Never get a hand that requires you to banish too many cards. You don't want to banish anything except militia and apprentices because you're effectively banishing honor at the end of the game. Also, you don't have to banish. The only card that requires it is Arbiter, and that's a card you either get in the first two turns or ignore completely.
Banishing cards from the middle row tends to be primarily about denying your opponent something they'll use against you, followed by removing cards that just aren't going to be helpful for you. If you're not sure what your opponent might want, practice with more AI battles, pay attention to the log, and keep track of what cards your opponent currently possesses; this will give you a better idea of their potential strength in terms of runes and power, as well as any potential synergies from their cards.
I do banish 1 honor cards at times because sometimes you have no choice or simply because I want to trim my deck down a bit further. But this is rare (maybe once in 10 games it happened). Mostly I banish app and militias and banishing cards
So an example would be if your opponent seems to building some mechanica constructs (which typically typically work together) in his deck, start banishing those?
Good games Kitkeat. You've been a bit unlucky, but also made some poor choices imo. Keep track of who went first in the game. At the end of the last game, you should have made your Mechana Initiates attack units, and finished off the match instead of giving me another turn.
i tried that in my last attempt to lessen the gap between myself and Camzeee. actually looking at it... 4 for 3 honor is not a bad deal at all...
actually i dont mind loosing to a superior player at all it's fun to learn and enjoy the game as we go along and hopefully figure out and improve our strategies down the road. enjoy the fun the night's still young.. at least at my part.. haha..
Yep, that's probably the most visible case; the other is when you're facing a power-based deck. If somebody is taking all the mechana cards, or has stockpiled power to kill monsters, you want to eliminate those from the equation, because you're probably not going to be able to compete directly if you try to do the same. In general, you don't usually want to try to use the same strategy your opponent is using (in the same game, that is), unless you've already got the edge. Another case for obvious banishing would be eliminating the Sea Tyrant (if you can't kill it) if you have multiple constructs in play, because you don't want your opponent forcing you to discard those. Conversely, if you know your enemy is unlikely to be able to afford a particular card based on their deck composition, it becomes easier to make choices taking that into account. You can generally take larger risks against an opponent with eight apprentices than you can against one with eight mystics, although that's still no guarantee that the first opponent's hand won't end up with all their good cards and no apprentices. Your belief is incorrect; in any forum for genuine discussion, "making shit up" is considered poor form. Please bear that in mind for the future.
It's pretty terrible unless you're way in the lead on board honor. The only point of using it is to close out a match before your opponent overwhelms you with Constructs or worse. Remember, getting an Arha Templar is worth 3 honor points at the end of the match, and you get the unit itself.
I am actually driving my car and playing. Anyhow good game. I was sure you started the game but I was wrong. Btw I tried for once an aggressive strategy followed by a deck stuffing one .... Kind if worked. Were u collecting constructs?
nice game there FPE, my 5 free points from mecha constructs were basically burnt every turn with no real mecha constructs in sight.. bummer...
woah, just had a crazy match... amassed some shadow stars, voidthirster and i think marammusa with Emri, the one with void... which gave me 13 combat points... @_@ overkill... but a refreshing take for me
Where in the world are you? I ask for the timing (your invite came in the non-play time for me). I am GMT+1
