Battle of the teams 2

With the exception of Freedom 5, they were all really close matches. Many teams were able to take advantage of Mordengrad discarding Carrion Fields and Cohorts.

Some highlights:

Nightmist in Mist Form allowing for consequence free bird destruction.

Lifeline coming back from 1 HP to 27 HP as part of a huge upset victory for team Space.

Luminary completely shutting down Carrion Fields with Regression Turret and getting a damage boost from Mobile Alert Platform.

Medico just barely keeping Void Guard alive for basically the entire game.

Visionary putting the Mask and 7 birds under Matriarch's deck and using deck control to get her to play Darken the sky 2 additional times afterward.

Round 42 Results: All teams win, though Space just barely won with Sky-scraper mounting a solid comeback as the last hero standing.

Round 43: Ultimate Mad Bomber Blade at Realm of Discord.

F5: 37/5
PW: 33/9
DW: 32/10
VG: 36/6
AR: 34/8
RC: 31/11
SP: 36/6
NT: 38/4

Round 43 results: Losses for Prime Wardens and Alt Reality. Wins for all other teams. The Prime Wardens battle was a 2 hour battle, mostly Fanatic 1 on 1 vs. Blade with her surviving due to Aegis 4 separate times before her ultimate defeat. 

 

Round 44: Challenge La Capitan at Champion Studios.

Round 44 Results:

Losses for Alt. Reality and Space.

Wins for all other teams. Notably Void Guard, Revo Corp, and Nature all managed Homeruns with bottom of the 9th.

Round 45: Ultimate Progeny at Maerynian Refuge.

F5: 39/5
PW: 34/10
DW: 34/10
VG: 38/6
AR: 34/10
RC: 33/11
SP: 37/7
NT: 40/4

And then suddenly AR was tied with PW and DW for 4th.

Round 45 Results: Alt Realities losing streak continues, Dark Watch loses as well. All other teams win - though Void Guard did so with only Writhe standing at 1 HP.

 

Round 46: Ultimate Gloomweaver at Rook City.

F5: 40/5
PW: 35/10
DW: 34/11
VG: 39/6
AR: 34/11
RC: 34/11
SP: 38/7
NT: 41/4

And now we have a three way tie for last!  Let's see if RC can make a comeback!

Round 46 Results: Nature loses to Gloomy! All other teams win.

Round 47: Standard Akash'bhuta at Realm of Discord.

That must’ve been from some bad luck at Rook City for the nature team. 

Turn 1 Strength of the Grave didn’t help either with 5 instances of 8 damage. What probably did the heroes in were 2 really unlucky Vast Followings which brought out Gloomy’s most dangerous Cultists. Interestingly, Ra played imbued Fire round 1 and relics didn’t enter play until fairly late; which makes me think that had the game been standard difficulty instead of Ultimate Nature would likely still have lost.

Those opening Strength of the Grave turns are certainly the more punishing ones. 

F5: 41/5
PW: 36/10
DW: 35/11
VG: 40/6
AR: 35/11
RC: 35/11
SP: 39/7
NT: 41/5

Round 47 Results: All teams win. Prime Wardens had the easiest time of it thanks to End of Days; on the other end of the spectrum, Alt. Reality had a brutal fight that ended with all heroes still active at 1 HP each.

Round 48: Challenge Kaagra Warfang at Fort Adamant.

F5: 42/5
PW: 37/10
DW: 36/11
VG: 41/6
AR: 36/11
RC: 36/11
SP: 40/7
NT: 42/5

Round 48 Results:

Wins: Freedom 5, Dark Watch, Void Guard, Space

Losses: Prime Wardens, Alt. Reality, Revo Corp, Nature

All losses were due to favor rather than incarceration.

 

Round 49: Challenge Grand Warlord Voss at Court of Blood.

F5 crawled its way back to the top again.

F5: 43/5
PW: 37/11
DW: 37/11
VG: 42/6
AR: 36/12
RC: 36/12
SP: 41/7
NT: 42/6

Went about as well as I thought it would, surprised Dark Watch won though, I suspect Expat started with the assualt rifle/shotgun and Setback started with Looking Up.

Actually no, Setback eventually got looking up but it was fairly late in the game. Expat didn’t get a gun out until round 3. NightMist and Harpy picked up the slack though thanks to multiple copies of Oblivion and a high Avian strategy with Huginn and Muninn in play.

Round 49 Results: Prime Wardens lose; all other teams win.

Round 50: Standard Spite Agent of Gloom at Freedom Tower.