Weekly One-Shot #63: Mersenne Twister

A base set weekly one-shot with PW Fanatic, PW Tempest, PW Haka against Omnitron at Megaopolis.  Good luck. 

Mint.  Not too bad.  Both EPEs and Technological Singularities came out while the environment was being annoying.  But I never saw the Fletchettes, which would have been nasty.  Could have wrapped up the round before I did, but I forgot about the "kill all devices" rule.

Mint.  I think I had exactly the same game as you – had to do a little scrambling to neutralize the EPEs while the environment was being annoying, and also never saw the Flechettes.   Once Tempest had the Gene Bound Shackles, Electrical Storm, and Localized Hurricane out, it was lights out for Omni. Only an ill-fated Close Quarters Combat combined with an Adaptive Plating prevented Fanatic from delivering a 20-point coup de grace.  Ended up with all heroes standing:   Fanatic-7, Tempest-13, Haka-14.  This is a remarkably effective crew for doing a BUNCH of damage in a short amount of time, with all of the extra card plays.

Mint.  Interesting end.  I killed off Omnitron with a 27 point Wrathful Retribution, but he still had a full life EPE out.  Interestingly, Tempest ended the game immediately by sending the EPE back on top of Omnitron's deck with Into the Stratosphere.  I guess they just all have to be removed from play, not destroyed.

Easy mint. I was a little concerned about only having three heroes, but they have such good synergy, it didn't matter the other two Wardens weren't there.

There were a number of turns of "the environment just did something bad, so of course Omnitron is doing something bad, too", but other than Fanatic getting into single-digit HP (fixed with a quick pick-me-up from Haka), nothing too bad really came of it. I saw Flechettes on the final turn, which was fine, because Omnitron was down to low single-digits at that point and couldn't have survived anyway. I've never ended a game with Into the Stratosphere before!

Mint.

Fanatic got a little too eager and a Rooftop COmbat came out dealing her that one extra damage to incap her.

Still a fun game!

Mint.

Was getting near the end, Omnitron at 2HP when the second EPE came out, and I went "Ugh, even if I take out Omnitron I can't win until the EPE goes away. I'm probably going to have to go through another round. How annoying."

But then, I realized the only card in Tempest's hand was Into the Stratosphere. With one card play, Tempest said bye-bye to the EPE and destroyed Omnitron.

I didn't have to deal with the annoyance after all!

Fanatic at 3HP, Tempest at 7HP and Haka at 12HP.

Easy mint with a remarkably effective trio, even if I had to use a Ball Lightning to get rid of an entirely unintentional End of Days (I REALLY wish PW Fanatic's power gave you the option to either play or trash the revealed card).

Everyone finished in style with Fanatic at 21, Tempest at 26 and Haka at 34

That wouldn't fit Fanatic thematically for getting a card play.   It's certainly a worry but a fairly minor one.  

I wasn't paying a lot of attention and just kind of fooled around. Ended up leaving an EPE with 9 health left that nuked Tempest and Fanatic, and left Haka at 3.

Still though, it was late enough in the game that a few swings from Taiaha closed things out. Mint.

Mint. I didn’t realize how well PW Fanatic’s base power would combo up with Sacrosanct Martyr until now!

Somewhat difficult mint for me, but I managed it. Fanatic at 2, Tempest dead, Haka at 3.

Fun, but MAN I hate Megalopolis.