using full on ambush cards.
Well that would really depend on the situation wouldn't it? I don't see a problem with activating Schirru myself if the opponent has a high powered unit on the field. Also most of the time (like 90%), the opponent activates it for me anyways
What? If you activate Schirru yourself how are not going to get a huge swing? Destroying the highest unit on only your opponent side is quite powerful.
Lets be honest here, most of us have first light, decoy, and thunder, and we ALWAYS try to keep at least one first light for weather control or thunder for effect cards.
Once again, how can you guess if the ambush card is Schirru if all ambush cards are faced down agile units? Please tell me what clues there is. Oh the opponent placed an ambush card in the middle, so I'm guessing you would think its Toruviel. What happens if its not Toruviel but Ciaran for CA
Not use any special card at all for the whole round? I don't think your playing gwent correctly if you don't have at least decoy in your deck
Yeah activate Schirru = you just wasted your turn AND you got scorched, now you are 2 turns behind the opponent, bravo!
Works terrible?
Well good thing I do use him and have a 80% WR on my deck