Taking the Initiative

esutter479 322

I love HB, and I love how competitive ETF is. I had moderate success with it last year before Foodcoats became a thing. Regionals is coming again, and I wanna get people's opinions on what I could potentially replace/add/subtract from here. I know I can't sit here and plot to tech against every single runner ID; Noise tech will open me up to vulnerability to other nasty IDs/combos...anti-Whizzard tech will likely put me in a bad spot against Valencia, etc.

That being said, I almost really do want to slot in 2 Cerebral Statics, but that means I'll likely have to drop Tollbooth and something else that I don't wanna drop. This deck is solid, and helped me win a small GNK (first Spring kit of the year, w00t). Any suggestions?

3 comments
8 Apr 2016 Pilltechre

You could swap one GFI for an Advanced Concept Hopper or Corporate Sales Team and drop the disposable HQ? That would give you enough for one. Then maybe swap the Tollbooth for the second one. The Heimadal should be able to fill its place as a heavy taxer (7 to break with Corroder). Tollbooth is good though.

Maybe swap an Eli for another Architect for a bit more cutlery/parasite/Apocalypse protection?

What do you want the statics for? If its to combat faust/wyldside then I always found Snare to be pretty solid. Helps to protect R&D against deep digs and is good to keep in hand if up against gangsigns/HQ Interface. Also good to bait a Blackmail run with.

Hope that helps some!

8 Apr 2016 esutter479

Hmm...the agenda swap doesn't seem like a bad idea. It'd prevent me from dropping the Wraparound in order to slot in the Statics. Lord knows at the very least I could combat potential Employee Strike threats. The Eli/Architect swap is worth considering as well.

The Statics are anti-Noise/MaxX/Kate/Leela tech. The Snares are an interesting idea...I haven't played those in ETF since before H&P, lol. It certainly is good to throw the runner off. We'll see how things unfold in the coming weeks and how the meta shapes up. Thank you for your feedback! :)

8 Apr 2016 Pilltechre

No worries and congrats on your win :)