Vamadeva has three limitations:

• It can only break 's on ICE with exactly 1 .
• It's an AI breaker and hence struggles against the terrible triad
• It costs 6 to install.

Out of these three limitations the only problem is its installation cost.

By it's very nature it is not going to be a solo breaker like Eater or Faust (which also have problems against the terrible triad). Vamadeva is the final piece that rounds out other breaker suites. I've covered it's uses as part of the Deva suite in my Endless Hunger review but here I want to focus on Vamadeva by itself.

Vamadeva is very strong against Rush decks (except possibly which contains Spiderweb and Hive). Enigma is probably the most common problem Vamadeva may encounter that can't be solved without an appropriate breaker. Bioroid ICE can be dealt with using e3 implants and a .

Vamadeva is the perfect companion to Sunny's cloud suite breakers (GS Striker M1, GS Shrike M2 and GS Sherman M3). All of them are quite efficient to pump against large ICE and are highly efficient against multi ICE. However they have a serious efficiency problem against cheap single ICE. Having to pay 4 to break Wall of Static or 2 for Quandary is rather unpleasant and will quickly deplete a runner's credit pool. Vamadeva has the efficiency of Corroder or Eater and is perfect for handling the cheap stuff.

Combined with Grappling Hook + e3 Feedback Implants (to break multi ICE) it is also a great utility breaker for Geist, getting you through the cheap ETR barriers and code gates and saving your Crowbars, Shivs and Spikes for better targets.

Always Be Running (ABR) is obviously very useful for Adam but can be extremely powerful in both Quetzal and Apex as well. Both the bird-girl and the doom-bot already use e3 Feedback Implants.

Combine these with the right breaker suite (e.g. the Deva suite for Apex) and ICE removal tools (Prey, Parasucker and the cutlery suite) the runner will be able to get into any server and keep it open too.

It's worth noting that 4 of the ICE removal tools are also run events. If you throw in Run Amok on top the corp will have a lot of trouble keeping any ICE rezzed at all.

Dirty Laundry, Early Bird and Doppelgänger offset some of ABR's disadvantages and combining these with either the successful run bonus package or the jack-out package can fix a lot of the potential economic problems ABR causes.

It's unfortunate that Jak Sinclair does not satisfy the 1st requirement so he does not combo with ABR.

Finally if we are talking about run events we certainly shouldn't leave the often ignored Ken "Express" Tenma out of the conversation. If there is any runner that wants to make one successful run each turn with a run event it's hard to look past the escaped clone. e3 Implants is a good choice for Ken anyway and paired with a suitable breaker suite (possibly including Grappling Hook?) there isn't much that can't be broken.

The new Deva Icebreakers (Aghora, Vamadeva and Sadyojata) are a strong addition to Endless Hunger's toolbox. All three are available and slot nicely with Heartbeat's 1 as the 'secondary breaker'. Even better only one of them will be turned facedown by Apocalypse

Using them in concert with Hunting Grounds, e3 Feedback Implants and Heartbeat there are only 4 pieces of ICE in the game (up to Salsette Island) that cannot be broken or walked through: Caduceus, Pachinko, Viper and Upayoga (if combined with some form of Psi ICE or Mother Goddess with End the Run). Caduceus and Viper are trace effects that can be paid through. Pachinko only works if the runner is tagged (since Data Raven's encounter effect can be defeated by Hunting Grounds there's no reliable in-run method for tagging. Upayoga combined with Bullfrog, Snowflake, Clairvoyant Monitor or Mother Goddess can potentially lock off a server however.

Turing can be walked through for . Once it is passed it can be trashed using Prey for 2 cards if it is installed on a central server.

The other problem this set-up may encounter is Swordsman trashing one of the Devas.

Perhaps the best solution to all of these tricky pieces of ICE may be using Always Be Running combined with e3 Implants. Use this in conjunction with Prey to inconvenient ICE and the world will be yours*.

*to end.

Upayoga's first subroutine presents an interesting game theory problem because the payoff matrix is rather strangely shaped, this is true whether or not Upayoga is being played out of Nisei Division.

• Neither player should ever bet 2 as this is a strictly worse strategy for both players.

• The corp player should use a mixed strategy, betting 0 with a 25% probability and 1 with a 75% probability. This is the optimal strategy and matter how the runner varies their strategy they cannot get a better result. This strategy maximises the tax/profit of the encounter, assuming that the corp and runner value 's equally.

• Using the mixed strategy above, the corp will effect a 1.75 swing every time the is fired using Nisei Division or a 0.75 swing using a different ID.

• If the runner always bets 0 you can punish them by always betting 1. This strategy will result in a 2 swing inside Nisei Division and a 1 swing using a different ID.

• If the corp is Nisei Division and desperate for money they can always bet 0 and treat the first sub as a Pop-up Window encounter.

Personality Profiles will totally shut down inconvenience any runner attempt to search their Stack or install a card from Heap. Although this card is targeted against decks it can also impact and decks too.

It can put the hurt on annoying Shaper plays but is almost a dead card against the other two runner factions. Now dead cards are tolerable when they are vital in your meta and can be discarded against irrelevant match ups but not when it's an agenda.

As a 3/1 that gives maximum value when scored early Personality Profiles asks a lot of the corp. It asks the corp to invest 1 card, 4, 3 and a scoring remote to bring it into action. It also risks an Agenda point for the runner as well whenever it is stolen.

Generally I think Chronos Project is a stronger choice since it completely eliminates any recursion of removed cards. However against the highly popular Hayley ID Personality Profiles could have a high impact, since the card that is discarded could be the one that she was planning to install with her ID ability.

Note: It is possible to play around this effect by installing with an empty Grip, but that is hardly a safe way to play.

High Impact Targets:

• Self-modifying Code
• Test Run
• Scavenge
• Clone Chip
• Artist Colony
• Special Order

Moderate Impact Targets:

• Retrieval Run
• Logos
• Replicator (thanks to taneru for pointing this out)

Low Impact Targets:

• Djinn
• Rabbit Hole (I find this interaction hilarious)
• Trade-In
• Paige Piper (mostly because I never see anyone using her)

Not Affected:

• Déjà Vu
• Same Old Thing
• Levy AR Lab Access