[2023] 2023 Lobby Legends Spring Championships - Top 8 | Hearthstone Dev Tracker

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894s	hello everyone and welcome to Lobby
897s	Legends spring Championship day two I'm
900s	Raven joining me once again of course is
902s	subtle and we've got plenty more action
904s	coming up for you guys today so welcome
907s	once again to another day of Lobby
908s	Legends uh what a day we had yesterday
911s	yeah really good honestly I think one of
913s	the most enjoyable first days that I can
914s	remember in a Lobby Legends
917s	um primarily because of the variation I
918s	think every every game seemed markedly
921s	different from the previous one we had
922s	different comps winning we had different
924s	players performing we had different
925s	Lobby makeups different styles of games
927s	as well and so I had a really good time
929s	with day one but obviously day two is
932s	where the rubber hits the road this is
933s	where the player is now playing in the
935s	final Lobby for the big money as well
937s	and we can take a look at some of those
939s	lobbies that we played out yesterday as
941s	they were take worth taking another look
943s	at
943s	yeah we had a mixed bag of a loads of
946s	different minion types and styles
947s	winning games doing well in lobbies
949s	overall and we saw everything right we
952s	kicked it off with some Pirates we saw
953s	tomb get a lot of work done with this
955s	shoulder walk in this uh game too as
957s	well which was really impressive to him
959s	definitely one of the players that stood
961s	out to me as a player maybe going into
962s	this I did not think it was really gonna
964s	stick out too much but it's definitely
966s	impressed in day one
968s	yeah absolutely very high Tempo focused
971s	uh style you know a couple of points
972s	where I disagreed with the lines and but
975s	clearly they were very focused on just
976s	max Tempo Max stats Staying Alive making
978s	top fours did that very consistently and
981s	as you can see won the group in group a
983s	because of those consistent finishes as
985s	well as picking up uh the win off a
987s	massive I believe that was the shadow
989s	walk Spike game right with the early
990s	triples and everything else
993s	um but then just Consolidated that with
994s	a three and a half and a four really uh
996s	very Tempo focused style overall and
998s	then this uh Lobby was absolutely crazy
1000s	overall satellite in the end taking it
1003s	home all four qualifiers out of Lobby B
1006s	all hailing from Japan yeah one of those
1010s	players qualifying from Japan as well
1011s	was yanase who I think impressed both of
1014s	us Raven with just the the high risk
1016s	High reward style of play yeah this is
1019s	probably the highlight of yesterday for
1021s	me and I know for you subtle as someone
1022s	who really values these kind of high
1024s	value plays look at this turn all the
1027s	peggies you can ever won in your life
1029s	with the help of those rivenders and
1031s	you're going to say on one Health really
1033s	cashed in on this right and really made
1034s	use of that power Spike and ended up
1036s	winning the game yeah one Health greets
1039s	it out with double Baron and a radio
1041s	star on the board then you can see uh
1043s	how it started how it's going winning
1045s	the lobby with that one Health still
1047s	intact and ended up securing a place in
1050s	the finals Lobby we'll be seeing more of
1052s	Jana say today and as I mentioned do you
1054s	want to say is someone I featured very
1055s	heavily in a Lobby Legends creative
1056s	video before so I've been very up close
1058s	and personal uh with some of his plays
1060s	and he is he's a shoot for the stars
1062s	kind of player overall so I'm a big big
1064s	fan of him yeah and as we've talked
1066s	about yesterday we can now talk about
1068s	what's on the plan for today we took the
1070s	top four players from the two lobbies
1072s	yesterday stuck them together to make an
1075s	a person Lobby today and that is
1077s	basically your top eight for the
1078s	tournament so far but they've still got
1080s	a lot of work to do subtle of course you
1083s	spoke about Janice but there's players
1085s	like satellite in there tomb got in
1086s	there as well but we do have things
1088s	working a little bit different it's not
1090s	going to be just three games today we
1093s	are going to play until we have a
1095s	champion but what does that involve
1096s	subtle it involves a little thing that
1099s	we call check format which is a way of
1102s	adding a little bit of drama to this
1104s	final day and particularly when you're
1106s	doing you know most points wins in a
1108s	kind of situation you can end up with
1109s	someone winning the tournament by
1111s	finishing seventh right and they picked
1113s	up the one point that they needed to win
1115s	the tournament
1116s	um which seems a little bit
1116s	anticlimactic so how check works is that
1119s	you have a set of points you have to
1121s	reach which is 20. so let's say a player
1124s	let's say Jana say plays out of his mind
1126s	first three games spikes win conditions
1128s	wins the first three games has 21 points
1130s	at that point but all that's done is now
1133s	made them eligible to win the tournament
1135s	they have the lobby in check as we are
1137s	referring it to it by by Crossing that
1140s	20 point threshold any player that has
1142s	crossed the 20-point threshold then must
1145s	win another game to end the tournament
1148s	and be declared champion and at that
1150s	point you then resolve the remaining
1153s	placements by who has the most points
1155s	after that and so that might sound like
1157s	a lot to take in it is a very intuitive
1159s	when uh when you get used to it
1161s	basically Step One reach 20 points step
1163s	two win another game and then the
1164s	tournament ends and you are declared the
1166s	champion and I think just to throw it
1168s	out there because it's probably the
1169s	first question people unfamiliar with
1171s	the format uh we'll ask is you cannot
1174s	cross the 20 points and win in the same
1177s	game you have to cross the 20 points
1179s	then your next game you are eligible to
1181s	win even if you're way past 20 points
1183s	for whatever reason right like 19 and
1185s	then you win you still have that one
1187s	more game so there won't be any big
1189s	surprise out of nowhere winners we will
1191s	know who is eligible to win at any given
1194s	game very exciting format you love to
1196s	see it because you really do see players
1199s	alter certain approaches to each game
1201s	because oh I only need two points to get
1203s	into check I'll go for it and let's take
1205s	a look at the tavern buddy results this
1207s	is um well it's a good thing and a Bad
1209s	Thing depending on if your name is Raven
1211s	or not um I did not do so well yesterday
1214s	I think I did okay you've you've done
1216s	this before this is my first time so so
1219s	um I think I did okay here but I've got
1221s	a lot of work to do today yeah I mean I
1224s	think it would have been like I was
1226s	talking to you before and like you
1227s	really had nothing to lose in this
1228s	situation because I've won by a pretty
1230s	healthy margin and we're sort of looking
1232s	at it going yeah now we kind of expected
1234s	that to happen whereas if by some
1235s	miracle you had defeated me yesterday
1237s	I'd still be hearing about it in six
1240s	months time oh yeah sure so uh yeah very
1242s	very little to lose I think just worried
1244s	that twitch chat are now going to divide
1246s	themselves into subtles and Ravens and
1248s	this is the scores they're going to use
1249s	to do so so we'll have to see how that
1251s	one pans out but unfortunately there was
1253s	an extra uh hurdle for me as the loser
1257s	we did set a challenge as uh whoever won
1260s	the well the loser I guess had to write
1263s	a speech but I decided to make it a bit
1265s	of a poem instead I thought speech would
1267s	be too much so are you ready Saul
1270s	oh I was born ready please baby me a
1273s	praise Raven okay are you ready here we
1276s	go
1277s	he casts like a beast and plays like a
1280s	demon
1281s	his stats are so high we should call him
1284s	Bremen
1286s	he prints minions that's our gold while
1289s	educating on the mic
1291s	he beat me in the challenge so I have to
1293s	acknowledge his might
1295s	if you want to get better then make sure
1297s	it's him you study because subtle is
1300s	truly the best Tavern buddy
1303s	there you go
1305s	that that was actually wasn't bad you
1308s	know
1309s	all I can Hope for not terrible but
1312s	there you go I'm not sure how I feel
1314s	about Mike and Mike I know I didn't like
1316s	that either I didn't like that either
1318s	but I tried I did my best anyway if you
1320s	can write better poems by all means let
1322s	us know because you probably can it
1324s	wasn't great but I did my best but
1326s	regardless uh let's go and talk about
1328s	the fantasy picks to see if I can
1330s	actually do uh any better overall
1333s	um oh no sorry we have day two puzzle
1335s	box first I apologies about that we need
1337s	we get new questions so I did forget
1339s	I'll be honest yes we do
1342s	um so new set of questions for day two
1344s	again if you're not familiar with how uh
1345s	what what we're talking about what
1347s	Tavern buddy is to Twitch extension so
1349s	if you can head over to twitch.tv if
1351s	you're watching on other platforms you
1352s	want to take part on this uh you'll see
1354s	a little uh overlay on the twitch player
1356s	where you can uh involve yourself in
1358s	this and just play for some imaginary
1359s	points a little bit of interactivity
1361s	during the tournament starting with
1363s	answering these six questions about the
1365s	day
1366s	um and we're pretty much in line today
1368s	Raven that's good news for you isn't it
1370s	oh well I guess so yeah and uh we yeah
1374s	we did do these separately as well it's
1376s	not like we both knew what we were all
1377s	gonna put but uh for me I've really uh
1379s	the big difference of course being will
1381s	we play more than seven games today and
1384s	that is a tricky one because I think a
1385s	lot or at least a reasonable amount of
1387s	historic Lobby Legends have gone around
1389s	the seven to eight ish Mark right so
1392s	that is really a tough one yeah six to
1394s	eight is where a huge chunk of the
1395s	average I think breaks down uh 14 is the
1398s	theoretical maximum number of game games
1400s	we can play but that is a like absolute
1402s	Incredible One in a Million type shot uh
1405s	four being the absolute minimum at the
1407s	other end so somewhere in the six to
1409s	eight range is where things are normally
1411s	live people at home want a little bit of
1413s	extra information about that
1415s	um outside of that I think uh games
1416s	being won by different Heroes is kind of
1418s	an interesting question as well same
1420s	similar sort of thing to different
1421s	players winning a game obviously those
1423s	kind of tie into your initial question
1425s	right if you think there's going to be
1427s	lots of games then that affects your
1430s	answer for those other two things it
1431s	makes you sure more or less likely
1434s	um and then we've got a I like the last
1436s	question a lot as well player will a
1438s	player reach tab in tier six by turn
1439s	eight there's a lot of hyper economy
1442s	available in the game right now with uh
1444s	shell collector with Radio Star with
1446s	lots of different ways to print extra
1448s	gold for yourselves in the early turns
1449s	so I think that's a very interesting one
1451s	as well but uh Raven and I have both
1453s	chosen to be non-believers yeah for me
1456s	it's purely because of the strength of
1457s	Tavern tier 4 and even arguably five
1459s	right I just think that the ability to
1462s	sit on them and still have a big impact
1463s	in the game is huge but I definitely
1466s	think that you know we could easily end
1468s	today and we could both be wrong on this
1470s	one because as you said there is a lot
1471s	of shenanigans you can pull to really
1473s	accelerate the game plan and then we're
1475s	not even mentioning certain Heroes
1478s	specifically that can help with that as
1479s	well so we'll have to see on that one
1481s	but yeah I'm feeling a little bit more
1483s	confident and I think the big one for me
1485s	is
1486s	if I get if I don't hit the two
1488s	bandwagons fine points sure but if I do
1491s	hit two bandwagon winners I might even
1493s	overtake you at that point
1495s	yeah I mean very true very very true
1497s	picking two bandwagon winners is very
1500s	very difficult to do and again I suppose
1502s	that is also tied into the number of
1503s	games that we end up playing as well
1505s	right played into the initial question
1506s	at the same time yeah really good
1508s	question sir I think everyone believe
1509s	now we can we can go and take a look at
1511s	what the fancy picks look like again
1513s	just to go over it once more we did get
1515s	to pick three players uh to join your
1518s	fantasy team we did it yesterday but of
1520s	course now we have a new Lobby of eight
1521s	players today and uh what have you gone
1523s	with sir do you want to go through your
1525s	choices even though they were fairly
1526s	similar to like yesterday yeah yanase
1528s	has made the team again big Yana so fan
1531s	you saw yesterday exactly why that is
1533s	very very similar greedy play style that
1535s	I have uh Penguins on makes the list as
1537s	well because
1539s	um just incredible consistency repeat
1541s	repeat repeat Battlegrounds competitor
1543s	and a former winner as well and then
1545s	beat about it I think if we want to
1547s	stray outside the region of Japan which
1550s	I did want to do for one of the picks uh
1552s	beat about it kind of felt like the the
1554s	most renowned player to go for in that
1556s	list but I will say I did have a hard
1559s	time leaving tomb off my list based on
1561s	the play from yesterday because tomb
1563s	feels like that kind of safe pick that
1565s	will get you a few points right it
1566s	doesn't feel like they're going to
1568s	finish eight in this tournament from the
1569s	way they played yesterday yeah I was
1572s	with you on the NSA I think satellites
1573s	played extremely well as well and for me
1575s	I mentioned a couple times but I think
1577s	tomb just came out the gates yesterday I
1578s	think it looked great so I'm really
1580s	excited to see what they can do in this
1581s	especially when we naturally have a
1583s	longer format because you simply cannot
1586s	win in three games right so it can't
1589s	happen so we are going to see at least
1591s	four onwards so I'm pretty excited to
1593s	see how this one goes but we saw a lot
1596s	of different builds a lot of everything
1597s	you know going on yesterday how do you
1600s	think the format or will the format
1603s	affect some of the approaches from these
1605s	players are we going to see more
1607s	aggressive strategies early on just to
1609s	try and back points quickly are we going
1611s	to see players maybe early on going for
1612s	the crazy strategies to try and get an
1614s	actual win to them Propel themselves
1616s	forward towards those 20 points yeah I
1619s	think it's it's really hard to elucidate
1621s	in Battlegrounds because I think this is
1622s	one of the hardest things to grasp it's
1624s	probably the biggest difference between
1626s	like a 10K player and a 13k player like
1628s	a Lobby Legends level player and a very
1631s	good ladder player the difference one of
1633s	the big differences between that is
1634s	understanding match-up charts almost
1637s	right where you get a Lobby you see the
1639s	five minion types that are in and a good
1642s	player will be like okay this is the
1644s	good strategy this is the good strategy
1645s	I'll try and go for this a great player
1648s	will then understand well hang on
1650s	because mexit in that makes this minion
1653s	type worse or it makes this minion type
1655s	better because they actually understand
1656s	the matchups between the individual
1658s	minion types themselves and that then
1661s	gets complicated even further by the
1664s	tournament format that you're talking
1665s	about right because you have to not
1666s	understand and just understand what's
1668s	the best play for average MMR in this
1671s	Lobby you have to understand what's the
1673s	best play for game state in this Lobby
1675s	right I need X points I need a win I
1678s	have the Lobby in check I need to high
1680s	roll and Spike and find a win condition
1681s	or I'm on 18 points I just need to not
1684s	get eighth this long yeah and then I put
1687s	the lobby into check and that all adds
1689s	another level of modifier to all of
1691s	those start of game decisions about what
1693s	you're looking to play over the course
1695s	of the game so it's a really really
1697s	difficult skill to master for sure
1698s	there's even the spicier element when we
1700s	get a little bit later on in the day
1702s	where oh my next fight against someone
1704s	who has got the lobbying check what can
1706s	I do to kill them so they cannot win
1709s	because once they win the tournament
1711s	stops it's done so there's definitely
1713s	elements of that as well and all that
1715s	sort of meshes together and we see some
1717s	air players perform somewhere pretty
1719s	cool strategies or at least their
1720s	overall plays and we are getting the
1722s	players ready oh sorry Gonzo I was just
1724s	going to say we do get questions about
1725s	that as well that stuff is all totally
1727s	legal as well anything anything that you
1730s	can do that can be shown to be in your
1731s	own self-interest as the player in this
1733s	tournament is perfectly fine as long as
1735s	there's no like collusion between
1736s	players in the tournament so
1738s	um if you just want to you know throw
1740s	your board even like sell everything
1742s	you've got so the player who doesn't end
1745s	have the lobby in check beats you and
1747s	therefore has a position to to win the
1749s	fight against the person who does have
1751s	the lobbying check for example that's a
1753s	thing you're perfectly allowed to do if
1754s	that's a decision you make of your own
1755s	fruition
1761s	let's take a look at some of the cards
1764s	uh that make the impactful today and
1766s	we're gonna check out some of the others
1767s	from yesterday but take us through some
1769s	of the the highlights here so because I
1771s	know you're big at Jakari enchanter fan
1772s	I am yeah um we're very much into the B
1775s	team now though I would say like we had
1777s	the we had the star performers yesterday
1779s	uh with with rylack and the likes in
1781s	there
1782s	um but Jakari enchanter I think
1783s	definitely has a chance of making that
1785s	list uh I had a game earlier uh where I
1788s	murdered Sun Glitters and I think might
1790s	have made her stop streaming
1790s	Battlegrounds I'm not sure
1792s	um
1793s	a golden brand and four Calor Gas on
1796s	turn 10 through essentially use of
1798s	dracari enchanter and Duos right because
1800s	you can then get so many quick copies of
1803s	everything by stacking those things up
1805s	um that's really really powerful as a
1808s	base strategy but also there are just a
1809s	lot more end of turn effects in the game
1811s	right now that work really nicely with
1812s	Jakari enchanter uh prickly Piper and
1815s	malcazar though kind of thrown in here
1816s	or as little tech cards overall like
1819s	prickly Piper is a very strong card that
1821s	can build you into some heavy Tempo
1823s	early with quilbore if you get there
1824s	early but malcazar I think is a
1827s	particularly interesting card because we
1828s	saw this yesterday where players weren't
1831s	playing demons they had no real
1834s	Ambitions of ever playing demons but
1836s	they were just buying malkazar just to
1838s	gain a couple of gold in rolls
1840s	essentially in the mid game right use
1841s	that Health as a resource try and gain
1843s	some plus gold in that situation and
1845s	then sell it out once they were scared
1847s	of hitting certain break points with
1848s	their health total so I think malcolor
1850s	is a very very interesting card to try
1852s	and manipulate in those early games
1854s	especially because of the way it works
1856s	where you can continue to chain them
1858s	right like you have one malcazar you
1860s	roll you find another malkazar that
1862s	malcolor is then still active so you can
1864s	then buy that right they'll get more
1865s	rolls and so on
1867s	um so you can cheat an awful lot of gold
1869s	obviously if you do have the the rewind
1871s	demon that helps a lot because you do
1873s	preserve hell total but don't be
1874s	surprised if you see people just setting
1877s	their health total on fire just taking
1879s	free rolls from Alcazar just to save
1881s	gold because gold is much more important
1883s	than health in this game yeah it's
1885s	something I've been uh trying to force a
1887s	bit more in my own gameplay where if and
1889s	I generally doing it on the easy choices
1891s	where whether you've got a lot of health
1892s	so yeah you can lose a couple of Health
1894s	at turn it's probably not going to
1896s	change too much or you're on like four
1898s	and you know well okay well if I lose a
1900s	fight I've lost a fight anyway I may as
1902s	well go down to one and three rolls you
1905s	know you notice because some minions
1906s	create free roles in the game and
1908s	they're sought after right so like free
1910s	roles where you get to just refresh the
1911s	shop and it costs you zero money is
1913s	actually a really big deal so it's one
1916s	of the the newer minions to the game
1917s	that I really like that sort of idea of
1919s	well okay you can save money and
1921s	sacrifice this but it is for something
1923s	valuable it's not you know like a sort
1925s	of I would say it's not like a cheap
1926s	gimmick thing that is pretty Niche it is
1928s	just something that's like yeah you can
1930s	just have two more gold this turn if you
1932s	want it's your choice right and I think
1934s	giving players those options like we saw
1936s	yesterday a couple of play use it as you
1937s	said without demons is kind of cool
1939s	because it just gives good players
1942s	especially more options per shop right
1945s	which is something I like a lot yeah
1947s	definitely a big deal particularly in
1949s	certain kinds of lobbies because there's
1951s	a difference sometimes between like
1953s	economy builds and rolling builds and
1955s	which is kind of hard to explain
1956s	sometimes like for example uh bananas
1959s	with beasts right that's a rolling comp
1961s	you just roll and look for more banana
1963s	Slammers more reborn bees blanchies you
1966s	want specific pieces you roll until you
1968s	hit them and then you play them whereas
1971s	something like infinite Elementals or
1972s	infinite Pirates or you know brand
1974s	murlocs as it used to be not so much now
1977s	that's more of an economy comp where you
1979s	just buy sell the things that you see in
1981s	the shop right and you don't roll that
1983s	much you just kind of Buy sell stuff and
1984s	generate economy so if you are looking
1987s	for a a rolling build you know they're
1989s	just trying to roll through the shot
1991s	beasts are in your lobby with demons and
1992s	you're just desperately trying to find
1994s	more banana Slammers then yeah
1995s	malcazar's a great card that you can
1997s	throw in there just to pay a few health
1998s	here and there to try and look uh take
2000s	dig an extra couple of turns for those
2003s	crucial pieces especially in this kind
2005s	of meta in this tournament meta as well
2007s	right because um you will want those
2009s	extra rolls because if you just get
2011s	there a turn ahead of say someone else
2013s	who's going for a similar thing you are
2015s	just stronger so you're likely to be
2016s	able to kill them and so as you guys
2018s	will have noticed we're not quite in
2020s	game number one yet we are having
2021s	trouble getting one of the players in
2022s	and we want to make sure everyone's good
2024s	to go before we really kick off the day
2026s	so we're gonna go to a quick break while
2028s	we start this Tech issue don't go
2029s	anywhere we'll be right back
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2282s	welcome back sorry about the slight
2285s	delay there and we have managed to sort
2287s	it out so it looks I'll be able to get
2288s	into the first game very very quickly
2290s	indeed again just we have some small
2293s	Tech issues but I'll make sure every
2294s	player is good to go so we don't have to
2297s	restart any games but you know when
2298s	we're a few turns in which would be a
2300s	bit of a disaster so salt are you ready
2302s	for this one what are you hoping to see
2303s	in game one
2304s	yeah it's hard to say because normally
2307s	the answer to that question is something
2309s	that we didn't see on day one right like
2311s	that's generally been the go-to answer
2313s	when we've led into this on day twos of
2316s	these Bobby Legends tournaments but we
2318s	we really run together on on day one we
2320s	saw all basically all of the major boxes
2322s	were checked I would say
2324s	um did get reminded towards the end of
2325s	the day that we didn't really see uh
2327s	deep blue crooners do particularly well
2328s	like there's SD card overall so maybe
2331s	seeing a nice endgame variation of that
2334s	would be pretty fun but overall I think
2336s	just more of the same will do me just
2338s	fine thank you very much okay well no
2340s	beasts so far in this one I guess so
2344s	that's gonna be something just to make
2345s	an instant note of I know we're seeing
2347s	their players lock in and remember when
2349s	I said about the uh turn eight tier six
2353s	I was thinking of omu as something that
2355s	could cause us some trouble in those uh
2357s	in those guesses so and then Mega Alex
2359s	has gone omu for this game and I think
2361s	we've got a galley whips there as well
2363s	which I've been seeing uh seeing of
2365s	popularity on recently
2371s	meanwhile good old tomb sat here on the
2374s	uh on the pyramid which again we have or
2376s	I have made this characterization based
2378s	on a three-game sample size that tomb is
2380s	a very heavy Tempo player uh but that
2382s	does seem to fit in with the the pyramid
2384s	Choice there as well
2386s	and also when you get offered Your
2387s	Heroes it could be a decision you just
2389s	instantly make right where it's like oh
2391s	my heroes are okay I've got a pyramid
2393s	that's probably going to get me you know
2395s	at least three or four points minimum
2397s	right right so sure I'll bag three or
2399s	four points game one and hope we get
2401s	better Heroes rolls and next game so
2403s	it's definitely something that can be uh
2404s	decided upon straight away and we do
2407s	have scabs we've got a lot of uh Heroes
2409s	that can get some a pretty leafy turns
2412s	kicked out we look at the satellite on
2414s	the Varden we've also got this Gale Wing
2416s	here as well for some discovers and then
2418s	uh Galley Wix like I said earlier like
2419s	gonna be pretty strong although no
2422s	pirates in this uh in this game
2425s	no pirates in this game just yet but
2428s	there was a settlemental start for a
2430s	gallywix which is you know at the very
