Mycoweb looks sweet.
Synergies:
Can
do 2–3 net damage
(for just$0–$2
): if you resolve a Bathynomus (sentry with three-damage sub, thanks@Cobalt
), or a Karunā (sentry with two-damage sub), or an unrezzed/archived Anemone (for1[$]
total, by installing it in front of Mycoweb, since Anemone readsWhen you rez this ice during a run against this server, …
).Can
do 5 net damage
(!): three from a cheap Sentry, like Bathynomus (3[$]
-to-rez); plus two from a (pricy) Code-Gate, like Vampyronassa (7[$]
-to-rez).Can “mimic” an EtR: with Flyswatter (or any “new Lotus Field”?).
Could even “mimic” a
Destroyer
: with out-of-faction ICE.
Related:
Like Ivik (a Barrier that's cheapened by Code-Gates), it cares about icetypes.
Like Vampyronassa, it's a four-sub Code-Gate. Its ceiling is higher: install and rez some trashed ice in the third-outermost position (for two credits less, rather than two credits more), then end the run as well as dealing damage. But its floor (given ice-empty Archives and uninstalled non-Barriers) is much lower: literally
↳ ∅. ↳ ∅. ↳ ∅. ↳ ∅.
Direct Subroutine Resolution:
Unlike most other
Resolve 1 subroutine on a rezzed ….
effects (like Ravana 1.0), Mycoweb can resolve subroutines on unrezzed ice (if you can afford the discounted rez-cost) and even trashed ice. CF. The banned Nanisivik Grid, which could also resolve unrezzed/trashed subs; but ignoring rez-cost, barrier subs too, and unbreakably (being an upgrade). This makes it less “conditional”, while still giving you the implicit strength-boosting (Mycoweb has5 strength
, Bathynomus/Anemone have less); as well as flexibility (like a↳ Do 2 net damage or end the run.
), FWIW.While splitting a
Do N damage.
effect across N multiple smaller↳ Do 1 damage.
subroutines is better in general (being more taxing to fully-break), keeping it on a single larger subroutine is better with resolution effects. Same with other numerical effects besides damage-dealing damage (like credit-zapping).
Thanks for the correction @Cobalt. Edited. (I was surprised by the facecheck on a code gate, since I had confused it with Crick LOL. But of course three damage for three credits is a sentry.)
— D4v1d-Gr43b3rI think the current ceiling is 7 net damage - 2 from an
— StrategeryI think the current ceiling is 7 net damage - 2 from an Anemone rez, 3 from Bathynomus, and another 2 from Vampyronassa. Unlikely to happen, but fun to have the dream.
— Strategery@Strategery that's awesome
— D4v1d-Gr43b3r
Just as an FYI, Bathynomus is not a Code Gate - it's a Sentry. You do have Vampyronassa for net damage, though, so you can still do 5 damage with the squid + the beetles!
— Cobalt