Hungry Hungry Bioroids

doxop 5

Foodcoats is really really good. It is also kind of boring, at least I think so. I saw an opportunity to switch identities to Stronger Together. The strategy of this deck is still that of Foodcoats but instead of gaining money on installs I cost the runner more money during runs. The hit early game econ is noticeable and i find that I have to take games later than normal Foodcoats. Obviously my ICE suite is mostly bioroids, the latest iteration has 13 of 19 ICE as bioroids. I am not cure about Vikram or Howler, to much Faust, neither have fired more than once in testing. Turing combined with Heimdall 2.0 and a Tyr's hand gives one of the best scoring windows. My agenda suite is retooled compensating for weaknesses resulting from the switch from EtF. Project Wotan makes it so you can't click through a bioroid and Corporate Sales Team makes up for lost econ. The obvious drawbacks being Wotan's three agenda points when stolen compared GFI's two, and Corporate Sales Team's lack of self protection compared to NAPD.

I have had success with this on jinteki.net, but Leela in particular is a difficult match up making it difficult to keep your ICE in the places you need it before it is rezzed. The continued popularity of parasite might necessitate a change in favor of CVS as well.

5 comments
30 Mar 2016 x3r0h0ur

is Tyr's hand better than strongbox? Given the nature of bioroids, and how people often want to click some or all of it to save on cash, and that they're bigger in ST, most runs probably end in last click access. At worst its still a click tax, and its free with BBG. I think most cases Tyr's is like "okay spend another credit/card"

30 Mar 2016 Manadog

I played against this deck and at the start I thought you were going to struggle to afford all your ice without etf. Then that's basically what happened.

31 Mar 2016 doxop

@x3r0h0ur I did not realize that is how Tyr's Hand works, I had assumed it made the subroutine unbreakable. What do you think of changing Tyr's Hand for Strongbox as you suggested and then pulling two other cards so I can add two copies of Enhanced Login Protocol? I'll probably replace Heimdall 2.0 with Markus since firing the second sub with Tyr's Hand was my primary reason for the include.

31 Mar 2016 x3r0h0ur

I'd say 1 of each heimdall for 2 markus is probably a good change. If econ struggles ever, you should make the tyr's hand BLC/GLC, but if not, strongbox is a fun and different, and unexpected add.

31 Mar 2016 krh372

Brain-Taping Warehouse might be a good alternative to Tyr's Hand as well, especially considering @Manadog's comment