Whats your competitive caster list?

octaviusmaximus
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Whats your competitive caster list? Mar 8, 2017 11:55:23 GMT

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Post by octaviusmaximus on Mar 8, 2017 11:55:23 GMT

I don't know if others do this, but I like to keep a shortlist of casters and lists that I consider to be current tournament staples that I can pick from.

I currently have 4 casters on my list:

Maddox Storm Division:
This girl is the nuclear option when maximum jack-spam and beast spam is expected. Those sorts of lists often don't have the ability to defend against Stormblades with maddox, which rip heavies apart.

Nemo 3 Storm Division:
All trick, plenty of treats. Nemo has fallen a little out of favour but its hard to make his maximum eleaps and weapon master guns style of play irrelevant. Mainly Nemo 3 has the most to lose if people tech for Storm Division, but he's still really hard to make a bad choice.

Haley 3
I really like how solid this caster is and she has enough depth that spending time trying to be proficient at her is worth it. She's a really great all rounder with some strong questions while also having an array of answers.

Stryker 1 Heavy Metal
Stryker is waiting in the wings until the Hurricane comes out so he can snap up 2 with a bunch of Chargers. This list feels like it will be important for the future of the faction. Heavy Metal means that you are running 2 colossals, 3 shooty lights and all of them have maximum levels of free support from Squire, Arlan, Jakes and Junior. You have so much access to knockdown from Slams and Earthquakes that Stryker has picked up a very reliable and powerful assassination to go along with his feat attrition potential. Huge fan.

So who are your Tournament stable right now? Why?

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Whats your competitive caster list? Mar 8, 2017 13:36:15 GMT

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Post by Aegis on Mar 8, 2017 13:36:15 GMT

Pretty much the same as yours. I just wouldn't cut Haley2 from the list, since while she has lost some shine and everyone has learned to deal with her, she is still a very strong caster that can deal with most questions nicely.

I'm also experimenting on Darius heavy metal, that has some very nice tricks in his sleeve and that for sure isn't something most people expect, but I'm not yet to a point to consider him good enough to really compete with the top 5.

Between those 5(6 including Darius) I chose depending on the tournament, on what I expect to see there and how much committed I am to win vs experiment (in the Darius case)

Last Edit: Mar 8, 2017 13:39:49 GMT by Aegis

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ratrek
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Whats your competitive caster list? Mar 9, 2017 6:55:11 GMT

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Post by ratrek on Mar 9, 2017 6:55:11 GMT

Another shout for Nemo3 Storm Divison here. If you can keep the Old Man alive, it plays well into a lot of things.

Stryker2 is still my boy. If I don't know what to drop, I drop him and I'll have some sort of game.

Sloan is still on the docket for me simply for the mirror match. I'm going to give Darius a go and see if he'll take this spot.

Haley2 as usual. Though I'm wondering about this one lately. I've been playing her as Storm Divison and it's getting teched for pretty hard lately.

I'd also put Haley3 on the list. At this point, she's probably our strongest caster. However I won't play her at events. Between lack of sleep, desicion fatigue, etc she's way to fincky to play. If I had a billon reps with her, I'd probably change my mind since she's so strong. But currently she's more of a danger to my clock then my opponent.