Im making this thread not for us to complain more about how brainless yet so strong Monster relicts is, but to take the matter into our own hands and discuss counters and ways to beat it.
- First of all, we all call it 'pointslam', but that isnt accurate, when two of their key pieces are engines, and without them they would not be as scary. Im talking about Witch Apprentice and Selfeater. Amazing how these cards appeared around a year ago but they still dominate MO. And how Witch apprentice is only 5 provisions when its a bronze and better than most 6 and 7 provision cards.
- The playerbase has part of the blame. Everyone has a choice in what to play, but there is a huge tendency for the meta to gravitate either towards toxic decks or very simple (the so-called "brainless") decks that are very reliable.
- I thought going into Pro rank early on, when there's only the very good players there, would allow me to dodge finding these basic decks... Unfortunately i was wrong. It seems golden nekker is out of favor, and 10+ provision relicts are back on track (SWK, Mammuna, Gerni), probably due to Triss MS, but the deck is still mostly similar.
As much as i love Triss as a character, this card has dumbed down the game even further.
Anyway, i decided to do something about it, humility aside, its one of my specialties: make an anti-meta deck against MO relicts.
I took a break from making the lives of ST and NG players miserable - my usual victims - and focused on destroying and humiliating MO relicts, without any care on how good it is against other decks.
I started with NR, half siege engines, half nasty stuff (scorch, igni, censer, vincent meis... a lot of tall punishment). I was successful, not only did i win on this matchup, i made every single opponent forfeit, including one of the most experienced and respected pro players, who sadly was using these brainless crap.
If requested, i can share the deck here, maybe even make a small guide.
I am planning to make decks for other factions to counter this plague, but feel free to share your own decks, tips, cards that are relevant on the subject.
- First of all, we all call it 'pointslam', but that isnt accurate, when two of their key pieces are engines, and without them they would not be as scary. Im talking about Witch Apprentice and Selfeater. Amazing how these cards appeared around a year ago but they still dominate MO. And how Witch apprentice is only 5 provisions when its a bronze and better than most 6 and 7 provision cards.
- The playerbase has part of the blame. Everyone has a choice in what to play, but there is a huge tendency for the meta to gravitate either towards toxic decks or very simple (the so-called "brainless") decks that are very reliable.
- I thought going into Pro rank early on, when there's only the very good players there, would allow me to dodge finding these basic decks... Unfortunately i was wrong. It seems golden nekker is out of favor, and 10+ provision relicts are back on track (SWK, Mammuna, Gerni), probably due to Triss MS, but the deck is still mostly similar.
As much as i love Triss as a character, this card has dumbed down the game even further.
Anyway, i decided to do something about it, humility aside, its one of my specialties: make an anti-meta deck against MO relicts.
I took a break from making the lives of ST and NG players miserable - my usual victims - and focused on destroying and humiliating MO relicts, without any care on how good it is against other decks.
I started with NR, half siege engines, half nasty stuff (scorch, igni, censer, vincent meis... a lot of tall punishment). I was successful, not only did i win on this matchup, i made every single opponent forfeit, including one of the most experienced and respected pro players, who sadly was using these brainless crap.
If requested, i can share the deck here, maybe even make a small guide.
I am planning to make decks for other factions to counter this plague, but feel free to share your own decks, tips, cards that are relevant on the subject.