2432s	least uh fairly decent going
2435s	um interest as to what the scab start
2436s	could end up being here as well because
2438s	scabs is facing someone who they'll be
2441s	able to read does not have a token so
2442s	depending on whether scabs has a token
2444s	themselves it really affects the
2446s	leveling curve here and we just saw
2447s	scabs go two on two uh for beta Babbitt
2450s	which means yes you can see either uh
2452s	beta does not have a token he knows his
2453s	opponent does not have a token because
2455s	they are reading mechs so there's no way
2457s	to uh kind of get a cheat curve going
2459s	with the extra Tempo start from scabs
2461s	just has to level on two and then
2462s	probably go here a power Buy on turn
2464s	three
2466s	reminder as well uh this will be the
2468s	first bandwagon opportunity of the day
2470s	another feature of the tavern Buddy app
2472s	you'll have until the end of turn four
2474s	so another two uh full turns from here
2476s	to pick the player that you think is
2478s	going to win the lobby you can change
2480s	your mind as many times as you want but
2482s	the earlier you lock your choice in the
2484s	more points you will end up getting
2486s	yep so already trying to uh cheese this
2489s	out against me because he forgot to
2491s	remind me until turn two was over so
2493s	yeah there you go
2495s	what am I your babysitter underhanded
2498s	tactics that's all I'm saying throwing
2500s	it out there look I don't have to praise
2501s	you anymore so I did my poem yeah that's
2504s	true actually it feels like the uh the
2507s	positive sentiment towards me is now
2509s	done for at least three months that's
2511s	right I've completed my obligation right
2513s	yes
2516s	hello satellite oh not a bad pair to
2519s	have sat in the shop as well silent
2521s	wants to keep this on up yeah he's gonna
2523s	go for the freeze and that could be a
2525s	lot of stats stacked quickly yeah so the
2528s	way this works the tavern has to be
2529s	refreshed for Virgin hero power to fire
2533s	um refreshing a Tavern qualifies as one
2535s	or more new minions appearing in that
2537s	Tavern so you can't just freeze a full
2539s	Tavern uh and duplicate things so
2541s	satellite buying two from that shop of
2543s	course means that now they get a second
2546s	shot at trying to get this flutist
2547s	triple on the following turn and I would
2550s	say if this triple does appear on this
2552s	turn uh satellite is in a very very good
2555s	position this game if you're interested
2557s	in a bandwagon piece miss it though the
2559s	way the shop was frozen only going to be
2561s	a one in three at best if a one drop
2563s	appeared in the final slot getting the
2565s	flutist triple and uh do you like the
2568s	look of picking up the flu test and
2570s	maybe I don't know even like the the
2571s	pirate just to get the buff on him yes
2575s	something's got to be held in hand right
2576s	it's whether or not you want to abandon
2579s	this hope for a triple on the flutist it
2581s	does start to get very very unlikely
2584s	over time because you know the shop
2586s	fills up with other two drops being
2587s	duplicated once you've missed once so
2589s	it's kind of hard to uh to bring it back
2591s	down so I think you probably will end up
2594s	buying the second flutist here but you
2596s	could still okay it's gonna say you
2598s	could buy two of the things that you
2600s	don't have pairs of or say one of the
2602s	undead and the two three pirate and then
2604s	freeze again and give yourself a double
2606s	shot potentially a train triple out of
2609s	it is a way to do it but I think one of
2612s	the ways you can end up getting fat
2613s	eights with Garden is just focusing too
2616s	much on trying to hit these early
2617s	triples I think generally you just let
2620s	it fire and if it hits it hits if it
2621s	doesn't you move on and I like that
2623s	that's the choice that satellite is
2625s	going for it
2626s	yeah you kind of stopped playing the
2628s	game sometimes right yeah you're playing
2630s	your own mini game then you realize
2631s	that's not how you win it's gonna be a
2634s	draw now for uh for Mega Alex already
2637s	has some sort of stacking and and a
2639s	stacking potential later on as well
2641s	which is going to be pretty scary
2649s	are we going to six straight away game
2652s	one me I I feel like with this open he's
2655s	probably strong enough not like of now
2657s	of course but to get there quickly right
2659s	yeah this is the big problem about why
2661s	six on eight is a big proposition is the
2663s	The Tavern inflation cost to go to five
2666s	right which came in a few patches ago
2669s	um you can't really level to five on
2672s	eight gold unless you are monstrously
2674s	strong and sell off like two minions
2676s	from your board on the same turn so it's
2678s	a little bit awkward to do but we will
2680s	see throughout the day whether anyone
2681s	can make it happen
2683s	good little start from Janice here
2685s	though just getting those mechs and all
2686s	the resets he could ever want already
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2690s	so satellite here I believe we cut away
2692s	uh they just naturally rolled into the
2694s	flutist triple the only thing that was
2696s	frozen in the shop from the previous
2697s	term was the solitary copy of the undead
2700s	and they just naturally rolled into a
2702s	triple on the flutist and looks like
2703s	they're gonna hold on to a Skype in here
2705s	for a bit of extra value
2706s	yeah I think
2708s	is there like a hidden triple behind
2710s	here hey Triple A hidden buff you're
2713s	doing great out there
2715s	or would it still show for what I'll
2717s	know for the fluted no the lightning
2719s	bolt would still activate even if oh
2720s	yeah yeah it still shows yeah okay okay
2732s	this fight is not really going to plan
2735s	here though
2738s	spank the tie in the end I think both
2740s	players will be relatively happy with
2741s	that both players actually setting up
2743s	quite nicely for some mid-game scaling
2745s	and still at maximum health as well so
2747s	both players will be pretty pleased
2748s	about that overall
2752s	huh
2756s	tough choice actually because you're set
2759s	up quite nicely for a scrap scraper here
2762s	if you just want to take a look at it
2763s	immediately for a fall
2765s	it's one of the weird problems I found
2767s	myself in even early today when I was
2769s	playing some mechs where I had the
2771s	triple and I was very comfortable to
2774s	level and triple but then I sat there
2775s	thinking hang on a minute I'm going into
2777s	a five do I really want a five instead
2779s	of a four
2781s	when someone says yes though again I do
2784s	think this is a good decision
2787s	um overall because I've made this
2788s	mistake a couple of times since Max were
2790s	revealed I do I think like before you
2792s	have a deflecto and a couple of resets
2794s	right I'm Max like that's a reasonable
2796s	decision to make at this point but I
2798s	think the way Max work now this is too
2800s	early to decide your max so basing your
2802s	whole game around trying to Triple into
2804s	a scrap scraper probably a little bit
2806s	ambitious
2808s	um especially when the potential for uh
2810s	bran calagos does still exist in this
2812s	Lobby is like ultimately game scaling if
2814s	you can get them and these picks are
2816s	always when I find really really
2817s	difficult where yeah okay so Edward's
2820s	gone for the more just immediate value
2821s	in sort of tempo but I always look at
2823s	like drakari enchanter and just think
2825s	I've got nothing that goes with it right
2828s	now but it's so strong yeah
2832s	yeah you pass the drakari enchanter and
2835s	then your next shop just has duo in it
2837s	on Tavern four and you're like oh
2847s	still looks like it's going to be enough
2849s	here at very least of Thai no guaranteed
2851s	win from here for penguin so still ahead
2853s	on Tempo even taking the slightly
2855s	greedier triple into the five there
2857s	looking pretty good for penguin
2860s	foreign
2863s	gold yeah no triples as of yet but still
2867s	35 health
2869s	on galliwicks with a four gold extra
2872s	bank is pretty pretty good pretty good
2874s	going at this point
2875s	[Music]
2878s	honestly who has been taking all the
2880s	damage this game is it like so many
2882s	fights must have been draws because
2884s	there's so many healthy players still
2885s	hanging around turn seven I like where
2887s	you're going with this
2890s	Mega Alex JP Tavern five we are on turn
2894s	seven right now
2896s	true and also as well uh penguin's son
2899s	just went up to five
2903s	is it just gonna happen first game of
2905s	the day I know yeah just straight away
2907s	oh Duo
2916s	yeah just good galleywixing anytime you
2919s	see a uh a double cell type minion you
2921s	should you're basically obligated to buy
2923s	and sell it in pretty much every
2925s	situation with gallywix it's just so
2927s	much plus gold over the course of two
2929s	turns
2932s	oh hello there yeah
2938s	not the best
2940s	for the blanchy with the scale things
2944s	oh no
2946s	interesting okay we've seen a few people
2948s	kind of value like not maybe value but
2951s	utilize light fang over the course of
2952s	the last day or so yeah yeah surprise me
2955s	a little bit as well um you know you can
2957s	pick it up every now and again just as a
2959s	minion to have on your board for a turn
2960s	or two and sell but uh strange to me
2963s	that we've seen that situation come up
2964s	twice already at the very least and the
2967s	times we've watched just especially
2968s	there with the flute and uh the scalp in
2970s	and then when she being skipped was
2972s	surprising right it's even just stuck in
2974s	some stats on that that's a pretty
2976s	relevant Tempo minion at worst this is a
2979s	big Martin
2981s	yep
2989s	still look at the health still 44 Health
2993s	subtle all the wiggle room in the world
2997s	oh penguin Sun I think just got really
2999s	uh I'll say punished for leveling up to
3001s	five taking a hit there down to 26. oh
3004s	oh that is the secure poison
3010s	I believe it's pick your Venom now
3012s	actually yeah sorry apologies apologies
3014s	didn't know that they're saying had been
3016s	officially changed
3020s	oh there's your new favorite song it's
3022s	all's become a bit of a trumpety
3027s	yeah something that I I haven't
3029s	successfully leaned into too much myself
3031s	but something that I have gained respect
3033s	for over the last couple of days uh is
3035s	the the rock rock Gusty Trumpeter combo
3038s	which I kind of dismissed for quite a
3041s	long time but I've been in a position a
3043s	couple of times now where they turned 10
3045s	10 11 turn 12 somewhere around there
3047s	I've been playing like Admiral Pirates
3050s	and have you know a few hundred 150 200
3054s	level Minions on the board and think
3056s	okay this game's a free win like I have
3058s	a I have like a golden Admiral and
3059s	another Admiral and I'm scaling and my
3061s	minions are huge and then I just queue
3063s	into Gusty Trumpeter rock rock
3066s	Elementals and they just have a full
3067s	Board of 300 300 so okay
3071s	um maybe I'm underestimating this
3072s	strategy a little bit so we'll be
3074s	curious if we uh see any of that before
3075s	the end of the day look at this point
3077s	not as far from satellite just makes me
3079s	laugh I'm thinking it looks like they're
3081s	going to get the buff on the uh magma
3083s	unlock but yeah really tricky when you
3085s	look at the trumpeter and then you sit
3086s	it next to like morrisoned and you're
3088s	like well hang on a minute yeah
3090s	Trumpeter probably is better than you
3091s	initially thought if you compare it to
3093s	that minion
3101s	uh found his way into walking Fort here
3105s	which is a little bit of an interesting
3107s	setup another card that can of course
3108s	benefit from the drakari that we were
3111s	talking about earlier with those end of
3112s	turn effects you mean penguin right
3115s	penguin sorry yeah okay yeah it's like
3119s	always look at the same screen but yeah
3121s	penguin yeah look get in this sort of uh
3123s	the fight back now after taking that
3126s	early level up to five it's not too bad
3127s	at all
3129s	and we are safe Raven we are through
3132s	turn eight and everyone is still down
3135s	five
3138s	it did look like it was a real
3139s	possibility for game one of the day
3140s	though right and primarily there was a
3142s	couple of high economy Heroes but I
3144s	think more so there were a lot of tied
3147s	fights there were a lot of very very
3148s	healthy people going through those early
3150s	turns that probably felt like they can
3152s	get away with a good bit of greed
3154s	and look at this from Mega Alex now like
3156s	you know the the Factory's live right
3159s	now we're just getting all these mechs
3161s	out yep
3165s	oh
3168s	Carl is also at least half interest into
3172s	just pause and think about
3177s	Kari is the big hit here as well with
3179s	the Duos just set to go off right now
3183s	doesn't find it in the end though
3187s	start to think about where these
3189s	magnetics are going to go if anywhere
3193s	a little bit of a push pull on this
3195s	because playing the menaces can get you
3198s	a lot more extra juice from your scrap
3200s	scraper itself but at the same time you
3202s	have just gone to six so if you suddenly
3204s	roll into polarizing beatboxer then that
3207s	holding on to those magnetics for an
3210s	extra turn suddenly you're doubling up
3212s	on all your value or tripling up on all
3214s	your value if you manage to hit a couple
3215s	of and even though I know this is
3217s	probably not you know a bit a little bit
3218s	more Niche but the more magnetics you
3221s	use the more likely you're going to win
3223s	more which means your minions aren't
3225s	dying to then give you Revenge procs
3227s	right so like because Mega Alex is
3229s	getting quite big with these now right
3233s	gonna be going up against satellite
3234s	though
3236s	satellite has a magma lockari running
3239s	now as well another very powerful Ender
3241s	turn effect that you can get value from
3243s	with the drakari enchanter
3245s	but he's gonna get absolutely smacked on
3247s	this turn I think Mega Alex just looking
3249s	too big on Max right now and he's
3251s	starting to pick up the annoyer modules
3253s	which are the number one most crucial
3255s	card for making this stuff work
3256s	consistently
3258s	yeah this is a lot of Both Worlds right
3260s	slightly awkward attack order the one
3262s	ones uh from the replicating men is
3264s	falling behind the sequence of attacks
3266s	so they didn't all get to chain in and
3268s	potentially get another juice off the
3270s	scrap scraper yeah still pretty good
3272s	though because one convincingly and
3275s	still generated extra Max right that's
3277s	kind of that's kind of the the tightrope
3280s	you want to walk on
3281s	boogie monster for be a Babbitt as a
3284s	triple into a six here is rocking some
3286s	Duo as well I think himself could be
3288s	doing with the Jakari uh can we have a
3290s	gallywix update as well because I have a
3291s	term one bandwagon on this tester in
3293s	alleywix which is looking very very dead
3297s	oh uh okay bandwagon one uh Mega Alex
3303s	turn ten there we go all right right
3306s	it's interesting I didn't know you could
3308s	do that oh we're not off to a good start
3310s	today Raven and by we I of course mean
3312s	me which is the most important part of
3315s	we
3317s	cool Elementary surprise gives a free
3320s	triple on anything he's Gonna Take It
3325s	yeah I definitely think Tesoro is on the
3327s	let's not go eighth plan right now which
3330s	I think is a pretty good plan to enact
3332s	double dracary
3334s	not that it matters
3340s	or HP
3343s	look at all this stuff to sorry could
3344s	have done they weren't Undead
3349s	it's so close right double double
3351s	Elemental of surprise you just hold out
3353s	for a magma lock and then you have
3354s	triple magma lock with Divine shield and
3356s	then you've got two dracary enchanters
3358s	the turn afterwards like if you could
3360s	afford to just be a little bit more
3361s	greedy you could have really really got
3363s	something going here but yeah tesser is
3365s	gonna have to fight for survival just
3367s	with a little bit of Undead buffing
3369s	going on and just hope and pray that we
3372s	can get there but double straight shot
3375s	oh I've never seen anything more rigged
3378s	in my life come on what is happening
3381s	it's like a whole lot of buffing for a
3382s	whole lot of nothing right now because
3384s	sherosa is just absolutely countering
3386s	this
3387s	it is also again not like this happens
3390s	all the time but it's also one of the
3391s	slight weaknesses oh no
3395s	look for the weaknesses of Undead it's
3397s	like if you see your opponents Undead
3399s	you pretty much know exactly what
3401s	they're doing yeah right so like you
3403s	could say okay I'll just buy a couple of
3405s	these and negate half their board let's
3406s	go
3408s	I think we're gonna see our first victim
3410s	here subtle first victim of the day
3413s	Sarah
3413s	sells picks going uh out with the bank
3416s	I'm fuming right
3419s	literally couldn't have gone worse
3421s	actually could not have gone worse
3425s	you're gonna do him like that come on oh
3429s	as I often do I'm gonna cheer you up a
3431s	little bit my pick is now suddenly on
3433s	nine health so also in a danger zone
3436s	yeah they were full health Giga Tempo
3438s	tripling a month last time we looked at
3440s	them and yeah since then not doing great
3446s	thank you
3451s	penguin looking okay but this definitely
3455s	looks like this board should have
3456s	appeared like a couple of turns ago
3458s	right you know just a it looks like the
3460s	you getting Mex online now and it's
3463s	turning 11. it's just a little bit too
3464s	late to get to that winning glob there
3467s	it is I was gonna say so two things
3469s	first off they've got the fork scaling
3470s	as well which is very nice yes they have
3472s	scam reset potential with the deflectos
3474s	and everything being taunted as well
3476s	which is kind of nice
3477s	um but most importantly this is just a
3479s	board that's been begging for a dracari
3481s	the whole game and now he's got a
3483s	terrifying decision of he's right down
3486s	in the danger zone at 7 HP can he afford
3489s	to take that drakari and have a 1-5 on
3491s	his board and I think the answer to that
3492s	is yes because it still dumps more stats
3494s	than anything else he can find this turn
3496s	I think yeah picks it up just an update
3499s	as well Mega Alex has got hold of a beat
3501s	box so it is popping off so yep we might
3505s	be looking at a nice early lead for Mega
3507s	Alex here because from what I can see if
3508s	they're bored it's looking quite strong
3511s	yeah so yeah like this you Menace
3514s	something that isn't the deflectos to
3516s	try and maximize your scan potential
3518s	right of them hitting into a Divine
3519s	Shield then you drop a Mech or so on uh
3522s	the base skill positioning is really
3524s	hard though because this base skill
3525s	actually is a reset as well
3527s	um in a weird way it summons a candles
3529s	which then summons more mechs uh so
3532s	interesting as to how that one will pan
3533s	out
3536s	hey okay scan potential very high
3539s	because this okay once
3545s	oh unlucky still one though right
3553s	and five plus four is on five right yeah
3555s	that is exactly no
3558s	I'm out
3560s	so he's satellite
3562s	CO2 illustrious experts to talk you
3564s	through procedures for the day have
3566s	managed to pick the eighth place player
3568s	and the Seventh Place player in game
3570s	number one
3571s	are we good at our jobs oh yeah
3576s	just survived on one Health which again
3579s	is such a big deal because any extra
3582s	players you can outlive is just strictly
3585s	more points yeah it is King right now oh
3587s	yeah they say went out as well just a
3589s	little bit delayed with the fight
3590s	recovering sure
3592s	so was that Janice and satellite the
3594s	same round right yeah good news release
3596s	something yeah you got a 6.5 there
3598s	instead of a seven yeah
3602s	can we take a quick look at Mega Alex's
3605s	board I just want to see how filthy it
3606s	is that's okay
3609s	oh yeah it's filthy filthy
3612s	is that second beatboxer as well it's a
3615s	golden beat boxer yeah and the second
3617s	one in hand not that he needs it but
3619s	yeah
3620s	but again he said you just saw it the
3622s	duo just got sold right but he's been
3623s	running dracari Duo so yeah like you
3626s	just get you just get to print value of
3628s	whatever you want it's a very similar
3629s	setup to what I was talking about before
3631s	uh in the intro where I had golden brown
3633s	golden Cali and a fourth Cali by this at
3636s	this point in the game it's exactly that
3637s	same setup and and tomb plane basically
3640s	just full survive techniques going on
3642s	here right with those uh leroys and
3644s	everything going on so tomb just saying
3645s	look I'll grab it I'm never winning this
3647s	I'm going to grab a few extra points oh
3649s	look at this board though Soul creams
3652s	are made of
3654s	I'm going full time now yeah just going
3656s	Max stats right this is indeed the
3659s	concrete jungle where dreams are made of
3662s	that was an actual lyric that someone
3664s	wrote in a song by the way have you ever
3665s	paid attention to how little sense those
3667s	words make
3669s	I mean you can apply it to many songs as
3671s	well but the whole creature jungle where
3674s	dreams are made of what
3679s	a scramble gold
3682s	honestly have some self-respect
3686s	it worked out it did
3688s	it's kind of a tune honestly
3691s	yeah this is our tomb on the other side
3693s	that's the paramate just trying to
3695s	survive as much as possible but when you
3696s	run into the Juggernaut that is Mega
3699s	Alex in this uh game I don't think
3701s	survival's really going to work
3705s	full Vinnie Jones Chasing Juno that's
3708s	what's going on right now
3711s	yeah about it on the other hand
3713s	Maybe
3714s	right yeah it's good enough right
3718s	absolutely fine
3719s	light fan getting work done again
3723s	and this is one of those interactions I
3725s	talked about yesterday as well when you
3726s	were asking about like what can Undead
3728s	actually do right you don't want to be
3730s	doing what the galley Wicks was doing
3732s	you don't want to actually be Undead but
3734s	in terms of just having the 5-2
3736s	reborning a particular high value Undead
3738s	on your board that's definitely
3740s	something you can Splash into a more
3742s	Menagerie style comp and that is working
3743s	out very very nicely for a bit about it
3745s	that's sharusa and tomb out that turn as
3748s	well for joint fourth fifth
3750s	and upsets me to see two of subtle's
3753s	picks in fantasy team in the top three
3755s	right now oh yeah
3758s	yeah I will just reiterate if you're
3759s	suffering a little bit like me with some
3761s	decisions in your life thing to do with
3763s	this tournament then remember today will
3765s	be significantly longer for this group
3768s	of players right we are playing more
3769s	than three games and now towards the end
3772s	soul with a cheeky Barrel's blessing
3774s	cheeky barrel of blessing indeed all
3777s	right so shame it's not Alex
3779s	yeah which I would imagine is exactly
3783s	why lorindra is doing it precisely now
3785s	because doing it in the final fight
3787s	between Mega Alex and one of these two
3789s	players probably not going to work out
3790s	super well
3799s	so be about it looking to pick John yeah
3802s	there's just trying to work out what's
3803s	going on with this pay skill really does
3806s	have a little bit of extra venomous to
3807s	play with
3810s	meanwhile a couple of leroys no venomous
3813s	available though but does have the stats
3815s	covered with Divine Shields okay
3822s	I've locked to my choice you've got a
3824s	few seconds to lock in yours as well
3825s	yeah so we're gonna take the Victory and
3828s	I think Saul's with me yeah both of us
3829s	picking penguin I just think the Divine
3832s	Shields Plus stats and like yeah there's
3835s	a lot of venomous and a LeRoy but it's
3836s	not that much right like there's a lero
3839s	on the other side as well with the space
3840s	kill too so yeah there is some scam
3842s	potential where that first Leroy went
3844s	was huge right that Leroy had to hit a
3846s	deflecto to actually get things working
3848s	because it removes a lot of the added
3850s	value
3851s	um but yeah I just think overall there's
3853s	just a bit too much over here with the
3854s	Divine Shields nice little field there
3856s	on the shield though yeah it gets the
3858s	reset on the deflecto though which is
3860s	bad news there goes to venomous
3864s	and now just the deflector at this point
3866s	has everything else covered so looking
3868s	pretty good
3869s	and that looks like penguin is going to
3871s	make it into top two at worst and then
3874s	Mega Alex just got to just chill and
3876s	play the uh the ghost this round be like
3879s	right I'll make myself even stronger
3882s	also scarily close to the Health
3884s	Challenge as well I was just about to
3885s	say yeah 32 I think 35 effective health
3888s	is where we have the cut over at the
3890s	moment so yeah
3891s	you can see that that does seem a little
3893s	tough to do though doesn't it when you
3895s	think of how quickly Mega Alex azomu got
3898s	to six spiked and got way stronger than
3900s	anyone else and they're still only
3901s	operating at 32 it does seem tough
3911s	um obviously the number one Tech card
3913s	when your opponent's reading mechs as
3914s	heavily as Mega Alex will be would be
3916s	tunnel Blaster uh but tunnel blast is a
3919s	bit of a no with the strategy that you
3921s	have going on right now which 100
3922s	resolves around Divine Shields that
3924s	you'll remove of yourself and Leroy's
3926s	which you will kill yourself with a
3928s	tunnel Blaster it's also tricky as well
3930s	because let's say there was a one-way
3932s	tunnel Blaster right yeah it just hit
3935s	enemy well the stats aren't even
3936s	remotely close either so I think
3938s	honestly this would have to be like
3941s	Leroy's and bass fins as far as the I
3944s	can see to get more leroys or something
3946s	stupid right because I think right now
3949s	obviously penguin's gonna be playing to
3951s	just make the strongest board possible
3952s	but with our sort of ultimate knowledge
3954s	of the boards I think Mega Alex can
3957s	probably just AFK this turn and still
3958s	have more than enough to get this done
3961s	I am waiting for the world now because
3963s	these are things that are more
3964s	inherently possible where you know that
3966s	theoretical well if I just had like
3968s	seven copies of an individual golden
3970s	minion on my board what would win it's a
3972s	thing that can actually happen now if
3974s	you're just playing like reborn Radio
3975s	Star Baron like the yarn to say stuff
3977s	from the previous game you can quite
3979s	easily get 10 copies of the same minion
3981s	every single turn and actually make
3982s	stuff like that huh oh everything's got
3984s	wind Fury as well now so great
3987s	oh look at the difference it's so big I
