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Today, I am going to talk about a type of card that we desparetely need in the game to balance the game and shake the meta a little bit especially in diamond/champion leagues.
If you play in diamond/champion league, you probably know what I'm talking about...
- What is the card that is used a lot when we're expecting magic or archery?
- What is the card that is one of the best combos with Kitty?
- What is the card that hurts when your attack misses and when your attack hits?
- What is the card that can reflect every kind of attack with Mylor?
Yes, it is this card:
After Amplify is introduced in the game, this card became super popular. Everyone uses this card, often with Mylor & Kitty. In small or middle mana matches, sometimes all you need is Kitty and Almo Cambio to win the game.
Is it so fun if you expect this kind of line up every single keep your distance ruleset?
The first two monsters are always the same, Almo cambio & Cornealus.
You don't even have to think about it!
I feel like I had enough battles with these line ups. Since everyone knows you'll get either get hurt from reflection or you just miss, people go for archery or magic sneak, or use scattershot.
That's pretty much the only two ways to go around those two in this ruleset.
Since scattershot is so random, you have to hope that you'll hit monsters other than almo or cornealus. Because of that, keep your distance ruleset is becoming my least favorite ruleset.
Doesn't Reflection shield help?
Yes, it does, but it's not enough to change the meta.
Let's look at current monsters with reflection shield. Before Rift watchers, we only have those 3 monsters with reflection shield.
Do you think any of these monsters can make a huge difference against almo cambio meta?
No way! Not even close. In keep your distance ruleset, you can only use revealer and it can only do 2 damage. Almo cambio heals 5 every turn. 2 damage doesn't make any difference. Most likely it won't even hit almo cambio.
2 more reflection shield monsters that we know from Rift Watchers
- Again, too slow to hit Almo cambio. Stun won't work against Almo. 3 magic damage is not nearly enough to do a meaningful damage to Almo cambio with tank heals.
You can't use this card in keep your distance ruleset. In other ruleset this card might be helpful but it needs speed buff or Kitty to hit Almo cambio.
This is a type of card that we need
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- Reflection shield will prevent getting hurt from Almo's return fire
- Oppress does double damage against Almo. It does 10 damage against Almo. Almo has 16 hp but it can take 2 turns or other monsters can do 6 more damage to kill Almo
- Giant Killer will easily kill Cornealus which often comes with Almo. Also, there's no archery monster with giant killer. We need one!
Why 7 mana? It's because Almo is 7 and It has to be odd so that it can be used in odd mana matches where almo is present.
5 speed? It has to be fast enough to hit almo.
5 archery damage? Remember, Almo cambio heals 5 from tank heal. Often times people use 2 tank heals maybe with one tank heal monster and Kitty. In order to go against that, we need to do 10 damage to do +- 0 if they have 2 tank heals.
Why Archery? I think 5 magic damage for 7 mana could be too OP even without oppress or giant killer. Nerissa Tridawn is 9 mana 5 magic damage, and no ability. Magic has big advantage over archery, that is to be able to atack from the front and shield tank is more popular than void tank.
- Isn't this card too over powered?
It could be. Compare it with Dhampir Stalker and Octopider. They have 5 archery 4 speed in max levels. This card is 1 speed faster. This card has 3 abilities wheres those 2 have 2 abilities. Those 2 are rare monster wheres this almo killer is legendary. If you're so convinced that this card is too OP, I don't mind removing giant killer.
=> Another thought is that this card is a normal archery card if the opponent doesn't use a monster without attack, a card with blast or a monster with 10 or more mana. So it could be a little bit on the niche side.
This could be a perfect airdrop card or promo card!
This card will be a game changer in many ways. This card will kill Almo cambio and Cornealus with no problem. It'll be the first archery monster with giant killer. It also stops blast damage.
One thing this card is not good at is to beat a monster with forcefield. That might be the only thing that is not good about this card.
Closing thoughts
I think having a card that can actually kill Almo cambio or/and Cornealus would bring so much more fun to the game.
Please let me know in the comments what you thought about this card or Almo cambio, Cornealus meta!
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