Scorch is not the best way to counter muster cards...
sweet sweet weather cards.
Yesterday I fought the merchant at the King of Beggar's place where you have to knock at the door. He uses monsters and he had a score of over 100, holy christ.
Does the monster deck tend to be that powerful in general?
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There's one more vampire actually. And generally I agree about monsters. Muster can easily give you more net points than spies, scorch and the dragon can be protected against (especially if NG drops their stronger spies), and just keep several clear weathers against the frost. If the opponent has a spy/medic/decoy build, she (and I say she because I mean Sacha) will find decoys almost useless, since I won't play any spies against her (thus mitigating her draw advantage), and 0-str medics only marginally useful for the same reason.Vampire Cards: (5 - 4 - 4 - 4) Total Str: 17
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So yes, can be quite powerful indeed
I haven't played with a Monster deck, but I have played against them. Imo a Monster deck is a doubled edged sword, while its muster ability can easily overwhelm the oppenent it can also have a serious drawback because you can run out of cards to play.
Yesterday I was playing against a Monster Deck in Velen, the AI used ALL of its muster cards in the first round plus an ice giant and a griffin. Impressive numbers yes, oh and I played a NR spy card, can't remember the name, but it's a guy with 5 strength
I had a Frost card within reach so the overwhelming advantage quickly turned to dust. I won the first round with 4 cards (can't remember which ones). Needles to say, there was nothing the AI could do on the second round, except play a few monsters and weather cards and get owned.
, and just keep several clear weathers against the frost.
IIRC correctly there are only 2 clear weather in the whole game. That means you may get one per game.
And I can play decoys to remove my big cards thus forcing you to win 36-0. Monster decks are very easy to defeat.
EDIT: Here's a typical game vs. monster deck.
Monster plays a muster card and it pulls from the deck and not the hand (best outcome). 9 remaining
I play a spy or regular card. from 9 to 11 cards remaining
Monster is forced to play another card. 8 remaining
I can play a decoy, weather or low level card. 8 to 10 remaining.
Monster deck is forced to play another card or clear weather. 7 remaining.
I now pass. They now just have 7 cards left while I can have up to 10 if I played a spy card.
And if I had two spies they are really dead.
AI monsters is easy to beat, yes. But monsters don't have to waste musters early. If you decide to spy-spam the first round, monsters can just pass.
Well, you've also wasted your only frost (it's unlikely that you'll have 2), and it's very hard to beat monsters without it. Also, if you played your 9pt spy, it might very well be the one that stays on the board.I LOVE when the AI passes in the first round when I use my spy cards. Assuming I go first (worst case) here is a possible scenario:
Me - play spy card (as NR this is a close combat) 11 cards in hand.
Monster passes first round. (Big mistake but seen AI do this) 10 cards.
Me - Play second spy card. 12 cards in hand.
Me - Play close weather card. 11 cards in hand.
Me. Play a 4/5 point range card. 10 cards in hand
Win round gain NR card 11 cards in hand.
(The above can be modified where the monster AI plays a card but the ratios stay the same.)
I now have a win and an extra card. The AI is screwed because round two is a must win for them and they can't pass in fear of me winning that round. This means I'm pretty much guaranteed to win round 3 and the game.