3991s	mean so it's not just called Alex JP is
3994s	he there's a reason we didn't come to
3996s	watch Regular Alex today we came to
3999s	watch Mega Alex and that's that's the
4001s	worst part I am regular Alex that is
4004s	Mega Alex over there
4007s	yeah not even close it doesn't look like
4011s	here as everything just beats up that is
4012s	so many stats and I think very well
4014s	played omu uh definitely strong but
4017s	definitely a hero you can be too greedy
4019s	with and get punished for right because
4021s	the hero naturally wants you to
4023s	aggressively level uh but we've seen
4025s	some of the more aggressive strategies
4026s	coming out here as well so a really
4029s	really great start of the day for Mega
4030s	Alex not only winning but winning by
4033s	absolute mile as well yeah not even
4036s	close
4038s	um and that kind of Lobby will play two
4041s	certain Heroes and certain strategies
4043s	better it's the kind of Lobby that
4045s	gallywick should enjoy for example
4048s	um because there's so many did not there
4050s	were so many tide fights so many um
4052s	players on high Health totals for large
4054s	periods of the game I'm not talking
4055s	about like the minion type makeup in the
4057s	game I don't think that was perfect for
4058s	gallywix but just the way the game
4060s	progressed quite slowly with a lot of
4062s	High Health total Heroes for quite a
4064s	long time it was just unfortunate that
4065s	gallywix is one of the few Heroes that
4067s	was taking damage throughout the entire
4069s	game but when you are operating that
4071s	slowly it gives full freedom to omu to
4074s	just say okay press the level button
4076s	every time see where we end up and when
4078s	he got strong and was milking the scrap
4081s	scraper at the same time and got to go
4083s	to uh to six early that was always going
4085s	to spell disaster for for the other
4086s	players in the lobby and that's where we
4088s	ended up yep super explosive at game
4090s	number one with mega Alex taking the
4092s	victory with Max we've got plenty more
4095s	games coming up we're gonna go to a
4096s	quick break so don't go anywhere we'll
4098s	be right back
4103s	[Applause]
4108s	[Music]
4131s	thank you
4133s	[Music]
4152s	[Applause]
4156s	[Music]
4161s	foreign
4163s	[Music]
4202s	thank you
4231s	[Music]
4236s	foreign
4242s	[Music]
4250s	[Music]
4273s	foreign
4276s	[Music]
4294s	foreign welcome back everyone we are
4297s	getting ready to go with game number two
4299s	but before we do we can check out some
4300s	highlights from game one because that
4303s	was definitely an explosive start to the
4305s	day wasn't it it really was yeah um I we
4308s	hadn't quite seen that level of Mech
4310s	pop-ups we've seen a very Mech dominated
4313s	lobby but we haven't really seen someone
4314s	hit that hard where just the perfect
4318s	stuff appeared over and over again early
4320s	scrap scraper with a good avenge setup
4322s	and then quick beat boxes into drakari
4326s	Duo while being strong enough to make
4328s	that happen as well
4329s	um absolute Domination by Mega Alex JP
4332s	in the end but uh also maximum suffering
4334s	from tasura on the gallywix because
4337s	again this is not a choice to Surah
4339s	would have made thinking it was a good
4341s	idea but you do not want to be playing
4343s	just random attack Aura undeads when
4346s	you're playing yeah you want to be
4348s	firing into some hyper economy build at
4351s	that point but just could not get stable
4352s	enough to be able to do that everyone
4354s	else was just tying for fights around
4356s	him and tasura was just bleeding health
4358s	over and over again which you know can
4360s	be the case a lot of the time gallywix
4362s	does play the early game with no hero
4364s	power and will be a little bit behind on
4365s	Tempo sometimes if you're not
4367s	100 efficient and a little bit lucky
4369s	within terms of the the economy Minions
4371s	that you can roll into and yeah to sir
4373s	just could not really get anything
4375s	started here but you can probably tell
4377s	by the increased girth of our
4380s	leaderboards uh that it could be a lolly
4382s	today than we there's a thick
4384s	leaderboard so there is a long way to go
4386s	tesori is still very much in this it is
4388s	not over until it's over
4390s	and of course if you're a slightly newer
4392s	viewer and we will highlight when
4394s	players have the lobby in check so don't
4396s	you worry we could take a look at the
4397s	fancy team pick rates there what do you
4399s	make of this all um apart from baby it
4402s	has a large fan base yeah be Above It
4404s	farming the fantasy picks right now good
4406s	stuff I think Gianna say picking up a
4408s	couple of fans yesterday as well that
4409s	makes sense but honestly Mega Alex JP
4412s	will be writing his uh his diss track to
4414s	Twitch chat right now based on the 17
4417s	pick rate into absolutely stomping the
4420s	opening lobby but you know for a fact
4422s	that 17 after game one I sat there going
4425s	I'm a genius yeah I knew it all along
4427s	you know you'd never foresee it but it
4430s	definitely happened uh so yeah really
4432s	crazy game number one put regular people
4434s	in their fantasy team I've got a mega
4436s	person in my face
4441s	you can't just put Mega in front of your
4443s	name you have to earn that that's the
4446s	title
4448s	okay well it looks like we are diving
4449s	into it game number two and tomb has
4452s	picked up BTC and we finally gonna have
4455s	a pop-off game well so I I kind of have
4458s	this festering resentment right I feel
4460s	like tomb does not deserve it
4463s	oh God
4465s	tomb is gonna take Etc and do very
4467s	consistent Tempo things and get top four
4470s	and that's fine and Tim is playing for a
4472s	lot of money right now but I feel like
4474s	the spirit of Etc is to try and do the
4477s	most degenerate thing yes every given
4480s	game
4482s	oh we have got a pretty strong spread of
4484s	arrows though we do have the uh the Boon
4487s	in there as well for Janice and uh we do
4490s	have failing choices as well coming up
4492s	soon
4496s	[Music]
4499s	I'm sure also is going to pick the
4501s	Finley options there
4502s	hmm tough choice actually I didn't
4504s	actually catch a Minion makeup in this
4507s	Lobby so I can see demons Pirates so far
4510s	yeah demons dragons Max Pirates quill
4513s	bores so no beasts no Elementals no
4516s	murlocs no one dead no Naga
4521s	not really the best failing there either
4524s	I would say you know fairly mediocre
4526s	failing overall uh patient Scout on two
4528s	is an interesting one though um you can
4530s	just take the hit with it on turn two
4532s	and then sell it on turn three and then
4536s	you end up in a position where you have
4537s	three two drops on your board it's
4538s	actually quite a powerful start
4545s	keep an eye on huge chunk going on two
4549s	see if they are gonna be doing the oh no
4552s	sorry we're on turn two yeah yeah yeah
4554s	remember myself a little bit get your
4557s	bandwagon picking as well that I
4559s	completely forgot about until now
4563s	that's why I'm I'm gonna choose to wait
4565s	it out a little bit on this one because
4566s	I I do want to see what tomb is going to
4568s	do with the ztc I believe tomb has
4570s	played Etc before and hero powered on
4573s	turn two
4574s	um or actually is that true or did they
4577s	go three on three and then end up taking
4579s	muck Slingers on three over and over I
4581s	think it was Mook Slingers yeah
4583s	um but either way want a little bit more
4584s	extra information on how tomb is going
4586s	to play this Etc before I make my
4588s	decision again you have until the end of
4590s	turn four to get your bandwagon picks in
4593s	foreign
4602s	I didn't choose them
4605s	oh hero power into no Jailer buddy
4609s	obviously does not feel great A lot of
4611s	the time
4612s	looks like a choice between uh illidari
4615s	or whirlatron you could go whirlatron
4617s	and just copy the blood gem death rattle
4619s	from the shop if you wanted to not great
4621s	but it's a start I suppose
4630s	I'm really well I'm half surprised in
4632s	half not right tomb's gun for the uh the
4635s	hero power on two
4637s	um on level two as opposed to three I
4640s	guess we should just come to expect this
4641s	from Doom now right yep those seem to be
4643s	the way
4646s	you know what I'm gonna believe given
4648s	I've given to him a lot of flack so far
4650s	just because they play differently than
4651s	I do and they're playing very very
4653s	acceptable tournament Battlegrounds so
4656s	I'm I'm gonna hitch my bandwagon to tomb
4658s	for this one
4664s	that's just a whole empty board and only
4667s	going against one minion not too bad
4669s	actually
4672s	choosing to deal six damage over the
4674s	marginal upsides that you could have by
4677s	having a demon in your hand which I
4678s	think is probably worth it
4683s	I suspect you probably want some Minions
4686s	on your board beta but you might have
4688s	other ideas I'd be discovering it having
4691s	one minion here personally
4694s	people keep talking about bananas in
4695s	this meta subtle
4697s	um true is it a different type of banana
4699s	it is yeah you need to slam your banana
4702s	you don't need to add bananas to your
4703s	hand you need to slam that banana it's a
4705s	very very different story
4717s	not really anything sticking out but
4719s	then it is a discover Talent day one
4721s	right Nothing's Gonna Be mind-blowing
4724s	[Music]
4726s	my dragon yeah this makes sense two
4729s	decent eat targets plus you get the one
4731s	one buff on the skyfin still quite small
4733s	for the given turn but acceptable
4735s	nonetheless tomb did end up with the
4737s	death rattle second try
4739s	sure yeah fair enough
4742s	uh guessing they picked
4744s	this pig yeah it could be blood germ it
4747s	could be it could be the trickster oh
4749s	it's Mex isn't it right so like it can
4751s	be stacked it's a Mech isn't it
4754s	yeah so you could actually stack it
4756s	pretty high right health-wise
4759s	yeah that's a good point
4764s	we will find out yeah okay it's
4767s	Trickster
4771s	nice combat RNG to let it die so that we
4774s	got our answer hey yep thank you very
4776s	much
4776s	I appreciate it
4780s	you're good at it and now it's having
4782s	three buddy this is where things really
4784s	get kind of Juicy okay let's go instant
4789s	Talent scale you don't get any value
4790s	from the whirlatron so this will have to
4792s	go on the ildari
4794s	double immunity very very powerful
4798s	is it fair to say like talent scouts
4800s	like just the most commonly easy picked
4803s	buddy if that makes that sentence made
4805s	any sense just because you know you're
4807s	going to get good value from it yeah it
4809s	makes sense right like it is literally
4811s	etc's action yes so you know it's a
4813s	reason why it belongs to the hero right
4816s	you're wrong it becomes almost like an
4818s	auto pick right yeah there are certain
4820s	situations where like you go three on
4822s	three and then it's in your first choice
4824s	right or it's it's you find it before
4827s	you find something that you really want
4828s	to consider a wet condition because you
4830s	know if you just get an economy buddy on
4832s	three on three like if you get reform
4834s	buddy and then the next turn you get
4836s	your actual Etc buddy you're basically
4838s	set for the game at that point you're
4840s	printing money automatically at the
4841s	start of the game but sometimes you get
4843s	into weird positions where like you take
4844s	the ETC buddy and just hold it for a
4846s	turn
4848s	and then look for a better win condition
4851s	and just get really really greedy with
4853s	it can happen the dream may have come
4855s	true by the way so
4856s	what we might be in a game that's unique
4860s	to us since there are multiple players
4862s	stacking gems right now okay yeah Peter
4865s	Babbitt has the two has played two
4867s	Battle Cry The Battle Cry picks you know
4869s	where they leave was their health uh
4871s	obviously we could see penguin sand just
4873s	stack in with the death rattle which is
4874s	plus attack and there's a few other
4876s	players as well that have all of some uh
4878s	some pigs either on board or in hand so
4880s	if you're happy with this one already if
4882s	we get to see more Billboards played
4888s	esthera does not currently have anywhere
4890s	to put this annoya module
4892s	and just play it as a vanilla minion
4894s	does have the opportunity to trade in
4896s	The Gambler for a Mech with one role
4899s	does find Harvest Golem
4901s	slight upgrade but is it worth three
4903s	gold well that's the thing I think that
4905s	was a pass anyway because there was a um
4909s	deflecto there was a deflector in the
4911s	previous shot right but like in terms of
4913s	having somewhere to put your annoya
4916s	module you're not going to buy a
4917s	deflecto to put an annoya module on it
4918s	right that doesn't really matter yeah
4920s	yeah but I didn't think you would skip
4922s	the deflector if you just wanted Max
4924s	right you could still sell that should
4926s	buy the deflecto and then attach the
4928s	annoying module next time you know yeah
4930s	fair enough
4939s	blood gems
4948s	it's penguin so I'm gonna hold
4950s	night yep he's gonna take the
4953s	filamental instead agreed
4956s	I respect it penguin looks very strong
4958s	right now to be perfectly honest so it's
4961s	the only reason why you wouldn't play it
4962s	like this
4969s	oh and the shock missed the Divine
4970s	Shield that's actually pretty big
4974s	and not sure if it'll actually have
4976s	enough impact on the outcome of the
4977s	fight
4980s	not really right I think you were kind
4983s	of doing probably by the way
4985s	yeah there was a chance that extra
4987s	damage would be done but again let's see
4989s	how to end up that way regardless just
4992s	looks significantly smaller overall
4995s	oh hello Duo procking now for two very
5000s	very nice
5001s	start to get a lot of copies of
5004s	something of his choosing
5008s	gabrin's kind of interesting you do have
5010s	the illidari which will be 12 attack
5012s	minimum at this point okay just gonna
5014s	take Lantern tender sure I was look at
5016s	this purely because of Jakari potential
5018s	because it is end of turn right
5020s	correct yep here's a gold for the trip
5023s	oh okay
5026s	foreign
5029s	value from right because yeah another
5031s	piloted world of Tron sure does
5034s	something if you get another copy in
5035s	your hand since it's Battle Cry another
5037s	uh illidari doesn't really do anything
5039s	though right you've already got a couple
5040s	of immune attacks I don't think one more
5042s	is going to make a whole lot or an extra
5043s	copy of the car is going to make a whole
5045s	lot of difference so it was looking for
5046s	a buddy from the hero power to
5048s	specifically use on the duo that turn
5050s	and it was honestly it was a very tomb
5052s	pick he picked the thing that just
5053s	automatically gives him some stats of
5055s	return that's just what he seems to be
5057s	the most interested in we're playing
5058s	this game
5059s	oh all right well that's a plan
5064s	a bit of a mixed bag of a board here for
5066s	Janice but Foon can sort a lot of things
5068s	out right like if you just pick up an
5071s	extra card holding hand food can sort
5072s	problems out if needed an old Battle
5074s	Master pick up as well yeah Battle
5076s	Master pickup is huge I think just in
5078s	terms of trying to win this fight Janice
5081s	looks very very weak for the current
5083s	turn to my eye so taking a hit here
5086s	would really Scupper any chance that
5088s	Janice would have to scale into
5090s	something yeah I was gonna say I don't
5092s	think it's particularly powerful on all
5094s	of these no you can see so but even even
5096s	later yeah I think this is a fight
5099s	between two of the weaker players you
5101s	subtract this 625 from the board you can
5103s	see that Guyana say might have just been
5104s	in tried a little bit of trouble still
5106s	but instead flipped right back around
5108s	that's going to take the big hit here
5111s	yeah super big danger here for Peter
5113s	babit will need something to happen and
5115s	again you'd get the golden Battle Cry
5116s	Pig but nothing to follow up with that's
5119s	the big problem right now and
5122s	I
5123s	don't think any of these are gonna
5125s	particularly save him either
5130s	prickly Piper does at least work with
5133s	the gem scaling that he has like okay
5135s	the perfect stuff thank you very much
5143s	has enough gold to be able to sell
5144s	through for this Golden Monkey as well
5146s	hopefully pick up uh any quill ball you
5150s	can add to this board is a significant
5152s	increase in Tempo because of the gem
5154s	Smuggler you're about to play with
5155s	several uh gem Buffs already activated
5159s	throughout
5160s	[Music]
5167s	is this living is this what living looks
5170s	like
5173s	it's not looking bad is it
5175s	is there any way to also get a pirate in
5177s	your hand it doesn't look like there is
5178s	all right
5181s	wait
5183s	yeah let's go he is playing these two
5185s	quill balls right surely
5189s	there's a lot of stats to miss out on if
5190s	not
5196s	okay
5200s	yeah good ordering this play the blood
5203s	gems because obviously one of the things
5205s	that will get buffed by the agum
5206s	activation is a quill ball so you don't
5209s	want to have the three four on the board
5210s	first right so that's that's the one
5211s	that you're selling on the following
5212s	turn so good ordering from bit about it
5215s	yeah definitely a big leap in strength
5217s	here might not be enough obviously two
5219s	Health isn't great uh one loss and it'll
5221s	be about it's done but this was quite
5223s	the jumping stats and at least there's a
5225s	game plan now for the about it yeah one
5228s	of the tensest moments in Battlegrounds
5229s	this you've just about found yourself a
5231s	win condition but you just have to find
5233s	out whether there is a monster waiting
5235s	under your bed in terms of your next
5236s	opponent and I don't think there is I
5239s	think beta more than comfortably has
5241s	this covered
5246s	also it's a chance to just reverse swing
5248s	this right depending on what this battle
5250s	Master can get done because there's
5251s	actually a lot of damage on this board
5253s	true yeah and very high tier Minions
5256s	fighting for beta as well
5261s	two five drops still survival
5263s	still surviving that's gonna be a little
5265s	damage going back wow
5267s	what a what a turn like you said the
5269s	pressure's on at that point the turn
5271s	it's a pivot point for the game the beat
5273s	about it might not be able to win it for
5275s	any extra place is everything and we
5277s	just saw Tom just uh who did you just
5279s	hit is it to sorrow on the fan yeah
5286s	all right Clockwork assistant I think we
5288s	can all get behind a good Clockwork
5289s	assistant
5292s	worth rolling for a brand first in my
5294s	opinion before anything happens
5300s	interesting rolling into a six I might
5302s	have been tempted to faceless something
5304s	into A5 to look for Brands specifically
5306s	here
5309s	the zap worth picking up
5312s	just as a tide you over till the next
5314s	turn yeah maybe
5316s	just because this board doesn't look
5318s	overly strong right obviously there's
5319s	the uh the shredder on the left but in
5322s	general
5323s	Charles
5328s	okay well well well we're calicos are we
5332s	okay fair enough
5333s	with double milk
5340s	penguin just gonna have a he's gonna
5341s	have a dual proc his turn
5345s	oh my God that is already a massive agum
5349s	as well yeah
5354s	it's his mouth is not gonna get dropped
5355s	in as the demon
5359s	it's like it might be
5361s	it's gonna use it for now it's a pirate
5363s	okay fine yeah what's the duo
5367s	the agum
5368s	well it's it's changed now right so it's
5371s	whatever you leave it next to this turn
5372s	so he's getting another copy that's what
5373s	I meant what are they going to pick but
5375s	yeah I guess going for the trip or
5376s	they're on the taunt just just have a
5378s	triple I suppose
5379s	yeah give them the triple and it also
5381s	increases their gem generation
5382s	significantly right because they don't
5384s	actually have that much ongoing
5386s	generation they don't have a bristle
5388s	back build where they get fed a bunch of
5389s	gems for free every turn they just have
5391s	that one death row going off so working
5393s	on a little bit more generation does uh
5396s	make sense generation I heard that
5399s	before
5404s	the amount of money available as well
5414s	that's what my relics can do oh once
5418s	again and there you see it this is this
5420s	is every game tomb has played in this
5421s	tournament right like apart from the
5423s	Beast game where they just got way ahead
5424s	with the the shadow walk Battle Cry
5426s	Hyrule they just get ahead on Tempo they
5428s	stay at full health for the the first
5430s	half of the game and then they just
5431s	slowly bleed out and end up in top four
5433s	somewhere and like fine it's a good way
5436s	to play tournament Hearthstone I'm not
5437s	I'm not I hate you I think the evolution
5438s	of Alex here we can see throughout the
5440s	day so far should change the name to
5442s	Mecca Alex at this point because it's
5445s	getting this job done pretty well on
5447s	Mega Mecca Alex
5451s	tactical choice
5456s	is still looking very locked out of that
5460s	yeah Tavern six reach which by the way
5462s	turned 10 and we're not seeing anyone
5464s	even approaching the regions of Tavern 6
5466s	at this point
5469s	oh oh this went well
5471s	hang on a minute
5476s	come on yeah so the uh the Double Cali
5480s	came from the hero power of course we
5481s	saw that happening but a brand has just
5483s	magically appeared at the same time
5484s	which has turned these two caleys into
5486s	four Callies functionally with the way
5487s	the uh the battle cries are going on
5489s	that's what you talked about on and off
5491s	throughout the weekend right it's just
5493s	the power of this specifically and how
5495s	very quickly these stats start to stack
5499s	triple cell end on the torn probably
5501s	taunting bran I would imagine is the end
5504s	of this
5506s	yeah just as a couple of bumpers
5509s	yep
5510s	yeah primarily because this is so this
5512s	is long-term planning for your Medina
5514s	right you don't want to actually taunt
5515s	any of your dragons uh because you want
5518s	the nadina to be able to go first there
5519s	is the option as well to just say no
5521s	torn and just fire the torn at the shop
5523s	but I think the shop is empty at that
5524s	point anyway
5525s	um and at least having one torn can
5528s	control Cleaves from your opponents for
5530s	example I mean even that attack right
5531s	it's nice I soak it up a Divine shield
5533s	for a brand you'll take that trade every
5535s	day of the week yep
5538s	this versus uh Mega Alex who's currently
5541s	in charge of this game oh no no no no no
5544s	no you do not want to go out like this
5546s	it's the most frustrating way to die in
5549s	Battlegrounds where all of your minions
5550s	just charge straight into deflecto
5553s	divide Shields over and over again and
5556s	that is what is about to happen
5559s	that is dead but you're gonna say exact
5562s	lethal 7 damage
5564s	actual pain yet again the stabilization
5567s	turn just did not pay off there it's so
5571s	close as well
5573s	and two yet again just surviving just
5576s	living just just outliving people
5579s	tomb is just the number one proponent of
5582s	the theory of you don't have to outrun
5584s	the bear you just have to outrun the
5586s	person you're with look
5587s	at this
5589s	what's going on
5599s	ridiculous
5600s	incredibly frustrating to see as an
5603s	option in the early game incredibly
5605s	powerful when it hits like that yep I'm
5608s	uh I'm gonna lock this in right now I'm
5610s	gonna wait till the end of the turn if I
5613s	get more points for this
5616s	uh okay yep
5625s	I do think as well
5628s	if we talk about first this is I think
5629s	the first demon comp right we have seen
5632s	that demons hit the board but not
5634s	actually a demon comp uh that we've seen
5637s	throughout the weekend there oh by the
5638s	way this virgin hero power are you
5641s	joking oh look
5645s	24
5647s	magnetic minion in the shop and has a
5649s	beat boxer on board to be able to get
5652s	double value out of the magnetic that's
5654s	so disgusting oh cat hero power into
5658s	volgin hero power with Magnetic mix that
5661s	is a game-winning sequence of outcomes
5664s	for Mega Alex on this turn yeah with
5666s	those players dying that turn right it's
5669s	just absolutely huge yeah be sure to get
5671s	your bowels blessings in by now and uh
5674s	let's wonder what can possibly happen
5676s	with this outcome
5678s	I don't know oh it's a Tense one
5683s	hey yeah let's just zoom into the uh
5685s	winning part here
5687s	two soul
5689s	got the ghost
5690s	yeah
5692s	has devoured yet another of tomb's
5695s	companions as he continues to just not
5697s	be the slowest person yep
5699s	oh that is not gonna pay off forever
5702s	because at some point to win the
5703s	tournament you need to win a game yep
5706s	absolutely but Tim has already done that
5708s	this tournament it has happened hmm
5714s	okay Arcane alteration seems a little
5716s	bit less exciting than the things that
5717s	have been happening so far and
5720s	a perfectly Pleasant Hearthstone board
5725s	numbers less than a hundred
5728s	yeah uh worth remembering that the
5731s	whirlatron at least one of these
5733s	whirlatrons is a trickster death rattle
5735s	so we'll be spitting a lot of extra
5737s	Health out somewhere or other I imagine
5739s	the taunted one yeah the adventured one
5741s	now yeah still absolutely nowhere close
5745s	to being able to compete with mega Alex
5747s	and uh I would be amazed if uh if Tim
5751s	can even survive this fight let alone
5752s	find a way to piece together a win and
5755s	we do see even this late in the game and
5757s	mega Alex being this far ahead because
5759s	you know he he knows he's strong right
5761s	that's not a surprise uh still just
5764s	sitting on Tavern five because six just
5766s	doesn't matter yeah
5771s	oh and only recently to five right if
5773s	it's on nine yep wasn't too long ago yep
5776s	absolute time for gaming uh I think
5778s	there's been some strategic use of uh
5780s	faceless disciples is that what the
5782s	card's called to find a few of these
5783s	cards along the way and that's just
5784s	enabled uh Mega Alex to just sit low for
5787s	the majority of the game a nice Panda
5789s	hero powers to get win conditions a
5791s	little bit of faceless disciple action
5793s	and really just has not had to do a
5794s	great deal apart from watch these
5796s	numbers go up
5801s	oh it's so big
5805s	his book is like uh I'm gonna run new
5807s	Mark away from this one
5813s	like they even killed the first boombox
5818s	oh yeah 52 on the right it does a second
5825s	it could happen right we're just every
5826s	attack went straight into a Divine
5828s	shield from this point onwards six five
5830s	trades of the one one it didn't yeah
5836s	Etc having a good run I'm not making it
5838s	all the way through
5840s	I believe that should be enough with my
5842s	quick maths plays out mainly the Boombox
