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Are you sure she needs 3 copy of, Study the Tape can help a lot to find the needed event ?

This looks very fun!

@mougy which one? i think the tag didn't work. but i really like 3 copies of Assess the Situation, Cuts Both Ways, and Taunt.

Assess the Situation lets you spend it as a resource when you need it or help increase your hand next turn when you don't. It also helps you to burn extra copies of Photographic Reflexes if they're stuck in your hand and the other tucked cards are defense events you can't play right now.

Cuts Both Ways is incredible at 3 copies since you can play a bunch in a single turn to really ramp up your retaliate damage, like say in a turn where you are Taunting a lot.

And finally, Taunt is really important at 3 copies because you can keep chain them it if you draw into another one, Photographic, etc., and tucking just helps you keep them around for next turn.

I've found that 3 copies of these are really important because I'm always happy to see them.

@Caldias it is! <3

I love a good retaliate/defend deck, this looks awesome!

@Castlefrank47 you're awesome!

The precon was kinda like 2 deck ideas mashed together, and this looks like a better honed version of the inprov side of it. Good stuff!

I found a deck fun to play, but it does lack a way to deal with minions and and her ability to thwart if you get her obligation it's gets pretty rough, what would be some tweaks to help deal with like a minion swarm

@HeroicSkeleton yeah, i think it's an above-average precon, but Improvisation is such an amazingly fun card. building around feels so satisfying cos every time you play an event you can to go 'but wait, there's more!'

@Ou1975 for this deck? honestly i have not found minions to be a problem with Cuts Both Ways (the retaliate lasts until the end of the phase), Powerful Punch (often defeats minions before they finish attacking), and Stand Alone (extra ready to defend or attack if needed). every attack event also heals you with Improvisation, and "Come Get Me, Bub!" can heal and give you a tough for a little extra wiggle-room, and The Rez can heal up to 3 (with In Harm's Way tucked, so it's worth playing early if you're worried about that)

a replacement for "Come Get Me, Bub!" if you don't like finding a minion is Perseverance, which you can grab from your deck as you flip to play and give yourself a tough. i found the former to work a lot better overall since you can then draw from Change of Fortune, heal, and the tough deals with the initial villain attack. you also can't fish out perseverance from your discard when you flip from Echo's alter-ego ability, it's only from your deck, and you can only play it when you flip to hero form. the timing gets really tricky, so i opted for the former, but try out the latter instead to see if that helps

Been tinkering with the lone wolf archetype. Haven’t come up with anything quite this cool yet though. Nice job!

This deck looks incredible. I'm definitely adding symbiote suit and dauntless. Nerves of Steel and preservation were runner ups.

@Ou1975 I played the campaign with Echo. A great way to deal with minions is to play Powerful Punch and then repeat with Photographic Reflexes. This causes 8 damage, and if your upgrade is in play, even more.

I wasn’t quit a lot in AE during the Campaign. Because of the Improvisation, you are constantly healing, and I have defeated almost every villain with full health points. (I have played the campaign with a second player who played Daredevil).

@Billy Bob Thwartin’ thank, i appreciate you!

@FeyMarth you're speaking my language haha. i purposefully had to not use them cos i use them so much. i love that someone else got there though. Nerves of Steel and Preservation were all runner-ups for me too

@Lydia yep, thanks for adding that! she really is an army of one (even if i'm not running the card lol)

She is fantastic. Sometimes I did 12 damage/8 threat removal/2 healing and drew 4 cards (powerful punch, get their attention, katana, improvisation, 2 Photographic Reflexes) And after that, I played in Harms way at the player phase!! 8 damage/7 threat removal/1 healing

I'm a simple man. I see "by dr00", I click link.

Played a few games against Expert Magneto tonight. It was extremely rough, as I struggled early game. Stand Alone never came until the last few cards in my deck every game, which meant that Taunt was always a dead card and I struggled with building up before getting annihilated. Gang Ups were especially painful. Any thoughts about a second Stand Alone or using Army of One / Indomitable for more readies?

@Lydia sounds like you're having a lot of fun with her! she's probably my favourite hero in a while. so many fun things you can do.

@hellyesh hell yesh indeed <3

@mavericklancer tbh, i probably wouldn't run taunt vs magneto since he'll just be building lots of extra magnet counters. running extra copies of things like Stand Alone is completely fine, even if you got up extra cards.

i'd probably shift it more towards perfect defense. for readies, i'd probably focus more on events like Desperate Defense and possibly Never Back Down (which will be especially useful after he loses steady/his armour). then things like "Stop Hitting Yourself" become more useful in lieu of In Harm's Way and all the upgrades that boost your DEF. i'd also probably use Hard to Ignore to help deal with threat. Disarming Defense would be really helpful with getting rid of his helmet and armour. Powerful Punch gets rid of almost every minion. if they're a problem, just go up to 3 copies to make sure you always have it. there's a couple at 5 or 6, so a little retaliate can get you the rest of the way there without needing to ready. Perseverance is probably going to be doing a lot more for you than "Come Get Me, Bub!" though. and finally, Defiance would probably help with trying to deal with all the boost effects and extra boosts he gets. good luck with it!

Hey, I dont remember cause I dont play protection a lot but when you play a defense event you are being the target of an attack without getting exhaust (for example in mp)?

I dont like specialization training, we play at 2 and 10 thart is such a tempo loss for the deck, and we dont have many ways to twart that much.

@Kenji play more protection! it's really fun! but yes, you are correct. playing a defense ability counts as defending. it does not however let you use your DEF.

specialization training is honestly one of the strongest side schemes personally, but everyone does have to commit to it. this deck does thwart a lot, but if you're really struggling and no one else is committing to it, you don't have to run it

@dr00yeah I team up with an aggression deck so its pretty hard haha "playing a defense ability counts as defending. it does not however let you use your DEF." What do you mean exactly? I can play a defense event on my teamate vilain attack, and I'll be the target but cannot exhaust my hero to defend the attack?

@Kenji i'll explain in more detail. so enemy attacks follow 4 steps. step 1 is declaring attackers, step 2 choose defender (if any); this is when you can normally use a basic defense, step 3 resolving boost cards (if any), and step 4 is calculating and dealing/taking damage

you can make a basic defense only at step 2. to do so, you must exhaust your identity, and then you can use your DEF in step 4 when calculating damage to reduce the amount of damage. allies can basic defend at this same point but don't have a DEF stat

you can use a defense ability at any point its trigger condition specifies. doing so means you are considered to have defended the attack, but doesn't automatically let you make a basic defense

here's where it gets tricky though. defense abilities have many possible timing points to trigger from. if you do it at or before step 2, you can also still choose to make a basic defense as well. if you play something after, it's too late. powerful punch is technically before step 1 (since it interrupts); if the enemy is still alive after the damage, you can still choose to make a basic defense at step 2. all the defense events in this deck are usable at this same timing point

but consider something like Defiance (triggers in step 3) or Side Step (step 4), if you play these to become the defender, it's too late to also defend with your basic defense

i hope this helps!

@dr00yeah I see thanks, thats how I played it!

@Kenji happy to help! protection is insanely fun once you get used to it, but it can take a little bit

I'll defs give this a deck ago when I get around to playing Echo.

Just before I'd seen this deck I started using Specialized Training in that QS deck of mine while doing the last few games against Exp Magneto. I can't live with out it now! I assume it's going into your QS deck too when you get around to publishing it?

@MisterAnderson71 keep singing the praises of specialized training! yeah, absolutely goes in QS for sure. goes into almost everything tbh. it's so good.