Stop. Hammer Time.

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BTrain 2971

You thought HQ was safe?

The goal here is to wreck the corp's hand without relying on the bad pub mechanics everyone is preparing for with Valencia. Ed Kim packs a nasty punch and can clear out cards the corp would rather hold onto, so let's ramp that up.

Host your virus programs on Progenitor and keep them fed. Planned Assault into everything you need, and the good news here is that even though you're not accessing if you use Eater, you're still triggering effects and building tokens on Hemorrhage. Crypsis then becomes the answer for when it's time to get in and access, but along the way you should be destroying ice with Eater, the utensils, and Parasite.

Get to wreckin'!

2 comments
17 Dec 2014 dtelad11

I love the 3x Planned Assault along with the events suite - being able to get the right deadly cutlery piece or Legwork combos well with Kim's ability. Steelskin is also a great choice, defending you against Scorched Earth (along with the HQ destruction) but still serving a purpose in other matchups.

I tested Hemorrhage extensively in the past and felt that it has three strikes against it. One, three credits are expensive for a card that takes a while to warm up. Two, spending a click to trigger the trash is not easy and might open a scoring window. Three, giving the Corp the option to choose what to trash loses your initiative - in fact, if HQ is compromised they might just trash their Operations to invalidate Kim's ability.

I've been doing some testing with O&C cards and feel that a combination of Wanton Destruction and Utopia Shard works really well. It fits into your theme of hand destruction, but removes the three limitations I outlined above. You might want to give it a shot.

I'm also a bit surprised about the economy mix, it feels like you don't have that much money here (trashing ice with Eater/cutlery is expensive, and Planned Assault is click-intensive, making Armitage Codebusting and Kati Jones less effective). Day Job is a great addition in O&C, two or three should help bootstrap your economy. You might also want to add Sure Gamble. With so many events, Prepaid VoicePAD will pay dividends.

Finally, if you're going for Progenitor, you might want to try Medium - it becomes a super R&D Interface when hosted.

17 Dec 2014 JAK

Progenitor isn't unique?! This makes it even crazier. No Hivemind?