5844s	is a lot and the beat boxes sorry not
5846s	the Boombox but as it's going to be a
5848s	victory for Mega Alex
5851s	absolutely incredible scenes here with
5854s	those mechs there what a showing already
5856s	so like I did not expect this just
5859s	absolutely brutalizing the games we
5862s	started off with Alex game one finish we
5864s	got Mega Alex we've now progressed to
5865s	Giga Alex we will update as the day
5868s	continues but I mean this could be a
5870s	fast one honestly it seems like Mega
5872s	Alex is going to reach check very
5874s	quickly and mega Alex seems to show that
5877s	he's very good at winning lobbies so far
5879s	so things could be uh going a lot
5882s	quicker than expected at this point two
5885s	incredible performances with very
5887s	similar boards found by incredibly
5890s	different methods between the two games
5892s	ended up in the same place but the road
5894s	to get there was uh was winding and
5897s	difficult in both regards so yeah great
5899s	performance from Alex so until this
5900s	point yeah there is a chance we are on
5902s	for a slightly shorter one than planned
5904s	if things keep going like this today
5905s	which means you've got to make sure not
5907s	to miss out on any of these games we are
5909s	going to go to a quick break while we
5911s	set up game three don't go anywhere
5912s	we'll be right back
5917s	foreign
5919s	[Music]
5935s	[Music]
5963s	[Music]
5969s	thank you
5970s	[Music]
5996s	foreign
6002s	[Music]
6008s	[Music]
6028s	[Music]
6049s	[Music]
6052s	foreign
6054s	[Music]
6057s	foreign
6061s	[Music]
6070s	[Music]
6096s	[Music]
6103s	welcome back we're getting ready to go
6105s	into our third game of the day and just
6108s	a reminder this is a bit of a variable
6109s	length day depending on how quickly some
6112s	of the players can get to those 20
6114s	points get the lobby in check and then
6116s	grab one more win after that but might
6119s	be quite accelerated based on what we've
6121s	seen so far
6122s	yes uh I remember going all the way back
6125s	to the very first Lobby Legends uh
6129s	Venice just kind of took the thing by
6131s	storm and then the game first game got
6134s	into check needed to spike and hit two
6136s	triples into sixes and got um a thyssa
6139s	and orgazord when that strategy was the
6141s	absolute nuts in Battlegrounds at that
6143s	time
6144s	um and kind of like it was everyone's
6146s	first exposure to check format and
6147s	they're like oh well uh I mean that was
6149s	fun
6151s	diplomatic I guess and now I think since
6153s	then we've seen the full range of things
6155s	that can happen with check format so I
6157s	absolutely would not mind seeing an
6159s	absolute stomping come back into
6160s	proceedings again especially the winter
6163s	Way mega Alex was playing so far as you
6165s	can see throughout these first two games
6166s	yeah and I do feel like uh you know Mega
6169s	Alex obviously did extremely well
6170s	winning two in a row now just miles away
6173s	from anyone else uh the only player now
6176s	having the possibility to get the lobby
6178s	in check on game three which is as fast
6180s	as you can do it which is looking great
6182s	but I also think that last game a part
6185s	for Mega Alex it was pretty Scrappy
6187s	wasn't it we didn't see any like
6189s	well-formed odds there was just a lot of
6191s	it's a bit of this some pigs some of
6193s	this some of that to try and get hold of
6195s	something cohesive and I feel like
6197s	that's what was missing and why it was
6198s	even easier for Mega Alex to just
6200s	dominate that second game because it
6202s	felt like he was the only one with like
6204s	a true comp
6205s	and it is it's the kind of thing that
6207s	will lend to a player like two right
6209s	where there was a lot of players when
6211s	you when you sort of see those Scrappy
6213s	games kind of mishmash boards generally
6215s	what that is is that people have shot
6218s	for a triple for a specific thing and
6220s	then missed and then they're trying to
6221s	scramble at that point to put something
6223s	together
6224s	um you know lots of like end of term
6226s	boards that were searching for dracaris
6228s	lots of half Mech boards that never
6229s	really found the uh the multiple scrap
6232s	scrapers and Duos that you need to get
6234s	the engine going and then meanwhile tomb
6236s	is just there just saying this is the
6238s	biggest thing this turn this is Max I
6240s	will put you this too this is Max stats
6242s	this turn and just being as big as
6244s	possible On Any Given turn playing for
6246s	Tempo doing it really really well and
6249s	just picking up another stack of points
6250s	finding himself sat in second place
6252s	well let's jump in to game number three
6254s	again all eyes frankly have to be on
6256s	Mega Alex because it's reasonably likely
6260s	that he can if he puts another good
6261s	performance he will get the lobbying
6262s	check and absolutely rapid fashion but
6265s	talk to me about some of these hero
6267s	choices because already subtle I'm
6268s	looking at some of my favorites
6269s	satellite on Varden again be a Babbitt
6272s	on reform
6274s	available no beasts but Undead are in
6277s	Undead of the consolation prize for sure
6279s	with nazoff but they do feature Radio
6283s	Star which you I think that Synergy
6285s	straight away is worth the price of
6287s	admission alone for nazoth where you can
6290s	absolutely get the money printer rolling
6292s	early on big big fan of that but let's
6294s	see what dinathrius is going to be
6296s	cooking with for a quest so far this
6298s	game
6299s	hello
6301s	victim Specter does broken things yeah
6305s	demons are in this game though which
6307s	does increase the value of sapphire
6311s	that can interact with shop size the
6314s	best
6315s	I think like increasing the stats though
6318s	there's naga in there's mechs in there's
6320s	dragons in right there's demons in like
6322s	okay seems good I think that was the
6324s	dragon pickup as well right
6327s	yep takes a torn Dragon that's just
6329s	gonna do a little bit of stat scaling
6330s	for you automatically whenever you're
6331s	getting attacked good stuff for the
6333s	dinathrius quest
6334s	we also see uh what do we think about
6336s	Rat King nowadays as we see penguins and
6339s	on a on the rat oh a lot better in my
6342s	opinion like definitely a playable hero
6345s	uh in general because you know any hero
6348s	that can kind of guarantee the normal
6350s	curve into Tab and two and be strong is
6352s	at least worth thinking about right and
6354s	rat king can now do that with the new
6355s	form of the hero power that just
6357s	discovers a minion
6358s	um because you don't have to hit a token
6359s	to actually curve out them well onto
6361s	which is very very nice overall
6364s	um and just that added ability to to
6366s	discover extra minions very very nice in
6368s	general
6372s	doesn't overly surprise me with Cindy
6374s	over there just a more Tempo more stats
6377s	more pressure right it's a lot of that
6379s	hero so yeah we'll have to see how that
6380s	one plays out a little bit later on and
6382s	now are we already in the territory of
6384s	hurt Mega Alex because this didn't
6387s	particularly appeal to me as a stay on
6390s	one line but it looks like tesora might
6392s	have gone no you know what
6394s	I'm staying on one I'm putting bananas
6396s	on a Divine shield and I'm dealing some
6398s	damage to Mega Alex
6399s	yeah that's definitely something I also
6401s	think it was just the hero powers on
6403s	offer right because the other hero power
6405s	was completely null because it was the
6407s	kitty hero power so it was just like I I
6410s	guess he just also wanted to utilize
6412s	that as well going forward but you don't
6414s	have to use your hero power you can just
6416s	say an either of these are worth it and
6418s	press it and press the level button yeah
6420s	you can you can
6425s	snail Calvary decent Synergy low flyer
6429s	actually works pretty well with the
6431s	spellcraft as well to get a couple of
6432s	Buffs on that more decent start
6435s	speaking of decent starts yeah
6437s	hello reform this is ticking the perfect
6440s	boxes right because it's value with the
6444s	shell collectors of course and cards
6446s	likely your opponent's gonna pick but
6448s	also these are risen Riders are huge
6450s	because it's keeping me above its Health
6452s	High because these are very good early
6454s	game to not lose fights
6457s	[Music]
6458s	yeah and prison Riders are the absolute
6461s	nuts for reform because they are the
6463s	single most likely minion you are ever
6466s	going to steal in the early game so you
6468s	just start printing these triples nice
6470s	and easy
6471s	and you're not even upset that because
6473s	Peter Panic froze right for the Risen
6475s	rider in the shot you're not overly
6477s	upset at the storyline you might be a
6480s	little bit because you might have plans
6482s	of taking a much greedier triple than
6484s	you end up taking in this scenario
6486s	because the reform curve does naturally
6489s	allow for level hero power free shop a
6491s	couple of times that's just the natural
6492s	curve that plays out
6494s	um so you can argue maybe you might be a
6496s	little bit sad but yeah you just buy the
6498s	other reason put it on board and keep it
6500s	the other one in there honestly you
6502s	probably will get another triple over
6503s	the course of the game if you do that it
6505s	really really might happen
6508s	oh it does look like a off-screen a bit
6510s	about it did play the uh the trip of the
6513s	gold
6513s	either Janice does have an option to uh
6516s	beef out these demon stats a little bit
6518s	or yet again go for level by freeze uh
6521s	reminder for everyone involved uh
6523s	including my partner that this is the
6525s	last 15 seconds oh yeah he's trying to
6527s	get me again
6529s	I'm literally reminding you right now
6531s	what do you mean uh who do I pick
6535s	um
6536s	uh three two one
6540s	I'm just out of here okay
6544s	Raven has chosen beat the bit uh
6549s	how many you don't know who I mean
6553s	oh it's because it's so difficult
6555s	because we don't have like an overlay
6558s	you know popped up for us and I'm so
6560s	invested in the game from literally
6562s	second one I just forget we have to make
6564s	these picks
6566s	uh I did it though
6568s	oh apparently uh Chris sorry that's not
6571s	a player in this Lobby denied yeah
6573s	absolutely dead right thanks Chris fully
6576s	support that ruling actually not the
6578s	rules the rule keeping us honest yeah oh
6581s	this is really nice stuff by the way
6583s	reminds this is an increased stats quest
6586s	for the reward of victim Specter which
6588s	adds the last minion that died in combat
6589s	to your hand or at the least the last
6591s	friendly minion that died in combat to
6592s	your hand low flyer with spellcraft is
6595s	about the quickest way you're possibly
6598s	gonna get this done reminds me very much
6600s	of the old you take this kind of quest
6602s	back in quest meta and you'd hit like
6604s	spawn of nazoff right on Tavern 2 and it
6606s	would just be buffing your entire board
6608s	every single fight in combat really
6609s	really good stuff
6611s	[Music]
6617s	speaking of low flyers and Gwen said got
6620s	hold of some of themselves
6624s	and still in the stage of the game where
6627s	the players are just securing like
6629s	you're building the fortifications of
6631s	this game right not really going all in
6633s	on anything not having the time to find
6635s	anything to really build around quite
6637s	yet still early on on turn five but a
6639s	lot of players are looking quite strong
6641s	at the moment yeah at this point people
6643s	are just kind of taking the the max
6645s	stats available to them and just trying
6647s	to get to a place where win conditions
6649s	exist uh with a Stabler Health total as
6652s	possible obviously there are exceptions
6653s	to that denaturis has their own little
6655s	Quest that they're getting on with right
6656s	now but they are still trying to defend
6657s	Health as well
6659s	um but this is not looking as oppressive
6661s	an opening for our boy Mega Alex
6664s	going to bring it to Tempo Master tomb
6666s	big seven damage swinging at the face
6668s	that's all right not looking too bad
6672s	yeah three on three picked up some mechs
6676s	kind of an ugly choice though is this
6679s	just level by whatever
6685s	the problem is the whatever part of that
6687s	though because the whatever part is a
6689s	really miserable buy here oh
6696s	um
6697s	and buy the the other map
6701s	I just think at this point because I
6704s	Feel Like Satellites you know got a good
6706s	base of operations here I feel like just
6708s	getting to four quickly
6710s	and then just hitting that scrap as soon
6712s	as possible could really Propel him to
6714s	uh a lot of points in this game yeah the
6716s	fear I have though so I I do I kind of
6719s	like this day on three a little bit
6720s	because the fear I'd have in this
6721s	situation is you know that beta Babbitt
6724s	is reform in his early tripled right
6726s	you'll be able to see that in the the
6728s	history we will obviously seen it happen
6730s	with the Risen Riders right so if you
6731s	level to four here you're you're kind of
6733s	a three minion Andy at that point with
6735s	uh deflecto resets and nothing else
6737s	going on you're probably getting hit for
6740s	seven or eight maybe you'd imagine at
6741s	that point and then suddenly you're in
6743s	damage cap and you're in damage cap and
6745s	you still don't have a full Board of
6747s	minions at that point I guess so I guess
6749s	that's not a good place to be
6753s	as it happens
6755s	be above it actually not that strong
6766s	and not looking too bad at all for
6768s	satellite dude
6771s	yeah not sure if I can resolve how this
6772s	fight would have gone if it was just a
6774s	greedy level but yeah I think with how
6776s	close this has ended up probably worth
6778s	staying down to protect the health at
6780s	this point I would guess at a loss but
6782s	not a big loss yeah right if uh if it
6785s	would have gone but you know like I said
6786s	I respect it
6788s	but it does have a triple locked in
6790s	loaded ready to go though into five wait
6792s	how early is this potential six song oh
6795s	it's eight right
6799s	yeah and I imagine the above it will
6802s	just be taking the greedy triple into a
6804s	six and then we'll be staying on five
6805s	from this point but yeah worth keeping
6806s	an eye on for sure
6808s	it's a very very early five and that's a
6811s	very very early calicos as well
6818s	wow just goes walking forward does have
6820s	trips yeah okay fine fine now just insta
6825s	roll into drakari and uh sit back put
6827s	your feet up and watch it go yeah or
6830s	getting an extra taunt on board as well
6831s	I like this actually yeah really good
6833s	skipping the hero power for a turn just
6834s	to get that extra taunted extra plus
6836s	four plus four at the end of the turn
6837s	good good stuff
6839s	and actually a possibility that if this
6841s	fight is won by Beta baby honestly
6844s	you could just press the button press
6845s	the button go to six does not seem that
6848s	bad because it's nine right so it's even
6851s	press the button press the other button
6853s	with the error power yep
6856s	so big fight I think for beer Babbitt to
6858s	win just for Tavern buddy puzzle box
6860s	proceedings that just tripled you
6863s	already in the shop he's just triple Duo
6865s	already in the shop yeah
6867s	it will be active well at least one will
6869s	be active next turn right with the fish
6870s	yep
6872s	hey Galaxy needs to hold on
6877s	this looks like a hold this does look
6879s	like a hold it's one one thing Mega
6882s	relics does not want to do in this
6883s	amazing position he's found himself in
6885s	in the tournament so far he's like
6887s	taking a mega loss go out eight against
6890s	zero points and let other players catch
6892s	up
6894s	so needs to stay away from the deflectos
6897s	a hundred percent if he's gonna have any
6899s	chance of getting out of this I think
6901s	that's not it that's not it at all
6905s	still okay though cause it was a value
6907s	trade right yeah but there's not there's
6910s	nothing actually coming out of the fish
6911s	it's just the undead buff yeah so you
6913s	need to completely value trade
6915s	everything else before going into the
6916s	Divine Shields I think to have a chance
6918s	to find that one out and now down at
6920s	nine HP having a bad old time what
6924s	triple Duo
6925s	mm-hmm
6929s	the triple itself a good air safe it's
6934s	going to be going up against uh
6940s	oh my
6941s	just nothing
6943s	really survival Leroy survival Leroy is
6947s	probably what it's gonna have to be yeah
6950s	for the fish factoring in that you are
6953s	nazothia it's a much better card than it
6955s	is on a lot of Heroes where it is
6957s	already very effective in the situation
6962s	just max Tempo now and you're probably
6964s	gonna go like Leroy Duo fish as you're
6968s	positioning from here I would imagine
6970s	I would guess so yeah not that um I was
6974s	gonna say the way golden Duo works now
6976s	if you're not familiar it's not two
6977s	copies it's you get the get a copy of
6979s	the mini to the left and right of the
6981s	duo when it's gone
6984s	so he's actually gonna go for fish and
6986s	the the undead instead okay
6989s	the valley the Leroy a little bit higher
6992s	personally but yeah sure
6993s	it's a little bit of a menagerie isn't
6996s	he as well though yeah true
7000s	yeah either way it's always fish if
7002s	you're wondering
7003s	oh it's always fish yeah
7010s	it's like going against to sorrow with a
7011s	again another bit of a mixed bag of a
7014s	comp some mess
7016s	yeah should have enough token summons to
7019s	get through all this stuff I think on
7021s	Mega Alex's side although the way that
7022s	attack order worked with the Divine
7024s	Shield was very very juicy and no leave
7026s	nobody from the fish because the minion
7028s	had died anyway but I think the stealth
7031s	1612 is still gonna get there yeah still
7034s	stepping up worse right yeah even if he
7036s	lost it was seven so at least still
7038s	alive but yeah looking good there Mega
7041s	Alex might be on the the road to
7042s	recovery right now to again just bag a
7045s	few points
7047s	oh yeah victim Specter I've forgotten
7049s	all about this one of my absolute
7052s	favorite quests from back in the day
7053s	enables you to do some absolutely
7055s	degenerate things
7058s	it's all's word of the day degeneracy
7062s	[Music]
7067s	a lot of rolling going down here
7070s	kind of a weird outcome if you think
7071s	about it right to end up with a Battle
7073s	Master unless you tie you would not
7075s	expect the Battle Master to have been
7077s	the most recent thing that died right
7081s	I didn't like that one either here's a
7083s	goal for the trip
7086s	oh this is a good little pickup because
7088s	we just sold to sort of fight on the
7091s	other side of the last round
7093s	uh yeah this threefold is going to get
7095s	work done
7098s	if it can hit him dead Ron's wardens and
7101s	the uh for drop death row that I
7104s	definitely don't know the name of the uh
7105s	tutu that drops a reborn
7109s	that's what I call it
7117s	again another very Scrappy game so far
7121s	and it feels just a little bit
7123s	terrifying that this game won turn nine
7127s	no one's dead but Jana says on 42 Health
7131s	as the cat like this is
7134s	I don't know hey wait how is no hero
7137s	power cat still yes that's what I mean
7139s	still just marching away in this game
7142s	well I guess that's how okay oh yeah we
7145s	did see them Jesse gaming early on right
7147s	with the the Wrath Weavers it's a good
7150s	strap for the cat
7155s	unfortunately for Janice even if they
7158s	win this fight they're not exactly going
7159s	to push penguin out that's one air fight
7161s	they don't really have control over the
7163s	kills yeah and only one player currently
7165s	within damage cap and I would suspect
7167s	that player is quite strong this combat
7169s	cause it's Mega Alex JP and we just saw
7171s	the uh the duo and the survival go off
7173s	on the previous turn yes
7176s	that was a troll there as well shirosa
7178s	getting smacked down to three a little
7180s	bit unfortunate there
7182s	eight Mega Alex survive it looked like
7184s	Mega Alex didn't survive
7187s	oh golden Battle Master from the victim
7189s	Specter though is huge trust is like
7192s	yeah I went down to three on purpose
7195s	played for and got
7197s	your axis try and pump some attack onto
7200s	this battle Master with the magnetism
7206s	okay looks good to me
7211s	and can we see if a 21-173 beats tombs
7216s	whole board please
7219s	sir
7223s	uh it does not
7226s	it's quite close though yeah I wouldn't
7229s	feel overly comfortable having a strong
7231s	essay but either way if tomb can live
7234s	that's a lot of juice going down
7235s	meanwhile we have taunt.com coming out
7238s	from a bit about it
7241s	and did get hold of the dracaris
7244s	all right
7246s	[Music]
7253s	.com does not exist I was just checking
7256s	what you were you know tacitly
7257s	advertising on our screen
7260s	dots
7274s	this is just how you know you're having
7276s	a bad game isn't it yeah
7278s	you're buying back way too many undeads
7281s	on these yep
7284s	you're not doing great out there
7286s	it does feel it a lot different I know
7288s	we're only a few games in but it feels a
7290s	lot different from yesterday I feel like
7291s	yesterday we saw much more Sleek comps
7294s	right you know just very sort of smooth
7296s	transitions into builds whereas today I
7299s	feel like the players are playing very
7300s	very Scrappy and just trying to grab
7302s	those points where they can
7305s	anything for not eight
7308s	right that was a really cool interaction
7311s	by the way that I have never seen before
7313s	in my life and I have now filed in the
7315s	mental Bank of call interactions
7318s	um so tams in hero power was used at the
7321s	start killed the soul splitter so that
7324s	went first because hero Powers go before
7326s	cards in terms of startup combat effects
7328s	so in the soul splitter died came back
7331s	to life in its reborn form without
7332s	reborn on its itself and then said oh
7335s	start of combat I give a friendly Undead
7337s	reborn I'm a friendly Undead of myself
7341s	I'm My Own friend
7345s	relatable right when you don't have any
7347s	other friends to give reborn to so you
7349s	just have to give it to yourself
7353s	jumping over with the NSA again so much
7355s	health on the kitty cat must be uh it
7358s	was can't wait till this fight's over
7361s	because you've got to assume with what
7363s	so many players under under the the
7365s	barrier that someone's gonna die
7368s	you are Mega tilting if you're gonna say
7371s	right now it's like come on I cannot
7373s	hold on to this much longer I need
7375s	people to die how weird though can this
7378s	go on because you'd be annoyed but then
7380s	again you'd sit there and be like I am
7382s	on 42. yeah like that's pretty good with
7385s	basically no hero power yes
7388s	yes but that you you know there is a
7390s	point coming where this runs out because
7392s	you are still very mono minion at this
7394s	point with the way you'll go I mean you
7396s	do have the supplementary uh wrath
7397s	Weaver thrown in there as well but you
7400s	are you need some people to start dying
7401s	very very rapidly and now what
7404s	four or five players in fact are within
7406s	damage at that range so we could see a
7409s	massacre at the end of this compound
7411s	gonna be interesting as well satellite
7412s	here with this board with this sort of a
7414s	slightly more old school looking Mech
7417s	board with that Omega Buster on it but
7419s	still strong enough now with the triple
7421s	scrap available for next turn
7425s	are you ever gonna sacrifice a menace
7427s	just to buy one now to save two gold
7430s	because Burlington gold does not seem
7433s	fun here it doesn't but I feel like this
7436s	just gives you more chance of actually
7437s	not dying right just keeping the Menace
7440s	on board which uh at 10 Health I can get
7443s	behind
7444s	hahaha
7449s	uh good old 24 179
7452s	with wind Fury
7454s	and again you see the power of straight
7457s	shot as a tech card right yeah small
7459s	small straight shot don't kill the
7461s	things you're attacking into just remove
7463s	the torn and leave them alive
7468s	yeah this is not looking fantastic is it
7471s	with the first deflector going out
7472s	there's a lot of Health to punch through
7473s	here
7476s	and what's the most thing dying
7478s	currently I guess one of these other two
7480s	minions is always gonna die at this
7481s	point
7484s	wins that fight with the Battle Master
7486s	alive it is simply death even more so
7488s	now satellite gets dispatched
7492s	most importantly let's go and check out
7493s	Janice after this because I want to see
7495s	what the options are
7498s	and that will be a second boogie monster
7500s	as well for Shiro off the uh victim
7502s	Specter hero power I believe a victim
7504s	inspector Quest reward
7506s	good stuff
7509s	[Music]
7516s	so golden replicated minutes was taken
7519s	here yeah yeah I think so okay
7525s	oh we got a broken discover situation no
7528s	no yeah yeah USA was moving minions
7530s	right so okay
7533s	you go for the filamental
7538s	lots of free money going around here
7541s	it's an incredibly powerful demon setup
7544s	right but it's just the nature of demons
7546s	is that okay you might end up keeping
7548s	this uh this golden wrath Weaver but you
7550s	are gonna have to find something else to
7551s	do with your other five or six board
7553s	spots if you're gonna turn this into
7554s	seven game winning
7559s	yeah they definitely feel like they have
7561s	a much uh lower ceiling right demons and
7565s	then a lot of the other uh builds right
7566s	now that's right
7569s	but again uh there's no there's only
7572s	Mega Alex right that can actually hit
7574s	threshold right now to put the lobby in
7576s	check so yeah even at this point if uh
7578s	if anyone you know on demons are just
7580s	gonna say I'll just get top three top
7583s	two just to bag a lot of points and
7585s	that's probably just worthwhile at this
7586s	at this point in the game can we have a
7588s	quick Mega Alex update please actually
7590s	because it's second or better that Mega
7593s	Alex and needs to find and they probably
7595s	turn the corner now yeah this has turned
7597s	the
7597s	Cornerstone the corner this is a very
7600s	second place looking board if you can
7602s	get the right match-ups along the way
7606s	and then Becca Mega Alex is basically
7609s	building some kind of uh Mega Mech right
7611s	now because that Boombox there is gonna
7614s	start popping off a lot with these fish
7615s	yeah and take note of the setup here by
7617s	the way as well it's a little bit
7619s	strange uh taunted
7622s	um angles is very unusual to see but
7625s	Mega Alex doesn't particularly care if
7627s	that kangals were to die first he just
7630s	wants to guarantee a kangars and a um
7634s	and a Boombox going into the fish
7636s	specifically right so this is when I
7639s	said getting the right matchups these
7641s	are the match-ups he did not want to get
7643s	just the massive Health stat sticks on
