I enjoy a well-fought fight as much as the next person, but sometimes I like to pull a Batman and come into a fight fully prepared. Have you ever had a game where you just hit the villain's weaknesses SO well that you basically rendered them ineffective, so that it feels like you practically cheated?
Examples: using Meteor Storm against Iron Legacy (I have discussed this one before); using a DR/ next evolution combo on the Matriarch (she's so regular with her damage that NE is like the easiest thing ever); Imbued fire/ flesh of the sun god versus Plague Rat
Using Haka against anyone with minions while having Savage Mana in play is an excellent combo, as it can screw the villian up pretty badly. Just have to watch out for Ongoing destruction.
With the introduction of Final Wasteland it can do it much better than Haka can as those pesky villains will be gone forever!
Edit: That's one reason why I play random, so that way I don't get tempted to stack my heroes in such a way that I could win any game.
Depends on the kind of game I want to play. Again, I love a good knock-down, drag out fight as much as the next person. But sometimes it's fun to come in and go as far as you possibly can against a villain.
I usually do this after the villain beat me badly recently. I am not above revenge.
1st edition Wraith against Spite. Stun Bolts used to reduce damage by 2, so he just didn't get to do damage after he flipped. It's still really good, but the backlash damage kills Wraith fast enough now that it doesn't feel like cheating anymore, it just feels like a strong counter.
Visionary + AZ against Apostate. Twist the Ether means all Apostate does is heal AZ and everybody else is free to break his toys at their leisure.
One time I used Team Leader Tachyon. It didn't counter the villain or anything, but it sure felt like cheating.
The joke in our house is that using Legacy in any form is cheating :-p
When my group gets really beaten down by a villain, we'll put together a rescue team that's tailored against the villain (we usually do random champs the first time through).
First time poster here. I play with Belteshazzar and Sefirit. They have usually already posted anything I would have to say by the time I get to the forums, so I've been slow to get my account created. ;)
Man. This here. We had this exact scenario last night for the first time. Visionary had an opening hand Twist the Ether, and AZ was just waiting on his gear to make use of it. A slew of relics out? Pfft, no problem. Scholar was along for the ride and trying to figure out what the heck to do since he couldn't be the highest HP character and didn't need any of his elementals out. He basically just drew cards and let people flip over the top of their decks. He played a lot like the art on his one card where he's in his lawn chair with a drink just kicking back and relaxing.
Just last night I had a game where all decks were generated randomly and it gave us DV and AZ against Apostate. Well DV had a turn 1 twits to put on Apostate and that was that.
I feel really guilty when I let Tempest die, as that immunity wins most games where it happens. The only thing I flat out refuse to play, though, is Fanatic against Akash'Bhuta. It was fun the first three times, but after that, I realized it's a bit of a foregone conclusion.
Playing Smoke Bombs with Recharge Mode Bunker in Heavy Playing and all heroes at the same hp qualifies cheating for me. Same can be done with Flesh to Iron.
It's a longshot getting all these out, but Legacy with 2 Next Evolutions, Lead from the Front, and Legacy Ring against the Chairman (and actually, just about every villain), and you can just pack it up. You're done, son.
Omnitronks feels like cheating. I've had turns where it put 4 cards into play. If the villain had some kind of AI, Omnitron-X would be breakable, but otherwise it's a beast.
