50 Shades of Hayley

moistloaf 174

Replace Creeper with Chameleon: http://imgur.com/t6yvUaT

I reckon to make Chameleon worthwhile, you really have to save yourself a lot of credits with it. If you aren't, you should be running conventional breakers. For this reason, LLDS Processor is necessary for any deck going all-in on Chameleon.

Some may look at this build and say I am not using Hayley's ability to its full effect. The biggest reason to play Hayley in this build is to install 2 Chameleons for 1 click (or 0 clicks with Savoir-faire. While my Hardware and Resource installs may not always trigger, the main goal is to get 2 recurring Chameleons per turn.

The biggest downside of Chameleon is the install cost each turn. To alleviate this, I think you need to play at least either drip econ or program funders (like Sahasrara). Maybe both will be necessary after testing. I went with Saha because it is easier to set up than drip econ.

Other Choices

Stimhack - one of the best cards in the game, and can negate the Savoir-faire tax in a pinch.

Cerberus "Lady" H1 - Wraparound is still 7 strength with Chameleon. Cerberus is a tutorable answer to Wraparound, and for early pressure vs. Eli. Inti is better versus Wraparound but not much else.

Dinosaurus - Save MU, and can get Chameleon into Archer range in the absence of all 3 LLDS.

Lucky Find - Strong economy card; Hayley can Lucky Find, install 2 Chameleons, and still have 1 click left to run.

Leprechaun - Seemed necessary MU support for Sahasrara]. I think it's best to eventually get 2 Saha out.

Magnum Opus - economy option, and works with Feedback Filter against PE.

Deus X - helps immensely with PE, and against big nasty ICE. Sharpshooter saves your Chameleons in a pinch.

Flex Slots

Not sure about Earthrise Hotel or Inside Man here. Quality Time should probably replace Inside Man. 3 Clone Chip may be overkill.

1 comments
4 Jan 2015 Pinkwarrior

If your gonna use Chameleon and Savoir-faire then i would also look at putting in Autoscripter. Sticking 2 programs into play and gaining a click for it seem worth all the set up.