On 7 Mar 2004 13:33:49 -0800, thedar...@hotmail.com (Pacal) wrote:
>heya all, this is my attempt at an Abyssal Hunter deck.
>any suggestions on how to make it better?
I would have gone for Brujah princes with dominate instead of Salubri.
The Brujah princes will share 2 disciplines, and a Fifth Tradition or
two will keep you going nicely.
This would allow you to drop the fortitude and dominate discipline
masters and add a second Hunting Ground, the Warzone Hunting Ground.
Consistent blood gain is more important in running Abyssal Hunters
than just about anything else.
It would also add some significant vote defense, as the five votes
from a Prince and Gratiano will be harder to bypass than Gratiano
alone.
Something like this:
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 18, Max: 32, Avg: 6.67)
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1 Emerson Bridges DOM FOR pot PRE 8, Ventrue:1, Prince
2 Donal O`Connor CEL DOM POT 8, Brujah:2, Prince
2 Constanza Vinti CEL DOM POT 8, Brujah:2, Prince
1 Cameron dom pot 3, Lasombra:2
1 Ignacio dom obt pot 4, Lasombra:2
1 Banjoko obt pot DOM 5, Lasombra:3
1 Aurora Van Brande dom for OBT pot 6, Lasombra:2
1 Lisette Vizquel DOM POT pro 6, Lasombra:2, Bishop
2 Gratiano DOM obf OBT pot 8, Lasombra:2, Priscus
>Deck Name: M E D i C ! That Demon Bit Me!
>Created By: Pacal / aka Bas van den Biggelaar
>Description: The Lasombra pump out Abyssal Hunters while the Salubri
>help them to cope with the damage.
>Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 27, Max: 32, Avg: 7,25)
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>1 Blanche Hill aus FOR OBE 6, Salubri
>4 Matthias AUS FOR nec OBE 7, Salubri
>1 Henri Lavenant pot qui DOM OBT 7, Lasombra
>2 Tobias Smith DOM OBT pot PRE 7, Lasombra
>1 Gratiano DOM obf OBT pot 8, Lasombra, Priscus
>2 Lucita (ADV) cel pot DOM FOR OBT 8, Lasombra, Archbishop
>1 Lucita cel DOM FOR OBT pot 8, Lasombra
>Library: (90 cards)
>-------------------
>Master (10 cards)
>3 Blood Doll
>1 Charisma
>2 Dominate
>1 Fortitude
>1 Minion Tap
>1 Obtenebration
>1 Political Hunting Ground
+1 Charisma to be sure you get it early.
+1 Warzone Hunting Ground
+1 Elysian Fields (to aid in acquiring the services of the Abyssal
Hunters)
+1 Blood Doll
-2 Dominate
-1 Fortitude
-1 Minion Tap
>Action (19 cards)
>1 Far Mastery
>5 Govern the Unaligned
>1 Graverobbing
>6 Panacea
>6 Renewed Vigor
-6 Renewed Vigor
+6 Fifth Tradition
-6 Panacea
+3/4 Life in the City
+2/3 Bum's Rush / Ambush / Harass for the Abyssal Hunters to use
>Action Modifier (22 cards)
>1 Foreshadowing Destruction
>1 Seduction
>4 Shadow Play
>3 Threats
Remove all of this:
>7 Freak Drive
>1 Kiss of Ra, The
>1 Neutral Guard
>4 Repulsion
Replace with:
4 more Seduction
4 Lucky Blow (for the Abyssal Hunters to use)
5 Trap or Fake Out (for the Abyssal Hunters to use)
>Reaction (12 cards)
>4 Deflection
>2 Obedience
>6 Wake with Evening's Freshness
You have no intercept in the deck currently.
You will be bled more than once per turn.
I would increase the Deflections to 8, or replace the 4 Laptop
Computers with Second Traditions, you can then increase the number of
Obediences appropriately.
>Combat (14 cards)
>4 Arms of the Abyss
>1 Entombment
>3 Oubliette
Replace these:
>2 Rolling with the Punches
>4 Vitae Block
With potence strikes, preferably Thrown Gate, as then all of your
vampires can get out of the way on those occasions when they are
blocked in the process of recruiting Abyssal Hunters.
>Ally (9 cards)
>8 Abyssal Hunter
>1 Vagabond Mystic
I think the action to recruit the Vagabond Mystic will be a wasted
action, but try it and let us know how it goes.
>Equipment (4 cards)
>4 Laptop Computer
You really can't afford the pool cost for this equipment. Consider
letting the Abyssal Hunters Computer Hack or Rush instead. Also
consider Aaron's Feeding Razor, as you will really need all of the
blood gain you can scratch up when you have 4-5 Abyssal Hunters in
play.
This ends up being quite a different deck than your original thoughts,
but the discipline spread is too disparate between Lasombra and
Salubri and I think the deck presented above would function more
consistently and all of the cards would be playable by almost all of
the vampires. You original deck will jam horribly if you lose your
Salubri to torpor or burning.
Carpe noctem.
Lasombra
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