7645s	the other side but because the baron is
7647s	consistently dodging I think he may
7650s	actually steal so much damage even
7653s	against this okay now he's run out
7666s	super cool combat even the 1311 Eternal
7669s	Knights right like it's not perfect but
7672s	it's something it's gonna be more than
7674s	enough damage to nathuristic it's gonna
7677s	be going out cat time it's a cat turn
7682s	all right odd cat gets them gets done as
7686s	well yeah good stuff so Tim goes down
7688s	and Shiro goes down the denaturius and
7690s	we're gonna get a double discover here
7692s	on the honesty for the cap
7695s	who did you pick for bandwagon
7698s	uh I forget oh Mega
7701s	and it wasn't
7703s	oh we both about it right yeah yeah yes
7706s	yeah
7709s	we can be on the same team well I picked
7710s	Peter Babbitt and you picked Betty
7712s	Batman the Betty babit
7721s	yeah oh potato you say Shaman I say
7723s	Shaman let's Call the Whole Thing Off
7726s	good to get some minions in play this is
7728s	looking more I mean in a weird way I
7731s	think like Gianna say he's got a good
7733s	chance of getting out of this in at
7735s	least top two purely because of the
7737s	health total right now right just let
7739s	the others kill each other and then
7740s	that'll just leave two people yeah I
7743s	think a lot of this will come down to
7745s	whether anyone can fight Mega Alex and
7747s	live to tell the tale right because
7749s	people need people need scouting
7752s	information at this point they need to
7755s	know because it's a board that can be
7756s	interacted with by various tech cards
7758s	you just need to know exactly what the
7760s	setup is and what you need to do but
7763s	fighting against uh Mega Alex right now
7765s	and living to tell the tale is a very
7767s	very tricky thing to do yeah also a nice
7769s	update as well like yanase is currently
7771s	above the threat uh Health threshold for
7774s	the puzzle box Quest as well very true
7776s	so keep an eye on that
7778s	those pesky demons keeping his health up
7780s	even though he's actually hurting
7781s	himself every single turn oh be about it
7784s	now as well triple end of turn
7786s	with the magnetic Buffs looks like
7789s	walking Fort has departed though which
7791s	is interesting with the tripled up ended
7793s	turn so there's not actually that much
7794s	stat scaling left
7796s	or steal from the fish and the baron now
7801s	oh no it's a disaster
7804s	look at the setup as well because I
7806s	believe zap does ignore stealth says
7808s	that would have still made the good
7810s	attacks if they were available you'd see
7812s	the small Buffs even though they're
7814s	stealth on the fish and the baron meant
7816s	that the kangars was always going to get
7818s	sniped first in that situation really
7821s	really good stuff here from Mega Alice
7823s	yeah so well thought out and you can see
7826s	why right look at the work this is doing
7827s	and believe it or not we're not even
7829s	close to this turn ending if you know
7832s	because of the amount of stats here so
7833s	we'll see if this one kicks out there's
7835s	still a ton of Health on the scrap but
7837s	we had like we saw with the Battle
7838s	Master it's that much health enough uh
7841s	there's still a fish and still a baron
7842s	so I doubt it or checking out the
7845s	discovers on the cat finds the massive
7847s	utility drone okay good stuff
7850s	uh spoilers by the way beta Babbitt died
7853s	in that fight if you're very curious as
7855s	to how that's gonna resolve
7860s	d
7867s	and this is the stuff right Fiona say he
7869s	is just one by one just taking one huge
7872s	Minion from each of the Dead opponents
7874s	and just filling out a board space with
7876s	it keeping those giant wrath Weavers to
7879s	go alongside one by one piece by piece
7884s	right now he's not that much bigger than
7887s	beta Babbitt was this turn or last turn
7889s	and beat about it died to Mega Alex
7892s	that's the thing Mega Alex like you said
7895s	guess what top two because he's on 14
7897s	right yep that's putting the lobby check
7900s	literally as fast as it could be humanly
7903s	done so Mega Alex has a lot to play for
7905s	and is hoping against hope that penguin
7909s	into Sora just to get out of this game
7915s	it's above there on the uh true shot
7921s	although it does remove the potential of
7924s	what you were saying sometimes when you
7925s	want the actual small damage to go
7927s	through yeah right
7929s	yeah a few interactions where that can
7931s	really help we saw it with a Mega Buster
7933s	there's also the interaction with rylack
7935s	right where if you get a straight
7936s	vanilla straight shot and then run it
7938s	into a rylack they're both three fours
7940s	so the rylack lives and then you just
7941s	remove taunt from it so it doesn't
7943s	necessarily activate the battle cries in
7944s	a timely fashion
7947s	such a thing in this Lobby though yeah
7949s	it's just Sora going up against Mega
7951s	Alex I think and just look at it to
7953s	sora's board
7954s	um it's not there is it
7956s	no it's like a scam board if your
7959s	opponent wasn't just scamming you first
7961s	because
7962s	it's just not gonna be good enough
7964s	[Music]
7974s	thanks for the update oh Innkeeper I
7977s	guess
7979s	different entities
7984s	oh I'm not sure there's enough scam
7986s	potential going on here especially when
7988s	the uh the straight shot hits like that
7990s	sniping away one of those most valuable
7992s	Reborns now what's biggest minion
7995s	straight into venomous though
7997s	I still think uh we got three more kills
8000s	on venomous okay
8003s	all right well about what it lasted I
8005s	guess yep so it's gonna go out
8011s	oh barely tried its best in the end just
8015s	to slam into the venomous but yeah too
8016s	many re-summons from the mech coming out
8018s	I imagine we are going to be witnessing
8022s	Mega Alex doing something very similar
8023s	to penguin song
8025s	which means Mega Alex has the lobby in
8030s	check in the absolute bare minimum
8032s	number of games seven seven six or
8036s	better from this point Mega Alex is just
8039s	on a tear at the moment four game day
8042s	let's go
8043s	[Music]
8045s	I was blessing right at the end I wonder
8054s	I'm choosing to believe I'm just picking
8057s	it now
8061s	any Tech is there gonna be any Tech
8063s	coming out from Jana say that's the big
8065s	question there is
8067s	one fish vulnerable to Blaster right now
8072s	he's also once again vulnerable to Zach
8075s	because the Buffs that we saw on the
8077s	minions were clearly spellcroft in the
8079s	previous turn they were not permanent
8080s	Buffs so there is still a zap
8082s	vulnerability available
8085s	but without any of that disruption
8088s	I don't think he's got nearly enough to
8090s	have this covered
8091s	um
8093s	I mean some lucky Snipes can just get
8094s	there if you smack the baron straight
8096s	away yeah after his horns go down
8099s	it's just the fact that there's just
8100s	Minions that actually nearly died to a
8105s	boom box right you know what I mean like
8107s	they're still on okay not now because
8108s	they got rid of one of them but they
8109s	were just the fact that there were still
8110s	small Minions on board is terrifying
8120s	yeah it doesn't look like the right Tech
8122s	options to me obviously there's not a
8124s	criticism of yarn to say he doesn't
8126s	necessarily know exactly what he's up
8127s	against yet but we will see how this
8129s	resolves from here
8133s	no yeah the straight shot's now not
8135s	going to get a chance to attack anything
8137s	but that torn minion which is a massive
8140s	go first for Mega Alex without that the
8143s	straight shot would have had one
8145s	opportunity to kill something relevant
8146s	past that point
8149s	here we go
8153s	I think it's already over right a great
8155s	hit for the Leroy it's about one million
8158s	damage left the fish is gonna get sniped
8161s	but it's still just so many hits
8165s	give it a minute
8169s	[Music]
8171s	I love battlegrounds
8174s	oh sure just attack into the only thing
8176s	that has hell yeah
8178s	there's one Baron down
8181s	never mind
8183s	but here's the thing right now there's
8185s	gonna be wait how much is that actually
8187s	21 okay so half of the health gone uh
8192s	and you want to say that did not look
8194s	close did it obviously there was the
8196s	fortunate you know hitting of and taking
8198s	out the uh the true shots of the second
8201s	attack didn't work but
8203s	that did not look close enough for
8205s	Janice to be confident right now oh Mega
8208s	Alex two six uh let's stay here because
8210s	the hunt for tech cards is definitely on
8212s	uh Janice but if Lorinda could just keep
8214s	an eye on what Mega Alex is doing in
8216s	terms of playing around tech cards on
8218s	the other side that would be fantastic
8224s	hey does this true shot have to be first
8227s	stay in that position right if you go
8231s	first you still only attack into the two
8234s	taunt minions right which is kind of
8236s	doing their work for them at that point
8238s	anyway oh
8240s	third-part minion
8243s	third talk meaning in two Divine shields
8245s	on the Barons as well yeah trying to
8247s	play around the zap out as best as
8250s	possible
8252s	it just can't be stopped he cannot be
8255s	stopped
8258s	poor Janice
8260s	to normal man
8265s	doing his best here adding some
8267s	additional taunts as well
8269s	get in that Leroy pickup as well for
8271s	some extra Tech but
8273s	oh it doesn't at least to My Immortal
8277s	eyes subtle does not look like it's
8279s	enough and as the insta hit on the boom
8281s	again
8283s	yeah this was a smart idea right small
8285s	torn because yeah this way if you could
8287s	get the sindura to go off and then have
8290s	maybe something live and then attack
8292s	into the tutu tone then maybe you could
8295s	delay the chain of activations I don't
8297s	think it was ever going to work out that
8299s	way or with what Jana Zay was being
8301s	shown better idea than anything else at
8303s	that point
8304s	yeah there was literally only so much
8306s	you can do especially when you know you
8308s	are likely to have one turn
8310s	hang on the fish both went incredibly
8313s	early
8314s	which means that is true this is only
8316s	dealing wait a minute more damage to
8318s	that one you want to say actually get it
8320s	never mind five plus two but the Fight
8323s	Continues because that is only seven
8325s	damage
8327s	you can see the difference right even if
8329s	you can't get to the Barons if you can
8331s	get rid of those fish earlier yes it's
8333s	not like they can re-summon solitary
8336s	boom boxes as much as they want that's
8338s	fine it's the fish being there while
8341s	more and more and more boom boxes go off
8343s	that's what's killing me because then
8345s	when each fish dies it's just triggering
8348s	20 Boombox death rattles yeah it's Baron
8351s	at the end of it yeah the death rattle
8352s	soak's absolutely huge the idea now is
8355s	what can Mega Alex do to help out did
8357s	Mega Alex just get a little bit unlucky
8359s	is this third taunt gonna stick around
8361s	but there's stealth that's a big deal
8363s	stealth is massive yeah and it's got a
8366s	Boombox to finish up as well
8371s	okay chooses to go both Barons with the
8374s	protection I was wondering if one of the
8376s	fish might be protected instead just to
8378s	make sure you've guaranteed all of those
8380s	Boombox juices into it yeah do you think
8382s	this is just a mega Alex saying uh it
8384s	was unlikely that they hit both fish so
8386s	quickly and if they just didn't I win so
8388s	they won't next time do you know what I
8390s	mean yeah I'm not sure like I imagine
8392s	that Mega Alex knows what the num like
8395s	wait you don't know what the numbers are
8397s	but you probably have a reasonably good
8398s	idea of what's more important a fish
8400s	dying early or just having two Barons
8402s	alive for the entire fight
8404s	um and he's just basing it off of that
8406s	more so than anything else but certainly
8408s	my instincts just feel like if you have
8410s	a fish die as the second to last minion
8412s	you feel pretty guaranteed to win that
8415s	fight from but I might be wrong on the
8417s	way I'm looking now
8421s	there's an extra Boombox on there as
8423s	well so that's extra props too and yeah
8427s	just just hit the Boombox every single
8429s	time yep every single day and so the fun
8433s	begins
8434s	okay Divine Shield so big
8437s	again just every extra attack and death
8439s	rather getting old okay it's huge and
8442s	this
8444s	okay it feels like he's getting close to
8447s	good enough now though subtle yeah with
8449s	all of the Death Rows that have gone
8451s	into these fish already they are going
8452s	to get doubled up by the Barons
8453s	everything's coming back I think this
8455s	one is already over it's just a matter
8457s	of whether 21 can be dodged how much
8459s	damage does this fish do how many boom
8462s	boxes can you kill it looks like the
8464s	answer might be close to zero and oh
8467s	it's going to be incredible million
8470s	damage coming out for Mega Alex it is
8473s	three games in a row Clean Sweep 21
8477s	points out of 21 and Raven if he does
8481s	this again we're all going home the
8483s	tournament's over
8485s	I
8486s	I just don't even know what to say we
8488s	talk about odds a lot in Battlegrounds
8491s	what the heck are the odds of this
8493s	happening because and don't get me wrong
8494s	this is I'm not saying oh it's just
8496s	lucky because Mega Alex is proving they
8498s	know what they're doing they are not
8499s	here to mess around but three wins out
8502s	of three lobbies in the top eight in
8504s	lobby Legends is frankly incredible and
8507s	I'm just I'm just expecting a fourth win
8510s	now so I think that's just how the day's
8512s	gonna go do you want to lock it in now
8514s	uh bandwagon turn zero Mega yeah
8518s	uh because turn zeros exist obviously
8521s	that's just a not a nonsense phrase for
8522s	nonsense people as we all well know
8525s	um yeah I mean what an incredible
8526s	performance it has been up until this
8528s	point three very three entirely Mech
8532s	based games four Mega Alex but all
8535s	incredibly different in the way that
8536s	they were executed particularly that
8538s	last one which would burn pick up
8541s	um obviously leaning into that well that
8542s	was the idea of the pick from the start
8544s	I was talking about the Radio Star
8545s	interaction and obviously Max and
8547s	Boombox were the other things that were
8548s	very easily available as that one
8550s	crucial turn that you just had to live
8552s	through to get the duo to go off was
8554s	able to do that and then from that point
8556s	no looking back with double fish double
8558s	fish way too strong Mega Alex way too
8561s	strong looking like he's running away
8562s	with this tournament right now yeah and
8564s	frankly I'm going to give you you know
8565s	you guys here watching a bit of a heads
8567s	up it's getting pretty silly so we're
8569s	gonna go to a quick break but you need
8571s	to be back for the next game because it
8572s	seriously could just be the last as Mega
8575s	Alex might just sweep the whole thing in
8577s	incredible fashion at go anywhere we'll
8579s	be right back with game four Lobby
8581s	Legends
8593s	[Music]
8605s	thank you
8620s	[Music]
8650s	thank you
8654s	[Music]
8668s	foreign
8672s	[Music]
8688s	[Music]
8728s	[Music]
8746s	foreign
8751s	[Music]
8770s	welcome back everyone we are getting
8772s	ready for our fourth game of today's
8774s	Lobby Legends finals and it could
8778s	in some worlds be the last funnily
8781s	enough so we're in that weird spot right
8782s	now so it's been a crazy day it's odd
8785s	that the second day has a chance of
8786s	being faster than the first day uh with
8788s	this format so if it happens it happens
8790s	and it'll be quite a memorable moment
8793s	um but before we get into that we can
8795s	check out uh so what the uh sorry what
8797s	happened at that game as I'm stumbling
8799s	over my own words because I'm in that
8801s	much of shock so I'll take us through
8802s	what happened yeah I mean what happened
8804s	to this game was this many many many
8807s	many many many many times over uh Mega
8810s	Alex as I said before the break had the
8813s	one turn where the duo was about to fire
8816s	the duo was made golden he just needed
8817s	to survive that turn then he was going
8819s	to get incredible value in incredible
8821s	Tempo uh from the golden Duo activation
8825s	managed to transition that so nicely uh
8828s	into this infinite Boombox comp with the
8830s	Barons lots of really crunchy late game
8833s	decisions as well in terms of which Tech
8836s	card is my opponent gonna go for what
8838s	should I play around what's my
8839s	positioning what do I stealth what do I
8841s	Divine Shield what do I give stats to to
8843s	play around zap to play around tunnel
8845s	Blaster as well do I need to get
8846s	everything above three Health all kinds
8849s	of Madness going in but regardless
8851s	ended up is a seven seven Lucky Sevens
8856s	all the way through Mega Alex absolutely
8858s	farming the slots right now 21 points
8861s	Lobby is in check and if you do not know
8864s	what that means you have to get to 20
8866s	points first before you can win this
8869s	tournament once you are at 20 points you
8872s	win a Lobby you win a game that is all
8875s	you have to do and the tournament is
8877s	over and you are taking first place so
8879s	Mega Alex by some distance now is the
8883s	only player eligible to win this
8885s	tournament at this point in time and
8887s	we'll have a minimum of two chances
8889s	because there's only penguin that can
8891s	catch up yeah next game and then there's
8893s	another game minimum so two goals at it
8895s	and we take a look at the puzzle box
8897s	there will we play more than seven games
8899s	today I'm feeling confident so I'm just
8901s	saying I'm feeling confident yeah it's
8905s	not going great uh yeah I mean we're
8907s	showing this again because we've
8908s	actually not ticked any of them right
8911s	like all the ones that could have just
8912s	been checked off by now
8914s	um player going to Tavern six by turn
8915s	eight player winning with 35 effective
8917s	Health at least four different players
8919s	winning a game these are all things that
8920s	could have well I suppose we haven't had
8922s	four games yet so at least four
8923s	different players couldn't have won okay
8925s	oh wait I misread I thought it was will
8928s	one player win four different games
8932s	but all of this is still up in the air
8934s	so Mega Alex could just send us home
8937s	with a very very incomplete puzzle box
8939s	if he manages to take this one home at
8941s	this point
8942s	yeah and again I'm still just in shock I
8944s	just want to see more I I think it would
8946s	be incredible of course if Mega relics
8948s	just wins this game and then it's just
8950s	one of those highlight moments where
8952s	it's just I cannot believe someone did
8954s	that but because it's so exciting I want
8957s	there to be more games so it's a bit of
8959s	a weird moment to be stuck in here but
8961s	again just to reiterate if Mega Alex
8963s	wins the next game finishes first wins
8966s	that game they've won the tournament the
8968s	tournament ends
8970s	fantastic
8971s	even if he doesn't so that's a whole
8974s	extra game at worst because there is
8976s	only
8977s	um
8978s	penguin that can catch him if penguin
8981s	still Pegasus does uh do well I think
8983s	it's second or joint second third or
8987s	something that is enough right because I
8989s	think it was 13.5 and there's no such
8991s	thing as tied for first which is what
8992s	6.5 would be oh was it 30 I thought it
8995s	was 14.5 uh maybe I'm wrong but either
8997s	way we'll uh we'll get that confirmed
8998s	but yeah it's going to be a very very
9000s	unlikely scenario that Mega Alex does
9003s	not have at least three bytes of the
9005s	Apple from here right to be able to get
9006s	over the line thank you just got
9007s	confirmation it was 13.5 so yeah it's
9009s	gonna have to be a win for penguin to be
9011s	able to tear this one up so yeah it's uh
9014s	it's a long road from here for anyone
9016s	that isn't named Mega Alex to be coming
9018s	out of this one and now this is where
9021s	the hate might kick in right and I have
9023s	not just I have had this debate with
9026s	several people I've had this debate as
9028s	the Observer while Lorinda has been
9030s	casting and I've been sort of shouting
9031s	things in his ear being obnoxious you
9033s	have to have this argument with yourself
9035s	what's the best way to stop Mega Alex
9038s	win okay easy just to go Max Tempo
9041s	against him hate him out of the game
9043s	kind of do inefficient things for Just
9045s	Deal 15 damage to Mega Alex every turn
9047s	where that's possible or is it to win
9049s	the game yourself right like are you
9052s	sabotaging Yourself by trying to
9054s	sabotage Mega Alex to the point where
9056s	you're making it so you can't win the
9058s	game and then Mega Alex just ends up
9060s	winning anyway is it in fact I should be
9062s	on the couch right now so exactly is it
9065s	just a better idea to just say okay I
9066s	need to focus on my game and just go you
9069s	know pedal to the metal and try and make
9071s	sure I Spike into a first myself I think
9074s	it's a very interesting debate
9075s	personally
9076s	I mean a lot of it is also just what's
9078s	going on right because I think that is
9080s	flexible you don't just make that choice
9082s	now right absolutely again just a
9084s	reminder bandwagon picks nice and early
9086s	I'm gonna do the honorable thing and
9088s	remind my co-caster to think about it
9090s	now
9091s	I mean there's only one choice isn't
9093s	there yeah there really is
9097s	to sorrow right
9099s	that's the one
9102s	friend
9110s	Alex has found himself with the AFK in
9113s	this Lobby which is a fine choice in
9115s	terms of uh feast or famine kind of
9117s	action oh very nice outcome yeah getting
9121s	the AFK match up for the barrel very
9123s	nice uh barov just to get the
9126s	housekeeping out of the way uh barrel of
9127s	a high value pick in this particular
9129s	Lobby because uh these are high MMR
9133s	players playing on tournament accounts
9135s	which if you aren't familiar uh low MMR
9138s	accounts actually have different armor
9139s	values for the hero so if these players
9141s	were to queue up on their main account
9143s	on ladder a hero like baroff would
9145s	actually have significantly less armor
9147s	for them so
9148s	um the idea being some heroes are just
9150s	better in highly skilled players hands
9152s	so things like barov just get massively
9155s	buffed in a Lobby like this where they
9156s	have monstrous amounts of armor as well
9159s	as the incredibly High skill cap that uh
9161s	barov does have
9162s	and just to take a note about the uh the
9165s	the overlay that you're looking at and
9167s	the reason Mega Alex's uh health is in
9169s	Gold has a little gold Sheen to it is
9171s	because they have the lobby in check so
9173s	as we well if we progress through the
9175s	day
9176s	in check we will see you know more
9178s	players have that sort of tint uh to the
9180s	number just in case you're wondering why
9182s	that one's sticking out there aren't a
9183s	lot of frames coming through Mega Alex's
9186s	camera but the ones that are are telling
9188s	the story this is all we need to see
9190s	right now prayer hands I say that's all
9193s	we need to see we do also really
9194s	discovers
9197s	no I will say though I do when when we
9199s	saw Mega Alex's choices of Heroes I do
9202s	like the AFK because it feels like the
9204s	spikiest hero they were offered
9207s	okay there's not a rylack in his hand
9209s	yet
9221s	it's okay it's good Tempo it's no like a
9224s	media win condition right now but I
9226s	think it's good enough that um he can
9228s	just go straight to three next turn and
9231s	look for the rylac and then at that
9233s	point you can really start um juicing up
9235s	that cobal value
9243s	speaking of quill balls being above it's
9245s	starting to uh hold those blood gems
9248s	it's going to take a bit of an L here
9249s	but again can soak some of that damage
9255s	definitely a slightly deceptive hero
9259s	when they're winning or losing fights
9261s	because if they're just getting more
9263s	gold every single turn because of the
9265s	hero power that kind of can very quickly
9268s	negate the health loss right because you
9270s	just Spike some extra minions or an
9272s	extra Tavernier and then really
9273s	accelerate the game plan so I've seen I
9275s	think barrel of more than most Heroes
9277s	I've seen win incredibly low life
9279s	amounts oh absolutely yeah
9282s	and again particularly when you do have
9283s	that armor buff in this particular
9285s	format like did you see like beer batter
9287s	is is just straight to three at this
9289s	point with uh with the excess gold as
9291s	well not really caring too much about
9292s	losing early fights
9297s	[Music]
9298s	as well
9300s	um is a giga leveling they're sitting on
9302s	four with currently I believe no Minions
9304s	on board just using that elf yeah four
9307s	on four usually demands uh token star in
9310s	to then sell the final minion on turn
9312s	four to go to Tavern four but uh keep an
9315s	eye on the tavern six counter for the
9317s	patchwork if it's gonna head in that
9318s	direction
9319s	Shiro now has four turns to go to uh
9323s	Tavern six if so inclined or the puzzle
9325s	box question
9329s	foreign
9339s	not the best initial shot
9344s	a little bit better now do you take the
9345s	Naga combo here
9347s	I think you have to yeah I mean this is
9348s	what you've been dealt
9350s	it's a very very early deep blue you are
9352s	of course Reliant now on rolling into
9355s	zesties and
9356s	I hate to be the bearer of bad news but
9358s	I think this means that Shiro will not
9359s	be pumping to six anytime soon I think
9361s	they'll be rolling down looking for
9363s	those uh those zesties and deep blues
9365s	yeah Peter Babbitt going up to four as
9367s	well though so joining uh
9372s	penguin just having a nice amount of
9374s	extra gold available with those lock-ins
9376s	with mayev as well as a triple on the
9378s	way as well is this just a level
9381s	should be
9384s	unless you want to get really fancy with
9386s	it right now this would uh seem to be
9388s	just stand a curve to continue leveling
9390s	here
9391s	[Music]
9394s	really seems to be considering that cup
9396s	though
9397s	moused over it several times during this
9399s	final few seconds
9403s	just a level
9405s	for me
9413s	yeah because that's the thing as well
9415s	it's not like a penguin needs a couple
9417s	of points is it right to to get through
9420s	so may as well go all in
9431s	Iran double
9436s	Eternal Knight on a runner is kind of
9437s	interesting
9441s	quite enough I think we're gonna take a
9443s	little bit of a hit
9449s	see what Jana says cooking with over
9450s	here
9451s	oh well I see okay oh I see
9456s	it's all becoming clear
9461s	not terrible definitely good tempo as
9463s	well right especially you know six fours
9465s	at the moment even without the triple
9467s	it's just pretty solid tempo is this a
9470s	five like if that's a five I almost feel
9472s	like you should take it now you're at
9475s	47.
