A Staunch Defense v1

LynxMegaCorp 1343

I'm eager to try a deck like this out!

Ashigaru is screaming to be used in CI (possibly in TWIY*, too). But considering it can potentially have 10 + ETR subroutines here, I'm not passing this up!

Take advantage of NEXT synergy to set up decent defenses where needed, use Sentries to hopefully trash their key programs, and maybe even surprise them with a Janus once you've moneyed up.

This is a two-sided coin HB. Score behind a boosted Ashigaru, or go for the Janus cripple / kill (because that's always fun).

Let's see what happens. =^_^=

5 comments
2 Aug 2014 esutter479

Yes...we HB'ers (particularly those who have an affinity for NEXT ID) are extremely hopeful, lol. I'm not sure about that PAD Campaign in there...I'd probably just as soon make it a 3rd Melange Mining Corp. for reliability, heh.

Ash 2X3ZB9CY SHOULD work well here, and, well...about the only (obvious) question I'd have at this time is...what do we use as a placeholder until Ashigaru actually comes out? :) Also, what do we do about Morning Star-asaurus when the time comes?

2 Aug 2014 esutter479

Wait, I know! Corporate Troubleshooter x3 with recurrence from Reclamation Order! That's going to shoot our econ in the foot though... :(

2 Aug 2014 LynxMegaCorp

Yeah, I dunno why I bothered with drip econ. Make that a third Melange. Also, you don't. This is strictly for Ashigaru :P (unless you mean during the duel). In that case, you're relying on NEXT, MG and Sentries, of course. Ashigaru just becomes your scoring server.

You could use CT / RO, replacing maybe the Ash and an ice or two, but I think the Sentry's job here is to eliminate potential threats (or rather, Morning Star, which doesn't need Dino!)

2 Aug 2014 esutter479

That's true about Dino, heh. In that case, I think the runner would probably go with a beefier Mimic in order to eliminate all threats entirely. Let's just hope that isn't the case. ;)

I hope I'm not sounding like a jerk with all these counterpoints...cuz that is totally not me. :) I just want to live in a world where I can run my favorite Corp. (more specifically my favorite ID, NEXT!) and not see runners dump all over it due to either bad design or bad luck of the draw. Maybe it's just me, but HB suffers from LoTD issues way more than any other corp...don't even get me started on Jinteki. :P

2 Aug 2014 LynxMegaCorp

Mimic's not gonna take out Ashigaru ;) And of course. Its best we help enlighten each other instead of living in perpetual darkness!