wehehe · 130
While Rocket Raccoon is, for sure, very good in Aggression, I wanted to try how it works in protection, as I think this aspect could cover the most important weakness of Rocket, its lack of defense.
After a few tries, this is the deck which I find more solid.
All 3 allies in the deck are there to help you defend the rounds where you can't have a tough status. Clea is a great chumpblocker, Nick Fury is usually a draw 3 plus a chumpblock, and Groot usually stays in the table for all the game once it is played (thanks to Med Team which can heal it if it gets too many damage).
Apart from these, thanks to Shake it Off, and Hard Knocks, you'll usually have a Tough status, so you are gonna be safe from villain attacks, even if you are caught unprepared, or for any extra attacks, you have Energy Barrier to absorb some damage (also they are great for doing those spare damage which will allow you to deal excess damage in your turn and use "Murdered You!"), also, sometimes you even want to get some damage, so you can trigger Shake it Off
Thwart is mainly managed with Rocket Raccoon basic actions, supported by Ever Vigilant and I've Got a Plan. Once you have Thruster Boots in play, you can thwart a total of 13 with just these 2 events(3 + 4 + 4 + 2).
To deal with minions, you have Rocket's weapons, supported with Hard Knocks, which surprisingly has become one of my favourite pieces in the deck.
This is probably far from the most powerful builds available with Rocket, but it's a solid,and very fun to play one. I hope you like it, and, as always, I like to read any suggestions to improve it!