9476s	so I I'd quite happily discard some of
9478s	my armor to not earn one gold this turn
9481s	you know
9482s	and just take you every gold efficient
9484s	aren't you song I'd like to handle the
9486s	money
9488s	because I'm like yeah it's one God what
9490s	could that matter but the other way to
9492s	play is just to use that armor to turn
9493s	it into a six instead right like you
9495s	lose this fight and then you just level
9496s	again next turn
9502s	too much attention to satellite on this
9504s	shoulder walk
9505s	I guess mainly because nothing too big
9507s	to come out of this so far yeah missed
9509s	on the Battle Cry on turn one we did dip
9511s	in just to see
9512s	um and has since found some cups but now
9515s	does have the boy that is he is him sat
9519s	in the shop right now we need that rylac
9521s	oh I'm thinking about mini moment I
9524s	thought you're talking about prickly
9525s	Rick over there
9528s	keep up the momentum friend
9531s	whilst Mega Alex been cooking with oh
9535s	okay Scala fitting
9539s	scaffolding what we'll find out soon
9544s	one of life's great Mysteries Raven
9550s	slightly disappointing I'm going to be
9552s	honest that's a pair though right it's a
9554s	pair of huge buffed minions there's
9556s	already a refrigerator on board
9561s	I'm gonna triple together oh there's a
9563s	another skeleton
9575s	so we might be already too far gone now
9577s	past rilak because if you ended up with
9579s	rylak you'd then have to like sell out
9581s	of the scour fins to be getting the
9583s	parrot activations on the rylac you also
9586s	have to find extra taunts and reborn and
9588s	all that kind of stuff so I feel like
9590s	this is just where Mega Alex is at for a
9592s	while right just uh just parrot scour
9594s	things off yeah that's the tricky one
9596s	isn't it it's just how you convert that
9598s	to the win oh ran being picked up okay
9601s	all right okay satellite calm down
9605s	it's all got plenty of Health as well
9607s	right
9608s	did pass on the old banana
9611s	[Music]
9615s	even the faceless doesn't look
9616s	horrendous maybe not exactly this turn
9618s	but
9619s	it's all those cards with bran and the
9621s	shutter Wok you could just get six
9630s	yeah NSA did jump up to Tavern tier five
9632s	yeah so it looks like he's trying to
9634s	greet that Health into a six drop which
9636s	yeah absolutely fine with me we would
9639s	have had words if he took a five without
9641s	uh and burned that one gold on the
9644s	previous turn
9645s	I would have been straight on the phone
9647s	to Jana saying said that I've I've
9648s	disappointed in you son
9652s	been bigging you up all tournament can
9653s	you make a play like that embarrassing
9659s	a lot of these gems held as well here
9661s	for penguin saying you know what this is
9662s	going to be enough
9668s	[Music]
9669s	looks like that might be a little bit of
9673s	hubris
9676s	hubris indeed yes behoove
9685s	are we taking nine though still decent
9687s	amounts and here comes the big triple
9689s	for the six and the winner is
9693s	um and the loser is
9698s	how how far this has fallen so remember
9701s	the days officer yeah I was just
9703s	thinking the same thing like you rewind
9705s	you know a few months or something turn
9707s	eight tripling into an officer with some
9709s	blood gem generation you're just pretty
9712s	great about your life like glow scale in
9714s	shop as well
9719s	there's a base
9721s	[Music]
9730s	there are some decisions to be made here
9733s	aren't there what's there jumps out to
9736s	you subtle I know you're a value gamer
9738s	so it tells the value plan
9740s	well I mean again if I'm playing a game
9742s	on ladder or I don't particularly care
9744s	how much I win or lose uh I'm getting
9747s	this rylack involved immediately but
9749s	they would involve a colossal reshuffle
9751s	of what you're doing with your board at
9753s	that point and I think the big reason
9754s	why you can't really do that uh is
9757s	because the second scale thing that you
9759s	have in board actually got buffed on the
9762s	previous turn right so you're living in
9764s	a world where okay fine
9767s	um you are potentially losing a lot of
9769s	value of an 1818 minion that you've
9770s	thrown away you can just do what has
9773s	happened here like this is fine you just
9774s	put the rylack on your board and say you
9776s	know what I think it is what it is like
9778s	if the parrot hits the relax so be it
9780s	but it's not my number one concern right
9781s	now which probably is The Best of Both
9783s	Worlds at the end of it
9784s	yeah I mean for Mega right just wants to
9786s	just get ahead and stop punching people
9788s	out of the game and in fact repositions
9791s	the parrot right so he's actually
9792s	sacrificing the rylack just to get a
9794s	little bit of blood gem value uh using
9796s	it as a taunt to protect the parrots and
9799s	the skeletons like the rylac text is
9802s	almost a bait at that point he is just
9804s	using it to protect the Paris chain and
9807s	then by putting the parrot second he
9809s	guarantees that the opponent attacks
9811s	into and likely kills his very very
9814s	small torn and keeps the scouting chain
9816s	rolling very very nice yeah satellite as
9818s	well getting a good job done again not
9819s	punching too hard but nine is enough to
9821s	put a to put shirosa in that danger zone
9824s	to join Peter Babbitt and sorrow
9826s	how's it going out there oh some bananas
9830s	are getting slammed
9832s	and that looks like the first zesty of
9833s	the game for Shiro but
9836s	how far into banana gaming are we at
9839s	this point okay well well well
9843s	what are you doing here
9846s	oh she
9849s	okay
9850s	it's got to be right I mean you have
9853s	like it's two of the best Blanche comps
9856s	in the game being played simultaneously
9858s	right now
9860s	feel like you're taking that card
9865s	it's gonna actually wonder if it's
9867s	double stack on the banana just to make
9868s	it not die yeah deep blue deep blue on
9870s	the banana and then golden deep blue
9872s	onto the zesty and then golden deep blue
9874s	onto the lava lurka yeah precisely this
9877s	oh
9880s	next I guess it's not worth it yeah I
9882s	think next turn you're dumping the
9883s	Rattler anyway right because it will
9885s	have reborned everything that you have
9886s	on board at that point
9888s	I'm so used to like loving the idea of
9890s	two because it just accelerates just
9892s	reborn in your board but then you
9893s	realize well it's also playing like
9895s	three Naga at the same time so it's not
9897s	quite the same level of power right
9900s	the triple in the shop here for Mega
9905s	again this not looking mind-blowing is
9907s	it subtle it's not looking there game
9909s	winning
9911s	it's pretty good like it's a lot of
9914s	stats right now it will fall off someone
9917s	will find scaling better than this for
9919s	sure but Mega Alex can just use how big
9922s	he is right now to find that better
9925s	scaling himself before anyone else does
9928s	right that's the Challenge from this
9929s	point
9931s	could have something to say about this
9933s	though Leroy huge I think no Leroy but
9936s	tunnel Blaster the tunnel Blaster takes
9938s	out the Leroy before he actually gets to
9939s	attack anything oh that's so
9942s	disappointing for this look at the
9944s	damage with the drakari on one Health
9946s	pushing an extra five is is what you
9948s	want if you're uh if you're a mega Alex
9950s	right now you want to push people out of
9952s	this game
9956s	too late for bream correct
9962s	uh we have the base skill anyway right
9964s	and you essentially you want to
9967s	you want to have an opinion to hold in
9970s	your hand right because you're now
9971s	putting this base skill onto the board
9972s	at some point so if you're going to have
9974s	a minion to hold in your hand anyway it
9976s	might as well be bream at this point
9984s	okay The Blanche are getting quite big
9986s	here we see some Tempo pigs coming out
9988s	here for two
9992s	Drop The Bongo
9995s	start just dropping stats on that board
9997s	as well penguin's gonna have a a turn
9999s	off to a certain extent without tesora
10002s	going out
10003s	which I didn't think we mentioned did we
10006s	uh no
10007s	to Sarah taking a loss though not
10009s	looking great but to Sir so far did have
10011s	the uh like a two green kind of uh
10014s	uh build with some pigs it clearly was
10017s	not enough
10021s	stealing the uh Legend value onto the
10025s	mama bear just for some added protection
10026s	I like it a nice little synergies uh
10029s	with this new car Bongo bopper I believe
10031s	it's called something like that
10032s	something equally Whimsical as that
10035s	um it just naturally plays a bunch of
10037s	blood gems on itself so you can then use
10039s	that as a stat stick that you transfer
10041s	to something else later in the game with
10043s	necrolo
10058s	again this is one of those things where
10060s	he although he's on 10 Health definitely
10062s	got the ability to secure because I
10063s	think he's he's a barrel of hero power
10065s	here was against uh was the ghost fight
10068s	so again not too difficult I guess
10073s	and I though I mean this bream is
10075s	getting a lot of Buffs before it hits
10077s	the board from the base skill but I
10079s	don't think yeah especially with the 53
10081s	still alive okay no the 53 gets taken
10083s	out by the bay skill oh it's the Blanche
10086s	actually my bad okay
10088s	I got some potential oh yeah the last
10091s	attack that was rough actually yeah I
10093s	thought that had already attacked but
10094s	that is going to be a million damage
10096s	going 20. and then slapped there maybe
10099s	it's going down to eight definitely
10103s	now throwing up the signal in the all
10106s	chat saying come on I'm doing my job
10109s	20. what the rest of you doing come on
10112s	yeah just finish him like pops up across
10115s	the chat yeah and I suppose this makes
10117s	sense right I hadn't readjusted because
10118s	we were talking about the bream before
10119s	and saying well if you're gonna buff a
10121s	minion it might as well be the bream
10122s	yeah that's true until you triple into a
10125s	Blanche that you can hold in your hand
10126s	instead and then at that point yeah yeah
10128s	it's way better off being The Blanche
10131s	and that's what's a little bit scary
10132s	right now actually as well isn't it
10134s	because yes Mega Alex just took 20 big
10137s	hit no one's even arguing but
10140s	if he could just survive another couple
10141s	of turns that stacking is really going
10143s	to kick off just because of the power of
10145s	blanchee
10151s	what is this a beast Naga combo it's
10154s	funny isn't it
10159s	second banana being slammed though
10162s	no base skill that's the missing uh the
10164s	missing ingredient right now we're
10166s	playing Naga beasts we want to be
10167s	playing Naga murloc beasts that's that's
10169s	the missing little sprinkle of spice
10171s	that we need
10172s	it's also tricky as well when to get out
10175s	of this 4-4 I've definitely uh struggled
10177s	with that in the past
10180s	okay shirosa versus mega Alex for
10182s	barov's blessing
10188s	gonna be a tricky one actually I'm
10190s	starting to have faith in this blanchee
10192s	I mean there's blanches on both sides of
10193s	course but the one there from Mega rally
10195s	yes there's a little bit of a RNG Fiesta
10198s	because we don't know what the parrots
10202s	are gonna activate on their attacks
10206s	which makes life a little bit awkward we
10208s	also don't know the exact stats on the
10210s	blanchee
10212s	could be tough although this Leroy is
10214s	very likely to just go into this taunt
10216s	which is a bit of a victory as well for
10218s	Megan yeah I think you can win if yeah
10220s	the Leroy did stay at First Position
10222s	okay
10223s	here we go
10227s	oh we differed for the first time today
10229s	yeah
10230s	oh the buff of course the flip
10237s	again
10243s	okay how big is it 63-63 no way that's
10246s	cooked absolutely cooked Raven see Saul
10250s	complains and then suddenly when things
10252s	are going his way it's like oh yeah
10254s	complaining to win anyway is the classic
10256s	soul Stroud I don't know what you're
10258s	talking about
10260s	and that means that spells disaster Alex
10263s	will not be winning the tournament in
10265s	this game great job specifically to beat
10268s	about it and Shiro with the one-two
10271s	punch like I said Alex had something
10274s	going but it needed to transition into
10276s	something else if it was gonna win the
10278s	lobby and he just never really managed
10281s	to find that point yeah it never looked
10283s	like it was going to convert to
10285s	something game-winning unless something
10286s	truly miraculous happened we also lost
10288s	Janice from this game as well taken hit
10291s	joining Mega Alex in that uh that same
10293s	turn kill there
10295s	but right now
10297s	are you interested how this one goes out
10299s	because a lot of Reborns down but
10300s	there's no banana Slammers here for
10302s	Penguins I'm just missing that final
10304s	ingredient but also satellite still
10306s	looking comfortable I'm 31. still has a
10310s	he's starting to build a huge brand
10311s	board with the uh the magma lock and
10314s	there you go
10317s	no damn
10318s	it's been going on here this feels like
10320s	full Tempo King right here from
10322s	satellite
10330s	it's hard okay no Elementals in this
10333s	Lobby right now no Elementals so can't
10335s	find the elemental of surprise to get
10337s	the Divine Shield magma lock which is
10339s	always the go-to in this scenario
10341s	but still tough choice from here because
10343s	you have a kind of permanent Young
10345s	merkai on your board right now
10347s	so
10350s	do we stay
10352s	at this position now so that you can get
10354s	the murloc value from the murkai off the
10356s	Primal fin activation and then go again
10358s	next turn you're missing out on a ton of
10360s	magma lock value at that point I might I
10362s	would imagine we joined the uh the turn
10364s	in progress I don't know exactly how
10366s	many minions were played
10368s	tricky isn't it because on one hand
10369s	satellites got the health to wiggle
10371s	around with and take a hit if needed
10373s	yeah but you do have to decide whether
10375s	that is actually going to convert to a
10377s	win or more right
10385s	it's all six drops it's all six drops as
10389s	well and this one turn on the right
10391s	kills his whole board
10395s	oh no
10397s	is he just getting punished for the
10399s	greed there is the Elise which is five
10401s	right
10404s	[Music]
10407s	so much that look at this
10410s	6 12 16 21 27 31 36 absolutely
10418s	one shot out of nowhere
10421s	take beat above it lightly at your peril
10424s	dying with a hand that had what six
10427s	cards in it a whole second magma one was
10429s	a magma yeah
10432s	that's a subtle play right there that's
10435s	what that is play as greedy as possible
10437s	and get mega punished for it and it
10439s	looks like penguins going out and yet
10441s	again subtle just quietly tomb oh look
10445s	another top three thank you good point
10448s	we've even seen what Tim's been doing
10450s	this entire game okay so much earlier on
10453s	yeah all right fine playing some stats
10455s	yeah just get in there right and again
10457s	until you're
10458s	captain and got the lobby and check
10460s	yourself you don't strictly need to win
10463s	games although it helps it's not you
10465s	know strictly true right so tomb just
10466s	once again locking in some points
10472s	going in on this Blanche as well looking
10474s	good
10475s	Shore would uh quite like to get a taunt
10477s	on this Blanche at some point yeah
10479s	getting the pumping from the uh the
10481s	walking Court
10485s	uh so does this board die entirely to
10489s	one taunt minion on the right it looks
10490s	like it has a pretty decent chance
10493s	I'm so glad we've seen pigs dominate
10502s	so what do you want to talk about for 80
10503s	Seconds right
10505s	yeah how uh the turn timers are too long
10507s	sometimes in this game okay yeah sure
10511s	Boogie fell stumper it's good against
10514s	Ghost so shirosa has some sort of wiggle
10517s	room turn here although again the ghost
10518s	only died last turn potentially right so
10520s	like they're not exactly weak let's say
10524s	yes and they died by taking 36 yeah
10529s	they died to one Pig and his friends
10533s	they died doing what they loved being
10535s	incredibly greedy
10542s	it's really interesting that the uh the
10545s	four fours is still around obviously
10547s	it's still doing a lot of work and a lot
10548s	of stats yeah but it's also a 4-4 you
10551s	know what I mean and there's a there's
10552s	the banana on there's a two five yes it
10554s	doubles a little bit but not a lot so
10556s	escherosa I I think
10559s	in hindsight at this point probably
10561s	going to be pretty happy with the
10562s	outcome of it at worst at top three yeah
10565s	the deep blue comp is weird right
10567s	because you do have to have these couple
10569s	of innocuous Minions on your board as
10571s	your engine and it's not like you know
10573s	if you're playing whatever bran dragons
10576s	or brand Menagerie or brand murlocs or
10578s	whatever and you have to sell your brand
10580s	because you're scared of dying you still
10582s	have a cop right it's still there it's
10585s	just less powerful battle Christ still
10587s	exists yeah exactly yeah
10589s	sell Deep Blue you are done like your
10592s	comp just does not work anymore if you
10594s	don't have that spell craft going into
10596s	your hand at the start of every turn so
10597s	yeah
10598s	I really do have to greet it for a very
10600s	very long time all right let's play the
10602s	game of how many minions can uh lose in
10606s	this fight
10607s	that's a couple
10609s	okay there's a nice 70 damage that's the
10611s	first relevant thing that's happened in
10613s	this entire fight because as each of
10614s	these minion dies watch the uh watch The
10617s	Duo Pig just get bigger and bigger and
10619s	bigger every time something dies
10623s	yeah the pig six drop is such a
10626s	deceptive minion because it you actually
10628s	start to get more terrified as the Fight
10630s	Continues and that is going to be tomb
10633s	uh pushed out of this game number four
10635s	here but again in a solid position third
10638s	place gonna Bank a ton of points there
10643s	now yeah this is the problem right
10648s	none of these minions even particularly
10651s	contest the taunt
10653s	ah
10656s	if you just like if if Shiro gets the
10658s	read right and gets the positioning
10660s	right and just goes lava lurker first
10664s	it really is just that one minion on the
10666s	right that's presenting a huge problem
10668s	right like once you get rid of that and
10670s	then the avenge procs from the the six
10672s	drops are just continuously pumping
10674s	Health back into it every time something
10676s	dies I don't think he's as far behind as
10679s	it might seem but we might now switch to
10682s	barov's POV and I've misremembered the
10684s	size of all of the other minions and
10686s	look incredibly stupid no I kind of
10689s	standby not too much yeah
10691s	yeah and I think especially the Belcher
10693s	pickup is huge right yeah yeah because
10696s	that Belcher you know whether it hits
10698s	one way or the other it's gonna decide a
10699s	lot looks like necrolite gonna be coming
10701s	out here from beer Babbitt
10703s	Trying To Shimmy some of these stats
10708s	pulling stats off the torn here making a
10712s	second huge Minion Okay pretty
10714s	interesting I guess less susceptible to
10716s	Leroy in such right yeah exactly putting
10718s	stores pulling stats away from a taunt
10721s	and onto a non-taunted minion that plays
10723s	exactly as Raven was saying around uh
10725s	venomous and Leroy effects it meant to
10727s	the nice cup it looks like they're gonna
10729s	create a little bit more and get the zap
10730s	down instead
10737s	you love to see it oh I think there's a
10740s	selfless as well on the board that that
10742s	zap's gonna hit look at this
10747s	all the beasts have gone okay fine
10752s	it's just a rubbish that hopes to die
10754s	it's like an extra venomous right from
10756s	the belters the hope of the murloc and
10758s	then the selfless just doubling
10759s	effectively doubling the stats right
10762s	I'm really vibing with this like
10764s	emotional support snack right now I'm
10767s	just gonna sit here and eat whatever
10768s	this is some sort of pastry thing
10771s	um
10775s	I mean at what point does anyone not
10777s	want to eat pastries pastries are
10779s	delivered when you've had like 10 in a
10780s	row
10781s	debatable
10783s	but what pastry what's your pastry of
10785s	choice
10787s	I mean
10791s	if I don't say croissant you're going to
10793s	be mad at me because that's your answer
10794s	right
10795s	wait how do you know what mine is I'm
10797s	scared because I've like lived in hotels
10800s	with you for months you every morning
10803s	when you have a croissant but it's not
10805s	that difficult it's the basicness of the
10807s	thing I like a lot it's classic and you
10810s	don't put anything on it
10812s	status well
10815s	this fight's about to kick off here the
10816s	venomous it get some of the work done
10818s	but now the zap's gonna soak the second
10820s	one which is a very big deal catching a
10822s	lot of this uh hell
10824s	this 200 200 is Big yeah it's real big
10827s	in comparison to a lot of this stuff
10830s	that's not the trade none of those were
10833s	the trades absolutely none of those were
10836s	the trades and it still finds a tie okay
10838s	so let's go again Loki Shiro is actually
10842s	bigger here
10846s	the big difference here though is yes
10849s	Cheryl can definitely you know revamp
10852s	their board in whatever way but now be
10854s	above it's seeing this funky board right
10857s	so the not that knowledge is worth
10860s	everything right now but
10862s	the scaling I mean don't get me wrong
10865s	beer babit has got incredible scaling
10867s	over there with buffed blood gems uh
10869s	chalga and the the end of turn effect
10870s	right that's a lot of scaling but Shiro
10874s	is dumping infinite stats onto this lava
10876s	lurk every single turn if this lava
10878s	lurker continues to Dodge Venom and
10879s	Leroy effects it will continue to be the
10882s	single biggest minion in this fight by
10884s	some distance so this is actually a
10887s	really really interesting late game
10889s	tussle
10891s	nice
10894s	extra zesty value not sure if it gets
10897s	bought but you can at least uh use it in
10898s	the shop at the very least
10900s	yep just give you a little bit of an
10902s	update outside of this as well it just
10904s	got a golden monkey
10906s	to go digging wait what
10909s	of course yeah there's an Elites
10912s	I'm not lying it'll be a really weird
10914s	time to just lie about what's happening
10917s	I'm just making up what one of the
10919s	players is doing yeah it's got eight
10921s	taunts
10924s	just us
10925s	it's just full transition to Banana slab
10928s	as well yeah would you believe it
10931s	yeah extra small taunts on here as well
10934s	to help out this tunnel Blaster are
10935s	gonna potentially kill off the small
10938s	murloc the selfless whatever and uh this
10941s	child go just to try and soak some of
10942s	these uh venomous hits too so beat about
10944s	it doing them you know the sort of paint
10946s	by numbers guide on how to deal with
10948s	this kind of opening yeah and this is
10950s	exactly what you were saying beta has
10952s	now seen it he can react to it so you
10955s	can see the tunnel Blaster completely
10957s	Snipes the whole venomous package off of
10959s	the board zero impact whatsoever
10962s	um Shiro has tough decisions now to make
10964s	as to exactly where this stuff gets put
10967s	because he can't actually really play
10969s	around tunnel Blaster unless he wants to
10971s	skip a lava lurka buff he actually can't
10974s	play around tunnel Blaster fully with
10977s	only two more deep blues left to play
10978s	this turn
10979s	and that's the tough one right because
10982s	the
10983s	the fight was so close last time that
10985s	although a bit about it lost some
10987s	minions to them play the tunnel Blaster
10989s	just removing two venomous from the game
10992s	it's like a very big deal considering
10995s	that the fight came down to just the two
10996s	last minions head putting each other
10998s	yeah this is smart sure knows what's up
11000s	like Shiro knows what beta is going to
11002s	have done on this term which is fine day
11004s	tunnel Blaster so I do think this is the
11007s	best you can really get in this scenario
11009s	which is protect at least the murloc so
11013s	that the venomous can go onto it at this
11015s	point
11016s	foreign
11018s	there it is okay where does this Divine
11021s	Shield go
11023s	middling outcome immediate huge trade
11027s	though on the biggest minion
11029s	from the giant lava lurk oh okay
11033s	that's rid of the venomous yeah removing
11035s	the venomous is a big deal for better
11037s	and the entire territory again no oh
11042s	still gonna be alive that's not enough
11044s	damage
11047s	had the chance for a tie there if the
11049s	attack had gone right instead of left
11051s	but uh he's got the better of the trades
11052s	at the end which means Shiro takes a
11054s	small amount of damage
11057s	that's more venomous okay
11060s	this is the turn to get out of the 4-4
11062s	right surely
11064s	yo I mean
11065s	if you think you're all in you're all in
11067s	right and you I mean that bone mare now
11069s	helps a lot as well because you can now
11071s	use that to protect another Minion from
11073s	the tunnel Blaster and I think if you
11075s	get out of the forefort there's like
11076s	only decent hits for this Divine Shield
11080s	right and and even more so if you get
11081s	the tide Walker down yes you need to
11084s	make sure that you have enough minions
11086s	to replace everything though right like
11087s	are you so you adjust you get out of the
11090s	4-4 the you'd use one of your eventual
11093s	deep blues on the Rock pull on the 2-3
11096s	so that that is protected from the
11097s	tunnel Blaster you would bone mare the
11100s	Belcher so that that can't get tunnel
11102s	blasted either and if your opponent
11103s	chooses to put something big up front
11104s	that goes into the venomous and then you
11107s	have the tide Walker to replace the
11109s	space that's left from the deep blue
11111s	that all checks out so yeah I think if
11114s	you want to go all in this turn you can
11116s	but don't get me wrong you are all in if
11120s	you do that you have no future if you do
11123s	not kill your opponent this time if you
11125s	sell your Deep Blue
11126s	yeah I like it though because I think
11128s	are you really gonna play as if as if
11130s	you're going to draw the fight you know
11132s	what I mean is that really what you want
11135s	to do at that point
11139s	like that one either here's a go I mean
11141s	the thing is it doesn't have to be a
11142s	draw though right your opponent's at 10.
