HB FA - First attempt

athros 3

This is the first Corp deck I've created.

Owned - 1x Core, C&C, H&P, What Lies Ahead, Future Proof, Opening Moves, True Colors

I was going for a FA deck with click denial against the Runner (Ruhr Valley, the ICE I chose). I found it a lot harder to make this deck than the Runner deck.

Constructive criticism would be really appreciated!

6 comments
8 Dec 2014 Vimes

I am pretty new to Netrunner myself, but here are some cards I am thinking about:

Sweeps Week: It is a good card, but I think it takes up a lot of influence that could be more effective on other cards. Maybe you can get a similar effect out of Sure Gamble or Successful Demonstration?

Ruhr Valley/Eli 1.0: I tend to see most HB decks running Ash over Ruhr Valley as their protection upgrade. If you want to run Ruhr, I think Eli 1.0 would be a great ice to tag along with it: it is very cheap, ends the run, and a Ruhr before means clicking past it eats their entire turn, or stops it on anything but the first click.

Archer: Archer is a strong and popular ice, but outside of Pet Project you do not seem to have an agenda you'd mind parting with (every point counts in FA, I imagine). Are these working well for you, or are they mostly there to hope they get Beta Tested?

SanSan City Grid: There's only one in the core set, but maybe it'd be worth running if you pull Sweeps Week out.

Hope this could help to a degree, have not tried FA myself yet.

8 Dec 2014 Vimes

Wow, I suggested Sure Gamble in a Corp deck... I think my idea still stands though, I think the influence might be too high for Sweeps Week when Demonstration or another card can do something similar.

8 Dec 2014 AwkwardPizza

If you want to play Fast Advance, you're going to need more 3/2 and 3/1 agendas and more Fast Advance triggers, like San San City Grid. Sadly, Haas Bioroid's other 3/2 agenda, Project Vitruvius, is in Cyber Exodus, which you don't own. You can alternatively run 3/1s like Gila Hands Arcology, but they won't be as good. I'd suggest switching the theme from purely Fast Advance to standard Haas Bioroid with Fast Advance components (i.e. Biotic Labor).

As @Vimes said, Eli 1.0 is a great piece of ice, and should be in your deck. It's already seen absurd amounts of play out of faction, so should find a spot in your deck where it's influence free.

Oh, and if you take out Sweeps Week, you'll have some influence free. I'd recommend spending that on Tollbooth, a stellar piece of ice that you already have a copy of, or Celebrity Gift, if you're lacking economy. While it costs a large amount of influence, it's absurdly efficient, giving you seven credits for only two clicks (assuming you reveal five cards).

Overall I consider this a pretty solid deck, especially considering it's your first Corp deck. Good job.

8 Dec 2014 athros

@Vimes - Archer was for Beta Test, along with "Surprise!" - I guess that's not going to work well, especially if I have to give up an Agenda and I only have one out. No worries about the Sure Gamble, I actually went looking for it before realizing it was a Runner card!

@AwkwardPizza - With Eli, I was more worried that I have a lot of 4 Strength ICE, and Atman is a beast from what I've read about it.

  • What do I need to change to make it more of a Haas Bioroid vs FA?
  • How about pulling Sweeps Week for 1 Tollbooth and 2 Celebrity Gifts?
8 Dec 2014 athros

Also: Thank you for the replies @AwkwardPizza and @Vimes. I really appreciate it!

8 Dec 2014 Vimes

If you do not have all the optimal things for FA in Haas-Bioroid, then a good option may be to make it more glaciery (I think that's what pizza meant by standard). Glaciers are all about having huge walls on your centrals and one remote that will protect your bigger agendas. Same changes that might help that include: -Higher agenda cost, fewer agendas: Since HB can build giant, taxing ice walls they can play some 5/3 agendas better than others. Priority Requisition can also rez things like Heimdall and Janus. You'll have fewer agendas for them to access from centrals, but they get a better payoff when they hit them.

-Ash as an Upgrade Protector, perhaps a Corporate Troubleshooter too: Even if the runner barely makes it through your walls to your agenda, they may be so drained that they'll lose the trace battle with Ash, and maybe not even have enough to trash him. Adding more Toolbooth or ice like Cadaceus or Data Pike can help with this too.

-Killer ice: What with Beta Testing and Requisition, maybe you can try running a copy of Janus 1.0. If you do decide Archer is not consistent enough, maybe try Ichi 1.0 or other sentries.