On top of that NG has more than 10 competitively viable decks.
Wrong! 2 leaders and bunch of decks with major differences.10 variations of Enslave do not count lol.
There is only 1 NG leader and playstyle competitively viable and to tell yourself otherwise is crazy.
Wrong! 2 leaders and bunch of decks with major differences.
Enslave 5 Midrange, Formation Midrange, Formation Spies/Poison, Enslave 5 Assimilate, Enslave 6 Reveal, Enslave 6 Tactics and Armor - I often run into these decks, they are all really good.
Some cards are auto-included in every NG deck, but the gameplan and win conditions are diferent.
I face these decks quite frequently:In terms of what you FACE, how varied is it? I found it was VERY limited/boring/repetitive, which I think is what the previous poster meant. Individually, there is creativity. But in ranked there just isn't.
I face these decks quite frequently:
Enslave 5 Midrange, Formation Midrange, Formation Spies/Poison, Enslave 5 Assimilate, Enslave 6 Reveal, Enslave 6 Tactics.
One of them is always more popular than the rest (for few days, not the entire season), but in past 2 weeks i've seen all of them multiple times. Formation is as popular as Enslave.
These deck are kind of off-meta surprise pick, that i face like once per week:
Armor, All-in Assimilate, Cahir, Lock, Soldiers.
I played against these decks in casual, they are not viable in ranked, but still fun to play:
Mill, All-in Spyes, old Hyper-Thin.
You are the exception which confirms the rule I'm afraid.Do you want to know what i play in NG nowadays?
Emhyr Cows and Living Armor. Its kinda refreshing seeing such a memey deck doing so well. And even if you lose, at least you have the satisfaction you probably confused your opponent.
I also have a more straightforward Emhyr locks deck, but its not enough to stop the 40 engines NR dishes out, its only good versus tall units, with 4/5 tall removal chances.