11145s	and you have like your zesties one drops
11148s	your zesties are both three drops your
11150s	lava lurker is a two drop
11153s	there's a very good chance you could win
11154s	the fight and not kill your opponent
11156s	here
11158s	you could just win choice
11163s	oh bone mare on the lava lurk actually
11167s	interesting all the goggles so sick okay
11171s	that's huge because if both of the
11174s	murlocs have Blaster range now of course
11180s	huh
11182s	the trots don't want to use that stealth
11184s	[Music]
11190s	I mean it would float a gold obviously
11192s	you know of course I you know completely
11193s	understand but again will it matter
11198s	because he could have just played the
11199s	stealth just to get the buff for this
11201s	turn yeah true
11203s	venomous the small individuals zesty
11206s	right this was never going to be the
11207s	all-in play we were talking about
11208s	because the uh the three fours SD had
11210s	already been sold
11213s	oh it's tight it is very very tight glad
11217s	we're not playing the barrels blessing
11219s	here because I just would not know who
11220s	to be yeah
11226s	oh blast is gone
11228s	last is gone great play actually from
11231s	better baby just going okay my opponent
11233s	saw the Blaster
11234s	thank you my opponent's gonna spend this
11236s	entire turn playing around Blaster and
11239s	in response to that I'll just play one
11241s	more giant minion on my board instead
11244s	that's game that is yikes yeah that is
11249s	100 game
11252s	oh that was so brutal because I like the
11254s	idea the Divine Shield bristleback
11256s	obviously with whim Fury to try and
11258s	snipe some of the you know eat some of
11259s	those venomous attacks and stuff like
11261s	the idea was there I agree with you I
11263s	like the jump out of the uh the tunnel
11265s	Blaster because again these players
11267s	aren't people who've just grabbed off
11268s	the street right these are some of the
11270s	best so they know that if there's a if
11272s	you've seen Turtle Blaster your opponent
11274s	will then react to Tunnel Blaster so
11276s	then you dive out of it like you were
11277s	you know breaking down for us so I think
11279s	the play was great it just didn't work
11280s	out and that's how these like we know
11282s	one one uh 1v1s end up right you need
11285s	certain things to go your way yeah
11287s	absolutely um of course headlines going
11289s	into that Mega Alex needed the win to
11291s	take home the tournament did not happen
11293s	uh Penguins aren't could have taken home
11295s	the win in that particular game and
11297s	would have put the lobby into check
11298s	being the second player to do so that
11300s	didn't happen either so now you start to
11303s	see the nuts and bolts of check format
11305s	really come into play 30 minutes ago 35
11308s	minutes ago we were talking about oh
11309s	short day tournament's over Mega Alex is
11311s	definitely just gonna stomp now you know
11313s	we'll we'll be going to a short break in
11315s	a second and we'll be taking a look at
11316s	the standings after that but you will
11317s	see a much muddier picture in terms of
11320s	who could potentially win this
11322s	tournament when we get back uh yeah lots
11324s	lots to play for still Raven yeah as we
11327s	said this was just game four there could
11329s	be plenty more after this one as players
11331s	do catch up and get the lobby in check
11332s	we are gonna go to a break just to give
11334s	the players a few minutes before they
11336s	dive into game five of what could go on
11338s	for a much longer day so don't go
11339s	anywhere we'll be back with some more
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11619s	[Music]
11646s	welcome back everyone to Lobby Legends
11649s	we've got another game coming up right
11651s	uh coming up for you soon there we go
11653s	I'll spit words out as in some way but
11656s	before we do that we are going to take a
11657s	bit of a recap of what just happened in
11659s	game number four because the fact that
11660s	we've even returned means that Mega Alex
11663s	did not win game four and therefore did
11665s	not win the whole tournament so what
11667s	happens all
11668s	I mean so many things that game both was
11673s	uh extremely long and also very very
11675s	eventful
11676s	um we saw uh this build of initially
11680s	this was just straight deep blue Naga
11682s	then it looked like there was a initial
11685s	pivot into banana Slammer beasts and
11687s	then Shiro just ended up failing all the
11689s	way out of that straight back into deep
11691s	blue Naga again and hard committing to
11693s	that and then it was one of the probably
11695s	the most interesting heads up fight that
11698s	we've seen in the tournament so far uh
11700s	between Shiro and better Babbitt and the
11703s	the top two both fighting back and forth
11706s	with tech cards and that initial
11708s	discovery of who was actually the bigger
11709s	of the two players having not fought
11711s	each other for a while uh really really
11713s	engaging stuff towards the end but you
11716s	can see now what that means for the lay
11718s	of the land in the tournament in general
11720s	Raven yeah so now at Mega Alex of course
11723s	still got the lobbying check that
11725s	doesn't change the points I don't really
11726s	matter for him specifically but then
11728s	penguin and Babbitt just need a few
11731s	points three specifically to be able to
11733s	get uh in check themselves so then they
11736s	can start contending Mega Alex for that
11738s	game win and therefore tournament win uh
11740s	tomb close there needing four so still
11742s	very doable and uh everyone else below
11745s	that will need another game on top of
11748s	this next one coming up so they'll need
11750s	game five and six to be able to try and
11753s	catch up but I will say it was a huge
11755s	Victory there for shirosa because before
11757s	that win they run three points which is
11760s	miles away from anything at that point
11763s	so that win again does still mean trust
11765s	has got two more games they have to get
11767s	points in to be able to get into check
11768s	but it's now doable right that's the
11772s	difference like a big win like that
11773s	makes goes from being oh I've got no
11775s	chance to hang on a minute this actually
11778s	is possible but we are definitely
11780s	narrowing on that top sort of four-ish
11783s	um so far based on points to be able to
11785s	contest that win
11787s	yeah and I think keep a special eye on
11790s	Tomb in this one because if there's one
11793s	thing that tomb has shown quite Adept at
11795s	it's picking up four or so points in
11798s	every game and if he does that in this
11799s	game he's gonna be putting the lobby in
11801s	check Along with whoever else gets there
11803s	over the line and then we will have to
11805s	start to see whether that changing gear
11807s	can come out
11808s	um as mentioned he did win game two of
11810s	day one in his group uh with a shadow
11813s	walk Spike into uh Mama Bear beasts uh
11816s	stuff going on way quicker than anyone
11818s	else could really get a build together
11819s	and just slowly kill people one by one
11821s	as he fought them
11823s	um but clearly he has been one of the
11825s	standouts of this tournament without us
11827s	ever really overly focusing on him both
11830s	perspective wise or really talking about
11831s	him that much because he's just quietly
11833s	getting on with his job getting top four
11836s	in the majority of games and slowly
11837s	accumulating points and if he continues
11839s	to do that for one more game he'll be
11842s	one of maybe two or three players going
11844s	into our next game after this one with
11847s	the lobby check but bear in mind of
11849s	course that could all be nonsense a mega
11851s	Alex could just end the tournament right
11853s	now if he wants to this is shot number
11855s	two yeah and that's the thing important
11857s	to highlight as well because of course
11858s	Meg Alex has had a fantastic tournament
11860s	so far right and that is just never
11862s	gonna change whether he wins or not but
11865s	you don't need to win any games until
11868s	you have 20 points which is just you're
11870s	going back to what you're saying about
11871s	tomb right if you can just keep stay in
11873s	the game and just work towards those
11875s	points sort the win out later right
11877s	getting there is the problem right get
11879s	into that 20 point is priority number
11881s	one for these players so of course Mega
11883s	Alex still has the advantage because
11885s	they alone are sat in that position to
11888s	actually just end the tournament by
11889s	winning this game coming up but there's
11891s	a lot of people hot on his heels now and
11893s	I think the fact that you know you
11896s	couldn't just seal the deal there I'm
11898s	sure some doubt must be creeping in
11900s	right because you think you had such a
11901s	good like did you I know it's stupid to
11903s	say but some people like me would sit
11905s	there going did I just use up all my
11907s	luck helping me out getting those three
11909s	wins in a row and now I'm just never
11911s	gonna win a game for the rest of the day
11912s	because that's what you'd start to feel
11914s	like when other people start to catch up
11916s	and that leads you gained in such an
11918s	impressive way looks like it's slipping
11920s	away yeah I mean it is idiot thinking
11922s	for dumb dumb people but we're all
11924s	susceptible to it right like we
11926s	absolutely are we were doing it like
11928s	it's that idea of you know the thing
11930s	that came before has any impact on the
11931s	thing that's still to come it's just
11933s	really not true in general but we were
11935s	already doing the exact opposite of that
11937s	35 40 minutes ago when we're like well
11939s	Mega Alex has won every game he's
11941s	clearly just gonna win again yeah those
11943s	things are unconnected it doesn't matter
11945s	but the human brain is just trained to
11947s	find patterns and think that one thing
11949s	depends on the other in the way that it
11951s	just generally doesn't
11953s	um and it's the idea of just resetting
11955s	your brain into the game State and just
11957s	playing the game State any each
11959s	individual game of Battlegrounds which
11960s	makes this format as difficult as it is
11963s	so things to note here is we take a look
11965s	at these hero picks at no mechs in this
11968s	one subtle and I feel like Mex has
11970s	definitely seemed the most impactful so
11973s	far obviously down to Mega Alex winning
11975s	a lot of lobbies with them but also just
11977s	the fact that they they at least to me
11979s	feel like easily one of the strongest
11982s	minion types in actually ending and
11984s	winning games
11985s	yeah I think it's a lot to hit
11988s	um very quickly I think a lot of people
11990s	kind of feel like oh I hit one scrap
11991s	scraper cool I'm gonna have a good game
11993s	and that's just not really the reality
11995s	you need to already have a very good
11997s	avenge set up for that initial scrap
11999s	scraper or that first scrap scraper is
12001s	very very slow in general
12012s	good job chair yeah you did it
12017s	okay two five from the uh eater not too
12019s	bad as well start wise at least for
12020s	these early turns
12024s	kind of already signals a commitment not
12027s	to go into wrathweaver which does make
12028s	sense when you're Rat King right you're
12030s	a very low Health hero to begin with at
12032s	this point right makes sense not to lean
12034s	that hard into wrath Weaver this early
12038s	and also as well another thing to keep
12039s	an eye on this tomb has gone brand right
12041s	which again is is I would say one of the
12044s	stronger Heroes just at a glance of
12046s	everyone that's picked so far because
12048s	none of the others overly stick out to
12050s	me is like oh wow okay they're favored
12053s	yeah 30 uh 45 Health bran with beasts in
12058s	right so relax possibilities with your
12060s	brand very very early in the game uh
12062s	kind of a unique proposition available
12064s	to Brand Heroes when beats are in you
12066s	can just go to Tavern 3 and if you roll
12068s	into rylack you've probably already got
12070s	a brand in some situations in those uh
12073s	in those spots which no other hero in
12075s	the game is likely to have happen right
12077s	um so you can immediately start Mega
12080s	juicing like filamental builds or shell
12082s	collector builds or whatever ends up
12084s	being in there and really start doing
12085s	disgusting things early I would imagine
12088s	with two mon one there was Battle cries
12090s	being offered and that's why tomb has
12092s	decided to stay low and that's the thing
12094s	that we can take a look at any time soon
12095s	it shows about to get your bandwagon
12097s	picks in in for this one I've already
12100s	unlocked
12101s	at least by now
12104s	so what are we cooking with here yeah
12105s	double bowel cry term one and two very
12108s	nice
12109s	third Battle Cry On Turn three looking
12111s	good
12113s	fourth Battle Cry On Turn yeah there's
12115s	the freeze yeah okay
12117s	not too bad at all obviously helping the
12120s	fact that these are going pairs as well
12122s	all right hear me out
12124s	is this a freeze
12127s	this is not not okay yeah can we can we
12131s	just go back to Tim real quick yeah I do
12133s	want to talk about this you have six
12134s	gold next turn
12136s	hmm
12137s	you don't want to buy like sometimes in
12140s	these situations you'll buy the Battle
12141s	Cry you'll roll and then you'll just
12143s	sell something and buy another Battle
12144s	Cry If you see it right but you don't
12145s	want to do that here because you'll be
12147s	in a double pair situation so you don't
12149s	want to break up either other of those
12150s	pairs however saying you don't freeze
12153s	this is then essentially saying I'm
12155s	gonna hit the nuts on the natural shop
12157s	roll next turn and just hit double
12159s	Battle Cry and but I think it's closer
12161s	than it looks genuinely yeah because
12164s	personally I would just go yep that's a
12166s	Battle Cry by and then worst case just
12167s	level you just level right and just sort
12169s	of whip that level into your plan maybe
12172s	that's wrong but um but I think the
12174s	pairs are potentially a huge payoff
12176s	because not only are you progressing
12177s	towards the hero power of course but you
12180s	you potentially tripling very quickly as
12182s	well
12185s	I mean you do it right now you you have
12187s	to break up the pairs now but you see
12189s	the Battleground yeah absolutely this
12190s	yeah this is fine but the option was
12193s	there which I like a lot with the freeze
12194s	right like they actually gave them the
12196s	most options here and we are going to
12197s	see it to sorrow now
12200s	invest some health already rocking up
12202s	that Tavernier three pretty quick
12205s	that is a huge three drop shot by the
12208s	way that is enormous take the damage
12211s	from the fell Hound buff it and then
12213s	roll the keyboardist into a four drop
12217s	oh
12223s	tesura's banana has been slammed this
12225s	game
12227s	[Music]
12228s	[Laughter]
12232s	wagon I had uh hitched myself to a
12234s	little bit earlier yeah your feet must
12236s	be slightly ahead of my insulting that
12238s	banana Slammer and then picking him ah
12240s	okay okay fair enough
12242s	yeah I think I have to make that change
12243s	right surely uh this is a murloc lobby
12247s	as well correct yes because we just saw
12248s	the rock pool on the previous turn so
12250s	that means that the base skill combo is
12252s	available which really sends banana
12255s	Slammer to from like really strong beat
12258s	here com to you cannot beat the stats
12260s	this outfit and it goes with
12263s	this is what's so dangerous about bran
12266s	as well like look at this damage boom
12268s	punish him
12270s	eight damage Mega Alex take it yourself
12274s	back up and turn it around
12280s	what double Juiced patience girl very
12283s	interesting
12285s	Mega Alex is certainly playing for the
12287s	win here yeah it's got to be faceless
12290s	right gotta be faceless you'd imagine
12292s	but the thing is he's looking at a shop
12295s	he does have a goal to play with I
12297s	suppose yeah sure this is very playable
12299s	wow
12301s	bacon jazzer double jazzer
12307s	but then you have to have a quick glance
12309s	because like
12312s	the moon Bacon's good
12314s	well there was just a little nod to hang
12316s	on a minute you could just get a taunt
12318s	and have consistent gem production right
12321s	with the other one I can't remember the
12322s	name of the talk bacon
12325s	the taunt bacon yeah
12328s	you know what card I mean wait like
12330s	bristleback the one that gives you blood
12332s	gems and Thorns die or the actual yes
12335s	yes okay no no yeah
12340s	yeah I like the parrot pickup uh nothing
12342s	here right now but I think a parrot on
12344s	Tavern three with two Battle Cry minions
12346s	already on your board which all which
12348s	actually had a ticket on it as well
12351s	uh has enough going for it oh has enough
12353s	going for it in that spot are you gonna
12355s	pick it up uh because you want to be
12357s	doing roughly what your opponent is
12359s	trying to do on this turn yeah start
12361s	getting some para rilak stuff going what
12364s	a few players are going to be doing
12365s	because we saw Tesoro had the banana
12366s	Slammer earlier on and I believe they
12368s	picked up a fellow mental and uh on the
12370s	board sorry as well so they'll be
12372s	definitely looking for a a row like too
12377s	a lot of people fighting for relax
12379s	resources this game it seems like them
12388s	to be 21 though after us both hitching
12391s	our wagon to this
12393s	yeah
12394s	hello
12396s	I've got someone to blame if it goes
12397s	wrong though that's fair
12403s	this is a position I found myself I
12405s	found myself in quite often yeah
12407s	frustratingly is you have the right leg
12409s	and then just can't find battle cries
12411s	and it's just like oh
12413s	give me something yeah
12417s	it's doing fine for now just as a three
12419s	four torn yeah it's not particularly
12421s	small at this point but it will fall off
12423s	quickly if you're not getting repeated
12424s	value out of it anytime soon and uh beta
12427s	Babbitt is kind of hard committed now
12429s	the uh the trickster gets discarded so
12432s	these parrots aren't really doing
12433s	anything except being somewhat large
12435s	minions right now
12437s	that's what I was talking about earlier
12438s	with the sorrow against that filamental
12439s	wow as well there is nine gold still to
12443s	be spent and eight seconds to do it in
12450s	down
12452s	not the best beast of course to go with
12454s	this banana Slumber but it's something
12456s	to not die right
12460s	yep you're on base skill blanchy it's
12462s	not the best beast but better than
12464s	buffing
12471s	so that was three right yeah yeah it
12473s	should be enough
12477s	making life as difficult as humanly as
12480s	possible but I'm still gonna get the w
12482s	this amount of little damage pushing
12483s	through there as well
12485s	oh you want to say on Lich went to four
12489s	and is smacking people okay this looks
12492s	like something I might be interested in
12494s	literally just definitely a Herobrine
12496s	shield with big opportunities to uh do
12500s	some degenerate things as has become the
12503s	word of the day
12505s	[Music]
12506s	the letter of the day children is D for
12509s	degenerate
12512s	but what does degenerate mean so in
12514s	Battlegrounds right
12522s	nice tier four Soul rewinder chucking it
12526s	back up straight to five
12529s	wait for it
12533s	[Music]
12536s	those don't look like I'll cries uh no
12540s	but I believe the triple that has
12542s	summoned this discover is the rylac so
12545s	it is a triple rilak with a Titus and a
12548s	brand being offered from this term
12555s	something into a battle cry please
12558s	anything
12560s	again oh
12562s	oh my God what what
12566s	I'll cry hey
12570s	what
12571s	gotta be Bongo to try and stabilize at
12573s	least with you a bigger minion here but
12575s	look at this
12576s	I had a heart attack then when I saw the
12578s	minion Switcheroo I know the minions was
12581s	so terrifying
12590s	and now before we got distracted by that
12593s	triple I was going to say just keep an
12596s	eye on proceedings here uh for giannisay
12600s	on the Lich
12601s	because
12603s	will a player reached having six by turn
12605s	eight is our sixth of six puzzle box
12608s	questions he says turn eight
12615s	already no already minions being bought
12617s	on this turn it's looking incredibly
12619s	unlike
12625s	oh and it's Mega Alex and it's Mega Alex
12628s	golden pig as well Golden Pig parrot
12633s	rylack and there is just some natural uh
12636s	generation on board with the uh with the
12638s	one threes as well just immediately
12640s	cashing out into Tempo and also it's not
12643s	just a good setup just the fact is Silas
12645s	tickets can also just dramatically
12647s	impact the game right
12650s	yeah
12651s	noises
12657s	I didn't like that one either here's a
12659s	gold for the trouble I'm just getting
12661s	those tickets oh second rilak oh there's
12665s	the there was the filamental angle
12668s	never Overlook the filamental angle
12672s	it's really tricky because like is this
12674s	out of the uh the gems now
12677s	because they because he has the crystal
12678s	back torn yeah
12681s	do you get out of the two one threes and
12683s	just have the taunted one
12685s	I think you can help one of them right
12687s	you can still keep the second one
12688s	oh sure yeah yeah okay yeah I didn't
12690s	really think about that but yeah you
12691s	just sandwiched absolutely in the middle
12693s	yeah either way I think the taunt one
12695s	being your generator much better than
12697s	the one Series right yep agreed
12701s	the one the second one three will now be
12703s	the next minion to go I'm sure at this
12705s	point
12708s	Mega Alex looking like could be in
12710s	business
12717s	one of those rilak effects that isn't as
12719s	flashy because it looks like nothing's
12721s	happening yeah yeah
12723s	things are happening you always hover
12726s	hover the gems afterwards right it's
12728s	better now that they're in hand you see
12729s	them go big
12736s	oh it's okay actually zero it's actually
12738s	yeah
12740s	yeah I didn't realize that the demon was
12742s	on three I thought it was higher than
12744s	that yeah never mind ten very nice there
12746s	for Mega relics sitting on 16.
12751s	she couldn't find the Battle Cry I
12753s	imagine let me have a look to Beck of
12755s	pickled peppers yeah no Battle Cry ended
12758s	the uh I think the round with a rattler
12759s	as well
12761s	but just no Battle Cry and that's
12763s	happened to me I mean I'm way worse a
12765s	bit about it of course but that's
12766s	happened to me so many times right you
12768s	have the setup but just not the final
12769s	piece of the puzzle
12773s	oh this takari
12778s	the double reborn angle it wasn't bad I
12780s	like it it's kind of good Slimer and you
12782s	get Sly Raptor and the swords against
12784s	ghosts
12793s	meanwhile
12794s	what is this board
12796s	yeah some golden things
12798s	some golden things a little bit of Venom
12800s	scam going along
12802s	Circa base kill enough yeah it looks
12805s	like Shiro's probably gonna get locked
12807s	in
12808s	to uh General scan board pay skills with
12811s	venomouses and uh Leroy's in hand
12819s	yeah parrot's big which is nice
12826s	more sentences we didn't think we'd say
12835s	better hire a recruit while you can
12839s	you can still make a comeback and let's
12842s	see how short of it does here
12845s	not the scariest looking side rather
12847s	board I've ever seen no
12850s	oh that was not it ran him straight into
12854s	the Divine Shield this Leroy attack
12855s	could just fear left oh
12858s	and this is gonna be a huge amount of
12861s	damage pushed by Shiro this turn now
12863s	actual slaughtering going on here
12870s	last attack crucial that's the best one
12872s	on the board okay zarella manages to
12874s	save a little bit of damage for uh
12876s	penguin Sun
12879s	still a good chunk
12882s	Mega Alex versus a Battle Master right
12885s	now still though plenty of Buffs going
12887s	off with these gems
12889s	about dead yeah
12892s	I'm glad I switched off to
12897s	oh the brand was going to be enough
12901s	let's see if we can stay here just so we
12903s	can establish how big these gems are
12904s	before we go anywhere else oh look at
12907s	the pickups as well even the ticket on
12908s	that one
12910s	yeah that's huge and position that next
12913s	to one of the relax as well and maintain
12916s	it for a while potentially
12918s	yeah unfortunately the uh yeah the three
12921s	four doesn't cut it right there aren't
12922s	actually enough pigs on the board no
12927s	oh hello
12928s	[Music]
12929s	huge get out venomous yeah goodbye
12931s	murloc hello bigger torn things
12936s	tripling to five as well
12939s	five Blanche
12943s	oh barov's a blessing time we've got
12945s	this comp on the left that we've just
12946s	been following from Mega Alex versus
12948s	tesoro's uh pretty scary looking banana
12951s	slimers actually
12957s	already okay yes
12961s	wait there is the uh prickle
12964s	there as well I wouldn't hate it
12966s	honestly problem is see you could go
12970s	prickle first into parrot but you do
12973s	then risk having both of your torns
12974s	killed before you get pirate value and I
12977s	don't but nothing made a tax worth it no
12980s	there's so much health yeah maybe maybe
12983s	it's a tough decision it's the fact that
12985s	you're um
12987s	the the health one is already golden
12988s	right so you're missing so much value if
12990s	you do hit the power on the attack one
12992s	but yeah
12993s	okay if I was blessing in quick so oh
12995s	God uh oh I win yep automatic win never
12998s	mind doesn't matter who wins the fight
13002s	here we go though
13004s	big big fight here the prickle was
13013s	I mean it's all going either way here so
13014s	I'll go in for Mega Alex so now yeah
13016s	honestly just respect the banana
13018s	Slammers for this turn and this yeah so
13020s	the reason I went Mega Alex here is
13022s	because the low attack High Health
13024s	taunts had the chart they delay the
13027s	actual banana Slammers going off for
13028s	quite a long time right so okay that
13030s	power is absurd that's a huge High Roll
13032s	But like the The Blanche for example
13035s	hasn't died and got value yet to the
13038s	tournament stayed alive oh
13040s	there's one gone
13042s	so it gives
13044s	um mega Alex's planchy a good
13046s	opportunity to clear a lot of this up
13048s	instead
13053s	they're doing some work but again that
13055s	is a lot of stat she might have got me
13057s	on this one so yeah I had to make a
13059s	quick decision myself
13060s	I failed
13063s	yeah this is why I like the um the
13065s	prickle pickup though from Mega because
13067s	the health seems like it's there right
13070s	hello so just get some more attack and
13072s	suddenly you're absolutely Unstoppable
13075s	your minions really pulled their weight
13079s	could this be it Soul do you think this
13081s	is strong enough it's something it's
13084s	certainly not an incredible blowout but
13086s	you know the the blanchy health being
13088s	double like tripling into that Blanche
13090s	he definitely gives it a future right
13091s	you can see something coming together
13094s	now just with the amount of raw stats
13096s	being dumped onto a blanchee but it's
13098s	the same thing really is what we saw
13101s	from uh giannises or the couple of games
13104s	ago where there was the one massive uh
13107s	wrath Weaver and then he needed to
13108s	periodically find other minions to fill
13110s	these gaps right now all Mega Alex has
13113s	is an engine and one permanent final
13117s	minion on his board in terms of that
13118s	Blanche right other than that you still
13120s	have to find like six other final
13122s	minions to fill out that board
13128s	we're gonna see what the plan is so far
13133s	some bacon not bad
13139s	not the strongest but it'll fight hard
13143s	let's pick up the murloc to cash in some
13145s	gold
13147s	his Bunch
13149s	what was the attacker I can't even see
13151s	because he's casting too fast
13153s	uh just two I think is it just like two
13155s	yeah because the just the prickle once
13157s	yeah yep
13159s	also a pirate gone now pirate gone yeah
13161s	starting to transition now into actual
13163s	permanent units
13168s	time going uh running into uh shirosa
13173s	on player much more likely to take a
13175s	loss to a hit than the other you know
13176s	Mega Alex on double the health right now
13179s	16 still doable maybe not at this moment
13182s	in time though oh Leroy good pickup
13187s	a lot of Venom and destruction hanging
13189s	around and a big juicy Hall
13192s	Divine Shields
13195s	okay the Leroy's dead though
13197s	so that should be fine right yeah okay
13199s	done
13200s	it's potentially so scary
13203s	and that means that shirosa is done and
13206s	dusted right yes it does
13208s	there we go the five and the nine just a
13210s	little tiny nudge of Overkill there and
13212s	megar Alex continues to fight but I
13214s	think that fight show you know was
13216s	easily showed him he'll obviously
13218s	already be aware that he needs to
13220s	convert quickly right oh yes just one
13224s	he will get poisoned scammed out of
13226s	existence if he sticks around with this
13228s	board yeah it's longer
13242s	[Music]
13244s	a bit of a weird board as well from
13245s	Janice definitely not weak by any
13247s	stretch of the imagination but just
13248s	strange
13250s	yeah it's uh most of these weird boards
13253s	that we've seen have just in boogie
13256s	monster adjacent right that's what
13258s	causes these kind of boards where you
13259s	just you have some minions you find a
13261s	boogie monster and then you have to have
13263s	those minions for the rest of the game
13265s	because you're too low to transition out
13267s	of these 30 30s that you've made already
13269s	with your boogie monster so you just
13271s	kind of get stuck here playing six drops
13273s	and just trying to creep up the
13274s	leaderboard as high as you can
13285s	oh
13292s	slightly smaller blanchey there
13294s	it's still on the low on the attack or
13296s	the the 710 Health again is good until
13300s	you stumble into some venomous yeah but
13304s	it doesn't look like that Janice in
13306s	particular has anything to be able to
13308s	fight this with
13309s	he also just had stuff right it's a lot
13312s	of stuff but 700 damage worth of stuff I
13314s	don't think so and again this is the
13317s	benefit here where Mega Alex and it's
13319s	again why I think the pricker was
13321s	worthwhile the 60 for now is good enough
13324s	right whereas if this Bunch was like
13325s	four or six or something where we could
13328s	then talk about whether 700 is doable
13330s	yeah very fair
13332s	they're saying that 700. 1400.
13341s	yeah this is what just uh breaking
13347s	it's to tell the tale though like I'm
13349s	pretty sure if you go through Mega
13350s	Alex's fight history from now back
13352s	several turns it'll just be dealt time
13354s	delt 10 Delta oh there's nine yeah
13364s	oh dear Alex you are in trouble my
13367s	friend
13368s	[Music]
13370s	foreign
13372s	it's interesting though right because
13374s	I'm just taking a quick glance again yep
13377s	like
13380s	obviously we'll see what Mega Alex does
13382s	but it's not like these venomous are
13384s	particularly High Health right and
13385s	because the Blanche is right at the back
13387s	like a lot of things can snipe these but
13392s	they still have to hit right so and
13394s	that's the big problem right but it
13395s	could actually kill off a good amount of
13397s	these before it even becomes a problem
13398s	on the blanchey well so the problem with
13400s	that is though
13402s	um although no he has he has a venomous
13404s	minion up front there's Mega Alex right
13406s	so his venomous minion will take care of
13408s	this big Pawn immediately okay that's a
13410s	big deal because without that
13412s	every other small minion on his
13414s	would just marched straight into the
13417s	2866 and then it would just be two
13418s	venomous is potentially take care of the
13420s	Blanche in game over but the fact that
13422s	Mega Alex has started transitioning into
13424s	more permanent minions
13426s	he knows what he's doing so he knows
13429s	what he's doing doesn't he knows
13433s	oh good pickup with the tone on the
13435s	selfless as well
13438s	it just keeps on pumping hey look if
13443s	it's got Divine Shield you didn't need
13444s	to fear venomous anymore yeah yeah but
13446s	look at the distribute distribution of
13448s	blood gems right just one on each minion
13450s	that is hanging around for a significant
13451s	amount of time which means that they'll
13454s	live long enough theoretically to be
13455s	able to bump into other people's
13457s	venomouses before they get down the
13458s	chain to be able to fight his Blanche
13460s	this is really really smooth stuff from
13463s	uh from Mega Alex right now Bart the big
13465s	minion goes into a taunted venomous on
13468s	the other side which now means there is
13470s	a much greater chance that some of these
13472s	Venoms can connect but the device Shield
13474s	is so huge
13478s	it tanks
13481s	okay so there's the big boy God oh he's
13483s	already won I mean he's already yeah
13484s	that's fine that's fine right there's
13486s	only one left oh
13488s	and the Divine shield for good luck as
13490s	well wow there's another player getting
13492s	knocked out and now if that wanted what
13495s	thesaurus gone as well there's just
13497s	Janice versus mega Alex and just a
13500s	reminder to all of you watching if
13501s	you've just tuned in the golden numbers
13503s	on Mega Alex's name on the left means
13506s	that if he wins this game he wins the
13508s	whole tournament we are done and dusted
13511s	so it's up to Janice and all the other
13513s	six players right now that are currently
13515s	dead are praying and hoping that Janice
13518s	can put a stop to this
13521s	how I mean okay yep step one you buy
13524s	that for sure
13526s	but how is this even possible
13528s	well
13532s	it would have to be venomous and true
13534s	shot right and perfect hits
13537s	because yeah true shot is probably a
13541s	good out yeah
13542s	that's the only thing I could think oh
13544s	like double Leroy at the very end or
13547s	something you know like submit really
13550s	cheesy because we just saw a lot of
13551s	cheese and it was melted away oh by the
13554s	way you can see the residuals here we
13556s	didn't actually watch this but look at
13557s	that tiny torn on the right hand side
13559s	yes abused the same thing against hesora
13562s	that I was talking about in our barrel
13563s	of blessing put a small torn in the way
13565s	and it just delays the attacks from the
13567s	beasts so the Reborns and the summons
13569s	never actually happen they just sit on
13572s	the left-hand side still fully intact
13574s	and then you go down the chain and the
13575s	mama bears and the banana Slammers just
13577s	start marching straight into things and
13579s	die
13580s	yeah really high level play from these
13582s	players gonna finish on that Leroy oh
13585s	there's a true shot in response
13587s	um mega Alex just getting ahead of the
13589s	curve here I like it you've infected me
13591s	by the way straight shot straight shot
13594s	oh sorry other things are called true
13597s	shot I'm just going all the all the way
13599s	back from Warcraft 3 where an Elven Hero
13601s	has
13602s	actually I believe
13606s	so it's stealth shot right
13608s	hey that's the one you got it okay thank
13611s	you
13612s	it's huge and if this Leroy goes yeah
13614s	there's one venomous but there's
13616s	currently a Divine Shield still there on
13618s	the blend sheet oh that's it
13622s	it kind of won the fight without even
13625s	yeah I didn't even need it
13627s	absolutely incredible and I believe tell
13630s	me if I'm wrong subtle but I believe
13632s	that means Mega Alex is our lobby
13635s	Legends spring Champion what a day and
13640s	what a performance and honestly what a
13643s	people pleaser as well like what a kiss
13646s	up doing it in a way that makes both of
13648s	us incredibly happy he did it with rylac
13652s	scaling which is my absolute favorite
13653s	thing in the world and he did it with
13655s	pigs which Raven has been calling for
13657s	all tournaments so he's actually done it
13659s	in a way that's put a smile on both of
13661s	our faces at the same time brilliant
13664s	performance took a game off in the
13666s	middle just to let everyone else have a
13668s	go I guess yeah yeah after it all comes
13671s	down Mega Alex just hops right back on
13673s	the bike once more and oh my goodness
13675s	what a way to end it with the 700 Health
13677s	launch at the end yeah just an
13680s	incredible performance overall and I
13682s	just think definitely a memorable one
13685s	and that's something that's becoming a
13686s	bit of a theme with these Lobby Legends
13688s	tournaments over the years right but I
13690s	think this one for me just the back to
13692s	back to back win to kick off day two is
13695s	it I can only imagine how terrified the
13699s	other seven players were as each Lobby
13701s	just carried on oh they won again oh
13703s	they won again oh I'm not even close to
13706s	actually getting 20 points yet it must
13708s	have been terrifying it was a good
13710s	effort from the players but I think this
13712s	was just Mega Alex's day uh very
13714s	impressive and I think not only yes did
13717s	he Spike you know three three rounds in
13718s	a row but it's not just the oh you know
13721s	got a bit lucky here and there I think
13723s	just from turn by turn play that we saw
13725s	he just executed perfectly every time so
13728s	impressive yeah for sure I know what I
13731s	will say is I think Giana say kind of
13732s	had a hand in the demise there at the
13734s	end as well because I hear we didn't see
13737s	that fight again but by his Tech choice
13738s	with the small torn destroying the
13740s	banana player some kind of Base skill
13743s	banana blanchy combo was the only way
13746s	that anyone was gonna find stats to
13748s	compete with what Meg Alex was doing
13750s	right and yanase kind of stole that
13753s	opportunity away from the banana player
13755s	to be able to maybe compete with mega
13757s	Alex's tyranny
13759s	um but I think this Lobby was probably
13762s	the first one of the day where what five
13764s	or six players fought it out for the
13767s	rylac stuff on Tavern three and they
13769s	kind of had to sit and see who was the
13771s	first person to hit in that regard be
13773s	about it dying with Baron golden rylax
13776s	zero battle cries several other players
13779s	playing for kind of parrots and relax as
13781s	well and not really hitting and then
13783s	Mega Alex just going hey let me show you
13785s	how this is done I've hit all the stuff
13786s	my blood gems are giving like 30 40 HP a
13789s	pop at this point
13791s	um I do think great decision in the end
13793s	just to pick up that extra three or four
13794s	attack over the course of the game with
13796s	the prickle as well so very very nice
13798s	nicely played overall for Mega Alex
13801s	yeah really impressive and I just think
13803s	again just to give a shout out to all
13805s	the other players as well I think it's
13806s	just been a great weekend and a great
13808s	beginning of Lobby Legends this year
13810s	really showing off what's capable
13811s	especially in this current meta as we
13813s	check out some of the uh yeah winning
13815s	plays and best winning moments here from
13817s	Mega Alex and it is you know it does all
13819s	go down to that Blanche but I do think
13821s	the preparation the insta switch to the
13824s	selfless and taunting them up basically
13826s	just being one step ahead of the
13829s	reactionary plays from the opponents and
13831s	I think that is really what propelled
13833s	him for he didn't have to see the
13835s	answers to be able to answer himself
13837s	he's like right what am I weak to let me
13839s	just fix that and just did it before
13841s	anyone else could even catch up and you
13843s	can see
13845s	by the way these fights are going Alex
13847s	took so much care of all of his other
13850s	Minions that actually most these fights
13853s	were kind of one without the Blanche
13854s	even really getting involved in those
13856s	last two fights because he knew the only
13859s	way he was going to lose at this point
13861s	was if he tunneled two all in onto that
13864s	individual blanchy and then got sniped
13866s	by a venomous or a LeRoy so he had to
13868s	make sure that he gave some love spread
13870s	the love around to all of the other
13872s	minions and did such a good job of that
13874s	that honestly his board was pretty
13876s	competitive for first place even without
13878s	the Blanche being involved in the final
13880s	fight so very very nicely played yeah
13883s	super clean and I believe we can take a
13884s	look at the final standings on how the
13887s	day has shaken out and how the weekend
13889s	is shaken out now because I keep kind of
13891s	just forgetting the tournament's over
13892s	because Alex just got the job done in
13894s	five games look at that I think it's
13897s	gonna be a while before we see a score
13899s	line like that at least in that shorter
13901s	period subtle yeah penguins aren't
13903s	getting over the line in that game as
13905s	well would have officially put the lobby
13907s	in to check if the tournament had
13908s	continued but Mega Alex being over the
13911s	check threshold of 20 points and picking
13913s	up a win has ended the tournament and
13915s	then we Cascade down the points there
13917s	for the rest of placements which means
13918s	by the way Raven my fantasy team our
13921s	second third and fourth on day two which
13923s	is not bad going I'm pretty happy with
13925s	that one overall well
13928s	okay look I was prepared to go into this
13931s	weekend losing versus you in this I lost
13934s	day one I paid for it with a poem I am
13937s	pretty sure just off the top of my head
13939s	I'm going to be losing day two which no
13942s	doubt will check out soon we'll get that
13944s	information up for you uh obviously all
13945s	playing at home uh watching it as well
13947s	uh so that'll be uh that'll be good to
13949s	check out a little bit later on but just
13951s	is a really impressive tournament I
13953s	think I think once again Japan just
13955s	saying yep we're the best
13958s	don't full stop because not many really
13960s	arguments and I think anyone that tries
13962s	to argue that I will say they're silly
13965s	because I think just time and time again
13967s	they're now just proving it's just the
13969s	facto dominant uh region in Hearthstone
13972s	Battlegrounds right now
13973s	and look at that hey
13982s	not me indeed
13987s	I was uh I was feeling the the less than
13989s	seven games out of the seven games or
13991s	less should I say today because I just I
13993s	just had a funny feeling I I said to you
13995s	this uh before the show started today
13997s	that like the players who have sort of
13999s	been on fire just didn't really feel
14001s	like they were dipping at all it just
14003s	felt like consistent performances
14004s	especially from the Japanese players so
14007s	excited to see that but overall I think
14009s	both of us deserve a bit of a round of
14010s	applause because we did pretty well here
14012s	I think yeah yeah I think so I feel like
14015s	if um you'd put a little bit of thought
14017s	into this you could have actually clean
14018s	swept it because I don't think no one
14021s	more than seven games and then yes on
14023s	four or more different winners makes
14025s	sense is a combination of picks right
14027s	because you're not hedging bet something
14028s	okay yeah fair enough I feel like I'm
14031s	weirdly being punished for
14033s	four wins from the same player in five
14037s	games I mean no one had that on their
14038s	bingo card let's be honest look at these
14040s	total scores uh you'll have to see how
14042s	you compare to us in the chat but I will
14044s	say you know fair enough congratulations
14046s	all you did destroyed me in this I was
14048s	not good at all
14050s	um but yeah there's a first try I
14053s	thought it was okay for a first try for
14054s	me yeah
14056s	yeah that's all honestly uh ran a little
14058s	bit closer than I would have expected
14059s	things to either but just can't catch me
14062s	pulling a six seven twenty at the end
14064s	just uh just a half rotation sure of a
14066s	full Tony Hawk 900 in the end
14069s	ing but yeah if you beat 720 as of
14071s	yesterday uh please do let me know on
14073s	Twitter so that I can block you out
14075s	spikes thank you very much and if you
14077s	beat my scorp nothing will happen
14079s	because I kind of assume everyone will
14081s	regard I'm definitely not fantastic at
14084s	this and I believe we've
14085s	we do have an interview ready I believe
14087s	Alex is standing by so let's see if we
14090s	can get that going and see if we get
14092s	some words from the champion themselves
14094s	uh Mega Alex can you hear me
14097s	hey
14099s	hello hey congratulations on the win oh
14103s	thank you thank you can you just tell me
14105s	how you feel right thank you
14110s	laughs
14113s	one more please
14116s	oh can you tell me how you're feeling
14117s	right now oh so happy sappy
14122s	and uh I just want to ask did you expect
14125s	or what what was going through your mind
14127s	when you won the third game so you got
14131s	the lobby in check after just three
14133s	games like how was that for you did you
14135s	expect to do so well uh so uh first
14140s	second third game uh
14143s	it's a macaroni make Robi so I'm just
14147s	[Music]
14152s	but Force Ruby
14156s	Mecca is not though
14160s	so I'm nervous
14165s	but fifth Ruby and
14168s	uh
14170s	Cyrus is good hero so uh I expect to win
14177s	yeah and in in that final Lobby were you
14182s	specifically looking for the the Battle
14185s	Cry stuff like was your plan rylac
14188s	battle Cries From the Beginning uh
14191s	Elementor and demo uh autocorrect 31
14197s	menu and
14199s	two five cable
14201s	[Music]
14202s	and
14205s	and
14208s	I
14209s	got a 25 cable so I'm
14214s	just go
14216s	uh keyboard
14218s	contract
14221s	and after this Victory and I know you
14225s	just mentioned it but after this Victory
14227s	are you going to change your name to Mac
14230s	Alex oh
14232s	next time
14235s	um I will be Giga RX
14242s	before we let you go a huge
14244s	congratulations do you have any final
14246s	words before you go yeah yeah thank you
14252s	do you have any final words to everyone
14255s	watching before you go
14267s	do you have anything you want to say
14269s	before we end for today
14272s	uh
14276s	I just uh
14280s	um
14281s	not so good uh
14286s	[Music]
14286s	um
14288s
14290s	difficult
14292s	sorry
14297s	I'm poor it's okay
14299s	we will we'll let you go we'll let you
14301s	go and celebrate so congratulations once
14304s	again
14305s	Championship Mega Alex thank you and
14308s	we'll see you soon
14309s	yeah thank you
14313s	great save from Mega Alex there again
14316s	really good interview as well because um
14318s	Evolution has already taken place
14323s	the name change is pending um but yeah
14326s	really cool for him to do an interview
14327s	as well because obviously English not
14330s	his first language I think he did a
14331s	great job so I would I love hearing from
14334s	the players because there are players we
14335s	don't get to hear from in interviews too
14337s	often so that was pretty fun yeah and
14339s	again please never apologize for us
14342s	forcing you to speak in our language to
14345s	give an interview we we love to hear
14346s	from people no matter what
14348s	um but firstly man after my own heart
14350s	I'm pretty sure I got the right end of
14351s	the stick the first thing he was looking
14353s	for in that final Lobby was filamental
14355s	to go with the relax and then the quill
14357s	balls was the constellation prize
14359s	um so yeah I think we waited a long time
14362s	of me talking about rylack all day for
14364s	rylack to just absolutely blow out a
14366s	Lobby and very fitting that it did it at
14368s	the end with mega Alex there who really
14369s	put in a wonderful performance and
14372s	transcended into Giga Alex right before
14374s	our eyes I'm just so glad that we were
14377s	clearly on the same wave lens is like
14378s	yeah first I'm back relax but after the
14380s	first three games I was Mech Alex and
14382s	now I'm gig I was like yeah
14385s	exact joke
14387s	yeah absolutely fantastic uh right we
14390s	are gonna be done for the day out a
14392s	little bit earlier than some would have
14393s	guessed but before we wrap it up so any
14394s	final words no uh not really just
14397s	Battlegrounds is great it's so much fun
14400s	to broadcast you know I hope that you
14402s	people out there keep supporting the
14404s	broadcast keep supporting Lobby Legends
14405s	for the year because we'd love to keep
14407s	doing this we have a lot of fun doing it
14408s	and I think we put on a pretty darn good
14410s	show so thanks to all the players thanks
14412s	to production thanks to Raven thanks to
14414s	Lorinda behind the scene pressing the
14416s	buttons I've had a great day and hope we
14418s	get to do it again soon and then Saul
14420s	did a great job of stealing all my thank
14422s	yous I was going to do but yeah as usual
14424s	thanks everyone for watching keep an eye
14426s	on hearthstone's Twitter and all those
14428s	usual places to find out news on the
14430s	next tournaments we've got coming up
14431s	whether it is standard or Battlegrounds
14433s	but thanks a lot for watching we really
14435s	appreciate it have a good night
14463s	foreign
14505s	[Music]
14529s	thank you
14532s	foreign

[2023] 2023 Lobby Legends Spring Championships - Top 8

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